Startup Professionals Musings
OCTOBER 8, 2013
'Every entrepreneur tries to maximize his startup growth by building and selling more product and services for the widest geographic area that he can support. This strategy is called “organic growth,” yet it alone may yield only a fraction of the potential you could achieve, unless you add the additional strategies of partnerships and M&A (mergers and acquisitions).
YoungUpstarts
OCTOBER 9, 2013
'Planning to start your own technology startup? That’s great, but do you know how much it will cost to hire the talent that would make take your idea from concept all the way to a market-ready product? And even if you do, did you know that where you’re based also matters when it comes to doing up the numbers? It’s true – it’s cheaper to start a company in some countries compared to others.
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Feld Thoughts
OCTOBER 7, 2013
'My day started out great. After getting up at 5, having a delightful run at 6, walking Brooks, and then hanging with Amy for four minutes, I got in my car and drove over to Rally Software for their Big 1% Give Back event. The picture to the left is of Ryan Martens, Rally’s founder and CTO, giving Josie Health, the CEO of The Community Foundation Serving Boulder County , a check for $676,000.
David Teten
OCTOBER 7, 2013
'Last week I had a chance to interview Kyle Stalzer, President at Tackk (a portfolio company of my firm, ff Venture Capital ), about an issue that’s top of mind for a lot of our companies: How to Recruit an A-Quality Designer for Your Company. This week, I’ll discuss the second-choice alternative: how to hire an outsourced designer for your company.
Speaker: Nick Noreña, Innovation Coach and Advisor, Kromatic
Every startup and innovation project exists within an ecosystem that either helps or hurts that project. As innovation managers, we need to keep a pulse of that ecosystem and make sure we're helping those innovation projects we're managing every step of the way. In this webinar, Nick Noreña will walk through an Innovation Ecosystem Model that he and his team at Kromatic have developed to help investors, heads of product, teachers, and executives understand how they can best support innovation in
Hunter Walker
OCTOBER 7, 2013
'Most anyone successful in technology has benefited from those who came before them – whether it’s indirect such as opensource code or more specific, like the guidance of a CS professor. Even if you’re just starting out in your career, there’s an opportunity to develop a ‘pay it forward’ mentality. Code2040 is one of the organizations trying to solve the mentorship gap for Blacks and Latino/as.
YoungUpstarts
OCTOBER 9, 2013
'by Mitchell Rigie and Keith Harmeyer, authors of “ Smartstorming: The Game-Changing Process for Generating Bigger, Better Ideas “ For most of us, the arrival of Halloween evokes childhood memories of trick-or-treating, jack-o’-lanterns, ghosts, goblins, witches, black cats—and staying up late to watch horror movies like Friday the 13th and Nightmare on Elm Street.
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SiliconHills
OCTOBER 9, 2013
'Dave Rupert, a software developer with Paravel in Austin, posted a bug to GitHub, a web-based hosting service for software development projects. Rupert goes by the name “davatron5000″ on Github. I filed a bug with the @whitehouse https://t.co/Lf75PaCeR1 — Dave Rupert (@davatron5000) October 9, 2013 Here’s the complete post: “No one is assigned.
deal architect
OCTOBER 8, 2013
'I saw this press release about Gartner’s top 10 forecasts from Symposium/ITxpo in Orlando this week and was surprised how narrow and un-actionable many of the findings are Digital Industrial Revolution This section focuses primarily on 3D printing. As I.
YoungUpstarts
OCTOBER 10, 2013
'American business magazine Forbes has announced its list of “ The Best Small Companies in America “ for 2013, with Questcor Pharmaceuticals, Inc topping the rankings of 100 small businesses based on earnings growth, sales growth and return on equity in the past 12 months and over five years. Those companies that were considered by Forbes were publicly traded for at least a year, generated annual revenue between $5 million and $1 billion and boasted a stock price no lower than $5 a
Steve Blank
OCTOBER 11, 2013
'We’re deep into week 2 of teaching a Lean LaunchPad class for Life Sciences and Health Care (therapeutics, diagnostics, devices and digital health) this October at UCSF with a team of veteran venture capitalists. Part 1 of this post described the issues in the drug discovery. Part 2 covered medical devices and digital health. Part 3 described what we’re going to do about it.
