Startup Professionals Musings
OCTOBER 24, 2018
As a long-time advisor to aspiring entrepreneurs, and a technology fan myself, I still meet dozens of techies with great solutions who assume they don’t need marketing to change the world. They subscribe to the myth that “if we build it, they will come.” In fact, with today’s information overload, modern marketing is the key to raising even the most innovative solution above the crowd.
ReadWriteStart
OCTOBER 22, 2018
Minnesota is no stranger to big business. It’s home to such names as Target, Best Buy, General Mills, and Ecolab — all of which have made their homes in Minnesota for generations and have become a source of pride. But a new industry — technology — is taking Minnesota by storm, boosting the local economy […]. The post How Minnesota Became the Land of 10,000 Startups appeared first on ReadWrite.
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Babbling VC
OCTOBER 25, 2018
After having had a similar conversation a couple weeks ago with some Scandinavian VC's and now again yesterday with an old VC friend from Germany, I thought it was time to write something about it here. The title may be a bit misleading. This isn't about some new meme on Instagram. It's about the fact that if you look at the European landscape of startup founders and VC's, you tend to see some similarities.specifically a background of wealth.
YoungUpstarts
OCTOBER 22, 2018
by Ryan Gerhardy, CEO of Pitchly. I gave a presentation at a legal technology conference last week. Afterward, I met the CIO from one of our law firm clients who was in the audience. He wanted to thank me for the work that we have done with his firm over the past two years, which I greatly appreciated. He also shared that, initially, he was leaning toward building an experience management solution in-house, and that it was only at the insistence of the firm’s CMO that he relented and engaged ou
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
Startup Professionals Musings
OCTOBER 26, 2018
New technology markets and paradigm shifts have traditionally been bad bets when seeking investors, since these were known to take decades to develop, and cost lots of money. For example, consider how many years it took for the market to move from radio to television, or fully accept personal computers on every desktop. The leading edge was too often the bleeding edge.
The Startup Magazine
OCTOBER 23, 2018
Startups often have a hard time finding their footing in the global marketplace. With so many established brands and enterprises all around us, covering a vast network of niche industries, how can a small startup compete? Studies have also illustrated a high failure rate of startups, with 90% of them failing to find a footing in the industry. A combination of risky ideas and a competitive marketplace often proves to be too much for small teams to endure, especially against the tech giants.
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YoungUpstarts
OCTOBER 25, 2018
by Melanie Mohr, CEO and founder of YEAY. Google parent company Alphabet booked more than $54 billion in ad revenue in the first half of 2018. Meanwhile 30% of US internet users turned on ad-blockers – and that’s a conservative estimate for younger users. So how much reach do those targeted ads really have? Are they pushed to the full demographic pools promised across platforms, or are budgets disappearing into an advertising void where extra ads are served to the same people over and over
Startup Professionals Musings
OCTOBER 22, 2018
If you aren’t willing to take some risk as an entrepreneur, then don’t expect any gain. Yet everyone has limits, and every investor implicitly has similar limits on what makes a startup investable, or one to avoid at all costs. If you need investors, it’s important that you understand their filters, and even if you are funding your own efforts, you need to recognize the red flags.
YFS Magazine
OCTOBER 23, 2018
Mobile is taking over but does that mean it will eliminate the need for web development? Certainly not! Here's why mobile apps will always be dependent.
ConversionXL
OCTOBER 22, 2018
Talk to any B2B marketer about attribution and they’ll either roll their eyes or rant about how it’s important but hard to get right—long lead cycles, multiple contacts from a single organization, etc. Some might stare blankly and ask what you mean. As a group, we’ve gotten a firmer grasp on top-of-the-funnel metrics. We can prove that social media and SEO drive traffic and top-line conversions, but we still struggle to show the bottom-line impact of marketing.
