Startup Professionals Musings
SEPTEMBER 22, 2017
Business productivity is all about having the right people, even though I’m bombarded daily with online tools and mobile apps that promise to solve every problem with automation and data. In reality, business success and satisfaction is about doing the right things at the right time, which requires leadership and coaching. But coaching doesn’t always work the way you expect.
The Next Web
SEPTEMBER 22, 2017
If you are in the startup ecosystem — or just a casual reader of tech sites — I’m sure that the majority of the fundraising stories you must have heard in past few months had a new term attached to them — ICO. The fundraising didn’t happen by selling out the equity of the company but by selling something called ‘tokens.’ It might be hard to believe for some, but companies have actually raised more money through ICOs than from VCs in 2017.
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YoungUpstarts
SEPTEMBER 22, 2017
The launch of a new company can cost between hundreds and millions of dollars, but what’s essential isn’t the amount of money you invest, but how you plan for and accommodate expenses. If you know you’re going to need to invest a significant sum for a piece of equipment, or for ongoing production costs, you can focus on securing the necessary capital to cover it.
Agile VC
SEPTEMBER 22, 2017
It’s hard to believe, but it’s been a bit over two years since Tim Devane joined us as a Principal at NextView. Tim joined our investment team as the first non-founder, and also as the first NextView team member based in our New York office. It’s not easy to pave a path with no one before you, but Tim has done just that and done it admirably.
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
SEPTEMBER 22, 2017
How efficiently and quickly you communicate with your virtual team can make a bigger impact on your business than you probably realize. It can also impact other’s perception of your leadership skills. In fact, a study from the University of Iowa found that people who typed and communicated quickly emerged as leaders over their slower peers. This same concept also applies when people communicate in person or over the phone.
Feld Thoughts
SEPTEMBER 22, 2017
Kauffman Fellows and Techstars are running another cycle of the Venture Deals course with me and Jason Mendelson. Signups close tomorrow as the course runs from 9/24/17 – 11/13/17. The course is free to everyone. The seven-week course, which is about five hours of work each week, has the following agenda. Week 1 – Introduction of key players/Form or join a team.
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The Equity Kicker
SEPTEMBER 22, 2017
From a recent Fast Company article about Satya: Invited to participate in a Q&A at the Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing, a major annual event, he told the largely female audience that women in the tech industry should forgo asking for raises and instead trust that the system would reward them appropriately. The negative reaction was swift , with attendees quickly tweeting out their pushback.
Duct Tape Marketing
SEPTEMBER 22, 2017
Marketing Materials – The First Rung on the Sales Ladder written by Guest Post read more at Duct Tape Marketing. There can be a lot of motives when it comes to marketing. Some campaigns are created to increase brand awareness. Some are created to generate leads. And some are created to generate direct sales. Despite the original motive of the marketing campaign, in the long run, there is only one end game — more conversions.
VC Adventure
SEPTEMBER 22, 2017
Beware of Lotters. And guys with guns who can’t spell.
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