YoungUpstarts
MAY 11, 2016
By Bill Glenn, Vice President of Marketing at Rightside. To say that interest in and use of new domain extensions has exploded recently is an understatement, with approximately 12 million already in existence. Instead of being limited to domain names such as.COM,ORG,EDU , etc., businesses can select from literally millions of other options, with extensions such as.
View from Seed
MAY 11, 2016
Investors love the idea of backing second-time founders, especially if they have had success in their last company. The reasons are fairly obvious: It’s easy to reference them and understand their track record; they’ve made a ton of mistakes already that they have hopefully learned from and are unlikely to make again; they are probably more adept at raising and managing capital, which reduces financing risk down the road, etc. etc… In addition, first-time founders I speak to often talk abo
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Startup Professionals Musings
MAY 8, 2016
Most technical entrepreneurs I know demand the discipline of a product specification or plan, and then assume that their great product will drive a great business. Serious investors, on the other hand, look for a professional business plan or summary first, and hardly ever look at the product plan. Is it any wonder why so few entrepreneurs ever find the professional investors they seek?
Feld Thoughts
MAY 8, 2016
If you are a looking for an awesome sci-fi book to read, download Cumulus by Eliot Peper right now. And, if you want some independent confirmation from others not named me, this just happened. Eliot nails a dystopian future set in Oakland that incorporates the evolution of all the tech we are currently using. The early reviews are outstanding – including ArsTechnica’s Cumulus is your new favorite surveillance-fueled dystopian novel and Tech.co’s Startup Thriller Book ‘Cumul
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
YoungUpstarts
MAY 9, 2016
The cloud is quickly becoming the go-to location for small business operations. If you’re just getting started in business, you have a lot of essential systems to manage: customer service, accounting, information storage, communications systems, and more. Fortunately, you can find solutions for managing all these in the cloud. Using the cloud offers many benefits, from cost-effectiveness to enhanced functionality.
OnlyOnce
MAY 12, 2016
Book Short: Scrum ptious . I just finished reading Scrum: The Art of Doing Twice the Work in Half the Time , by Jeff Sutherland and JJ Sutherland. This reading was in anticipation of an Agile Facilitation training my executive team and I are going through next week, as part of Return Path’s Agile Everywhere initiative. But it’s a book I should’ve read along time ago, and a book that I enjoyed.
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Start Up Blog
MAY 8, 2016
If you work for a big company, there’s a good chance your IT department is rapidly moving from a Waterfall Methodology to Agile for software development. While the movement is not new, it certainly is gaining traction with large corporates. But here’s how it could become a lot more effective: Replace the word ‘software’ with ‘project’ I truly believe the Agile method can be applied to most projects, and not just those involving code.
YoungUpstarts
MAY 12, 2016
If you are an aspiring entrepreneur, launching your startup will be everything you have ever dreamed of. You may look to Silicon Valley for inspiration, where hyped tech startups have investors vying to get their money in the stocks. If the startup you hope to launch is not a tech one, you may experience the opposite, where investors run away from your company.
ConversionXL
MAY 12, 2016
Why do the work when it’s already been done for? That’s the question business owners and marketers are asking before they hit “Purchase” on a $30 website template. Thousands, if not millions, of people turn to website templates to make the design process more efficient. But there’s something almost no one is talking about… Website templates are not optimized for conversions.
Up and Running
MAY 11, 2016
When it comes to starting a business, there’s no shortage of information on how to do it; from writing a business plan to applying for an SBA-guaranteed loan, just about everything has been covered. But, when it comes to finding a consolidated guide on how to start a scalable, high-growth business, you’re going to have to look a whole lot harder. That is, until now.
crowdSPRING Blog
MAY 11, 2016
As entrepreneurs and business owners, we make many important decisions: we set our company’s culture and strategy, we create our own professional networks, we decide how we want to spend our time and how to prioritize the things we do. One of the most important decisions we make daily is whether to help someone else. Personally, I know that even though my focus is mostly dedicated to myself and the projects I lead or am involved in, there is a part of me that can’t resist helping another person.
