Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 25, 2013

'We all get a lot of email. And we send off scores of them, too. For important emails we hope for replies or action. If you do the math on the number of inbound emails you get multiplied by the time it would take to read them all and respond to those that expect a reply you would be astounded. It is simply unmanageable. Yet some simple techniques can help massively improve your ability to get people to take action on your important emails.

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YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 29, 2013

'The remote online freelance industry has grown by leaps and bounds worldwide thanks to the spread of technology around the world. You could be based in, for example, Manila, and yet accept work from clients located in the United States, using various online job matching platforms. Indeed, according to Elance.com the demand for and the supply of online talent have been surging across the world – and especially in Asia – signaling an increasing preference for more casual, freelance

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crowdSPRING Blog

AUGUST 29, 2013

'Every day on the crowdSPRING Twitter account and on my own Twitter account , I post links to posts or videos I enjoyed reading or viewing. These posts and videos are about logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! Here are some of the links that I’ve liked and shared this past week!

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Feld Thoughts

AUGUST 27, 2013

'Join the Application Developers Alliance at a Boulder Developer Patent Summit August 28 at 6 PM at FUSE Coworking. The event is a chance to share stories of demand letters and lawsuits from trolls, discuss legal strategies and litigation costs, and share ideas for software patent reform. DATE: August 28th | FREE | 6pm. LOCATION: The Riverside (FUSE Coworking) | 1724 Broadway | Boulder, CO 80302.

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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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David Cohen

AUGUST 29, 2013

'Recently, I wrote a post called “ Entrepreneurs Deserve Full Transparency ” for my WSJ series. Several entrepreneurs wrote me, but this story really stands out as a warning to do your diligence and demand full transparency. Not all accelerators are created equal. I’ve posted the following email by permission of the author, who shall remain anonymous as his request.

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YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 27, 2013

'By Emily Miller. If you own a brick and mortar store, you’re the one who decides what your business hours will be and then hangs the sign on the door. And if you run a mom-and-pop shop, you may even be there during most of those hours. As a store owner, you’d never open late or close early. The hours on your door serve as a guarantee to your customers, and if they can’t trust you to be open when they come to you, they’ll find another place to shop.

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Up and Running

AUGUST 30, 2013

'This article is part three of a five-part series on online lead generation. The information used in this series is the result of many conversations with a mentor of mine, Andrew Pawlak, who is an industry authority and CEO of leadPops, a cutting-edge landing page solution. Click here for part two. Building trust among visitors to your landing page is just one of the solutions to overcome the “going for the jugular” flaw that was previously discussed.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 29, 2013

'I have lived (England, France, Italy, Spain, Japan & the US) and worked (Ireland, Germany, India) around the world. I adore accents. I listen not only for the country but the region. I became engrossed with the origins of both accents and phrases. One of most fascinating & enjoyable books on the topic is Bill Bryson’s “ Made in America ,” which demystifies the origins of the English language and why Americans speak more traditional English than the English do.

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YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 25, 2013

'The world is seeing a new generation of ambitious women who are determined to find that delicate balance between having a fulfilling and rewarding career yet being able to spend enough time and attention on building their families. If you’re a woman who intends exactly that, Jennifer Forest, author of “ Work Women Want: Work at Home or Go Part-Time ” says unequivocally that you can, and in her book, outlines exactly how to do that.

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SiliconHills

AUGUST 27, 2013

'At the Pike Powers Lab this morning, Nest Labs, based in Palo Alto, announced it has selected SPOT BPO LLC. to help expand its technical support and customer service in Austin. SPOT BPO is locating in a 27,000 square foot building at 6800 Burleson Road in the Bergstrom Technology Center. The center will house about […] The post SPOT BPO to Add 140 Jobs at New Call Center appeared first on SiliconHills.

