January, 2019

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Money Doesn’t Solve Problems. People Solve Problems.

Feld Thoughts

One of our favorite VC firms to work with is True Ventures. I’ve made many investments over the years with both Jon Callaghan and Tony Conrad, and I love being a co-investor with them. Recently, Tony told me a great Jon Callaghan quote. “Money Doesn’t Solve Problems. People Solve Problems.” I’ve learned this lesson 7,345,123 times.

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Your New Venture IP Portfolio Sets Investment Value

Startup Professionals Musings

A large portion of your competitive advantage and your potential value to investors is the size of your intellectual property portfolio. When someone says Intellectual Property (IP), most entrepreneurs think only of patents. In reality, patents are only one of at least eight items that should be in your IP portfolio. You need all these before you start looking for funding.

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Turns Out, Sometimes You Need A Swift Kick To Pursue Your Dreams

YFS Magazine

History is replete with setbacks, comebacks and people who started at the bottom only to claw their way to the top of their respective fields.

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7 Common Mistakes Made By Newly Founded, Fast-Growing Startups

YoungUpstarts

Launching a startup is not easy – at any phase. Founders have many things to think about and decisions to make, most of which need to be made on a dime. It is not rare for entrepreneurs to buckle under the pressure and start to make poor decisions, some of which set their plans back or critically hurt the company’s potential. There is not some magic solution to obtaining small startup success.

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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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International Student Success in Tech – A CTO’s Journey

The Startup Magazine

When International Technological University’s CTO Kranthi Lammatha was a boy in the Indian farming village of Kasipuram, he would walk nine miles to get to school every day and another nine miles to get back home in the evening. Despite the fact that it was the early 1990s, the village, which was comprised of about 35 families at that time, had no school bus or even electricity for that matter.

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12 Entrepreneurs Explain How They Maintain Boldness in Their Business

Hearpreneur

We asked entrepreneurs and business owners on how they maintain boldness while running a business and here are the responses. #1- Being open. Photo Credit: Nela Dunato. When I started my own design consultancy in 2013, I knew for sure that I wanted to be 100% myself in all my business relationships, and didn’t want to hide behind a corporate entity and we language.

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Baby Boomers May Be Your Biggest Startup Competitors

Startup Professionals Musings

Contrary to what you might guess, the highest rate of entrepreneurial growth over the last few years is not Gen-Y upstarts, but Boomers over the age of 50, now called encore entrepreneurs. In fact, according to the latest Index of Startup Activity by the Kauffman Foundation and recent press reports , these Baby Boomers are actually driving a new entrepreneurship boom.

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The 16 Best Small Business Marketing Blogs You Should Read in 2019

crowdSPRING Blog

As an entrepreneur, you have to work on your business as well as in it. Working on your business means constantly seeking new ideas for improvement – which means keeping the big picture in mind at all times. And, as all business owners know, marketing is an important part of your business. So, when you’re looking at the big picture, marketing is bound to come up.

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10 Higher Education Trends To Watch For In 2019

YoungUpstarts

by Danny Iny, author of “ Leveraged Learning: How the Disruption of Education Helps Lifelong Learners, and Experts with Something to Teach “ The way America prepares its young people for the workforce is shifting. And it’s not just a small shift; it’s a huge, culture-shaking one. If you doubt it, just keep your eyes open. There are trends to watch for in 2019 and over the next few years that signal a recalibration of everything we thought we knew.

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A Secret Weapon in Your Entrepreneurial Success: Solution Architect

The Startup Magazine

A survey conducted in 2017 by Planview revealed that 49% of companies witnessed a project fail. At this rate, businesses may be thinking of lasting solutions to ensure their projects remain successful. At the centre of all this are the Solution Architects. They combine business acumen, technical skill and project management expertise into successful project solutions.

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Techbikers 2018 year in review

VC Cafe

“TechBikers are a unifying force in the London tech start-up community and a testament to the power of purpose in bringing together a community to do good. In 2018, TechBikers helped to fund 9. This is a content summary only. Click on the post title to continue reading this post, share your comments, browse the website and more!

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20 Entrepreneurs Share Their Business Goals for 2019

Hearpreneur

It’s a new year and right after the ball drops, it’s time to go to work. Often entrepreneurs and business owners create their New Year’s Resolutions around their business. It could be more revenue, hiring clients or launching a new product or service, but every new year is an exciting time because it’s ripe with opportunity. We asked 20 entrepreneurs to share their business goals and what they were looking forward to in 2019. #1- Recruit female executives recruitment.

