View from Seed
JANUARY 13, 2021
This year will mark the 10 th year anniversary of NextView. I’ll be writing a number of posts looking back over the first decade of the life of this firm. In some ways, this feels like an eternity. But in the grand scheme of things, 10 years is a blip, and one that had a continuous bull market in tech. So whatever conclusions or observations I draw should be seen in this context.
YoungUpstarts
JANUARY 11, 2021
by Swapnil Shinde, Co-Founder and CEO of Zeni. If you want your business to grow, it’s vital to have the right financial foundation. If your accounting processes aren’t in order, you may not have a complete picture of your startup’s financial health and could be leaving money on the table. In my 15+ years as a startup founder, investor, and advisor — and now in my role as CEO of a bookkeeping and accounting startup — I’ve come across countless businesses whose accounts aren’t accurate or GAAP-co
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Hearpreneur
JANUARY 13, 2021
The start and ongoing of a business can be rewarding and exhausting at the same time. Running a business successfully encompasses learning from mistakes that happen along the way which in the end, helps your business to be more strategic and to get back on track. We asked entrepreneurs and business owners about the tough lessons they have learned in 2020. #1- Balance is key.
VC Cafe
JANUARY 15, 2021
They’re the most diverse, savvy, well-educated and socially responsible generation, and are expected to inherit trillions during the upcoming Great Wealth Transfer. So how are Gen Zs making money and what can we expect them to do with it? The newest generation in town is already making big bucks, rapidly adapting to the changing times and forcing the financial services industry to fit their priorities and characteristics.
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
Both Sides of the Table
JANUARY 10, 2021
Socially distant hiking in Sedona (we drove there) I recently wrote about my weight-loss journey over the past 18 months where I lost 65 pounds without a fad diet and returned to my college weight. If you want to get in better shape and haven’t read that you might start there. I separately wrote about some food plans I use. I started advice with the premise that no amount of exercise or food eating plan would help with long-term fitness or weight goals unless you first had a mental plan and a se
YoungUpstarts
JANUARY 10, 2021
What would your business look like if you were able to increase your retention rates by 10 or 15 percent? How much more profitable would you be? These are questions worth considering as you start fresh in 2021. What Makes a Loyal Customer? Customer loyalty is something that businesses have been after for decades. And in today’s competitive environment, it’s something that’s harder to obtain than ever before.
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Women Entrepreneurs Can
JANUARY 13, 2021
When you run a business, you’ll have all kinds of responsibilities and obligations to maintain. If you don’t keep on top of them, you run the risk of ending up with all manner of litigation problems. One thing you must absolutely enforce in your business is your legal obligations. The last thing you want to happen is for your company to get sued by customers, employees, or even the government, for failing to adhere to your legal obligations.
Startup Professionals Musings
JANUARY 9, 2021
Once an entrepreneur, always an entrepreneur. Although many won’t admit it, true entrepreneurs can’t wait to exit their current startup, and build a new and better one with their next great idea. In addition, current investors want to see every startup go public or be acquired, as an exit event, so they can get their due return for that investment which has been tied up for the last few years.
YoungUpstarts
JANUARY 11, 2021
by Andy Prakash, founder of Privacy Ninja. The increasing pervasiveness of online activities have led to a greater demand for interconnectivity. This environment is more apparent in nations such as Singapore where there is extensive internet connectivity and the citizens are digitally knowledgeable. Thanks to the Singapore government’s unrelenting drive for its Smart Nation initiative, both public and private organisations have also been working towards a digitally inclusive and interconnected s
Duct Tape Marketing
JANUARY 12, 2021
How to Lead a Team From Anywhere written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing. Marketing Podcast with David Burkus. In this episode of the Duct Tape Marketing Podcast , I interview David Burkus. He’s the best selling author of five books about business and leadership. We talk about his latest book called Leading From Anywhere: The Essential Guide to Managing Remote Teams.
Board Effect
JANUARY 11, 2021
When nonprofit board dynamics are collegial and trusting, you have the perfect climate for robust and productive board discussions. That alone provides sufficient reason for your board to be diligent in its approach to nominating and recruiting the best potential candidates to ensure that your nonprofit board composition is just right. With every board member term that ends, a new one begins.
