Both Sides of the Table
JUNE 21, 2014
'Startups are hard. You’ve heard that a million times. Those that we survive with become family. It’s something you can’t know unless you’ve ever been in the trenches. Working hard together at a big company just isn’t the same. The truth is you really don’t know how your teammates or your bosses will perform in good times and bad.
Steve Blank
JUNE 26, 2014
'We’ve pivoted our Lean LaunchPad / I-Corps curriculum. We’re changing the order in which we teach the business model canvas and customer development to better-fit therapeutics, diagnostics and medical devices. — Over the last three years the Lean LaunchPad class has started to replace the last century’s “how to write a business plan” classes as the foundation for entrepreneurial education.
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YoungUpstarts
JUNE 26, 2014
'by Dan Quiggle, author of “ Lead Like Reagan: Strategies to Motivate, Communicate, and Inspire ” and the founder of The Quiggle Group. Imagine you’re a pilot. You’re flying at 37,000 feet in the air when you hit some turbulence. You look at your flight instruments, but instead of giving you exact readings that you can use to fly to safety, you see flashing indicators that read, “No really, you’re doing fine.
The Next Web
JUNE 24, 2014
'Five years ago, when Chris Stang and Andrew Steinthal were two music executives frustrated with the grandiosity of food criticism, they self-published a review of Manhattan’s Gemma. Their outlet was the Infatuation — a blog, traditional by then — but the tone was something new. Equal parts down-to-earth, lighthearted, and accessible, the Infatuation provided an unfortunately-rare type of dinin?
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
Up and Running
JUNE 25, 2014
'What do you need to know about small business loans before you apply? A lot! You have a lot of options, and there are a lot of variables in the equation that determines whether you’ll qualify for the loan you’re applying for (or whether that loan is even a good fit for you and your business). Last week I had the privilege of inviting Scott Blum, Vice President of SmartBizLoans, to join me in hosting a free webinar on the ins and outs of small business loan options.
Mike Michalowicz
JUNE 24, 2014
'In July of 2012, I asked for volunteers. Would anyone be interested in helping me promote the book I was then releasing, The Pumpkin Plan ? The request, I realize, was weird. It was a highly selfish request in fact. I mean, I was asking folks to help me in an effort that would only benefit me. At best I thought one or two people who wanted to learn about the book marketing process, would join me.
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Hunter Walker
JUNE 23, 2014
'I don’t feel strongly enough yet to turn any of these thoughts into standalone blog posts so instead: Yo (single note notifications). Last week has been less like Yo and more like Whoa as lots of folks had pretty passionate debates about whether this was a new social platform or the dumbest investment ever. First, single purpose websites have been around for a long time but now we’re seeing single purpose apps.
Berkonomics
JUNE 26, 2014
'Angel investors, particularly those in organized angel groups, are typically former entrepreneurs who have had successful liquidity events in their pasts, or executives of companies who’ve retired with the funds from their stock options. Occasionally, an angel is a member of a wealthy family, having little experience managing a business. But most often these angels are skilled at growing companies, calling on their past experience to evaluate and then help entrepreneurs in their early s
deal architect
JUNE 24, 2014
'It’s not unusual to go to vendor events which have 50, 75, 100 analysts and bloggers in attendance. Smaller vendors just cannot afford that level of coverage, so I appreciate a “shared service” Judith Rothrock of JRocket Marketing offers her.
YoungUpstarts
JUNE 26, 2014
'By Ben Carpenter, author of “ The Bigs: The Secrets Nobody Tells Students and Young Professionals About How to Find a Great Job, Do a Great Job, Be a Leader, Start a Business, Stay Out of Trouble, and Live A Happy Life “. Like most just-starting-out cubicle dwellers, you probably spend a lot of your time thinking about how to impress the boss. Whether it’s getting that big project turned in a day early, appeasing the combative client everyone else avoids, or just bringing your supervisor a cup
Both Sides of the Table
JUNE 24, 2014
'For 2 years I interviewed VCs & founders for a show called This Week in VC. If you want to see any back interviews you can click on that link. I’ve been promising to relaunch a new show for the past 18 months but needed to find somebody to help me with cameras, filming, editing, distribution, etc. Luckily the supremely talented Kyle Taylor joined Upfront Ventures and has helped kick me in the arse to get the show going again.
