Steve Blank
MARCH 19, 2018
I just read Brotopia: Breaking Up the Boys’ Club of Silicon Valley. It was both eye-opening and cringe-worthy. The book explores the role of gender in the tech industry – at startups and venture capital firms – and the interaction between men and women in the two. While Silicon Valley has grown to have global influence, in many ways the cultural leadership from the venture community has dramatically shrunk in the last decade.
YoungUpstarts
MARCH 8, 2018
From flying drones to autonomous vehicles that can navigate a shipment to your door within an hour of clicking “Buy!” — the future of eCommerce is looking pretty flash. …or at least it does up to that final, awkward step of the fulfillment cycle when your order is just waiting there, exposed to the world until you take physical possession of it.
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Startup Professionals Musings
MARCH 14, 2018
Unfortunately, many entrepreneurs seem to prefer to fail their way to the top, rather than do some research and learn from the successes and mistakes of others. It seems to be part of the “ fail fast, fail often ” mantra often heard in Silicon Valley. As an advisor to many startups, I’m convinced it’s an expensive and painful approach, but I do see it used all too often.
Up and Running
MARCH 5, 2018
This article is part of our Business Startup Guide —a curated list of our articles that will get you up and running in no time! If you build it, they will come. That’s what I believed when I was first starting out. I assumed that if I opened a business, customers would just show up—no major marketing effort required. Other entrepreneurs take the complete opposite approach and treat marketing as if it’s the 1916 Battle of the Somme: they throw all of their resources in the general direction of th
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
YFS Magazine
MARCH 5, 2018
Your website requires certain pages to be successful. Here are the five key pages that are the most visited and the most important for a typical service-based business.
The Startup Magazine
MARCH 15, 2018
The goal of becoming a successful business owner isn’t as easy as it appears. In fact, statistically speaking, 90% of all startups will fail. Though the reason for their demise will vary greatly, one of the leading factors is finances. Unable to sustain enough capital to run their business efficiently leads to increased debt, dissatisfied customers, and the inability to sell your products or services.
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YoungUpstarts
MARCH 20, 2018
by KJ Dearie, product specialist and small business advisor at Termly. The rise of technology has invited a fall in consumer trust. As the regulations that govern the internet evolve and threaten the safety of online users’ personal information, more and more individuals are engaging the digital world with increasing suspicion and hesitance. Just as we closed the door on 2017, the FCC voted to repeal the Net Neutrality laws which protected the rights of internet users and website owners.
Startup Professionals Musings
MARCH 5, 2018
Many new entrepreneurs are so excited by their latest idea that they can’t resist contacting every investor they know, assuming the investor will be equally excited and want to contribute immediately. Others will work hard on a business plan, and then mail it indiscriminately to every potential investor they can find on the Internet. Both of these approaches are a waste of your time and theirs.
Up and Running
MARCH 21, 2018
When it comes to being an entrepreneur, establishing a personal brand through a website is critical to success. Everybody and their mom uses the internet to discover new brands, influencers and ultimately to buy new products and services. Big brands have the advantage of a strong reputation and a crew of professional designers behind their sites. If you want to compete with them, you’re going to have to develop a reputation and a strong web presence yourself.
Hunter Walker
MARCH 2, 2018
Nothing gets an investor’s heart racing like the phrase “software margins.” It’s shorthand for the concept than businesses which are primarily bits (not atoms) have some very attractive characteristics: fixed development costs, economies of scale in deployment & servicing, and “winner take most” markets with pricing power.
Austin Startup
MARCH 1, 2018
It’s here! The biggest week of the year for tech and startups in Austin, Texas as South by Southwest (SXSW) descends upon the city from March 19–15. There are a zillion things to do, both official and unofficial?—?so here are some of my picks that might stand out from the crowd. Did I miss something? Leave it in the comments! Surrender to Serendipity My general rule of thumb is to make a big calendar with everything I could possibly want to do on it and then in the moment do whichever of the thi
Feld Thoughts
MARCH 27, 2018
The first accelerator, YC, was founded in 2005. The second, Techstars, was founded in 2006. Wikipedia has a good summary of the history of accelerators. Now that we are 13 years into the accelerator journey, an accelerator is a well-established construct that is part of the global startup ecosystem. They have evolved over the years, and many new approaches have been taken.
