YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 6, 2017

Trust a techie to reinvent how we do winter. That’s what former software engineer Jamil Khan has done with his new company, North Aware , in manufacturing its Smart Parka. North Aware’s Smart Parka is a high-tech coat that has everything covered: Your hands and neck, with built in gloves and scarf. Your hips and legs, thanks to an extendable hemline so you can adjust how much of your body gets protected from the cold.

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ConversionXL

NOVEMBER 6, 2017

You run an A/B test , and it’s a winner. Or maybe it’s flat (no difference in performance between variations). Does it mean that the treatments that you tested didn’t resonate with anyone? Probably not. If you target all visitors with the A/B test, it merely reports overall results – and ignores what happens in a portion of your traffic, in segments.

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YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 6, 2017

by Lewis Robinson. A lot of startups fail within the first few months due to some commonly acknowledged culprits – picking a bad time to scale, running out of operating capital, lack of a steady customer base, high customer acquisition cost, and low to nonexistent repeat business. All of these problems can often be traced back to an ineffective sales approach.

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Up and Running

NOVEMBER 6, 2017

Financial contingency planning is a must—not just for established small businesses, but also for businesses in the earliest stages of formation. If you’re pre-launch or have only recently gone to market, a contingency plan is likely to be the last thing on your mind; after all, your efforts are focused on making your business a success, and not necessarily thinking about what could go wrong.

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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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Hunter Walker

NOVEMBER 6, 2017

Like I said yesterday, I’m thankful for my smart friends. After Paradigm’s Joelle Emerson provided some feedback on how Take-Home Code Projects might impact gender ratios in hiring pipelines , another amazing woman sent me her perspectives. Kieran Synder is CEO of Textio , an innovative Seattle startup which helps companies understand the language of their job listings.

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Austin Startup

NOVEMBER 6, 2017

Background Reading: When LLCs Make Sense for Startups Not Building a Unicorn If you have spent almost any time reading about the basics of startup legal issues, you know that Delaware C-corps are the default organizational structure for a “classic” tech startup (software, hardware) planning to raise angel/VC money and scale. I’m not going to repeat what you can read elsewhere, so I’ll summarize the core reasons in 2 sentences: Delaware because DE is the “english language” of corporate law and al

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YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 6, 2017

by Jenny Kassan, author of “ Raise Capital on Your Own Terms: How to Fund Your Business without Selling Your Soul “ Startups are part of the American Dream, and small businesses play a key role in economic growth. Between 2009 and 2013, 60% of the jobs created were from small businesses. Yet too many entrepreneurs think of their businesses as outside the traditional funding model.

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YFS Magazine

NOVEMBER 6, 2017

Now is the time to get the ball rolling for the holiday selling season. Here’s what you can do to get your website holiday-ready.

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SiliconHills

NOVEMBER 6, 2017

In 2003, Austin’s tech industry looked much different than it does today. The dot com crash had led to many Internet startups failing and even established companies like Intel halted expansion plans here. But despite the upheaval in the industry, Sean Lowery, executive director of InnoTech Austin, saw the city’s potential for a rebirth of […].

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The Equity Kicker

NOVEMBER 6, 2017

Here at Forward Partners we are going through a process of rethinking our values. We have historically had seven, but found that was too many to consistently remember and action, so we recently consolidated it down to four: We execute with skill and pace. We get better every time. We play the game differently. We enjoy the journey. The next step in our process is to flesh out what these mean in a bit more detail.

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This is going to be BIG.

NOVEMBER 6, 2017

Two years ago, Brooklyn Bridge Ventures became the largest seed investor in The Wing --a network of co-working and community spaces for women founded by Audrey Gelman and Lauren Kassan. They recently opened their second location in Soho after raising an $8mm Series A from NEA earlier this year, and their 3rd and 4th will open in the next few months.

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The Startup Magazine

NOVEMBER 6, 2017

As a business owner, it’s natural to worry about the impact of regulation, taxes, geopolitical issues, and exchange rate volatility on your business. In fact, most CEOs agree that global growth will be on a downward trend. This explains why so many companies have initiated cost-cutting strategies, thinking that they must prepare for what lies ahead in the next 12 months.