Startup Professionals Musings
JUNE 25, 2014
'Don’t bash the competition. Every investor knows how vulnerable a new startup is to competitors, so investors always ask about your sustainable competitive advantage in the marketplace. How an entrepreneur answers this question speaks volumes about their knowledge of business realities, customers, confidence, and their ability to handle investor funding.
deal architect
JUNE 22, 2014
'When you get two ex-accountants together, talk invariably turns to numbers. Dennis Howlett and I spent some time at the Plex conference a week ago and in discussing the book on SAP I am working on he advised me: “watch.
YoungUpstarts
JUNE 23, 2014
'by Tom Panaggio, author of “ The Risk Advantage: Embracing the Entrepreneur’s Unexpected Edge “. At 65, Colonel Harland Sanders set out in his car to promote his fried chicken recipe and to sell franchises. Col. Sanders had to endure more than a thousand rejections and travel thousands of miles, before he finally sold his first franchise. That franchise, of course, became Kentucky Fried Chicken.
Steve Blank
JUNE 23, 2014
'Filed under: Business Model versus Business Plan , Customer Development , Teaching.
Startup Professionals Musings
JUNE 27, 2014
'The critical success factors for a product business are well known, starting with selling every unit with a gross margin of 50 percent or more, building a patent and other intellectual property, and continuous product improvement. If your forte is a service, like consulting or web site design, it’s harder to find guidance on what will get you funded, and how you can scale your business.
Gust
JUNE 23, 2014
'Blog image via Pixabay.com. With the estimated 510 million live websites at last year-end, and 280,000 new ones being added every day, the biggest challenge for an entrepreneur is to get found, and get some credibility for a new startup. I can attest from experience that publishing a regular blog to properly showcase your brand value, even before you have it, is a most cost effective approach in time and money.
YoungUpstarts
JUNE 24, 2014
'by Matthew Sawyer, Managing Partner of Rocket Market Development LLC. Many of the most talented and brightest students are convinced that a startup is their best business option. Over half of the college students in my management course at Parsons New School for Design plan to join startups or form their own companies. It’s not just about the dream of big money and fame; students tell me that they want to make a positive contribution to the world, and they believe startups are the best places
The Next Web
JUNE 21, 2014
'Nick Marsh is the founder at Makeshift. This post originally appeared on Medium. I want to introduce a new concept?—?‘talent hacking’. I define this as the creative application of technology and data to the problem of building new teams. I’m trying to coin this phrase in part to highlight how we’ve bizarrely neglected the ‘people’ part of the startup stack.
Startup Professionals Musings
JUNE 23, 2014
'Everyone seems to like the aspect of being an entrepreneur that goes with “being your own boss” and “able to do things my way.” But sometimes they forget that this kind of freedom comes with a price of personal accountability. Accountability means “the buck stops here,” and “all the failures are mine.” Too many people seem to do whatever it takes to avoid accountability, both before and after the fact.
For Entrepreneurs
JUNE 27, 2014
'As most of my readers know, I am a big fan of Inbound Marketing. However there are times when inbound leads aren’t either enough, or the right kinds of leads needed to reach your best potential customers. In those situations, one tool worth considering is the use of a dedicated sales team to do outbound […].
YoungUpstarts
JUNE 25, 2014
'by Eric Groves, CEO and co-founder of Alignable , and author of “ The Constant Contact Guide to Email Marketing “ Before picking a date for a promotion or event it’s important to understand how the various online resources at your disposal can work for your business. Since you want to attract and catch the attention of new customers, it’s important to understand how they find information and — more importantly — how to ensure information shows up when and where they a
Rembrandt Communications
JUNE 24, 2014
'SEO and Social Media and Infographics… Oh My! There is a lot of buzz out there about search engine optimization (SEO), content strategy and interacting with your customers. I don’t know about you, but I get at least five e-mails a day telling me about some new SEO or social media tool that’s going to […].
Startup Professionals Musings
JUNE 21, 2014
'Back in the early 2000s, the Maker Movement took hold in California, based on the emergence of such do-it-yourself (DIY) tools as 3-D printers, Google''s SketchUp and makerspaces such as TechShop, with all the tools you need to make almost anything. Thus entrepreneurs began building prototypes and designing new products without the traditional huge investment.
The Next Web
JUNE 24, 2014
'Roger Huang is an entrepreneur who is working on his next venture, and advising several others on growth. This post originally appeared on Code(Love). In the Amazonian forests, wildlife presenter Charlie Hamilton Jones was looking to make a statement. He went and bought a patch of Amazonian wildlife, looking to protect it for generations. Instead, he wound up buying a cocaine plantation.
