ithacaVC

MARCH 9, 2017

I have written quite a few posts on the topic of Boards of Directors. Just put in “board of directors” into the search bar. As a quick review, it is the Board of Directors or “Board” that literally by law makes all critical decisions for the company. The Board has to vote on issuing stock, approving the annual budget, setting the company’s strategy, changing the company’s by-laws and certificate of incorporation, selling the company, merging with another co

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YFS Magazine

MARCH 9, 2017

In today's digital age, mobile apps have become a valuable resource for all types of businesses. Here's how to make sure your mobile app is a success.

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Berkonomics

MARCH 9, 2017

Well, the numbers don’t lie, even if there are several sources of these statistics. Starting a company is HARD – in so many ways. And risky too. I read several years ago, that the average startup restaurant lasts only about a year. Ouch! Here I am a professional investor in early stage companies, and I attempt to find those with the greatest chance of success and growth in value over time.

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YFS Magazine

MARCH 9, 2017

In coming months, online retailers will change what customers expect from ecommerce. Where they lead, customers will follow.

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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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SiliconHills

MARCH 9, 2017

Silicon Hills News announces the launch of our new podcast: Ideas to Invoices, featuring Austin and San Antonio entrepreneurs and stories about how they built their companies. The first three interviews are now available for download in iTunes. The latest interview features Bob Metcalfe, inventor of Ethernet, Internet Pioneer, partner emeritus with Polaris Ventures, pundit […] The post Silicon Hills News’ Ideas to Invoices Podcast Launches at SXSW appeared first on SiliconHills.

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Austin Startup

MARCH 9, 2017

For anyone in the interactive, creative, film, cause, technology, sports, media, education, music, marketing, entertainment or startup… Continue reading on Austin Startups ».

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Austin Startup

MARCH 9, 2017

Capital Factory and Daimler-owned moovel North America (N.A.) have partnered to create MobilityX, a transportation technology accelerator. Continue reading on Austin Startups ».

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SiliconHills

MARCH 9, 2017

For the first time, the Australian Trade and Investment Commission, known as Austrade, is officially leading a delegation to South by Southwest Interactive to promote Australian innovation and ingenuity. The group includes seven startup companies. “With Austin emerging as a technology hub and SXSW Interactive regarded as a coveted global launching pad for start-ups, a […] The post Australia Tech Showcased at SXSW Interactive appeared first on SiliconHills.

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Austin Startup

MARCH 9, 2017

The Forrest Four-Cast: March 9, 2017 Continue reading on Austin Startups ».

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SiliconHills

MARCH 9, 2017

It’s no secret that Austin has traffic and congestion problems. So Austin seems like the perfect place for Capital Factory to team up with moovel North America, a division of Daimler AG, the maker of Mercedes-Benz, to launch MobilityX, a transportation technology accelerator. MobilityX will be part of Capital Factory, a startup accelerator and coworking […] The post Capital Factory and moovel Launch a Transportation Technology Accelerator appeared first on SiliconHills.

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Transformify

MARCH 9, 2017

B2B Content curation and B2B content aggregation are very powerful, and if used properly, can tremendously boost the outreach and secure new leads. A number of industry leaders are relying on B2B content curation to drive traffic to their web pages, educate their users and generate new leads. HubSpot, IBM, Adobe, Moz, SemRush, etc. are just a few examples of successful content curation through their own blogs.

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SiliconHills

MARCH 9, 2017

Chowbotics, which participated in the Austin Techstars 2016 cohort, just announced it has received $5 million in funding. The company, which is now based in San Diego, received its Series A funding from Techstars Ventures, Foundry Group, Galvanize Ventures and the Geekdom Fund. It also changed its name from Casabots to Chowbotics. “The use of […] The post A Techstars Austin Startup: Chowbotics Lands $5 Million in Funding appeared first on SiliconHills.

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Austin Startup

MARCH 9, 2017

The Forrest Four-Cast: March 10, 2017 Continue reading on Austin Startups ».

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SiliconHills

MARCH 9, 2017

TurnKey Vacation Rentals, one of the nation’s largest vacation rental management companies, Thursday announced it has received $21 million in funding. The Austin-based startup received the funding from Adam Street Partners which led the Series C round along with existing investors including Altos Ventures, Silverton Partners and prominent travel industry angel investors.

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Austin Startup

MARCH 9, 2017

Google Home Continue reading on Austin Startups ».

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Campus Entrepreneurship

MARCH 9, 2017

Even though the University of Chicago does not have a school of engineering, it has become a leading startup university. Groupon, GrubHub, Braintree Financial and other high growth, student created firms have come of of the University of Chicago in recent years and the end is nowhere in site. Check out my new paper: The Campus as Entrepreneurial Ecosystem: the University of Chicago to learn more about Chicago and how the US campus has become the hottest entrepreneurial ecosystem around.

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Duct Tape Marketing

MARCH 9, 2017

3 Types of Content That Gets More Traffic, Links and Shares Than All the Others written by Guest Post read more at Duct Tape Marketing. Why waste time creating content that doesn’t get you traffic, links, and shares? The problem for many content creators is they aren’t sure what type of content to focus on, so they try creating everything and anything they feel like creating in the moment.

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