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I’m heading back east next week and thought it might make sense to host a couple informal sessions where I could give a bit more of the backstory on indie.vc These will be very informal and free form sessions. and where those who’re interested in participating could ask questions. So, I’ve lined up dates in NYC and Chicago. NYC will be next Wed evening @ Kickstarter HQ. RSVP here. Chicago will be a brown bag lunch session next Friday @ Basecamp HQ. RSVP here. MORE
You have to key-in sensitive information such as your social security number online for you to access services. To help you stay safe online, here are four tips to keeping your information safe online when ordering government documents from home. MORE
Money is another major limiting factor for entrepreneurs, and here too the information age has given entrepreneurs a powerful tool: crowd funding. By Brandon Peters. MORE
I do not want to help information spread unless I have made an effort to: verify that it has a reasonable chance to be true. convince myself that this information is useful signal in an extremely noisy world (I know this is subjective, but still better than not considering the issue at all). “ How easy it is to make people believe a lie, and [how] hard it is to undo that work again! ” –Mark Twain. MORE
The goal of the BD+C Reconstruction Awards is to find the best reconstructed, renovated, or remodeled projects , based on overall design, engineering, and construction project quality. Here are some tips to help you win: 1. MORE
The post Belinda Weaver: How To Go From A ‘Paid-By-The-Hour’ Freelance Copywriter To Making Money While You Sleep Selling Information Products appeared first on Entrepreneurs-Journey.com. Entrepreneur Profiles Podcasts Podcasts & Podcasting Podcasts Pillar belinda weaver copywriter Copywriting freelancer Freelancing information product MORE
The post If You Get All Your Information On The Entrepreneurial Ecosystem From HBO, You’re Screwed appeared first on Feld Thoughts. This is the best quote I’ve seen all week. It’s from Greg Sands post on TechCrunch titled The Real Silicon Valley. . Greg is a long time friend and co-investor. I’m on the board with him at Return Path and he’s on the board with my partner Ryan at VictorOps. Along with my partners, we are all LPs in Greg’s fund Costanoa Ventures. MORE
The post How to do your PR in the age of information overload appeared first on The Next Web. Javier Sanz is a marketer at Quaderno. MORE
No one will steal your ideas: Those that could steal them successfully never do it, while those that need to steal your information, rarely get traction. MORE
Tweet Back in 2006 I began the process of researching which technology systems to use to sell an online teaching course. I had originally planned to release an ebook and was looking at using Clickbank , or even just selling directly with a Paypal link. MORE
An infopreneur is an “information entrepreneur&# , someone who turns words (or more specifically, information) into income – in a number of innovative ways. I’m an infopreneur who uses the Internet as a medium for distributing and monetizing information. In that report, Bob explained the real value of building a business around information and infoproducts. What’s really valuable is INFORMATION. Information is precious. MORE
A couple of weeks ago I wrote about the opportunity to find value in the shadows of big data by gleaning insights that are unrelated to reason the data was collected in the first place. MORE
First Round Capital is literally a treasure trove of valuable information. Happy New Year! Quick post. Its First Round Review repository is outstanding, and should be a go to resource for any startup founder. Today First Round Review published “ The 30 Best Pieces of Advice for Entrepreneurs that We Heard in 2019.” ” It is a wonderful compilation of advice and tidbits with easy to understand and apply stories. Definitely worth reading! Enjoy. MORE
I have blogged about some of the downside consequences of the changes and the private information I have says the consequences are much worse than is reported in the press since few people publicly talk about. There’s another issue I can add to your list of things to be aware of – information rights. He informed the investor that this was a violation of confidentiality clauses and we now have our company counsel reviewing the situation. MORE
By the time a partner shows you some interest and has take 2 or more meetings they are probably beginning to ask you for more information. The only real benefit of their having this information is in preparation for a term sheet. This is a hot topic I’ve been asked a lot about recently. MORE
Eben’s first video focused on the potential of selling information, especially if you can marry the convergence between what you know and what people go looking for information about. MORE
The VDR is cloud-based storage that makes use of software to keep critical information of companies in one place. Bank-grade security ensures that authorized people can only access all data and information. Others information security virtual data room MORE
Developing and deploying content in a way that’s consistent with how your audience finds their information is an important step in increasing your content marketing ROI. How we filter information. Once we hone in on who our audience is, it’s time to collect information about them. MORE
I love dressing informally, maybe too much. But lately, I have been wondering if entrepreneurs have taken informality too far. When asked to present their story, they ramble informally without a cogent direction. But I can''t stand sloppy, informal thinking. MORE