Women Entrepreneurs Can
JANUARY 10, 2021
The start of a new year is an excellent time to establish goals and to figure out how you’re going to act to make targets for the months ahead achievable. In business, there is never any room for complacency, and the aim should always be to build on successes. Even if 2020 was a bumper year, there are ways to improve and take your business further. In this guide, we’ll explore steps you can take to reach the next level.
YoungUpstarts
JANUARY 12, 2021
by Richard Roth, Founder of Progressive Tech. Starting any new venture in life is an exciting time, be it a business or any other endeavor. Odds are it will almost certainly require more sweat, time and determination than you expected. During these tumultuous times, when established systems collapse and change, new opportunities are constantly being created.
Berkonomics
JANUARY 14, 2021
Increasing your chances of success. If you seek funds from an organized investment group such as an angel fund, venture capital entity, or even an investment club, the first thing you want to do is to find one person to buy into your vision, become excited by your enthusiasm and be willing to become the internal champion for your fund-raising effort.
Startup Professionals Musings
JANUARY 10, 2021
In the last few years I have seen a popular business model emerging which embodies a greater focus on social and environmental responsibility, and a new requirement for trust and sharing, as well as customer and community collaboration. Companies like Airbnb, Uber, Zappos, and Whole Foods are setting the example, and leading the way in profitability and purpose.
View from Seed
JANUARY 11, 2021
The sudden arrival of the global pandemic has shifted the playbook for founders and venture capitalists. Despite the beginnings of a vaccine rollout, it’s likely that the conditions created by Covid-19 will continue to persist for some time. Zoom calls have taken the place of in-person meetings. Investors previously prone to onsite visits and amassed airline miles, now grapple with how to form relationships and build confidence without having met teams in person.
YoungUpstarts
JANUARY 12, 2021
When you are starting up a new business, there is a tremendous amount you have to sort out. There are many things you have to organize in order to get the business up and running and to maximize the chances of success. From finances and business premises to staffing and marketing, you have to consider many crucial things during the setup of the business.
Feld Thoughts
JANUARY 10, 2021
For a long time, I collected computers (hardware, software, manuals, and magazines.) About five years ago, I donated my collection to the Media Archaeology Lab , located at CU Boulder. Also, Amy and I have made substantial gifts to MAL from the Anchor Point Foundation. And, last year, our gift enabled them to buy a vast collection from Benj Edwards.
Startup Professionals Musings
JANUARY 11, 2021
Many first-time entrepreneurs find themselves unable to bootstrap their startups, and also unable to find early funding at the venture capital level or even with angel investors. Their only recourse is that first tier of investors, fondly called Friends, Family and Fools. These are the only people likely to believe in newbies, with only minimal product evidence or business experience.
Version One Ventures
JANUARY 14, 2021
Over 10 years since its inception, Bitcoin is now firmly established as the preeminent digital store of value (SoV). I believe this is because Bitcoin dominates among crypto assets on the axes that matter most for fulfilling this digital gold-like function: A clear and reliable monetary policy: only 21 million BTC will ever exist. Security: Bitcoin is the world’s largest supercomputer powered by global excess energy markets.
YoungUpstarts
JANUARY 12, 2021
As someone looking to start a business, you’re going to want to make sure that you have every single facet handled. If you don’t have each area covered, then you’re not going to get exactly what you want. Your business needs to rely on other fields doing their jobs properly as you are simply part of a big spider web of operations. It’s your business, so you’ll need to personalize it to whatever suits you.
Feld Thoughts
JANUARY 11, 2021
Gramercy Park in June 2015. After 89 years on this planet, Len Fassler passed away on Friday. Len was my Yoda. As a paternal figure, he was a close second to my father. I loved him deeply. And I will miss him every day. We were introduced in the spring of 1993 by Jim Galvin, CEO of Allcom, which had just been acquired by Len’s company Sage Alerting Systems.
Startup Professionals Musings
JANUARY 15, 2021
When an entrepreneur first incorporates a business, they may find themselves the proud owner of 10 million shares of common stock, commonly called founder’s shares. It’s disconcerting for most to realize that these shares are initially worth nothing, and the challenge is to get that value up as quickly as possible, without losing it just as quickly to investors, lazy partners, and taxation.
David Cohen
JANUARY 12, 2021
“ Thoughtful leadership evolution in growing and scaling companies is healthy. It happens in strong, successful, mission-driven companies all the time. We’ve seen it over and over again in our own investment portfolio – and helped to mentor our founders through these strategic decisions and transitions. It’s all part of the journey. ” Today, I’m thrilled and honored to announce that Maëlle Gavet has joined Techstars as CEO.
