Up and Running

MAY 10, 2017

In the summer of 2009, my wife and I caught the entrepreneurial bug and started a company without any prior business experience. We’d never hired anyone. We’d never had anyone pay us for a product or a service. We didn’t know anything about small business accounting or finance. We didn’t even know how to write a business plan. I had some limited knowledge about search engine marketing, but knew nothing about marketing in a more general sense.

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TechEmpower

MAY 10, 2017

Results from Round 14 of the Web Framework Benchmarks project are now available! This round's results are limited to the physical hardware environment only, but cloud results will be included again in the next round. Recent improvements. Our efforts during Round 14 focused on improvements that help us manage the project, mostly by removing some of our manual work.

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Steve Blank

MAY 10, 2017

I did a fun fireside chat with one of my most favorite people – Sebastian Thrun – at the Udacity conference. Sebastian is the embodiment of a renaissance person. I first heard about him when his driverless car won the 2005 DARPA Grand Challenge. He founded Google X and led the development of the Google self-driving car. He was a Professor of Computer Science at Stanford and before that at Carnegie Mellon University.

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View from Seed

MAY 10, 2017

Will Ahmed is the CEO and co-founder of WHOOP, a fitness tech startup working with high-performance athletes. Their users include LeBron James, Michael Phelps, pro teams like the Boston Red Sox, and thanks to a deal with the NFL Players’ Association, every pro football player across the nation. Visit whoop.com to learn more, or follow Will twitter.com/wahmmys.

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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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YoungUpstarts

MAY 10, 2017

by Lewis Robinson. The hard and ugly truth is that 90% of startups fail. According to Forbes, 9 out of 10 startups will fail after a few years of inception. As an entrepreneur, your desire should be to be among the 10% that succeed. The desire for growth and a going concern requires hard work. You will have to work hard and smart to survive the competition in the crowded market.

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Mike Michalowicz

MAY 10, 2017

It happens to us all. We are working away, and then that email chime goes off. Two hours later we finally realize that we drifted off from the work we needed to do. I reached out to the entrepreneurial community to learn how they refocus on work after a distraction sets in. Here is what they shared: 1. Dance Like You Don’t Care. It’s easy to lose focus when you spend all day in a chair.

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YFS Magazine

MAY 10, 2017

Let’s take a look at the risk involved with scaling and hiring employees. It just might be worth it. Spoiler alert—it is worth it.

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YoungUpstarts

MAY 10, 2017

by Ellyson Glance, 3 Day Startup. Often young or aspiring entrepreneurs believe that just having a great idea – or having a rich relative – are enough to be successful. At the very least, many think that this is the most important trait to have as an entrepreneur. In actuality, this perspective is largely a misconception about successful entrepreneurs and entrepreneurship in general.

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The Startup Magazine

MAY 10, 2017

If you need to rent a boiler, there are a few things you have to look for. You need a price you can afford and you also want to make sure that you are renting a quality boiler. Renting a boiler is a great way to save money, so read on to learn the benefits of choosing rental boilers. Rental Boilers Come With Quality Service . One of the first things you want to look for is a boiler that is available around the clock.

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SiliconHills

MAY 10, 2017

Google announced Wednesday in a blog post that it has acquired Austin-based Owlchemy Labs, a virtual reality game developer. “Together, we’ll be working to create engaging, immersive games and developing new interaction models across many different platforms to continue bringing the best VR experiences to life,” according to the Google blog post.

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The Startup Magazine

MAY 10, 2017

Looking to start a new business and need to hire staff? Then there a number of factors you should consider, from your business requirements to your responsibilities as an employer and more besides. We’ve put together a few tips when hiring for a startup, read on to find out what they are: 1) Your responsibilities . First and foremost, you need to understand your responsibilities as an employer.

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SiliconHills

MAY 10, 2017

Opcity, which has created a data and analytics driven technology platform for real estate agents and brokers, Wednesday announced it has raised $27 million in funding. Icon Ventures, based in Silicon Valley, led the Series A round with participation from Georgian Partners and LiveOak Venture Partners. As part of the funding deal, Tom Mawhinney, of […] The post Opcity Raises $27 Million to Expand its Real Estate Technology Platform and Plans to Hire 200 Employees in Austin appeared first on

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Hunter Walker

MAY 10, 2017

Crunching data from Prosper, the peer to peer lending site, researchers correlated default rates with words most likely to appear in a loan application. From an article in New York magazine : Somewhat intuitive when you look at the types of words (the former suggest a degree of financial planning; the latter hopes and prayers) but still fascinating.

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Transformify

MAY 10, 2017

Remote Contracting is one of the most rewarding career options available today. You can work from any location and make your own hours. However, it does have its challenges. As a contractor, you are consistently undercharged for your work or are facing disputes over hours worked. And then there is the dreaded feast or famine cycle of income. Some months you have more work than you can handle.

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Growthink Blog

MAY 10, 2017

Last week I sat down with the owner of a multi-million dollar, profitable information services company and discussed his business growth and exit plan. For him, it was the “best of times” in many ways. He was living the American dream. He owned his own business and had an affluent and enviable lifestyle. But it was also his “worst of times,” with storm clouds gathering that threatened to wash away everything he had worked so hard to build.

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Duct Tape Marketing

MAY 10, 2017

Tips for Attracting Local Clients written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing. Marketing Podcast with David Mihm. Podcast Transcript. Perhaps the hottest area in the world of search today is local. I’ve been writing about this topic for about ten years, but Google is finally taking it seriously. The reason? Plain old AdWords search revenue is starting to shrink and Google is looking to monetize the map and local listings as the next frontier.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 10, 2017

“If you build it, they will come.” It's a line from an old movie "Field of Dreams" which is still leading to the demise of too many startups, led by entrepreneurs who really started their business to build an exciting new product or service. Most struggle with the idea and practice of marketing and sales, and see these as a necessary evil, if even required.

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YoungUpstarts

MAY 10, 2017

Good freight forwarder can make your business and a bad one won’t be around for long. So, how do you choose the right one first time – here are ten great tips: 1. Start By Investigating Your Requirements. Well before you start the hunt for a reliable freight forwarder, you need to start by clearly defining your organization’s needs. The volume of freight you need to move, your preferred mode of transport, and any special requirements you’re going to have are all details that you can

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Transformify

MAY 10, 2017

Ever wish you could have X-Ray vision into your team’s work day? Kinda like Superman. But instead of seeing through walls, you’ll be able to see how productive your freelancers and outsourced employees are throughout the day. Hello, my name is Liam Martin and just a few short years ago, my co-founder and I started Time Doctor to help entrepreneurs manage remote teams.

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YoungUpstarts

MAY 10, 2017

It is a well-known fact that the results that can be obtained from teamwork will more often than not be better than what can be achieved by a single individual provided that all members of the team participate and make active contributions. And that is the tricky part. A team is not just a group of people working together – for them to be effective they must share the same goals and all be working towards achieving the same objective.

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This is going to be BIG.

MAY 10, 2017

I don't know whether or not Donald Trump colluded with the Russians around the election--or whether any of his associates did either. I certainly don't think much of him--and it certainly doesn't seem beyond him, but obviously I don't have all the materials and information I need. But what I do know is that anyone who is sure of their innocence wouldn't fire the very person investigating them IN THE MIDDLE OF THE INVESTIGATION.

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