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7 Success Principles To Drive Your Next New Venture

Startup Professionals Musings

Many aspiring entrepreneurs are looking to the Internet as an opportunity to get rich quick, instead of a place where you can start a business you love, for very little capital and minimal technical expertise. The reality is that if you build a business you love, you may in fact make big money, but if you start a business to get rich, you will probably fail.

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How to Think About (and Reduce) Risk When You’re Starting Your Own Business

Up and Running

I understand that many of you are in startup mode or still contemplating whether to embark on the risky business of becoming an entrepreneur. My goal for the next few years is to encourage waverers to start their own business, and to mentor some of those who are on their way to become millionaires. This article will include examples of the risks I took and how I overcame them as presented in my book, “ Raise the Bar Change the Game.” I hope you can get some benefit from some real-wor

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How To Build A Sustainable Small Business

YoungUpstarts

by Joseph Brady, Senior Director of Digital Marketing for Reliant Funding. Starting a business, growing it and sustaining in the market are the three chapters of a small business story. Usually, small business owners don’t think beyond their quarterly or annual plans and they forget their long-term goals due to everyday hurdles. Building a business needs strong strategy and value proposition.

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Starting Up a Business? Do These Things First

The Startup Magazine

Many people say that no one gets rich working for someone else all their life. They continue that starting a new venture business is the way to go, and this is indeed what many of them do. While starting a business is not at all bad, it’s something that must be done with caution. Wanting to get rich is not enough reason and motivation to keep the entrepreneurial fire burning within.

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The shape of the future

Start Up Blog

Reviewing visuals from the first ever television programme is interesting. You’ll notice that they were basically radio shows, which happened to be filmed. A couple of people. In a room. With a camera. A few years earlier, they would have been in the exact same setting, doing audio recordings. Early TV was essentially still an audio programme with pictures.

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15 Entrepreneurs Explain How They Make Bold Decisions

Hearpreneur

Entrepreneurship and decision making go hand-in-hand. Some decisions like firing employees require boldness which is not always a walk in the park. The decisions you make can make or break the future of a business hence due diligence is necessary before making bold decisions. We asked entrepreneurs and business owners how they make bold decisions and here are the responses. #1- Not allowing indecisiveness due to fear.

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5 Keys To Starting A New Venture In Your Local Town

Startup Professionals Musings

Image via Wikipedia From the advice I hear these days, if you want to be a successful entrepreneur, you need to be in Silicon Valley, Boston, New York, or one of the few other financial hubs around the world. What does that mean for the rest of us, who reside or grew up in the thousands of small towns that cover most of the landscape? Is entrepreneurship ever viable or recommended in a small town?

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Transcript of How Installing a Marketing System Serves Consultants and Their Clients

Duct Tape Marketing

Transcript of How Installing a Marketing System Serves Consultants and Their Clients written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing. Back to Podcast. Transcript. This transcript is sponsored by our transcript partner – Rev – Get $10 off your first order. John Jantsch: Marketing is a system, you’ve probably heard me say that before, but maybe you’ve never heard me talk about the Duct Tape Marketing Consultant Network.

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What Every Startup Needs To Succeed

YoungUpstarts

No matter the industry that you are operating in, every startup business will need a few things in order to succeed. This will, of course, include excellent products or services but there are also a few other assets that are required in today’s technologically advanced age. The business world has changed drastically in recent times, and every entrepreneur needs to have their finger on the pulse in order to set up and run a successful business.

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Your Weekend Gaming Break: DrakeMall’s Xbox Mystery Case

The Startup Magazine

Startups work hard all week, and the weekend offers some extra escape time to explore other opportunities. The Internet is truly interesting and an exciting place where even the most outstanding events are possible. Many people buy things on the Internet. It has become as common as eating. The classic format is outdated and not innovative. But there is an interesting way to get an incredible gamut of fun and a valuable prize.

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Gig Economy 2019: Hire Top Freelancers

Transformify

The gig economy is on the rise and more people than ever are freelancing. Especially in the US, some 60% of the population are either freelancers or grab freelance gigs from time to time to add extra money to their pay cheques. Add to that the uncertainty surrounding BREXIT and the changed visa rules in the US that push the employers to hire remote workers.

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Zoho Day: The long shadow of Amazon

deal architect

When I visit a vendor after a couple of years I measure how they have changed along 4 vectors – product growth, geographic expansion, change in customer base (going after larger or smaller customers) and vertical capability expansion. At Zoho.

