YoungUpstarts
FEBRUARY 21, 2018
by Rob Frohwein, CEO of Kabbage. Let’s be honest, most small businesses’ capital needs aren’t being met by today’s lenders. In fact, the bulk of commercial lenders don’t serve small businesses at all. Not because they don’t want to, but because they aren’t structured do so effectively or efficiently, and the cost-to-margin ratio isn’t favorable for smaller loans.
Startup Professionals Musings
FEBRUARY 17, 2018
There is an old saying that good lawyers run away from risk, while good businessmen run towards risk. Entrepreneurs see “no risk” as meaning “no reward.” In reality, all risks are not the same. Many risks can be managed or calculated to improve growth or provide a competitive edge, while others, like skipping quality checks to save money, are recipes for failure.
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The Startup Magazine
FEBRUARY 19, 2018
Large corporations heavily rely on technology to improve performance, increase efficiency, grow profitability and manage expenses. Due to the size and complexity of such organizations, maximizing technology use is a necessity. Yet, small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) can benefit from technology just as much if not more. Source: Pixabay. A growing number of SMBs are coming to this realization.
ConversionXL
FEBRUARY 21, 2018
The endgame of optimization begins when the local maximum has been found for the most relevant pages on your website. At this point, uncovering more gains can become a greater challenge. How can you deal with such a scenario? The first thing to realize is that this is not a typical situation to be in. Most businesses are still learning their way around the fundamentals.
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
YoungUpstarts
FEBRUARY 21, 2018
When it comes to starting your own business it’s usually a series of baby steps, at least at the start. Most ventures start out small and grow steadily from there. Starting out small also means starting out with a relatively small budget, with hopes that you will make enough money to grow that budget. This small budget doesn’t often allow for a huge amount of expenses, which means you need to be pretty cutthroat at the beginning.
Startup Professionals Musings
FEBRUARY 18, 2018
In my years of advising startups and occasional investing, I’ve seen many great ideas start and fail, but the right team always seems to make good things happen, even without the ultimate idea. That’s why investors say they invest in people (bet on the jockey, not the horse), rather than the idea. Yet every entrepreneur I meet wants to talk about the idea, and rarely mentions the team.
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Both Sides of the Table
FEBRUARY 22, 2018
At the recent Upfront Summit my partner Stuart Lander had the opportunity to show some California Love and interview three of the wealthiest Bitcoin owners, each of whom were some of the earliest owners in the asset class and who haven’t sold any of their holdings. It’s an extraordinary story ranging from Jaime who studies cryptography in college to Bryan who was early in selling products on Silk Road to Steven owns 179,000 Bitcoin worth more than $2 billion.
YoungUpstarts
FEBRUARY 18, 2018
It is a very difficult task to start a small business. There are many other companies that you will need to compete with. You also must be good at putting together a budget and managing your finances. However, one of the things that few small business owners are prepared for involves replying to online reviews they receive. The Internet has created a place where consumers are instantly able to give their opinion on just about anything.
Startup Professionals Musings
FEBRUARY 23, 2018
Being a consultant is a role that works with big companies, but I have found that it doesn’t get much traction in small businesses and startups. The image of a self-proclaimed expert who can generate a report, make a great presentation, and leave you to do the implementation, is just not attractive when you don’t have a staff, and you are already overloaded with the crisis of the day.
The Startup Magazine
FEBRUARY 19, 2018
If you have been trading stocks, foreign currencies, commodities, cryptocurrencies, and other financial assets for quite some time, you might already be familiar with different tools that can improve your trading performance. With the traditional strategies in the market, traders are required not only to be quick and accurate with their decisions, but they must also learn to minimize their bias and to set their emotions aside when executing their orders.
thebarefootvc
FEBRUARY 19, 2018
As the price of bitcoin rose to over $11,000 this morning (from lows near $6000 two weeks ago), governance was a key theme over the past week. While public comments from the SEC as well as regulators in South Korea and Singapore were fairly positive, the SEC this week warned on “pump and dump” cryptocurrency schemes, with at least one prominent investor from Silicon Valley (Michael Arrington) tweeting over the weekend that he had received notices from the agency regarding his participation in In
Transformify
FEBRUARY 21, 2018
Employees are the most valuable asset of any business. Without engaged and motivated employees, businesses would not thrive. Management involves maximizing the potential and use of assets. Therefore, employee management is simply maximizing the potential and use of a company's employees. It seems cold, so to do it effectively a "people approach" must be utilized.
