View from Seed

DECEMBER 11, 2019

“I have exciting personal news.”. “I’m thrilled to announce that I’m joining [New Firm] as a Partner where I will continue to invest in great Founders across the industries I care about.”. “I am pursuing an idea that I’m excited about and and happy to be back on the entrepreneurial path.”. These are literal quotes from social media and email announcements over the past six months from VC Partners moving on to other competitive firms, and, well, just moving on.

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Berkonomics

DECEMBER 12, 2019

The warning is real. You’ve heard the old one – that a banker always seems willing to offer a loan when you don’t need it. For small businesses, there is such truth in that statement that you can trust the story to be based as fact from experience. Exceptions and good reasons to work on them. There are great exceptions for growing businesses and for businesses that have a track record with a banker.

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YFS Magazine

DECEMBER 13, 2019

Entrepreneurship is not for the faint-hearted. There is little room for error in business and all the room in the world for error at the same time.

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YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 13, 2019

by Cory Treffiletti, Global Head of Marketing, Webex.com at Cisco. There is a ton of buzz surrounding the “Future of Work”, but like most futuristic predictions and prognostications, the future is far closer than you might think and far less “buzzy” than they would have you believe. If you read through the litany of pundits who wax extemporaneously about what workplaces will be like in years to come, you hear about things like “open concepts” and “remote workers”.

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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

Startup

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 13, 2019

When you are starting a new business, every resource is precious, including time, funding, and people. Yet we can all look back, after the fact, and realize that we could have been more memorable. Obviously you can’t go back for a do-over , but you can certainly learn from your mistakes as well as all our successes. Most challenges you have are not unique to your business.

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Hearpreneur

DECEMBER 8, 2019

The end of every year is the opportunity reflect on a 365-day journey. 2019 may have been a bad year for some and to others, it was a great year. Many businesses were launched and others were closed. Pivots were made and goals were shattered. In the last few days of 2019, we took some time to ask a few entrepreneurs and business what their biggest business accomplishments were. #1- Massive growth.

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YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 9, 2019

Digital marketing is a world that has, without a doubt, blown up in the last couple of decades. For someone who is trying to use digital marketing as a way to attract more customers to their business, it can seem a lot like learning a whole new language. Even people who have been in marketing all of their lives can have trouble keeping up with the new trends.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 11, 2019

These days, it is almost impossible to find a small business where everything is done at the home location, by full-time employees. We are in the age of outsourcing, by any of many popular names, including subcontracting, freelancing, and virtual assistants. These approaches allow your startup to grow more rapidly, save costs, but costly mistakes can lead to business failure.

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Hearpreneur

DECEMBER 10, 2019

Every 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 entrepreneurs to share their biggest goals and what they were looking forward to in 2020. #1- Delegate and expand.

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Up and Running

DECEMBER 10, 2019

Don’t make your business plan longer than necessary, and think about the reason you’re writing the plan in the first place. You’re probably going to want to revise your plan regularly, and the shorter your plan is, the more manageable that process will be. Using a business plan template to help you keep each section organized can help you as you start writing.

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YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 12, 2019

With the rise in the usage of digital media, businesses have shifted to online portals. This has created an enormous space for quick market research and survey, with larger sample sizes. Every organization is now strengthening its online presence and using surveys as an essential means of gathering user reviews and views. Here is how and why you should also get started.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 7, 2019

While starting a new business always involves tackling many new challenges, I’ve personally found myself reluctant to ask for help. I suspect it’s a function of pride and confidence in my own problem solving abilities, but my hesitation has definitely cost me time and money. Thus, in my consulting with entrepreneurs, I always encourage them to get more comfortable asking for help.

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Austin Startup

DECEMBER 7, 2019

No matter what size your company is or what industry you’re in: if you want to scale your business and grow your long-term visibility, you will need to create a consistent brand that your customers can recognize, connect with, trust, and remember. Branding is the process of displaying your business to the public through your content and visual identity.

