YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 4, 2011

by Jon Gordon , author of “ The Seed: Finding Purpose and Happiness in Life and Work “ In a perfect world, “work” and “home” would balance out neatly. We’d work from 8 to 5 each day, take an hour-long lunch, and then come home and spend uninterrupted time with our families. But for those of us here in the wake of the Great Recession, firmly entrenched in an “always on” society, this notion seems hopelessly outdated.

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deal architect

OCTOBER 4, 2011

on the innovation blog Next-Gen Motorcycle Sprint’s new app to combat distracted driving Online gamers crack AIDS enzyme puzzle FCC and FEMA’s new disaster communication guidelines.

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YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 4, 2011

Most plastic bags we use today will either get incinerated or end up in a landfill somewhere. But not if four University of Arkansas student have anything to say about that – the founders of cycleWood Solutions Inc. intends to make biodegradable plastic shopping bags into reality. Using technology developed by University of Minnesota biochemist Simo Sarkanen from its Department of Bioproducts and Biosystems Engineering , the four students started their company after creating a business pla

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ReadWriteStart

OCTOBER 4, 2011

The folks at Heller Communications Design have this wonderful "About" page that has some pointers on when a potential client should hire them. The list spoke to me, not because I need a design firm or some other consultant, but because there is a lot there that any entrepreneur can use as warning signs that they need to restart their efforts, or perhaps rethink the direction that they are taking their business.

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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

Startup

David Teten

OCTOBER 4, 2011

Applications are now open for the January 2012 class ERA class; Application deadline is November 20th, 2011. Benefits: * Get a $25,000 investment for your startup. * 3 months of free collaborative office space in the heart of NYC at. Times Square (January 9th, 2012 – March 30th, 2012). * 200+ mentors from the NYC startup community. * One-on-one, hands-on support. * Speakers and seminars from leading entrepreneurs, technologists, and. industry experts. * Free services and support from 25+ s

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Feld Thoughts

OCTOBER 4, 2011

As some of you may know, we made a modest investment in Slice of Lime in 2007. This year, Slice of Lime is celebrating 10 years of being in business. This is a huge accomplishment and we couldn’t be more proud of the business Kevin, Jeff, and Daniel have built. Slice of Lime has done web strategy, design, and development work for many of the companies we’ve invested in over the years including BigDoor , BrightLeaf , and Orbotix (new site launching soon) as well as our own Foundry Gro

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Gregg Fraley, Author of Jack's Notebook

OCTOBER 4, 2011

I really have to say something about this notion that brainstorming / idea generation / ideation can be made into an efficient process. I’ve read a couple of interesting pieces on this lately, this idea it can be made more efficient, so you only get “good” ideas. If only it were so… I’ll grant you [.].

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VC Adventure

OCTOBER 4, 2011

This morning Federated Media announced that it has acquired Lijit Networks in a private stock deal. I’m incredibly proud of what the Lijit team has accomplished in the almost 4 years we’ve been investors in the business – charting a course that wasn’t exactly always a straight line, but one that has always placed publishers first.

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Entrepreneurs-Journey.com by Yaro Starak

OCTOBER 4, 2011

We’re all capable of success online. In fact, let’s define success before we go any further. If we were going to use a dictionary definition for success it’d look something like this: suc-cess [suh k-ses]. noun. the favorable or prosperous termination of attempts or endeavors. the attainment of wealth, position, honors, or the like.

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crowdSPRING Blog

OCTOBER 4, 2011

Earlier this year, we announced that we would issue a monthly cS Award to honor quality work by designers and writers in the crowdSPRING community. October cS Award. We have been working hard to establish a new reputation system for our community. We are doing this because we recognize that our community works hard, creates wonderful design and writing work, helps one another, learns from one another, and contributes energy, time, and creativity to projects on the site.

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Gregg Fraley, Author of Jack's Notebook

OCTOBER 4, 2011

I woke up today and saw that Josephine Forsberg has passed away. Jo was the founder of Players Workshop of Second City in Chciago. Bill Murray went there — along with many other comic luminaries. She will be missed. She gave the world a gift, and, it’s a gift you can receive. If you are [.].

