YoungUpstarts
JANUARY 26, 2014
'by Julie May, CEO of bytes of knowledge (b:ok). Most IT projects require a variety of skill sets, from design and software development, to hosting and project management. It’s difficult to find someone who is an expert in two or more of these skills areas. For example, the field of computer programming does not tend to attract people with strong communication skills.
The Next Web
JANUARY 25, 2014
'Noam Fine, co-Founder and CEO of Widdit , providing app developers engagement solutions over the mobile and Web platforms. We read every day about new startups that have raised capital and have just recently launched their app or platform. Of course, a creative idea and raising funds is only half the battle, as was recently pointed out by Zach Miller in a recent post on Forbes on Israel’s flourishing startup scene.
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ConversionXL
JANUARY 31, 2014
'What follows is a list of resources that can be applied specifically to landing page optimization, found here on ConversionXL & from other great websites around the web. We’ve organized everything to best simulate a visitor’s experience on a landing page from first click to final conversion. To get the most out of this guide, please use each resource to focus on one area of your landing page experience at a time.
Up and Running
JANUARY 31, 2014
'How do you get your people to perform? By being the best boss that ever happened to them. The very top leaders drive bottom-line results for a company because they improve the lives of their employees. I know that being a boss is hard. And I know that being an extraordinary boss is even harder. But, it’s work with a high return on investment. Employees with an extraordinary leader are engaged, and engaged employees are more productive and motivated—they produce higher-quality work, take fewer s
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
crowdSPRING Blog
JANUARY 26, 2014
'The first quarter of the business year is a great time to put in place or review your accounting and bookkeeping systems. Every entrepreneur needs to have a bit of the comptroller in their personality, but relatively few have the skills or patience to learn them. Enter the accounting team: you, your bookkeeper, your CPA, and (sometimes) your tax specialist.Rat.
The Next Web
JANUARY 30, 2014
'Denis Duvauchelle is the CEO and co-founder of Twoodo , the hashtag language that lets you organize anything and everything. A study conducted by Gartner last year stated that 80 percent of attempts to gain benefits from using social collaboration tools will not be seen until at least 2015. This is astounding. Wouldn’t you think most businessmen and women know how to use social collaboration tools and exchange information in feeds, forums and chatrooms by now?
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deal architect
JANUARY 25, 2014
'Last summer when I started to interview executives for the Karl-Heinz Streibich book, The Digital Enterprise, I presumed most would talk to me about how they are using social, mobile, analytical and cloud computing in their industries and countries. That.
Steve Blank
JANUARY 28, 2014
'Having a film crew in your living room for two days is something you want to put on your bucket list. With a ~$2 billion endowment the Kauffman Foundation is the largest non-profit focused on entrepreneurship in the world. Giving away $80 million to every year (~$25 million to entrepreneurial causes) makes Kauffman the dominant player in the entrepreneurship space.
The Next Web
JANUARY 28, 2014
'This post originally appeared on the Buffer blog. When you’re facing a blank page with no idea what to write, it’s hard to imagine how you’ll ever get to the other side of a finished piece. I’ve gone through this a few times, so I thought it might be helpful to share the methods that have worked for me. 1. Be honest & work your struggles into your content.
thebarefootvc
JANUARY 27, 2014
'I just wrote a short piece which Quartz published today. I’m re-posting below. Do I think we are in a valuation bubble? I think that later stage valuations are frothy (for reasons I explain below) while earlier stage valuations are starting to stabilize from previous highs (with the exception of the superstar serial entrepreneur) - turns out scaling in a sea of competition (both startup and entrenched) is not so easy.
deal architect
JANUARY 28, 2014
'When the President talks this evening people will snicker when he mentions jobs… but the encouraging reality is the rebound of manufacturing in the US is bringing back regional sourcing and associated jobs McKinsey Regional demand looms large in sectors.
Startup Professionals Musings
JANUARY 25, 2014
'Don’t charge the hill until you are “ready.” This probably seems obvious to military types, but I see entrepreneurs violating this rule all the time. They approach key potential investors way too early, trying to talk their way up the hill, with no supporting business plan, and before they have a support team around them. Needless to say, they usually get shot down, and get no second chance.
