Startup Professionals Musings
JANUARY 30, 2017
Entrepreneurs are people who dream up new ideas, and then commercialize them into new businesses. Most people believe that the hard part is coming up with the idea, and the easy part is turning it into a business. Yet, in my experience as a mentor to entrepreneurs, the majority of failures I see are related to starting and growing the business, not developing the solution.
YoungUpstarts
JANUARY 30, 2017
The biggest sporting event of the year is just around the corner, and all eyes will be turned to the NRG Stadium during the buildup to Super Bowl LI. But the showpiece event between the Patriots and Falcons isn’t just a game of football. It’s an iconic occasion that transcends the realm of sport altogether. . If you’re one of the millions who will be tuning in (or even if you’re not), it can teach some valuable lessons.
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The Next Web
JANUARY 30, 2017
Check any tech company’s ‘About Us’ page and you’ll likely see diversity highlighted as a pillar of the company culture. Today, it’s no secret there’s incredible value in having differences in gender, race, sexual preference, age and background on a team. Companies are stronger when different ideas come together, and studies show non-homogenous groups have a better balance of leadership skills.
YoungUpstarts
JANUARY 30, 2017
by Jill Lublin, author of “ The Profit of Kindness “ It was go time! I was invited to speak at a conference on an island near Vancouver, British Columbia. I emerged from the ferry, and greeted my driver. As I moved towards the car, my feet flew out from under me and everything went black. I woke up in a hospital the next day. My brain was foggy, while bolts of pain radiated from fracturing both ankles.
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
YFS Magazine
JANUARY 30, 2017
This article 5 Ways To Appear Confident In Business (Even When You’re Not) appeared first in YFS Magazine: Startups, Small Business and Entrepreneurship Culture. Confidence is an essential element of success. Remember these confidence boosting tips the next time you are in need of a boost in self-confidence. This article 5 Ways To Appear Confident In Business (Even When You’re Not) appeared first in YFS Magazine: Startups, Small Business and Entrepreneurship Culture.
YoungUpstarts
JANUARY 30, 2017
by Spencer Moore, EVP of Sales at Speed Commerce. Peak season 2016 was one for the record books. Total e-commerce sales reached a whopping $91.7B, representing an 11 percent growth when compared to 2015. The ease of online shopping has created a new breed of customers and an even deeper divide between shoppers and small to mid-sized merchants. Today, 30 percent of shoppers purchase with the intent of returning unwanted items – a fourth of those same customers refuse to order an item if they had
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YoungUpstarts
JANUARY 30, 2017
We were all taught that the path to success was simple and methodical – do well at school, do the same at uni, and you can’t fail to get a good, high-paying job. Now millennials around the world are coming to terms with just how outdated that idea is. Positions are insanely competitive, and even a CV loaded with the name of an Ivy League university doesn’t guarantee you anything except mountains of student debt.
Jeff Hilimire
JANUARY 30, 2017
That’s what my 12-year old son said when we went out for a run yesterday. It was pretty cold, and I commented on his shorts and no hat or gloves attire. I had asked him if he was going to be warm enough and he said, “I’m good. It’ll build character, dad!” I smiled as he said that and thought, “I’m teaching the little guy a few things after all.” Then as we started to jog I realized I didn’t remember that particular pearl of wisdom.
Up and Running
JANUARY 30, 2017
Here at Palo Alto Software, I interview a lot of successful entrepreneurs. Sometimes, I learn how they hit upon a great business idea. Other times, I learn about their experiences with startup culture , or how they conquered a challenging new industry. Sometimes they’re a LivePlan customer , and I get to hear how LivePlan helped them start and grow their business.
Austin Startup
JANUARY 30, 2017
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The Startup Toolkit
JANUARY 30, 2017
The fact that you won at russian roulette doesn’t mean playing it was a good decision. On the flip side, you can lose a hand of poker and still know you made the right call. In other words, wild success does not justify idiotic behaviour and failure in the end does not invalidate a wise choice. Entrepreneurs are pretty good about making bold decisions with little information.
This is going to be BIG.
JANUARY 30, 2017
Just realizing that I forgot to list one risk factor in my Fund II PPM--the possibility that the US turns into a fascist dictatorship. That probably won't have a positive effect on venture capital returns. I mean, think about it--how well do you think those late 1930's German venture capital vintages did? How about Venezuela funds from 1998? So, if you're annoyed or distracted by all your favorite tech and startup people talking about Trump--you should probably get used to it because this admini
Feld Thoughts
JANUARY 30, 2017
Sunday morning Fred Wilson put up the following blog post: A $20,000 Match Offer On ACLU Donations Today. It came after a flurry of emails that started with one from me at 7:41am. “Inspired by Chris Sacca, Amy and I are considering doing an ACLU grant with a 100% match” We were all distressed by Trump’s executive order on immigration, which Fred wrote about in Make America Hate Again and I wrote in Unsettled and Disgusted.
Gregg Fraley, Author of Jack's Notebook
JANUARY 30, 2017
Why a Hostile Immigration Policy is Stupid. Who remembers George Gilder? He’s a relevant person to recall at this moment in time. George Gilder said in 1995: “Without immigration over the last 50 years, I would estimate that U.S. real living standards would be at least 40% lower.” He could be wrong with that figure. It might be more than 40%.
VC Adventure
JANUARY 30, 2017
While I’ve been very vocal on my Twitter feed for months about Trump I haven ‘t put up any long form content here about it. Maybe it has just been easier to shout into the Twittersphere than it was to really sit down and talk about the challenges ahead of us. Maybe I wasn’t ready to put it into a format that exceeded 140 characters.
YFS Magazine
JANUARY 30, 2017
This article Billionaire Mark Cuban Says Trump Is ‘A Deal Guy’ Not A Leader appeared first in YFS Magazine: Startups, Small Business and Entrepreneurship Culture. Mark Cuban shares why he believes Donald Trump's leadership as a president is questionable and it hinges on his communication skills. This article Billionaire Mark Cuban Says Trump Is ‘A Deal Guy’ Not A Leader appeared first in YFS Magazine: Startups, Small Business and Entrepreneurship Culture.
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