Up and Running
APRIL 20, 2016
The business plan for strategic growth is one of my favorites because it’s about core business decisions, steps, metrics, and making things happen. It matches my vision of business planning as ongoing management and steering a business. It’s not about explaining or defending a business for outsiders. It’s about what’s supposed to happen. Key components of the business plan for strategic growth: Strategy.
Mike Michalowicz
APRIL 20, 2016
Also Available On. Show Summary. Today, Kathryn Kerby talks about profitability from the aspect of a farmer. If there’s one business that is difficult to make a profit, it’s farming. Kathryn’s farm was struggling to survive and hit rock bottom; when Kathryn found Profit First she implemented it immediately, and now her farm has quadrupled in revenue and slashed costs in the process.
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Startup Professionals Musings
APRIL 20, 2016
As an angel investor in early-stage startups, I’ve long noticed my peers apparent bias toward the strength and character of the founding entrepreneurs, often overriding a strong solution to a painful problem with a big opportunity. In other words, the entrepreneur quality is more important than the idea -- in investor jargon, people invest in the jockey, and not the horse.
YoungUpstarts
APRIL 20, 2016
Photo credit: LOL from Shutterstock. By Will Becker, Copywriter & Social Content Strategist, Trepoint. Comedy brings perspective. It brings the refreshing release of laughter and joy. It brings a critical eye and a necessary commentary on the world around us. Whether you yourself are a funny person or not, we turn to humor to help us better understand this big old mess we’re all a part of.
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
For Entrepreneurs
APRIL 20, 2016
Intro In the early stages of their business, founders often struggle to come up with really strong messaging to describe what they are selling, and this has a huge impact on their ability to raise money, find customers, and attract employees. This is not that surprising, as it can be really hard to arrive at.
Brandanew
APRIL 20, 2016
I'll begin with a story that's kept me inspired for the last few years (you probably know of my Van Gogh obsession ). But if you didn't, this is the story that's most relevant. Van Gogh painted for 9 years without selling a single painting. But even in his short life-span he was a prolific painter with over 1000 paintings to his credit. Most of these were painted only for an audience of one, his brother Theo.
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Startup Lessons Learned
APRIL 20, 2016
Guest post by Kirsten Cluthe, editorial director of Lean Startup Co. Speaking at Lean Startup Week offers renowned and emerging industry leaders the opportunity to share their stories with our global community. And by renowned and emerging, we mean you, person who deserves recognition from our community of 2,000 attendees for the awesome work you’re doing!
YoungUpstarts
APRIL 20, 2016
If you’re planning to exhibit your products/services at an exhibition, it’s very important to know how to brief your design team. Key performance indicators (KPIs) play a huge part in demonstrating the effectiveness of companies that want to achieve key business objectives. It’s therefore essential that a design team knows what you want to achieve at the exhibition – which can be aided from the design of your stand.
YFS Magazine
APRIL 20, 2016
Learn to live in – and to use – each moment that is given you, and you will be making steady progress toward keeping your dream alive and living the life you imagined.
Feld Thoughts
APRIL 20, 2016
Our friends at Revo Physiotheraphy and Black Lab Sports are hosting a book event for Steve Case’s great new book The Third Wave on May 12th. David Brown from Techstars will be introducing Steve. The book is dynamite and Steve is always a super engaging speaker. The post Boulder Book Event for Steve Case’s The Third Wave appeared first on Feld Thoughts.
crowdSPRING Blog
APRIL 20, 2016
According to Walter Cannon , a renowned physiologist, humans have two pre-programmed responses to stress: fight or flight. Cannon’s extensive research of people in stressful situations revealed two distinct patterns in how people chose to deal with stress. Some of the people he studied “fled” from stress, doing their best to avoid it in hopes of it going away, while others chose to “fight” the problem- seeking out and trying solutions in order to face and overcome stress.
The Equity Kicker
APRIL 20, 2016
I just came across the concept of ‘ hyphen-tcch ‘: the numerous sub-sections of startups that align themselves with various industries: fin tech , fashion tech , media tech, and so forth. I think this is the big opportunity right now that much of the pure play internet opportunities are behind and explains why many of Forward Partners’ investments are pushing the internet out into the four corners of the commerce.
