Austin Startup

MARCH 3, 2018

Austin always has a strong presence at SXSW and this year is no different. Heather Brunner, Tim Ferriss, Mayor Adler, Whitney Wolfe, Kendra Scott, Andy Roddick, Rod Favaron, Bijoy, whurley… Here are some of the Austin startup community members that will be on stage who you should show up to support! Friday, March 9 Attracting VC Funding Outside Silicon Valley Panel with HomeAway founder Brian Sharples & Capital Factory Director Gordon Daugherty We do a lot of things differently in Texas, inc

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 3, 2018

León Krauze from Univisión gave an impassioned keynote presentation at The Upfront Summit on the topic of “invisibility” of immigrant workers in our society. It moved people to tears, was widely Tweeted and several people asked me to share this video. Invisibility. The millions of immigrant workers who silently wash dishes in restaurants, are prep cooks, pick the agriculture that feeds us, build our houses, clean our houses, watch our kids and do our gardening are vilified as criminals by those

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Austin Startup

MARCH 3, 2018

In the spring of 2012, Harvard Business Review wrote an article titled ‘ Are Women Better Leaders then Men? ‘ bringing into review research data from Zenger Folkman, Inc. This research data negated the traditional view that women’s leadership strength lies in the nurturing aspect of managing people such as building relationships and nurturing others.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 3, 2018

Every entrepreneur thinks he can relax a bit after his business model is proven, funding is in place, and revenues are scaling as projected up that hockey-stick curve. Unfortunately, the market is changing so fast these days that any upward climb can level off quickly, as the core business growth begins to stall. This S-Curve, with no correction, can quickly lead to disaster.

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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

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The Next Web

MARCH 3, 2018

I’ve found in my entrepreneurial efforts, and when I’ve consulted and mentored other companies, that a great product or service will only take you so far. Without the right marketing tools in place to back it up, that great idea will likely go overlooked and forgotten, no matter how fresh or exciting an idea it might be. Unsurprisingly, one of the best ways to get great results for your startup is taking steps to improve your web traffic.

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Austin Startup

MARCH 3, 2018

The Forrest Four-Cast: March 3, 2018 We are less than a week away from the start of March Magic. Keep track of everything you need to know via this year’s event via the eight links below. SXSW Accelerator Finalists. 50 top startups from across the US and around the world will showcase their talents March 10–11. Click here to find all these finalists?

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Ben's Blog

MARCH 3, 2018

watch time: 6 minutes. What is a sales channel? It’s a route to market for a product or set of products, from a website to a sophisticated sales force.

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Duct Tape Marketing

MARCH 3, 2018

Weekend Favs March 3 written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing. My weekend blog post routine includes posting links to a handful of tools or great content I ran across during the week. I don’t go into depth about the finds, but encourage you to check them out if they sound interesting. The photo in the post is a favorite for the week from an online source or one that I took out there on the road.

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