Steve Blank
MARCH 19, 2018
I just read Brotopia: Breaking Up the Boys’ Club of Silicon Valley. It was both eye-opening and cringe-worthy. The book explores the role of gender in the tech industry – at startups and venture capital firms – and the interaction between men and women in the two. While Silicon Valley has grown to have global influence, in many ways the cultural leadership from the venture community has dramatically shrunk in the last decade.
YoungUpstarts
MARCH 20, 2018
by KJ Dearie, product specialist and small business advisor at Termly. The rise of technology has invited a fall in consumer trust. As the regulations that govern the internet evolve and threaten the safety of online users’ personal information, more and more individuals are engaging the digital world with increasing suspicion and hesitance. Just as we closed the door on 2017, the FCC voted to repeal the Net Neutrality laws which protected the rights of internet users and website owners.
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Up and Running
MARCH 21, 2018
When it comes to being an entrepreneur, establishing a personal brand through a website is critical to success. Everybody and their mom uses the internet to discover new brands, influencers and ultimately to buy new products and services. Big brands have the advantage of a strong reputation and a crew of professional designers behind their sites. If you want to compete with them, you’re going to have to develop a reputation and a strong web presence yourself.
The Startup Magazine
MARCH 23, 2018
These days, ecommerce websites are booming. To get the edge over the competition, you need to improve your ecommerce platform and redesign it. Because this is a complicated task, you need to set goals to do it. Your goals and expectations must be clear and realistic. Your website gives the first impression of your brand to the visitors. With that in mind, here are several reasons why you need to redesign your ecommerce website.
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
crowdSPRING Blog
MARCH 22, 2018
When planning your next product, the less you leave to chance, the better. And while you can never guarantee a successful product launch, you can vastly improve your odds if you prepare properly. In our recent article 7 Epic Product Fails and the Valuable Lessons They Can Teach Your Small Business we explored the important lessons your business can learn from products that spectacularly failed to make the cut.
YoungUpstarts
MARCH 20, 2018
Owning a business in the modern, digital age can be both an exciting and daunting experience, with many business owners, managers and operators struggling to figure out the best and most productive ways to utilize new technology. One of the problems that businesses face is choosing the right system that’s not only affordable, but also scalable and which offers the option of mobility in a business world that increasingly relies on smartphones and other mobile devices.
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The Startup Magazine
MARCH 23, 2018
Energy might be cheaper now than it was a few years back, but the need for innovation has never been greater. Chain Reaction Innovations. That’s why I’m so excited to serve as Director of the Chain Reaction Innovations (CRI) program at the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory in Lemont, Ill., 25 miles southwest of Chicago. CRI Program.
BeyondVC
MARCH 18, 2018
We are thrilled to announce our investment in Snyk, which is a developer-first security solution that helps companies use open source code and stay secure. We couldn’t be more excited to be leading this new round of capital again with Canaan Partners and including Heavybit, FundFire, and Peter Mckay (Co-CEO of Veeam) (see Techcrunch for more coverage).
YoungUpstarts
MARCH 23, 2018
by Penny Garbus, co-author of “ Mining New Gold — Managing Your Business Data “ Much of what keeps a business operating and profitable lies not on a store shelf but deep inside a computer system, where critical information such as inventory, customer mailing lists, employee files, sales records and vendor information is stored. But a hacker or a system failure can wipe out years worth of carefully preserved records in an instant, potentially putting the business out of business.
Feld Thoughts
MARCH 20, 2018
As many of you know, my partner Jason is from Detroit. The 313. The Motor City. The D! He’s going back home for a special event and I encourage anyone near Detroit to go hang with him. In case you don’t know about Jason, prior to co-founding Foundry Group, Jason was a co-founder of SRS Acquiom and a Managing Director and General Counsel for Mobius Venture Capital.