YoungUpstarts
JANUARY 12, 2021
Establishing a business in another country is an exciting prospect because you get the opportunity to explore wider markets. Moreover, it also brings the chance to live and work overseas, which is something young entrepreneurs aspire to do. After a disappointing 2020, the world is all set to get back on track this year with global rollouts of COVID-19 vaccines.
Hunter Walker
JANUARY 15, 2021
Creator Wellness Will Be A Key Goal of New Products. Being a modern creator is, for many, exhausting. The falling economic costs of production and distribution have been replaced by a new set of taxes — physical, emotional, psychological — as your community expects new content, accessibility to their heroes and open book authenticity. Paired with the social media platform algorithms, which in themselves reward frequency and engagement, this combination saps joy and agency from the creative proce
SiliconHills
JANUARY 13, 2021
DivInc, the nonprofit accelerator focused on fostering diverse startups, has announced the finalists for its third annual Champions of Change Awards. The virtual event will take place online on March 4th. DivInc’s 2021 event has a goal to raise $100,000 for its “2021 Social Justice Innovation Program which supports social justice innovators addressing inequities and […].
Feld Thoughts
JANUARY 12, 2021
Today, Techstars announced that Maëlle Gavet has joined as CEO. When David Cohen, David Brown, Jared Polis, and I started Techstars in 2006, we could have never envisioned what it has become. Today, Techstars is a global organization with around 300 employees, invests in over 400 new companies each year, and has invested in more than 2,300 companies worldwide.
YoungUpstarts
JANUARY 15, 2021
Instead of making new resolutions to add (and later discard) in the new year, Steve Cook says we should be focusing on what we want to subtract. The post The Year Of The Quitter: Seven Things To Stop Doing In 2021 appeared first on Young Upstarts.
The Startup Magazine
JANUARY 11, 2021
Backlinks are super important and help your website gain credibility with Google. They also make your website more reachable to your target audience. Essentially, backlinks are when another website redirects its audience to your website. For Google, seeing a backlink is an indication of your website’s credibility. If you are working on your website’s SEO, then backlinks will play a critical part in improving your SERPS (search engine results pages).
Up and Running
JANUARY 13, 2021
Building a brand that’s authentic, consistent, and rooted in a distinct personality separates you from the competition and allows your customers to connect with you on a more meaningful level. Building a brand can feel daunting. In fact, many small businesses feel like it’s something that only the “big guys” can afford. But branding is something that every company can do if you follow a few basic rules.
Hunter Walker
JANUARY 11, 2021
And My Ask Of Investors In These Companies. It’s frustrating if you’re a customer of an expense report SaaS startup and the company goes out of business, but it’s potentially devastating if your tele-therapist or addiction counselor suddenly disappears because the platform that employed them ran out of money. This is my most significant concern about the wave of mental wellness startups being funded with venture dollars — what happens to the clients of the ones which fail?
YoungUpstarts
JANUARY 14, 2021
Here are some tips you can use and apply that will help you find success and happiness as a new entrepreneur so you can thrive. The post How To Find Success & Happiness As A New Entrepreneur appeared first on Young Upstarts.
ConversionXL
JANUARY 13, 2021
This is my last week at CXL. It’s bittersweet. I started on a Monday and published my first post on a Thursday. Since then, it’s been rinse and repeat for nearly two-and-a-half years. In sum, I wrote 46 posts and edited another 156. That works out to about a half-million words and a new post every 4 days for 870 days. Through it all, here’s what I figured out—and what I failed to solve. 5 things I learned. 1.
The Startup Magazine
JANUARY 14, 2021
With the pressures of an entrepreneur, do you sometimes feel like a fraud? You may worry that when other people realize who you really are, they will see that you do not deserve what you have. If you have felt this way, you have likely dealt with imposter syndrome. It is estimated that 70 percent of the world’s population have felt like an imposter, and the prevalence among entrepreneurs can be even higher.
Feld Thoughts
JANUARY 13, 2021
At lunch today, Amy said “Welcome to January 112th.” I just got an email from a friend that included the line, “I’m writing off the first 20 days of the year, so here’s to a much different 2021 starting next week!” I didn’t really mark the end of the year as the “end of this phase.” The Covid crisis continues.
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