Transformify
MAY 8, 2016
Have you experienced that sweet, intense anxiety just before turning up the first day at a new job? The expectations, fears and big plans? You have searched for this job, engaged your network to refer you to the right people, have been through the nightmare called ‘’job interview’’ and now you have it. Your dream job is yours!
Both Sides of the Table
MAY 13, 2016
In case you missed it, the press yesterday ran several stories questioning the viability of a wireless charging company I invested in… Continue reading on Both Sides of the Table »
deal architect
MAY 9, 2016
On Mother’s Day, I was reflecting how proud we are to have raised two “digital natives”. From the day they were born, their timeline is digitized and stored on Google Drive and Facebook. My daughter had flown to over 20.
YoungUpstarts
MAY 11, 2016
by Dr. Henry Cloud, author of “ The Power of the Other “ Every entrepreneur and business leader worries about the strategy and business plan. They know it has to be sound. And they worry about having the right people around them in order to succeed. But how do you decide who is right? In my leadership consulting with CEO’s and other business leaders, the great ones look past just talents, brains and experience and are very, very careful about the dynamics of the relationship with tho
Startup Professionals Musings
MAY 13, 2016
One of the biggest myths I have found in the entrepreneur community is that every startup needs one or more outside investors for credibility and success, and perhaps is even entitled to at least one. They don’t realize that according to statistics from Startup.co , almost 60 percent are funded with personal savings and credit, and another 25 percent get their money from friends and family.
Both Sides of the Table
MAY 8, 2016
I met Andrew Stalbow and Petri Järvilehto from Seriously several years ago after they had just left Angry Birds where they were responsible for international business development / licensing and the game studio, respectively. They had a new company in mind and they posed a question to me “If Walt Disney were to try and build a movie studio from scratch today — how would he do it?
deal architect
MAY 10, 2016
At a couple of cities during the Rimini executive briefing tour I have been asked what SAP customers can expect to hear in Orlando next week. I have honestly answered - my speculation last year was totally off. After CEO.
YoungUpstarts
MAY 12, 2016
by Kunal Desai is the founder and CEO of Bulls on Wall Street. A common mantra you hear from entrepreneurs is to keep business & friends separate. You hear messages like this repeated often: ‘friends and business don’t mix’, ‘money can ruin friendship’, ‘it’s not personal, it’s business.’ But, business is personal – it’s comprised of people! People always look at the disadvantages, but there are amazing advantages to working with your friends.
Startup Professionals Musings
MAY 9, 2016
Good entrepreneurs are all about managing change, but too many forget that they have to change themselves as their dream evolves from a startup to a scalable business. Most begin by doing the product development, marketing and sales alone, but struggle making the transition to hiring and coaching others, defining repeatable processes and focusing on future strategy.
Steve Blank
MAY 12, 2016
We just held our sixth week of the Hacking for Defense class. Now with over 660 interviews of beneficiaries (users, program managers, stakeholders, etc.) the teams are getting deep into problem understanding and their minimal viable products are getting sophisticated enough to generate detailed customer feedback; we gave them advice on how to “stand and deliver” in class; and our advanced lecture explained how to find and measure mission achievement.
YFS Magazine
MAY 7, 2016
What is it really like to be a female business owner who is actively balancing the role of mom and the role of entrepreneur?
YoungUpstarts
MAY 11, 2016
If you’ve recently launched a new business, the sooner people know about it, the better. It’s essential to generate interest in the startup and get people talking as quickly as possible. Here are some simple tips to get your business out there and create a buzz: Get online. The vast majority of us spend time online each and every day. The Internet is increasingly important.
Startup Professionals Musings
MAY 7, 2016
Most business managers preach that the key to success is holding employees accountable for actions, but I have found that successful entrepreneurs are all about holding themselves accountable. They skip the blame and complain game, and make things happen despite major obstacles. As a startup investor, I view any evidence of a victim mentality as the kiss of death.
