Wed.Aug 24, 2016

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Are You Getting Your Fair Share Of Startup Equity?

Startup Professionals Musings

I always tell entrepreneurs that two heads are better than one, so the first task in many startups is finding a co-founder or two. You need to find the skills or experience you don’t have in business, technology, or money. So the first question I usually get is what percent of the company or equity is that person worth? Giving a co-founder a salary won’t get you the “fire in the belly” you want.

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The Golden Age of the Worker

deal architect

(Cross posted at Medium) I am releasing in time for Labor Day weekend, Silicon Collar — an optimistic perspective on humans, machines and jobs. I studied how automation — machine learning, robotics, unmanned autonomous vehicles, white collar bots, exoskeletons etc.

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Customer Differentiation in Competitive Markets – SxSW Interactive 2016

entrepreMusings

It’s been over 7 years since I submitted a panel idea to SxSW Interactive and now the time has come to do it again. You may wonder why or you may not care at all, but nonetheless I’m letting you know about it. Please vote, comment on, and share our panel idea: Customer Differentiation in Competitive Markets before September 2, 2016. We’d love to have the opportunity to share our collective wisdom on how to create, build, and maintain a highly successful customer focused org

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How To Create A Creative Space For Collaboration

Brandanew

I’ve recently talked about the importance of having a ideal space for your best work as a marketing or creative person. But the ideal work environment requires us to collaborate with teams and other people with a totally different or complementary skill set. So, as a brand owner, how do you create a creative space for collaboration? The key reason why this is important is because collaboration between diverse team members can drive innovation.

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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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Emotional Stories That Sell: Techniques For Deeply Moving Buyers’ Decisions  

YoungUpstarts

by Paul Smith, author of “ Sell with a Story: How to Capture Attention, Build Trust, and Close the Sale “ As brain science now proves, emotions play a critical role in decision making. Human beings make rapid, subconscious, emotional decisions in one part of the brain, and then justify (or possibly adjust) those decisions more rationally in another area.

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Ants and the Superintelligence

Feld Thoughts

I’ll start with my bias – I’m very optimistic about the superintelligence. Yesterday I gave two talks in Minneapolis. One was to an internal group of Target employees around innovation. In the other, I was interviewed by my partner Seth (for the first time), which was fun since he’s known me for 16 years and could ask unique questions given our shared experiences.

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Dollar Shave Club and the bull case for eCommerce

The Equity Kicker

The cue for this post was Harry Stebbing’s 20MinuteVC interview with David Pakman , the partner at Venrock who led the Series A and Series B rounds at Dollar Shave Club and recently had his faith justified with a $1bn exit to Unilever. He said that when he made those investments in 2012 and 2013 eCommerce wasn’t a hot sector with VCs and that remains the case now, but here at Forward Partners we’ve made a number of ecommerce investments and, like David and his partners at Venro

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What To Look For In Your Business IT Support

YoungUpstarts

Having the most suitable IT support for your business is essential. It’ll keep your business up and running, and sort out any issues you have. When running a business, having problems is inevitable. If you’re looking for the right IT support service for you, read on…. A Fast Response Time. When you’re looking for the most suitable IT support business for your business, you want a place that responds fast to queries.

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Have the Best Opening Day Ever: A Bplans Checklist

Up and Running

You did it. You planned your business and are making your dream a reality—an amazing feat. Now, you’re ready to open your doors to the public. Here is our opening day checklist, encompassing all the steps you need to take to get your business ready for that big day, and finally open your doors (either literally or metaphorically speaking, if you are running an online or service-based business).

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How To Start Your Peer-To-Peer Lending Business

YoungUpstarts

If you plan to be a successful entrepreneur then learning how to start a peer-to-peer (P2P) lending business will be very beneficial for you. Small business owners have always looked for funding alternatives due to the stringent and difficult policies of banks, especially after the great recession of 2008. P2P lending is when there is a social lending between two parties; it can also be considered as a form of crowdfunding.

