YoungUpstarts
JUNE 6, 2016
By Litha Ramirez, Director of User Experience of Breakthrough Technologies. You have around four seconds to grab someone’s attention when they visit your website, and then they could be gone forever. That’s four seconds (or less) to convey what you do and create a positive impression of your brand, to inspire the visitor to explore more and engage their interest.
Steve Blank
JUNE 6, 2016
Innovation outposts in Silicon Valley allow big companies to sense and respond to rapid changes in technology. Big data is changing how we view the world, and is the fuel for machine intelligence. How to make corporate innovation work and drive success in startups were the topics of discussion with the guests on today’s Entrepreneurs are Everywhere radio show.
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Feld Thoughts
JUNE 6, 2016
If there’s one consistent concern I hear from the companies I work with, it’s the shortage of qualified tech talent. But just like in so many other areas, a Boulder entrepreneur has come up a great idea to address the problem that not only adds to the talent pipeline, but also brings in more diversity — a personal passion of mine. Too often, aspiring engineers who lack the funds to pursue a computer science degree from a university or take part in a bootcamp find themselves locked out of technol
YoungUpstarts
JUNE 6, 2016
By Evan Singer, General Manager for SmartBiz. The world of small business finance has dramatically transformed. Advanced online technology has led to an easier loan application process and faster funding. However, entrepreneurs need to look beyond the bells and whistles of online lenders and dig deeper to find the best deal. Here are five crucial areas for an entrepreneur to explore before they sign on the dotted line: 1.
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
Hunter Walker
JUNE 6, 2016
This week I’ll be running a series of Five Question interviews with small businesses which were facilitated by BondStreet , a SMB lending platform (we’re investors). LocalBiz stories are really fun for me since my first high school job was working in an independent bookstore. These people are true founders and entrepreneurs just like any venture backed company.
Startup Professionals Musings
JUNE 6, 2016
Startups don’t last forever -- they either mature into sustainable businesses, get merged into another business or acquired, or sadly join the 50 percent or more that fail in the first five years. Very few startup founders even want to stick around for the long haul, since their passion and expertise is in creating a new business, not managing people issues and repeatable processes.
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YoungUpstarts
JUNE 6, 2016
Manufacturing is still big business in America. This sector is one of the biggest pillars that hold up this country’s economy. Its importance should never be underestimated. Nor should the responsibility of a given business owner in the manufacturing sector. You’ve probably already heard the news: we’ve been doing some severe damage to the environment for a good few years now.
The Equity Kicker
JUNE 6, 2016
Robert Scoble is perhaps the greatest blogger of them all, so when I started blogging in 2006 I read Naked Conversations , his guide to blogging. One of his tips was to post every day. At the time we were all reading blogs in feedreaders which we checked every day for updates from our favourite bloggers. I tried them all, but Netvibes was my favourite.
YoungUpstarts
JUNE 6, 2016
Anyone that runs a company has to think carefully about where they locate their business. This is because where you are located says a lot about you and your business. Indeed, it can have a big impact on how successful your firm is. Accessibility. Where your business is located can also have an impact on how easy it is for you to attract new clients.If you are located in an out of the way place, that is difficult to get to, you are going to put customers off because it will not be easy for them
crowdSPRING Blog
JUNE 6, 2016
A startup’s success is driven in large part by a startup’s ability to drive customer acquisition growth. After all, customers create revenue, and revenue, if the business model is smart, often leads to profits. Not every company has figured out the path to customer acquisition growth, however. Ultimately, word-of-mouth can be effective for some companies, unique marketing tactics can help others, but it’s difficult to succeed in many industries without a strong content strategy.
YFS Magazine
JUNE 6, 2016
When you don’t have the money to spend on marketing; then the time becomes an even more valuable resource. Use it wisely and tactfully.
Start Up Blog
JUNE 6, 2016
Famed venture capitalist Marc Andreessen is known for doing lots of things; he invented the first graphical web interface, he said software is eating the world, and his motto is that he has ‘strong opinions loosely held’ – which I dig. We all ought to be able to change our mind when new information arrives. And let’s face it, new information is arriving daily with new possibilities to match.
ConversionXL
JUNE 6, 2016
NPS isn’t the end-all be-all of customer data. But it does give you some insight into customer loyalty and satisfaction. One of its greatest powers is segmenting customers into three parts: detractors, passives, and promoters. This lets you market to them in different ways. You can send targeted campaigns to promoters, try to convert passives into promoters, and try to solve the problems that detractors complain about.
YFS Magazine
JUNE 6, 2016
The most important thing to keep in mind is that the driving force of any great HR strategy are the employees who make it work.
Austin Startup
JUNE 6, 2016
Today, I’m writing from my new, half-furnished apartment in Austin, TX. Playing poker with a few new friends this weekend had me comparing… Continue reading on Austin Startups ».
YFS Magazine
JUNE 6, 2016
Remember: we wouldn’t recognize the good times without the bad. So if you’re in a good place cherish it, appreciate it.
Start Up Blog
JUNE 6, 2016
Famed venture capitalist Marc Andreessen is known for doing lots of things; he invented the first graphical web interface, he said software is eating the world, and his motto is that he has ‘strong opinions loosely held’ – which I dig. We all ought to be able to change our mind when new information arrives. And let’s face it, new information is arriving daily with new possibilities to match.
Hearpreneur
JUNE 6, 2016
Share Not just one of the greatest athletes but one of the greatest individuals left the world this weekend. We wanted to take this time to celebrate his greatness as an athlete and provide some motivation that we can use as entrepreneurs and business owners. Keep Working Until You Reach Success. I am the Greatest. 11 Motivational Quotes from Muhammad Ali.
Jeff Hilimire
JUNE 6, 2016
One of the areas I explore in the book I’m writing, currently titled, Thrive , centers around the innovator’s dilemma. Clayton Christensen wrote his iconic book that lays out this philosophy in 1997. Wikipedia describes it as: …the innovator’s ‘dilemma’ comes from the idea that businesses or organizations will reject innovations based on the fact that customers cannot currently use them, thus allowing these ideas with great potential to go to waste.
Brandanew
JUNE 6, 2016
Brand comes from the old Norse word, ‘Brandr’, that means- ‘to burn’ referring to the old tradition of using hot iron rods to mark out cattle as a sign of ownership. Branding has existed in various forms for centuries. Some of the rest and best known modern brands today are over a hundred years old. For instance, the FMCG major P&G can trace back its origins the 1837.
Mike Michalowicz
JUNE 6, 2016
Also Available On. Show Summary. How do you make a profitable decision on where your business should go? This week, business owner Greg Eisenbeis is now facing a fork in the road on what’s been making money for him up to this point, but his excitement has faded away… and now he’s looking to start a new business that can be a game-changing concept for the world.
Professor VC
JUNE 6, 2016
Opening Day Barron Park Elementary School (9/8/98) "Make new friends, but keep the old. One is silver, the other is gold. A circle is round, it has no end. That's how long, I will be your friend." (girl scout song believed to be adapted from poem written by Joseph Parry (1841-1903) or perhaps Boardwalk Empire if you believe Reddit ) In the picture above, "Make New Friends" was sung by the entire Barron Park Elementary School on its first day as a neighborhood school in 1998.
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