Fri.May 13, 2016

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What is it Like to Wake Up and Have the Press Ready to Torpedo Your Business?

Both Sides of the Table

In case you missed it, the press yesterday ran several stories questioning the viability of a wireless charging company I invested in… Continue reading on Both Sides of the Table »

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6 Places To Find The Right Investor For Your Startup

Startup Professionals Musings

One of the biggest myths I have found in the entrepreneur community is that every startup needs one or more outside investors for credibility and success, and perhaps is even entitled to at least one. They don’t realize that according to statistics from Startup.co , almost 60 percent are funded with personal savings and credit, and another 25 percent get their money from friends and family.

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10 data security mistakes to avoid as a startup

The Next Web

Startups move fast, and aren’t always thinking about data security as they rush to get a MVP to market. But they should. Data security is increasingly important. As a new business, a mistake in this area can shut down the company. To help combat the common mistakes, I asked 10 entrepreneurs from YEC the following question: What’s the biggest mistake you see tech startups making in terms of data security right now and why?

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Evaluating the prospects for life changing inventions

The Equity Kicker

This morning Chris Dixon posted The typical path of life changing inventions : I’ve never heard of it. I’ve heard of it but don’t understand it. I understand it, but I don’t see how it’s useful. I see how it could be fun for rich people, but not me. I use it, but it’s just a toy. It’s becoming more useful for me. I use it all the time. I could not imagine life without it.

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Building Healthy Innovation Ecosystems for Your Projects

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

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4 Brilliant Ways To Create And Manage Multiple Revenue Streams

YFS Magazine

Management of revenue streams is just as important as the creation of them. If systems aren’t in place to manage the influx of enquiries, sales and service then you will inevitably struggle, if not fail.

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Handy Resources to Help You Start and Run a Successful Cafe

Up and Running

Whether you’re just getting started on your dream of opening a coffee shop or are considered Barista Champion of the World, there’s sure to be a resource you’ll find indispensable. If you have any of your own to share, let us know in the comments below! Listen and watch. My Cafe Supplies YouTube Channel. This Australian couple runs a cafe and a website that sells cafe equipment.

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How To Sell To Impulse Buyers

ConversionXL

Raise your hand if you’ve ever made an impulse purchase. I can relate (and the stack of random junk in my room can attest to that). If we’re not alone in this behavior, then clearly there’s a market of impulse buyers. In fact, UIE found impulse purchases represent almost 40% of all the money spent on e-commerce. The question is, how do you make it easier for them to make an impulse buy?

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Dance Your Challenge

Gregg Fraley, Author of Jack's Notebook

Shake Your Booty. The Creativity and Innovation point of this blog takes about three paragraphs to develop, so business readers, let me tell you a brief story to set it up. I was having dinner this week with Gary Schwartz , a fine actor and improv-er who was blowing through Chicago to promote his new children’s book, The King of Average. Gary studied with a hero of mine, Viola Spolin (he’s the leading expert on her games and methods).

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Extending the Invitation

Bryce Dot VC

The ever clear and direct Erica Baker had a series of tweets this week that I think are very much worth amplifying. Coincidentally, this week marks the 5yr anniversary of our hiring of a new Associate at OATV. The experience of that hire pushed many dimensions of my thinking around hiring and diversity in tech. We don’t hire all that often, but when we made public that we were looking to add an Associate, we received a flood of applicants.

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Customer Success – Finally Drinking like Sales People Do

Guy Nirpaz

Customer Success is maturing! How do I know? My first indication is the amount of drinks we’ve had together last night at Norwood. Reminds of some other crazy times ten years ago with a bunch of tech sales people in NYC. For the first time, when asking a room full of people (over 100!), how many of them actually practice customer success daily – all hands went up.

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Your big but is really holding you back (somebody had to say it)

Jeff Hilimire

But I need to save more. But I don’t know the industry well enough. But I need a fully developed business plan. But I need a co-founder. But I just read about a new competitor in the space. But we just moved into a new house. But I get my bonus in four months! But, but, but. The world is full of big buts for why you can’t won’t get started on your business.

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Saying Farewell to my Favorite Feature

Rob Go

Earlier this week, we got the inevitable news that support for the Sunrise Calendar was coming to an end. This was very bittersweet for the team there, and for me since I was a very avid user and early investor and board member of the company. I’m particularly sad however because I must now say farewell to the single most helpful productivity product I have ever used.

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Three Inexpensive Online Marketing Techniques Your Business Should Utilize

Duct Tape Marketing

Three Inexpensive Online Marketing Techniques Your Business Should Utilize written by Guest Post read more at Duct Tape Marketing. photo credit: Jack Moreh. How you market your business to potential and existing customers is critical to your success. Your marketing efforts need to be timely, relevant and within your budget so you can attract the people you want and keep current customers loyal to your brand.

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Democratizing IoT Hardware Innovation For Startups – A Radical Approach To A Practical Problem

YoungUpstarts

by Jeffery Kang, CEO and founder, IngDan. It’s an election year. From coast to coast, evidence of democratic principles and practices are front and center, playing out everywhere from small town hall meetings to global front page news. However, as a successful entrepreneur who has built one of the largest IoT hardware supply chain platforms, I know first-hand that the philosophy of “democracy for all” rarely makes its way into the business world.