The Next Web
JANUARY 27, 2014
'Jackson Bond is the co-founder of Relayr , the team behind the WunderBar - a set of wireless detachable sensors and smart modules, all of which can be monitored and controlled from your phone and web apps. After deciding to launch a crowdfunding campaign for our product, we landed on the date of December 16th, 2013. Nothing about this sounds out of the ordinary, except that we had chosen this date just four weeks prior to when we needed to launch.
YoungUpstarts
JANUARY 27, 2014
'Singapore, as we know, is a startup-friendly city. As a technology and startup system it is supported by its government to some extent or another, and has attracted many entrepreneurs from around the region – and indeed from around the world – to start a company here. But is there any data supporting this? Apparently there is.
deal architect
JANUARY 27, 2014
'I am a lifelong software guy – developer, analyst, blogger, author– and have marveled how the industry has grown around the world over the decades. The New Florence blog has number of software innovation categories, my books are chockfull of.
Startup Professionals Musings
JANUARY 26, 2014
'Your marketing launch is the most important element of startup success these days, to get customer attention in this world of information overload. Yet it is the one element that too many entrepreneurs focus on only as an afterthought. Everyone assumes their product or service is so great that “word-of-mouth” will carry the day for them. Even great products need great marketing “content” to fuel the ascent of their online message.
The Next Web
JANUARY 31, 2014
'Yoav Vilner is the CEO and co-founder of Ranky.co , a growth hacking and online marketing team. If you are one of TNW’s many readers, there’s a good chance you might be a product owner, creator, or the marketer of one. And as such, you are no stranger to guest blogging. In fact, guest contributions as a generic method started years before Google even existed – when columnists in newspapers got a one-off in a non-competitive magazine related to their field of writing, such as Sports or Fashion.
YoungUpstarts
JANUARY 26, 2014
'When you’re a new or aspiring entrepreneur, any kind of help or advice is always welcome. Print company MOO has launched a Startup Business Toolkit that – like our site – compiles useful resources that’s useful if you’re thinking about starting up your own business. Over the next few months, they’ll be rolling out articles written by carefully-sourced experts, entrepreneurs, startup founders and ourselves, filled with educational tips on starting and maintaining
deal architect
JANUARY 29, 2014
'Remember Dirty Harry’s reaction when he was told he was being grounded and assigned to the Personnel department? Well, Personnel has a more sophisticated moniker these days but its image in the eyes of many executives, is not much better.
Startup Professionals Musings
JANUARY 27, 2014
'Over the years, I’ve had the privilege of working with some of the best entrepreneurs in Silicon Valley and elsewhere. On the average, the entrepreneurs I know are living on Ramen noodles. But one thing they all seem to have in common is a love for learning and change. They rush in with a passion to better the world, and money is just an indication of their progress.
The Next Web
JANUARY 30, 2014
'George Deeb is the Managing Partner at Chicago-based Red Rocket Ventures , a startup consulting and financial advisory firm based in Chicago. Often times, a startup entrepreneur has a good business idea, but doesn’t know how to build the product or service. Or, the entrepreneur has deep technology skills, but is lacking in business skills. In many cases, these entrepreneurs are on the hunt for co-founders to help them build their businesses.
YoungUpstarts
JANUARY 28, 2014
'Internships are a great way to find out if there’s job fit – whether you like the industry, enjoy the work that you do, or to find out if there’s a way to grow the skills you want and acquire the appropriate experience. But what if you really, really do like your internship stint at a particular company and would really love to turn that into a full-time gig?
deal architect
JANUARY 29, 2014
'Apple has been sliced and diced in countless books and blogs to find its “secret sauce”. To me, Steve Jobs created a petri dish and threw in all kinds of rare elements – Tim Cook’s operational excellence, Jony Ive’s design.
Startup Professionals Musings
JANUARY 31, 2014
'It’s time for more entrepreneurs to reset their focus, and shift their thinking to completely different ways of doing things. Everyone talks about innovation, but the majority of business plans I see still reflect linear thinking – one more social network with improved usability, one more wind-farm energy generator with a few more blades, or one more dating site with a new dimension of compatibility.