Startup Professionals Musings
OCTOBER 5, 2013
'Viral marketing and word-of-mouth are not enough these days to make your product and brand visible in the relentless onslaught of new promotional media out there today. Innovation in marketing is perhaps more important than product innovation. Yet in the business plans I see, the marketing content and budget are smaller than ever. More than just spending, you need to create an “experience” in this digital age which sets you apart from the banner ads, email blasts, and old-school websites out th
deal architect
OCTOBER 5, 2013
'Facebook and corporate marketing, for sure but helping IT? Yes, and not charging for it. I wrote in my last book about Facebook’s massive efficiencies in its data center in Prineville, Oregon and how it had started to share specs.
YoungUpstarts
OCTOBER 7, 2013
'By John J. Murphy, author of “ Zentrepreneur “ When people hear the word Zentrepreneur, several questions typically come to mind. What is a zentrepreneur? Who is a zentrepreneur? Am I a zentrepreneur? What limits us from awakening to our inner zentrepreneur? And how do we go about unleashing this extraordinary power and grace? In this article I will answer these questions.
Pascal's View
OCTOBER 11, 2013
'I first visited the Museum of American Finance a couple of years ago, and it is not only a great space,it is a useful resource for visitors interested in a wide range of current exhibits on current capital markets topics, as well as documents and artifacts related to capital markets, money and banking. The collection includes stocks, bonds, currency, checks, prints, engravings, photographs, objects and books.
Startup Professionals Musings
OCTOBER 7, 2013
'Entrepreneurs need to listen to constructive criticism, but ignore negative vibes and complainers at all costs. If you are a complainer, and you are thinking of becoming an entrepreneur, think again. The world of an entrepreneur is tough, unpredictable, and fraught with risk. Most importantly, the buck stops with you, so there is no room for excuses and negativity.
deal architect
OCTOBER 8, 2013
'I heard Chris Leone of Oracle present to HCM execs about social sourcing of talent and gamification as a team building app. A few weeks ago, Cognizant presented to me about unique IP they have developed for various industries. Infor.
YoungUpstarts
OCTOBER 9, 2013
'One of the key selling prepositions of e-commerce platforms is the fact they promise to bring producers and consumers together while cutting out the middle men in order to get costs down. But newly-launched Asia-based online wine marketplace WineFamily instead aims to invite licensed wine retailers across the region to create virtual stores in an Etsy-style platform and sell directly online to consumers in Asia.
Feld Thoughts
OCTOBER 6, 2013
'I saw Gravity on Friday night. I can’t remember being more immersed in a movie since I saw Star Wars 36 years ago. It could have been because I was wiped out from the week. It could have been the saki I had at the hibachi place before the movie. It could have been the Imax 3D stuff. Or it could have just been because it was an amazing movie. If you haven’t seen the extended trailer, it’s worth five minutes of your life.
Startup Professionals Musings
OCTOBER 6, 2013
'Every startup fears that one angry and unfair customer who can jeopardize the business by a negative post on Ripoff Report , Yelp , or one of the hundreds of other consumer complaint and review sites on the Internet. Most entrepreneurs don’t even know how to keep track of what people are saying about them on the web, much less how to respond or remove it.
deal architect
OCTOBER 10, 2013
'Infor pre-briefed me about their Dynamic Enterprise Performance Management platform planned for release later this year. Every ERP vendor feels compelled to keep up with all the noise around SAP HANA and Oracle Exalytics and in-memory switch. Mercifully, Infor kept.
YoungUpstarts
OCTOBER 6, 2013
'How are peak leaders developed? What differentiates a superstar CEO like Jack Welch from other less extraordinary leaders? The answer, according to bestselling author John C. Maxwell , lies in “ The 5 Levels of Leadership “ Focused on growing one’s leadership potential in a tiered manner, the book provides pragmatic steps to scale the leadership ladder while achieving lasting impact on one’s organisation and followers.
Mike Michalowicz
OCTOBER 9, 2013
'Travis Ruskus had hit rock bottom. He was fired after three years of employment days before Christmas, and his relationship with his girlfriend ended a few weeks later. Merry Christmas. He never really enjoyed his job, but losing it was tough. Breaking up with someone he truly enjoyed being with was excruciating. He decided to return to the town where he grew up, Boulder Colorado, and start over again.
Startup Professionals Musings
OCTOBER 9, 2013
'One of the most common complaints I hear from entrepreneurs is that they are overwhelmed by the workload and stress of starting their company. Then there are the additional challenges of balancing the demands of family and friends. Having too much on your plate can turn your dream into a nightmare. Some people will tell you to just get a bigger plate, meaning hire some help.
deal architect
OCTOBER 9, 2013
'“Joe Maddon used so many pitchers, (the network) TBS ran out of commercials” was a smart comment I heard last night as the Tampa Bay Rays finally used up their nine lives in this year’s baseball season. The Rays played.
