Steve Blank

JULY 29, 2016

The future is here it’s just distributed unevenly – Silicon Valley view of tech adoption. The threat is here it’s just distributed unevenly – A2/AD and the aircraft carrier. This is the second of a two-part post following my stay on the aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson. Part 1 talked about what I saw and learned – the layout of a carrier, how the air crew operates and how the carrier functions in context of the other ships around it (the strike group.

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Brandanew

JULY 29, 2016

Imagine this : “W e’re in the difficult situation of having a product people use for traditionally dull stuff. We have a boring product.” Sure, as a brand, you think it’s exciting because you know what it can do. But when you think about software that could be used for HR and Operations teams or a machine that works in the corner of a data center, I’d bet you’re half asleep already as a consumer.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 29, 2016

A common pain of startups after an exhilarating first surge of early adopters is a long and frustrating plateau of slow growth, where it seems like nothing you do will get your business to profitability. Too many entrepreneurs don’t know what to do at this point, largely accounting for that disappointing 50 percent of startups that fail in the first five years, according to Gallup.

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Feld Thoughts

JULY 29, 2016

I’ve been thinking about what “truth” means lately. With almost no effort I can find contradictory articles, thoughts, perspectives, statements, and opinions on almost everything being discussed today. I’m sure our election cycle is amplifying this, but I see this in a bunch of stuff I’m reading about tech as well. As someone who views independent critical thinking as extremely important, this dynamic is perplexing to me.

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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 Equity Kicker

JULY 29, 2016

We see a lot of startups that fail, it’s the nature of the beast in an environment that is so incredibly fast moving and competitive. These are some of the more common and avoidable mistakes that we work hard alongside our partner companies to help them avoid. This post was inspired by John Zeratsky’s post Eight common dysfunctions of design teams.

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crowdSPRING Blog

JULY 29, 2016

There are thousands of articles, videos, and books out there, all eager to tell you the “secret” to effective content marketing. There’s a reason such resources are in high demand: 88% of all B2B businesses are investing in content marketing , along with 80% of B2C businesses. Of course folks are gonna want to know how to get it right.

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YFS Magazine

JULY 29, 2016

Your best chance of making it as an entrepreneur is to keep creating new opportunities for your various ventures to function in harmony.

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Austin Startup

JULY 29, 2016

A year ago, I launched Spacesift to the public. Here are a few notable updates on what’s been going on for the little Event Space Directory… Continue reading on Austin Startups ».

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YFS Magazine

JULY 29, 2016

As many have discovered, in the world of business and entrepreneurship, the ability to do this is key to success.

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Austin Startup

JULY 29, 2016

Collaboration. Easier said than done. The ability to collaborate is being touted as an essential skill in today’s business environment. Continue reading on Austin Startups ».

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Gregg Fraley, Author of Jack's Notebook

JULY 29, 2016

Challenge Mapping & IdeaKeg. Do you want to cut through the clutter when it comes to innovation strategy? Are you sorting through plans for year-end strategy and ideation sessions? Are you at the very front end of innovation and not sure where to go, where to start? Are you asking questions like these (you should be!): What projects might we get started before the end of the year?

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VC Cafe

JULY 29, 2016

Japan is the world’s #3 economy…but not for Israel. It is not even a top 10 trading partner. To strengthen bi-lateral trade, Avi Hasson , Chief Scientist and Chairman of the Israeli Innovation Authority, led a delegation of 11 Israeli IoT startups this month to Tokyo and Osaka. The visit generated buzz (including the cover story of Wired Magazine ) and a major announcement.

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Up and Running

JULY 29, 2016

When I first mentioned my plans to open an assisted living home a few years ago, the feedback was unanimously positive. Family and friends knew I had always wanted to own my own business. They, like me, had also absorbed the persistent media message about the “graying of America.” Opening an assisted living home to serve the baby boomers—who were then beginning to turn 65—seemed like a can’t-lose proposition.

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Duct Tape Marketing

JULY 29, 2016

Spam Laws, Email Marketing, and Compliance written by Guest Post read more at Duct Tape Marketing. photo credit Flickr. Every year, governments increase restrictions on unsolicited email. With new restrictions also comes harsher penalties when laws are broken. Here, we’ll give you a quick refresher on where spam laws stand both nationally and internationally, and how your business can avoid costly mistakes.

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crowdSPRING Blog

JULY 29, 2016

It’s gross and rainy in Chicagoland, so you’ll have to forgive us if our minds have already turned to happy, shiny visions of the weekend. We figured we wouldn’t be the only ones looking for a distraction as Friday goes on, so we thought we’d share some diverting reads for your own mental escapes. Do you have dreams of digital marketing success?

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YoungUpstarts

JULY 29, 2016

by Michelle Stedman, Vice President of Operations and Talent Management Strategist at BirdDogHR. There’s no better way to reflect the world we live through your company in than by ensuring that you employ a diverse range of staff. Whether it’s through nationality, religious beliefs, disability, or sexual preference, having a diverse workforce pays dividends for both company morale and employee retention.

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