The Startup Magazine
APRIL 21, 2025
Your HVAC business is more than just a provider of comfortit plays a key role in supporting both homes and commercial spaces. Running efficiently isnt just good practice; its essential for maintaining profitability and a consistent client base. When operations run smoothly wit these HVAC business tips, it becomes easier to deliver high-quality service and respond to customer needs quickly.
Women Entrepreneurs Can
APRIL 25, 2025
So many businesses try to start up on the market on a regular basis, but without something special, theyre not going to make it. Its not a fun thing to think about when you want to get yourself started in the business world, but its something that you have to consider in order to stop yourself from going down the wrong path. When you do get your business started, you need to think about how you can achieve greatness going forward.
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Version One Ventures
APRIL 17, 2025
Shifting healthcare systems from reactive to proactive care is critical the best outcomes occur when people can take action early, before a condition becomes a diagnosis. Thats why we are excited to announce that we have led a $2.5m pre-seed round for NiaHealth and are thrilled that they are coming out of stealth and we can share what they have been building.
Hunter Walker
APRIL 17, 2025
I ran into Joe Hyrkin after his company Issuu (where he’d been CEO) was been purchased by Bending Spoons. Since I’m always interested in startup outcomes – especially those where there’s a private equity-like exit , Joe was kind enough to share the backstory with me, and here with you! Five Questions with Joe Hyrkin Hunter Walk: You sold Issuu to Bending Spoons , which has recently acquired a number of legacy products including Evernote, Meetup, WeTransfer and Brightcove.
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
Women Entrepreneurs Can
APRIL 14, 2025
On paper, everything looks fine. Youre managing customers just fine during peak hours , those tasks are getting ticked off, and emails are answered. Plus, reports go out more or less on time. Basically, the tools your business relies on every day are functioning, technically. But behind the scenes, things feel heavier than they should. Projects that should take a few clicks somehow require hours.
Duct Tape Marketing
APRIL 14, 2025
Small Business Owners: Who Should You Hire for Marketing? written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing Table of Contents 1 In-House Marketing Team 2 Outsourced Marketing Agencies 3 Marketing Leadership for Small Businesses: The Hybrid Approach 4 Making the Right Hire When it comes to marketing leadership for small businesses , choosing who to hire can feel overwhelming.
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VC Cafe
APRIL 9, 2025
Can’t stop hearing about AI Agents and MCP? there’s a good reason for it. We’re witnessing a shift towards autonomous systems capable of handling increasingly complex tasks. However, a critical challenge has emerged: how do these intelligent agents interact with the vast landscape of existing tools, data, and even each other? Two recent developments are poised to revolutionise this: Anthropic’s Model Context Protocol (MCP) and Google’s Agent2Agent (A2A) protocol.
Hunter Walker
APRIL 21, 2025
Soon I’ll have spent more time on cap tables than org charts. That’s a 2025 milestone as Homebrew turns 12.5 years old, surpassing my combined working tenure across Second Life, Google and YouTube. I entered venture capital with some beliefs – many of which still hold true (such as ‘your LPs are your business partners, not your customers’).
Duct Tape Marketing
APRIL 24, 2025
How to Think Strategically About AI Tools written by Jarret Redding read more at Duct Tape Marketing The Duct Tape Marketing Podcast with Dan Sanchez In this episode of the Duct Tape Marketing Podcast, I interviewed Dan Sanchez, an AI marketer, consultant, and the creator behind AI-Driven Marketer. Dan has a deep passion for exploring how artificial intelligence can be used not just for automation, but as a co-pilot in crafting better strategies, solving complex business challenges, and enhancin
The Startup Magazine
APRIL 21, 2025
By Alex Lanstein, CTO, StrikeReady Theres no doubt that artificial intelligence (AI) has made it easier and faster to do business. The speed that AI enables for product development is certainly significantand it cannot be understated how important this is, whether youre designing the prototype of a new product or the website to sell it on. Similarly, Large Language Models (LLMs) like OpenAIs ChatGPT and Googles Gemini have revolutionized the way people do business, to quickly create or analyze l
YoungUpstarts
APRIL 9, 2025
The most successful small business marketers aren't those doing the most they're those doing the right things consistently well, says Kim Schmitz. The post The Strategic Advantage: How Busy SMB Owners Can Win At Marketing With Less Effort appeared first on Young Upstarts.
