Feld Thoughts
MARCH 2, 2017
A little over a year ago I wrote a post about a documentary Amy and I were helping fund called For Here or To Go. The movie is about a set of Indian software developers in the US on H1-B visas. The main character wanted to start a company, or join a startup, but couldn’t make either happen in the context of the current H1-B visa constraints. It felt relevant when we helped fund it.
YoungUpstarts
MARCH 2, 2017
by John Donovan, CEO of Bizfi. It used to be that a business would gain customers only from the neighborhood surrounding its location. Now, thanks to internet technology, your customers can be from around your state — or around the world. E-commerce is well within reach of virtually every small retail business, and with consumers demanding an easier way to find and purchase products, businesses need to incorporate an online sales strategy to remain relevant.
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Duct Tape Marketing
MARCH 2, 2017
10 Grammar and Proofreading Tools for Content Marketers written by Guest Post read more at Duct Tape Marketing. In creating online content for your business, you want to ensure it has several essential ingredients checked off before distributing it to your readers. Above all else, it needs to be interesting and engaging for them, or you’ll quickly lose their attention.
Both Sides of the Table
MARCH 2, 2017
There are so many moments from the Upfront Summit that I want to share with you — it just takes time to watch through all the videos, do write ups and still do my day job. One of the most exciting thinkers at Summit was Rebecca Kantar, the founder of Imbellus. I was excited to see her perform on stage because I’ve long been telling people how crazy smart, ambitious and talented she is but I was excited for people to hear for themselves.
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
deal architect
MARCH 2, 2017
In the wake of all accentuated concern in SAP world about the “indirect access” clause, Geoff Scott, Chairman of the America’s SAP User Group says “I know personally that SAP isn’t interested in pursuing court action to resolve these conversations.
YoungUpstarts
MARCH 2, 2017
by Kathy Kolbe, co-author of the new book “ Business is Business: Reality Checks for Family-Owned Companies “ Being an upstart is a state of mind. It’s how you attack the world – both the opportunities and the obstacles in it. You don’t learn to be an upstart. You are driven to be an upstart. When you ask upstarts what they want to make happen, it will be something they’ve never done before, or something that others doubted they could do.
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The Next Web
MARCH 2, 2017
This May, 15,000 CEOs, entrepreneurs, investors and early-adopters will descend on Amsterdam for TNW Conference. They’re not just coming for the A-list speakers and awesome networking – they’re coming to explore the latest products, platforms and software offered by companies like yours. For the past five years, our Boost program at TNW Conference in Amsterdam has helped young startups secure the opportunities they need to accelerate their growth.
YFS Magazine
MARCH 2, 2017
Why do franchise owners struggle? Here's a look at 3 things that makes a franchise owner successful, beyond standard franchisor support. This article Pure Barre Franchisee Shares 3 Vital Truths About Franchise Ownership appeared first in YFS Magazine.
Berkonomics
MARCH 2, 2017
As an early stage investor, the first test for me is whether “my” entrepreneur is flexible in both the plan and execution of his or her vision (since from experience almost everything about a business plan changes over time), and whether s/he, no matter what age or experience, is coachable. Doctoral theses have been written on this subject. Early stage investor groups often list these traits at or near the top of their list when filtering opportunities for investment.
K9 Ventures
MARCH 2, 2017
Dear Founders, I know you are all super busy. So I put the key message I want you to get out of this post right in the title of the post. But I really do want you to read on and try to understand and internalize what I’m trying to say here, as it’s not obvious, and especially not obvious when you’re in that phase of your startup. Startups are hard.
SiliconHills
MARCH 2, 2017
Next Coast Ventures announced Thursday that it has closed on its debut fund at $85 million. The fund was oversubscribed by $25 million and its limited partners include leading institutional investors, funds of funds and family offices. Next Coast Ventures is looking at investing in deals in Austin and in the middle part of the […] The post Austin-based Next Coast Ventures Raises $85 Million Fund appeared first on SiliconHills.
Austin Startup
MARCH 2, 2017
Mandy Rowden is living her childhood goal. The 36-year-old singer/songwriter is not only an established fixture in the Austin music scene… Continue reading on Austin Startups ».
VC Adventure
MARCH 2, 2017
I’ve been putting a lot of effort into enhancing my productivity. I actually hired a coach to help me with this (more on that in another post) and have changed around a LOT of my work life in an effort to free up time. I’ll write a longer post on a handful of tools that I’ve found that have significantly increased my ability to get work done, but I thought I’d share some low hanging fruit with everyone about the 2 things I did that have most changed my life. #1 – Kn
Austin Startup
MARCH 2, 2017
The Forrest Four-Cast: March 2, 2017 Continue reading on Austin Startups ».
SiliconHills
MARCH 2, 2017
Conversable, an intelligent conversation platform for businesses, Thursday announced the launch of a new product called AQUA, which stands for Answer Questions Using AI. With AQUA, any employee in a company can push automated responses live to a bot without any knowledge of how to code. “Bots are stupid,” said Ben Lamm, CEO of Conversable. […] The post Conversable Launches New Software Program AQUA and Plans to Triple in Size This Year appeared first on SiliconHills.
Austin Startup
MARCH 2, 2017
According to Bloomberg, eight out of 10 businesses fail within the first 18 months. That means a whopping 80 percent crash and burn. In this Golden Age of entrepreneurship, how does an innovator improve the odds of transforming a germ of an idea into a successful company? While timing, passion, luck and execution are all important factors in entrepreneurial success, the key is a delicate balance of intuition and analytics.
SiliconHills
MARCH 2, 2017
Localeur, a community of locals who share their favorite places to eat, drink and play online, Thursday announced its expansion to London. The Austin-based company also recently announced expansion to Toronto and Vancouver. The company created a website and free iOS and Android apps that allow travelers to discover unique places in a city that […] The post Localeur Expands to London, Toronto and Vancouver appeared first on SiliconHills.
Austin Startup
MARCH 2, 2017
The developments in Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality are happening fast — so fast it’ll take you 5 days to take in all there is to see… Continue reading on Austin Startups ».
Rob Go
MARCH 2, 2017
A big chunk of our time as VC is spent on internal discussions about companies we are looking at. We believe strongly that when making investment decisions, it’s important to score opportunities quantitatively but make decisions based on conviction. What this means is that we take quite a few votes and measurements from each team member when we evaluate a potential investment.
Austin Startup
MARCH 2, 2017
Lately I’ve been obsessing over monetization rather than my usual UI and product ideas. Continue reading on Austin Startups ».
VC Cafe
MARCH 2, 2017
Part 2 of a series about machine learning in Israel, originally posted on VC Cafe. Machine Intelligence (AI, ML and Deep Learning) requires a certain calibre of computer science talent. Today, this kind of talent is at the “top of the stack” of computer science. These cutting-edge capabilities used to be found at universities, and work on publicly-funded blue sky research; today, companies have the talent, and use it for private, applied purposes.
Austin Startup
MARCH 2, 2017
Researching the competition is one of the first steps for starting any business. Continue reading on Austin Startups ».
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