Feld Thoughts
MAY 3, 2016
If you are interested in understanding the business implications of blockchain technology, William Mougayar ‘s new book – The Business Blockchain: Promise, Practice, and Application of the Next Internet Technology – is a must read. I’ve known William for about five years. I almost invested in his company Engagio (there’s now a different company by that name) but decided not to.
View from Seed
MAY 3, 2016
On this episode of Traction, we go inside the thinking behind a $16B startup — worth more than Twitter, Pinterest or Dropbox as of this recording. Today’s guest, Jesse Middleton, is a co-founder of WeWork Labs, the company’s global startup incubator, and currently the head of WeWork X, which includes Labs and also the new WeWork investing and M&A activities.
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Version One Ventures
MAY 3, 2016
Amazon’s Annual Letter to Shareholders has become a must-read for entrepreneurs, investors, and business leaders – and the recent 2015 letter provides great insights into how Jeff Bezos thinks and how one of the most successful companies on Earth operates (this year, Amazon became the fastest company ever to reach $100 billion in annual sales). Readers of this blog know that I am a big fan of Jeff Bezos and have taken several key lessons from him over the years.
YoungUpstarts
MAY 3, 2016
Chris Laping is the co-founder and CEO of People Before Things, LLC , and the author of “ People Before Things “ “We have now committed the Golden Rule to memory; let us now commit it to life.” – Edwin Markham. This past week, I attended a couple of conferences and heard a few stories I’m still struggling to comprehend – some real gut-wrenching stuff.
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
Feld Thoughts
MAY 3, 2016
I have 60 free tickets to the screening of the movie CODE: Debugging the Gender Gap on Thursday May 19, 2016 from 7:00 PM to 9:15 PM during Boulder Startup Week. First come, first served. I’ll be there and look forward to seeing you. The post CODE: Debugging the Gender Gap – Startup Week appeared first on Feld Thoughts.
SiliconHills
MAY 3, 2016
From the Lady Bird Lake Hike and Bike Trail to Mount Bonnell, Google Maps now provides a virtual view of some of Austin’s remarkable landmarks. Google Maps announced on Tuesday that more than 80 Texas landmarks are now live for people to explore online through Street View in Google Maps for both Android and iOS […] The post Google Maps Enables Virtual Visits to Austin and Texas Landmarks appeared first on SiliconHills.
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YFS Magazine
MAY 3, 2016
Going public is much more involved than the prestige of seeing your company name in lights on the NASDAQ or NYSE ticker. Such a momentous decisions has to come with a huge amount of forethought.
Tim Keane
MAY 3, 2016
Earlier this year, two dozen former students of mine, their friends and colleagues, formed Golden Angels Advisors. Their goal is to help the next generation of investors grow their expertise in both new ventures and early stage investing. Over the.
Lightspeed Venture Partners
MAY 3, 2016
At Lightspeed, we talk a lot about entrepreneurs that have the “X-factor.” The X-factor is the uncanny cleverness and ingenuity an entrepreneur possesses that gives him or her the ability to capture the power of an idea and transform it into a incredibly valuable product…and ultimately an incredibly valuable company. The rare breed of entrepreneurs that possess the X-factor are called X-men or X-women.
YFS Magazine
MAY 3, 2016
I’ve learned that many entrepreneurs face similar challenges. I’ve also learned the hard way that there’s no way to avoid these challenges.
SiliconHills
MAY 3, 2016
Chiron Health will represent Austin at the annual Google Demo Day on Wednesday at Google’s headquarters in Mountain View. “It’s really great exposure for us,” said Charlie Kolb, co-founder and vice president of business development for Chiron Health. “It gives us exposure to those West Coast VCs. It fosters new connections and the right kind […] The post Chiron Health to Pitch at Google Demo Day appeared first on SiliconHills.
YFS Magazine
MAY 3, 2016
Choosing a new domain shouldn’t be about a total rebrand. Instead, it should be about enhancing your digital footprint.
crowdSPRING Blog
MAY 3, 2016
When perusing our galleries here on crowdSPRING, we see some amazing work submitted in the projects. Today, we noticed this gem submitted in this package graphics project. Let us start the slow clap for Aleksova. Check out more great work on Aleksova’s profile page. Nicely done, Aleksova, nicely done! Related posts: Fresh from the SPRING: deip. Fresh from the SPRING: DavidStHubbins.
Guy Nirpaz
MAY 3, 2016
Customer Success is relatively a new term. We can clearly see from the Google Trends chart above that the customer success management community has started to trend up around mid-2014. Many analysts and investors have been skeptical about the applicability of the customer success engagement model beyond the technology market, software as a-service companies mainly.
Jeff Hilimire
MAY 3, 2016
Well, “watched” should be in quotes, because I didn’t really watch it. Consumed? What’s the word for “watched the important parts”? Not sure, but either way, here’s how it happened. First, I saw this update on Snapchat Stories: White House Party. I clicked on that, and was able to watch a bunch of highlights.
Up and Running
MAY 3, 2016
Your business plan should accomplish certain goals: raise money, guide your team, and set strategies for growth. The format of your business plan will help you achieve these goals, so it’s important to think about the plan’s structure as you build it. There isn’t one right way to organize your plan, but you do need to make sure that it’s professional, includes the information your audience wants to see, and is formatted correctly.
YoungUpstarts
MAY 3, 2016
by Shoba Sreenivasan, Ph.D. & Linda E. Weinberger, Ph.D., authors of “ Psychological Nutrition ” Many of us unconsciously believe that women in leadership roles should be like men — whether we will admit this or not. Certainly, this view has gained support in research of successful leaders: those females who have characteristics traditionally attributed to males (i.e., competitive, ambitious, assertive, task versus interpersonally orientated, secure in holding power and authority
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