YoungUpstarts
MAY 17, 2017
“You need three things to create a successful startup: to start with good people, to make something customers actually want, and to spend as little money as possible.” – Paul Graham. Have you ever considered working for yourself; ergo, opening your own startup? There is little doubt that, for a lot of people, self-employment, albeit riskier than full-time employment, is preferable than working for a boss.
Startup Professionals Musings
MAY 15, 2017
Building a business is not rocket science, so there is no magic success formula. Some people think you need to get an MBA to get it right, while others are convinced that those who drop out of school early (Bill Gates, Mark Zuckerberg) have the advantage. In my experience working with startups, the best approach these days is to find and use a good mentor (been there, done that).
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Up and Running
MAY 16, 2017
Your funding has been approved with the bank or granted via investors—congratulations! Now, the really fun part can begin: the spending. You may have a sudden, overwhelming desire to spend to your heart’s content, but it is important to act responsibly and follow the spending plan laid out in your business plan if your business is to survive its critical early years.
The Startup Magazine
MAY 15, 2017
The construction and building industries play a huge part in the ongoing expansion of our modern cities. It is for this reason that these industries themselves often being the slowest to adapt to change and embrace technology is so ironic. Incremental Industry. The construction and building industries are heavily reliant on a contracted workforce; that is, there are a great number of individually contracted ‘employees’ who are invoiced and paid separately, rather than through a centralised syste
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 19, 2017
by Norman McBrien, co-founder and Head of Operations of GoConqr. The efficient management of a business requires a lot of sacrifice and perseverance, since to be a good leader you must get actively involved in the project you manage and have a close working relationship with your workforce. The small details in the day to day are the ones that make the difference between a great boss and a mediocre one, so it’s advisable to be surrounded by the best resources and to absorb all the advice you can
David Teten
MAY 16, 2017
Historically, the process of winning capital from limited partners has been opaque. However, in the last few years a few have started to use social media and become more transparent. I particularly like OpenLP.com, SuperLP.com, and the Origins podcast. A few years ago, I presented at an Invesco conference on Emerging GPs, and one of the highlights was a presentation by Laurie Weir summarizing CALPERS’ selection criteria under their Private Equity Emerging Manager Program Review.
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deal architect
MAY 14, 2017
I leave every visit with Plex invigorated. Last week their user conference, PowerPlex in Atlanta was no different. Each time they showcase a growing number of customers – the majority are mid-sized US manufacturers. Plex now supports 566 customers, with.
YoungUpstarts
MAY 18, 2017
by Michael L. Sheffield, MLM consultant expert . They say imitation is the highest form of flattery. Well, that may be true but it can get you into a heap of legal trouble if it is plagiarism. And it is downright dishonest. However, when it comes to MLM product development, marketing ideas and compensation plan strategy, being a creative copycat could be a legal and ethical shortcut to achieving your business goals for your new MLM, party plan or direct selling company.
thebarefootvc
MAY 13, 2017
A couple of weeks ago I spoke at a conference entitled “Business of Blockchains” that the MIT Technology Review and MIT Media Lab organized in Cambridge. One of the reasons I started investing in the blockchain space 4 years ago was the rush I got learning about the tech at my first bitcoin conference – akin to the chills I got when I first logged into the Internet in 1994, when I was deeply passionate about more equal access to education.
Duct Tape Marketing
MAY 15, 2017
Transcript of Should Chatbots Be a Part of Your Marketing Strategy? written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing. Transcript provided by Verbatim Transcription Services. Back to Podcast. Transcript. John: The bots are coming and they will take no prisoners. Today we’re going to talk about chat bots with Ben Beck on this episode of the Duct Tape Marketing podcast.
A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks
MAY 16, 2017
Not sure? Yes you are. You’re just scared. Which is understandable. But you’re sure. Is employee #2 not working out, or does she maybe just need more time? If you have to ask, you know the answer, you just don’t want to do the difficult thing. But doing the difficult things — not the easy things — is what will define your organization and could be the difference between success and failure, because that person is taking a seat, and every seat has to be filled by a powerhouse.
