View from Seed
NOVEMBER 18, 2020
Airbnb’s public S-1 dropped Monday afternoon. One of the most highly anticipated startup IPOs of recent years, we now get a peek inside Airbnb’s business. You can read various articles out there which will give you the cursory facts about Airbnb like their overall revenue or profitability or how their business has faired here in 2020 in the COVID environment.
Startup Professionals Musings
NOVEMBER 28, 2020
In my view, starting a new business has never been easier, and according to reports from the Kauffman Foundation , the numbers are here to show it. The rate of new entrepreneurs increased between 2013 and 2019, from 280 out of 100,000 to 310 out of 100,000 of the adult population. Over 600,000 new businesses were created in the last year, or over one per minute of every day.
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YoungUpstarts
NOVEMBER 2, 2020
How can businesses and marketing teams reach customers in the age of COVID-19, respond to lightning-fast changes in the marketplace, and keep up with new consumer demands? Marketing pioneer Jim Ewel has the answer in three words: “With Agile marketing.”. As Ewel says, “Agile marketing teams can think on their feet, pivot at a moment’s notice, and ride a continuous wave of new ideas — allowing businesses to win in a post-pandemic world.”.
Steve Blank
NOVEMBER 13, 2020
We just held our twelfth session of our new national security class Technology, Innovation and Modern War. Joe Felter , Raj Shah and I designed a class to examine the new military systems, operational concepts and doctrines that will emerge from 21st century technologies – Space, Cyber, AI & Machine Learning and Autonomy. Today’s topic was The Space Force and Modern War.
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
The Startup Magazine
NOVEMBER 6, 2020
The tech sector is going through extraordinary growth right now as key areas like cybersecurity, software development, and data science continue to advance and have become such a key element for modern-day business. This means that it is a great time to be a tech professional, but you might also find that soon it becomes competitive and hard to stand out from the crowd.
ConversionXL
NOVEMBER 10, 2020
I recently faced a familiar scenario: My team wanted to buy a new SaaS tool, so my boss asked me how much budget to request. I had no idea about pricing, so I Googled around and asked for pricing tiers from several vendors in the space. Unfortunately, I received a handful of all too common, unhelpful responses. “Let’s jump on a call for a demo and maybe we can talk about pricing at the end.
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Startup Professionals Musings
NOVEMBER 23, 2020
Every entrepreneur and business executive knows that continuous innovation is required to survive, but most struggle with this more than any other challenge they face. They know they need to act proactively, but still are often blindsided by a new competitor coming out of the blue with a future they never imagined. Innovation driven by the next crisis is not leadership.
YoungUpstarts
NOVEMBER 5, 2020
by Aaron Adlem, Managing Director at Mercury IT Solutions UK. You would be hard-pressed to find a business that hasn’t been affected by the pandemic. Admittedly, some businesses have been able to flourish amidst all the uncertainty, but many more haven’t. With a nation-wide reliance on remote working schemes calling for countless employees to carry out the business’ essential processes from their own homes – proficient IT support and management has never been so important.
Hunter Walker
NOVEMBER 16, 2020
So I recently re-shared a 2019 blog post where I’d basically advised founders who’ve raised seed capital to worry less about “how will I raise the next round” and more about “how will I execute my plan?” The post’s kicker said it was “rare for a company that’s executing well to fail to raise a Series A” based on my early experiences in venture. Some of the responses highlighted that this wasn’t true of companies with founders who didn’t fit the traditional male, usually white, usually straight,
The Startup Magazine
NOVEMBER 4, 2020
Printing has become a necessity of every business today, therefore, it becomes necessary to have a good quality of printing as it makes the first impression on your business. Sometimes you have noticed that the print quality on documents is not the same as it appears in soft copy, because the document has some font problems, color issues, spacing, and alignment issues.
ConversionXL
NOVEMBER 5, 2020
Back in 2016, I read a book called Sprint by Jake Knapp, founder of Google Ventures. Knapp talks about focusing on only the essential activities for shipping new products and testing new ideas. As advocated in the book, I felt the idea of using restraint would help me quickly execute on new ideas. And so, the concept for a digital PR service was born.