Every investor wants regular information from companies taking their money. On the other side, entrepreneurs and CEO’s usually have a natural fear of giving too much information to us investors after the initial investment is received. MORE
… Read the rest of this entry » Make Money Online Frank Kern information products state of the internet 2012Frank Kern kicked off this year with his State of The Internet address. This is a speech where Frank talks to the Internet marketing community and discusses where he thinks things will be headed for in the upcoming year. This year was a simple speech, but I believe it has the potential to make a profound impact.… MORE
Adding context to data takes this information and creates actionable knowledge. That’s data dense with information that is useful. Google analytics provides this information at no cost for websites and pages viewed. Say that you have a log file of every contact to your website. MORE
The post Which Business Model Is Best: Selling Services, Software, Information Or Physical Products? Product Creation business models consulting practice information product marketing selling softwareI’m getting old, at least in internet years. It’s almost 20 years now that I have been online and had some kind of website of my own. During this time I’ve played with all kinds of different business models, all kinds of different ways to make money online. MORE
As we continue deconstructing the Techstars Mentor Manifesto , today’s item is about keeping information confidential. In exchange, mentors will hold information in confidence. If you are uncertain, ask the person who you got the information from. But assume we are respectful, conscientious about what we can and can’t share, and fundamentally default to holding information in confidence. MORE
Perhaps just calling them money making techniques rather than fully fledged businesses is more accurate in the majority of… Read the rest of this entry » Marketing, Business & Entrepreneurship business models consulting practice information product marketing selling softwareI’m getting old. Well, at least in internet years. It’s getting close to 15 years now that I have been online and had a website of my own. MORE
Start an informational product business! What is an informational product business? The most recognizable informational product business is The Video Professor – where he teaches novices how to use eBay, Microsoft Excel, Adobe Photoshop, and more. MORE
Most CEOs want to obtain information about their competitors in the most subtle and non-obvious ways. And of course, most are willing to trade information to get information. What does a CEO do with this wonderful, rich information dropped at his door at no cost or obligation? MORE
I guess I enjoy this sort of analysis because it informs my view of how the world works which helps with my personal life, but is a real help with investing where I need to form views about what products will work in what markets on the back of very little data. MORE
There was plenty of Apple news yesterday, but the one that lit me up was the announcement that Apple is partnering with the National Center for Women and Information Technology to help create a broader pipeline of female technology workers. MORE
Right now the most important role to hire in Twitter would be a seasoned marketing professional who could proactively change the conversation about Twitter and educate people about its significance as an information sharing tool. Twitter is information discovery. MORE
Website information architecture is no joke, yet the overwhelming majority of businesses structure their site using the IMO method (“In my opinion…”). If you already have tens of pages on your site, you should do a proper information architecture analysis. MORE
You need to start now to understand the trends and specifics of the information tidal wave that is building up in front of us. Big Data Christopher Surdak entrepreneur information wave startup MORE
The Internet and its information wave have changed everything – it’s the problem, with constant change, and it’s the solution, if you use it to navigate quickly and self-educate. You can ride the information wave, or be swamped by it. MORE
Recently this happened again for me in the topic of making decisions based on incomplete information. Incomplete information. I first came across the phrase “acting with incomplete information” in a blog post Mark Suster wrote over a year ago titled “What makes an Entrepreneur? MORE
According to a survey commissioned by online business community Mancx and conducted by Harris Interactive , almost every American adult respondent (98-percent) who looks for information online distrusts the information they find. MORE
We are really excited to announce we have launched a new business plan website, BusinessPlanTemplate.com. As the name indicates, the site will include business plan templates for all types of businesses. Currently, we have forty templates on the site. Templates are organized into 3 categories: Food & Retail, Service, & “Other” business plan templates. read more. Dave Lavinsky MORE
Information architecture is no joke, yet overwhelming majority of businesses have structured their site using the IMO method – “in my opinion” While common sense is a useful tool and a lot of sites are very simple (e.g. What is information architecture? MORE
