Steve Blank
AUGUST 15, 2016
The existence of a problem doesn’t mean there’s a solution to that problem. Wanting to create impact is great. But to do it, you need to actually have a sustainable business model. I don’t recommend anyone become an entrepreneur. It’s too hard. It’s too painful. Starting a business is too risky. There are better ways to make a living.
YoungUpstarts
AUGUST 15, 2016
By Rob Cahill, Co-Founder & CEO at Jhana. I often think that my first few months as a new manager were some of the most nerve racking of my career. What if I messed up? What if my team hated me? What if my boss didn’t trust me? It can be a lot to take in. Which is why, after talking with dozens of leaders and new managers, I wanted to share a few tips managers (and their HR teams) can follow to ensure they aren’t starring in real-life versions of “Horrible Bosses” or “The Devil Wears Prada”
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Steve Blank
AUGUST 15, 2016
The existence of a problem doesn’t mean there’s a solution to that problem. Wanting to create impact is great. But to do it, you need to actually have a sustainable business model. I don’t recommend anyone become an entrepreneur. It’s too hard. It’s too painful. Starting a business is too risky. There are better ways to make a living.
YoungUpstarts
AUGUST 15, 2016
All businesses will occasionally come up against challenges they cannot predict or control. Their office building might get flooded or damaged during a natural disaster. Their employees might become sick and unable to work. Equipment or technology might unexpectedly stop working and prevent orders being created and dispatched. As well as being disrupting, these challenges can put a phenomenal strain on your business’s financial state.
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
Startup Professionals Musings
AUGUST 15, 2016
As an advisor to startups and an angel investor, I encounter many Millennials as entrepreneurs who are leaders and great role-models for the rest of us in business. Unfortunately there are still others who have great ideas and passion, but seem to have a very naïve understanding or acceptance of what it takes to get ahead of the crowd and succeed in business.
Feld Thoughts
AUGUST 15, 2016
Here’s something actionable for you on a Monday morning. If you want to improve your business, in addition to all the other things you are doing, focus on changing thing by 2%. For example, raise your prices 2%. Eliminate 2% of your variable costs. Focus on the bottom 2% of your team and ask yourself if you really want them on your team. When you cater in food for a meeting, arrange a long term relationship and ask for a 2% discount.
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YFS Magazine
AUGUST 15, 2016
Have you ever dreamed so hard that your heart raced at the very thought of it coming true?
The Next Web
AUGUST 15, 2016
With high-profile data breaches all over the news, cybersecurity is on everyone’s mind. But beyond educating staff and users alike on best practices, what can Internet of Things companies do to improve their data security practices as they rush to ship products out the door? To find out, I asked 10 entrepreneurs from YEC the following: What’s one way an IoT company can ensure data security with their newest product?
Up and Running
AUGUST 15, 2016
Wouldn’t it be great if, instead of having to fight, hunt, and practically beg for each new sale, you could set up a business in such a way that all your customers paid you regularly, time and time again? Well, you can—that’s the beauty of offering a subscription service. The subscription business model, once thought only to apply to products like magazines and gym memberships, has grown hugely in popularity in recent years.
SiliconHills
AUGUST 15, 2016
Ten years ago, FloSports started out with just two brothers driving a used van around the country to cover track and field events and wrestling tournaments. Today, Austin-based FloSports has 165 employees and they report on 14 different sports categories including gymnastics, cheerleading and boxing. And Monday, the online sports network announced it has closed […] The post FloSports Lands $21.2 Million in Funding to Expand Sports Coverage appeared first on SiliconHills.
crowdSPRING Blog
AUGUST 15, 2016
It happens to the best of us. Your marketing gets stuck in a rut. I’m not talking about a website that needs an overhaul or an ad campaign that needs a refresh. I mean things just get stale. You’re doing everything right, technically speaking, but you’re not getting results because your perfectly adequate strategy is also perfectly unremarkable.
SiliconHills
AUGUST 15, 2016
TPG Capital, a private equity firm, announced Monday plans to buy San Marcos-based Grande Communications Networks for $650 million. The firm also announced plans to buy RCN Telecom Services of Princeton, New Jersey for $1.6 billion. It purchased the companies from ABRY Partners in separate transactions. William Morrow founded Grande Communications in 1999 and served […] The post TPG Capital Buys Grande Communications for $650 Million appeared first on SiliconHills.
Hearpreneur
AUGUST 15, 2016
Share If I have one kernel of advice for entrepreneurs and executives, one truism that applies to any product or service, it is this – focus first on something people actually need , but seek to make them want it. The difference between the two is subtle but profound, since it influences how you transform an essential commodity into a premium offering that produces strong demand from consumers and furnishes above-market returns.
Cracking the Code
AUGUST 15, 2016
Interview on CNBC @SquawkBoxEurope about the rise of drones and AI.
Austin Startup
AUGUST 15, 2016
I’ve been at Tasktop for just over two years and I can assure you, I’ve seen quite a bit of change. Continue reading on Austin Startups ».
YFS Magazine
AUGUST 15, 2016
Omni-channel is a huge buzzword in today's marketing world — and for good reason.
Hearpreneur
AUGUST 15, 2016
Share. This motivational video is for entrepreneurs, startups and business owneers to start their week off on the right foot.
Mike Michalowicz
AUGUST 15, 2016
Also Available On. Show Summary. Today we talk with Greg Scully, who has recently discovered Surge! He believes using the Surge strategy will help him since he is in a hyper niched business in Alaska and is struggling to grow. Mike Michalowicz lays out a simple formula to grow, which Greg is aware of, but doesn’t think about one element, which may be the game changer.
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