VC Cafe
APRIL 25, 2025
“Founders, heads up – if youre planning to raise a VC round every 18 months, youre planning to fail these days.” Peter Walker, Head of Insights at Carta The venture capital landscape has shifted. The rapid-fire funding rounds of the recent past are giving way to a new reality: longer timelines between raises and a significantly higher bar to clear for securing your next round of capital.
Women Entrepreneurs Can
APRIL 25, 2025
There are a few things in business you can get away with winging. For example. things like choosing the office coffee machine, taking a gamble on a new font, and skipping the annual holiday card. But cybersecurity compliance? Well, you already know you need to safeguard your business , but you cant do the bare minimum. Seriously, that one has serious consequences.
Mike Michalowicz
APRIL 24, 2025
When you think about growth, does your mind immediately jump to one word: more? More products. More services. More clients. More sales. It feels intuitive, right? If you want a bigger business, you sell more things to more people, right? Erm. More could cost you. What if your best-selling product that is bringing in the most revenue is quietly dragging your business down?
The Startup Magazine
APRIL 7, 2025
Creating your custom-branded content is more than just sending off your company logo to production. While you can surely just create branded content with your logo, there is more to consider to effectively create quality branded clothing. From concept to creation, creating your custom clothing is important every step of the way. Let’s explore some key considerations for designing unique branded clothing that your employees and customers alike will love.
Feld Thoughts
APRIL 21, 2025
I’ve decided to come out of hibernation until at least Labor Day. While this coincides with the publication of my new book, Give First: The Power of Mentorship , I also have a few things on my mind that I feel like blogging about. If you know me, you probably know that I explore ideas by writing about them, and have always learned a lot when I think out loud by writing in public.
Hearpreneur
APRIL 7, 2025
This motivational video is to help CEOs, entrepreneurs and business owners start the week off inspired to become great.
deal architect
APRIL 6, 2025
As we have moved to virtual briefings, I have increasingly been excerpting short video segments (with permission) as part of my Analyst Cam series. Rob Zwiebach, VP Product Management at Workday, does a rapid-fire summary of what is included in.
Mike Michalowicz
APRIL 10, 2025
When I first stood behind a microphone to share my story, I had no idea what it would become. Back then, I wasnt Mike Michalowicz, speaker and author. I was just a guy who had built businesses, made a lot of mistakes, and, more importantly, learned a few things the hard way. If you had told me then that speaking would become a major part of my lifes work, I probably would have laughed and said, Im not cut out for that.
The Startup Magazine
APRIL 16, 2025
Youll already know youll need a digital marketing strategy to help bring in leads for your business. Itll expand your brand awareness and help you generate more sales. This only happens when everythings going as well as possible. That doesnt always happen. Image Credit: Path Digital from Unsplash. You could need to improve your digital marketing strategy to see better results.
Lightspeed Venture Partners
APRIL 15, 2025
Lightspeed Venture Partners is a multi-stage venture capital firm focused on accelerating disruptive innovations and trends.
Berkonomics
APRIL 24, 2025
It sure is not intuitive. Here we must do a little math calculation together to make a point. Even if your business collects a full years revenue up front, you are still going to get hit with this. Heres the math and a wake-up call: Assume that your gross margin from sales is 50% for ease in calculation. Assume 30 days to collect receivables from completed work, and 30 days to complete the work.
Start Up Blog
APRIL 5, 2025
You have more power than you think… (Listen to Steve read this post below with full Samma vibes added!) Vibe Coding is RAD. And if you can talk, describe, or vibe an idea you can now build software – No syntax – No debugging marathons. Just words + AI = working code. For decades, coding was a mysterious art, locked away behind keyboards and cryptic symbols for nerds like me.
