crowdSPRING Blog

SEPTEMBER 10, 2017

Mention artificial intelligence (AI) to someone, and they’ll probably think of things like sentient robots or murderous computers. (“I’m afraid I can’t do that, Dave.”). You have to look no further than the phone in your pocket or the credit card in your wallet to know the truth: AI is no longer just a science fiction plot device; it’s everywhere, and super useful for your business.

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The Startup Magazine

SEPTEMBER 10, 2017

As a startup, one of your key considerations will be how to properly administer funds within your budget. Seeking to save money where possible will allow you to make the most of what you have in the bank. Leasing is one route you can take to avoid the high cost of newer vehicles. It provides a number of financial incentives that can provide your business with more financial stability.

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crowdSPRING Blog

SEPTEMBER 10, 2017

Mention artificial intelligence (AI) to someone, and they’ll probably think of things like sentient robots or murderous computers. (“I’m afraid I can’t do that, Dave.”). You have to look no further than the phone in your pocket or the credit card in your wallet to know the truth: AI is no longer just a science fiction plot device; it’s everywhere, and super useful for your business.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 10, 2017

You can’t win as an entrepreneur working alone. You need to have business relationships with team members, investors, customers, and a myriad of other support people. That doesn’t mean you have to be a social butterfly to succeed, or introverts need not apply. It does mean that you need to look, listen, and participate in the business world around you, and network through all available channels, like business-oriented social networks online (LinkedIn), local business organizations (Chamber of Co

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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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Small Business Force

SEPTEMBER 10, 2017

Whether you’re an early-stage company or have been around for ten years, for entrepreneurs, leading and managing a small business, especially its growth, is never an easy task. However, for entrepreneurs, it’s when you are facing adversity that your ability to lead both your company and your team, is most challenged, and when you need to think differently. "We realized we weren’t going to make our numbers." A recent article in The Wall Street Journal noted that Lego, th

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The Next Web

SEPTEMBER 10, 2017

In my 25 years in creative industries, the way we have worked has never felt right. Like some kind of industrial revolution hangover — a time when work was boring, uncomfortable and dangerous — it appears people still need to be coerced with carrots and sticks into being productive. Even in 2017 the starting point for employers still sounds most often like: “you don’t enjoy working, so I’m going to make you.

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The Next Web

SEPTEMBER 10, 2017

In the world of global business, it’s likely you’re going to have to learn how to master the art of digital leadership at some point — whether that’s to manage an entire team of displaced freelancers, to communicate with other offices, or to outsource specific roles. The word virtual sounds pretty scary. Speaking to a friend of mine, he said the idea of a virtual workforce made him feel panicked about “a lack of control”, in other words, he envisioned an army of computers taking over every aspec

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YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 10, 2017

When it comes down to it, a blog for an ecommerce business is about making money for the business. A high-performing business blog is one that leverages on best practices to deliver innumerable leads and subsequent conversions. Heightened sales for any brand is excellent; but, a top business blog goes a step further to give its audiences value. It is about giving readers niche-related solutions and guidelines to better utilize products and services offered.

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VC Cafe

SEPTEMBER 10, 2017

The majority of executives believes that AI will have massive impacts on their businesses in the next five years according to a recent study by MIT. Here are 16 UK startups who've raised funding in. This is a content summary only. Click on the post title to continue reading this post, share your comments, browse the website and more! The majority of executives believes that AI will have massive impacts on their businesses in the next five years according to a recent study by MIT.

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YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 10, 2017

by Bill Lewis, co-founder at Temasys Communications. Today, change is happening at an alarming and unprecedented pace, and this pace will only accelerate. What is opening up for the unwary, or uneducated, is a digital chasm into which the unprepared will fall. Computing power, new engineering concepts, the reach of the Internet, network capacity, and the proliferation of devices are all increasing exponentially, and innovative engineers and companies are changing the rules of business on a daily

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SiliconHills

SEPTEMBER 10, 2017

The RealCo Seed Fund Program, founded in January at Geekdom, is helping business to business startups succeed. “We are vested in their success,” said Teresa Evans, a partner in the RealCo Seed Fund Program. The goal is to help the companies scale and get to a point where they can raise a Series A round […]. The post Partners of the RealCo Seed Fund Program in San Antonio talk Entrepreneurship on Ideas to Invoices appeared first on SiliconHills.

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Austin Startup

SEPTEMBER 10, 2017

At the time of this writing it happens to be the opening weekend of 2017 college football. There were some great games, but there were a lot of bad decisions made by coaches and by individual players. Some coaches are already on the hot seat after just one game, and they along with the players are subject to considerable scrutiny in the press and social media.

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crowdSPRING Blog

SEPTEMBER 10, 2017

Mention artificial intelligence (AI) to someone, and they’ll probably think of things like sentient robots or murderous computers. (“I’m afraid I can’t do that, Dave.”). You have to look no further than the phone in your pocket or the credit card in your wallet to know the truth: AI is no longer just a science fiction plot device; it’s everywhere, and super useful for your business.

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Austin Startup

SEPTEMBER 10, 2017

TL;DR: Using a “tiered” valuation cap structure in a convertible note or SAFE can provide flexibility that bridges the gap between (i) what founders expect their company to be worth in the near future, and (ii) what investors are comfortable accepting now. Background Reading: The best seed round structure is the one that closes. Did you get a “good” valuation?

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