YoungUpstarts
APRIL 30, 2019
by Jason Scott, founder and CEO of 120VC , and author of “ It’s Never Just Business: It’s about People “ When you lead an organization, part of your job includes addressing critical problems and communicating new directives to your team. What’s the best way to do that? Throughout my career, I’ve found four failsafe strategies that prepare me to lead when moments like these arise.
YoungUpstarts
MAY 1, 2019
by Hal Gregersen, author of “ Questions Are the Answer: A Breakthrough Approach to Your Most Vexing Problems at Work and in Life “ Creative breakthroughs come about when courageous entrepreneurs dare to reframe the most puzzling challenges by asking different questions. By reframing questions, they dissolve barriers to thinking, like limiting prior assumptions and they channel creative energy down more productive pathways.
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Startup Professionals Musings
MAY 1, 2019
Image via Pixabay As a mentor to many small business owners, I always caution them that you can never relax completely, just because your initial solution or product set appears to be getting traction, and the market buzz is positive. Unfortunately, your next stage of scaling the business is fraught with potential oversights that can lead to the downfall of even the best-laid business plans.
View from Seed
MAY 2, 2019
As the seed stage that atomized and series A rounds have become larger and more traction based, the paths to series A have changed. The baseline path to series A has tends to look something like this: Raise $0?—?$500K in angel or pre-seed funding -> Raise a $2–3M institutional seed -> Raise an A. This is the logical path that one would think is pretty “standard” for early stage companies.
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
ConversionXL
APRIL 30, 2019
People make snap judgments. It takes only 1/10th of a second to form a first impression about a person. Websites are no different. It takes about 50 milliseconds (ms) (that’s 0.05 seconds) for users to form an opinion about your website that determines whether they’ll stay or leave. This number comes from specific studies. In the first study, participants twice rated the visual appeal of web homepages presented for 500 ms each.
YoungUpstarts
MAY 3, 2019
by Tahnee Perry, Vice President of Marketing at Deem. With your business growing, revenue flowing in, and your team beginning to expand, it makes sense to start looking to the horizon and sending your representatives out to spread the word about your small business. Whether you’re a consultancy hoping to offer your innovative thinking and solutions to other companies around the world, a construction company looking to expand operations into a new city, or a retail firm deploying buyers an
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Up and Running
APRIL 29, 2019
When your marketing plan aligns with your branding goals, your company becomes memorable to the masses. Nearly every business owner has goals , but how you define and carry them out often makes the difference between success and failure. Around 84.5 percent of American companies use some type of digital content marketing. Marketing and branding are two different elements of your business’s image, but they also work together toward building an overall picture of who you are as a company.
ConversionXL
APRIL 27, 2019
What if there were a method—even a process—that you could apply to increase website sales? Wouldn’t that be swell? Well, there is. I’ve turned it into a checklist. This method works across all categories; it doesn’t matter what business you’re in. Take your website, assess it for any item on the list, make improvements, and your online sales will increase.
The Startup Magazine
APRIL 27, 2019
If you own a retail business, customer experience needs to be one of your primary concerns. With more and more consumers turning to the Internet for many of their shopping needs, creating a positive experience is one of the most important things you can do to keep customers coming to your location instead of shopping online. While often thought of as solutions for accepting payments, POS systems are powerful tools that can help with nearly every aspect of your business – including improving cust
crowdSPRING Blog
APRIL 30, 2019
Most startups and small businesses have limited budgets for marketing. But, we all know that it’s essential to spread the word, build relationships, and make sales. So what’s a startup or small business to do when their need for marketing is big, but their budget is small? National television campaigns are definitely out. But, there’s plenty that you can do… if you embrace lean marketing principles.
Duct Tape Marketing
MAY 1, 2019
Transcript of Everything You Need to Know About Podcasting written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing. Back to Podcast. Transcript. This transcript is sponsored by our transcript partner – Rev – Get $10 off your first order. John Jantsch: This episode of the Duct Tape Marketing podcast is brought to you by SEMrush. It is our go-to SEO tool for doing audits, for tracking position and ranking, for really getting ideas on how to get more organic traffic for our clients, co
ConversionXL
MAY 1, 2019
If you’ve ever worked at an agency, you know the value of client education. Results aren’t persuasive if reports seem like a jumble of acronyms. Trend lines aren’t impressive if they track metrics that appear distant from business goals. Client education is central to marketing messaging, too, especially for sellers with long sales cycles. Prospects spend a limited amount of time on your site.
