YoungUpstarts
JANUARY 10, 2017
by Nat Greene , co-founder and current CEO of Stroud International and author of “ Stop Guessing: The 9 Behaviors of Great Problem Solvers “ Sherlock Holmes said, “I never guess. It is a shocking habit — destructive to the logical faculty.” But most of us guess all the time. When something breaks, our frontal cortex lights up with dozens of ideas of what might be wrong and how to fix it.
ConversionXL
JANUARY 12, 2017
What if you found out you are, at best, only optimizing your site for 81% of the people who might possibly visit it? Whether you’ve spent years perfecting your site’s usability or are just getting started, you’d want to know about that other 19%, right? That 19% represents millions and millions of people with disabilities who can’t access or engage with sites in the traditional way.
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Version One Ventures
JANUARY 10, 2017
Back in 2009, Bitcoin became the first decentralized cryptocurrency. The prevailing thinking then was that the cryptocurrency market was going to be a winner-takes-all race due to the strong network effects around mining. And, most thought that Bitcoin would emerge as the winner in this race. What happened? Bitcoin, and the underlying blockchain technology, never developed a strong use case besides storing value.
VC Cafe
JANUARY 12, 2017
2017 Predictions. “Prediction is very difficult, especially about the future.” Niels Bohr. Hope your 2017 is off to a great start. With more VCs blogging, it’s great to see the plethora of predictions being shared. Below is a selection of themes and predictions for startups/venture/tech in 2017. This doesn’t include the various lists of ‘hot startups to watch’ (where normally there’s a correlation between the startup and the recommending VC’s portfolio), but
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
Hearpreneur
JANUARY 7, 2017
Share Each business has a story. No matter if the business is a Goliath like Wal-Mart, or a local business owned by a couple or family, the business has roots in an idea. For each business owner, the story of their journey can range from monetary needs or the passion for a unique project. Each story is different though the reasons may be the same. No matter the tale, the background behind each and every business is what fuels each and brand.
ConversionXL
JANUARY 10, 2017
Session replays are a common conversion research technique. And they can provide a lot of value. Still, the process is amorphous. I haven’t seen a structured way to approach session recordings other than just sitting down to watch a bunch of them and inferring your qualitative findings, somehow lopping them into the rest of your research stack. But what if there were a better way?
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YoungUpstarts
JANUARY 10, 2017
by Val Matta, vice president of business development at CareerShift. There’s nothing more rewarding than coming home to a wagging tail or having a best friend working right beside you. Dogs understand what it means to create meaningful relationships with their owners – so why not take a few employee engagement ideas from our furry friends? Engagement is one of the key factors driving a workplace to success – at least that’s what 50 of the best places to work reported to Quantum Workp
Hearpreneur
JANUARY 8, 2017
Share It’s a new year and right after the ball drops, it’s time to go to work. Often entrepreneurs and business owners create their New Year’s Resolutions around their business. It could be more revenue, hiring clients or launching a new product or service, but every new year is an exciting time because it’s ripe with opportunity. We asked 16 entrepreneurs to share what’s new in their business in 2017. #1 – Expanding My Empire.
Feld Thoughts
JANUARY 13, 2017
Lately, I’ve been stewing over increased complexity being generated by companies around their organization approaches. While this activity varies by stage, in many cases the leadership team expands to a large (greater than six) number of people, there become two executive teams (the C-Team and the E-Team), the CEO gets sucked into endless distractions and working “in the company” rather than “on the company”, and I could go on with a 1,000 word rant on the challenge
Startup Professionals Musings
JANUARY 8, 2017
Starting and building a company is all about leadership – formulating an idea, building a unique plan based on vision and experience, and forging a path over and through all obstacles. Yet the image of leadership in business is at an all-time low, according to national leadership experts, considering the political debacles, record business bankruptcies, and executive fraud cases.
deal architect
JANUARY 11, 2017
As he prepares to go to Davos for the annual WEF meeting, I took the opportunity to ask Malcolm Frank, EVP Strategy and Marketing of Cognizant about his thoughts on outsourcing especially in Europe I think there are three lenses.