YoungUpstarts
OCTOBER 7, 2013
'Startup accelerator programs can be very tough, but none of them is quite as tough as being in a military bootcamp where you’re pushed to your physical, emotional and mental limits. Until now. The Explorers Festival is an upcoming event in Lisbon, Portugal focused around the topics of entrepreneurship and innovation. Organized by Portuguese startup accelerator beta-i - the same people behind TEDxEdges and Sandbox Global Summit - it promises to be the largest entrepreneurship event in
The Next Web
OCTOBER 5, 2013
'This post was originally published on the Buffer blog. I’m pretty well known for making mistakes. It’s kind of a known trait of mine. Just this weekend I walked into a door because I didn’t open it properly first. When it comes to social media, though, I try hard to learn from mistakes since they’re all saved for me to reflect on. Plus, I research and write about social media enough to have access to stats that make it easier to pick up and rectify these kind of mistakes.
Lightspeed Venture Partners
OCTOBER 5, 2013
'Joe Lonsdale (co-founder of Palantir, Addepar and Formation8) kicked off a meaningful conversation with us on building multi-billion dollar businesses in big data at one of our recent Lightspeed Dinner Series events this week. Lightspeed Dinner Series on Big Data with Joe Lonsdale from Formation 8. Drawing on examples from Palantir, Joe talked about his views on 1.
deal architect
OCTOBER 7, 2013
'Everyone likes to talk about companies destroyed by technology’s march – Blockbuster, Borders etc. Personally I find inspiring companies which use technology to survive near death experiences – and no, not just Apple. On the New Florence blog, I have.
YoungUpstarts
OCTOBER 11, 2013
'Despite the challenging US economy, the New York startup scene is burgeoning. And to capitalize on its meteoric challenge to Silicon Valley as the alternative location to startup up in the United States, the New York Venture Capital Association (NYVCA) will be presenting its annual INGENUITY conference on October 15, 2013. In its fourth year, INGENUITY has become one of the key events in New York that brings together investors, founders and other players in the NYC startup scene together to
The Next Web
OCTOBER 10, 2013
'Juan Pablo Cappello is an investor in more than twenty early stage companies. He is also the co-founder of Idea.me, Sauber Energy, and the LAB Miami. Juan Pablo was a partner in Patagon.com and was elected “Top 50 Entrepreneur” by Business Leader Magazine. His blog can be found at www.jpc.vc. From my personal experience, Latin Americans often see Internet and the tech scene as the magical potion that’ll make us more like our idealized image of North Americans.
Rembrandt Communications
OCTOBER 10, 2013
'Use this word as a crutch, and your public relations, SEO content strategy and marketing efforts can suffer! It’s that time of year when the leaves are changing, and the smell of the new season is in the air. There’s also a host of frightful decorations and haunted houses popping up – not to […].
deal architect
OCTOBER 7, 2013
'Chris Murphy at InformationWeek has the same question most of us do as we read about the painfully slow pace of exchanges which opened for enrolment last week “What''s so hard about creating an online insurance buying exchange, this technology.
YoungUpstarts
OCTOBER 10, 2013
'SPROCKIT 2014 , a year-round program by NAB Show and World Series of Start-Ups that showcases elite emerging companies in media and entertainment and introduces them to industry influencers and decision-makers, is again looking for startups to participate in the coming year’s program. Returning to NAB Show for the second consecutive year, SPROCKIT 2014 will triple in size and accommodate up to 30 startups this time.
Feld Thoughts
OCTOBER 10, 2013
'Last night I had dinner with my partners and our significant others. It was a wonderful evening with the three people I work most closely with, the people they love, and the most important person on the planet to me. Earlier this year I had dinner with Jamey Sperans, one of our investors. Late into the night we talked about a variety of things at an outdoor restaurant in Philly under the heat lamps as a chilly spring night unfolded.
The Next Web
OCTOBER 11, 2013
'Startup Stories is a series of short documentaries about TechStars companies hosted exclusively by The Next Web. This time, we’re taking a look at Everlater, a startup founded by two childhood friends from TechStars’ home city of Boulder, Colorado. We follow them through well-paying jobs on Wall Street, through a spell traveling the world and on to the foundation of their startup.
Mike Michalowicz
OCTOBER 7, 2013
'Want to hire great talent (and who doesn’t)? Skip the resumes. Resumes are simply a compilation of experience – a compilation of skills. Skills are thee stuff that great talent picks up at a snap of their fingers. The greatest employees are the people who have a great attitude. They have relentless energy. They are super intelligent. Their life’s purpose aligns with your company’s mission.
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