The Next Web

FEBRUARY 21, 2014

'Mikael Cho is the co-founder of ooomf , a network that connects short-term software projects with handpicked developers and designers. Mikael writes about psychology, startups, and product marketing over on the ooomf blog. If you choose to raise money for your company, you’ll inevitably need to prepare a few documents for investors. One of the most important ones is an investor presentation or a “deck.”.

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YoungUpstarts

FEBRUARY 16, 2014

'by Suzanne Evans, author of ” The Way You Do Anything is the Way You Do Everything “ So you decided to seize your dream and start your own business. Unfortunately, your fledgling company is losing altitude fast. Despite putting in the work, you’re not seeing the profits. No matter how much you scour profit-and-loss statements, analyze your data, tweak your advertising, encourage your employees, or suck up to potential clients, you can’t move the needle.

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crowdSPRING Blog

FEBRUARY 21, 2014

'Every day on the crowdSPRING Twitter account and on my own Twitter account , I post links to posts or videos I enjoyed reading or viewing. These posts and videos are about logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! Here are some of the links that I’ve liked and shared this past week!

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Feld Thoughts

FEBRUARY 18, 2014

'I saw a great job title this morning when I was looking someone up on LinkedIn. It was “CTO Whisperer.” As I’m getting deeper into meditation. I hear the word “teacher” a lot. I’d never thought much about it before, but it’s used in a similar way to how we use the word “mentor” at Techstars. When we started to use the word mentor in 2007, it required defining.

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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

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The Next Web

FEBRUARY 20, 2014

'Viktor Marohni? is the CEO and co-founder at ShoutEm , a self service mobile website and mobile apps creator, a ‘Wordpress for mobile apps.’. From banking software to cell phones, as markets develop and grow, more user-friendly products with fewer but highly-polished features are winning the game. In the early stages of every technology, the market is usually dominated by products built for early adopters who are typically tech savvy – this mainly consists of developers who like to have full c

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thebarefootvc

FEBRUARY 19, 2014

'I gave a talk, titled “What in the World?”, almost exactly 2 years ago to this day at Bloomberg LP’s headquarters in NYC as part of Social Media Week. You can view the full presentation here. I overviewed demographic and economic trends globally and outlined the opportunity for technology companies to access growth in the emerging markets.

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Jeff Hilimire

FEBRUARY 18, 2014

'Sometimes people confuse accepting help with a sign of weakness. They think if they admit they need help that it means they are less capable and it will appear they are inadequate. This is the ultimate sign of a person’s ego holding them back. Recently I experienced a person like this. I was talking to a friend who works at a big company in town and they were expressing a problem they were having with a web development project.

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The Next Web

FEBRUARY 20, 2014

'Matt Winn is Volusion’s Marketing Communications Manager, where he helps oversee the organization’s branding and communications efforts. Our current culture is riddled with mobile junkies addicted to their tablets and smartphones. While this newfound obsession has had quite the negative impact on dinner conversation, it does present a great opportunity for retailers to take advantage of this mobile fixation by providing a high-impact, enjoyable mobile commerce experience.

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deal architect

FEBRUARY 18, 2014

'Couple of years ago I asked SAP to take me off their events list. I kept asking questions and not really getting answers from its executives and I felt like a jerk writing lukewarm or negative blog posts after being.

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Steve Blank

FEBRUARY 19, 2014

'Teams that build continuous customer discovery into their DNA will become smarter than their investors, and build more successful companies. — Awhile back I blogged about Ashwin , one of my ex-students wanted to raise a seed round to build Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (drones) with a Hyper-spectral camera and fly it over farm fields collecting hyper-spectral images.

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Spencer Fry

FEBRUARY 19, 2014

'It''s been a while since I wrote a new article for my website — over three months in fact — and I''m sorry about that. I''ve been continuing to publish new writing almost weekly over at Treehouse , one article for Ooomf and an essay in the soon-to-be-published Customer Support Handbook. You should check those out if you''re looking for new writing by me.