Up and Running
NOVEMBER 19, 2020
Localization services are needed more than ever before to help businesses reach and retain new foreign audiences. Content marketing — communicating with your marketing using interesting articles, visuals, and videos — has been well established as a primary method of capturing and keeping attention. But in a new market , a prerequisite for success is that you speak the language of your audience and get on their cultural wavelength. .
Startup Professionals Musings
NOVEMBER 14, 2020
“If we build it, they will come.” I heard it again recently from a technical entrepreneur who should know better than to believe the old “ Field of Dreams ” sports fantasy movie theme in today’s Internet information overload environment. These days, building a new business is all about visibility and marketing, no matter how great or innovative a solution you bring to the table.
YoungUpstarts
NOVEMBER 23, 2020
Startup businesses often struggle with limited resources. Such companies often have less workload compared to established businesses with a large customer base. Outsourcing allows small companies to get professional services at affordable rates compared to developing in-house talent. It also helps the entrepreneur to concentrate on activities that can help the firm grow.
ReadWriteStart
NOVEMBER 16, 2020
It’s arguable that some tech startups become successful simply because the idea is so unbelievably good that it’s practically fated to become a smashing success. But more often, the idea is only part of the equation. Successful tech startups also require the right balance of funding and initial momentum. They need a team of dedicated, passionate people.
The Startup Magazine
NOVEMBER 27, 2020
Advanced technologies continually alter our world’s landscape, and each step is an incremental evolution that propels you forward. Modern businesses rely heavily on this positive cyclical and iterative disruption to be competitive in the marketplace and innovate, delivering new services and products to their customers faster than ever. Businesses also demand flexibility, choice, agility, and cost-effectiveness from these enabling technologies to ensure that business capabilities can change
ConversionXL
NOVEMBER 3, 2020
For the sake of argument, let’s say you know the basics of copywriting. Blah blah, write a compelling headline , know your audience , be persuasive , find your unique selling proposition , keep copy clean, blah blah blah. At one point, this advice was great. But from where you’re sitting, “write compelling headlines” isn’t helpful anymore, is it?
Up and Running
NOVEMBER 24, 2020
Bringing in customers is important. Holding onto those same customers is even more crucial. Which is where customer engagement comes into play. Engagement is the act of building authentic relationships with your target audience. It involves any and all communications that you leverage throughout the pre and post-purchase process. Which can be disastrous if you’re delivering different messages or even a misaligned tone through every channel.
Hearpreneur
NOVEMBER 29, 2020
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.
YoungUpstarts
NOVEMBER 4, 2020
2020 has produced significant challenges for businesses of all sizes across the entire world. Brick and mortar type businesses were forced in many states to close their doors for the safety of their patrons and employees. Doing so also closed their doors to a source of revenue they relied heavily on to keep their business alive and operating. Through this economic turmoil some businesses have collapsed and others have flourished.
ReadWriteStart
NOVEMBER 17, 2020
Startup tech entrepreneurs are often eager to grow their businesses as quickly as possible. That means hiring a lot of people, taking on a lot of new work, and aggressively scaling. This strategy is effective if you have a solid business plan and a solid team, but there’s also significant room for error. One of the most important elements of your business’s growth period is your approach to hiring.
The Startup Magazine
NOVEMBER 15, 2020
In today’s economy, most companies want to make sure that they are delivering on every single customer request, and customer service can be a very important factor in this process. Customer experience does not only occur on the inside of a company. It also happens on the outside of a business. Rate your experience customer satisfaction review Five Stars on mobile phone screen.
ConversionXL
NOVEMBER 25, 2020
YouTube continues to be one of the best places to see organic growth, and the barrier to entry can be an advantage for companies and brands willing to put in the work. Whereas a blog post needs just a computer to type, a video requires an understanding of lighting, audio, storytelling, editing, and community building. So, if you’re willing to fight through the learning curve and are patient enough to suffer through low viewership, you can generate significant exposure.
Up and Running
NOVEMBER 2, 2020
If you own or plan to start a construction company , you to leverage digital marketing strategies to stay ahead of your competitors. While in the past this may have been optional, it’s becoming more and more essential. This is true whether you’re selling directly to consumers or other companies — 96% of B2B customers prefer to use the internet to do business with manufacturers and vendors, according to data from Redstage. .
