Feld Thoughts
OCTOBER 29, 2018
One of my favorite Bezo-isms is “Disagree and Commit.” I’ve seen it in articles a handful of times recently as the adulation around Amazon and Bezos’ management reaches a fever pitch. Notwithstanding the disappointing forecast for Q418 , Amazon’s recent operating performance has been spectacular. But, more interesting is that it has been “spectacular at scale” and across a very large and complex business.
ReadWriteStart
OCTOBER 29, 2018
With multibillion-dollar tech companies and growth startups making headlines left and right, it’s natural to want to get a piece of the action. Ant Financial, for example, recently closed a ridiculous Series C funding round of $14 billion — one of the largest VC funding rounds in history. The China-based fintech company pushed its value to $150 billion with the latest […].
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Steve Blank
OCTOBER 29, 2018
If you haven’t gotten a new car in a while you may not have noticed that the future of the dashboard looks like this: That’s it. A single screen replacing all the dashboard gauges, knobs and switches. But behind that screen is an increasing level of automation that hides a ton of complexity. At times everything you need is on the screen with a glance.
The Startup Magazine
OCTOBER 29, 2018
If you want to take your business to the next level, you should consider app development. Are you are a startup that needs to market your products and services ? Or, are you an established business that wants to secure your future? Either way, custom software development is an effective way to build brand awareness and give your business a competitive edge.
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
deal architect
OCTOBER 29, 2018
I have certain core IT values. I like customers to buy versus build systems. Have long been a buy cheerleader. But in return, I expect vendors to build not buy. So, I have never been a fan of big.
The Startup Magazine
OCTOBER 29, 2018
Sometimes you have the entrepreneurial spirit and skill, but you just don’t have a revolutionary business idea worth pursuing. If you are ready to launch a startup but lack direction or inspiration, you might consider one of the following concepts, which many accelerators, incubators and venture capitalists are eagerly awaiting. They have great growth potential.
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The Startup Magazine
OCTOBER 29, 2018
Startup marketers are worried. They have no time for ‘the fun part’. Marketing planning organisation consumes more time than marketing planning itself. They lose time in Excel, causing them to lose control of all marketing management tasks. Source: Pexels. Create an overview. Although better alternatives exist, marketing professionals are often reluctant to abandon Excel.
Startup Professionals Musings
OCTOBER 29, 2018
As a long-time advisor to small businesses and startups, I still find many who think marketing is still primarily broadcasting your message to as many customers as possible, hitting them again and again, until it sticks. They don’t realize that customers today are looking for relationships, meaning two-way conversations with your business. They ignore all else as just plain noise.
The Startup Magazine
OCTOBER 29, 2018
When you’re trying to grow your startup, there are all sorts of things to concentrate on, such as marketing effectively, providing excellent customer service, streamlining processes, thinking about new products or services to offer and more. However, for ultimate growth, it’s essential that you and your team focus on the sales side of things too. In particular, be sure to use the sales leads you get in the most effective way, so you enjoy a higher conversion rate.
thebarefootvc
OCTOBER 29, 2018
The past couple of weeks have seen a flurry of activity in the blockchain and crypto markets: Yesterday, the WSJ published an investigative report that looked at money laundering in the crypto world. Of over $88M of illicit funds it tracked, $9M went through Swiss based exchange Shapeshift. Perhaps related to this investigation, Shapeshift announced a few weeks ago that it would require registration on its exchange.
YoungUpstarts
OCTOBER 29, 2018
by Judith Nowlin, Chief Growth Officer with Babyscripts. Just the other day, on the flight home from a four-day roadshow, I found myself in conversation with my seatmate. The talk quickly turned from conventional preliminaries to more engaging topics, as we discovered a shared experience in the medical field — he in clinical trial research, me in health tech software.
The Startup Magazine
OCTOBER 29, 2018
There have been various reports of late that the UK property market is slowing – or at least stagnant. With so much uncertainty around Brexit, it is easy to see why people may want to wait a while to make a move on the property market. However, the current state of the market presents ample opportunity for the canny investor. Source: Pexels. House prices in the UK overall fell over summer, with the Capital suffering the greatest hit.
YoungUpstarts
OCTOBER 29, 2018
by Tesma Gwee, Senior Marketing Manager at ZomWork. Like many of us, you’re probably managing several projects at once (some of them could be your scope of work) and still saying ‘yes’ to your boss or client. (I can really empathise.) It’s part and parcel of every job. Let’s be realistic, you need a strategy to handle this else you will eventually burn yourself out!
The Startup Magazine
OCTOBER 29, 2018
Running a startup means working a lot of late nights and operating on a shoestring budget. You might not have the time to handle payroll, benefits and other HR responsibilities yourself, but you also can’t afford the regulatory headaches that could come from misclassified employees, laissez-faire screening practices or a lackadaisical attitude toward employment laws.
SiliconHills
OCTOBER 29, 2018
Sputnik ATX, an Austin-based accelerator, held its second Demo Day last week featuring presentations from the five startups in its latest cohort. The invite-only event for accredited investors was held at Sputnik ATX’s offices in downtown Austin. The companies gave 15-minute presentations followed by questions and answers. “They are all awesome,” said Oksana Malysheva, co-founder […].
The Startup Magazine
OCTOBER 29, 2018
Starting a business of your own is both challenging and rewarding. These may not be included in the startup definition. There is the job of starting something on your own that impacts and changes the lives of people. Nevertheless, there is also the fact that the road to success will never be an easy one. Some of the things you learn while running a business you cannot study in the college education curricula.
Jeff Hilimire
OCTOBER 29, 2018
Each quarter I have my leadership team at Dragon Army read a book. In Q1 we read The 5 Dysfunctions of a Team , in Q2 we read The 5 Temptations of a CEO , and in Q3 we read The Great Game of Business. In each of these quarters we all read the same book, and then at an offsite we worked through what we learned as a group. One of my main roles as CEO of Dragon Army is to build a trusting, high-functioning leadership team.
Small Business Force
OCTOBER 29, 2018
The dictionary defines attitude as “a settled way of thinking or feeling about someone or something, typically one that is reflected in a person's behavior.” In essence, attitude “drives the bus” when it comes to running your business. The better your attitude, the more focused and intense, the better the results and ensuing success.
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