YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 28, 2016

by Claudia Elliott, head of content creation at internet marketing consulting agency Deep End. The life of a creative freelancer is challenging. You have no choice but to do everything yourself. And unfortunately, this can often have a negative impact on your business. When you are a one-man show, you are responsible for doing administrative work, sales, design, development and so much more.

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View from Seed

SEPTEMBER 28, 2016

New York City is a dream but can also be a navigational nightmare, equal parts crammed circus and rat race mixed at warp speed. This holds for the city’s tech sector. NYC Tech is bursting at the seams with nightly networking events at floors and floors of co-working spaces. We do not suffer a lack of tech activities. At the same time, the perception of our ecosystem as an insider’s game can often be self-fulfilling and self-perpetuating – creating a walled garden that can’t be breached.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 24, 2016

Entrepreneurs who experience success with their first startup are often amazed to realize that the risks and fears of doing it right the second time go up, rather than down. Encores are tough, especially in the high-risk world of startups, yet every entrepreneur I know can’t wait to start over and do it again. Sometimes their haste or ego causes them to ignore basics, and they fall hard.

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Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 29, 2016

Guest post by Jennifer Maerz, contributing editor of Lean Startup Co. The Lean Startup team has been hard at work finalizing the details of this year’s Lean Startup Week. Each year, we bring you new case studies from Silicon Valley startups (and beyond), government agencies, and global enterprise companies, along with expert advice from seasoned entrepreneurs and newcomers alike.

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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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YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 29, 2016

by Sam Wheeler, Digital Business Consultant with Inseev Interactive. With more e-commerce websites popping up on the Internet than ever before, you might be thinking it’s time for your own company to strengthen its digital presence. While there’s never been a better time to start creating the website of your dreams, it’d be wise to get informed on some industry-leading tips and recommendations your new online marketplace should employ.

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This is going to be BIG.

SEPTEMBER 28, 2016

When hardware maker Quirky went out of business, Ben Einstein at Bolt had this to say : "A good company builds one product, learns from its customers, and iterates to make that product exceptional. Each step in the process is designed to refine a product and find the often elusive “product/market fit” that is the basis for all successful startups. Imagine if Apple built the first app-free iPhone and then moved on to the Apple Watch, or GoPro only sold one version of its camera and then decided t

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Version One Ventures

SEPTEMBER 28, 2016

Very often, start-ups fail at the earliest stages. They might get the wrong advice at a critical point, or they can’t raise the first hundreds of thousands of dollars required to move from prototype to initial product. This problem is relatively minor in large, vibrant ecosystems like Silicon Valley, but can be more pervasive in smaller locations that lack the depth and breadth of experienced start-up advisors and angel investors.

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YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 29, 2016

by Michael Manning , chief relationship officer at Rocksauce Studios. No matter your age, just about everybody loves the Beatles. But can your company learn from the Fab Four’s success? Of course, John, Paul, George, and Ringo had the swinging outfits and the screaming fans. But up until the very end, they also shared a key element that helped them stay together as a collective.

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SVPG

SEPTEMBER 30, 2016

Article: Behind Every Great Product. When I first decided to start The Silicon Valley Product Group, I had just left eBay and had some very strong opinions about what makes great product teams, and great product cultures, and while there were more than a few important thinkers and leaders on these topics, one area that I felt was under-represented was the role of product management.

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The Equity Kicker

SEPTEMBER 24, 2016

I just read a review of a new Wiley book Design a better business which argues that: better businesses are ones that approach problems in a new, systematic way, focusing more on doing rather than on planning and prediction. For them, of course, the point is that design thinking is that ‘new, systematic way’, but this sentence made me think of startups, where the emphasis is very much on doing rather than planning.

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crowdSPRING Blog

SEPTEMBER 28, 2016

Image Source: American Salon. You are not alone, although it often feels that you are. According to the Small Business Administration , 78.5 percent of the nearly 28 million small businesses in the U.S. are individually owned and run by the owner, without any employees. Many of you are already leading teams or have employees working for you. Even if you aren’t doing so now, the odds are pretty good that you’ll need to start building your team as your business grows and you find yours

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YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 26, 2016

by Nate Vickery, editor-in-chief of Bizzmarkblog.com. If you are starting a new business you must have heard a million times already that building up your reputation is one of the most important keys to success. A great way to tell others about your brand and about what you have to offer is to start blogging. Blogging is your gateway to communicating with the outside world and reaching out to potential customers.

