Both Sides of the Table
MAY 13, 2018
This is part of a series of advice for founders who need to raise money from venture capitalists. The first in the series is “ Lemons Ripen Early ,” which also has a link to other posts. The most important advice I could give you before you set out in fund raising mode is to understand that fund-raising a sales & marketing process and needs to be managed.
ConversionXL
MAY 16, 2018
You need to run experiments. The one who runs the most experiments wins. BUT – most marketing experiments are done wrong. What’s missing is hypothesis driven testing across all inter-business disciplines. Nearly everything we use in our daily lives came about as a direct result of an experiment. The cars we drive, the computer or mobile device you are using to read this sentence, the Great Wall of China, Abercrombie and Fitch advertisements – all of them have gone through some form o
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Up and Running
MAY 14, 2018
Every startup looks for ways to catapult a business to success. Here are some tips for accelerating growth for SaaS (software as a service) companies. 1. Start charging early. SaaS startups are often hesitant about charging customers. They think that their product is not yet ready, that it’s necessary to get traction and focus on expanding their customer base rather than on growing revenue.
Both Sides of the Table
MAY 14, 2018
I Know Everybody Told You to Send Your Fund-Raising Decks as a Link. Here’s Why You Should Just Send the Deck I know you have your document sending tool to send your fund-raising deck to VCs and track who read your deck, which pages they read and how much time they spend on each page. I know that you can use an email system with this to track my open rate, whether I forwarded the email, the IP address where I read it, whether I was on a mobile device or a wired computer and you can tell who else
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 Next Web
MAY 13, 2018
Whoever coined the mantra ‘The customer is always right’ has never tried to undertake development tasks for clients with grandiose ideas, but zero technical background. Nowadays, every company might be a software company, but not everyone knows how to effectively manage software development projects. But give them the option, and they will sure as hell try.
YoungUpstarts
MAY 16, 2018
A relatively new concept, data analytics is the wave of the business current and future. No matter how many times companies and governments get in trouble for using people’s data to their advantage, (Can anyone say Facebook and Russia?), it’s still an important tool in societal development and user retention. A reason why is how data analysts collect and use the information.
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ReadWriteStart
MAY 16, 2018
Over the past couple years, the machine learning niche has exploded into the mainstream. Startups have popped up left and right to show off their innovative new tools, and Google — the tech giant above all tech giants — now claims to be a machine learning company. This sudden spike in AI interest is not as surprising as it might seem. People have wanted smart robots since the earliest days of sci-fi.
ConversionXL
MAY 15, 2018
There are already a bazillion resources out there that spell out how to “craft the perfect value proposition.” In fact, the whole concept of “unique value propositions” (UVPs) is — at least at first glance — really Marketing 101 material. So why keep talking about it? For one very good reason: Most courses & books on value propositions FAIL to show you how to actually create value proposition through empirical, quantified research.
YoungUpstarts
MAY 14, 2018
by Cooper Hollmaier, technical SEO manager at Visiture. We all know that marketing is essential for a small business, especially as you’re just starting 8out. You’ll need to attract new foot traffic to your brick-and-mortar location and visitors to your website. Finding the time or skill-sets to do the job effectively on a small business budget may seem near impossible.
Hearpreneur
MAY 16, 2018
With an aging baby boomer generation and statistics that place 55% of the RN workforce at retirement age, the nursing industry is ripe for a new incentive to fill the growing global nurse shortage. Cherie Kloss pioneered a new on-demand technology platform that cuts out the agency middle-man, allowing facilities to choose nurses directly and as-needed from a pool of pre-credentialed candidates.
Up and Running
MAY 15, 2018
Innovative products and business models are the foundations of a promising startup. However, you’ll also need a steady flow of funds, especially in the early stages, to turn those ideas into reality. Funding is crucial for improving technology, hiring the right people, and launching a comprehensive marketing strategy to get a foothold in the market.
The Startup Magazine
MAY 13, 2018
Web application security is an imperative to pay attention to. In an age of regular breaches and security threats knowing how to prevent security issues is pivotal. Here are three tips to kick-start your web application security. Know Your Target. Understanding your target is one of the most crucial, yet often overlooked, aspects of information security.
