deal architect
JULY 12, 2017
The buzz at Infor’s annual user conference (and a side analyst summit) was around Coleman, the AI platform Infor announced to use “powerful machine learning to improve processes such as inventory management, transportation routing, and predictive maintenance”. The name Coleman.
YoungUpstarts
JULY 12, 2017
A business owner who arranges for virtual office services is taking decisive steps to improve the bottom line of his or her business. Take a look at four specific ways these services can give a business the advantage over its competition: 1. Projecting a Professional Image. When a business owner hires virtual assistants, he or she is building a professional image.
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Duct Tape Marketing
JULY 12, 2017
What Does the Future of Podcasting Look Like? written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing. Marketing Podcast with Tom Webster. Podcast Transcript. I’ve been podcasting a long time and it’s been pretty fun to see how this “channel” has evolved, particularly of late. The podcast or audio distribution format has definitely hit mainstream status.
YoungUpstarts
JULY 12, 2017
Working for yourself is a blessing and experiment all rolled into one. There are many challenges that come with the territory that you need to keep in mind. It’s not always going to go smoothly or as planned. Be open to learning and adjusting to the circumstances in front of you. You’re taking on a great responsibility when you decide to work for yourself.
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
Duct Tape Marketing
JULY 12, 2017
Transcript of What Does the Future of Podcasting Look Like? written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing. Back to Podcast. Transcript. John Jantsch: So what does the future of podcasting hold? Kind of weird that we’re gonna talk to Tom Webster on a podcast about podcasting. Check it out. Hello and welcome to another episode of the Duct Tape Marketing Podcast.
View from Seed
JULY 12, 2017
Today’s episode features a fast-rising company led by Shan-Lyn Ma. Her startup, Zola, is changing the way people purchase gifts for brides and grooms. Anyone who has ever experienced the insanity of wedding season — whether attending as a guest or planning your own — knows just how stressful the whole experience can be. Shan-Lyn and her team are using some unique insights and past experiences to rethink it, and boy, is it working right now.
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Startup Professionals Musings
JULY 12, 2017
Even though I love technology, I always cringe when an entrepreneur starts an angel investor pitch to me by touting his new technology. They have forgotten that new technologies are perceived by most customers as causing more pain than the problems they eliminate. I chastise these startups to highlight the solution created by the technology, rather than the technology.
View from Seed
JULY 12, 2017
Today’s episode features a fast-rising company led by Shan-Lyn Ma. Her startup, Zola, is changing the way people purchase gifts for brides and grooms. Anyone who has ever experienced the insanity of wedding season — whether attending as a guest or planning your own — knows just how stressful the whole experience can be. Shan-Lyn and her team are using some unique insights and past experiences to rethink it, and boy, is it working right now.
YFS Magazine
JULY 12, 2017
When it comes to creating a winning strategy to keep your employees happy and productive, it's really not a matter of science.
The Next Web
JULY 12, 2017
Here’s something they might not have told you when you set up your startup to “be your own boss” — everyone has bosses. Every startup CEO knows that in theory their advisory board is just here to ‘advise’. But some of them, maybe even all them, have a stake in the company, and are actually crucial to your success. Here are the four types of people you’ll encounter on every startup advisory board and how to deal with them.
YoungUpstarts
JULY 12, 2017
by Robbie Kellman Baxter, author of “ The Membership Economy: Find Your Super Users, Master the Forever Transaction, and Build Recurring Revenue “ Subscription-based service providers have made a powerful impact on today’s business landscape, and all savvy organizations are finding ways to take part in the bustling Membership Economy.
YFS Magazine
JULY 12, 2017
Although it will eat up a big chunk of your time, hiring your first employee is well worth whatever amount of time you need to dedicate to the task.
Mike Michalowicz
JULY 12, 2017
Mileage tracking may seem like a waste of time to you because you can’t claim the commute to the office; but let’s take a moment to think about this. How often do you drive to meet a client for lunch, or run to Costco for supplies, and let’s not forget driving to that training session across the state? The current IRS mileage rate for 2017 business mileage is 53.5 cents per mile.
The Startup Magazine
JULY 12, 2017
In a time of technology enabled with mobility real estate agents are evolving and moving beyond their traditional roles. Real estate is slowly moving to become more organised and as an emerging industry it has seen a lot of investment into technology innovation over the past few years. Technology today has changed the way the real estate business operates.
David Teten
JULY 12, 2017
When I meet with other VCs, family offices, and other institutional investors, the most common question I get is: “What are the highest-potential companies in your portfolio which are raising now?” I thought it might be helpful to provide transparency on how we and many of our VC peers think about optimizing the cap table for our companies. . First, a formal definition: According to Capital Dynamics , “Co-investments are direct investments in a company made alongside and on the same terms as a
The Startup Magazine
JULY 12, 2017
In just a few months of marketing consulting for startups and medium sized companies, I became accustomed to receiving nearly every possible variation of the below excuses in response to why companies didn’t have a content strategy in place. “It’s way too soon to think about content marketing.”. “We don’t have a clear brand image or target market yet.”.
ithacaVC
JULY 12, 2017
A Buffalo-based business publication just published an article called “Which parts of Upstate New York have the strongest economies? (And which are trailing the pack?)” Here is a PDF of the article: Upstate NY Strongest Economies. I am obviously delighted with Ithaca’s ranking and proud to be part of this great and growing ecosystem.