The Startup Magazine
MAY 2, 2019
Before using the services of any company, it is always good to look at the consumer reviews. They can give you a glimpse into what to expect, and whether the service quality is worth your time and money. Reviews are especially important when looking to engage the services of a debt management company. If you are in financial distress, the last thing you want is to deal with a company that will only add to your misery.
Austin Startup
APRIL 27, 2019
As I mentioned at the beginning of this series/ebook, over the years I’ve noticed that I tend to frequently share certain Lucky7 posts with entrepreneurs we’ve backed , team members at data.world, or other startup investors I know. In totality, these posts are at least as long as most business books. So I’m packaging the best of them up for you here in a new series called The Entrepreneur’s Essentials.
Cracking the Code
MAY 2, 2019
Team building is top of mind for any start-up founder or exec. Recruiting and retaining top talent is even more challenging for software engineers. To get an insight into how successful start-ups approach team building, we spoke to Sylvain Utard, employee number 1 and VP of Engineering at Algolia, an Accel portfolio company. Algolia is transforming the search and discovery experience that businesses can offer their users online, managing over 50+ billion search queries a month for enterprise cus
Board Effect
APRIL 29, 2019
Fundraising is inarguably one of the most important activities for nonprofit organizations. In fact, most nonprofits can’t exist or sustain their organizations without doing regular fundraising activities. Fundraising rules and regulations can have tax implications for nonprofits, so it’s important that board directors understand them. . Fundraising Activities and Means of Solicitation.
deal architect
MAY 2, 2019
I find Frank Scavo a great sounding board. He has a way of simplifying things and pushing back when things are buzzword-y. I have quoted him in several books. He has introduced me to case studies I have profiled in.
Women Entrepreneurs Can
MAY 2, 2019
Wedding planning can be a profitable and exciting business. People who are interested in this business have a passion for the beauty and romance of weddings. You might have planned your own successful wedding. You need, among other things, a solid business plan to start a successful wedding planning business. Here are three important steps to get you started. 1.
Duct Tape Marketing
APRIL 30, 2019
Transcript of How Reducing Friction Increases Revenue written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing. Back to Podcast. Transcript. This transcript is sponsored by our transcript partner – Rev – Get $10 off your first order. John Jantsch: This episode of the Duct Tape Marketing Podcast is brought to you by SEMrush. It is our go-to SEO tool for doing audits, for tracking position and ranking, for really getting ideas on how to get more organic traffic for our clients competit
Board Effect
MAY 3, 2019
Using free Sharepoint for board director activities is a little like trying to flip a pancake using a spoon. You may eventually get it to work, but it doesn’t work that well, and it might make a bit of a mess. The buildup of free Sharepoint sounds great, and for some applications it is. Things always go easier when you use the right tools for the job.
deal architect
APRIL 28, 2019
My new book is now available to buy here in print version, and in the Kindle eBook version. As with my earlier books, I am excerpting roughly 10% of the 400 page book in a series of posts on my.
NZ Entrepreneur
APRIL 29, 2019
IoT (The ‘Internet of Things’) has the potential to do some amazing things for New Zealand businesses, but at the very heart of it, people will want to know how it will help their organisation grow – or more to the point, bring in greater financial gains. So how can IoT be monetised? And how have some businesses already achieved this?
Startup Professionals Musings
APRIL 28, 2019
Image via Wikipedia As a mentor for aspiring and early-stage entrepreneurs, I talk to a fair number who may have a great vision and a strong engineering background, but have a negative interest in the role of public speaking in business. In fact, they often claim to be part of the survey group that fears public speaking more than death, but I’m not sure how anyone could validate that survey.
Board Effect
MAY 1, 2019
HIPAA is a federal law that college and university boards should be familiar with because it falls under board oversight. Not all educational institutions fall under HIPAA laws. In most cases, college boards fall under the law. In those cases, board trustees should have a basic understanding of the law and be familiar with the many provisions that relate to compliance measures.
