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The European VC Tech Stack in 2019

VC Cafe

According to Pitchbook data, there are about 15,700 venture and corporate venture funds globally, out of which 8,628 venture capital funds in the US alone (54%), and another 4,553 in Europe (29%), This is a content summary only. Click on the post title to continue reading this post, share your comments, browse the website and more!

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Startups and Out-of-Home Advertising: Why You Shouldn’t Dismiss the Idea of Using Billboards

Women Entrepreneurs Can

Billboards and other out-of-home (OOH) advertising formats are used frequently by huge technology companies and exciting new startups. Despite their old school reputation, billboard ads are more popular than ever. In fact, the industry is expected to see double-digit growth this year. Why are companies on the cutting-edge of technology still using billboards?

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How Universities Can Help Students and Alumni Work in the Tech Industry

David Teten

“CEO is the new Analyst.”. My former Partner John Frankel of ff Venture Capital observes that 20 years ago, the defining movie of the generation was “Wall Street”. Everyone wanted to work in finance. But now, the defining movie of today’s twentysomethings is “The Social Network”. Everyone wants to work in tech startups. So universities have realized that for many students, promising a career in technology and entrepreneurship is key to recruiting high potential students.

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4 Simple Ways To Optimize Your Customer Reviews For Higher Conversions

YoungUpstarts

by Manish Dudharejia, President and Founder of E2M Solutions Inc. Today’s customers are increasingly skeptical and distrusting, especially when it comes to marketing. Over-promising and under-delivering simply doesn’t fly, especially in today’s highly competitive business landscape. This is why having a robust library of honest customer reviews is so essential for building trust and confidence with new customers.

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Building Healthy Innovation Ecosystems for Your Projects

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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Quickly Unpacking Spotify’s Acquisition Of Gimlet Media

Haystack

I’ve been traveling all week, digging out of email, and closing two deals and — hence — have been pretty quiet online. As I was scrolling through Twitter today and saw the rumors around Gimlet, the podcast media company, being acquired by Spotify for $200M in cash, I knew I had to stop, write this post, and share some thoughts on what’s going on.

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The 16 Best Small Business Marketing Blogs You Should Read in 2019

crowdSPRING Blog

As an entrepreneur, you have to work on your business as well as in it. Working on your business means constantly seeking new ideas for improvement – which means keeping the big picture in mind at all times. And, as all business owners know, marketing is an important part of your business. So, when you’re looking at the big picture, marketing is bound to come up.

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Easy Ways To Make More Money From Your Window Cleaning Business

YoungUpstarts

Where there are windows, window cleaners will be needed – this fact bodes well for business owners who specialize in this essential service. If you’re looking for ways to take your window cleaning business to new heights in 2019 , implement some of these strategies into your business model, and watch the profits roll in. From process automation to customer service efforts, there are plenty of ways to up the ante on your daily productivity and improve your bottom line.

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Solopreneurs Can Grow Faster and Smarter With a Lean Business Plan

Up and Running

Congrats! You’ve made the decision to strike out on your own as a solopreneur to start the business you have been dreaming of for months, or even years. You know exactly what product or service you are going to provide and have been honing your skills. You may want to be a consultant, a coach, a designer, or a writer. You know there is demand. You know this can work.

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8 Entrepreneur Share Their Biggest Business Fails and How They Rebounded

Hearpreneur

Business fails are the best form of learning. Hiring an expert or a coach to walk you through establishing your business can help you minimise the chances of failure but some entrepreneurs will prefer walking alone. Whichever path works best for you, you’ve got to be comfortable with failure and most importantly learn how to improve or deal with it.

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SEO in 2019: What You REALLY Need to Know

Women Entrepreneurs Can

Mark Bruneman is the Principal Digital Marketing Strategist at a firm specialising in Data Center Migrations and Transformations. They service very large companies who have very large data centers that are overflowing, moving, and/or changing to accommodate new technologies or business practices. Mark is responsible for digital marketing strategy, their website, designs all communications, and owns SEO.

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How Cody Moxam Predicts AI Could Influence The Healthcare Landscape

YoungUpstarts

Artificial intelligence once seemed like something unique to science fiction, but it is actually a decades-old technology that multiple industries employ today. Recent developments in machine and deep learning have made it more effective than ever, and it’s busily integrating itself in the medical world. Biochemistry students like Cody Moxam from the University of Dallas (you can check out his home page here) are excited about the possibilities it poses—and wary of the caveats.

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Zoho Day: The long shadow of Amazon

deal architect

When I visit a vendor after a couple of years I measure how they have changed along 4 vectors – product growth, geographic expansion, change in customer base (going after larger or smaller customers) and vertical capability expansion. At Zoho.