View from Seed
JANUARY 11, 2017
In recent years we’ve seen more and more corporations become more active or establish strategic VC arms. When there are many waves of innovation (AI/ML, voice, IoT, genomics, autonomous vehicles, blockchain, etc) propagating across many industries, it’s natural for corporations to use strategic investment as one way to harness that innovation for their own purposes.
YoungUpstarts
JANUARY 13, 2017
by Stephen Sheinbaum, founder of Bizfi. Every entrepreneur starts out with dreams of success. Those dreams can fuel any business as it secures loyal customers and achieves a consistent revenue stream, but that may not be enough to take it to the next level: its transformation into a larger company. To get to that stage, a small business may need a top-to-bottom evaluation of its existing business practices and tactics, and the implementation of new growth strategies.
Startup Professionals Musings
JANUARY 7, 2017
I’m sure we have all seen entrepreneurs with high levels of passion and confidence touting an idea that seems to make very little sense to us. Of course, we never see ourselves in this mode, yet we need to recognize that all humans see reality differently through a built-in set of “cognitive biases,” based on their own unique background of experiences, training, and mental state.
deal architect
JANUARY 9, 2017
As he prepares for his annual visit to the WEF event in Davos, Switzerland, I caught up with Malcolm Frank, EVP, Strategy and Marketing of Cognizant on what he expects to hear. I hesitate to even provide a preview of.
The Next Web
JANUARY 12, 2017
Paul Srivorakul is a Thai-American serial entrepreneur. Paul graduated from UC Berkeley and started his career working in sales for Ask Jeeves Inc. Since then he’s successfully started and exited three startup companies. Today he’s wearing shorts and a blue short-sleeve t-shirt with “Acommerce” across the front. Paul’s sitting in an open office filled with young people and with wild animated characters covering the walls.
YoungUpstarts
JANUARY 11, 2017
Though each CEO will have a different way to run his or her business, the great ones seem to share some of the same top qualities. If you’re interested in learning more about what makes a CEO great, consider a few of the following real-world examples from current CEOs: Not Afraid of Change. As a CEO, you must always be looking ahead and searching for the latest innovations.
Startup Professionals Musings
JANUARY 13, 2017
A good entrepreneur is not necessarily born a good salesman. In fact, they are often the opposite, more focused on building things rather than selling them. Yet, in today’s world of information overload, marketing and selling skills are critical to the success of every startup. The alternative “If we build it, they will come” approach has long been relegated to the field of dreams , after Kevin Costner’s movie by the same name.
Up and Running
JANUARY 13, 2017
When I first became a digital remote worker back in 2005, I had no idea how big of a role distraction would play in my day-to-day life. Having a computer connected to the internet and no coworkers or boss around to remind that I was at work made me prone to web surfing. I’d start by going to the New York Times website, then end up on Facebook, then maybe watch a video on YouTube.
YFS Magazine
JANUARY 12, 2017
By covering these five bases, what you are really doing is showing the world that. your word is your bond and your brand image is one that can be trusted.
YoungUpstarts
JANUARY 12, 2017
by Luigi Wewege, President and CEO of Vivier Group and author of “ The Digital Banking Revolution “ It is widely known that no matter the entrepreneurial endeavor, it will never reach its full potential without receiving a decent amount of financial support. Securing adequate financing for any new venture nowadays is an exceptionally difficult proposition, which is why angel investors are considered so valuable to the startup ecosystem.
Startup Professionals Musings
JANUARY 11, 2017
We have all had to work with annoying team members in business. If you are not their manager, it’s tempting to just walk away, tune them out, or react sharply, but these reactions are not appropriate for managers, and are equally ineffective for peers and team mates. Remember that annoying doesn’t mean non-productive – these may be top performers, with critical business skills.
SiliconHills
JANUARY 8, 2017
Looking for something to do this week? We’ve got you covered. Check out some of these events happening around town. And also snag a ticket to Silicon Hills News’ 2017 Austin Technology Calendar Party at Galvanize, which takes place the following week. But regular ticket sales end on Friday. (We have to know how many […] The post Eight Austin Tech Events to Attend This Week appeared first on SiliconHills.