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Board Effect

DECEMBER 9, 2019

All board directors have room for improvement. Self-evaluation tools are a great way to assess your board and how it interfaces with the executive director. Typically, boards do self-evaluations annually. It gives them the chance to compare their performances with the best principles and practices of governance. A self-evaluation template is a valuable tool for tracking progress over time.

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YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 13, 2019

Workplace collaboration can be tricky business. Employees and workplaces that are spread over diverse geographical locations or even in the same location can suffer from siloed ways of working without the right tools. Technology is a great enabler of collaboration, in both an output and communication way. If you are keen to understand how using tech can better develop workplace collaboration in your business, consider these potential solutions.

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Up and Running

DECEMBER 11, 2019

Did you know that December is National Write a Business Plan Month? If you’ve been putting off writing your business plan—there’s not enough time, the financials are too complicated—it’s not too late to cross it off your list before the new year. If you’re not sure if you really need to write a business plan, watch our video and read about some of the reasons why having a business plan is important. .

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Austin Startup

DECEMBER 9, 2019

Watch out for the most common scam in startup world?—?Sputnik ATX Three rules to avoid getting scammed by advisors As an early stage VC, one of the saddest things I observe from meetings with founders is the toxic and pervasive influence of what I call the start-up industrial complex (the SIC). The SIC is a universe of charlatans and blissfully unaware “advisors” who masquerade as help for early stage companies and, in fact, set them back or bleed them dry for the personal gain of the advisor.

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NZ Entrepreneur

DECEMBER 12, 2019

Payroll is a big part of any business. It includes every employee, from paying and recording their salary or wages to calculating bonuses, benefits, deductions, taxes, and leave. It starts on the first day of employment and can continue after a person leaves, with the calculation of notice entitlement and your legal obligation to keep records. In most companies, payroll is one of (if not the) largest expenditure item and it’s every company’s responsibility to ensure it’s done c

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YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 12, 2019

Digital currency is the future of next generation. Trading and doing business online and doing business online is future. Bitcoin, Libra, ripple, Altcoin, Litcoin are some of the digital currencies were popular among people and people are today more interested in investing in these digital currencies as compared to the stock-market. So, it will be no shock if crypto-currency replaces the government backed paper currency one day.

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deal architect

DECEMBER 12, 2019

I had been invited to an SAP Analytics influencer summit earlier in the year. Many of the sessions were under NDA, so I had not written about it. However, my notes showed: Ambitious, exciting vision, but fragmented execution across portfolio.

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Hearpreneur

DECEMBER 8, 2019

Every 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 entrepreneurs to share their biggest goals and what they were looking forward to in 2020. #1- Delegate and expand.

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Transformify

DECEMBER 12, 2019

Our guest today is Chris Lacinak, President of AVP. Chris, many software companies work on a project basis. Is this why you decided to introduce remote work at AVP? Remote work initially came about at AVP in a couple of different ways that were the result of seizing the opportunity. The first was a shakeup in our software engineering team, which was originally based out of New York City.

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YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 11, 2019

It is important for small business owners to recognize that finances are a top priority. Being able to bookkeep correctly is a vital part of making sure your finances are in order. With this order comes the growth and success that your business needs. Technically, bookkeeping can be defined in many different ways. Essentially, bookkeeping is noting all the necessary processes to make sure you have correct records of financial activity within your business.

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Board Effect

DECEMBER 11, 2019

Are your board directors getting as much out of onboarding as they should? It’s never too late to ask your board directors about their opinions of their onboarding experiences. Does your board set up a simple orientation and call it a day? That might be okay, but it’s really not ideal. Onboarding is a process, not an event. Best practices are to provide an orientation, which can be from an hour to a couple of days, and an onboarding process, which should take 30 days to a year.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 8, 2019

With the current strong economy, as an active startup mentor, I’m seeing a new surge of entrepreneurs and startups, with the commensurate scramble for funding. There just aren’t enough angel investors and VCs to go around. Thus I’m getting more questions on new mechanisms, like crowd funding, or going public through the side door as a reverse merger.