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8 Entrepreneurs Share Their Biggest Business Fails and How They Rebounded

Hearpreneur

Business fails are the best form of learning. Hiring an expert or a coach to walk you through establishing your business can help you minimise the chances of failure but some entrepreneurs will prefer walking alone. Whichever path works best for you, you’ve got to be comfortable with failure and most importantly learn how to improve or deal with it.

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The Entrepreneur’s Essentials #12: Action-oriented communication

Austin Startup

As I mentioned at the beginning of this series/ebook, over the years I’ve noticed that I tend to frequently share certain Lucky7 posts with entrepreneurs we’ve backed , team members at data.world, or other startup investors I know. In totality, these posts are at least as long as most business books. So I’m packaging the best of them up for you here in a new series called The Entrepreneur’s Essentials.

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Creating a Community for Entrepreneurs

Duct Tape Marketing

Creating a Community for Entrepreneurs written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing. Marketing Podcast with Abdo Riani. Podcast Transcript. Today’s guest on the podcast is Abdo Riani. An entrepreneur himself who runs several different ventures, on this episode we focus on Startup Circle , a platform that allows established entrepreneurs to share what they’ve learned along the way with those who are starting their own businesses.

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It Takes Courage In Business To Change The Status Quo

Startup Professionals Musings

According to recent articles , more than half of the businesses that once appeared on the Fortune 500 list have disappeared in the last twenty years, and the rate of departure is increasing. I’m convinced this is happening because most companies don’t have the courage to keep up with the escalating rate of change in the market today. Business as usual is no longer good enough.

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Mark Attanasio, Toronto Executive and Hillcrest Merchant Partners Co-Founder Discusses Entrepreneurial Leadership, Venture Capital Investment

Hearpreneur

Toronto’s Mark Attanasio , co-founder of Hillcrest Merchant Partners, has years of significant experience with advising clients on mergers and acquisitions raising capital and navigating the landscape of general capital markets. He began his career as a chartered accountant with PricewaterhouseCoopers and moved to National Bank Financial, where he worked for 11 years, first within the mergers and acquisitions group, and then as a director of global equity derivatives.

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Are You a Self-Determined Manager? Ten Changes You Might Need to Make Right Now

YoungUpstarts

by David Deacon is the author of “ The Self Determined Manager: A Manifesto for Exceptional People Managers “ Am I a great manager? This is an incredibly tough question to answer. A manager’s job is to get things done by marshalling the efforts of others — and most of us have blind spots that keep us from seeing how we impact those others.

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Reflecting On Haystack’s Investment In HelloSign (Acquired By Dropbox)

Haystack

Over five years ago, as I began to deploy the first Haystack Fund, I was lucky to select HelloSign as my sixth investment ever. I discovered the product much like you might have – I used it to help handle the paperwork and signatures for the new fund. I had a friend who worked there (thanks Joel Andren!) and he was patient and over time found the right time to introduce me to Joseph Walla, one of the company’s cofounders.

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8 Keys That Separate Lifestyle From Growth Startups

Startup Professionals Musings

Until the recession a few years ago, market research indicated that as many as 90 percent of the roughly 20 million American small business owners were motivated more by lifestyle than growth and money. More recently, the desire for extra income has become the key driver in new startups, according to the popular press. It seems that more people are focused on money today.

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Do You Have What it Takes to Be a Miserable Entrepreneur?

ReadWriteStart

Before 2019, Elon Musk was a version of a rock star — maybe he still is — we sure follow what he does. He takes drugs, stays out late and dates famous women. He also runs four companies and is worth $20 billion. In a 2016 poll, startup founders named him their most-admired tech CEO. […]. The post Do You Have What it Takes to Be a Miserable Entrepreneur?

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You Don’t Have To Be A Super Hero To Be A Successful Entrepreneur

YoungUpstarts

by Christy Wilson Delk, author of “ Adventures in Franchise Ownership: 4 Pillars to Strengthen, Protect and Grow Your Business ” Before I started teaching future entrepreneurs diligently earning their business degrees, I thought most entrepreneurs were performing super hero acts in order to be successful. After all, I proudly wore my super hero cape through fifteen years of risk taking, innovating, stumbling and expanding before selling my business in 2012 for a very nice profit.

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An Exclusive Interview with Paige Pearce, World Champion Archer

Rembrandt Communications

As seen on Little PINK Book. Recently, we caught up with world champion athlete, Paige Pearce. A winning archer since the age of 13, Paige travels the world competing and just returned from various tournaments in France, Iowa, Montana, and Rome. Paige broke her first state record in archery at 10 years old and was hooked. She went on to break 14 national records and qualified for the U.S.