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The Next Web

FEBRUARY 18, 2014

'Ilya Pozin is the founder of Open Me and Ciplex , and is a columnist for Inc, Forbes, and LinkedIn. Is your open office floorplan killing your employees? A recent article in The New Yorker took a hard-hitting look at the open office trend to take stock if the concept was a good or bad idea. The findings, culled from various research studies, don’t look great for the open office as a paragon of productivity.

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deal architect

FEBRUARY 16, 2014

'Sorry, Aneel and Marc but if someone were to ask me the most exciting event in the last decade of software, cloud enterprise applications would come in second. The phenomenonal growth of consumer mobile ecosystems would get my first ballot.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 18, 2014

'Sponsored by VISA Business One of the keys to maximizing the productivity and success of your team, as well as yourself, is motivation. It has been estimated that the average team member at any given time works at less than 50% of his capacity. Thus, mastering the art of employee motivation could double your chances of success over the average competitor.

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YoungUpstarts

FEBRUARY 18, 2014

'Do you wake up in the mornings and drag your feet to work because you really, really hate your job? You’re not alone – according to a GfK study only 54% of Americans actively love their jobs, and 15% actually actively hate their jobs. And only slightly better for the other countries included in the survy. But your affinity for the job is directly related to your productivity and your personal well-being, and the best way to be happy at your job is to be really good at what you do.

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Rembrandt Communications

FEBRUARY 18, 2014

'Boost sales, awareness and credibility with the right copy. It’s February, and hearts and flowers are everywhere. With this in mind… Do you “love” the ROI you’re getting from your content? If not, there are three simple things you can do right now to get better results from all of your marketing copy: 1. Shorten […].

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deal architect

FEBRUARY 20, 2014

'WhatsApp valued at $ 19 billion for 450 million users. In Asia, another text messaging service, LINE has another 300 million users and is expected to IPO in Japan this year. Facebook at $ 175 billion for 1.2 billion users.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 17, 2014

'Just because you are an entrepreneur, or work in a startup, you can’t ignore the rules of building and maintaining relationships. Many despise these experiences in corporate environments, and leave for a startup, only to find that they have to be able to navigate a similar minefield there of workplace and business relationships to be successful. Jan Yager, Ph.D., an author and speaker on this and related subjects, outlines in her book a while back “ Productive Relationships: 57 Strategies for B

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YoungUpstarts

FEBRUARY 20, 2014

'by Bill Clerico, CEO of WePay. Internet commerce technology has unleashed the capabilities of ordinary Americans to take matters into their own hands and craft—often literally—their own livelihoods. You can create and sell custom jewelry, find a room (or rent yours out) on Airbnb, drive your fellow citizens around with Uber, or find families that need some nanny help.

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Agile VC

FEBRUARY 20, 2014

'Like most folks in the tech ecosystem, I’m still slightly slack-jawed this morning by the announcement late yesterday that Facebook is buying WhatsApp for approximately $19 billion in total consideration. There are so many remarkable aspects of this event… from the sheer size, to founder Jan Koum’s personal story, to the way it caught most people by surprise, to Sequoia’s stunning return (more on that below).

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deal architect

FEBRUARY 17, 2014

'I read this morning an Apple fan’s uncharitable view of Google and it occurred to me we all spent so much time on Apple v Microsoft, Oracle v SAP, IBM v HP type gossip, that we forget all the good.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 15, 2014

'If you are one of the many people still searching for that job lost during or after the recent depression, or about to dump the loser of a job you have now, you should be working on starting your own business, in parallel with looking for that ideal job. Let me explain why this is a win-win deal, no matter what the outcome. You have probably secretly always wanted to run your own show, but with an existing job, never took the time to consider a startup.

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YoungUpstarts

FEBRUARY 17, 2014

'by Teddy Hunt. 2013 saw a lot of new technology. So much so, in fact, that the competition ended up creating a bittersweet outcome for most companies. Now, with the new year, people have had enough time juggling all of these new technologies to figure out which ones they like, as well as what they like or don’t like about them. Here we’ll check out some of the top tech start-ups that might have a chance of really breaking through this year.

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The Next Web

FEBRUARY 20, 2014

'Denis Duvauchelle is CEO and co-founder of Twoodo , helping your team organize itself using simple #hashtags. The essence of innovation and the foundation of many start-ups are to imitate and adapt from existing concepts. New ideas are mostly incremental improvements of past ideas, just as we as a biological species have evolved improvements over centuries.