Steve Blank
MAY 12, 2016
We just held our sixth week of the Hacking for Defense class. Now with over 660 interviews of beneficiaries (users, program managers, stakeholders, etc.) the teams are getting deep into problem understanding and their minimal viable products are getting sophisticated enough to generate detailed customer feedback; we gave them advice on how to “stand and deliver” in class; and our advanced lecture explained how to find and measure mission achievement.
Version One Ventures
MAY 12, 2016
Six months ago, we published A Guide to Marketplaces. Marketplace companies comprise an important part of our portfolio and investment thesis and we recognized the shortage of content out there specifically geared toward marketplace startups. We compiled a lot of the insights we learned from working with great marketplace companies and wrote a handbook.
YoungUpstarts
MAY 12, 2016
By Nick Goode, VP of Cloud Product Management at Sage One. Most of us have first-hand experience with just how ridiculous stereotypes can be. I, for example, proudly break the stereotype of the reserved British person by being blunt and speaking my mind; seldom will you find me acquiescing about things I’m passionate about for the sake of English decorum.
Startup Professionals Musings
MAY 11, 2016
The pervasive ability and need to communicate constantly and globally through the Internet and smartphones is incenting everyone to get more out of their own assets and time, and capitalize on the idle resources of others. This new sharing economy is rapidly becoming the new business of sharing, with major winners already including Airbnb (rooms), Uber (rides), and Chegg (books).
YFS Magazine
MAY 10, 2016
There is an old Thai Proverb that encourages us, "To be as diligent as an ant." Diligence is an old leadership word that is not talked about much anymore. However, every great leader learns the secret of being diligent.
The Next Web
MAY 8, 2016
Just last month, Nathan Latka took a risk: A public, five million dollar, business-defining risk. At 26, Nathan is already a bonafide startup icon. Host of the number-one rated business podcast The Top Entrepreneurs in Money, Marketing, Business and Life, Nathan’s entrepreneurial journey began at the age of 19 when he founded Heyo, a Facebook contest and lead-generation app.
YoungUpstarts
MAY 11, 2016
Having a shared office space can be either a very good thing, or a very bad thing as far as your work and productivity are concerned. Some people love working in a collaborative environment where they can easily stand up and speak to people in their vicinity, while other people absolutely hate the sometimes-invasion of privacy that comes with working in a coworking space.
The Equity Kicker
MAY 9, 2016
I just read Nicolas Colin’s Brief History of the World (of Venture Capital). It’s a great romp through the history of entrepreneurial ventures and how they were financed – starting with loan deals brokered in coffee shops and ending with the PC boom which established venture capital as an asset class in 1970s and 1980s. The bit I liked the most described the role of Stanford in getting Silicon Valley going in the late 1950s.
YFS Magazine
MAY 7, 2016
I wish I could say pursuing my passion was all butterflies, rainbows, and puppies — it wasn’t. I didn’t have other doors opening left and right… I had to pound on them.
The Next Web
MAY 13, 2016
Startups move fast, and aren’t always thinking about data security as they rush to get a MVP to market. But they should. Data security is increasingly important. As a new business, a mistake in this area can shut down the company. To help combat the common mistakes, I asked 10 entrepreneurs from YEC the following question: What’s the biggest mistake you see tech startups making in terms of data security right now and why?
YoungUpstarts
MAY 10, 2016
There is no question that you will run across millions of ads touting how you can earn millions by day trading. However, the truth is that both long term investors and day traders make and lose money. The main difference in which option is right for you lies in your personal temperament and time. Finding professionals that are experts in emerging market mutual funds and other forms of investing is vital when trying to achieve success in this industry.
Both Sides of the Table
MAY 7, 2016
You Need to Find Your Mojo A Chip On Your Shoulder A few years ago I wrote a blog post on entrepreneurs with a chip on their shoulders. I think it’s an important read. A chip on one’s shoulder as in, “F**k the system, it’s broken and I want to fix it” is exactly the energy I look for in entrepreneurs. My internal compass says that “country-club” entrepreneurs struggle to make as big of an impact because it’s really hard to totally change a system that you’re part of and have a vested interest in
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