David Teten
MAY 20, 2016
My colleague Sebastian Soler, software engineer at ff Venture Capital, is leading the launch of a new Meetup with me. I asked him to write a guest post: Hi! I’ve just launched a new Meetup and online community I’m heading up with David. Our meetup is focused on how to use technology to enhance investing in private markets, including VC, growth, buyout, and distressed.
YFS Magazine
MAY 20, 2016
Your website is where people learn about your business on your terms. It’s where they first come to grasp the value of what you’re doing. Your website is your digital calling card.
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Startup Professionals Musings
MAY 20, 2016
With the advent and growth of crowdfunding over the past few years, many entrepreneurs have predicted the demise of those demanding angel investment groups and venture capital organizations. In fact, the latest figures show that crowdfunding has already grown to over $30 billion in 2015, exceeding the amounts contributed by either angel groups or VCs alone.
YoungUpstarts
MAY 20, 2016
Starting a new business is an exciting time, but it can be very frustrating if you are not prepared for the obstacles and challenges faced by entrepreneurs on a regular basis. Read on to learn more about four things you should focus on if you feel that you are destined to pursue your business dream: Know Your Target Client. “The aim of marketing is to know and understand the customer so well the product or service fits him and sells itself.” – Peter Drucker.
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
Up and Running
MAY 20, 2016
When it comes to starting or running a bakery, the delicious resources you have access to are almost limitless! To give you a head start, here are some of our favorite sources. So, whether you’re yearning to open your own micro-bakery, or become a chocolate artisan, we’re willing to bet there’s something here for you. If you have any of your own favorite resources to share, please leave a comment below!
YoungUpstarts
MAY 20, 2016
There is nothing quite as exciting as launching your own business. The prospect of determining your own course in life without the capricious demands of an unreasonable boss has been the impetus for many entrepreneurs. And it would have been enough for many more, except for the fact that so many people fear the risk of striking out on their own. They prefer the stability and predictability of a job that isn’t always a bed of roses to the potential of failure on their own.
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Feld Thoughts
MAY 20, 2016
Before I get into my rant of the morning, if you have a gluten intolerance, or just want less gluten in your life, we just invested in a company called Nima that can help you. Today, as I was going through my daily reading, I read Fred Wilson’s Feature Friday: GBoard about Google’s new third-party keyboard app for iOS. I clicked on the link to download and try it and, as it was doing it’s thing, though to myself “why does Apple iOS Mail suck?
The Equity Kicker
MAY 20, 2016
Historically Google has been a pro open web company. Open ecosystems were deep in their DNA and critical to their business model of making money from search. Facebook, on the other hand, has been accused of trying to partition the web and keep everything within its own domain, and Microsoft has long been aggressive in leveraging it’s Windows Platform to try and own adjacent markets.
YFS Magazine
MAY 20, 2016
Once you create a great mobile app, you need to make sure people can easily find it in the App Store. Once they find it you'll need to ensure it's compelling enough that they download it.
YoungUpstarts
MAY 20, 2016
By Becki Saltzman, author of “ Living Curiously: How to Use Curiosity to be Remarkable and Do Good Stuff ” Let’s get this part out of the way. Don’t lie, cheat, or steal. These are career killers, but you probably knew that. The sneaky career killers are the ones that snag you and take you by surprise while you’re showing up on time, working hard, and doing a good job.
Duct Tape Marketing
MAY 20, 2016
5 WordPress Plugins you Don’t Use that Boost user Engagement and Monetization written by Guest Post read more at Duct Tape Marketing. Photo Credit: StockSnap. Running a blog or online publication is no easy feat. Especially when you are looking to monetize and boost engagement at the same time. Users engage in pages that are built to suit their needs.
Jeff Hilimire
MAY 20, 2016
Currently I use a combination of Twitter, Buffer, and Hootsuite to “manage” my social media. I also enjoy Instagram, Snapchat, and Facebook (less and less Facebook every day.). Twitter : I use Twitter’s flagship app when I’m browsing content on my phone and iPad Pro. I prefer the user experience of it over other tools, though I wish they had more of the features of Buffer and Hootsuite readily available.
ConversionXL
MAY 20, 2016
You finally decide to invest the time and money into building an email list. Tons of articles explain the importance of email marketing for your business, but you continue to fail at achieving results. Instead you experience: Low open & click-through rates. High unsubscribe rates. And worse, you’ve been reported for spam. So what are all the other successful email marketers doing that you’re not?
Cracking the Code
MAY 20, 2016
In 30 days, on June 23rd, UK voters will be asked a simple question: “Should the United Kingdom remain a member of the European Union or leave the European Union?” I hope the answer will be yes - currently the betting odds are 1:5 for "Stay" and 10:3 for "Out" , so the odds are clearly in the "Stay" camp. But who knows? The interesting part about this vote is that voters will not have a clear picture of what a Brexit actually means, since the post-Brexit UK/EU relationship will have to be negoti
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