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David Teten

SEPTEMBER 26, 2016

I’m honored to chair the quant and big data stream of the upcoming Terrapinn Trading Show, New York, October 6, NYC. This is a large conference focused on quant and automated investing, big data, and High Performance Computing. We expect over 400 people. Among the speakers are: Aaron Brown, Chief Risk Officer, AQR Capital Management. Fabio Mercurio, Head of Quantitative Analytics, Bloomberg LP.

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Duct Tape Marketing

SEPTEMBER 27, 2016

How to Tell Google What Your Content Means written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing. Search engines love content. That’s what they eat all day long, and they use HTML code to figure out what all those web pages say. The problem is that sometimes they don’t know what you mean by what you say. Have you ever done a search for a product or service and find the occasional odd result mixed in with what you thought you were looking for?

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crowdSPRING Blog

SEPTEMBER 26, 2016

Image credit: Apple. When Apple held their Special Event keynote on September 7th, their live video stream garnered the highest-ever video traffic for an Apple event. In the days following the announcement, almost every technology publication, blogger, and influencer posted some kind of content related to the new iPhone. The phone’s release took over the news cycle again 9 days later, with reviews, guides, and commentary dominating the front page of most news outlets and technology websit

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YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 30, 2016

Sometimes power lies in small things. And one of the areas in which this adage is completely true is ecommerce website. Ecommerce fashion sites have a lot at stake when it comes to sales and online reputation. A small lapse can not only dent their reputation but also decrease customers and sales. Conscientious designers and owners will pay a lot of attention to the principle and content while creating their websites but there is room for even more sales to come in with a few small changes.

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deal architect

SEPTEMBER 29, 2016

I saw Panera Bread present eye-popping stats at Workday Rising - 65,000 hires a year with rapid growth and 90% staff turnover and yet, on-boarding expectations of less then 24 hours.

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View from Seed

SEPTEMBER 27, 2016

A couple weeks ago, my partner Rob penned a blog post about the “shape of traction” which really resonated with a number of folks. The quick summary is that the shape of a startup’s traction (with time/product-quality on the x axis and traction on the y axis) and isn’t at all a linear path. Rather, when true product-market fit (PMF) happens, it’s an accelerating curve… and a very steep one at that!

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crowdSPRING Blog

SEPTEMBER 28, 2016

Image Source: American Salon. You are not alone, although it often feels that you are. According to the Small Business Administration , 78.5 percent of the nearly 28 million small businesses in the U.S. are individually owned and run by the owner, without any employees. Many of you are already leading teams or have employees working for you. Even if you aren’t doing so now, the odds are pretty good that you’ll need to start building your team as your business grows and you find yours

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YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 30, 2016

It is often a great moment when the business plan and the marketing actions taken have begun to take off. The revenues increase, and the public are becoming more aware of the brand and this is reflected in a great online presence. And other companies are wanting to get into bed with you. But what happens when the opposite occurs? When you’ve spent so long implementing a marketing ploy and it doesn’t seem to take off at all?

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deal architect

SEPTEMBER 24, 2016

Larry Ellison joked at Oracle OpenWorld he was told Fusion applications would be developed in 4 years. They have taken over a decade. Snicker all you want. The flip side of that is Oracle started developing cloud apps years before.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 28, 2016

In my experience mentoring new entrepreneurs and aspiring business leaders, I see far too many who seem to be driven by all the wrong reasons. Everyone seems to espouse extrinsic motivations, such as getting rich, having power, and fulfilling parent dreams, when in fact a focus on satisfying internal interests and desires will likely lead to more success, as well as satisfaction.

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crowdSPRING Blog

SEPTEMBER 28, 2016

Image Source: American Salon. You are not alone, although it often feels that you are. According to the Small Business Administration , 78.5 percent of the nearly 28 million small businesses in the U.S. are individually owned and run by the owner, without any employees. Many of you are already leading teams or have employees working for you. Even if you aren’t doing so now, the odds are pretty good that you’ll need to start building your team as your business grows and you find yours

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YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 27, 2016

Building customer loyalty can be greatly enhanced through shopping cart systems. You want to minimize distractions, enhance the demonstration of value and convince customers your inventory is the solution they need. While it’s going to require significant due diligence, including researching top ecommerce cart software and support, here are a few practices you can use to keep customers coming back.

