Steve Blank
JANUARY 21, 2015
'Just before the holidays I had coffee with Anne, an ex MBA student running a fairly large product group at a search engine company, now out trying to raise money for her own startup. She had an interesting insight: existing content/media companies were having the same problem as hardware companies that rarely made the leap to new platforms. And she had a model for a new media company for mobile and wearables.
Startup Professionals Musings
JANUARY 17, 2015
'For the elite startups and entrepreneurs who manage to attract the investor they dream of, and survive the term sheet negotiation, there is still one more hurdle before the money is in the bank. This is the mysterious and dreaded due diligence process, which can kill the whole deal. In reality, it is nothing more than a final integrity check on all aspects of the business and the team.
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YoungUpstarts
JANUARY 18, 2015
'by Edward D. Hess, author of “ Learn or Die: Using Science to Build a Leading-Edge Learning Organization “. Go to school, study, get good grades. Traditionally, this strategy has prepared children to become successful adults. But thanks to rapidly advancing technology, an increasingly connected world, and the evolving global marketplace, students will need to develop a lot more than “just” book smarts to compete for tomorrow’s jobs.
Feld Thoughts
JANUARY 22, 2015
'There has been a lot of recent noise in Boulder about growth, challenges, and the impact of the tech community on the city. I stirred the pot a little more with my post The Endless Struggle That Boulder Has With Itself. It generated some private emails, including non-constructive troll-like ones such as “Get the f**k out of town, you and people like you are ruining everything” at one end of the extreme to “It’s so frustrating that the all growth is bad crowd is framing
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
OnlyOnce
JANUARY 20, 2015
'ReturnShip Program. Today is a very exciting day for Return Path as we launch a new program we have been cooking for more than a year called the ReturnShip program. (Sometimes the name of our company comes in handy.). Return Path has always had a significant commitment to building a strong and diverse organization as well as supporting and encouraging women to pursue careers in technical environments.
Startup Professionals Musings
JANUARY 19, 2015
'The average length of a funding pitch to Angel investors is ten minutes. Even if you have booked an hour with a VC, you should plan to talk only for the first fifteen minutes. The biggest complaint I hear from investors is that startup founders often talk way too long, and neglect to cover the most relevant points. Or they get sidetracked by a technical glitch due to poor preparation.
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Duct Tape Marketing
JANUARY 23, 2015
'6 Key Tactics Agencies Use to Help Local Businesses Rank Higher in Google written by Guest Post read more at Small Business Marketing Blog from Duct Tape Marketing. It’s guest post day here at Duct Tape Marketing, and today’s guest post is from Dan Olson – Enjoy! photos credit: Business strategy with seo concept © Ximagination | Dreamstime.com. Small businesses today, more than ever, rely on agencies to help with organic search and local results to drive business in their local markets.
Both Sides of the Table
JANUARY 19, 2015
'Any reader of this blog for a period of time will know that I’ve been long YouTube for years. Along with Greycroft, I was the first institutional investor in Maker Studios (sold to Disney for nearly $1 billion) and am still the largest investor in Mitu Network , the largest online video producer of Latino content. We have made 5 online video investments in total – some we will talk about later this year.
View from Seed
JANUARY 20, 2015
'The startup ecosystem is often full of hyperbole, which is perfectly understandable when you think about it. A population of founders, employees, investors, advisors, and others all aligned in trying to build large disruptive businesses is naturally prone to lofty, even over-the-top language. But the reality of tech entrepreneurship is that not everyone is “killing it,” and certainly not all of the time.
Guy Nirpaz
JANUARY 18, 2015
'The idea behind the first Customer Success Summit came as a result of many conversation with new customers who’ve asked us to connect with their peer group. As Customer Success is relatively new and there is not a lot of known best practices, customer success practitioners wanted to exchange notes with one another. The first Customer Success Summit took place on March 2013 at the financial district in San Francisco.
Agile VC
JANUARY 21, 2015
'Note: This post also published at NextView’s blog for seed stage companies The View From Seed. The startup ecosystem is often full of hyperbole, which is perfectly understandable when you think about it. A population of founders, employees, investors, advisors, and others all aligned in trying to build large disruptive businesses is naturally prone to lofty, even over-the-top language.
Startup Professionals Musings
JANUARY 18, 2015
'Successful entrepreneurs often start with a “random” idea, but they quickly focus their efforts and follow a “system” to organize their startup and maximize the clout of their activities. Too many entrepreneur “wannabes” never get past the idea stage, or strike out randomly in many directions, hoping that their passion will convince people to follow them and make their business grow.