The Next Web
JANUARY 25, 2014
'Nicholas Clark is the CTO of DoubleDutch , the company that creates social event apps for trade shows and conferences. In September of 2013, Apple released iOS 7 and hinted that legacy SDK support would soon be dropped. At DoubleDutch (where we make mobile applications for trade shows and conferences), this iOS 7 announcement provided an opportunity for us to reevaluate the state of our product.
YoungUpstarts
JANUARY 29, 2014
'The millennial generation came into adulthood when the stock market was in an unsteady place, and investing might not seem like the smartest thing to do with your money when you can safely tuck it away into a savings account. But beginning a financial portfolio as early as possible is a great way to start accumulating interest and dividends, and the best way to get ahead in your retirement fund.
deal architect
JANUARY 28, 2014
'apologies to 2 Chainz, but contributors to the Technology and my Passion series are providing New Florence readers an amazing range of science and regional perspectives in their columns Classic Rock - David Deal Museums - Jeanne Achille Music -.
Gust
JANUARY 25, 2014
'There are actually no angel investing ‘journals’ per se, because there simply are not enough active, professional angel investors to make a market. There are, however, quite a few blog posts on the subject, although most are written for an entrepreneurial audience, rather than angels themselves. And there is one really excellent weekly podcast to keep you up to speed.
The Next Web
JANUARY 26, 2014
'Jon Yongfook is a serial entrepreneur based in Asia. He started and sold a popular recipe portal, and now runs a virtual assistant software company. He mentors young startups at Singapore Management University and True Incube Thailand , a 500 Startups Partner. Startups are a special breed of companies when it comes to marketing. If a big corporation is pushing a new product, you might expect them to take out TV ads, online ads, maybe hire a PR agency and set up big distribution partnerships.
YoungUpstarts
JANUARY 31, 2014
'by Cynthia Griffith, author of “ The Sun Village Project “ While it may seem as if the United States’ places of interest have been pretty consistent over the years, the truth is that the landscape of this country is ever changing. Today, the population is rising in cities you might never have expected and for those who live and work in these locations, their reasons to maintain residency are endless.
deal architect
JANUARY 30, 2014
'Transitions are painful. Look around the globe and some agrarian economy or another is being industrialized. Some blue collar town is moving to a services focus. Robots, drones and machine learning are transforming every industry in the Western economy. And.
Gust
JANUARY 26, 2014
'Richard Branson photo via en.wikipedia.org. I’ve always wondered why every executive meeting has to be one hour in length, or longer. That’s probably a tenth of your day spent on one issue. It better be a critical one, because you have a hundred others waiting. I believe you can be much more productive, as well as a more effective leader, if you approach most meetings as mentoring opportunities, and limit them to five minutes.
The Next Web
JANUARY 28, 2014
'At the end of 2013, more than 100 entrepreneurs, artists, environmentalists, and yogis flew into Panama City’s chaotic metropolis, seeking an adventure, and a fun way to celebrate the New Year. After landing, guests were loaded into 4X4s and taken for a drive into the jungle, bumping up and down dirt roads as howler monkeys swung overhead from the bordering rainforest.
YoungUpstarts
JANUARY 26, 2014
'February 4th will see some of the best upcoming startups from around the world congregate in Geneva, Switzerland to determine the winner for the Seedstars World Final competition. From almost a thousand entries these startups emerged as regional winners in invite-only competitions in their various cities – Moscow, Dubai, Baku, Accra, Kigali, Lagos, Nairobi, Cape Town, Bangalore, Bangkok, Singapore, Hong Kong, Beijing, Seoul, Tokyo, Sydney, Mexico City, Santiago, Buenos Aires and Rio de Ja
deal architect
JANUARY 29, 2014
'It is an honor to welcome Plex to the past and present gallery of innovators and disruptors who sponsor the Deal Architect and the New Florence. New Renaissance. blogs. Plex is the Manufacturing Cloud, delivering industry-leading ERP and manufacturing automation.
Version One Ventures
JANUARY 27, 2014
'Marc Andreesen famously said that “ software is eating the world.” Now it looks like mobile is eating the web. Back in 2010, Mary Meeker and Morgan Stanley predicted that within the next five years, “more users will connect to the Internet over mobile devices than desktop PCs.” We’ve arrived at that milestone. The shift from desktop to mobile, whether smartphone or tablet, is happening across a variety of activities.
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