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crowdSPRING Blog

OCTOBER 4, 2011

In our 12 Questions blog series, we feature interviews with someone from the crowdSPRING community. For these interviews, we pick people who add value to our community – in the blog, in the forums, in the projects. Plainly – activities that make crowdSPRING a better community. Be professional, treat others with respect, help us build something very special, and we’ll take notice.

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Austin Startup

OCTOBER 4, 2011

mobileTech Tuesday, by Steve Guengerich The past week has been a whirlwind of travel and events: from San Francisco to Grand Rapids to Austin. Along the way, I’ve had a chance to try out apps for each event, using my trusty iPhone 3GS – yes, I’m one of those who skipped 1st gen iPhone 4 and am likely to be a 4S purchaser! Here are some impressions of the event apps, working backwards, with a [.].

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Up and Running

OCTOBER 4, 2011

I just finished a strategic planning meeting with one of my client organizations. They wanted to know if it is possible to change corporate culture. Interesting question, since I always thought theirs was one that worked for them. Apparently I was wrong because they wanted, as part of their strategic plan, to figure out how to change corporate culture at their company.

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crowdSPRING Blog

OCTOBER 4, 2011

A penny isn’t much. It doesn’t buy anything really and the amount of copper in it is pretty negligible nowadays. However, as Melinda from this week’s Small Business Spotlight points out, most everyone has a pretty specific, penny-centric memory. For me, it’s collecting pennies with my dad and bringing to the bank for some extra spending cash.

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Entrepreneurs-Journey.com by Yaro Starak

OCTOBER 4, 2011

We’re all capable of success online. In fact, let’s define success before we go any further. If we were going to use a dictionary definition for success it’d look something like this: suc-cess [suh k-ses]. noun. the favorable or prosperous termination of attempts or endeavors. the attainment of wealth, position, honors, or the like.

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Jeff Hilimire

OCTOBER 4, 2011

It’s amazing how things in your life can have such a powerful impact on how you view the world and the way you live your life. Experiences shape us into who we are and I’m sure that continues to be the case as long as we’re on this earth. Or at least that continues to be my experience after 35 years of running around this place. As I look back at the early years of my career , having just started Spunlogic (then NBN Designs) and working with Raj and Danny to get that business o

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VC Adventure

OCTOBER 4, 2011

This morning Federated Media announced that it has acquired Lijit Networks in a private stock deal. I’m incredibly proud of what the Lijit team has accomplished in the almost 4 years we’ve been investors in the business – charting a course that wasn’t exactly always a straight line, but one that has always placed publishers first.

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Ben's Blog

OCTOBER 4, 2011

My partner John has posted the conclusion to his five-part series on building a global company.

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Entrepreneurs-Journey.com by Yaro Starak

OCTOBER 4, 2011

I remember my first business plan. Well, to be honest, it wasn’t much of a business plan, because in 1995, I knew next to nothing about ‘business’ After reading an article about how critical it was to have one, I put pen to paper and jotted down some notes to myself. And then, I plugged numbers into a template. For “Desired number of prospects or subscribers” I put “75,000″ If I could get 50 to 100 leads per day, and then work in a viral mechanism where

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YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 4, 2011

Published in 2009, Mitch Joel’s book on business strategy in the age of social media titled “ Six Pixels of Separation: Everyone Is Connected. Connect Your Business to Everyone ” is a laudable effort to tie in the disparate threads of the online world for those keen to experiment in this space. Covering a broad expanse of concepts and ideas – from crowdsourcing, community building, content creation, to platform specific strategies – the book provides a good introdu

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Entrepreneurs-Journey.com by Yaro Starak

OCTOBER 4, 2011

I remember my first business plan. Well, to be honest, it wasn’t much of a business plan, because in 1995, I knew next to nothing about ‘business’ After reading an article about how critical it was to have one, I put pen to paper and jotted down some notes to myself. And then, I plugged numbers into a template. For “Desired number of prospects or subscribers” I put “75,000″ If I could get 50 to 100 leads per day, and then work in a viral mechanism where

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