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5 Phases of Leadership Growth Lead To Company Success

Startup Professionals Musings

Most of you aspiring entrepreneurs have no idea how dramatically your own role has to evolve as you develop a solution, start a business, and expect it to scale into a successful self-managed company. You may have a strong product development background, but typically have minimal experience in hiring and leading team members and groups, or managing financials.

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The Three Elements of an Effective Total Online Presence

Duct Tape Marketing

The Three Elements of an Effective Total Online Presence written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing. Marketing Podcast with John Jantsch on Total Online Presence. Business owners today understand that being visible online is important. But what does having an online presence really mean? It’s a lot bigger than just having a website and a Facebook page.

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6 Leadership Habits To Develop In 2019

YoungUpstarts

by Mark Green , author of “ Activators: A CEO’s Guide to Clearer Thinking and Getting Things Done “. Bad habits can be hard to break, and for business leaders who have them, they can be deal-breakers. In a survey by Leadership IQ, an online training firm, the primary reasons CEOs were fired – mismanaging change, ignoring customers, tolerating low performers, and not enough action – were often related to unproductive habits.

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Breathe Life Back into Employee Onboarding Trainings

The Startup Magazine

The new recruits that you hired are sitting in a room, facing a screen. The instructor is literally reading out from a Powerpoint presentation projected on that screen. The facial expressions of the new recruits have changed from that filled with a nervous energy and excitement to that of a dull mundane look; ideally reserved for an employee in the same dead-end job for 5 years.

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Everybody Matters – my book notes

Jeff Hilimire

I loved this book. In fact, there are many things about Barry-Wehmiller that have impacted how I run Dragon Army and what my personal long-term plans are. I wish there were more companies like B-W. These are the highlighted notes I took when reading Everybody Matters. I highly recommend this book, and these notes will give you a solid idea of what it’s all about.

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“You don't get a PaaS just because you're SaaS."

deal architect

Apologies to Frank Scavo for twisting his quote “You don't get a pass just because you're SaaS." but this is a reaction to the trend that every cloud application vendor is offering a platform and actively recruiting developer communities. I.

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10 Scams To Avoid While Seeking New Venture Funding

Startup Professionals Musings

Image via Flickr by ivanpw Some aspiring entrepreneurs are so desperate for funding, or naĂŻve, that they ignore the obvious signs of scams and rip-offs on the Internet, praying for a windfall. One would think that with all the sad stories and tools published over the past twenty years, this problem would be behind us. But people are still begging for more technology or laws, often to protect them from themselves.

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4 Ways to Get Creative with Marketing Automation

Duct Tape Marketing

4 Ways to Get Creative with Marketing Automation written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing. A lot of salespeople and marketers are already aware of what marketing automation can do to nurture leads and convert prospects. When you’re trying to stay on top of communicating with leads, marketing automation can help keep that conversation flowing and ensure that no one fall through the cracks.

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Confronting A Radically New B2B Marketplace: The Storytelling Secret That Will Rock Your Result

YoungUpstarts

by Ken Rutsky, author of “ Launching to Leading: How B2B Market Leaders Create Flashmobs, Marshal Parades and Ignite Movements “ In today’s hyper-competitive, global and instantaneous market, where buyers have nearly unlimited access to information and each other, the fight for their attention is like a crowded treadmill constantly gaining speed.

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Book: The More You Hustle, The Luckier You Get

Feld Thoughts

James Oliver, Jr. has written a fun book that is part memoir, part advice, for what he calls Parentpreneurs (entrepreneurs who are trying to raise kids.) He’s got a website with a bunch of history about him, his journey, and the book. It’s also got some pictures of his twins, which even I, as a non-kid kind of person think are pretty adorable (although they are apparently eight now according to James, so I’m not sure if they qualify as adorable anymore, but they probably do.).

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Here is Why Your Business Should Take Digital Adoption Seriously

ReadWriteStart

We live in an increasingly digital world. We shop, make appointments, order food and taxis, and document our lives online. Approximately 70 percent of us use social media to connect and share content, and most spend an astonishing four hours per day interacting with our smartphones. Deep learning and AI are changing the ways we consume […]. The post Here is Why Your Business Should Take Digital Adoption Seriously appeared first on ReadWrite.

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Done Right - a book review

deal architect

I was in Shanghai, China recently. As I have told my friends, I ended paying a “tourist tax” everywhere. Moneychangers, gypsy taxi drivers, tour guides who took me to pearl and silk stores where I am sure they got a.

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