Berkonomics

DECEMBER 21, 2017

Close. Let’s talk about the reality of taking money from professional investors. It is not the first time we’ve covered this general subject nor the last. But this time, we concentrate upon governance changes. Once a company founder has tapped the funds available from his or her resources and from friends and family, if the company needs more cash for growth, the most obvious next step is to look for money from angel investors and venture capitalists, typically in the $300,000 TO $3,000,000 ran

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This is going to be BIG.

DECEMBER 21, 2017

Board meetings at @amplehills are dangerous. A post shared by Charlie O'Donnell (@ceonyc) on Dec 20, 2017 at 8:06am PST When you're Ample Hills Creamery , the #1 rated ice cream shop in the country you can pretty much throw everything you've been told about fundraising out the window. Nothing seems to apply--you're not a tech company, you bootstrapped your way to millions in revenues before taking on capital, and you sell mostly through brick and mortar.

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Feld Thoughts

DECEMBER 21, 2017

This book was a delight. I started reading it earlier this year, caught up quickly (I started in July), and then mostly read a page each day when I was in the bathroom in the morning. I let it unfold slowly, reading the daily quote and Ryan Holiday’s (and Stephen Hanselman’s) thoughts on the quote, and then rereading the quote. I was near the end so I finished it off last night.

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ConversionXL

DECEMBER 21, 2017

We publish a lot of well-researched content. Among all the new posts that were published in 2017, here are the ones that got the most attention. Starting from the 10th and moving to the number 1 spot. #10 How to Avoid Being Deceived By Data. In the hands of someone with an agenda, data can be weaponized to back up that viewpoint. Even in the hands of someone benevolent, data can be misinterpreted in dangerous ways.

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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

Startup

The Startup Magazine

DECEMBER 21, 2017

Below are deal scenarios for the CVS ad for the week of 12/24/17. There's soup in these scenarios-perfect for cold winter days! These are great for shoppers just starting their CVS shopping adventure or who do not have any or many extra bucks on hand and do not want to spend much cash. There are scenarios for $5 out of pocket cash and $10 out of pocket cash.

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Austin Startup

DECEMBER 21, 2017

The Forrest Four-Cast: December 21, 2017 March Magic in Austin offers so much amazing content?—? browse the online schedule to find all the Solo Presentations, Panels, Book Readings and Workshops. SXSW also offers some of the world’s top networking opportunities. Eight intriguing Meet Ups on the lineup for the 2018 event are as follows: 55 and Up Meet Up.

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Reid Hoffman

DECEMBER 21, 2017

People often feel strange about pursuing new connections or friendships with the explicit intention of strengthening their networks — because they worry that the intentional aspect of this process feels manipulative. In reality, though, relationship-building is about finding mutual points of interest, building real trust, and taking the time to learn how each party can be more useful to the other.

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YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 21, 2017

Playing the word association game for 2017, we came up with an interesting list: Unpredictable. Fast. Erratic. Millennials. Refugees. Stories (naturally). Politics. Uber. Trump (right, relates to “erratic”). Invention. Nationalism. Misconduct. Wacky. Media. Celebrations. No doubt, you can conjure words to add to the list. Regardless of how you tilt, we wish happy holidays and a reminder that it’s the perfect time to slow down and smell the coffee (or your beverage of choice).

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