That’s not to say that it’s easy to succeed and profit from an information publishing business, but at least the tools we have to do so require minimal skill to set-up and there are thousands of people who are willing to do the set-up work for little cost. Starting any business is challenging, but an online business has to be one of the easiest by far to begin, especially if you focus on information as your currency, which online, it is. I feel blessed (or lucky!) MORE
Information technology includes a diverse range of career paths that lead to fulfilling lucrative specializations. Here are the eight different types of jobs in information technology. . The post 8 of the Hottest Jobs in Information Technology appeared first on The Startup Magazine. MORE
Recently, the US Office of Personnel Management admitted that more than 21 million people were possibly affected by information stolen from its computer networks, including Social Security numbers and other sensitive data. So how do you keep your business information safe from hackers? MORE
Grow Operations big data Cloud Computing cloud technology data security information technology IT technologyThese are just a few of the predictions that will likely happen in 2016. Consider it a snapshot of the IT community. MORE
That passion eventually lead to starting a website to share information about personal training, which eventually became a six figure online membership site, then several and eventually a multi-million dollar information publishing business. MORE
Then you need to exchange information with the other driver. You need to get all the information you can on the other driver, their insurance, and their vehicle to make sure you’re prepared for dealing with insurance afterward. Contact information. MORE
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SEPTEMBER 6, 2018
Charles Phillips, CEO of Infor recently hosted a virtual fireside chat. It’s something I have encouraged him to do in the past. It was only a half an hour or so and one of my analyst colleagues said it had. Industry analysts (Gartner, Forrester, AMR, others) Industry Commentary
YoungUpstarts
FEBRUARY 12, 2020
Then you need to exchange information with the other driver. You need to get all the information you can on the other driver, their insurance, and their vehicle to make sure you’re prepared for dealing with insurance afterward. Contact information.
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YoungUpstarts
AUGUST 28, 2019
The VDR is cloud-based storage that makes use of software to keep critical information of companies in one place. Bank-grade security ensures that authorized people can only access all data and information. Others information security virtual data room
Startup Professionals Musings
APRIL 6, 2014
You need to start now to understand the trends and specifics of the information tidal wave that is building up in front of us. Big Data Christopher Surdak entrepreneur information wave startup
The Startup Magazine
AUGUST 18, 2019
Information technology includes a diverse range of career paths that lead to fulfilling lucrative specializations. Here are the eight different types of jobs in information technology. . The post 8 of the Hottest Jobs in Information Technology appeared first on The Startup Magazine.
YFS Magazine
JANUARY 14, 2016
Grow Operations big data Cloud Computing cloud technology data security information technology IT technologyThese are just a few of the predictions that will likely happen in 2016. Consider it a snapshot of the IT community.
YoungUpstarts
NOVEMBER 4, 2018
Developing and deploying content in a way that’s consistent with how your audience finds their information is an important step in increasing your content marketing ROI. How we filter information. Once we hone in on who our audience is, it’s time to collect information about them.
ConversionXL
APRIL 23, 2019
Website information architecture is no joke, yet the overwhelming majority of businesses structure their site using the IMO method (“In my opinion…”). If you already have tens of pages on your site, you should do a proper information architecture analysis.
Startup Professionals Musings
FEBRUARY 18, 2012
The Internet and its information wave have changed everything – it’s the problem, with constant change, and it’s the solution, if you use it to navigate quickly and self-educate. You can ride the information wave, or be swamped by it.
YFS Magazine
JANUARY 5, 2018
The goal of the BD+C Reconstruction Awards is to find the best reconstructed, renovated, or remodeled projects , based on overall design, engineering, and construction project quality. Here are some tips to help you win: 1.
ithacaVC
JANUARY 9, 2020
First Round Capital is literally a treasure trove of valuable information. Happy New Year! Quick post. Its First Round Review repository is outstanding, and should be a go to resource for any startup founder. Today First Round Review published “ The 30 Best Pieces of Advice for Entrepreneurs that We Heard in 2019.” ” It is a wonderful compilation of advice and tidbits with easy to understand and apply stories. Definitely worth reading! Enjoy.
Both Sides of the Table
DECEMBER 20, 2010
Right now the most important role to hire in Twitter would be a seasoned marketing professional who could proactively change the conversation about Twitter and educate people about its significance as an information sharing tool. Twitter is information discovery.
Feld Thoughts
MARCH 2, 2015
As we continue deconstructing the Techstars Mentor Manifesto , today’s item is about keeping information confidential. In exchange, mentors will hold information in confidence. If you are uncertain, ask the person who you got the information from. But assume we are respectful, conscientious about what we can and can’t share, and fundamentally default to holding information in confidence.
