Thu.Mar 17, 2016

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Interview with Paul Wright of Accuride : Steady Wheels Will Get You Far

deal architect

I first met Paul Wright, CIO at Accuride at the Plex User Conference last year. I was struck by the level headed, low-hype way he approached technology, and also how much time he had invested with the user community around.

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Will People Ever Be Comfortable Sharing Data Online?

Startup Professionals Musings

Neither people nor computers can really help you as a personal assistant unless you are willing to share data about what you like, what you feel, and who and what’s important to you. Even the best technology can’t read your mind, which is why a simple Google search often gives frustrating and irrelevant results, and online advertisers bombard you with opportunities of no interest.

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Stragility: Do Less, Accomplish More

YoungUpstarts

By Ellen R. Auster and Lisa Hillenbrand, authors of “ Stragility: Excelling at Strategic Changes “ In our wired world, we’re always on, flipping from task to task, and struggling to keep up with a burgeoning to do list. And we’re not alone. Everyone we work with seems to be in a frenzy of activity all the time, focusing on firefighting while juggling multiple deadlines in between a whirlwind of meetings, emails and conference calls.

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The Psychology of SaaS Lead Nurturing: How to Get to “Yes” Faster

ConversionXL

When you’re trying to boost revenue and the number of paying users for a SaaS, your website and signup page are only one piece of the puzzle. Optimizers tend to forget that the entire funnel requires optimization. Focusing on your signup page will help you increase trial signups upfront. But the major questions are: Are paid signups significantly going to go up?

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Building Healthy Innovation Ecosystems for Your Projects

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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Crucial Hacks For Making Your Startup Seem More Professional

YoungUpstarts

To make your startup a success, be it an IT consultancy or an online jewelry business, presenting your brand in a professional way is crucial. The problem is that when you’re running your small business from home, giving your brand that professional vibe can be tricky. If you have any chance of success, you need to convince the rest of the world that your business is reliable and trustworthy.

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Becoming that frat boy

Hippoland

I was in LA earlier this week meeting with some entrepreneurs. One new entrepreneur was an engineer, and she was telling me about how she hadn’t yet talked with potential users for her not-yet-finished product. She wanted to wait to perfect her product first, because she was scared to talk with users before the product was done. And it occurred to me that I was just like her only a few years ago.

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Happy 78th Birthday Dad!

Feld Thoughts

My dad – Stan Feld – turned 78 years old today. He’s one of my closest friends and a life-long buddy. He always rocks a wild green outfit on his birthday. In honor of him turning 78, following are 7 things I’ve learned from him: Be kind to everyone. Treasure you wife. Never lose your anger in public. If you aren’t standing on the edge you are taking up too much space.

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The trivialisation of tech and the agglomeration of small things

The Equity Kicker

We got an Amazon Echo in our house yesterday. It’s not for sale in the UK and geo-restricted to the US, so it was a bit of a struggle to get it working and there are still lots of things that don’t work as well as they could. It won’t play our UK Spotify account, for example. Despite this, the kids have taken to it. They have an appropriate dose of scepticism when I bring home new gadgets, most of which don’t work, but the Echo is easy and natural to use and they were qui

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The Importance of Robust Angel Ecosystems

VC Adventure

Earlier this week I gave the keynote address at the Colorado Angel Capital Summit. While the audience was Colorado focused, the overall message I delivered about the angel ecosystem is very relevant to all entrepreneurial communities. I thought I’d share both the presentation and the key thoughts here. The overall trend around angel investing is a pretty interesting one.

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Q&A with Austin-based BNB Shield

SiliconHills

Q. What is BNB Shield LLC? A: BNB Shield LLC finds, reports on and challenges illegal, contract-breaking and unlicensed short-term rentals. We report these to the proper channels to ensure they are promptly removed from third-party rental platforms that include AirBnB, Craigslist, Home Away, Overnight, FlipKey, VRBO, VacationRentals.com, among others.

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5 Smart Reasons To Rename Your Company

YFS Magazine

Changing your business name is a risk. It can either generate a lot of interest in your work, or make people forget who you are and how to find you.

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The Shampoo Startup Strategy

Start Up Blog

Here’s my strategy playbook for any startup to get real and get in market: Step 1. . Think Big, Go Small and Respond to Evidence. Step 2. Make small thing bigger and or better, based on evidence. Step 3. Rinse and Repeat. (That’s the shampoo bit). Go!

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How To Vet And Onboard A PR Company For Your Startup

YFS Magazine

Often PR is an afterthought in the startup world. By the time a new business realizes they need PR or marketing help, it’s too late.

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Why Are Tech Giants Investing in AR and VR?

Austin Startup

All of the tech giants are investing at virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR). For players like Apple, the target business model… Continue reading on Medium ».

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We’re doing some exciting things at Dragon Army these days

Jeff Hilimire

Contuining my week of Dragon Army posts (Monday: vision, tenets, values ; Tuesday: what kind of company we are , Wednesday: our focus on mobile ), I thought I’d share some of the things we’re working on these days. Little Broken Robots (LBR). First off, as our fourth game, this was by far our most successful. LBR was featured in the Apple AppStore in January, and then listed as one of 20 “Best of January” games in February.

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The thing about raising money…

Austin Startup

I’ll never forget the day that I raised my first outside round… Continue reading on Medium ».

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Writer Finds Niche in Crowded Market

The Entrepreneurial Mind

TweetFacebookLinkedInTumblrStumbleDiggDelicious. The post Writer Finds Niche in Crowded Market appeared first on Dr Jeff Cornwall.

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How To Determine Which Online Channels are Delivering Sales Online and Off

Duct Tape Marketing

How To Determine Which Online Channels are Delivering Sales Online and Off written by Guest Post read more at Duct Tape Marketing. photo credit: Ashleigh Brown. The beauty of online advertising, unlike various other forms of advertising such as TV or radio, is that it is nearly completely trackable. When using Google Analytics as your platform, it is possible to see where website traffic has come from, whether it is from a paid ad on Google, Facebook advertising, an organic listing or referred f

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Some @PeterThiel Content | Videos and Articles

Campus Entrepreneurship

Like many, I’ve been fascinated by Peter Thiel for a few years, really hitting my radar with his Thiel Fellowship a few years back when he asked innovators to leave the campus and pursue their innovations (here are all the fellowship winners). I was fortunate enough to see him in Conversations with Tyler at George Mason University in 2015. His background, from founding PayPal ( PYPL | NASDAQ) and funding Facebook ( FB | NASDAQ) to his fellows and Zero to One (his book), its clear this guy

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What you can’t ask in an employee interview

Berkonomics

Dave’s note: This week, let’s welcome an expert in employment background checks, Chris Dyer, CEO of PeopleG2, to help us explore one dicey subject that gets lots of entrepreneurs and managers into trouble by being completely unaware of what they cannot ask a candidate in an employment interview. Here’s Chris… By Chris Dyer.