Austin Startup

APRIL 9, 2018

The forgotten value of the apprenticeship In today’s startup culture, I think we often overlook the value of learning a trade from more skilled operators. We all want the fast track. With unlimited information at our fingertips, we are prone to overestimate the speed and the quality of learning when we go it alone. For the past few years, with the froth in the capital markets, it feels like many well-connected individuals are taking advantage and trying their hand at VC as first time fund manage

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YoungUpstarts

APRIL 9, 2018

by Lorcan Malone, President and COO of Swiftpage. Small and midsized (SMB) businesses love to think big, and there’s no better way to do that than with the right customer relationship management (CRM) technology. The operative words here, of course, are the right. As the sheer volume of customer information captured through CRM continues to increase, businesses must evaluate whether they can truly capitalize on the valuable data their CRM software delivers.

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YFS Magazine

APRIL 9, 2018

There is a simple strategy that is typically overlooked and it can increase your startup’s chances of success more than anything else: working with a mentor.

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YoungUpstarts

APRIL 9, 2018

by Taylor Landis, lead content marketing and cubicle specialist for Skutchi Designs. I’m sure you’ve read plenty of articles by now about the ongoing debate between the open-plan office and cubicles and which is better, more efficient, and preferred by both business owners, managers, and employees. However, when starting a new business, deciding between the two floor plans can be stressful and nerve wracking.

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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

Up and Running

APRIL 9, 2018

A new generation of entrepreneurs is emerging onto the market, and it’s not who you may expect. Baby boomers are starting to become a huge part of the entrepreneurial world. Full retirement is becoming less and less popular, and many seniors are opting to earn their own income after they officially retire from their “day job by taking on independent contract work.”.

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YoungUpstarts

APRIL 9, 2018

It has become increasingly difficult to make sure that your online security is as strong as it can be. With a huge number of updates and software available, it can be difficult to know where to start when it comes to keeping your new venture safe as it makes use of the best digital tools available. That’s why it’s so important to ensure that you start in the way that you mean to go on, and initialize your security protocols and strategies as quickly as possible.

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Hearpreneur

APRIL 9, 2018

This motivational video is for entrepreneurs, startups and business owners to start the week off on the right foot. Experts are clueless. Customers cannot tell you what they want. The action is the next curve. The biggest challenges beget the best work. Design counts. Use big graphics and big fonts. Changing your mind is a sign of intelligence. Value is not equal to price.

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David Teten

APRIL 9, 2018

HOF Capital recently joined the # MovingForward movement of VCs committed to diverse, inclusive, and harassment-free workplaces. The movement emerged at a founders dinner a few months ago when the question, “As an entrepreneur, if I experience harassment or discrimination, where do I report it and how will I be protected?”, was asked. After speaking with many VC firms, it was realized that this was a very common issue.

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Hearpreneur

APRIL 9, 2018

This motivational post is for entreprenurs, startups and business owners to start the week off on the right foot. If you can get through to doing the things you hate to do, on the other end is greatness. You are the problem. Your mindset is the problem. Your attitude is the problem. You are also the solution. Mental strength comes from those struggles.

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thebarefootvc

APRIL 9, 2018

This past Friday I spoke at Penn’s inaugural Blockchain Conference. It was a special speaking engagement for me, as I am a Penn grad and my interest in economics and business started and flourished there. Over the past five years speaking on college campuses, I have encouraged students to explore the blockchain sector. During the past year, I have received hundreds of emails from students in those audiences, some expressing regret for not paying attention sooner, and others thankful I helped t

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The Startup Magazine

APRIL 9, 2018

Kairos (??????) is an ancient Greek word meaning the right or opportune moment (the supreme moment). Project Kairos is the umbrella brand for Informa’s community built for startups, and in particular connecting investors with startups. The aim through Project Kairos as part of Internet of Things World event is to provide startups with their supreme moment – the one which kicks off the transition from IoT newbie to dominant industry player.

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This is going to be BIG.

APRIL 9, 2018

It's really hard to advise a company when you don't have all the information--and no one has more information than the CEO of the company. Sometimes, you might believe the CEO is ill-informed, and you're a check on the amount of homework they've done to seek out solutions to a problem, or which metrics or signals they're paying close enough attention to.

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