The Equity Kicker
MAY 3, 2018
Let me start by saying that I’m a massive believer in the power of metrics. There’s an old adage that if you don’t measure something it doesn’t happen and I think there’s a tonne of truth in that. As a result we advise our companies to build KPI trees so employees in each department know what to do and there can be confidence that if everyone delivers the company will hit its overall growth and profitability targets.
ReadWriteStart
MAY 3, 2018
While I love having conferences close to home, I was really excited to see the news that the Collision Tech Conference , considered to be one of America’s fastest-growing tech conference, is moving to Toronto, Canada in 2019. Traveling internationally for conferences always provides a more diverse perspective on where we are headed in business and technology.
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deal architect
MAY 3, 2018
My friends in tech like to constantly talk about how fast technology is evolving. I like to remind them the supply side of technology is accelerating, the adoption and implementation of technology lags considerably.
YoungUpstarts
MAY 3, 2018
One of the big goals for any start-up business is to grow the business beyond the ‘small’ business label and into a global sensation. There is no business out there who wants to stay as a little business. Sure, there are some that are local to the area and prefer to be the go-to business there, but most start-ups that come from the spare bedroom look to be a force of nature in their industry.
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
deal architect
MAY 3, 2018
My friends in tech like to constantly talk about how fast technology is evolving. I like to remind them the supply side of technology is accelerating, the adoption and implementation of technology lags considerably.
YoungUpstarts
MAY 3, 2018
by Vivek Jayaram , founder and president of Jayaram Law Group. Entrepreneurs are talented at doing many things, and they like to move fast. But sometimes when starting a new business, their eagerness and substantial appetite for risk can lead to costly errors when it comes to using, protecting, and enforcing a trademark. In honor of Small Business Week April 29th-May 5th, below are five common trademark-related mistakes made by entrepreneurs and tips for how they could have avoided them. 1.
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YoungUpstarts
MAY 3, 2018
by Don Rheem, author of “ Thrive By Design: The Neuroscience That Drives High-Performance Cultures “, and CEO of E3 Solutions. While a healthy paycheck contributes to employee satisfaction, money won’t keep the best employees if other more important aspects of their employment are not met. If the workplace environment doesn’t fit with the conditions where the brain can thrive, they probably won’t hold on to their best employees for long.
YFS Magazine
MAY 3, 2018
When some entrepreneurs think of self-promotion they consider it to be an ego-serving, distracting waste of time. However, every business owner needs to to promote themselves in order to increase brand awareness and reach new clients.
YoungUpstarts
MAY 3, 2018
When you’re an eCommerce startup founder, or you’ve been running an eCommerce business for some time, you may decide that you want to expand and sell to other countries. When you expand your eCommerce business, and you target other countries, regardless of what it is you sell, you’re giving yourself the opportunity to drive revenue in new markets. When it comes to some countries where you might be thinking about expanding your business, you also have to think there’s likely to be less competitio
YFS Magazine
MAY 3, 2018
I learned indispensable lessons that most successful people, like Gary Vaynerchuk and Mila Kunis, know all too well. Now, you might not know me (yet), but I can almost guarantee you know Gary and Mila. And the three of us share eerily similar stories.
YoungUpstarts
MAY 3, 2018
Every day, more and more businesses are discovering the value of the internet. As millennials continue to drive the consumer market, it’s becoming harder for small businesses to keep up with all the market trends today while trying to achieve sustained growth. Multinationals and major corporations have the resources available to them to build a strong brand and reputation to help them grow.
Berkonomics
MAY 3, 2018
Well, you may not be alone. Many executives and managers have made the mistake of using the financial and sales forecast to plan and execute hiring of new employees – so that they could be trained and up to speed when the demand arrives. The balance between preparedness and cost. Although hiring early does add to overhead by bringing employees aboard before they. become economic contributors to the bottom line, there is much to be said about consistent or improved service quality by having
YoungUpstarts
MAY 3, 2018
In today’s world, a business can’t thrive online without a strong content marketing strategy. Marketing experts agree that selling any product or service requires building a relationship with the customer first, and relationships with web visitors are built through content. Content is what pulls visitors in, hooks them, and gives them a reason to come back.
A Crowded Space
MAY 3, 2018
Welcome to the next edition of the JSV Book Club. This time, we’ve selected “ Masters of Doom ,” the true story of id Software and the development of Castle Wolfenstein 3D, Doom, and Quake (among others). It features the two cofounders of the company, John Carmack and John Romero. Award-winning author and journalist David Kushner wrote the book in 2003, but the lessons and trends discussed are as timely now as ever.
Duct Tape Marketing
MAY 3, 2018
Cutting Through the Noise and Clutter in Marketing Today written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing. Marketing Podcast with Alison Stratten. Podcast Transcript. My guest for this week’s episode of the Duct Tape Marketing Podcast is Alison Stratten. She and her husband, Scott, are co-authors of 4 best-selling business books, co-owners of UnMarketing Inc and co-hosts of The UnPodcast.
Lightspeed Venture Partners
MAY 3, 2018
The post Microsoft’s John Thompson is going to help venture capital firm Lightspeed find some deals appeared first on Lightspeed Venture Partners.
SiliconHills
MAY 3, 2018
In 2012, Kapil Rjurkar founded Preschool2me in Charlotte, North Carolina. The company started out as a side project, Rjurkar said. Rjurkar wanted to be able to keep tabs on his son at his preschool so he created an app that allowed him to connect with his son’s school. The app is an interactive communications platform […]. The post Preschool2me Lands Seed Stage Funding to Expand its Preschool Communications Platform appeared first on SiliconHills.
Jeff Hilimire
MAY 3, 2018
“I was reading your blog recently and I thought, this guy loves being a CEO!” That’s what a friend said recently as we had dinner. I never thought about it like that, but indeed, I do love being a CEO. And I’m grateful for the chance to do it. I have realized over time that not everyone enjoys the job. Some don’t enjoy the stress and pressure of it.
Lightspeed Venture Partners
MAY 3, 2018
The post Bells are ringing for Zola appeared first on Lightspeed Venture Partners.
Reid Hoffman
MAY 3, 2018
5 steps to find your next big idea from Spanx’s Sara Blakely: Clearly define your purpose. Always be on the hunt for your big idea. Put yourself in situations where inspiration is most likely to strike. Once you find your big idea, pursue it. Find help in the right places. Read the full post on LinkedIn.
Feld Thoughts
MAY 3, 2018
Last week, I wrote a post talking about why Canada Is Going To Be The Next, Great, Entrepreneurial Tech Country. Yesterday, we announced our investment in Golden Ventures III , a Toronto-based early stage fund. I first met Matt Golden through Matthew Bellows, the CEO of Yesware (which we are co-investors in with Golden Ventures). I immediately liked him and we’ve worked together very effectively.
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