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deal architect

FEBRUARY 20, 2014

'Katie Nittler. the latest contributor in the Tech in my Passion guest series, writes me “The column looks great - it was so much fun to do - thank you for thinking of me! Let me know when you want.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 16, 2014

'You are an aspiring entrepreneur, eager to dump the corporate grind, and work to the beat of your own drummer, but you can’t come up with that killer idea to save the world. What are the alternatives that will give you the independence you crave, and challenge your business acumen? Technically, I believe an entrepreneur is anyone who manages his own profit and loss, and doesn’t meet the government tax definition of an employee.

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YoungUpstarts

FEBRUARY 18, 2014

'If you’ve ever shopped on Amazon or eBay you’d probably wondered about the algorithm engines that run within those sites, the ones that are seemingly able to read your mind and present to you a range of products you’re most likely interested in. And if you’re an online retailer that sells your products online, you’re also probably pondering how you can enable your sites with such predictive technology.

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The Next Web

FEBRUARY 19, 2014

'Rahul Varshneya is the co-founder of Arkenea Technologies and a mobile strategy advisor. He can be contacted via Twitter @rahulvarshneya. Aspiring entrepreneurs often don’t even start up. The reasons are aplenty, but if you can get over these five, you have got a chance to start your first venture. You have it in you to start your own venture… or so you think.

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deal architect

FEBRUARY 19, 2014

'I have a feeling Kirill Tatarinov, EVP for Microsoft Business Solutions, is going to have a more nuanced version of this statement come March 3 at his conference in Atlanta “No-one has done cloud ERP!” I bet Zach Nelson and.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 21, 2014

'Your business can’t be all things to all people, and do everything well. Every entrepreneur and every business needs a strategy to keep them focused. In fact, in this new world of pervasive interactivity, it’s time to rethink even how to develop a strategy. Strategy used to come from the inside looking out, but now it must come from a dialogue and engagement with constituents.

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YoungUpstarts

FEBRUARY 19, 2014

'by Alon Alroy, co-founder and CMO of Bizzabo . Conferences are a great way to meet industry professionals, explore the newest technologies and innovations in your industry and to receive tips and insight for your profession. Below, we at Bizzabo have compiled a list of the 20 upcoming US tech conferences you must attend. Hopefully we will see you there!

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The Next Web

FEBRUARY 15, 2014

'Kickstarter announced today on its blog that it has been hacked, after the company was advised by law enforcement that hackers had gained private customer information on Wednesday night this week. While the company says that no credit card information was accessed by hackers, it is advising all users of the service to reset their password immediately and ensure that any other accounts that use the same password are changed as soon as possible.

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Feld Thoughts

FEBRUARY 16, 2014

'My various posts on depression and my struggles with it generate a wide range of emails, some with suggestions, some with questions, and some with empathy. The following question is an example of what I get regularly. “I read your blog every day and have read your book on living with an entrepreneur. Thanks for sharing your experiences with depression.

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Version One Ventures

FEBRUARY 20, 2014

'A few weeks ago when Boris wrote about overcoming decision paralysis , I shared a comment that I make important decisions by evaluating my choices based on how they align with my core values. For years now, I have been encouraging nearly everyone that I meet to take some time to reflect on his or her values for this exact purpose (among many others).

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YoungUpstarts

FEBRUARY 19, 2014

'by Asif Khan, CEO of Caremerge. An adult child’s concern for an aging parent is nothing new, but as the baby boomer generation heads for retirement the Department of Health and Human Services says nearly 20% of the population will be 65 or older by 2030. The concern about aging parents living alone at home is about to reach an all-time high and while the state of assisted living facilities continues to improve, many seniors prefer to keep their independence as long as possible.

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The Next Web

FEBRUARY 15, 2014

'David Hassell is the CEO of 15Five. This post originally appeared on the 15five blog. All companies work towards measurable goals. New features in the product, selling target customers and boosting the bottom line. But goals are meaningless without knowing why you’re aiming for them. Seems obvious, but far too frequently we forget to examine why certain objectives were created in the first place.

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