YoungUpstarts
JANUARY 21, 2015
'Despite its popularity, there are many individuals who still are not aware of the digital printing methods available and their advantages over other methods of printing. Those who are reliant on older printers really are missing out, as there are a wealth of benefits that can be taken advantage of by using digital printing. What is digital printing?
Feld Thoughts
JANUARY 20, 2015
'“We have product/market fit.” “We are searching for product/market fit.” “We are raising this financing to find product/market fit.” “Our customer traction demonstrates product/market fit.” Product/market fit. It’s a wonderful phrase, thanks to Marc Andreessen, Sean Ellis, Steve Blank, and Eric Ries.
Agile VC
JANUARY 21, 2015
Note: This post also published at NextView’s blog for seed stage companies The View From Seed. The startup ecosystem is often full of hyperbole, which is perfectly understandable when you think about it. A population of founders, employees, investors, advisors, and others all aligned in trying to build large disruptive businesses is naturally prone to lofty, even over-the-top language.
Startup Professionals Musings
JANUARY 23, 2015
'The power and influence of paid media advertising, including print ads, TV commercials, radio, and even online digital campaigns is waning, in favor of unpaid earned and owned messaging from your website, social media, key market influencers, and existing customer word-of-mouth. But startups need to remember that even zero paid media doesn’t mean that marketing is free.
YoungUpstarts
JANUARY 19, 2015
'by Tommy Bjorn, founder of Secondonlineincome.com. Starting up and running your own business from home can be difficult – but it can also be rewarding, exciting and most of all, successful! There are pitfalls, traps and common mistakes that every startup should avoid in order to have the best chance at success. If you’re looking for tips on how to start a successful online business, whether it will be a full-time or part time online business, you’ll need to beware of some of the common mistakes
Rembrandt Communications
JANUARY 22, 2015
'It’s still the ruling king when it comes to business success! Make sure your site is optimized for the search engines with the right keywords! Add appropriate SEO words to your social-media campaign! Create current blogs, newsletters and videos! You see these messages through various mediums all day at work. And while you may be […]. The post Copy, Shmopy… Why do you need all this content?
Feld Thoughts
JANUARY 19, 2015
'As an almost daily writer, I occasionally feel that something I’ve written or said has long term impact and meaning. Today is not one of those days. Instead, I give you Dr. Martin Luther King’s speech on August 28, 1963 which we now refer to as his “I Have A Dream” speech. For the original speech, take a look in that US Archives copy or at the text of the speech on the BBC website.
The Equity Kicker
JANUARY 21, 2015
'Jason Calacanis just published a good post on the changing definitions of Seed, Series A, and Series B investment. I’m going to quote his definitions in full: 2004 definition. — Pre-funding: You talk about your idea & write a business plan. — Seed Round: You build a prototype of your product. — A Round: The funding necessary to launch your product. — B Round: The funding necessary to get product traction. — C Round: The funding necessary to scale your product. 2014 definition. — Pre-f
YoungUpstarts
JANUARY 22, 2015
'By Joe Pergola, President, AccuPOS Point of Sale. If you’re like most retailers, you don’t really consider yourself a technology expert. You may know a lot about this season’s most popular video games, the latest in trendy footwear options, or even last decade’s wines, but when it comes to choosing a point of sale (POS) system, you’d rather wait until tomorrow.
Up and Running
JANUARY 22, 2015
'Over a year ago, I first heard the rumor that a cat cafe had opened in London. To me, it seemed a whimsical, storybook sort of place, where one could get a cup of tea and pet a cat at the same time. Charming, I thought, but a bit unbelievable—did such an establishment really exist? After a bit more research, I learned that these cafes were quite real, and first gained popularity in Japan, where tiny apartment dwelling often makes it impossible to keep pets.
The Next Web
JANUARY 17, 2015
'Conrad Egusa is the CEO of Publicize. He is happy to connect on LinkedIn here. Last month, Business Insider came out with a big headline: “Mark Cuban explains why startups should never hire a PR firm.” In the article, the dotcom billionaire and Dallas Mavericks owner contends that third-party PR services are prohibitively expensive for entrepreneurs, and that “the money you can save” figuring out how to “do it yourself” could mean “the difference between living or dying as a company.
Feld Thoughts
JANUARY 22, 2015
'Lucy Sanders, the founder/CEO of the National Center for Women & Information Technology is a remarkable person. I’ve worked with Lucy since 2005 and she’s done more advancing the cause of engaging women in IT, computer science, and entrepreneurship than anyone I know. As a bonus, she – and NCWIT – are based in Boulder. I like to refer to them as a gem of CU Boulder that is hidden in plain site.