Feld Thoughts
JANUARY 9, 2017
I love origin stories. Some of them glorify entrepreneurship in a way that makes them challenging to parse, as the struggles of our heroines and heroes gets romanticized in a way that tastes sugary sweet. But, when they are written in first person, unedited, on a blog, they are often delicious in a tasty and fulfilling way. Jud Valeski, the co-founder of Gnip, wrote a great one a few days ago.
YoungUpstarts
JANUARY 12, 2017
by Jamie Wright , millennial lawyer and political pundit. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, African Americans make up less than five percent of the lawyers in the country. But you cannot rest on your laurels and wait for the statistics to get better before you blaze your own trail into your career of choice. You have to be the one to help change those statistics.
Startup Professionals Musings
JANUARY 9, 2017
The average business person fights a customer culture shift, rather than looking for it. For them, change means new risk and extra costs, but it also means new opportunity for growth. In fact, some of the best, including Steve Jobs, actually drove culture change rather than waiting for it to happen. What are the lessons that the rest of us need to learn to see and survive these shifts?
YFS Magazine
JANUARY 13, 2017
Regular exercise and healthy eating provides multiple benefits to both our physical and mental health.
Hunter Walker
JANUARY 7, 2017
I’ve seen an unexpected benefit to founders of Homebrew’s ability to serve on your Board from Seed until B Round — you get an easy opportunity to add an outside Director earlier than most startups. Let me ‘splain. If you have a seed fund and/or founders who aren’t interested in creating a Board together, you’re likely waiting until Series A to add an investor.
YoungUpstarts
JANUARY 10, 2017
The healthcare industry has seen steady growth and is ripe for disruption. And everyone knows it. In fact, venture funding deals in health technology grew nearly 200% between 2010 and 2014. Will your startup disrupt the industry in 2017 and beyond? Let’s start by thinking about where healthcare stands compared with other industries. Retail, for example, always seems to be ahead of the curve, deploying technologies like drones and virtual reality.
The Equity Kicker
JANUARY 11, 2017
Around nine years ago I read Nicholas Taleb’s seminal texts The Black Swan (2007) and Fooled by Randomness (2001) and I loved them both. For venture investors everywhere The Black Swan suddenly provided a framework and lingua franca for understanding our business – betting on extreme outcomes that have a low probability of occurring, and perhaps more subtly for those working in this world, an understanding role of chance is critical to distinguishing talent from luck (although we all
YFS Magazine
JANUARY 12, 2017
At the end of the day, it’s great that you enjoy your work, but it’s more important that you enjoy your life more!
SiliconHills
JANUARY 8, 2017
By LAURA LOREK Reporter with Silicon Hills News For the past six years, we’ve watched numerous Austin technology startups launch and go on to achieve great feats. This year, we’ve highlighted 20 that we think will make some big moves in 2017. Two of them could possibly file to go public this year: WP Engine […] The post 20 Hot Austin Startups to Watch in 2017 appeared first on SiliconHills.
YoungUpstarts
JANUARY 9, 2017
When you grow tired of working for others and spending long hours in the office, you might dream of running your own business and working from home. Flipping websites is just one way you can make some extra cash, and flipping websites might help you make enough that you can quit your full-time job. Similar to flipping houses, the process requires that you buy and develop or design your own sites and then that you sell those sites at a profit.
Berkonomics
JANUARY 12, 2017
I recently experienced an amazing effort of outreach by a vice president of a large national customer asking for a meeting with the product development team of a critical supplier, one of “my” companies. The goal, the VP stated, was to “see if these guys are battle hardened veterans that have dealt with the real-world product and delivery problems” of a nationally important customer.
YFS Magazine
JANUARY 13, 2017
Let go of the fear of delegation and get back to enjoying what made you start the business in the first place.
ConversionXL
JANUARY 10, 2017
Announcing our next live online course: Google Tag Manager Fundamentals with Chris Mercer. Learn GTM to 10x your effectiveness as a marketer. by giving you power and control over your data measurement. Our 4-week, 8 live class intensive training program will give you. A knowledge of how to use Google Tag Manager to deploy third party tracking scripts.
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