YFS Magazine

MARCH 28, 2017

There is a common misconception in the startup world that suggests you need to be a technical founder to launch a startup.

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ConversionXL

MARCH 28, 2017

“Surveys are the most dangerous research tool,” says Erika Hall , author of Just Enough Research. “If you write bad survey questions, you get bad data at scale with no chance of recovery.”. With people’s attention spans getting shorter, there is growing pressure to make surveys lean. More and more people are taking surveys on their phones and if the survey is too long, they drop out.

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SiliconHills

MARCH 28, 2017

eRelevance Corporation, an automated marketing service for small to medium sized businesses, announced it has added two new executives. The Austin-based company hired Michael Norman as vice president of software development and Melonie Poole as director of client success. “We are very pleased to add this level of leadership and expertise to our executive team,” […] The post eRelevance Corp.

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Austin Startup

MARCH 28, 2017

Unique grant opportunity to use the gigabit internet to solve community challenges Last Thursday, Austin City Council voted unanimously to accept $145,000 in grant funding as part of US Ignite’s Smart Gigabit Communities Program. This is an exciting development — one that can lead to Austin becoming a leader in next-generation applications that utilize the gigabit internet and benefit the community at large.

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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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deal architect

MARCH 28, 2017

I groaned when I read this from my former employer, PwC “Our analysis suggests that up to 30% of UK jobs could potentially be at high risk of automation by the early 2030s, lower than the US (38%) or Germany.

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View from Seed

MARCH 28, 2017

Adam Marchick, CEO of VoiceLabs, sees the disruptive force on the horizon that is voice technology. Whether it’s voice-based apps or voice inputs and outputs, all of us in tech should be watching this trend, and Adam is at the forefront of it. Adam has led a remarkable career, spanning six different startups and seven-plus years as an investor.

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YoungUpstarts

MARCH 28, 2017

by Jesse Kaufman, CEO and founder of ShippingTree. Crowdfunding campaigns have gained popularity as a way to fund and earn support for a new product or project. By allowing individuals to contribute and back a project, crowdfunding has revolutionized the way many small companies finance their efforts. Still, it’s not entirely seamless. Your company’s image depends on your ability to fulfill the promises you’ve made.

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YFS Magazine

MARCH 28, 2017

Your
 city needs you more than you realize. Before buying into the myth that you need
 to “upgrade” to a hub city, take stock of 
what really counts.

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Austin Startup

MARCH 28, 2017

By Andy Tryba & Marisa Goldenberg What an experience… To be less than 10 months old and take-on an iconic event like SXSW was an amazing learning opportunity for RideAustin. And despite the hiccup for a few hours — we’d have to say ALL the local rideshares did a kick-ass job. I think a few of us learned the hard way that the spotlight is incredibly bright when you mess up (as did Uber and Lyft on Halloween 2014 or on New Year’s Eve 2016 on their outages) — but we all live and learn… And thou

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Jeff Hilimire

MARCH 28, 2017

In a follow up to my last post, ITS ALL ABOUT THE RUNWAY , I wanted to share a question I received recently from an entrepreneur regarding runway. She is starting a new business and asked me how much runway should she plan for. The answer is actually very simple: your runway should be long enough to give you enough time to figure out your business model and determine if you can actually pull it off.

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Up and Running

MARCH 28, 2017

Before you start your business, it’s essential that you make sure that customers are interested in buying your product. Taking this one step will save you weeks (or possibly even months) of lost time, and potentially save you thousands of dollars. In this article, I’ll show you how you can make sure your customers are interested in your product before you spend any time building your business.

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Steve Blank

MARCH 28, 2017

When Colonel Peter Newell headed up the Army’s Rapid Equipping Force (REF) he used lean methods on the battlefields of Iraq and Afghanistan to provide immediate technology solutions to urgent problems. Today, his company BMNT does for government and commercial customers what the Rapid Equipping Force did for the U.S. Army. Pete and I created the Hacking for Defense class (with Joe Felter and Tom Byers.

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Duct Tape Marketing

MARCH 28, 2017

Transcript of How to Negotiate As If Your Life Depended On It written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing. Transcript provided by Verbatim Transcription Services. Back to Podcast. Transcript. John: A lot of business is about negotiation, heck, life is about negotiation. We’re going to talk with Christopher Voss, former FBI negotiator and you’re going to learn some incredible negotiation skills.

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