YoungUpstarts
MAY 17, 2017
by Michael S. Melfi, author of “ The Simple Secrets of Being an Entrepreneur “. As an entrepreneur there will always be obstacles to overcome, challenges to face and problems to solve. Becoming a pragmatic problem solver is one of the most valuable skill sets an entrepreneur can acquire. Every day is another adventure, and sometimes on those adventures, your job is to put out fires.
deal architect
MAY 14, 2017
Many a company has tried to cajole and bribe Workday to develop “books of record” in the cloud for their industries, and I must admit I have been guilty of encouraging them to consider such requests before the market opportunity.
Startup Professionals Musings
MAY 14, 2017
Your marketing launch is the most important element of startup success these days, to get customer attention in this world of information overload. Yet it is the one element that too many entrepreneurs focus on only as an afterthought. Everyone assumes their product or service is so great that “word-of-mouth” will carry the day for them. Even great products need great marketing “content” to fuel the ascent of their online message.
Rembrandt Communications
MAY 18, 2017
Does your online reputation need help? Is it time to build positive press? When you conduct a Google search for your company name, products and services, what do you find? Are you happy with the positive press or surprised at the results? If you see complaints, bad reviews, faulty data, and more dominating the search […]. The post The Top 5 Ways to Build Positive Press for Your Business Fast appeared first on Boost sales fast with content marketing strategy and PR here.
YoungUpstarts
MAY 18, 2017
by David Weingard, CEO of Fit4D. The advent of the virtual workforce is not unlike the introduction of the television remote control introduced in the 1950s. Both allow for more freedom of movement and control over personal programming. With technological advances and globalization on the rise, virtual companies, also known as “remote companies” or “distributed teams,” are becoming more mainstream.
The Next Web
MAY 16, 2017
Growth Story is a new 4-question format we’re doing about startups finding and influencing a defining metric that helped to really grow their company. We had an inspiring chat with Alex Klein, CEO and founder of Kano, a company that builds computer and coding kits for kids of all ages. Kano’s winning metric? Hiring interdisciplinary coders who could help keep kids really engaged on their self-made computers.
Startup Professionals Musings
MAY 17, 2017
It’s time for more entrepreneurs to reset their focus, and shift their thinking to completely different ways of doing things. Everyone talks about innovation, but the majority of business plans I see still reflect linear thinking – one more social network with improved usability, one more wind-farm energy generator with a few more blades, or one more dating site with a new dimension of compatibility.
Gust
MAY 16, 2017
Today we’re proud to release an updated Co-founder Equity Split tool. We released the first version back in November to help startup founders divide the ownership of their startup fairly and rationally among their team. Since then, we’ve been collecting feedback from founders about how it could better help them with their decision. With this release, the tool gives founders.
YoungUpstarts
MAY 16, 2017
by Kevin Faber, founder of Silver Summit Capital. True success is based on far more than just growth or the bottom line. Many companies soar for a season only to go down in flames, and many a successful, wealthy executive has ended their lives broke and alone. Business success is only one part of life success. To experience true 360 degree life success, here are 5 mantras every CEO should live by. 1.
The Next Web
MAY 16, 2017
Congratulations. After the long, arduous, ideating-to-prototyping slog, from building and testing to scrapping your way to meet funding goals to creating some sort of momentum and hype through PR, your product has finally been released to the masses. But hold on, young jedi. While the perfect world scenario would have you breathing a sigh of relief, relaxing and enjoying the spoils of victory, a product launch is hardly ever the end – especially in terms of sustaining brand awareness and relevan
Startup Professionals Musings
MAY 13, 2017
As a new business advisor and technologist, I often think about the large array of opportunities for entrepreneurs as technology seems to be evolving faster and faster. Yet I still too often hear the question, “Can you give me a really sure-fire idea for starting my own business?” My standard answer is that ideas are a dime a dozen, and success is all about smart execution, not ideas.
YFS Magazine
MAY 16, 2017
An article published by The Atlantic, Why Women Still Can’t Have It All, has always fueled me. I wanted nothing more than to prove that writer wrong.