YoungUpstarts
JANUARY 20, 2015
'Bosses and managers, repeat after me – employee engagement can impact a company’s bottom line. That is, effective and employee engagement can lead to a healthier bottom line – but employee engagement does not automatically mean employee happiness or satisfaction, as Douglas Brown, president of Canadian human resources consultancy Engaged2Perform found out.
The Equity Kicker
JANUARY 22, 2015
'I just saw this chart in a Morgan Stanley investor note with the subtitle eCommerce Hits it’s Stride. Firstly it’s good to see that top investment banks continue to see a lot of growth ahead in eCommerce, but more exciting is the notion that an inflection point is coming towards the end of this decade. If that’s true then growth for ecommerce businesses will peak around 2020.
Up and Running
JANUARY 19, 2015
'A happy team leads to a good product, so keeping your employees positive should make the top of your to-do list. Below, 15 founders from Young Entrepreneur Council share the surprising perks your employees might really care about. 1. Lunch. I never realized how much our employees loved and appreciated lunch until we skipped it for a week. It was a disaster!
This is going to be BIG.
JANUARY 22, 2015
'I''m incredibly excited to announce Brooklyn Bridge Ventures'' investment in Plum Print. Plum Print turns your kid''s artwork into buyable merchandise like coffee table books, and soon note cards, framed prints, and calendars. While other apps store art for future printing, Plum Print is different because it doesn''t require large amounts of time for you to do it yourself.
YoungUpstarts
JANUARY 20, 2015
'By Marsha Friedman, CEO of EMSI Public Relations and author of “ Celebritize Yourself ”. I talk to a lot of business owners and authors who don’t “get” social media. A year or two ago when I’d speak with them, most were quick to say they didn’t understand it and didn’t need to. Today what I hear is: “I know I’m supposed to be doing that, so I have a Facebook account.
The Equity Kicker
JANUARY 19, 2015
'I just came across a post that Hunter Walk wrote last May titled Five Mistakes New VCs Make. Number three is a peach, and isn’t just restricted to new investors: 3. Imagining You Can “Fix” a Team/Product/Market. New VCs, especially those with an operating background, can see a company for what they want it to be rather than what it is. They use their own brain to fill in the blanks on an opportunity versus really understanding how the founders think.
SiliconHills
JANUARY 21, 2015
'By LAURA LOREK Reporter with Silicon Hills News When Gretchen Deveaux needed to find a driver’s program for her 17-year-old son, she signed up for Aceable. “I needed something that was flexible,” she said. “My son is a football player and he is always at practice. I couldn’t take him back and forth to a […] The post Driver Ed and Defensive Driving go Mobile with Aceable’s Phone App appeared first on SiliconHills.
David Teten
JANUARY 18, 2015
'We’re now gearing up for the 2015 version of ffMASSIVE , ffVC’s annual conference as part of SXSW. If you’d like to participate as a sponsor or in some other capacity, definitely please contact my colleague Katie Frankel, katie(at)ffvc.com ! . Last year at ffMASSIVE, we held an on-stage pushup contest and Indiegogo fundraiser. All proceeds went to Virtual Enterprises International.
YoungUpstarts
JANUARY 20, 2015
'The reality is that the cost of printing documents, financially, materialistically and environmentally, is out of control. In most businesses, chief executives will tell you that they have either dealt with this problem, or that they are currently engaged in some effort to stop the problem from existing. Indeed, the honest belief is that costs are being cut and that offices are moving towards being paperless.
The Equity Kicker
JANUARY 20, 2015
'I was scheduled to give the embedded presentation in one minutes time to the London School of Economics SU Alternative Invesments Conference but they are running late, which gives me a chance to put it online. You saw it here first. This will be the second time in a week that I’ve presented to an audience of students. It’s good to see such a high level of interest in startups and venture.
Hunter Walker
JANUARY 20, 2015
'10x, as in “10x Engineer,” is a well-trod expression used to suggest there are classes of people who are so much better than average that the results you get from them are an order of magnitude higher. There’s appropriate debate around whether the concept is true enough to turn into a hiring principle and if the concept celebrates the individual at the expense of the team.
Gregg Fraley, Author of Jack's Notebook
JANUARY 19, 2015
'How to Do Mash-Ups for Innovation. This is an article length, comprehensive post on Mash-Ups for Innovation. To say the least Mash-Ups hold great promise in helping people and organizations find useful and sometimes breakthrough innovations. This article will likely be part of a book on the front end of innovation that’s in development, stay tuned.
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