Startup Professionals Musings
FEBRUARY 19, 2018
It’s great to start with a big dream as you contemplate a new business, but finding the money you need takes more than dreaming. As an advisor to young entrepreneurs, I find that many are a bit naïve about how the investment process really works. For example, I just read an otherwise impressive business plan last week from a first-timer who asked for $10 million to get started.
Steve Blank
FEBRUARY 21, 2018
It’s always fun to see what happens to my students after they leave class. Jeff Witten started CoinOut four years ago in my Columbia University 5-day Lean LaunchPad class. CoinOut eliminates the hassle of getting a pocket full of loose change from merchants by allowing you to put it in a digital wallet. Jeff just appeared on Shark Tank and the Sharks funded him.
deal architect
FEBRUARY 22, 2018
One of the most interesting sessions during the Microsoft Analyst Summit last week was one on PowerApps. The look and feel leverages the fonts and other features most of us are familiar with in MS Office. It's in Microsoft lingo.
YoungUpstarts
FEBRUARY 21, 2018
From Dwayne Rettinger’s perspective, millennial entrepreneurs are more saddled with stereotypes than they should be. For all the suggested negatives about this generation, Rettinger points out that they are still young enough to be stunningly creative and open to new ideas. But, for a generation that is on average facing more financial obstacles, having access to financial guidance is crucial.
Startup Professionals Musings
FEBRUARY 21, 2018
One of the realities of being an entrepreneur is that you have to keep learning and changing to survive. Everyone on the startup team knows there is no buffer, and no personal isolation from impact based on your job description that can save you. Thus everyone has to make sure they are focusing on what is important, and making leadership decisions to save the business.
Steve Blank
FEBRUARY 17, 2018
Over the last year we’ve been rolling out the Hacking for X classes in universities across the U.S. – Hacking for Defense , Hacking for Diplomacy , Hacking for Energy , Hacking for Impact (non-profits), etc. All are designed to allow students to work on some of the toughest problems the country has while connecting them to a parts of the government they aren’t familiar with.
deal architect
FEBRUARY 19, 2018
A decade ago, I wrote this post which talked about the thousand points of influence in every technology decision. My goal was to highlight attention on the fact that most vendor AR, back then, was fixated on Gartner magic quadrants.
YoungUpstarts
FEBRUARY 20, 2018
by Keith Martino , head of CMI and author of “Expect Leadership” Companies that train their employees in what are commonly referred to as “soft skills” are finding those efforts pay off in productivity and retention. People with soft skills are adept in areas such as interpersonal communication, leadership, problem solving and adaptability.
YFS Magazine
FEBRUARY 17, 2018
The key to profitability lies within the core processes of the business. After having worked with business owners for many years, I discovered profitable enterprises embrace five fundamental processes??.
The Next Web
FEBRUARY 18, 2018
Last fall, the telecommunications company Sprint created an in-house digital ad agency, signaling a major shift in the company’s advertising strategy. At the time, I thought, “there goes another one.” A major brand trying to become more nimble, gain control of the ad buying process and save money — during a time when confusion and frustration is mounting in digital advertising.
deal architect
FEBRUARY 22, 2018
One of the most interesting sessions during the Microsoft Analyst Summit last week was one on PowerApps. The look and feel leverages the fonts and other features most of us are familiar with in MS Office. It's in Microsoft lingo.
YoungUpstarts
FEBRUARY 21, 2018
Developing unique products and services, investing in brilliant branding and enhancing your online presence are all valuable strategies for a successful new business. But networking is vital to entrepreneurial success for 78 per cent of startups. Making commercial connections in a relaxed and informal manner can help you garner valuable advice from peers and might even lead to future collaborations.