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10 Keys To Innovative Branding For A Great Solution

Startup Professionals Musings

In today’s world of constant change and information overload via the Internet, content marketing and branding are often more important to success than product quality or technology. Contrary to a popular myth, word-of-mouth and viral marketing are not a substitute for more basic branding activities. The challenge is that many new business owners still don’t know where to start.

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Building Strong Local Communities

Version One Ventures

We at Version One are becoming increasingly convinced that stronger local communities can help solve many of the problems we are currently facing. When you think about it, most things that people truly care about are local issues. Do we have access to good schools? Is our neighbourhood safe? Do we have access to good stores nearby to do our daily shopping?

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A Six-Step Guide To Day Trading In Gold

YoungUpstarts

With gold investments, failure is never an option. You always get the winning streak even if you put all your eggs in the gold basket. However, a diversified investment portfolio is recommended especially for new investors who want to test the waters. Gold has always been a safe and surefire hedge against inflation. It’s a tangible asset that is easier to procure, as compared to other assets such as real estate.

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An Exclusive Interview with Paige Pearce, World Champion Archer

Rembrandt Communications

As seen on Little PINK Book. Recently, we caught up with world champion athlete, Paige Pearce. A winning archer since the age of 13, Paige travels the world competing and just returned from various tournaments in France, Iowa, Montana, and Rome. Paige broke her first state record in archery at 10 years old and was hooked. She went on to break 14 national records and qualified for the U.S.

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How to Save Money Filing Patents

ReadWriteStart

If you are in the position of potentially needing a patent, you will want to get some information before you file. The first two bullet points are entities for which you will want to become intimately acquainted. USPTO = United States Patent and Trademark Office. Applicants who qualify for small entity status can reduce many […]. The post How to Save Money Filing Patents appeared first on ReadWrite.

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Brick-and-mortar shops can still teach us a lot about marketing

The Next Web

Boris is the wise ol’ CEO of TNW who writes a weekly column on everything about being an entrepreneur — from managing stress to embracing awkwardness. You can also get his musings straight to your inbox by signing up for his newsletter! On my way to work, I pass two eyewear stores. They both have a large store window. The first one shows off all the major brands with models wearing sunglasses and normal glasses.

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How To Establish A Successful Branded Merchandise Strategy

YoungUpstarts

Offline promotions and branding campaigns are still some of the most effective ways to separate yourself from the competition. Through effective branding campaigns, you can connect on a more personal level with the audience and your best customers. Thanks to changes happening on the market, there are more ways you can get your brand in front of the right audience.

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How Digital Billboards Help Bring In More Customers

The Startup Magazine

In the words of legendary rocker Bob Dylan, “he not busy being born is busy dying” and the same can be said of any business. You see, the secret to the success of any enterprise is to constantly innovate not only their product or service but their marketing efforts. After all, marketing and advertising is how you present your offering to the world. So it’s important to keep up to date with the latest marketing strategies that your brand can benefit from.

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The High Cost Of Distractions And Wasted Time

YFS Magazine

To be effective and creative, we need to be able to focus for extended periods. Every time you are distracted and interrupted it costs more than you know.

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Silicon Hills News Unveils the Companies Featured in its 2019 Austin Tech Startup Calendar

SiliconHills

Silicon Hills News’ 2019 Austin Tech Calendar Party took place on January 24th at Opcity in Austin. At the party, Silicon Hills News gave away a desktop or wall calendar to 175 guests. To order additional calendars please visit our Eventbrite form for our lunch and learn event on February 24th. You don’t have to attend the event […]. The post Silicon Hills News Unveils the Companies Featured in its 2019 Austin Tech Startup Calendar appeared first on SiliconHills.

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4 Ways Learning A New Language Will Make You A Better Entrepreneur

YoungUpstarts

by Maloy Burman, Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director of Premier Genie. Arming yourself with the right skills is crucial in finding success in today’s highly competitive, globalized business market. One of these highly-sought skills is multilingualism. By learning Mandarin, Spanish, or French, or taking up a business English course if you need to hone your business communication skills in this language, you will improve your chances of achieving your business goals.

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Funding Tutorial for New Entrepreneurs

The Startup Magazine

One of the most significant hurdles that many aspiring entrepreneurs must face involves raising capital to launch their business. With some business models, it may take many months or even a few years until the company can break even or turn a profit on a regular basis. All of the startup capital as well as operational expenses during this time must be covered.

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3 Cognitive Design Principles To Create Effective Presentations

YFS Magazine

Preparing for your next pitch or sales presentation? Here's how to create compelling and persuasive presentations that capture the interest of your audience.

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