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What Does “Self-Made” Mean (Or Matter) Anyway?

Hunter Walker

Kylie Jenner was pronounced by Forbes as the “ youngest self-made billionaire ever ” and the internet started debating what exactly self-made means. Hold aside that the Forbes lists are notoriously, well, estimates – I mean, this is the one that Trump was obsessed about ranking on, and would make up all sorts of numbers to successfully to do so.

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7 common myths about entrepreneurship

Our Own Start-up

Entrepreneurship is a career which is gaining popularity worldwide but still isn’t very well understood which is why there are so many myths regarding this career option.

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Some Thoughts and Models Around Ownership Targets

This is going to be BIG.

You hear this from VC’s a lot: “We need to own X% of your company to make our returns.” They back it up with sensible math—owning 20% of a billion dollar outcome returns a $200mm VC fund, and, of course, you’re trying to at least return the fund. So, no one really questions the ownership model. Yet, when you buy shares of Apple or Facebook, you don’t even think about what percent of the company you own.

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Tech That Can Make The Freelance Economy Sustainable

YoungUpstarts

by Peter Johnston , founder and CEO of Kalo. Full-time employment affords individual staff members access to healthcare benefits, paid sick leave and several other notable amenities. But what about freelancers? The freelance economy doesn’t require businesses to provide such benefits, and many freelancers don’t even attempt to seek them out — potentially leading to long-term harm.

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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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Cold Emails: Can They Work, Or Are They Just Spam?

ConversionXL

Cold emails are unsolicited emails sent to previously uncontacted recipients. The term has a bad reputation. To many, cold emails are synonymous with spam and a nuisance—one reason why U.S. workers spend 3.2 hours checking their work email each day. Why would anyone want to use cold email? Because, when done well, it can work. Cold email is not a replacement for inbound methods but a supplement—a way to drive near-term growth while inbound campaigns gain traction.

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6 Ways To Build A Better Membership Site

The Startup Magazine

What motivates someone to create a membership website? While some sites focus on content-driven subscriptions to create income, others provide an online presence for clubs, associations, nonprofits, chambers and organizations that primarily exist offline. Regardless of the intent of your membership website, these tips can save time and bring in more dues revenue.

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The Bare Minimum You Need To Know About Accounting

YoungUpstarts

by Vinnie Fisher, co-founder and chief visionary of Total CEO and author of “ The Best Investment: A Better You “ As the end of the fiscal year approaches, many new business owners are finding themselves panicking to get their books in order. Though personal income taxes will usually not be due until the middle of April, organizing your finances at the end of each year is an absolute necessity.

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LinkedIn Video Ads: Relevance, Specs, and Use Cases

ConversionXL

On YouTube, a keyword-targeted pre-roll ad might show the same video to a CEO and an intern. On Facebook, an ideal customer may log on to see photos of a new nephew, not to check out a 30-second demo of your SaaS product. LinkedIn has the potential to resolve both shortcomings: You know much more about who’s on the other end of an ad. You have a pretty good idea of why they’re on LinkedIn—to improve their career or company.

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I Tried 10+ Different Food Delivery, Clothing Boxes and Online Subscriptions

Austin Startup

Scroll through to find some local Austin favorites (all promo codes are linked to the title name)! So I have to start off by saying I joined up for majority of these programs because I thought it’d be a good idea to get free food, clothes, workouts etc from these new companies. I figured I could just cancel after the first free month. Well, you guessed it.

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How Do You Get the Full Value of PR From Your B2B Team?

Rembrandt Communications

5 Questions CROs Need to Ask Now. As a Chief Revenue Officer (CRO) at a B2B company, you want to use your resources as effectively as possible for the best results. This can be challenging, especially if you are working with a communications team who provides public relations (PR) for your organization. After all, a publicist can spend hours researching and pitching a story, but the outcome is under the control of an editor, producer, director, or someone else at the media venue.

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Mobile App Development: 5 Critical Steps To Help You Achieve User Adoption

YoungUpstarts

It’s easy to come up with ideas for developing a new mobile app, but good ideas are a dime a dozen. You could have the best idea in the world, but if nobody wants to use your app, it won’t catch on. Plenty of good app ideas are developed, only to crash and burn. Why? The short answer is a lack of research and planning. It takes time and planning to develop an app ; it’s not something you can do in a 24-hour power session.

