Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 17, 2020

It seems like every entrepreneur I meet these days is quick to proclaim themselves a visionary, expecting that will give more credibility to their startup idea, and improve their odds with investors. In reality, I’m one of the majority of investors who believe that startup success is more about the execution than the idea. Thus, unless the visionary highlights a cofounder who can take the vision and execute, I assume the worst.

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YoungUpstarts

JUNE 17, 2020

With the world becoming more interconnected through the internet; many business owners are embracing the concept of managing their companies remotely. The recent Coronavirus pandemic has exposed the demand for businesses to diversify or risk losing relevance. While it’s true that any business can adapt to running remotely, it’s nonetheless very different from managing a traditional office.

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VC Cafe

JUNE 17, 2020

In a recent series of virtual events organised by FirstMinute Capital, I got to hear Peter Fenton, partner at Benchmark and a fixture of the Forbes Midas List , since 2007. Peter invested in companies like Cloudera, Elastic Search, New Relic and Zuora, to name a few. On the chat, he mentioned a book he recommends to every startup CEO he invests in: The Five Temptations of a CEO by Patrick Lencioni.

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YoungUpstarts

JUNE 17, 2020

by Joseph Pack, Esq., founder of Pack Law. Unprecedented times. Unchartered territory. There’s no crystal ball. So much uncertainty. A new normal. The calm before the storm. While these phrases are ingrained in the current-day vernacular of America hit hard by COVID-19, basic tenets of commercial law are still very much in place. Business owners and creditors should be proactive and arm themselves for the economic threats that are to come.

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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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Feld Thoughts

JUNE 17, 2020

I have a few minutes each morning between when I wake up and when I go downstairs to meditate. I do two things during this time: (1) basic hygiene stuff and (2) let whatever thoughts are in my head roll around. This morning I had the following thought. It would be nice to just fast forward to 2025. During some of my recent public talks, I’ve described how the Covid crisis has accelerated work and technology change in a dramatic way.

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YoungUpstarts

JUNE 17, 2020

Millennial entrepreneurs are brimming with activity and energy. The Atlantic Council found that the early-stage entrepreneurial activity, which measures the rate of individuals actively involved in business start-ups, is highest in most countries for young entrepreneurs than for older ones. Millennial small businesses outnumber those run by baby boomers.

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YFS Magazine

JUNE 17, 2020

Entrepreneurs are responsible for forging paths forward in business, but that can lead to burnout, fast. This is the best way to fight against it.

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Duct Tape Marketing

JUNE 17, 2020

How to Embrace a More Diverse Approach to Marketing written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing. Marketing Podcast with Sergio Alcocer. In this episode of the Duct Tape Marketing Podcast , I interview Sergio Alcocer, one of the most progressive multicultural marketers in the USA. In 1999 he helped found LatinWorks, an agency that has consistently bent the rules of the Hispanic market by creating thought-provoking campaigns for some of the major advertisers in the space.

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SiliconHills

JUNE 17, 2020

Masks soon will be mandatory for employees and customers of businesses in Austin and San Antonio. On Wednesday, Bexar County Judge Nelson Wolff issued an executive order requiring all businesses providing goods or services directly to the public to develop and implement a health and safety policy within five days. At a minimum, the policy […].

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ReadWriteStart

JUNE 17, 2020

Building trust is important for every business , but it’s even more essential for startups. If no one has heard of your product yet, and nobody trusts your brand, how can you expect your business to take off? Here is how you can use video to build client and consumer trust in your startup. The Early Stages of Promoting Your Startup. If you’re in the early stages of promoting your startup , you’ve probably thought about trying every possible marketing tactic out there: emails, blog posts, t

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YoungUpstarts

JUNE 17, 2020

Organizing a successful event is a rigorous exercise. You have to find the right venue, articulate the agenda, define seating plans, make meal arrangements, arrange transportation, map out logistics, sell tickets, find sponsors, and more. Event management software can make this process less of a pain. That being said, all event management software isn’t created equal.

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YoungUpstarts

JUNE 17, 2020

by Heidi Waterhouse, Developer Advocate at LaunchDarkly. It may be a while yet before we need to think about packing strategies , standing on physical stages , or managing afterparty politics. That doesn’t mean that we don’t have some things to consider! If you are planning to attend an online conference, or have several more scheduled, here are some considerations for giving talks online.

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