YFS Magazine
FEBRUARY 19, 2018
In an effort to keep up with the latest technological advances, the old stalwarts of marketing, like promotional merchandise, might start to seem a little behind the times. But promotional marketing shouldn’t be retired just yet.
The Next Web
FEBRUARY 18, 2018
My first reaction after having finished watching the seventh season of Game of Thrones was probably the same as yours: We have to wait until 2019 for the final season?! I mean, it’s six episodes, some of this should be on cruise control at this point, no? But, like a fine wine cultivated from the best grapes, GoT will not rush its final season to market until its creators are absolutely, positively convinced it’s ready.
deal architect
FEBRUARY 19, 2018
A decade ago, I wrote this post which talked about the thousand points of influence in every technology decision. My goal was to highlight attention on the fact that most vendor AR, back then, was fixated on Gartner magic quadrants.
YoungUpstarts
FEBRUARY 23, 2018
Cryptocurrency has created quite a buzz ever since the prices of certain types of cryptocurrencies suddenly rose. As we see, this has become a new trend in the world of investment for real fair reasons. People who invested in them have been benefitted in unimaginable ways. Here are the reasons why cryptocurrencies are really important: 1. Cryptocurrency is one of the safest and trusted kinds of digital currency that people prefer nowadays.
YFS Magazine
FEBRUARY 19, 2018
Regardless of the type of business you own, online marketing is likely a large huge piece of the puzzle. Here are four marketing strategies that should be the focus of your attention.
The Next Web
FEBRUARY 17, 2018
Santiago de Chile is an understatedly cool city. Sure, it doesn’t have the classical buildings of Buenos Aires or the ageless allure of Rio, but what’s lacking in historic charm is made up for with a modernity that achieves being progressive yet unpretentious. This is especially true of its tech, an industry where Santiago’s innovations aren’t just making waves in South America, but are attracting some serious global attention.
Up and Running
FEBRUARY 20, 2018
Anna White, a Louisiana school counselor, has a creative streak. Like many artists, she wanted to make a few bucks on the side by selling her handcrafted pieces on Etsy, so she jumped in. She made 150 pieces of jewelry, took pictures and waited for sales to come rolling in. Except those “rolling sales” never happened. In five months she sold just three items, two of which she called “pity buys” from people she knew.
YoungUpstarts
FEBRUARY 18, 2018
by Amy Burnis of CyberArk . School break is over, and children have returned to school armed with new phones, laptops and other devices. I witnessed the excitement of a pair of primary fours receiving laptops for Christmas. I can’t recall what I wanted at that age — probably games or a bike — but surely a laptop wasn’t on my list. I watched one sister help the other to set up her laptop.
YFS Magazine
FEBRUARY 20, 2018
If you want to manage people effectively, mentoring is a great way to cultivate soft skills like empathy and communication. Devoting some of your time to this rewarding activity can yield a high impact on your own managerial style.
The Next Web
FEBRUARY 17, 2018
An adaptable mindset helps you expand your horizon, teaches you to see things from multiple perspectives, and can even show you a bit of the future. Creating such a mindset for yourself can make it much easier to embrace disruption and adapt to it, both in your personal and professional life. An adaptable mindset has taught me to work with multiple truths simultaneously — which can be difficult to experience — but can be mastered.
Hunter Walker
FEBRUARY 20, 2018
Want to know the biggest challenge Satya and I faced when announcing Homebrew’s third fund ? How to describe the phase of company we seek to invest. “Early stage” has been coopted by billion-dollar VCs who try to shoehorn a $10m ARR SaaS company into their idea of risk capital. And the verbal gymnastics of some founders! “We did a pre-seed, followed by a seed, then a bridge and an A.
YoungUpstarts
FEBRUARY 19, 2018
Gone are the days when we use to get self-driven car facility in one or two cities within India. The self-drive car is a concept of the west that has been started in India with the new startup companies. Moreover, finding conformity that delivers anticipated, standardized and affordable services is no longer an issue. Proves to be the best options for all your weekend trips, these are the best rental services that is admired by the travelers.
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