YoungUpstarts

MARCH 22, 2012

“It’s all about how people connect in this day and age. Mobile phones give us fantastic new ways to be constantly informed on what our networks are up to, but inversely new barriers are formed that distract people from spending time together.

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Malaysia Community Hosting Mobile 168

YoungUpstarts

MARCH 19, 2012

The ability to know who’s calling before you answer the phone probably saved us from potential embarrassment before – like forgetting names, mistaking a caller for someone else, avoiding certain people etc. Don’t we all love caller ID? Our website makes it easy for users to get out ahead and control how they appear.”

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Database California Naming Cloud 145

The Equity Kicker

MARCH 19, 2012

Everybody answers to somebody, Nic Brisbourne reminds us. Having set the scene about us, we go on to provide data on the market as context for the performance of our funds. One of our slides today showed VC exits over $100 million since 1996, split between the US and Europe. My latest column for The Kernel.

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LP Europe Portfolio Private Equity 97

A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

MARCH 20, 2012

But it just a few short months of super-charging our marketing efforts at WP Engine for her to start turning herself inside out about her lack of “success,” and by implication, lack of ability and self-worth: WP Engine is killing it right now. This is about you and me who beat ourselves up with similar words.

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San Jose Bootstrapping Hosting Engineer 233

Life Beyond Code

MARCH 21, 2012

My mentors don’t even have to ask me about things I promised to act on. He or she has no problem asking those hard questions and actually prompting you to start doing something about those questions. So you never have to worry about any other side-effects as you discuss your life and work issues. You can learn to reflect.

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Technology 132

Feld Thoughts

MARCH 20, 2012

500+ people obsessed about mobile app development, cloud computing, and big data are going to be there this year. If you are an early-sage startup (pre-funding or seed funding) in mobile app development, cloud computing or big data, this is a great way to get some face time with us. Did I say the demo pods were free?

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Early Stage Cloud Mobile Internet 127

The Equity Kicker

MARCH 23, 2012

Fast forward to 2012 and Google is asking for much more trust so they can deliver a more personalised service but has undermined our trust by not being straight with us on a number of occasions. In the late 1990s the search challenge was to direct us to the most relevant web page, and our expectations were relatively low.

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San Francisco Kenya Search Social Network 102

Entrepreneurs-Journey.com by Yaro Starak

MARCH 18, 2012

Many of us, as entrepreneurs, start off with big intentions to do big things. Although I love dreaming big and hear a lot about people thinking big, I find that there is power in thinking small when we are getting started as entrepreneurs or solo-preneurs.

Restful 106

Restful Entrepreneur Marketing 106

YoungUpstarts

MARCH 20, 2012

It’s also better to know – the study also revealed that globally, many feel the number one action leaders should take to restore confidence in 2012 is to be open and honest about the nature and scale of the challenge ahead (57% US; 52% Europe v s. 43% China). Check out this infographic for more information on the study.

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Leadership Singapore Social Media China 154

Agile VC

MARCH 18, 2012

How To Think About The Future. CEO Dick Costolo famously said that Twitter is not a media company about six weeks ago at the AllThingsD conference. But what about Twitter as a “data” business not an ad-based one? How to Evaluate Firms for a Seed VC. AGILEVC My idle thoughts on tech startups. March 18, 2012.

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Media Advertising Silicon Valley Revenue 113

crowdSPRING Blog

MARCH 20, 2012

Be professional, treat others with respect, help us build something very special, and we’ll take notice. Please tell us about yourself. …I don’t have a lot of time for a whole lot of designing – kids have that affect on us stay at home mums! Please tell us about your creative process.

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New Zealand Design Community Marketing 97

Gregg Fraley, Author of Jack's Notebook

MARCH 23, 2012

I had an interesting conversation recently about innovation culture. Comparing notes of various organizations with a friend, one of us remarked about organization X — “they never say yes, they never say no, it’s always…maybe.” No organizations are very selective; the upside is clarity.

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Leadership Conversion Management Metrics 118

Duct Tape Marketing

MARCH 22, 2012

They drive our everyday routines and teach us, often subconsciously how to feel and react to the things that happen around us all day long. They can propel us forward in very positive ways and hobble us equally destructive ways. Habits allow us to do many of the little things we do, often without thought.

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RSS New York Sales Marketing 69

The Equity Kicker

MARCH 22, 2012

It was released in the US last November and isn’t yet available in the UK, but the folk at DisplayLink kindly brought one over for me, and I got it today. About half of the Targus docking station is visible, circled in white next to the laptop. A bit of research revealed that the DisplayLink powered Targus USB 3.0

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Portfolio Partner Video 87

Duct Tape Marketing

MARCH 21, 2012

I’ve written about this kind of ideal client discovery here. You must create a “why us” value proposition and use that as you hypothesis for why us. Many people get caught up in trying to execute their business plan when the fact of the matter is the market doesn’t care about your business plan.

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Customer Business Model Social Media Distribution 76

Duct Tape Marketing

MARCH 20, 2012

Coupons have been with us for a very long time. But, that’s about to change as coupon behavior, stimulated by millions upon millions of Groupon type coupon users. As the use of content has evolved to include every type of interaction, smart marketers have discovered ways to deliver coupon content that involves behavior.

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Conversion Metrics Social Media Advertising 66

Up and Running

MARCH 21, 2012

How do we go about evaluation of the tours that will be assigned to us. As background, for you as my reader, I did some tour guiding in my youth and I’ve been on a couple of cruises and dealt with the shore excursions, so I think I know enough to explain what business we’re talking about. Call everybody you can.

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Due Diligence Angel Investor Operations Email 67

Up and Running

MARCH 20, 2012

“We had customers using our mobile marketing tools only five and a half months after starting the company. That was fantastic because it helped us attract other quality developers to join our team.” ” Learn more about RealLead mobile marketing tools for Realtors.

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Oregon Chad United States Angel Investor 87

Seeing Both Sides

MARCH 19, 2012

These last few weeks have been about as encouraging as any that I can remember when it comes to economic news. The US economy seems to be, finally, recovering nicely from the Great Recession ( The Economist tongue-in-cheek headline this weekend: "Can It Be.The Recovery?").

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IPO Capital Call Stock Small Business 30

ConversionXL

MARCH 23, 2012

What about a bulk offer of 48 eggs? There is no single best way to go about it. And probably US dollars are difficult for some Europeans. One guy on a HackerNews thread about Heroku’s pricing page: “… I literally spent ~15 minutes just playing with it!” ” Talk about engagement!

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Cost Conversion Design Social Media 123