Up and Running

JULY 13, 2017

Small business owners know a larger than expected tax bill could put a wrench in their company’s cash flow management , a scenario everyone is eager to avoid. But accurately forecasting your tax obligations may seem difficult, particularly when you’re busy running a company. Not only that, tax laws change from year to year. “Many small business owners have no idea what they will owe in taxes until it’s time to pay them,” says Paul Gevertzman, CPA, a tax partner at Anchin, Block, & Anchin i

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deal architect

JULY 13, 2017

In analyzing factoids from the recent listing of the Fortune 500, I came up with a startling data point. The F500 have a combined total revenue of $12.1 trillion equal to 65% of the US GDP. Yet they only employ.

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thebarefootvc

JULY 13, 2017

A couple of weeks ago I spoke at a conference entitled “Business of Blockchains” that the MIT Technology Review and MIT Media Lab organized in Cambridge. One of the reasons I started investing in the blockchain space 4 years ago was the rush I got learning about the tech at my first bitcoin conference – akin to the chills I got when I first logged into the Internet in 1994, when I was deeply passionate about more equal access to education.

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Feld Thoughts

JULY 13, 2017

This showed up in my inbox the other day from a friend of 20 years. He’s been involved in a number of companies that we’ve invested in over the years in different senior and/or co-founder roles, including CEO. It was short and sweet but captured the essence of something I often talk about with founders. Heard you and Jerry on CPR this morning , nice job!

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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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YoungUpstarts

JULY 13, 2017

by Graham McKenzie, Global Tax Director at activpayroll . There’s more to the payroll process than delivering wages on time – beyond the number-crunching and pay-deadlines, your system needs to remain compliant with a complicated set of rules and regulations. Although many businesses choose to outsource payroll to third-party organisations, for a range of reasons others may decide to keep the process in-house.

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Rembrandt Communications

JULY 13, 2017

Tips to save thousands of dollars, hours and effort in the months ahead There are two factors marketers attribute their success per The Content Marketing Institute/MarketingProfs’ B2B Content Marketing 2017 Benchmarks, Budgets, and Trends—North America. These are “doing a better job with content creation (85%) and developing or adjusting their content marketing strategy (72%).

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Berkonomics

JULY 13, 2017

So, you have a great new product or service that you and your associates love. Early adopters should climb all over each other for a look. But what have you done to test the concept against the realities of the marketplace? Have you developed a prototype, alternate pricing schemes, even a PowerPoint mock-up to show to potential buyers? I would be very, very nervous without testing the product in the market as early as possible, ready to make changes and enhancements before committing to prod

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YoungUpstarts

JULY 13, 2017

by Ian Naylor, founder and CEO of AppInstitute. Unless you’ve been living under a rock for the past five years, you’ve likely heard that the “ automation revolution ” is here. Businesses around the globe are using smart technologies to streamline their processes, reduce costs, and deliver better, faster customer experiences. The internet has created unlimited demands for products and content, and the rise of automation is enabling companies to meet customers’ expectations.

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YFS Magazine

JULY 13, 2017

Sometimes you can learn the most from industries that are different from yours. Especially when it comes to affecting change.

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YoungUpstarts

JULY 13, 2017

Celebrities aren’t often just famous for being actors or superstar football players. Many of them are also successful entrepreneurs. Of course, celebrities have a much easier chance of making a success of their business start-ups because they already have the added advantage of being popular and they have the capital. However, if you’re starting a new business and you’re looking for some inspiration, have a look at the wealthy celebrities below who made it as entrepreneurs. 1.

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This is going to be BIG.

JULY 13, 2017

In reading the NYT piece about the negative experiences of female founders raising, one quote stuck out to me: "They put up with the comments, Ms. Renock said, because they “couldn’t imagine a world in which that $500,000 wasn’t on the table anymore.” If you've ever had to fundraise, you can understand this. It's an extremely vulnerable time where you're getting a lot of rejection.

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crowdSPRING Blog

JULY 13, 2017

When perusing our galleries here on crowdSPRING, we see some amazing work submitted in the projects. Today, we recognize a gem submitted in this logo project: The challenge of this project was to create a captivating logo for a honey wine. We raise a toast to this bee design. Let us start the slow clap for Janisa. Check out more great work on Janisa’s profile page.

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OnlyOnce

JULY 13, 2017

I’ve posted a lot over the years about feedback in all forms, but in particular how much I benefit from my 360 reviews and any form of “upward” feedback. I’ve also posted about running a 360 process for/with your Board , modeled on Bill Campbell’s formula from Intuit. I have a lot of institutional investors in our cap table at Return Path.

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SiliconHills

JULY 13, 2017

Telestax announced this week it has raised $4.7 million in funding. Austin-based LiveOak Venture Partners led the funding round. The company plans to use the money on product development, customer support and marketing. “We are thrilled to bring Telestax into our portfolio of promising companies. The exceptional team, high-value technology and resulting customer adoption of […].

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Duct Tape Marketing

JULY 13, 2017

Turn Your Hunch Into the Next Big Thing written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing. Marketing Podcast with Bernadette Jiwa. Podcast Transcript. I think you know what to do – I really do. The problem is that in the storm of running the business you start listening to outside influences, opinions of others, and maybe even what you see others in your industry doing.

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crowdSPRING Blog

JULY 13, 2017

Social Media is often touted as a fix-all marketing wonder channel. And, with its ease of use, there’s no excuse for businesses not to at least experiment with that channel. Justin Sachs of the Young Entrepreneur Council points out: One of the best features social media marketing has for businesses today is its low barrier to entry. Gone are the days where a business is required to spend thousands of dollars on advertising to reach its prospect.

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Duct Tape Marketing

JULY 13, 2017

Transcript of Turn Your Hunch Into the Next Big Thing written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing. Back to Podcast. Transcript. John Jantsch: Have you ever had a hunch about something or you saw something and you went “Gosh, somebody needs to make that or fix that or do something about that?” There’s this unmet need. A lot of times data isn’t available for that hunch or for that unmet need and a lot of great business owners … a lot of entrepreneurs over

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Occam's Razor

JULY 13, 2017

I believe deeply in the value of making data accessible. In service of that belief, there are few things that bring me as much joy as visualizing data (smart segmentation comes close). There is something magical about taking the tons and tons of complexity that lurks in our data, being able to find the core essence, and then illustrate that simply. The result then is both a mind and heart connection that drives action with a sense of urgency.

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