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Entrepreneurs-Journey.com by Yaro Starak

NOVEMBER 6, 2017

[ Download MP3 | Transcript | iTunes | Soundcloud | Raw RSS ] Tom Corson-Knowles recently invited me to appear on his TCKPublishing podcast. During our conversation it became clear that Tom had an interesting story of his own to share, in particular, his success publishing books on the Amazon. The post Tom Corson-Knowles: How To Tap Into Amazon’s Kindle Platform To Sell Thousands Of Copies Of Your Book appeared first on Entrepreneurs-Journey.com.

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The Startup Magazine

NOVEMBER 6, 2017

The entrepreneur who starts off with a goal such as ‘I want to make enough money to manage’ probably won’t last long. It’s a worthy goal, of course, but to have a sustainable business, there needs to be growth prospects. Businesses, like people, need to evolve and grow if they want to thrive. Image: Pixabay.com. How do you run a business with expansion in mind?

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Hunter Walker

NOVEMBER 6, 2017

My Instagram feed is purposefully dominated by coffee cups and notebooks (the paper kind). If you like these things too, here are some of my favorite accounts. If you know of other folks I should be following, let me know! Coffee. [link]. [link]. [link]. [link]. [link]. [link]. [link]. [link]. [link]. [link]. [link]. [link]. /[link]. [link]. [link].

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The Startup Magazine

NOVEMBER 6, 2017

When it comes to expenses claims for businesses, it can become something of a grey area for all concerned. There are many employees who are unclear with regards to what they can and cannot claim for when it comes to expenses. Employers make the situation worse by failing to provide clarification and guidelines to employees with regards to expense claims.

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SiliconHills

NOVEMBER 6, 2017

By LAURA LOREK Publisher of Silicon Hills News Austin is the kind of place that no matter what the hour of the day there is something fun and interesting to do in this city. And this week, in the tech community, there are so many activities going on that it will make a person’s head […]. The post Six Tech Events in Austin to Keep on Your Radar This Week appeared first on SiliconHills.

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Hearpreneur

NOVEMBER 6, 2017

This motivational video is for entrepreneurs, startups and business owners to start their week off on the right foot. Winter is a metaphor for a down season or a time when things may not be going your way. Even though it is might be getting cooler, life and business consists of ebbs and flows and making sure you turn the “winter” as a time to improve and get better and move to beast mode is the key to success.

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Jeff Hilimire

NOVEMBER 6, 2017

We just finished our 7th overall (!!!) and 2nd in New York City 48in48 event – where we build 48 nonprofit websites in 48 hours with 100+ volunteers – and it was incredible! Thank you to everyone who has supported this effort since Adam and I started it in 2015. Next year we start our international push (London) and we hit six cities, so ending our year with a killer event in New York was just what we needed!

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Entrepreneurs-Journey.com by Yaro Starak

NOVEMBER 6, 2017

[ Download MP3 | Transcript | iTunes | Soundcloud | Raw RSS ] Tom Corson-Knowles recently invited me to appear on his TCKPublishing podcast. During our conversation it became clear that Tom had an interesting story of his own to share, in particular, his success publishing books on the Amazon. The post Tom Corson-Knowles: How To Tap Into Amazon’s Kindle Platform To Sell Thousands Of Copies Of Your Book appeared first on Entrepreneurs-Journey.com.

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Lightspeed Venture Partners

NOVEMBER 6, 2017

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The Startup Magazine

NOVEMBER 6, 2017

Germs are everywhere in the office – the average work desk can be up to 100 times less hygienic than your kitchen table, and 400 times dirtier than the average toilet seat. When you’re working near other colleagues, it’s no wonder that germs and illnesses can spread so quickly, leading to several employees needing sick days away from the office. Although hiring an office cleaner may seem like an unnecessary cost, there are many reasons why keeping your office clean could actually save you money.

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