A VC : Venture Capital and Technology

JUNE 21, 2017

Cooley, one of the top startup law firms, has open sourced the legal documents required to do a Series Seed or Convertible Note financing. They are available on Cooley’s CooleyGo document generation platform and also on GitHub. Kudos to Cooley for doing this. We need to make the transaction costs of getting a financing done as low as possible and putting the legal docs into the public domain is a great step forward in doing that.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 24, 2017

Entrepreneurs are usually highly creative and innovative, but many innovative people are not entrepreneurs. Since it takes a team of people to build a great company, the challenge is to find that small percentage of innovative people, and then nurture the tendency, rather than stifle it.

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Feld Thoughts

JUNE 19, 2017

Over the weekend, Mark Suster and Fred Wilson each put up awesome posts discussing the idea of profitability in startups. Mark’s is a master class about how to look at the financial characteristics of a startup and Fred’s discusses what he’s been working on with some of his more mature companies. They are both worth reading right now. I’ll be here when you get back.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 17, 2017

There are certain topics that even some of the smartest people I talk with who aren’t startup oriented can’t fully grok. One of them is whether profitability matters.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 19, 2017

Every business leader realizes their primary objective is to motivate people to do what is required, yet all of us with any experience in business tend to remember most those times when we felt highly demotivated by our leaders.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 19, 2017

One of the hardest decisions entrepreneurs make when they start a company and raise outside capital is figuring out what an acceptable “burn rate” is.

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deal architect

JUNE 20, 2017

I honestly cannot remember the last time SAP showed in the lower left quadrant – for niche players – in a Gartner MQ. But in the latest MQ for “Cloud Core Financial Management Suites for Midsize, Large and Global Enterprises”. Enterprise Software (IBM, Microsoft, Oracle, SAP

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Inc Startups

JUNE 20, 2017

I'd like to run this idea up the flag pole, that the best practice and a win-win situation with plenty of value added is to stop using jargon. Are we on the same page? HR/Benefits

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SiliconHills

JUNE 22, 2017

This week, WeWork announced 11 Austin companies have been selected as finalists for The Creator Awards South Regional Final, which will be held next week at ACL Line. WeWork selected the finalists from more than 2,000 applications from all across the south. The event is Tuesday, June 27 at ACL Live at The Moody Theater, […] The post 11 Austin Individuals, Companies and Nonprofit Organizations Chosen to Compete at WeWork’s Creator Awards appeared first on SiliconHills. Austin

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Duct Tape Marketing

JUNE 19, 2017

Why You Must Refocus Your Message On Problems Not Solutions written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 17, 2017

In this age of social media and world-wide Internet, message delivery from business leaders needs to change, just like the message changes from leaders in your personal lives.

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The Startup Magazine

JUNE 22, 2017

The “customer is always right” is a motto a lot of businesses live by. While customers are important for any business wanting to continue to thrive, your employees and their perks should be considered just as important.

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Inc Startups

JUNE 22, 2017

Robert E. Murray, the CEO Murray Energy Corporation, is suing the late-night host for defamation--and he's got a long history of going after journalists and news outlets.

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SiliconHills

JUNE 21, 2017

A Native of South Africa, Clinton Phillips, a serial entrepreneur, recently founded Medici, a HIPAA-complaint telemedicine app, in Austin and raised more than $24 million in venture capital funding. Previously, Phillips founded and ran Aspen-based Aspen Back & Body, physical rehab clinic, that he sold to Laser Spine Institute.

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deal architect

JUNE 19, 2017

Cognizant popularized the acronym SMAC for the stack of Social, Mobile, Analytic and Cloud technologies where most innovation IT dollars are going. Indeed Malcolm Frank, EVP Strategy and Marketing was talking about it as far back as November of 2012.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 18, 2017

I’m a big proponent of building your business based on a higher purpose, rather than financial gain alone. Today I find that some entrepreneurs, are putting all their focus on a social or environmental cause, and perhaps naively expect that purpose alone will lead to a sustainable business.

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The Product Guy

JUNE 22, 2017

In a recent live stream from one of our mentors of The Product Mentor , Ladislav Bartos, lead a conversation around “The Challenge of Globalization”. We are always looking for more product mentors from all around the world. Signup to be a Mentor Today! View the live stream…. About The Product Mentor.

