Startup Professionals Musings
MAY 1, 2016
Most aspiring entrepreneurs look to their alma mater, or any university, as a source of classes that can help them, but neglect to think outside the box or take advantage of all the other resources to be found there. The lesson of finding help, connections, and even funding where other people may never look is one that makes all the difference in the entrepreneur lifestyle.
Hippoland
MAY 1, 2016
“And so I wear glasses when I go into investor meetings in order to look more intellectual and like a legit CTO.” I was out to dinner in Palo Alto in 2011 with a handful of super smart technical women. I was the least technical of the bunch (and lucky to get an invite!) – technical in resume but not a day-to-day engineer like the rest of them.
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SiliconHills
MAY 1, 2016
The City of Austin is fighting to win up to $40 million from the U.S. Department of Transportation and $10 million from Vulcan Philanthropy, Paul Allen’s investment company, in the Smart City Challenge. To gather information on how other smart cities are operating, recently Mayor Steve Adler traveled to Amsterdam, a city in which 50 […] The post Austin is Battling to win the $50 Million Smart City Challenge appeared first on SiliconHills.
This is going to be BIG.
MAY 1, 2016
Some firms prefer to lead. Others never do. At some firms, principals can lead deals. At others, only partners can. At some firms, everyone is called a partner. Who can lead a deal then? ¯_(ツ)_/¯ Sometimes, it depends on the size of the deal. Above a certain amount, more partners need to get involved. Some funds aren't funds at all. They're family offices.
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
Austin Startup
MAY 1, 2016
We’re less than a week away from Austin’s final vote on Prop 1, and I remain stunned at the amount of animus it’s generated, even among… Continue reading on Medium ».
Guy Nirpaz
MAY 1, 2016
I am very proud to share more on the publication of my new book, Far m Don’t Hunt: The Definitive Guide to Customer Success. I’ve written this book as a very practical guide to business and team leaders who deal with Customer Success. It is written in similar style to the Scrum book I’ve used to learn how to become a successful engineering leader. THE MISSING GUIDE FOR CUSTOMER SUCCESS VP’S.
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Hunter Walker
MAY 1, 2016
How do you make the transition from a company like Google to a startup? Anneke Jong took that question head-on when she joined Reserve , to lead business operations. Reserve makes dining out effortless – from reservations to payment, all handled via their app (my fund Homebrew is an investor). Here’s Five Questions with Anneke. . Hunter Walk: You left a gig at Google to join Reserve.
SiliconHills
MAY 1, 2016
Since its founding in 2008, SpareFoot has always tended to have some outrageous marketing projects. Silicon Hills News reported on its annual pinup calendar. And its unusual recruiting mockumentary video. (The video no longer seems to exist.) Now SpareFoot has launched a new series of videos. It’s working with Austin-based ad agency, Titled Chair, to […] The post SpareFoot Continues its Tradition of Outrageous Marketing appeared first on SiliconHills.
Hunter Walker
MAY 1, 2016
How do you make the transition from a company like Google to a startup? Anneke Jong took that question head-on when she joined Reserve , to lead business operations. Reserve makes dining out effortless – from reservations to payment, all handled via their app (my fund Homebrew is an investor). Here’s Five Questions with Anneke. . Hunter Walk: You left a gig at Google to join Reserve.
Austin Startup
MAY 1, 2016
In thinking about taking Localeur from 1 million to 5 million users, I’m looking at the history of companies like Facebook, Twitter and… Continue reading on Medium ».
Scott Edward Walker
MAY 1, 2016
To Our Clients & Friends: Welcome to our weekly series “ Helping Entrepreneurs Succeed.” Each week, we post a short video clip of a successful entrepreneur, investor or business leader on a variety of topics. This week, we again present Steve Jobs, who shares some words of wisdom with respect to building a great product, including the following: “There’s a tremendous amount of craftsmanship in between a great idea and a great product.
Austin Startup
MAY 1, 2016
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