YoungUpstarts
OCTOBER 25, 2018
Toronto’s Mark Attanasio has spent some 20 years advising businesses at various stages in their development on what it takes to position themselves for growth – whether it’s through traditional transactional activities like management buyouts and mergers and acquisitions or via a public listing on a Canadian stock exchange. It’s taken the Toronto executive from the world of Big 3 Accounting (as a CPA with PricewaterhouseCoopers in his early career) to Investment Banking(National Bank Financial)
crowdSPRING Blog
OCTOBER 25, 2018
Many business owners believe that a company’s brand identity is nothing more than that company’s name and logo. A brand is much more than the name and logo of a business. Your company’s brand is the sum total of the experience your customers and prospects have with your company. A good brand communicates what your company does and how it does it.
VC Adventure
OCTOBER 24, 2018
This is the 3rd post in my “ Designing the Ideal Board Meeting ” series. I didn’t mention this in my prior post but thought of it as I started writing this section on how to put together a good board package. Companies often bias to wanting to hold their board meetings a few weeks after the end of each quarter. The rationale is that this allows the board to review quarterly results.
This is going to be BIG.
OCTOBER 22, 2018
In almost every single investment I’ve ever made, I can think of a singular moment in my relationship with a founder that, no matter what came before or what might come after, defined our relationship. Often times, it came in a very vulnerable and down moment for the founder—perhaps they just lost out on a big opportunity, had someone from the team leave, or they’re running low on capital before sales have come around.
Austin Startup
OCTOBER 24, 2018
Thirty-five developers, programmers, and entrepreneurs joined together for a hackathon to compete for the top prize of $10,000. All with the goal of improving the professional personal wellness of Daimler employees through digital innovation. The event was sponsored by Daimler Financial Services in collaboration with the Digital Transformation Office for HR at Daimler.
Hearpreneur
OCTOBER 24, 2018
Meet an executive who took his childhood passion for coding and turned it into a company that is now saving today’s failing college experience. Brian Rowe began coding at age 13. He took that love for data to a position at Cummins that won him an award from CIO Magazine for “50 Best Intranets.” Later, he founded a software company, which eventually sold to Salesforce for $21M.
deal architect
OCTOBER 22, 2018
Oracle OpenWorld kicks off this morning. I am not going this year but I checked in last week with Steve Miranda, Executive Vice President, Oracle Applications Product Development about what we can expect to hear about applications. I did not.
Duct Tape Marketing
OCTOBER 24, 2018
Transcript of Building Accountable Leadership to Transform Your Business 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: You know, leadership might be the hardest job for an entrepreneur. You’ve got to decide that you want that job, you have to understanding that it’s an obligation, and let’s face it, it is hard work every
Steve Blank
OCTOBER 26, 2018
I’ve been thinking why the ethical boundaries of todays founder/VC interactions feel so different then they did when I was an entrepreneur. I’ve written about the root causes in an HBR article here and an expanded version here. Worth a read. Stanford eCorner captured a few minutes of what I’ve been thinking in the video below. If you can’t see the video click here.
Austin Startup
OCTOBER 25, 2018
‘Never Waste A Crisis’ Stages of Varuna Development In the last few months flood related water quality issues have ravaged Austin (more below), North Carolina , Florida , and many other states/countries outside the US. Turbidity has been an issue due to flood carrying debris and taking the impurities in the water to levels higher than the water cleaning and filtration systems in these cities/regions can handle.
deal architect
OCTOBER 20, 2018
Eric Kimberling shared with me his post Top ERP Systems for 2019. His top 5 are Microsoft Dynamics 365, SAP S/4HANA, NetSuite, Workday and Salesforce (more its partners like FinancialForce). The post made me wonder what my application analyst colleagues.
Start Up Blog
OCTOBER 25, 2018
It’s true that many tasks people do in their work will be automated in the future. It’s also true that the only reason for a company to it is to save money. So where does the saved money, and do the displaced people go? Firstly, we know what happens, because it has already happened a number of times. It happened when agriculture was automated.
YoungUpstarts
OCTOBER 22, 2018
Dagcoin is a new name in the cryptocurrency sector. Developed by the software company Dagcoin which is founded by Nils Grossberg , Dagcoin cryptocurrency is entirely based on Nils’ vision to serve the community. According to Nils Grossberg , cryptocurrency must not be considered merely as an investment option. Cryptocurrency is not something that you buy and hold, waiting for its price to rise and selling it thereafter.