YoungUpstarts
MAY 17, 2018
Investment has become the important source of increasing earning. Large number of companies are trading their shares in the market. It helps to increase then capital inflow in the business and increases the financial position of the economy. However, investment involves market risk and there is the probability of losing the money so introduced in the functioning.
Austin Startup
MAY 18, 2018
Touch Surgery: User Research Case Study ITouch Surgery App Touch Surgery is known for creating beautifully interactive surgical simulations, breaking down complex procedures into actionable steps. It’s ideal for junior residents (surgeons in their first two years of training) whose aim is to practice and rehearse surgical workflows. The Touch Surgery app has proved to be incredibly popular, with over 100,000 monthly active users.
Feld Thoughts
MAY 16, 2018
One of the things humans are bad at is remembering the past and incorporating the lessons they learned from difficult experiences. I’m sure there’s a philosophical word for this, but I’ve now heard the phrase “this time it is different” so many times that it doesn’t register with me as a valid input. I woke up this morning to Howard Lindzon’s post R.I.P Good Times (Said Sequoia in October, 2008) and Nobody Knows Anything pointing to David Frankel’
The Startup Magazine
MAY 15, 2018
Of course, the first step to having a business that thrives is choosing to own your website. With this said, it is important to pick a good hosting site, otherwise, your content could suffer. Having a good SEO ranking and driving traffic and revenue is the goal for every business owner. If you happen to choose the wrong hosting site, your website will be lost in the herd of all of the other sites who have better hosting.
YoungUpstarts
MAY 15, 2018
Brochures are still an important marketing tool for entrepreneurs to present their business, brand and projects. Nowadays you probably use your smartphone or tablet as much as your computer, so it’s therefore essential to find a service that can meet your needs both in de field of creation and printing on a mobile device. The current generation of smartphones and tablets offers powerful tools that let you do almost anything you want online.
crowdSPRING Blog
MAY 16, 2018
We are lucky to have a staggering number of options when it comes to food. Every year tens of thousands of new food products are brought to market. They join the thousands of products already on the shelves. And every year, 95 percent of new products fail. A trip to the store can be an overwhelming experience in packaging overload. The sight of food may stimulate your appetite, but when it comes to packaged food, poor presentation just won’t cut it.
Austin Startup
MAY 13, 2018
The Forrest Four-Cast: May 13, 2018 Inclusiveness and diversity was one of the most important themes at SXSW 2018. But this mindset and approach must not be limited to geographical, gender and racial concerns. A truly inclusive tomorrow also focuses on accessibility in all its forms. Learn more about cutting-edge accessibility at John Slatin AccessU , scheduled May 14–16 at St.
The Startup Magazine
MAY 14, 2018
For many people, starting a business is the culmination of decades of experience and insights. Only after spending 20 years or so in an industry or related field, often working as an employee for another company, will someone finally have the confidence, determination, and means to launch their own enterprise. However, some people just can’t wait that long.
YoungUpstarts
MAY 15, 2018
Many of us don’t want to be stuck working for somebody else all of our lives, but all too frequently that is exactly what happens. But in the 21 st century, where the internet reigns supreme and creates a shorter bridge between consumers and their desired products or services, that doesn’t have to be the case. Millions of people worldwide have gone into business for themselves with the help of the World Wide Web.
crowdSPRING Blog
MAY 14, 2018
Like it or not, your business is losing customers. You work hard (and in many cases spend hard) to acquire new customers. In a perfect world, those customers would stick around. But, this is not a perfect world. Recent research from McKinsey & Company reveals that only 13% of customers were loyal to a single brand. The research found that 87% of customers shopped around , and 58% switched to a new brand.
Transformify
MAY 15, 2018
Cross Border Talents is hiring a Software Configuration Engineer to join one of our Client's in Veldhoven, Netherlands Do you want to define and manage our configuration baselines to enable efficient test bench & proto integration / customer upgrades and meet our Client's quality standards? In this position you get the opportunity to get in the lead.
deal architect
MAY 17, 2018
I tend to take a lot of photos and talk a lot when I am invigorated by products, places or people. Two days in Detroit this week for Plex’s annual user conference yielded me over 200 photos and 50 conversations.