YoungUpstarts
JUNE 27, 2014
'They’re not your minions. The people who work for you are the lifeblood of your company. Since you already know that, why are so many of the good ones walking away to find greener pastures elsewhere? Turnover is a serious problem for all businesses. Ideally, you want to train once, and keep that person working for you and happy for the rest of their working years.
Feld Thoughts
JUNE 26, 2014
'As many of you know, I have a keen interest in the future of digital publishing. One of the reasons we started FG Press was to give control and transparency back to the authors. Specifically, at FG Press the author gets 50% royalty on all books sold (up from the traditional 15%) and we employ the latest technologies, promotions, and marketing efforts to help the author build a personal audience who they have a direct relationship with.
Up and Running
JUNE 26, 2014
'There are a ton of great resources available for entrepreneurs, but most of the time you don’t hear about them unless a fellow business owner mentions one. So, we asked dozens of entrepreneurs to tell us the one business resource that helped them the most. From their feedback, we’ve compiled a list for you. You’ll find nine websites and five books on our list, all of which are designed to educate you or provide a time or money-saving tool.
The Next Web
JUNE 23, 2014
'Danny Wong does marketing at Shareaholic, is the co-founder of Blank Label and likes to write every once in a while. Feel free to find him lurking on Google+ or Twitter. Starting a business is one of the most challenging, yet most fulfilling things you could ever do. In the process of starting up and growing a company you learn a wide variety of new things, including – but not limited to: Incorporating your business Setting up business banking Streamlining payroll Hiring (and firing) Driving sa
YoungUpstarts
JUNE 25, 2014
'by Geoffrey James, author of “ Business Without the Bullsh*t: 49 Secrets and Shortcuts You Need to Know “ Getting along with coworkers mostly means minding your own business. However, there are some coworkers who need a little ‘handling’. It’s not difficult once you’ve spotted the behaviors. Here are 10 of the most difficult coworkers: 1.
Feld Thoughts
JUNE 25, 2014
'Every single day I have multiple conversations and emails from CEOs and people at companies I work with about how to work with Big Tech Companies. You know – Google, Apple, Microsoft, Oracle, IBM, Amazon, Facebook, Twitter, Salesforce, SAP, LinkedIn, Cisco, Yahoo, HP, AT&T, Verizon, Icouldkeepgoingforalongtime. But this conversation is not limited to just the gigantic tech companies.
Up and Running
JUNE 23, 2014
'Once you start selling, will people start buying? Analyze your market to find out. The market analysis is one of the most important parts of any startup strategy. Do it right, and you will have a clear idea of the path down which you are headed. A good market analysis will enable you to lure investors, sidestep pitfalls, and most importantly, attract customers.
The Next Web
JUNE 21, 2014
'Joe Hyrkin is the CEO of Issuu, the world’s fastest growing digital publishing platform. The rumors of the publishing industry’s death have been greatly exaggerated. Long-form content is experiencing a resurgence thanks to new technologies that create new monetization opportunities for the publishers. The ongoing and recently resurfaced, “Amazon versus the publishing industry” debate coupled with the recent news of Time Inc. going public seemly highlighted one thing: the publishing industry is
YoungUpstarts
JUNE 23, 2014
'by Andy Core, author of “ Change Your Day, Not Your Life: A Realistic Guide to Sustained Motivation, More Productivity and the Art Of Working Well “. We all know what it feels like to start the day knowing we won’t even come close to tackling all the tasks on our to-do list. Sure, you might be able to kick off the morning on the right foot by checking off a task or two.
Feld Thoughts
JUNE 23, 2014
'Google dominates search. Sure, there’s a thing called Bing and a few other choices out there, but everything ends up being the blue and purple link thing curated mostly by machines. In an effort to experiment with a different approach, we recently led an AngelList syndicated investment in one potential search challenger, a Kansas City based startup called Leap.it who is taking a different approach based on the belief that machine-based algorithms can only get you so far.
Agile VC
JUNE 24, 2014
'Picture I took in 2002 of WC stadium Daegu, South Korea. Those of you who know me are probably aware that I’m a rabid soccer (football) fan. I’ve been a devoted fan of Arsenal for nearly two decades, former MLS season ticket holder (both San Jose Earthquakes when I lived in the SF Bay Area and New England Revolution here in Boston), attended World Cup 2002 in South Korea, and was fortunate to see both gold medal soccer matches in Bejing 2008 Olympics (US women’s victory, Arge
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