Berkonomics
JANUARY 4, 2018
Most CEOs want to obtain information about their competitors in the most subtle and non-obvious ways. And of course, most are willing to trade information to get information. What does a CEO do with this wonderful, rich information dropped at his door at no cost or obligation?
Both Sides of the Table
AUGUST 28, 2012
By the time a partner shows you some interest and has take 2 or more meetings they are probably beginning to ask you for more information. The only real benefit of their having this information is in preparation for a term sheet. This is a hot topic I’ve been asked a lot about recently.
Berkonomics
APRIL 4, 2019
Every investor wants regular information from companies taking their money. On the other side, entrepreneurs and CEO’s usually have a natural fear of giving too much information to us investors after the initial investment is received.
YoungUpstarts
APRIL 1, 2013
Money is another major limiting factor for entrepreneurs, and here too the information age has given entrepreneurs a powerful tool: crowd funding. By Brandon Peters.
Up and Running
JUNE 9, 2011
Recently this happened again for me in the topic of making decisions based on incomplete information. Incomplete information. I first came across the phrase “acting with incomplete information” in a blog post Mark Suster wrote over a year ago titled “What makes an Entrepreneur?
Both Sides of the Table
NOVEMBER 9, 2014
I have blogged about some of the downside consequences of the changes and the private information I have says the consequences are much worse than is reported in the press since few people publicly talk about. There’s another issue I can add to your list of things to be aware of – information rights. He informed the investor that this was a violation of confidentiality clauses and we now have our company counsel reviewing the situation.
Berkonomics
FEBRUARY 4, 2016
Adding context to data takes this information and creates actionable knowledge. That’s data dense with information that is useful. Google analytics provides this information at no cost for websites and pages viewed. Say that you have a log file of every contact to your website.
The Startup Magazine
JANUARY 16, 2018
You have to key-in sensitive information such as your social security number online for you to access services. To help you stay safe online, here are four tips to keeping your information safe online when ordering government documents from home.
YoungUpstarts
JULY 23, 2012
According to a survey commissioned by online business community Mancx and conducted by Harris Interactive , almost every American adult respondent (98-percent) who looks for information online distrusts the information they find.
The Equity Kicker
FEBRUARY 27, 2013
A couple of weeks ago I wrote about the opportunity to find value in the shadows of big data by gleaning insights that are unrelated to reason the data was collected in the first place.
Feld Thoughts
JUNE 14, 2015
The post If You Get All Your Information On The Entrepreneurial Ecosystem From HBO, You’re Screwed appeared first on Feld Thoughts. This is the best quote I’ve seen all week. It’s from Greg Sands post on TechCrunch titled The Real Silicon Valley. . Greg is a long time friend and co-investor. I’m on the board with him at Return Path and he’s on the board with my partner Ryan at VictorOps. Along with my partners, we are all LPs in Greg’s fund Costanoa Ventures.
Seeing Both Sides
FEBRUARY 5, 2014
I love dressing informally, maybe too much. But lately, I have been wondering if entrepreneurs have taken informality too far. When asked to present their story, they ramble informally without a cogent direction. But I can''t stand sloppy, informal thinking.
Up and Running
MAY 6, 2011
Start an informational product business! What is an informational product business? The most recognizable informational product business is The Video Professor – where he teaches novices how to use eBay, Microsoft Excel, Adobe Photoshop, and more.
Entrepreneurs-Journey.com by Yaro Starak
JUNE 16, 2010
That passion eventually lead to starting a website to share information about personal training, which eventually became a six figure online membership site, then several and eventually a multi-million dollar information publishing business.
YoungUpstarts
JULY 27, 2015
Recently, the US Office of Personnel Management admitted that more than 21 million people were possibly affected by information stolen from its computer networks, including Social Security numbers and other sensitive data. So how do you keep your business information safe from hackers?
Growthink Blog
DECEMBER 22, 2016
We are really excited to announce we have launched a new business plan website, BusinessPlanTemplate.com. As the name indicates, the site will include business plan templates for all types of businesses. Currently, we have forty templates on the site. Templates are organized into 3 categories: Food & Retail, Service, & “Other” business plan templates. read more. Dave Lavinsky
The Equity Kicker
APRIL 17, 2013
I guess I enjoy this sort of analysis because it informs my view of how the world works which helps with my personal life, but is a real help with investing where I need to form views about what products will work in what markets on the back of very little data.