YoungUpstarts
MAY 16, 2017
Managing a commercial property can be a challenge. One of the biggest dilemmas that you will face, however, is trying to decide which carpeting is best for your building. Floors in commercial buildings are subjected to a tremendous amount of wear and tear on a daily basis. Most buildings get a lot of foot traffic. Because of that, you need to look for sturdy carpeting that can withstand whatever comes its way.
The Next Web
MAY 19, 2017
Growth Story is a new 4-question format we’re doing about startups finding and influencing a defining metric that helped to really grow their company. This week, the CEO and co-founder of MisterFly, Nicolas Brumelot, shares some valuable insights into taking over an established market as travel bookings. MisterFly is a young French travel startup, founded in 2015, that makes booking flights and/or hotels so easy it’s rapidly taking over the market.
Berkonomics
MAY 18, 2017
If you have been following the last several weeks of these postings, then now we’re getting organized. There are many ways to express the road map for your enterprise. One of the most popular was used by the U.S. Army late in World War II, and adopted by many high profile businesses such as Texas Instruments after the War. The structure combined the listing of the goal with a series of strategies and then tactics, each designed to support each other, each measurable and made public throughout
YFS Magazine
MAY 19, 2017
Are you ready to grow your brand on Instagram? After testing many techniques, we built our Instagram following with these 10 laser-focused strategies.
YoungUpstarts
MAY 19, 2017
As a business owner, you’re always keeping a wary eye on your expenses. Each dollar you spend takes away from your profit, so it’s important to spend wisely. However, one of the hardest lessons to learn as an entrepreneur is that there’s a huge difference between cutting costs and cutting corners. In today’s “outsourced” economy, finding cheap work is as easy as 1-2-3.
Feld Thoughts
MAY 16, 2017
There’s a tenuous balance between telling someone what to do and giving advice. It’s especially difficult as a mentor, especially if you’ve previously been a CEO and are used to being “ the decider.” As a mentor, you aren’t the decider. The CEO you are mentoring is the decider. This dynamic is also true for many board / CEO relationships, where the board wants the CEO to make the ultimate decision.
Mike Michalowicz
MAY 17, 2017
Bad clients are bad for business. They can take an inordinate amount of time to service. They can complain about the irrelevant. They may not pay their bills, or at least drag out the payments forever. They can be a huge emotional drain. Or, more often than we care to know, they can be all of the above. One course of action is to fire the bad client.
YFS Magazine
MAY 18, 2017
The greatest barrier to our own success, is feeling like we are not good enough. But the world's biggest failure has the most lessons to share.
YoungUpstarts
MAY 19, 2017
One of the biggest – and most common – mistakes that Larry Weltman sees realtors making when they get into the real estate business is thinking it’s an easy way to score big commissions. The fact is, when realtors or entrepreneurs enter the real estate market with this frame of mind, it makes it that much more difficult for them to succeed over the long term.
Feld Thoughts
MAY 19, 2017
In March, YPO and Techstars launched a partnership to support high-growth entrepreneurship and innovation. As a kickoff to that, Techstars co-sponsored YPO Innovation Week. I did a one hour interview with Kate Rogers from CNBC last Friday. It was a fun interview for me and I felt like we covered a lot of good stuff. Steve Case kicked off YPO Innovation Week with an interview, also with Kate Rogers.
Austin Startup
MAY 19, 2017
The Forrest Four-Cast: May 19, 2017 With the regular session of the 85th session of Texas Legislature just over a week away from ending, its appalling that various Bathroom Bills are still on the agenda. Equally appalling is that measures that would sanction state-sponsored discrimination are even up for discussion in 2017. Discrimination of any kind is absolutely wrong and absolutely unacceptable.
YFS Magazine
MAY 16, 2017
An article published in 2012 entitled, Why Women Still Can’t Have It All, has always fueled me. I wanted nothing more than to prove that writer wrong.
YoungUpstarts
MAY 18, 2017
by Bob McIntyre, director of service operations for Insperity. Although there are several business leadership styles, they typically fall into two basic categories: Leaders and bosses. Leaders generate a vision and roadmap for their employees that support the company’s goals, while bosses generally consider themselves supervisors or people managers.
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