Sat.Apr 08, 2017

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7 Partner Relationships That Can Kill A Good Startup

Startup Professionals Musings

Most entrepreneurs who start a company alone soon come to the conclusion that two heads are better than one – someone to share the workload, the hard decisions, and the costs. In a moment of crisis, you may be tempted to take on the first person expressing interest as a co-founder. This would be a mistake, and could easily cost you your startup. If you think about it, you should realize that not everyone is ‘ideal partner material.

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Validate Your ‘Uber-for X’ Idea Using A Business Model Canvas

YFS Magazine

Take a deeper look at Uber's business model. Starting your own Uber-for X business can take time and resources, even if it seems simple at first glance.

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Ten Great Videos from SXSW 2017, Vol 2

Austin Startup

The Forrest Four-Cast: April 8, 2017 We’ve posted even more videos from March Magic 2017 to the SXSW YouTube channel. Following up on Vol 1 of this series , 10 more of my favorite additions to this lineup include: Fred Armisen. The multi-talented actor / director / producer behind “Portlandia” talks work, inspiration, creativity and comedy with Bob Odenkirk of “Mr Show.

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Weekend Favs April 8

Duct Tape Marketing

Weekend Favs April 8 written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing. My weekend blog post routine includes posting links to a handful of tools or great content I ran across during the week. I don’t go into depth about the finds, but encourage you to check them out if they sound interesting. The photo in the post is a favorite for the week from an online source or one that I took out there on the road.

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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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Don’t take no for an answer

Austin Startup

Recently I found out about an event that I wanted to attend and reached out to the organizer for an invitation. She told me that it was “literally to the max on my physical capacity for seats.” I responded, “With 2 weeks left someone is sure to cancel between now and then. I’ll figure out travel plans and be on standby…” Needless to say, I ended up attending the event.

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Welcome to Everybody Helping — A Better Way to Support Great Causes

Austin Startup

Because the things you care about are worth supporting. Only in Texas and iOS for now —  download the app here. Send us your feedback: support@everybodyhelping.com No matter what it is that you care about, one thing is true: you care about something. Everyone does. We all have different experiences and backgrounds that lead us to care about different things, but despite these differences, that truth holds just the same: we all care about stuff.

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