Entrepreneurs-Journey.com by Yaro Starak
MARCH 24, 2012
… Read the rest of this entry » Make Money Online Frank Kern information products state of the internet 2012Frank Kern kicked off this year with his State of The Internet address. This is a speech where Frank talks to the Internet marketing community and discusses where he thinks things will be headed for in the upcoming year. This year was a simple speech, but I believe it has the potential to make a profound impact.…
Entrepreneurs-Journey.com by Yaro Starak
JULY 3, 2013
Tweet Back in 2006 I began the process of researching which technology systems to use to sell an online teaching course. I had originally planned to release an ebook and was looking at using Clickbank , or even just selling directly with a Paypal link.
Entrepreneurs-Journey.com by Yaro Starak
DECEMBER 14, 2017
The post Which Business Model Is Best: Selling Services, Software, Information Or Physical Products? Product Creation business models consulting practice information product marketing selling softwareI’m getting old, at least in internet years. It’s almost 20 years now that I have been online and had some kind of website of my own. During this time I’ve played with all kinds of different business models, all kinds of different ways to make money online.
Entrepreneurs-Journey.com by Yaro Starak
MAY 28, 2010
Eben’s first video focused on the potential of selling information, especially if you can marry the convergence between what you know and what people go looking for information about.
Entrepreneurs-Journey.com by Yaro Starak
SEPTEMBER 4, 2015
The post Belinda Weaver: How To Go From A ‘Paid-By-The-Hour’ Freelance Copywriter To Making Money While You Sleep Selling Information Products appeared first on Entrepreneurs-Journey.com. Entrepreneur Profiles Podcasts Podcasts & Podcasting Podcasts Pillar belinda weaver copywriter Copywriting freelancer Freelancing information product
ConversionXL
MARCH 19, 2013
Information architecture is no joke, yet overwhelming majority of businesses have structured their site using the IMO method – “in my opinion” While common sense is a useful tool and a lot of sites are very simple (e.g. What is information architecture?
Entrepreneurs-Journey.com by Yaro Starak
FEBRUARY 5, 2012
Perhaps just calling them money making techniques rather than fully fledged businesses is more accurate in the majority of… Read the rest of this entry » Marketing, Business & Entrepreneurship business models consulting practice information product marketing selling softwareI’m getting old. Well, at least in internet years. It’s getting close to 15 years now that I have been online and had a website of my own.
Start Up Blog
MAY 25, 2015
No one will steal your ideas: Those that could steal them successfully never do it, while those that need to steal your information, rarely get traction.
Diego Basch
NOVEMBER 16, 2019
I do not want to help information spread unless I have made an effort to: verify that it has a reasonable chance to be true. convince myself that this information is useful signal in an extremely noisy world (I know this is subjective, but still better than not considering the issue at all). “ How easy it is to make people believe a lie, and [how] hard it is to undo that work again! ” –Mark Twain.
The Next Web
OCTOBER 8, 2014
The post How to do your PR in the age of information overload appeared first on The Next Web. Javier Sanz is a marketer at Quaderno.
Entrepreneurs-Journey.com by Yaro Starak
MARCH 22, 2011
An infopreneur is an “information entrepreneur&# , someone who turns words (or more specifically, information) into income – in a number of innovative ways. I’m an infopreneur who uses the Internet as a medium for distributing and monetizing information. In that report, Bob explained the real value of building a business around information and infoproducts. What’s really valuable is INFORMATION. Information is precious.
Bryce Dot VC
JANUARY 7, 2015
I’m heading back east next week and thought it might make sense to host a couple informal sessions where I could give a bit more of the backstory on indie.vc These will be very informal and free form sessions. and where those who’re interested in participating could ask questions. So, I’ve lined up dates in NYC and Chicago. NYC will be next Wed evening @ Kickstarter HQ. RSVP here. Chicago will be a brown bag lunch session next Friday @ Basecamp HQ. RSVP here.
Entrepreneurs-Journey.com by Yaro Starak
MAY 19, 2010
That’s not to say that it’s easy to succeed and profit from an information publishing business, but at least the tools we have to do so require minimal skill to set-up and there are thousands of people who are willing to do the set-up work for little cost. Starting any business is challenging, but an online business has to be one of the easiest by far to begin, especially if you focus on information as your currency, which online, it is. I feel blessed (or lucky!)
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