The Startup Magazine
JULY 12, 2017
I love exploring new territory and discovering things for the first time. Our family has a Yellowstone National Park vacation planned in midsummer and my two teenage boys and I have already sat down to map out which area, trails, and streams we can explore in the backcountry. But that same fulfilling nature of mine has been detrimental to my online success in the past.
Growthink Blog
JULY 12, 2017
Do you feel sometimes that your work is a “side hustle” - something we do to put a few bucks in our pockets to then feel and do the “good stuff” elsewhere - with our hobbies, volunteer work, personal relationships, and such? Well, if we want to really enjoy our work. And as we enjoy it, build a great business. Then a side hustle just aint gonna cut it.
Hearpreneur
JULY 12, 2017
Social media is here to stay and the best social media campaigns are those that captivate and engage their target audience. However, when social media truly “works” it helps companies to reach a goal which usually results in increased traffic, loyalty, leads, closed business or better brand or authority positioning. There’s a huge opportunity to do social media well and very few companies are executing it well.
Austin Startup
JULY 12, 2017
You now have until Friday to apply The registration deadline for the GigaTECHs App Competition — the City of Austin and U.S. Ignite’s $38,000 challenge for local civic-minded developers interested in building gigabit speed applications — was recently extended to this Friday, July 14. Submissions must address one of five targeted issue areas via an app that utilizes gigabit speed internet.
Reid Hoffman
JULY 12, 2017
Silicon Valley has a remarkable track record of producing valuable technology companies. Of the 13 high-tech companies in the world that are worth over $100 billion, six of them hail from Silicon Valley. All of their headquarters sit in a 50-mile stretch from San Francisco to San Jose. Not bad for a region that accounts for less than 0.1% of the world’s population!
Seeing Both Sides
JULY 12, 2017
Flybridge is pleased to announce the creation of XFactor Ventures , a $3m women-focused micro-seed fund. You can read more about it here: My Medium post. My partner, Chip's, Medium post. TechCrunch. If you are interested in submitting a business plan, send us an email at [link]. To stay in touch with our work, follow us on twitter. (BTW: my blog has moved to www.seeingbothsides.com ).
The Startup Magazine
JULY 12, 2017
The online gaming industry – and in particular, the online casino industry – has come a long way in the past 10 years. And, if current technological trends and advances are anything to go by, there’s still a lot of potential for online gaming yet! Here are four predictions for the future of online gaming: The Rise of Augmented Reality and Virtual Reality Games.
Seeing Both Sides
JULY 12, 2017
Flybridge is pleased to announce the creation of XFactor Ventures , a $3m women-focused micro-seed fund. You can read more about it here: My Medium post. My partner, Chip's, Medium post. TechCrunch. If you are interested in submitting a business plan, send us an email at [link]. To stay in touch with our work, follow us on twitter. (BTW: my blog has moved to www.seeingbothsides.com ).
Up and Running
JULY 12, 2017
If you’re thinking about starting up a small business or you’ve just recently launched, fantastic customer service is undoubtedly on your radar. You want your customers to come away from an experience with your company having seen you in the best possible light. In an optimal situation, the majority of them would not only become repeat customers but would also enthusiastically recommend your product or service to others.
The Startup Magazine
JULY 12, 2017
Slips, trips and falls are the single biggest cause of injury at work and account for millions in lost revenue each year, according to the Health and Safety Executive (HSE). Whatever the industry, no employer is immune from the risk of slips, trips and falls as the smallest height can become a danger under the right circumstances. Praxis42 takes a look at the danger of slips, trips and falls and provides you can raise awareness of the risk.
Scott Edward Walker
JULY 12, 2017
I’m using Twitter as a form of micro-blogging to share interesting articles, blog posts and video clips relating to startups, entrepreneurship and legal issues. Below are my three most popular tweets for the past month. Cheers, Scott. Top 3 Tweets. I’m reading The Venture Hacks Bible. “Naval & I wrote this years ago, but most of the principles still hold.” -@nivi [link]. “I’ve discovered that most people are really good at finding obstacles.
ConversionXL
JULY 12, 2017
In the pursuit of sustainable and consistent ecommerce growth , we look to many places: content, SEO, Facebook, Instagram, paid acquisition, new channels, growth hacking. But rarely do we turn the focus to our own website and ask, “how can we improve our own ecommerce user experience to drive growth?”. That’s what this post is about: looking inward instead of outward.
ConversionXL
JULY 12, 2017
In the pursuit of sustainable and consistent ecommerce growth , we look to many places: content, SEO, Facebook, Instagram, paid acquisition, new channels, growth hacking. But rarely do we turn the focus to our own website and ask, “how can we improve our own ecommerce user experience to drive growth?”. That’s what this post is about: looking inward instead of outward.
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