YoungUpstarts
MAY 2, 2019
From the emotional point of view, many times couples never think that a time would come to consider divorce. When you have significant investments, beautiful kids and all of a sudden disagreements start popping in, marriages get shaken, and one of the partners may feel it’s time to call it quits. Research has proved that when couples are in love, have great plans for their marriage, and finances, they rarely debate on issues like divorce.
View from Seed
APRIL 30, 2019
2019 is off to an exciting start for IPOs of VC-backed startups. In just the last month or so we’ve seen Lyft go public ( my analysis of the company’s S-1 here ) and more recently, Zoom and Pinterest. Zoom is a B2B company Pinterest and Lyft are obviously B2C companies. All three have different business models… SaaS, media/ad, and consumer transactional.
Startup Professionals Musings
MAY 3, 2019
Image via Pixabay I’ve always been a bit confused about the difference in a business context between a coach and a mentor. According to many pundits , a mentor shows you the right way based on experience, while a coach brings out the best in you, then let’s you find your own way. Based on my own experience on both sides of the fence, we can all benefit from either, and need the best of both.
The Startup Magazine
APRIL 27, 2019
When it comes to starting your own business, it’s important not to put the cart before the horse. It’s easy to get caught up in the excitement and then miss a few critical steps that can come back to bite you if you wait too long. When you draw up your business plan, and you should, be sure not to forget these vital components. Photo by Clark Tibbs on Unsplash.
YoungUpstarts
APRIL 29, 2019
Unless you’re a serial entrepreneur well on your way with a 5 th startup, then much of the work involved with your new business is something you’re doing for the very first time. Indeed, corralling the many moving parts, activities and people to get the business up and running smoothly is tough enough. Doing so while taking all the right actions is near impossible.
ConversionXL
MAY 2, 2019
Two percent is the average conversion rate for ecommerce sites. While every site is different—and you’ll benefit far more by focusing on your conversion rate—that’s where most sites are today. But what if a 2% conversion rate isn’t enough to stay profitable? Right now, many ecommerce companies can still grow with an average conversion rate. This is largely thanks to the ecommerce industry growing by about 23% year over year.
Startup Professionals Musings
APRIL 29, 2019
Image via Pixabay Now that the number of websites on the Internet worldwide approaches two billion, how do you expect anyone to find yours? Equally important, if someone does find your site, your content must stand out above all similar sites, to keep visitors engaged, close a sale, and get customers to return. I have found that publishing a regular blog can give you an edge in making all this happen.
Agile VC
APRIL 30, 2019
Reading Time: 3 minutes. This post also appears on NextView’s blog. 2019 is off to an exciting start for IPOs of VC-backed startups. In just the last month or so we’ve seen Lyft go public ( my analysis of the company’s S-1 here ) and more recently, Zoom and Pinterest. Zoom is a B2B company Pinterest and Lyft are obviously B2C companies. All three have different business models… SaaS, media/ad, and consumer transactional.
YoungUpstarts
APRIL 30, 2019
by Aaron Beashel, Head of Marketing at Qwilr. Cover letters may seem insignificant, but they can make an impact in the event that you’re sending a business proposal. Make the right impression by crafting a great proposal cover letter. But how does one get started? What Are Proposal Letters, And Why Should You Use Them? Cover letters are, for the most part formal written introductions to a client you wish to do business with.
Feld Thoughts
MAY 1, 2019
I recently recorded two free courses with LinkedIn Learning. They are each under an hour long and broken up into a bunch of small segments. The first one is on Raising Venture Capital and is based on content from the book Venture Deals: Be Smarter Than Your Lawyer and Venture Capitalist that I wrote with Jason Mendelson. Amy tells me that this is her favorite shirt from my current rotation of Robert Graham shirts.
YFS Magazine
APRIL 29, 2019
Ready to launch smart and build a sustainable business? Here are five ways aspiring business owners can test their idea while they hold down a job.
SiliconHills
APRIL 29, 2019
KERV Interactive, an Austin-based video ad startup, has raised $11 million in funding. Vestech Partners, a private equity group, led the investment. KERV has created interactive video technology that helps brands engage with consumers. Its customers include eBay, Hewlett-Packard, LG Electronics, Fisher & Paykel, and Lamborghini. “KERV represents the next generation of consumer experience in […].
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