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We get a lot of emails from companies who send us business plans or executive summaries which don’t include any financial information. Financial information helps us evaluate whether a business fits with our strategy in two ways. MORE
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
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
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
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
What are we, less than two week’s into Jessica Lessin’s launch of The Information ? The Information is meant to be a business expense, with an audience who is less price sensitive because they’re (a) rich or (b) making the company pay. For me the value in The Information is not solely in what they’re providing but what they’re leaving out. Two other The Information randoms: 1. 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
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
Whether you find advisors from family, friends, faculty or fellow managers, great advisors can become an informal resource that rivals that of more formal resources, including board members. We work for food” is a common mantra for such friends who are willing to provide such informal services. In my experience both seeking and providing such informal services, personal visits to a company for more than a short time before or after a lunch or dinner are fine. 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
This may sound a bit Big Brother-ish, but the effect will be to give knowledge workers new and powerful tools for collecting, understanding, and acting on information. This essay originally appeared on MIT Sloan Management Review as part of their Frontiers Essay Series. 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
There is a natural fear of giving too much information to investors after the initial investment is received. CEO’s worry that investors will not keep the information confidential and that financial data will find its way into competitors’ hands. But the question that is most often asked is: “How much financial information must be divulged?” Good relations with investors can be maintained only by keeping current with information between the company and the investors. 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
The post Y Combinator Informs 15,000+ Startups: You’re in, You’re Out, You’re All Accepted to Startup School appeared first on SiliconHills. By Laura Lorek Publisher of Silicon Hills News Building a startup is like riding a roller coaster of emotions for most founders. Monday it was a particularly difficult ride for more than 15,000 founders because of a technical glitch by Y Combinator. The Mountain View, Calif.-based 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
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
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
Information Does Not Want To Be Free. Stewart Brand is infamously reported as saying "information wants to be free"- the rallying cry against any limits on information ownership, the mantra for free content and ideas. Which obviously leads to scorn and mockery : "Youll often hear cypherpunk weenies with poorly-thought-out philosophies trot out information wants to be free as some kind of pseudo-socialist Utopian vision.". Or this: Information Wants To Be Free. MORE
This is just one hypo out of many that address the same question, namely, when, as CEO, should you share a given piece of information with your board of directors (and let’s assume your company is venture backed and you have VCs and independent directors on your board)? In order to exercise those duties (in particular the duty of care and duty of loyalty), board members must be fully informed. Some will engage often on most issues and some will inform later on most issues. MORE
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MARCH 10, 2015
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.
deal architect
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
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.
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.
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
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.
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.
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
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.
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.
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?
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.
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.
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.
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.
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?
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 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.
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.
SiliconHills
AUGUST 20, 2018
The post Y Combinator Informs 15,000+ Startups: You’re in, You’re Out, You’re All Accepted to Startup School appeared first on SiliconHills. By Laura Lorek Publisher of Silicon Hills News Building a startup is like riding a roller coaster of emotions for most founders. Monday it was a particularly difficult ride for more than 15,000 founders because of a technical glitch by Y Combinator. The Mountain View, Calif.-based
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?
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.
aweissman.com
JANUARY 31, 2012
Information Does Not Want To Be Free. Stewart Brand is infamously reported as saying "information wants to be free"- the rallying cry against any limits on information ownership, the mantra for free content and ideas. Which obviously leads to scorn and mockery : "Youll often hear cypherpunk weenies with poorly-thought-out philosophies trot out information wants to be free as some kind of pseudo-socialist Utopian vision.". Or this: Information Wants To Be Free.
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.
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
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.
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.
The Equity Kicker
FEBRUARY 23, 2012
We get a lot of emails from companies who send us business plans or executive summaries which don’t include any financial information. Financial information helps us evaluate whether a business fits with our strategy in two ways.
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
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.
Hunter Walker
DECEMBER 17, 2013
What are we, less than two week’s into Jessica Lessin’s launch of The Information ? The Information is meant to be a business expense, with an audience who is less price sensitive because they’re (a) rich or (b) making the company pay. For me the value in The Information is not solely in what they’re providing but what they’re leaving out. Two other The Information randoms: 1.
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
Berkonomics
APRIL 14, 2012
There is a natural fear of giving too much information to investors after the initial investment is received. CEO’s worry that investors will not keep the information confidential and that financial data will find its way into competitors’ hands. But the question that is most often asked is: “How much financial information must be divulged?” Good relations with investors can be maintained only by keeping current with information between the company and the investors.
Reid Hoffman
JUNE 28, 2016
This may sound a bit Big Brother-ish, but the effect will be to give knowledge workers new and powerful tools for collecting, understanding, and acting on information. This essay originally appeared on MIT Sloan Management Review as part of their Frontiers Essay Series.
Berkonomics
NOVEMBER 29, 2010
Whether you find advisors from family, friends, faculty or fellow managers, great advisors can become an informal resource that rivals that of more formal resources, including board members. We work for food” is a common mantra for such friends who are willing to provide such informal services. In my experience both seeking and providing such informal services, personal visits to a company for more than a short time before or after a lunch or dinner are fine.
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.
ithacaVC
MARCH 2, 2011
This is just one hypo out of many that address the same question, namely, when, as CEO, should you share a given piece of information with your board of directors (and let’s assume your company is venture backed and you have VCs and independent directors on your board)? In order to exercise those duties (in particular the duty of care and duty of loyalty), board members must be fully informed. Some will engage often on most issues and some will inform later on most issues.
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