Austin Startup
MARCH 20, 2018
How we got into Y Combinator (OwnLocal W10) OwnLocal received seed funding from Y Combinator in 2010 and has grown to work with 279k+ businesses through 3,500 local newspapers This is a repost from my self-hosted blog that mysteriously disappeared in 2014. Perhaps it coincided with my decision to unplug an old Packard Bell computer that had been running in my closet for years.
deal architect
MARCH 22, 2018
In Part 1 here, Malcolm Frank, EVP of Marketing and Strategy talked about his keynote and the audience vibe at the recent Cognizant Community. Here he provides color commentary on some of the other excellent sessions during the event. Kevin.
YoungUpstarts
MARCH 22, 2018
by Sally Poblet, CEO of Wellthie. The theme for Women’s History Month 2018, “Nevertheless She Persisted:” is a leitmotif that I believe touches every woman, especially women in the still male-dominated world of business. It is due to dogged tenacity by generations of persistent women that the future is bright for business women in the 21st century; generations of women who shaped my journey as an entrepreneur in the present, and who inspire my dreams for the future. .
The Next Web
MARCH 17, 2018
One of the most critical tasks startups face, is creating a killer elevator pitch — a short, verbal description of who they are, what they do, and how they are going to succeed as a business. There are countless blog posts and listicles that have been created to guide founders through this process, but they rarely include how to get to actually get the chance to do the elevator pitch.
Austin Startup
MARCH 19, 2018
The Forrest Four-Cast: March 19, 2018 To maximize success, sometimes it’s as much about changing entrenched mindsets as it is updating the tools. If you missed any of these SXSW sessions on how to shake up the status quo for personal and professional profit?—?learn more from these full-length audio replays. The Mediocrity Trap. Carmen Medina retired in 2010 after a 32-year career at CIA.
deal architect
MARCH 22, 2018
In Part 1 here, Malcolm Frank, EVP of Marketing and Strategy talked about his keynote and the audience vibe at the recent Cognizant Community. Here he provides color commentary on some of the other excellent sessions during the event. Kevin.
YoungUpstarts
MARCH 20, 2018
Technology has revolutionized our daily lives. We see the impact in the way we work, play and communicate with each other. However, technology is altering the third of our lives when we’re resting, as well. Let’s take a closer look at how sleep technology is transforming the way we sleep. CPAP Machines. The traditional solution to snoring was to live with it; many tried to cope with ear plugs or sleeping in separate bedrooms.
YFS Magazine
MARCH 21, 2018
As a founder and CEO you'll often wear many hats and perform different roles. However, an essential role that every CEO should perform is that of a Chief Sales Officer.
Occam's Razor
MARCH 19, 2018
I worry about data’s last-mile gap a lot. As a lover of data-influenced decision making, perhaps you worry as well. A lot of hard work has gone into collecting the requirements and implementation. An additional massive investment was made in the effort to perform ninja like analysis. The end result was a collection trends and insights. The last-mile gap is the distance between your trends and getting an influential company leader to take action.
Hearpreneur
MARCH 18, 2018
Running a business has its share of favorite parts that we can term as easy. It’s some of these things that give us the motivation to run our business when we hit a rocky part. We asked entrepreneurs the easiest thing about running a business and here are the responses. #1- The work itself. Photo Credit: Wes Foster. Honestly, the easiest thing about running a business is the work itself.
YoungUpstarts
MARCH 19, 2018
by Mostafa Elbermawy, Head of Marketing at Harver. Launching a startup, or pursuing an entirely different career path is scary, risky, exhilarating, and rewarding all at the same time. Of course, becoming an entrepreneur is no simple feat. There are loads of ups and downs along the journey, and many of those fears may very well come to pass. It is very rare to find an entrepreneur who did not fail, at one point or another, throughout their life.
YFS Magazine
MARCH 19, 2018
Starting a business is inherently a risky venture. You may not be able to control external factors, like a sudden fluctuation in the market. But there are many factors within your control.
The Equity Kicker
MARCH 19, 2018
Max Niederhofer recently published this chart showing European exits. As you can see there’s been impressive growth in sub $100m exits, but the story with larger M&A exits and IPOs is less compelling. As I wrote last week our ecosystem is making great progress, but clearly, if we are to keep growing then at some point we need to see an increase in large exits.