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deal architect

AUGUST 26, 2013

'I was reading this Wired quote about Dieter Rams'' philosophy about product design: "It doesn’t draw attention to itself; it merely allows users to accomplish their tasks with the maximal amount of efficiency and pleasure. At its best, it is.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 27, 2013

'Every startup founder feels the pressure of the thousands of things that need to get done, all seemingly at the same time. There is just not enough time! The real solution is better productivity and less procrastination, to put you back in control of your business. You need to spend time on important things, as well as the urgent. Many entrepreneurs waste too much time on low-priority administrative tasks, procrastinating on higher priority but tougher tasks, resulting in last minute crises, an

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YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 28, 2013

'Forget about the massive numbers of tweets following huge events such as London Olympics (which saw over 150 million tweets across 16 days ) – how does Twitter actually help to grow a business? We’ve noted previously in this survey that although some 59% of small businesses are on the social network, only 25% of those actually found it useful.

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SoCal CTO

AUGUST 29, 2013

'I was just down at Demo Day for the USC Incubator. They had some pretty high quality companies presenting. I just found out about a great award opportunity for people connected to USC (or who can figure out a connection in time). I also have a discount code below for the event. USC’s Marshall School of Business will host the second annual Silicon Beach Awards (SBAs), a $50,000 venture competition focused on innovation in technology & entertainment.

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deal architect

AUGUST 30, 2013

'InformationWeek has a sobering assessment of the state of mobile security - over 25% of those surveyed say at least 10% of the mobile devices at their entities have had a "security incident". But what''s scarier later in the article.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 24, 2013

'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 business best-seller “ Built to Last ,” by James C.

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YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 29, 2013

'Payment solutions provider NETS – founded as a national payment system by the Monetary Authority of Singapore and owned by Singapore’s largest banks, DBS Bank, OCBC Bank and United Overseas Bank (UOB) – has launched a location-based mobile application called NETS Savers that helps users discover special deals from its network of merchants across the island.

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Startup Lessons Learned

AUGUST 27, 2013

'Guest post by Lisa Regan, writer for The Lean Startup Conference. Last week, Eric sat down with developer Dan Milstein --one of the most popular speakers from the 2012 Lean Startup Conference --for a webcast conversation on getting engineers into the Lean Startup cycle. If you missed it, go ahead and watch it here. And if you have questions, post them in the comments here; Eric and Dan will be jumping in to answer.

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deal architect

AUGUST 29, 2013

'During my early summer visit to Software AG HQ campus in Darmstadt, Germany I opened the door to the balcony of the second storey room I was working in, and was impressed with the friendliness of the Blauregen (literally Blue.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 29, 2013

'You can’t win as an entrepreneur working alone. You need to have business relationships with team members, investors, customers, and a myriad of other support people. That doesn’t mean you have to be a social butterfly to succeed, or introverts need not apply. It does mean that you need to look, listen, and participate in the business world around you, and network through all available channels, like business-oriented social networks online (LinkedIn), local business organizations (Chamber of C

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YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 27, 2013

'So you’re put in the position of a leader at your workplace, but do you have the chops for it? But what skills should one have to be an effective leader? Here’s an interesting infographic from New England College Online Master of Science in Leadership that highlights five of the most important leadership traits. According to them, a leader needs skills that help him or her in: 1.

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Rembrandt Communications

AUGUST 27, 2013

'Get a head start on the busy months ahead Can you believe it’s almost September?! The summer is flying by, and soon, it will be the busy, sales season. Are you ready for it? If not, now is the time to prepare. Here are three things you can do right now to get the most […].

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deal architect

AUGUST 29, 2013

'My summer project developing a book for the CEO of Software AG gave me a glimpse at innovation at 30 of the largest brands in the world in 15 industries and 10 countries. Truly invigorating - and revealing in that.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 30, 2013

'Everyone recognizes a great entrepreneur when they work with one, but most entrepreneurs don’t know what to look for in themselves that will drive that perception by others. In my experience, there is no magic gene involved, just simple good habits executed consistently and convincingly until everyone around you in a startup wants to follow your example.

