Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 12, 2018

Before you start down the long hard road of an entrepreneur, it pays to look inside yourself to see what you love to do, and what would fit your definition of success. For some, it’s all about the chance to run your own show, or advance a cause that you are passionate about. Others dream of being a billionaire, or proving that they can satisfy a need by starting and growing a business.

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Feld Thoughts

SEPTEMBER 12, 2018

I’ve long written about the stigma around entrepreneurship and depression / other “mental health-related issues.” I was delighted to see two articles in the last day about others addressing this. First, Felicis Ventures is committing 1% on top of every check the firm writes in non-dilutive capital earmarked for “founder development” in coaching and mental health.

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Up and Running

SEPTEMBER 12, 2018

Are you a U.S. citizen or a company/inventor that wants to file a patent in the U.S.? Yes? Great. The U.S. has one of the oldest, strongest, and most mature intellectual property (IP) systems for obtaining a patent—and a judicial system that enforces patent rights. However, nothing worthwhile ever comes easy. Navigating the U.S. patent system is complicated, slow, expensive, even painful.

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YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 12, 2018

by Kristy Campbell, Chief Operating Officer at Rev1 Ventures. Robust startup economies are popping up in communities all over the country, proving that entrepreneurs can succeed outside of Silicon Valley. However, with this growth comes higher demand and more competition for top talent. At Rev1, we’re knee deep in helping startups build and scale in the Midwest, including direct support for attracting executive and tech talent.

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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

This is going to be BIG.

SEPTEMBER 12, 2018

Whether you’re going through an accelerator or you’re at some kind of speed dating event, short “office hours” meetings present both an opportunity and a problem for investors. It’s a great way to get out from behind the e-mail and actually meet people face to face. However, it’s a terrible way to get your whole pitch in. There’s just not enough time to convince someone to invest and have a productive back and forth.

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YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 12, 2018

Trading is an exciting proposition. If you’re a beginner considering your options, you’ve probably looked at things like traditional stocks, binary options, penny stocks, and trading on the Forex market. These all have their pros and cons, and it’s important that you understand them. You want to pick a type of investment that works for your trading strategy — i.e., whether you plan to move forward conservatively, are an aggressive trader, or want to strike a balance between low

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VC Cafe

SEPTEMBER 12, 2018

It’s been an active year for Techbikers. As we return to school, and home from summer holidays, I wanted to pause for a moment to give an update on where we are, what we’ve accomplished so far and. This is a content summary only. Click on the post title to continue reading this post, share your comments, browse the website and more!

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Hearpreneur

SEPTEMBER 12, 2018

The idea of exactly what your business is going to usually come first. Secondly, most often, is giving a title to your idea. What exactly is going to be the name of your business? Some people turn to their childhood for inspiration or a beloved family pet. It could be a made up word you dream of one night and feel it has the right ring to it. Even still there are some people who study foreign words for the perfect meaning behind their chosen business.

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Duct Tape Marketing

SEPTEMBER 12, 2018

The Impact of Understanding Customer Acquisition Costs and Customer Lifetime Value written by Guest Post read more at Duct Tape Marketing. It’s guest post day here at Duct Tape Marketing, and today’s post is from Dan Kraus – Enjoy! Have you heard someone talk about customer acquisition cost (CAC) or customer lifetime value (CLV or LTV)?

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Lightspeed Venture Partners

SEPTEMBER 12, 2018

The post Start-up Co-founded by Tony Blair’s Son Raises $4M appeared first on Lightspeed Venture Partners.

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Scott Edward Walker

SEPTEMBER 12, 2018

Welcome to our weekly series “ Motivational Clips for Entrepreneurs.” Each week, we share a favorite video clip to inspire and motivate entrepreneurs. Why? Because we know how tough it is being an entrepreneur or founder — and whether you’re launching your startup, trying to iterate on your business model or raising funds, you need a little juice to help you push the ball forward.

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Growthink Blog

SEPTEMBER 12, 2018

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YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 12, 2018

Just a couple of decades ago, online shopping was something that was almost unheard of. Although Amazon and eBay existed at the time, they weren’t very big, and very few small businesses sold their goods online. However, in recent years, this has completely changed, with more and more people choosing to stay at home and do large amounts of their retail therapy over the internet.

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Eric Friedman

SEPTEMBER 12, 2018

Often in sales you are dealing with a single individual within an organization. They are your main point of contact, the person in your CRM, and your champion to get the deal done. This is the standard as it may be the person you previously knew, were introduced too, met at an event, or cold called/emailed. As the deal progresses you rarely think about what can happen if and when that person leaves the organization.

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Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 12, 2018

A version of this article first appeared in IEEE Spectrum. For most of our lives the idea that computers and technology would get, better, faster, cheaper every year was as assured as the sun rising every morning. The story “ GlobalFoundries Stops All 7nm Development “ doesn’t sound like the end of that era, but for anyone who uses an electronic device, it most certainly is.

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Kodorra

SEPTEMBER 12, 2018

There are enough free online photo editors in the market to make you cringe at the thought of trying all of them out. Who has time these days when we are spoilt with so many choices but couldn’t bear to test all of them. Thus, we took the liberty of helping you out by test-driving almost all of them and recommend to you which is hot and which is not.

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Transformify

SEPTEMBER 12, 2018

Companies are always looking for ways to be more efficient, eliminate waste, and be more productive to build better products for their customers. A Japanese Toyota executive named Taiichi Ohno developed the concept of Lean Manufacturing and was able to put this idea into practice shortly after World War II. Lean Manufacturing identified eight types of waste, which includes excessive inventory, unused employee talent, and wasteful conveyance practices.

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