Fri.Sep 20, 2019

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Why Entrepreneurs Should Be Generous With Investors

YoungUpstarts

by Alejandro Cremades , cofounder of Panthera Advisors and author of “ The Art of Startup Fundraising: Pitching Investors, Negotiating the Deal, and Everything Else Entrepreneurs Need to Know “ Why should entrepreneurs intentionally be generous when negotiating with investors? Generous is not a word often associated with talking about negotiations between startup entrepreneurs and their investors.

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Why Your Startup Needs to Track and Manage User Feedback

The Startup Magazine

No one has ever said it’s easy to start a business. Many people try but even more fail. Startup companies often face numerous obstacles that stand in the way of their desired level of success—from lack of planning to inability to scale up or poor management to neglecting marketing. Among these obstacles exists the idea of product viability and adaptability.

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What You Need To Know About Renting Out Income Properties

YoungUpstarts

Whether you’ve saved up enough on your own or have found an amazing and reliable loan provider, buying an investment property can be an excellent choice. While owning an investment property and renting it out can be extremely lucrative and a great way to reap regular profits from a long-term investment, though, it is also pricey and not without risks.

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Nonprofit Requirements: Complying with Rules and Regulations

Board Effect

Nonprofit organizations play an important role in society. Federal, state and local governments do their best to balance their income by providing services to citizens. Despite the best efforts of all three levels of government, there can never be enough money to supply the needs of every citizen, especially as it pertains to health and social services.

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Building Healthy Innovation Ecosystems for Your Projects

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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8 Change Triggers Every Entrepreneur Must Spot Early

Startup Professionals Musings

When the economy tanks as it did in the last recession, that’s a strong signal that things have to change, and it’s hard to miss. But most of us in business have to deal most of the time with weak signals, or change that is happening in a far more subtle way. These changes can be cultural, like the increasing need to be social, spawning Facebook and a hundred others, or technological, like the explosion of mobile devices around the world.

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6 Benefits Of Hard Money Loans

YoungUpstarts

From medical emergencies to investments, business and personal development, we are all faced with the need to borrow money to fund a certain need at some point in life. Luckily, financial institutions and private lenders are always waiting on the other end to provide you with the much-needed financial assistance, of course, at a profit. However, not all loans are equal and it’s important to be smart when taking a loan regardless of the type.

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B2B Social Media Marketing Strategies Guaranteed To Be Effective

YoungUpstarts

An important thing that every B2B business owner needs to understand is that while all marketing follows the same general guidelines, there are significant differences in B2B and B2C approaches. Social Media Marketing (SMM) will definitely work for any type of company and industry. However, some strategies will be more effective for B2B businesses in particular.

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Austin Ranks First as the Hottest Real Estate Market in the Country

SiliconHills

Austin ranks number one as the hottest real estate market in the country, according to the Emerging Trends in Real Estate 2020 report. PwC US and the Urban Land Institute released the report this week which also included another Texas city: Dallas/Fort Worth, which claimed the sixth spot. Others in the top ten included Raleigh-Durham […]. The post Austin Ranks First as the Hottest Real Estate Market in the Country appeared first on SiliconHills.

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Top 3 Tips Before Enrolling In An Online Class

YoungUpstarts

Times have changed, technology has advanced, and we are now in the digital era. We are in an age where things have become easier, more manageable, flexible, and convenient for everyone. It is now easier to chase after your dreams without so much sacrifice. You probably got a job which you need for your upkeep, but then you need to finish your college studies.

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The Markets Are Great. but Venture Outcomes Haven’t Changed Much

VC Adventure

A few years back I blogged about the hard data behind venture outcomes and the challenge of creating a venture portfolio that produces strong returns. That blog post – which turned into one of my most read posts ever – grew out of a study done by Correlation Ventures showing the distribution of outcomes across over 21,000 financings during the years 2004-2013 as well as some of my own observations.

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Smarter Sorting Lands $17 Million in Additional Funding

SiliconHills

Smarter Sorting, an Austin-based startup that helps companies recycle chemicals, announced it has raised $17 million. The company, founded in 2017, has raised $25 million to date. US Ecology, a leading regulated waste treatment, and disposal company led the latest round of funding, followed by RTP Ventures and a group of independent industry experts.

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Saturday Startup Spotlight: Homads

Austin Startup

Capital Factory’s Saturday Startup Spotlight series continues this week with the Co-Founder and CEO of Homads : Vi Nguyen. Finding the right place to live is hardly a simple task, so Homads has organized all of the research for you. Homads is an online platform designed to help users sublet their home or apartment while helping other users find medium-term rentals in a community that feels like home.

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MassChallenge Texas in Austin Names 14 Finalists to Compete for $500,000 in Cash Prizes

SiliconHills

MassChallenge Texas has named 14 companies as finalists for its second annual Austin-based accelerator program. The companies will compete for $500,000 in equity-free cash prizes at the MassChallenge Texas Austin Awards ceremony on Thursday, Oct. 17th at the Hilton Austin. The Awards Ceremony will include keynotes?from Texas-based influencers Sara T Brand of True Wealth Ventures and William […].

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What You Need to Know About Austin Startup Week 2019

Austin Startup

Austin Startup Week , established in 2011, is five days full of inspiring events that celebrate Austin startups, the organizations that support them, and the spectacular people who make it all happen. Since the beginning, the week’s programming has been lovingly organized by Jacqueline Hughes , Events Manager at Kauffman Fellows, Joshua Baer , Founder and CEO of Capital Factory, and the Capital Factory Dream Team.

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Techstars Startup Weekend Boulder for Accessibility in Technology – Co-hosted with Google for Startups

Feld Thoughts

I’m excited to share a unique Startup Weekend opportunity for the Colorado community. Startup Weekend has grown up quite a bit from its humble beginnings here in Boulder in 2007. The latest stats, which are likely already out of date, are; 23,000+ teams formed, 193,000+ alumni community members, happening in 150 Countries. Google for Startups – along with some help from Techstars , Startup Colorado , and Foundry Group – is hosting a Startup Weekend at Google’s new(ish) office in Boul

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