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YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 28, 2013

'By Keith Tully of Real Business Rescue. When your business is failing and bankruptcy seems imminent it can be easy to trick yourself into thinking there are no options left, especially if you have poor business credit and a multitude of financial obligations and debts to deal with. Unfortunately, the majority of small businesses fail within their first year of operation, and in at least a third of those cases the failure of the company could have been prevented if appropriate and timely acti

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Feld Thoughts

AUGUST 27, 2013

'I can’t make angel investments in tech companies anymore because of my Foundry Group fund agreements. So I’ve been making angel investments in food companies. Justin’s Nut Butter , Rick’s Picks , Blue Bottle Coffee , and Quinn Popcorn are some recent examples. I figure if things don’t work out at least I can eat some of the inventory.

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Lightspeed Venture Partners

AUGUST 30, 2013

'In our last post we noted that at least half of all Bitcoin transactions in June 2013 were for online gambling on the gambling site Satoshi Dice. We were interested to see what has happened since Satoshi Dice was acquired in early July. Thanks to some useful blockchain data analysis that The Genesis Block shared with us, we now have an answer. The Bitcoin blockchain is essentially a public ledger of all prior Bitcoin transactions.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 25, 2013

'In business and startups, a “sense of urgency” is a good thing. Yet many entrepreneurs confuse this with a “sense of emergency,” which insidiously saps the life from their business. Urgency comes from a greater purpose focused outward, to make good things happen, while handling emergencies is a reactionary inward approach to saving ourselves from the daily crisis.

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YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 26, 2013

'Remember the Tamagotchi craze of the 90s, where millions of children – and admit it, adults too – were hooked on these little egg-shaped virtual pet simulation devices that required the user to take various actions to keep their pets alive? If you do, well that was really a silly little toy, because it did virtually nothing aside from showing people a little peek into what it was like to be a responsible pet owner.

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Version One Ventures

AUGUST 28, 2013

'With approximately a dozen Seed and Series A investments, it has been a busy year since the initial launch of Version One Ventures. That means it’s time to get some help and I’m excited to announce the hiring of Version One’s first analyst, Angela Tran Kingyens. Angela will be joining the team as of September 1. She’ll be working in the Bay Area, but also has very close ties to Toronto.

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Feld Thoughts

AUGUST 30, 2013

'A few weeks ago I did an event with Built In Denver where I interviewed Tim Miller and Ryan Martens, the founders of Rally Software , on their journey from a startup to a public company (NYSE: RALY ). As part of the event – held at Mateo in Boulder – the gang from Built In Denver announced they were rebranding as Built In Colorado. The attendance at the event was roughly 50% Boulder entrepreneurs and 50% Denver entrepreneurs.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 26, 2013

'Every entrepreneur wants to know how they can improve their odds on the road to success, and why some entrepreneurs seem to be able to squeeze success out of even a marginal business case. Most experts agree that is has lot to do with your level of passion, determination, and innovation, modulated by a strong focus on reality, common sense, and street smarts.

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YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 27, 2013

'E-commerce works for many products – fashion items, books, even most groceries – but that’s because they don’t, well, melt. And definitely not the way ice cream does. But new artisanal ice cream brand, The Inspired Chef , is doing exactly that – delivering cold, cold ice cream right to your doorstep after you order it online.

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Mike Michalowicz

AUGUST 28, 2013

'Did you watch Scooby-Doo cartoons as a kid? Even if you only caught a few episodes, I bet you’ll nail this match up quiz. Match the letter to the number (the correct answers are at the bottom of the post): A. Scooby-Doo. B. Shaggy. C. Velma. D. Fred. E. Daphne. F. The Perpetrator. 1. Wore a neckerchief. 2. “…if it wasn’t for you meddling kids…” 3.

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Feld Thoughts

AUGUST 29, 2013

'I’m spending the new two days filming the content for a MOOC on raising venture capital. The content is based on my book with Jason titled Venture Deals: Be Smarter Than Your Lawyer and Venture Capitalist. After exploring a few different MOOCs for this, I think NovoED is the most interesting platform. I’ve been impressed with the quality of the courses that currently exist.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 28, 2013

'A term I’m hearing more and more these days is “social entrepreneur.” In the simplest of terms, these are people who seek to generate “social value”, rather than profits, and use traditional business principles to create and manage a venture to make social change. On the surface, this sounds like entrepreneurs who want to build a non-profit organization.

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