Startup Professionals Musings
NOVEMBER 21, 2020
Finding your sweet spot as an entrepreneur needs to start with a meaningful personal purpose that is also a business opportunity. Some people are so passionate about a cause that they forget to consider the lack of business potential, while others are so enamored with profit that they jeopardize their ethics. Both ends of this spectrum fail to bring long-term satisfaction or success.
YoungUpstarts
NOVEMBER 28, 2020
MyMonero is ultimately the most refined wallet for investors seeking lightweight options. It’s a decentralized cryptocurrency run through a network of users signifying the system is highly protected. Entire transactions are executed through a spread out consensus, and without alterations, they are registered on the blockchain. This wallet utilizes private ring transactions, stealth addresses, and ring signatures to consolidate the amounts, sources, and the intended target of the transactio
ReadWriteStart
NOVEMBER 30, 2020
Increasingly, startups are adopting a fully remote work model. With no headquarters, no central office, and no physical location for operations, startups rely entirely on digital forms of production and communication. Here is how to optimize a startup for remote work. It’s a viable model and potentially a very profitable, efficient, and fulfilling one for everyone involved.
The Startup Magazine
NOVEMBER 2, 2020
Using a VPN has been the only way to search online freely and safely, without any constraints. These VPNs provide high-speed protection & global WiFi streaming. Virtual Private Network (VPN) offers you online privacy and confidentiality by building a private network over a regular internet link. VPNs cover your Internet Protocol (IP) address so that your web activity is virtually impossible to trace.
deal architect
NOVEMBER 19, 2020
As we have moved to virtual vendor briefings, I have increasingly been excerpting short segments (with permission from vendors), as part of my Analyst Cam series. Geoff Scott, CEO of ASUG, interviewed Christian Klein, CEO of SAP, on a wide.
Up and Running
NOVEMBER 12, 2020
For many small businesses, determining your marketing budget is likely an afterthought. Actually spending money on advertising or other marketing costs can feel daunting and fruitless, especially when first starting out. But brand exposure and strategic targeting are crucial first steps for growth , meaning it’s better to outline your marketing budget earlier rather than later.
Startup Professionals Musings
NOVEMBER 15, 2020
When entrepreneurs introduce new products to the market, their passion and conviction often leads them to assume that every potential customer will see the immediate need and value, and will quickly adopt the solution. They are devastated when their business growth never starts or stalls, and they have no idea how to get it moving again. As an advisor to many startups, I often spend hours with business owners helping them anticipate every possible obstacle to the adoption of their solution, and
YoungUpstarts
NOVEMBER 14, 2020
A college syllabus is enough work for the typical student, but some enterprising students still desire to create a startup company in college. This smaller group of students are voluntarily increasing their work quota, with the additional responsibility of running a startup company. This addition often amounts to such students becoming disadvantaged, because they consider leaving one for the other eventually.
View from Seed
NOVEMBER 18, 2020
One important tactical decision when fundraising is determining the size of “the ask”. Sizing the ask incorrectly is one of the things I see founders get wrong most often, and it ends up having a meaningful impact to the fundraising process overall. Telling an investor how much money you are looking to raise seems like a simple and benign question, but it’s actually pretty complicated.
The Startup Magazine
NOVEMBER 20, 2020
The coronavirus pandemic has taken a significant toll on all areas of our lives – not only in terms of the considerable human cost but in a financial sense, too. Data shows that unemployment rates have risen this year, with thousands of jobs cut due to Covid-19’s impact on the economy. The need for a stable career could never be more significant. The government’s furlough scheme has offered a crucial lifeline to many, but the unprecedented nature of the crisis means that, sadly, there are still
Steve Blank
NOVEMBER 17, 2020
In July 2020, 400+ educators gathered online to discuss and share best practices for Lean education in the virtual environment. We learned a ton. And we’re going to do it again. Join me, Jerry Engel, Pete Newell, and Steve Weinstein for the 3rd edition of Lean Innovation Educators Summit on December 16th, 1 – 4pm EST , 6 – 9pm UTC. Why. COVID-19 has dramatically altered the business landscape.
Up and Running
NOVEMBER 17, 2020
Today, the virtual business model has a radically new relationship with employees. Instead of going to the office and seeing team members face-to-face, the only contact they have is via phone, email, and other technologies. . On one hand, this can yield some major benefits, such as increased productivity and happier employees. On the other hand, it can slow workflows down if you haven’t organized and mapped out the process.
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