YoungUpstarts
MAY 16, 2018
by Jay Hamilton, CEO of Presage Solutions, Inc. Online threats are at an all-time high according to a number of recent reports. Learn how you can protect your business from today’s current and emerging threats. If only you could periodically pump your network or mobile device full of a virtual vaccine. You know, increase your Internet immunity with additional protection from today’s current and emerging online threats.
The Next Web
MAY 12, 2018
We all know the fantasy brand story. Two friends in a garage dare to dream and create a product that changes the world forever — a legendary scenario popularized the Steves, Jobs and Wozniak, and looked upon as the perfect representation of the startup spirit. But for makers and entrepreneurs, the real backstories common to the crowdfunding and startup worlds are often never that interesting.
Transformify
MAY 16, 2018
Business owners frequently find themselves in a quandary preparing annual budgets for travel related expenses. For many companies, business travel is unavoidable even in today's e-commerce and e-communication business environment where remote working is a common practice. The importance of direct interface with customers, suppliers, and other vendors helps deter misunderstandings and makes it easier for businesses to learn more about specific customer needs.
deal architect
MAY 17, 2018
I tend to take a lot of photos and talk a lot when I am invigorated by products, places or people. Two days in Detroit this week for Plex’s annual user conference yielded me over 200 photos and 50 conversations.
YoungUpstarts
MAY 18, 2018
Setting up a small hotel business is challenging taking into consideration the crowded market, yet it seems that many entrepreneurs succeed. Somehow, start-ups manage to deal with the competition and avoid getting side-lined. Running a small hotel is anything but easy. You have to conduct market research, differentiate yourself by making products and services appealing, take control of your finances, oversee staff members, and manage waste.
The Next Web
MAY 13, 2018
People don’t usually brag about how poor they are, except when it comes to being ‘time-poor.’ It’s a badge of honor now to say how busy you are. As writer Tim Kreider has observed: “It is, pretty obviously, a boast disguised as a complaint.” The startling truth though is that we have more time than in the past. American men now work on average 12 hours less per week than 45 years or so ago.
Transformify
MAY 16, 2018
Business owners frequently find themselves in a quandary preparing annual budgets for travel related expenses. For many companies, business travel is unavoidable even in today's e-commerce and e-communication business environment where remote working is a common practice. The importance of direct interface with customers, suppliers, and other vendors helps deter misunderstandings and makes it easier for businesses to learn more about specific customer needs.
Startup Lessons Learned
MAY 14, 2018
My most recent book, The Startup Way , is all about the methods and tools big corporations, government, and non-profits can use to innovate: think of it as Lean Startup at scale. One of the things people asked me over and over when I was talking to companies about how to start doing this kind of work, which can feel so daunting, was what it takes to kick off a transformation of this size.
YoungUpstarts
MAY 16, 2018
This exam is the absolute channel one can use to become a certified VMware expert. This is the most sought for certification the professionals in the IT and Networking field are after. It has not been that easy to pass this exam because it is a technical discipline that one has to fully understand the concepts before going to the marketplace. In the recent times, experts have come together and produced the necessary requirements that one can use and pass this exam during the first attempt.
The Next Web
MAY 12, 2018
In April 2017, Facebook launched the Messenger Bot Store. TechCrunch posited “Facebook’s Messenger Bot Store could be the most important launch since the App Store.” Less than nine months later at CES, Facebook announced M was dead. WIRED declared “Facebook’s virtual assistant M is dead. So are chatbots.” Despite these declarations, bots in some form were all over CES.
ConversionXL
MAY 14, 2018
Artificial Intelligence is powerful and will open doors we don’t even know exist at the moment. But there are some steps you can take today to ensure that you are making the most of this new capability and are not left behind. As this is such a nascent area, it serves to begin with a brief description of Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning.
Mike Michalowicz
MAY 16, 2018
It’s about passion. It is having a love for what you do. It is about giving a s**t. I met a woman who is a dolphin trainer. She couldn’t stop gushing about how amazing her work is. Communicating with dolphins. Learning their personalities. Connecting. The stories she shared were nothing short of remarkable. And by the time we were done talking, I wanted to experience, even just for a moment, what she does.
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