Austin Startup
OCTOBER 21, 2018
As part of Austin Tech Alliance’s TechVotes program, here’s everything Austin’s tech sector needs to know for the November 6, 2018 general election. REGISTER To vote in Texas, you must be registered. You can find out if you’re registered here. If you’re not registered yet, it’s too late to do so and vote in the November 6 election?—?but you should still register to get prepared for the next election, the runoff on December 11.
Startup Professionals Musings
OCTOBER 20, 2018
In my experience in large businesses as well as years of advising startups, I see far too much focus on product skills, and too little on people and process skills. In my view, this focus on the wrong skill set is the primary reason why over half of new businesses fail in the first five years, and only one out of a hundred startups get their requested funding from professional investors.
deal architect
OCTOBER 25, 2018
I was not at OOW this week, but glad I got a sneak preview from Steve Miranda. I also got to watch several of the keynotes on my iPad – from the home office, from a café in NYC, from.
YoungUpstarts
OCTOBER 22, 2018
by Wes Dening , senior vice president of development and programming at Eureka Productions. Whether you’re a creative or an entrepreneur, a pitch is your Olympic moment, an opportunity to show your best in front of the ultimate audience: your buyer. Take the gold or else be forgotten with the pack. Countless ideas abound — and many are fantastic — but the difference between an idea and something of value is putting the muscle in.
ReadWriteStart
OCTOBER 26, 2018
Congratulations on registering your new business! Or if you’re still contemplating forming your business, and just trying to better understand the steps required for having a bank account under the company name, you’re in the right place. Be sure you have seen our Lloyd & Mousilli guide on incorporation here for a step by step analysis. […].
Feld Thoughts
OCTOBER 25, 2018
Amy and I love to read. Growing up, one of my favorite places in the world was the hammock in our backyard with a book. As an adult, one of my favorite places is our living room, on my couch, with Amy on her couch, and the dogs laying on the floor between us, while we read. I also love DonorsChoose. Whenever I’ve had a crummy day, I often go online and fund a project or two.
YFS Magazine
OCTOBER 25, 2018
Obstacles are inevitable. However, they are also significant and defining moments to the success of a leader and an organization.
YoungUpstarts
OCTOBER 24, 2018
by Nicky Bowers, director of LetLoos. You don’t often get into a niche market by casting a wide net, but there are broad service requirements in almost every industry. The key to developing an enduring business model is to find a market for your product that needs your input or expertise. In other words, you need to have an extremely niche product or service that is demanded by a wide — and most importantly, profitable — audience.
ReadWriteStart
OCTOBER 25, 2018
These entrepreneurs are the ones that work in corporations while working on their innovation. These are they who toiled furiously day and night in their garage, or took out a second mortgage on their home. We’ve all heard the romantic anecdotes of entrepreneurs. How often does this really happen? Is this a requirement for a […]. The post Yes, Entrepreneurs Can Thrive in Corporate Environments appeared first on ReadWrite.
Feld Thoughts
OCTOBER 23, 2018
It’s 2018. I’m still an incredibly heavy email user. It’s the primary tool in my workflow and has been since the early 1990s. I’ve tried a lot of different things over the years, but always come back to email. I’ve been a Gmail user for almost a decade. While I’ve tried client-side apps, Gmail in Chrome has been the only thing that has stuck for me.
YFS Magazine
OCTOBER 26, 2018
Invest in your business for the long haul. With the proper vision, planning, and determination, building the business of your dreams will become easier.
YoungUpstarts
OCTOBER 24, 2018
Working in customer service isn’t for everyone. However, if you are a business owner, this is one of the hats you must wear. Unfortunately, you never know when an issue may pop up and the way you handle it goes a long way in a person’s willingness to continue doing business with you. Not only that, but not handling customer service issues properly and promptly can lead to one customer telling others about their experience.
The Startup Magazine
OCTOBER 24, 2018
Videos have become easier and more powerful than they used to be a few years back. We can get evidence in the stats that say, “ Videos drive two-thirds of the whole internet traffic and is anticipated to grow to about 82% by 2020”. Businesses in 2018 have already anticipated the trend and have adopted this emerging tech for gaining a grip on their audience base.
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