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Duct Tape Marketing

DECEMBER 11, 2019

How to Integrate Chat Into Your Marketing written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing. Marketing Podcast with Mike Yan. Podcast Transcript. Today’s guest on the podcast is Mike Yan, CEO of chat marketing platform ManyChat. ManyChat is a platform that allows you to automate chat and bring together Facebook Messenger and SMS to reach your customers on their terms.

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YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 9, 2019

by Adam Zimman, VP of Product and Platform of LaunchDarkly. Are you looking to improve your organization’s mobile app? For some the process may be relatively straightforward. But ensuring you cover all steps correctly will go a long way to a successful app feature release. Here are five practical tips to successfully launch a new app feature. #1. Plan the release.

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deal architect

DECEMBER 10, 2019

Most conversations about the Future of Work that we hear in professional circles are similar to those in this Cognizant webinar and report. The comments tend to be tough, but fair. In mainstream media, however, I am seeing increasingly hostile.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 9, 2019

With the advent and popularity of crowdfunding platforms, including Kickstarter and IndieGoGo , as a winning alternative for funding your new venture, I find that many aspiring entrepreneurs are confused about the need to ever seek a professional angel investor. I think it’s great to have more options, but I still see each one having a place, so don’t be too quick to limit your alternatives.

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Duct Tape Marketing

DECEMBER 10, 2019

How Did the Customer Journey Evolve in 2019? written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing. The customer journey is at the heart of all marketing efforts. I wrote last week about how the marketing hourglass and the marketing maturity model are the two frameworks to guide you through the creation of your entire marketing system. While the marketing maturity model helps you to establish and grow your own marketing assets, the marketing hourglass teaches you how to interact with customer

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YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 12, 2019

Health Insurance is now required by law for individuals. Larger companies are also legally obligated to carry health insurance for their employees. However, businesses with under 50 employees don’t have to offer health insurance. Many choose to anyway. 25% of small businesses offer health insurance, and another 22% plan to offer it in the next year.

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deal architect

DECEMBER 8, 2019

Let's face it the term "future of work" has been hijacked by technology vendors and "thought leaders" of every stripe - often peddling products and one-dimensional concepts which are spray painted to cover their distant past. So, it was refreshing.

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VC Cafe

DECEMBER 12, 2019

With its $135 billion market cap, Netflix has approximately 159 million subscribers globally and the best streaming tech. Today, content is king and Netflix has a big chunk of it (see our post on Entertainment as the new Oil ). But for the first time in 12 years, Netflix is also facing real competition. Disney+ successful debut with 10 million subscribers on day one showed the market that it’s possible to compete, if you have the content arsenal, and with the Disney catalog, Marvel, Star W

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Duct Tape Marketing

DECEMBER 10, 2019

Transcript of Paving the Path to a Purposeful Hustle written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing. Back to Podcast. Transcript. John Jantsch: When you work for a big brand, run your own small business, do freelance work, doesn’t matter, getting traffic to your website is always an issue. That’s why I love tools like Ahrefs. It’s an all in one SEO tool set that’ll help you solve that problem and they have a seven day trial for only $7.

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YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 9, 2019

A remote worker is any individual who can work at the comfort of their home, but they have to deliver the required results. A remote worker does not just wake up, run through the activities to cover throughout the day, relax somewhere and start watching their favourite movies or series. Remote working is a full-time job that requires concentration. Now, as a boss, it is your responsibility to ensure your virtual teams work effectively and are productive.

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The Startup Magazine

DECEMBER 9, 2019

If you want to establish a solid company culture, you want to focus on such a thing from the very beginning. But if you haven’t had an initial focus geared around establishing strong corporate culture, don’t worry. There are strategies out there which can help you alter existing practices to maximize your company vision and overall potential. There are a lot of things to consider as you go about ironing out such a strategy—are you going with any remote options ?

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