SiliconHills
APRIL 20, 2016
Google Fiber has partnered with the Nonprofit Technology Network, known as NTEN, to hire Digital Inclusion Fellows to help build digital literacy programs in Austin and San Antonio. Residents in Austin and San Antonio can apply to participate in the program and to become a Digital Inclusion Fellow through its application online through May 13th. […] The post Google Fiber Seeking Digital Inclusion Fellows in Austin and San Antonio appeared first on SiliconHills.
YFS Magazine
APRIL 20, 2016
Albert Einstein once said: 'Insanity: Doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results’. You’re level of insanity will determine how many sh*t sandwiches you have to eat.
SiliconHills
APRIL 20, 2016
In 2006, Bill Morrow founded CSIdentity in San Antonio. A few years later, he moved the company to Austin, which had a much more developed technology industry. This week, Experian, the global information services company, announced plans to buy CSIdentity for $360 million. The deal is pending regulatory approval. “The acquisition of CSID accelerates executive […] The post Experian Buys Austin-based CSIdentity for $360 Million appeared first on SiliconHills.
Growthink Blog
APRIL 20, 2016
The past is never dead. It's not even past. - by William Faulkner A vexing challenge in attaining a business breakthrough of any type - sales, profitability, business model, company culture - is the inexorable "backward" pull of a business' historical results and accomplishments (or lack thereof). For sure, as effective executives , we know to focus on opportunities not problems and that past performance, good or bad, is neither indicative nor predictive of future results, yet.whether we like it
Hearpreneur
APRIL 20, 2016
Share These motivational videos are for entrepreneurs, startups and business owners to sustain their week. Stop Telling Your Big Dreams to Small-Minded People. Young Entrepreneurs – Go All In.
YFS Magazine
APRIL 20, 2016
So, how do you keep your employees motivated and help them succeed? Here are some suggestions.
Jeff Hilimire
APRIL 20, 2016
One of my favorite things to hear is that my past companies (Spunlogic and Engauge) had great cultures*. It’s not something you can really claim yourself. It’s like saying, “I’m super funny.” You really need someone else to tell you that kind of thing. I’m working hard to make Dragon Army a place that people say that about.
The Entrepreneurial Mind
APRIL 20, 2016
TweetFacebookLinkedInTumblrStumbleDiggDelicious. The post How should partners make big decisions and should they vote? appeared first on Dr Jeff Cornwall.
Duct Tape Marketing
APRIL 20, 2016
Keyword Research Beyond SEO written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing. Marketing Podcast with Brian Dean. Keyword research has long been the primary tool for search engine optimization plans. The idea was that you found out what people in your industry were searching for and you optimized your site and pages to try to show up on page one – pretty simple.
Rob Go
APRIL 20, 2016
A couple weekends ago, I travelled to Boulder for several days to attend a Reboot Camp with Jerry Colonna, Brad Feld, and a group of other VC’s. Steve Schlafman gave a great rundown on his blog. I wasn’t sure what to expect going in, and I honestly wasn’t sure what I thought on the way out either. Jerry encouraged us to give it a little time to sink in and to be a bit slow to answer the question of “how was it?”.
abovethecrowd.com
APRIL 20, 2016
Why the Unicorn Financing Market Just Became Dangerous…For All Involved. In February of last year, Fortune magazine writers Erin Griffith and Dan Primack declared 2015 “ The Age of the Unicorns ” noting — “Fortune counts more than 80 startups that have been valued at $1 billion or more by venture capitalists.” By January of 2016, that number had ballooned to 229.
ConversionXL
APRIL 20, 2016
When writing copy for a landing page, especially for a B2B site, do you write in plain language that everyone can understand or do you use technical jargon? Most common wisdom has said that jargon doesn’t work in copy, but that’s a blanket statement that may not always be true. There are certain times when jargon is totally appropriate. There are also times (many of them) where jargon is straight up cringy.
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