Startup Professionals Musings
APRIL 7, 2017
Entrepreneurs always work hard to create an innovative product or service, but often count on standard seller marketing for sales. But the reality is that sellers are no longer in charge of the customer buying process. Reports suggest that 90% of today’s shoppers skip marketing pitches, to research online before they buy, and over 50% check user reviews before making a decision.
Duct Tape Marketing
APRIL 7, 2017
Why Small Businesses Have the Social Media Marketing Advantage written by Guest Post read more at Duct Tape Marketing. As a small business owner, you’re constantly looking for new ways to get your company’s brand on the radar of potential customers. If you don’t already, using social media in business is a great way to engage with current customers as well as attract new ones.
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YoungUpstarts
APRIL 7, 2017
by Scott Wintrip, “ High Velocity Hiring: How to Hire Top Talent in an Instant “ Everyone knows that hiring within an organization can be a stressful, confusing, and tedious process. Business owners, organization leaders, and hiring managers all want to choose the best job candidates so their companies can experience more productivity and less turnover.
YFS Magazine
APRIL 7, 2017
Ready to build a mobile app? Here's a look at the most common mistakes appreneurs and mobile app development firms make when they launch a new app.
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
The Equity Kicker
APRIL 7, 2017
Unless you’ve been hiding under a rock, you will have noticed there’s a lot of heat around AI as an investment theme right now. Octopus’s recent announcement of a £120m dedicated AI fund is one of many recent events I could cite as evidence. In that same announcement Octopus mention that they have had three AI exits (Swiftkey, Magic Pony and Evi) so this is not a new investment trend.
YFS Magazine
APRIL 7, 2017
Don't overlook the value of venture debt. As the markets assume a more volatile backdrop we expect the role of venture debt will only grow.
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SiliconHills
APRIL 7, 2017
By LAURA LOREK Publisher and Reporter with Silicon Hills News Host of the Ideas to Invoices Podcast Internet Pioneer Bob Metcalfe is celebrating his 71st birthday today. Metcalfe is best known worldwide as the inventor of Ethernet. “A lot of people think an idea comes all of a sudden, a Eureka moment,” Metcalfe said. “But […] The post Internet Pioneer and Ethernet Inventor Bob Metcalfe Shares Entrepreneurial Advice in this Ideas to Invoices Podcast appeared first on SiliconHills.
David Teten
APRIL 7, 2017
When Harvard Business School’s Dean, Nitin Nohria, took office, he outlined five priorities to shape his agenda for the School during his tenure: curriculum innovation, intellectual ambition, internationalization, inclusion, and closer ties to the University. At HBS Alumni Angels, we have worked on initiatives in line with all 5 of those priorities.
Austin Startup
APRIL 7, 2017
Seven years ago, I accepted a job offer in Austin, TX. I was pumped for the move and started doing all sorts of research on the neighborhoods, restaurants, and weekend activities in town. Two weeks before my scheduled start date (and a week after I put down a deposit for a downtown lease), HR called to let me know that the company over-hired for their Austin office and that I could re-interview in Mountain View, CA.
Ben's Blog
APRIL 7, 2017
“Pardon but I gotta question of life now. Look at the n!*g& next to you right now. Is he real, fake or scared?”. –Nas, Smokin’ When I first met Todd and Freddy, they were two guys with an idea.
Feld Thoughts
APRIL 7, 2017
It’s the summer of 2001. The NASDAQ peak is in the rear view mirror. Many Internet companies are struggling. I’m sitting at the breakfast table at Len Fassler’s house in Harrison, New York drinking a cup of coffee and chewing on a bagel. Len and I co-founded Interliant (originally Sage Networks) with Steve Maggs and Rajat Bhargava in 1996. We took Interliant public in 1999 on the second attempt (the SEC didn’t clear the filing until a week after the end of the first road show, our first of many
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