YoungUpstarts
MAY 11, 2016
By Bill Glenn, Vice President of Marketing at Rightside. To say that interest in and use of new domain extensions has exploded recently is an understatement, with approximately 12 million already in existence. Instead of being limited to domain names such as.COM,ORG,EDU , etc., businesses can select from literally millions of other options, with extensions such as.
View from Seed
MAY 11, 2016
Investors love the idea of backing second-time founders, especially if they have had success in their last company. The reasons are fairly obvious: It’s easy to reference them and understand their track record; they’ve made a ton of mistakes already that they have hopefully learned from and are unlikely to make again; they are probably more adept at raising and managing capital, which reduces financing risk down the road, etc. etc… In addition, first-time founders I speak to often talk abo
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Up and Running
MAY 11, 2016
When it comes to starting a business, there’s no shortage of information on how to do it; from writing a business plan to applying for an SBA-guaranteed loan, just about everything has been covered. But, when it comes to finding a consolidated guide on how to start a scalable, high-growth business, you’re going to have to look a whole lot harder. That is, until now.
crowdSPRING Blog
MAY 11, 2016
As entrepreneurs and business owners, we make many important decisions: we set our company’s culture and strategy, we create our own professional networks, we decide how we want to spend our time and how to prioritize the things we do. One of the most important decisions we make daily is whether to help someone else. Personally, I know that even though my focus is mostly dedicated to myself and the projects I lead or am involved in, there is a part of me that can’t resist helping another person.
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
YoungUpstarts
MAY 11, 2016
by Dr. Henry Cloud, author of “ The Power of the Other “ Every entrepreneur and business leader worries about the strategy and business plan. They know it has to be sound. And they worry about having the right people around them in order to succeed. But how do you decide who is right? In my leadership consulting with CEO’s and other business leaders, the great ones look past just talents, brains and experience and are very, very careful about the dynamics of the relationship with tho
Startup Professionals Musings
MAY 11, 2016
The pervasive ability and need to communicate constantly and globally through the Internet and smartphones is incenting everyone to get more out of their own assets and time, and capitalize on the idle resources of others. This new sharing economy is rapidly becoming the new business of sharing, with major winners already including Airbnb (rooms), Uber (rides), and Chegg (books).
Start Up Roar brings together the best content for start up professionals from the widest variety of industry thought leaders.
The Next Web
MAY 11, 2016
This is a contributor post by Carrie M. King from Jobspotting. There’s an international understanding that people who work for startups don’t earn that much at the start, but when the company pulls a Google and goes global, they’ll be there with the founders making it rain. But very few startups make it out of the first five years, and we all have to pay the bills in the meantime.
YoungUpstarts
MAY 11, 2016
Having a shared office space can be either a very good thing, or a very bad thing as far as your work and productivity are concerned. Some people love working in a collaborative environment where they can easily stand up and speak to people in their vicinity, while other people absolutely hate the sometimes-invasion of privacy that comes with working in a coworking space.
ConversionXL
MAY 11, 2016
The design of your website is more important for conversions than you think. First impressions matter, and a good way to make one is with a hero image that complements your value proposition. But what’s a hero image, really, and how do you make them work for you? What’s a Hero Image? A hero image is defined as “a large, featured image or series of images prominently displayed on the homepage.
The Equity Kicker
MAY 11, 2016
Andy Dunn, the founder of Bonobos and one of the most thoughtful writers I know on ecommerce, penned a good piece yesterday entitled Digitally Native Vertical Brands. He was talking about what most of us describe as vertically integrated ecommerce, and gave the following definition: The primary means of interacting, transacting, and story-telling to consumers is via the web.
This is going to be BIG.
MAY 11, 2016
I'm excited to announce that Brooklyn Bridge Ventures has led a $1 million round into Agrilyst. Food is a big market. There are a lot of humans and those humans eat a lot. Unfortunately, growing all this food is getting harder. Climate change makes the weather unpredictable. Frost, drought, and flooding make the prospects for outdoor growing more and more difficult.
YFS Magazine
MAY 11, 2016
Remote working has become commonplace over the past few years, leading to more people than ever becoming location independent (a.k.a. digital nomads).
Guy Nirpaz
MAY 11, 2016
I’m going to be in NYC on Thursday for the Customer Success roadshow event. This is probably my 5th trip in the last few months to New York City. It’s going to be at Norwood Club, which usually hosts people from New York art scene. Norwood was listed #2 at the top 10 private clubs. Last time we were there, we’ve met the entire cast of Orange is the New Black.
YFS Magazine
MAY 11, 2016
Here are the top 3 things, myths, that I had to unlearn before I could become truly fulfilled and successful.
Duct Tape Marketing
MAY 11, 2016
Are You Born for This? written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing. Marketing Podcast with Chris Guillebeau. Doing what you were born to do – that’s got to be the ultimate goal of anyone right? And yet, how many, in the words of Thoreau, “lead lives of quiet desperation.” Where does one figure out what they want to be when they grow up?
YFS Magazine
MAY 11, 2016
Don't underestimate the complexity and nuances of managing a large project with a remote team.
The Entrepreneurial Mind
MAY 11, 2016
TweetFacebookLinkedInTumblrStumbleDiggDelicious. The post How do I turn down a client? appeared first on Dr Jeff Cornwall.
Brandanew
MAY 11, 2016
It’s easy to think of authenticity as a buzzword. But just because everyone’s using it doesn’t make it less important. It’s pertinent that we think through the tenets of authentic brand stories. And today, I’m going to look at these from the lens of emotions. Which real emotions should your brands evoke? How do you ensure that your brand elements are making your customers feel something?
Mike Michalowicz
MAY 11, 2016
Also Available On. Show Summary. Business owner, Caitlin Podaras implemented Profit First and found that her business was not going the way that she anticipated… so she shut it down and decided to start up a brand new business. On this episode we coach Caitlin through a proper and quick shutdown of what’s not working, and explain how to ramp up a new business – and do it in a very successful way even you don’t have a penny to spend.
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