Brandanew
MARCH 18, 2018
Grateful to have been interviewed by Andrea Catherine, the host of the Fearless Self-Love Podcast. You can listen to the episode on iTunes or the link below. I’ve copied the show notes to help navigate as you listen. Let me know what you think and also, let me know if you feel the same way about authentic storytelling. Our stories have a collective effect on how we see lives.
YoungUpstarts
MARCH 18, 2018
by Jamie FitzHenry, founder of Grizzly. Search Engine Optimisation (SEO) can be challenging for many businesses, however it can be even more puzzling for startups. Many startups hurry to launch their sites and create web content without considering an SEO strategy. Having a organised SEO action plan supported by quality, intent-driven content will have a considerable impact on the online visibility and presence of your company.
YFS Magazine
MARCH 22, 2018
Change can be difficult, uncomfortable, and frightening. But sooner or later, most of us will have to reinvent ourselves (or risk getting left behind).
Berkonomics
MARCH 17, 2018
Close. I’ve been sued as a board member too many times over the past twenty-five years of board service. Five times. Does that shock you? It does me. Entrepreneurs blaming their board for failures of a fragile, early stage company. Shareholders unhappy over the same loss, reaching out to sue every name available. Employees reaching out to anyone above to redress grievances.
ConversionXL
MARCH 21, 2018
Are you in B2B / lead gen? Qualifying leads a challenge? There’s a new (non-enterprise) tool for qualifying B2B leads that’s quite a game changer. The post Tool for Qualifying B2B Leads appeared first on CXL.
YoungUpstarts
MARCH 17, 2018
Millennials are often noted for any number of predilections, from their search for self-improvement to their inability to disconnect to their distractibility. The fact is, though, that all of such so-called negatives are actually among the characteristics that help Millennials succeed as entrepreneurs. Take self-improvement. A 2015 Pew study , for example, found Millennials spend twice as much on personal improvement commitments than any other generation.
YFS Magazine
MARCH 21, 2018
By executing these strategies, you can generate huge returns on the high investment that went into developing and launching a new product.
Hearpreneur
MARCH 18, 2018
As a leader, it’s natural to want to manage all aspects of your business, but as any great leader knows, delegation and is key. Gone are the days where leaders are touting that they wear every single hat in their business – because the wise ones know that their efforts alone won’t sustain their business long-term. According to Gary Douglas, there’s even more to understand about today’s business climate and employees, “The workforce today is not interested in being dictated to, giving absolute lo
ConversionXL
MARCH 19, 2018
Thinking about emailing influencers to ask them for backlinks or tweets? Most people are terrible at it. The post Don’t Make These Influencer Marketing Mistakes appeared first on CXL.
YoungUpstarts
MARCH 19, 2018
by Susanna Mittermaier , psychologist, psychotherapist and author of “ Pragmatic Psychology “ As a psychologist I’ve developed a new paradigm for therapy titled Pragmatic Psychology. It uses a unique set of pragmatic and question-oriented tools and strategies for great success treating clients with all types of psychological issues and disorders, such as anxiety, depression, PTSD.
SiliconHills
MARCH 22, 2018
By Laura Lorek Publisher of Silicon Hills News Billionaire Larry Ellison, the founder of Oracle, said he expects Austin’s Oracle campus to grow to about 10,000 employees in coming years. “We are going to have a handful of hubs in the United States,” Ellison said. “Austin is one of the key places we want to […]. The post Oracle’s Founder Larry Ellison Says Austin Campus is Going to Grow to 10,000 Employees appeared first on SiliconHills.
Feld Thoughts
MARCH 21, 2018
In 2008, I gave a talk at my 20th-year reunion at MIT Sloan. The title of the talk was something like “Privacy is Dead” and my assertion, in 2008, was that there was no longer any data privacy, anywhere, for anyone. I’ve been living my life under that assumption since then. The current Facebook scandal around Cambridge Analytica, and – more significantly – data privacy, shouldn’t be a surprise to anyone.
ConversionXL
MARCH 22, 2018
Hiring is tough. Interviews and not even their history are not perfect to assess somebody’s ability to perform at your company. So instead of telling new recruits “you’re hired!”, I do this instead. The post What To Do When You Hire People appeared first on CXL.
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