YoungUpstarts
MARCH 1, 2018
by Brian Sutter, Director of Marketing, Wasp Barcode Technologies. What are your plans for 2018? It’s well underway by now – hopefully you’ve got a few of them implemented already. But if there’s still any room in your calendar, consider making some time for the ideas below. Some of these may not fully hit in 2018, but it’s not too soon to get started with them.
The Startup Magazine
MARCH 23, 2018
These days, ecommerce websites are booming. To get the edge over the competition, you need to improve your ecommerce platform and redesign it. Because this is a complicated task, you need to set goals to do it. Your goals and expectations must be clear and realistic. Your website gives the first impression of your brand to the visitors. With that in mind, here are several reasons why you need to redesign your ecommerce website.
Up and Running
MARCH 14, 2018
Image via WOCinTechChat. I know what it’s like to pitch to investors—both angels and venture capitalists. I’ve raised close to $1 million from angel investors for my previous technology startups. Sometimes you only get 10 minutes to pitch your business opportunity to the investors (or less in some cases). Here’s how to get started. Create a presentation.
Hearpreneur
MARCH 14, 2018
Being in love is great. Being in love with your business, when you’re an entrepreneur, is even better. Waking up each morning knowing you are getting to do exactly what you love is more than most people could ever say about any “job” they have had. Although there are days when tossing in your hat seems like a viable option, remembering how much you love your “job” can quickly snap an entrepreneur out of that mentality.
YFS Magazine
MARCH 8, 2018
As with product development of any kind, process design is often the most difficult (yet most valuable) part of your project.
crowdSPRING Blog
MARCH 22, 2018
When planning your next product, the less you leave to chance, the better. And while you can never guarantee a successful product launch, you can vastly improve your odds if you prepare properly. In our recent article 7 Epic Product Fails and the Valuable Lessons They Can Teach Your Small Business we explored the important lessons your business can learn from products that spectacularly failed to make the cut.
YoungUpstarts
MARCH 12, 2018
by Dustin Pfluger, Partner at BKM Sowan Horan, LLP. Developing profitable products and services constitutes a major part of starting a business. However, other aspects such as forecasting and accounting are equally as important in ensuring that a business continues to grow. These tasks may seem secondary and overwhelming when starting out but the output from these activities serve as key indicators of the health of the business.
The Startup Magazine
MARCH 23, 2018
Energy might be cheaper now than it was a few years back, but the need for innovation has never been greater. Chain Reaction Innovations. That’s why I’m so excited to serve as Director of the Chain Reaction Innovations (CRI) program at the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory in Lemont, Ill., 25 miles southwest of Chicago. CRI Program.
Up and Running
MARCH 20, 2018
Let’s start with the basics: You need your first 100 customers—like, now. Sales—the one word that most employees fear, but the only word that co-founders think about. It’s safe to say that if any startup could master the art of sales, then cash flow and most other problems in business would be minimal. This is an in-depth article that will give you a full blueprint as to how we were able to grow our unlimited graphic design service, Penji to our first 100 customers.
Start Up Blog
MARCH 11, 2018
After a keynote speech, I was asked again today what will happen to all the people who will lose their jobs due to Automation and Artificial Intelligence. The example cited was people who drive for a living. While I’ve written about this before, as well as the shift off farms to the cities in the. Continue reading → The post What is TATE?
Duct Tape Marketing
MARCH 8, 2018
Transcript of How to Create Content That Stands Out and Gets Results written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing. Back to Podcast. Transcript. John Jantsch: Hello and welcome to another episode of the Duct Tape Marketing Podcast. This is John Jantsch, and my guest today is Garrett Moon. He is the CEO and Co-Founder at CoSchedule. He’s also the author of a book we’re going to talk about today, “10x Marketing Formula: Your Blueprint for Creating ‘Competition-Fr
Hunter Walker
MARCH 15, 2018
Even though I finished reading Emily Chang’s Brotopia last month, it’s lingered. One passage in particular — Jennifer Hyman , CEO of Rent the Runway, talking about how we call many men in tech “visionary” but fail to apply this characteristic as often (or at all) to women. Reflecting on Jennifer’s assertion, I thought of our experience with theSkimm , one of the most dynamic audience companies out there today and a startup we were fortunate to first back in 2
YoungUpstarts
MARCH 30, 2018
Small-scaled companies may operate with a lower capital and a smaller area but it doesn’t mean that the responsibility of the company is lesser than that of a large corporation. Regardless of size, every business has to look out for their environment, health and safety standards and processes. Small companies need to be mindful, since every neglected facet could be costly to them in the long run.