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How the Internet of Things is impacting New Zealand businesses

NZ Entrepreneur

Most forward-thinking organisations will understand the importance of big data, and perhaps on a lesser scale – artificial intelligence. But there’s no doubt that the next greatest technological impact is the ability to link these two components through the Internet of Things. By further exploring the fundamental element of ‘what happens next’, it is only then that we are able to grasp what it could truly be capable of achieving for businesses and organisations who integrate this technolog

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The Investors Guide to SXSW 2019

Austin Startup

Amir Elaguizy pitching Cratejoy on stage at SXSW 2014 I know lots of investors from Texas and from around the world who are visiting Austin for SXSW and want to know where to go and how to plug in. Here are the lounges, parties, pitches and panels I can share publicly. I also have a list of invite-only events that I can share if you contact me directly.

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Make School is Rethinking College to Diversify the Tech Workforce

SiliconHills

Jeremy Rossmann, co-founder of Make School, a computer science and software engineering school, based in San Francisco is disrupting higher education. Make School offers a two-year Bachelor’s Degree to students accepted into its computer science program. Rossmann founded Make School in 2012 with his high school friend, Ashu Desai. Rossmann dropped out of MIT and […].

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4 Basic Payroll Tips To Make Payroll Processing Easier

YoungUpstarts

Raise your hand if you love payroll! Oh, wait, nobody raised their hands… Payroll is one of those necessary yet not-so-fun parts of owning a business. While some may like processing payroll, others would rather attend a colonoscopy. If you’re one of the latter variety, this article is for you. We’ll give you four basic payroll tips to make this task a piece of cake. 1.

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Transcript of Getting Smart About the Business of Education

Duct Tape Marketing

Transcript of Getting Smart About the Business of Education 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: Hello and welcome to another episode of the Duct Tape Marketing Podcast. This is John Jantsch, and my guest today is Danny Iny.

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SXSW Startups: Boost Biomes

Austin Startup

Boost Biomes CEO and co-founder Jamie Bacher The Forrest Four-Cast: March 5, 2019 Fifty diverse startups will aim to impress a panel of judges and a live audience with their skills, creativity and innovation at SXSW Pitch Presented by Cyndx. Winners in 10 categories will be announced at the Pitch Award Ceremony at 6:30 pm Sunday, March 10, at the Hilton Austin.

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Don’t Get Left Behind As Your Company Grows

Steve Blank

If you’re an early employee at a startup, one day you will wake up to find that what you worked on 24/7 for the last year is no longer the most important thing – you’re no longer the most important employee, and process, meetings, paperwork and managers and bosses have shown up. Most painfully, you’ll learn that your role in the company has to change.

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Chargebacks 101: What You Need To Know As A Business Owner

YoungUpstarts

As business owner, it can be difficult to navigate the constant changes that occur in the electronic payment industry. One major topic business owners need to be well-versed in is that of chargebacks and how they affect your bottom line. Merchant processing systems have become a vital part of our society, but new developments in technology and regulations from financial institutions can be confusing to understand when trying to run your business.

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6 Keys To The Best Social Media Platform For Business

Startup Professionals Musings

An all-too-common question I get from startups and small businesses is “Which is the right social media platform for my business?” Is it Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, or one of the other 200 active platforms vying for attention these days? The right answer is that not all of these are worth your attention, but it’s probably more than one. The “Tyranny of the OR” is a concept from the classic business best-seller “ Built to Last ,” by James C.

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Influence, Intelligence and SAP

deal architect

Last week, in the Enterprise Irregulars chat room I said in a thread "Analyst Relations at vendors generally want to influence v. seek intelligence. So they want analysts to say nice things about what they can offer today. As important.

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How to Maintain Your Competitive Edge as a Blitzscaling Company

Reid Hoffman

My old friend Peter Thiel once wrote an essay for the Wall Street Journal, titled “Competition Is for Losers.” Entrepreneurs frequently make the mistake of picking highly competitive markets. I suspect that they fall into this trap because many entrepreneurs come from elite universities where they succeeded by outcompeting a bunch of other smart people on a level playing field.

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How To Properly Set SMART Goals For Your Business

YoungUpstarts

Starting a business is much work. So as an entrepreneur, you want to see that work pay off–you want to see your company expand. To do so, you need to have clear objectives and a structure for setting your goals. Having objectives set give us a course to follow, and a clear direction motivates our team and us to work towards those results. However, setting goals is easier said than done.

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5 Alternatives To Shutting Down A Struggling Startup

Startup Professionals Musings

If you are just plain tired of working so hard, or your startup is not getting the traction you expected, should you shut down cleanly, or just file for bankruptcy and walk away? For those who think that bankruptcy is the easy way out, think again. Bankruptcy should always be the absolutely last resort. The “advantage” of filing for bankruptcy, of course, is that it gets creditors permanently off your back, with no continuing lawsuits, based on funds derived from selling all assets.