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Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 27, 2016

The more that people pay you, the more influence customers feel they should have, but they don’t necessarily know what they want. Customers will try to be polite and tell you want you want to hear. We had to figure out how to get honest feedback. Doing customer discovery isn’t the same as running a focus group. And customers don’t always know the best way to solve a problem or fill a need they have.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 25, 2016

One of the most frequent questions I get as a mentor to entrepreneurs is “How do I find the money to start my business?” I always answer that there isn’t any magic, and contrary to the popular myth, nobody is waiting in the wings to throw money at you, just because you have a new and exciting business idea. On the other hand, there are many additional creative options available for starting a business that you might not find for buying a car, home, or other major consumer item.

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crowdSPRING Blog

SEPTEMBER 26, 2016

Image credit: Apple. When Apple held their Special Event keynote on September 7th, their live video stream garnered the highest-ever video traffic for an Apple event. In the days following the announcement, almost every technology publication, blogger, and influencer posted some kind of content related to the new iPhone. The phone’s release took over the news cycle again 9 days later, with reviews, guides, and commentary dominating the front page of most news outlets and technology websit

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Brandanew

SEPTEMBER 26, 2016

Many small businesses and startups are out there to solve the content puzzle. How do they create a remarkable industry blog that positions them as thought leaders? It’s neither easy, nor coincidental how some blogs take off and carve in niche in their industry. If you’re wondering about this for your brand and business, this episode of the Social Trends Show is for you.

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Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 27, 2016

The more that people pay you, the more influence customers feel they should have, but they don’t necessarily know what they want. Customers will try to be polite and tell you want you want to hear. We had to figure out how to get honest feedback. Doing customer discovery isn’t the same as running a focus group. And customers don’t always know the best way to solve a problem or fill a need they have.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 26, 2016

The biggest challenge for every entrepreneur and every startup today is to get noticed and remembered in today’s information overload. The number of entrepreneurs worldwide is huge, starting an estimated 50 million new businesses in the past year, or 137,000 per day. Every one of these probably has a unique story, but in my years as a startup advisor I only remember hearing a few who capitalized on their story.

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crowdSPRING Blog

SEPTEMBER 26, 2016

Image credit: Apple. When Apple held their Special Event keynote on September 7th, their live video stream garnered the highest-ever video traffic for an Apple event. In the days following the announcement, almost every technology publication, blogger, and influencer posted some kind of content related to the new iPhone. The phone’s release took over the news cycle again 9 days later, with reviews, guides, and commentary dominating the front page of most news outlets and technology websit

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YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 27, 2016

By Pamela Webber, Chief Marketing Officer at 99designs. You’ve got your name, you’ve got your logo. Hopefully you’ve given some thought to your brand : what makes you different and memorable, your product/market fit and your audience. Now it’s all about getting your brand in front of the right customers. We know you’re busy getting your business off the ground and perfecting your product.

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deal architect

SEPTEMBER 25, 2016

In writing my book, Silicon Collar, I saw plenty of examples of how machines make human workers safer, smarter and speedier. I also became more aware of poor implementations where the man-machine balance is broken and leads to worker and.

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Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 25, 2016

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Gregg Fraley, Author of Jack's Notebook

SEPTEMBER 26, 2016

Manufacturing in America — Using the Past to Create an Innovative Future. It’s heartening to learn about a small USA manufacturer who’s doing something creative, new, and intere sting. Janus Motorcycles in Goshen, Indiana is creating hand-crafted, small batch motorcycles. These are simple, accessible, easy-to-work-with bikes. They are throwbacks in a certain way, but don’t get me wrong they’re elegant.

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YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 26, 2016

by James Kane, Director of Sandpiper Digital Payments. Smart phones are no longer just used to send and receive calls, text message, use apps, surf the net, play games, etc. The first computer was the size of a room, now the latest mobile phones are in essence super computers the size of our palms. Wireless communication technology in these devices has permeated every part of our lives.

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