Both Sides of the Table

MAY 21, 2017

I am wired to discount people who have total assuredness in their point-of-view, have dogmatic positions or use data as a crutch or substitute for logic. I appreciate people who have strong opinions or conviction but expect them to constantly be testing their opinions and refining their approaches as they encounter new people, facts or logic. I have long believed that humans (myself included) err on the side of over-confidence in their own abilities and thoughts.

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YoungUpstarts

MAY 21, 2017

by Tara Reed, CEO of AppsWithoutCode.com. Getting your startup started is no easy task. It takes a lot of research and development, not to mention an endless amount of time to make an iota of growth. If there is a market for your idea and all the parts are in order, you can harness funding to grow your company. Where do you start? What’s the best approach?

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 21, 2017

As a new business advisor, I am no longer surprised that every new entrepreneur believes the hard part is creating the first product and the business. Perhaps luckily, they have no idea that scaling the business and maintaining vitality as a mature business is even harder. What most often kills a company is the illusion (or delusion) that all is now stable and everyone can relax.

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Brandanew

MAY 21, 2017

Like many of you, I recently read an article on Steve jobs and his impact on the Silicon Valley brand leaders. Startups and small businesses like to emulate their heroes to replicate success. It’s not uncommon for Startups to pitch being the “Uber of ABC, or the AirBnB of XYZ” in an attempt to create a brand perception. This could potentially be for an investor or a customer.

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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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Rembrandt Communications

MAY 21, 2017

REALTORS®, is your content sending customers to the competition right now? Real estate copywriter Melanie Rembrandt give you secret insights to boost sales fast As a real estate professional, you post content on a daily basis. You post new listings, social media posts, articles, blogs, emails, and more. But, your copywriting may be hurting your […].

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Austin Startup

MAY 21, 2017

Today I had the honor of congratulating the 2017 graduating class of the UT Austin Masters in Science and Technology Commercialization. This was the first time I’ve given a commencement speech, but my message is the same one I’ve had for student entrepreneurs since I first started teach Longhorn Startup many years ago. The text is included here now and a video should follow in a few weeks.

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Austin Startup

MAY 21, 2017

Week of May 22, 2017 Startup Digest Calendar: [link] Featured Event On Thursday, May 25, Austin A-List presents the 2017 A List of Hottest Startups at ACL Live at the Moody Theater. The night also will have a dynamic lineup of speakers to share with you the drivers shaping the future of business innovation in Austin, and conclude with an After Party.

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