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Bruce Cleveland - Part 2 - thoughts on current enterprise market

deal architect

In Part 1 yesterday, Bruce Cleveland talked about the framework in his new book, Traversing the Traction Gap. Here we talk about partnering and white spaces in the market. Most enterprise vendors now offer their own platforms. Could they use.

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Fifteen Podcasts You Must Listen to in 2019

ReadWriteStart

Radio “just ain’t” what it used to be. In the olden days, you’d turn the dial, try to avoid the whistles and pops, then land on a station that plays Hotel California every half an hour. Today, you can build your own music playlists, and you can also line up a stream of talk-radio-style podcasts […]. The post Fifteen Podcasts You Must Listen to in 2019 appeared first on ReadWrite.

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Leading Online Disruptors For Online Finance In 2019

YoungUpstarts

If you’re a millennial looking to take out a personal loan, a business loan, or even a mortgage to buy your first home, you may be wondering how to secure the money you need. If you don’t have the borrowing history necessary to have a great credit score, it may be hard for you to secure the financing you need from a bank. There are a number of companies that are growning from strength to strength by utilizing technology to make lending and borrowing much easier for our generation.

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Customer-Centric Strategies Win Over Product-Centric

Startup Professionals Musings

Is your marketing focus product-centric or customer-centric ? If you only sell products, it’s time to realize that times have changed. With a wealth of products now available, customers look for the most memorable experience , not just the best product. These days, a fun shopping experience, or no-question returns, often tips the scales over extra product features or a lower price.

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Bruce Cleveland - Part 2 - thoughts on current enterprise market

deal architect

In Part 1 yesterday, Bruce Cleveland talked about the framework in his new book, Traversing the Traction Gap. Here we talk about partnering and white spaces in the market. Most enterprise vendors now offer their own platforms. Could they use.

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The increased risk profile of start-ups

Version One Ventures

Start-ups, by definition, are risky. But traditionally, start-ups have looked for the least risky position in the value chain. And for many, this is being a platform. Successful platforms build an ecosystem of contributors that create content for the platform. Or, they build a marketplace where sellers decide which products might sell or not. In both cases, the platform is a risk-minimizing strategy.

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Growing Your Side Business In 2019

YoungUpstarts

by Roger Chen, Senior Vice President of Asia Region, GoDaddy. The Year of the Pig is upon us and symbolizes luck, wealth and good fortune. If you’ve been hesitant about scaling up your side business, let 2019 be the year you take the plunge. For many, one job is already more than enough. But if you’ve managed to make some income with your side hustle, you could be ready to step up.

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Lyft S-1: Kicking Off the Decacorn Bonanza of 2019

View from Seed

Lyft’s S-1 dropped on Friday. 2019 is shaping up to be the year the dam broke for decacorn IPOs, with Lyft, Uber, AirBnB, Pinterest, et al in the queue. I’ve been looking thru S-1s for many years, out of intellectual curiosity to better understand how remarkable businesses work. This includes blockbusters like Alibaba ( in three parts ) and Facebook but also the likes of Square , Dropbox , Twitter , Blue Apron and going many years back Kayak and Groupon.

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8 Major Legal Risks Faced By Startups

ReadWriteStart

One of the biggest mistakes made by new business owners is not to engage startup legal services to handle possible issues for their new venture. Beginning an enterprise needs planning not only for marketing and growing the business but also to eliminate the legal risks faced by startups. Such hazards can quickly derail a new […]. The post 8 Major Legal Risks Faced By Startups appeared first on ReadWrite.

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Give A Teacher Of Your Choice A Sphero RVR

Feld Thoughts

As part of the Sphero RVR Kickstarter campaign, Amy and I have decided to give away up to 200 RVRs as part of a new tier called the 2 RVRs for you + 1 for a Teacher tier. If you buy this tier, you get two RVRs. Then, you get to designate a teacher – any teacher – who you’d like to give a third RVR to. Our foundation (the Anchor Point Foundation ) will be underwriting this.

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3 Reasons Your Business Needs A Predictive Dialer

YoungUpstarts

As businesses have developed, so has technology and its integration within the industry. There are so many tools that can make things easier on the customer and business side of interaction. A predictive dialer is one development that can change the game for your company. A predictive dialer is a software or hardware device that can place outbound calls and connect agents on live answer.

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Lyft S-1: Kicking Off the Decacorn Bonanza of 2019

Agile VC

Reading Time: 7 minutes. This post also appears on NextView’s blog. I’ve been looking thru S-1s for many years, out of intellectual curiosity to better understand how remarkable businesses work. This includes blockbusters like Alibaba ( in three parts ) and Facebook but also the likes of Square , Dropbox , Twitter , Blue Apron and going many years back Kayak and Groupon.