The Startup Magazine
MARCH 5, 2018
In honor of this week’s International Women’s Day, we are republishing some of our most poignant The Startup Magazine articles by female contributors. The following on gender roles in the startup community was written and contributed by Marina Sarkisian. Thursday evening. Crowded venue. Free Beer. Hand shakes and visit cards. Standard procedure in the London Tech scene.
Up and Running
MARCH 12, 2018
Imagine this: Someone goes into a supermarket buy groceries. They fill their shopping cart with milk and eggs and everything they need for the week. They start heading for a checkout line, but that moment, their phone rings. They answer the call, get distracted for a few minutes and just wander out of the store and drive away from the supermarket leaving the full cart behind.
Both Sides of the Table
MARCH 8, 2018
Upfront Ventures has a deep-seated commitment to equality in funding & building diverse teams across all ethnicities, nationalities and genders. We do this not just because it’s the right thing to do but also we believe it will help drive large and differentiated returns. In 2017 we began inserting an “Inclusion Clause” into our term sheets because we believe that the culture one establishes at the earliest stages of one’s business will set out the course of how it will grow and develop.
Duct Tape Marketing
MARCH 8, 2018
How to Create Content That Stands Out and Gets Results written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing. Marketing Podcast with Garrett Moon. Podcast Transcript. My guest for this week’s episode of the Duct Tape Marketing Podcast is Garrett Moon. He is the CEO and co-founder of CoSchedule , the web’s most popular marketing calendar and the fastest growing startup in North Dakota.
deal architect
MARCH 22, 2018
In Part 1 here, Malcolm Frank, EVP of Marketing and Strategy talked about his keynote and the audience vibe at the recent Cognizant Community. Here he provides color commentary on some of the other excellent sessions during the event. Kevin.
YoungUpstarts
MARCH 12, 2018
Dental practices can be found in almost every town; however you’ll often find that your local dentist is reasonably small and well-hidden. If you’ve recently started up a dental practice of your own, you’ll want to ensure your marketing efforts are effective in order to build a sufficient client base and begin earning some profits. There are hundreds, if not thousands of different marketing methods available today, however there are a select few that will work perfectly for small dental business
Jeff Hilimire
MARCH 16, 2018
Oh man, my schedule right now is nuts! I’ve always been somewhat maniacal about how I manage my schedule (proof: check out this post from 2014 called I use email and my calendar to manage my life.) But right now, my cup definitely over-floweth. It’s probably because Dragon Army has grown 3x over the last year. Or maybe its because I have five children and they have a seemingly endless number of activities these days.
Up and Running
MARCH 7, 2018
I spent years as a manager at a startup company. In my time, I learned a thing or two about the importance of preventing employee turnover. Aside from the time-consuming tasks of screening potential employees, interviewing, and re-hiring , losing and replacing employees is expensive. On average, it costs nearly three times an employee’s salary to replace them.
Startup Professionals Musings
MARCH 2, 2018
One of the lessons I have learned over the years as a business executive, and now as a mentor to entrepreneurs, is that if you really want employees who enthusiastically take ownership of their work, you have to start treating them like owners, not renters. Owners feel they have skin in the game, and benefit from improved effort and results, rather than just getting blamed for problems.
Steve Blank
MARCH 13, 2018
Co-founder magazine just interviewed me about the current state of entrepreneurship – in startups and large companies – and how we got here. I thought they did a good job of capturing my thoughts. Take a read here. click here to read the rest of the article.
deal architect
MARCH 28, 2018
Two starkly different experiences last week have me thinking about boring business processes. My wife and I drove by a recently opened Carvana “vending machine” near us– their octagonal, 8-story glass and metal robot which delivers the car you just.
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