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The Day I Spent $5,000 On Something I Avoided For 10 Years

Entrepreneurs-Journey.com by Yaro Starak

I remember the day very clearly. I was sitting in front of my computer, about to click the buy button on an order page for a very expensive purchase – $5,000 for an online business coaching program. $5,000 was 20% of my life savings at that point — this was. The post The Day I Spent $5,000 On Something I Avoided For 10 Years appeared first on Entrepreneurs-Journey.com.

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Why You Should Be Using Social Media As An Extension Of Customer Service

YoungUpstarts

Going into business, you would assume that in order to be successful all you need is a great product or service and a reasonable customer base that is interested in making a purchase. Sure, that might be what generates revenue in the beginning, but in order to attract new customers and retain loyal ones, you also need to focus on providing outstanding customer service.

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9 Valuable Tips To Help You Build An Email List From Scratch

YFS Magazine

Here are 9 pearls of wisdom I’ve learned from this journey so far and how it can help yours.

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How Startup Options (and Ownership) Works

Ben's Blog

One of the things that struck me most during our recent pieces on startup employee option plans is how things that impact the value of those options aren’t well understood, even if communicated or known at the onset.

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Abandoning Comfort in the Pursuit of Passion

Hearpreneur

Share As many entrepreneurs know, it’s not an easy leap to leave a comfortable, secure career in pursuit of your dreams. I’ve found that letting go of your fears and learning what it takes to build your idea will be the first steps toward transforming it into the best decision you could’ve made. In my formative years, I always wanted to be an architect, but insecurities and fear of the future led me to believe that it was a difficult career, financially speaking.

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Austin-based Thea.com Launches Event Site for Athletes

SiliconHills

One of the things Austin is known for is its runners, bikers, hikers, swimmers and endurance athletes looking for the next challenge. A new site, Thea.com just launched a search engine and events site this week that makes finding that next sporting challenge easier. Thea.com lists events in the greater Austin area for cyclists, triathletes, […] The post Austin-based Thea.com Launches Event Site for Athletes appeared first on SiliconHills.

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Most ‘Guru’ Marketing Programs Won’t Work For You — Here’s Why

YFS Magazine

I’m not advocating that you should toss everything out the window. Reinventing the wheel is not smart.

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Why I’m supporting Austin’s $720 mil bond: Better mobility enables the American Dream

Austin Startup

The Austin transportation bond is a realistic next step toward establishing Austin as the national leader in social mobility… While… Continue reading on Austin Startups ».

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Learning from the Business High-Flyers

Growthink Blog

Earlier this month, I moderated a webinar panel focused on technology and entrepreneurial opportunities in Virtual Reality , a market sector growing at over 100% per year, and transforming industries as diverse as medicine, real estate, entertainment, gaming, and more. Driven by five amazing panelists from the worlds of entertainment, software, healthcare, and venture capital, it was an inspirational and thought-provoking look at a market space brimming with opportunity, possibility, and bullish

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Personal Horizons and Presidents

Austin Startup

August 28, 2016: All the muddled news of this past week about the health of our presidential nominees suggests a look at career horizons… Continue reading on Austin Startups ».

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The Only Move That Matters Is Your Next One

Duct Tape Marketing

The Only Move That Matters Is Your Next One written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing. Marketing Podcast with Jenny Blake. Have you become bored in your current position, are considering starting your own business or maybe you’re ready for a career change? With every plateau, there’s a pivot. And your next move is essential in determining your success.

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Become Familiar With Your Real Estate Contract.

Austin Startup

In the Austin market, the process of buying a house can seem like a rushed process. Continue reading on Austin Startups ».

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Should I try to define my business in detail?

The Entrepreneurial Mind

TweetFacebookLinkedInTumblrStumbleDiggDelicious. The post Should I try to define my business in detail? appeared first on Dr Jeff Cornwall.

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Why Comparison Shoppers Aren’t Converting for You (and How to Fix It)

ConversionXL

The grass is always greener on the other side of the fence, right? That’s the mentality of comparison shoppers. If they look hard and long enough, they will find a better value. If they don’t look around, they’ll miss out on greener grasses. Today, the term “comparison shopper” describes the majority of consumers, especially those online.