Mike Michalowicz
APRIL 8, 2025
Ever feel like your business is a never-ending game of whack-a-mole? You’re constantly putting out fires, and just when you think you’ve got things under control, another issue pops up. It’s exhausting, right? But here’s the thing: sometimes, the biggest wins come from focusing on the small stuff – Especially when it comes to your customers’ user experience.
YoungUpstarts
APRIL 25, 2025
Marcus Soori shares some lessons he learned while taking his invention - the Tricorder.Zero - from the big screen to reality. The post From The Big Screen To Reality: Taking Healthcare Innovations To Market appeared first on Young Upstarts.
Lightspeed Venture Partners
APRIL 15, 2025
Lightspeed Venture Partners is a multi-stage venture capital firm focused on accelerating disruptive innovations and trends.
Our Own Start-up
APRIL 19, 2025
Creating a marketplace can be an exciting and rewarding venture, but it’s also complex. Whether you’re building a peer-to-peer rental platform, a B2B service exchange, or an e-commerce aggregator, the idea of launching a full-scale marketplace can feel overwhelming, especially when budget and time are limited. Thats where the concept of aMinimum Viable Product (MVP) […] The post How to Build a Marketplace MVP Quickly and on a Budget first appeared on Our Own Startup.
Hearpreneur
APRIL 14, 2025
This motivational video is to help CEOs, entrepreneurs and business owners start the week off inspired to become great.
Berkonomics
APRIL 10, 2025
Well, you may not be alone. Many executives and managers have made the mistake of using the financial and sales forecast to plan and execute hiring of new employees – so that they could be trained and up to speed when the demand arrives. The balance between preparedness and cost Although hiring early does add to overhead by bringing employees aboard before they become economic contributors to the bottom line, there is much to be said about consistent or improved service quality by having t
YoungUpstarts
APRIL 23, 2025
Success in the AI era wont come from outrunning technology it will come from leading ourselves and others with care. The post Why AI Is Fueling Workplace Burnout Not Fixing It appeared first on Young Upstarts.
Lightspeed Venture Partners
APRIL 15, 2025
Lightspeed Venture Partners is a multi-stage venture capital firm focused on accelerating disruptive innovations and trends.
NZ Entrepreneur
APRIL 21, 2025
Who: VistaPrint What: Small business marketing HQ: Victoria, Australia Who do you work with and what key challenges do you help them solve? VistaPrint is the print, design and marketing partner to millions of small businesses around the world. For more than 20 years, weve been helping businesses look and feel credible through high-quality custom products.
Duct Tape Marketing
APRIL 10, 2025
Bridging the Courage Gap in Your Business written by Jarret Redding read more at Duct Tape Marketing The Duct Tape Marketing Podcast with Margie Warrell In this episode of the Duct Tape Marketing Podcast, I interviewed Dr. Margie Warrell, bestselling author, leadership coach, and global authority on courage and risk-taking. We unpacked the core ideas from her latest book The Courage Gap: Five Steps to Braver Action a must-read for anyone navigating the often uncomfortable decisions that come wit
Berkonomics
APRIL 17, 2025
Here is one that is so important to the continued health of a growing company that it cannot be overstated. Its a bit complex for novices. But hang in there as I explain a bit about accounting classification of assets and liabilities. Differences between types of assets and liabilities First, lets be sure we know what is short in term and what is long in term.
YoungUpstarts
APRIL 22, 2025
Online learning is the leading method of getting credible hard skills, especially in the area of financial literacy. The post Eager To Build Financial Confidence In 2025? Heres Why Online Learning Is The Way to Go appeared first on Young Upstarts.
Lightspeed Venture Partners
APRIL 9, 2025
Lightspeed Venture Partners is a multi-stage venture capital firm focused on accelerating disruptive innovations and trends.
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