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Inc Startups

JUNE 20, 2017

Is it possible to engineer the perfect boss? Google was up to the task and found data that will forever change the keys to getting promoted.

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SiliconHills

JUNE 20, 2017

One of the latest startups to spin out of the University of Texas at Austin, GenXComm has received a $1.5 million seed round of financing. The Austin-based startup is focused on doubling the amount of traffic a wireless network can handle. Its patent-pending technology is called S-SIX. FAM Capital Partners led the investment with investments […] The post UT Austin Spinout Startup GenXComm Lands $1.5 Million in Seed Funding appeared first on SiliconHills. Austin

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Start Up Blog

JUNE 18, 2017

No one really knows how much data is being created in the world. We know that most of the data that exists was created in the past couple of years. Some people say it is doubling every year. The reason that this is even possible comes back to lower barriers of entry. Until we had low.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 21, 2017

Have you noticed that more companies beg you to participate in their business today? It started with an email survey on your last stay at their hotel, but now includes requests for online product reviews, to social media input on the design of future products.

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The Product Guy

JUNE 19, 2017

Out of the hundreds of nominations, and amazing finalists, the 7th annual winner of The Best Product Person is … Chris Butler. The Best Product Person (TBPP) is the leading international award honoring excellence in Product Management.

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Inc Startups

JUNE 19, 2017

Study shows the 11 percent of parents who resist one temptation see fewer behavior problems. The Inc.

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SiliconHills

JUNE 20, 2017

By LAURA LOREK Publisher and reporter with Silicon Hills News Creating a great company culture isn’t just about having perks like free lunches, Ping Pong tables, and nap rooms. They are important in a sense,” said Courtney Branson, head of culture at Square Root in Austin. Having a Ping Pong table does bring people together […] The post Culture can Make or Break a Technology Company appeared first on SiliconHills. Austin

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YoungUpstarts

JUNE 20, 2017

What do young people value most in the workplace? A 2015 study by Ernst & Young showed that millennial workers value time freedom, personal development and the opportunity to make a difference all above even a higher salary.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 23, 2017

As an angel investor, I get approached regularly by aspiring entrepreneurs who can talk endlessly about their latest great idea, and little else. While I recognize that every new venture starts with an idea, a successful business of lasting value is all about people and execution.

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Duct Tape Marketing

JUNE 20, 2017

7 Must Have Elements of Every Small Business Website written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing.

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Inc Startups

JUNE 19, 2017

More alternatives to the snooze-inducing "So, what do you do?".

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thebarefootvc

JUNE 21, 2017

I woke up this morning to the news that Uber’s board asked CEO Travis Kalanick to resign. After a year of allegations of sexual harassment, questionable competitive tactics and employee turnover, this isn’t much of a surprise.

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SiliconHills

JUNE 20, 2017

Rishi Bhilawadikar created the movie, “For Here or to Go?” ” to tell the story of H1-B Visa workers in the U.S. living in limbo. He knows the story firsthand. For 12 years, Bhilawadikar, a native of India, has been in the U.S. first under a graduate student Visa at Indiana University and later as a […] The post The Movie “For Here or to Go?” ” Depicts the Plight of H1-B Visa Workers in the U.S. appeared first on SiliconHills. Austin

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deal architect

JUNE 19, 2017

As part of Recode Decode webinar series, Kara Swisher interviewed Mark Hurd, CEO of Oracle on their Media Day in May. It’s always interesting to hear a consumer tech journalist interview an executive in enterprise tech. Kara did a nice. Enterprise Software (IBM, Microsoft, Oracle, SAP

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Jeff Hilimire

JUNE 23, 2017

I love this quote so much. The post If the path before you is clear… appeared first on Begin the Begin. Random

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Inc Startups

JUNE 18, 2017

There were $400 million in credits. If you haven't used yours yet, they expire in a matter of days.

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Up and Running

JUNE 19, 2017

If your business just launched recently, you’re probably thinking about ways to attract customers and raise awareness about your brand. Holidays are an important time to increase your marketing efforts, whether it’s Independence Day or Black Friday.

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