Berkonomics

DECEMBER 20, 2018

This week we contacted royalty licensing expert, the well-respected Arthur Lipper, asking the magic question. Why are you so strongly sold on royalty licensing as the most effective way to finance a tech-based early stage company? I asked him five important questions, which he answered, and I’ve summarized below. Since I am a proponent of using equity as a tool and he is so much opposed, this week it is his turn to make the case.

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Women Entrepreneurs Can

DECEMBER 21, 2018

If you are unfamiliar with the term, you may be wondering what the term liability coverage actually means. In a nutshell, it’s a special type of business insurance with the means to encompass all of the holder’s accountabilities, as well as incidents. Of course, all in the bounds of what the policy itself includes. If you are a business owner, there are basically two choices that you can make.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 16, 2018

I still know some entrepreneurs who boast of simply following their gut instincts, rather than listen to anyone or any data, to make strategic decisions. We’ve all worked with autocratic leaders in large companies who seem to thrive in this mode. They all forget or ignore the high-profile failures that have resulted from some single-handed business decisions.

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YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 21, 2018

by Aditya Narula, head of customer success at Kabbage. Establishing a strong social media presence can mean big business for your small business. But if you don’t have dedicated resources to devote to it, or you don’t have much time to spare, you might find it tough to gain traction. Use these nine social media tips to boost business and grow your brand. 1.

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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

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The Startup Magazine

DECEMBER 18, 2018

High-tech electronic data tools have revolutionized the way businesses operate nowadays. It is now possible for companies to run effectively and become profitable. Startup businesses can benefit from the new tools in gaining root in the market. Considering the technology saves on time and money, it would be wise for startups to adopt it. Look for reputable firms such as Telstar Instruments in CA to help you get the best solutions for your business.

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YFS Magazine

DECEMBER 17, 2018

There are thousands of WordPress themes on the market today. Here are 6 quick and dirty tips that’ll help you pick the right one for your website.

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YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 19, 2018

Technology has made everything easier for anyone that wants to purchase anything online. You do not need to leave your chair to buy anything from clothes, property, or even heavy machinery for your business, etc. Nowadays everything is on sale online, and many people find it easier to buy from the comfort of their desks. Online auctions are popular because one can bid on any item within your price range.

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The Startup Magazine

DECEMBER 18, 2018

No matter what type of business you have, it is always a good idea to have a website that promotes your products and services online. After all, many people now spend a lot of time interacting and searching for new information on the web. Nowadays, websites are easy to build. There are a lot of tools and even firms that can help you with your web development and maintenance needs.

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David Teten

DECEMBER 15, 2018

“Mann Tracht, Un Gott Lacht” (“Man Plans, and God Laughs.”). We hope for the best, but are forced to plan for the worst. Almost all VCs will have companies that fail. The CEO comes to us. She has 3 months of cash left. Existing investors have said they’d be glad to invest…if she gets a new lead investor, which 6 months of searching have failed to generate.

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Duct Tape Marketing

DECEMBER 19, 2018

The Top Four Marketing Trends for 2019 written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing. Marketing Podcast with John Jantsch on 2019 Marketing Trends. ‘Tis the season for end of year lists and content that’s looking to trends in the New Year. Rather than run through all of the ins and outs of what I see coming up on the marketing horizon, I’ve decided to focus on what I see as the four most important marketing trends for 2019.

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YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 16, 2018

During the festive season, consumer spending habits vary wildly from their usual behaviour. This erratic change of credit card usage means that it becomes much harder for standard fraud protection software to detect and prevent fraudulent credit card activity. As a business owner, this can be detrimental for your company. If a credit card was used fraudulently to make purchases of your goods, you could be hit with chargebacks.

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The Startup Magazine

DECEMBER 20, 2018

Foreign exchange, or forex, is a great investment instrument to consider today. The forex market is more volatile than the stock market, and the fact that you can bank profits on both long and short trades makes it appealing to many. Source: Pexels. Before you can start trading foreign currency pairs , however, the most important first step to take is choosing the right broker.

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Transformify

DECEMBER 20, 2018

Via Codigo , a nonprofit organisation teaching high skilled web development and soft skills program at juvenile detention centers is pleased to announce it’s goals for 2019. Thanks to key alliances with the Forge Foundation and the global recruitment platform Transformify , teenagers that go through their program, will broaden their job opportunities at an international level by applying to remote jobs.

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Austin Startup

DECEMBER 16, 2018

As I mentioned at the beginning of this series/ebook, over the years I’ve noticed that I tend to frequently share certain Lucky7 posts with entrepreneurs we’ve backed , team members at data.world, or other startup investors I know. In totality, these posts are at least as long as most business books. So I’m packaging the best of them up for you here in a new series called The Entrepreneur’s Essentials.

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YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 17, 2018

The real estate market has recently made a strong recovery and property prices are rocketing up with each passing day. This huge market attracts young men and women who want to join the workforce as real estate agents to tap into the market’s potential. In such a competitive world, it becomes increasingly important for you not to just keep up with the advancements in the field but also to stay ahead of your competitors.

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Steve Blank

DECEMBER 20, 2018

Five years ago we brought evidence-based entrepreneurship to Life Sciences – teaching the first Lean Lean Launchpad class at UCSF, then the NIH and Imperial College. But it’s been awhile since I was in a room made up entirely of Life Science entrepreneurs. So I was excited to visit IndieBio, a life science accelerator in San Francisco. Think of IndieBio as “Y-Combinator for Life Sciences with a wet lab ” and you get what they are trying to do.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 19, 2018

Entrepreneurs seem more quickly frustrated these days when their “million-dollar idea” doesn’t turn into a sustainable business overnight. They don’t realize that it takes many skills to build a business under the best of circumstances, and today’s world of instant gratification doesn’t leave room for the patience and practice to develop these skills.

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deal architect

DECEMBER 18, 2018

Mark Hurd reported yesterday, Oracle’s two cloud ERP businesses, Fusion ERP and NetSuite ERP, delivered a combined revenue growth rate of 32% in Q2. Workday similarly reported 30+% growth in its latest quarter, and Salesforce in the high 20%. In.

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YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 17, 2018

Amazon is the biggest marketplace in the world today. It is the best place for a startup to sell its products. You can sell any product on Amazon and your product can be sold to any customer in the world. It is the perfect avenue for success. Achieving success in Amazon is easy. The secret formula is time + skill + dedication. Many experts who have become established Amazon sellers collectively concur.

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thebarefootvc

DECEMBER 21, 2018

The past couple of weeks have seen a flurry of activity in the blockchain and crypto markets: Yesterday, the WSJ published an investigative report that looked at money laundering in the crypto world. Of over $88M of illicit funds it tracked, $9M went through Swiss based exchange Shapeshift. Perhaps related to this investigation, Shapeshift announced a few weeks ago that it would require registration on its exchange.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 21, 2018

In my career in business, I’ve found that the people you work with make all the difference. If everyone works well together, you all feel a sense of job satisfaction. If some people on the team are irritating to you and others, the whole environment becomes toxic, killing your motivation and the productivity of the team. Everyone thinks this is a management or the other person’s problem.

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Women Entrepreneurs Can

DECEMBER 17, 2018

It’s one of the great debates of our time and has been for decades: how can one successfully balance both a career and parenthood? And while some might say that dealing with tiny humans all day doesn’t prepare you for the business world, especially if you want to earn an MBA or start a business, the fact is that parents are often exceedingly well-prepared for either path.

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YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 20, 2018

by Stephanie Moore , author of “ The Gifted Journey: Five Transformative Steps to Uncovering Your Unique Path “ My first job out of college was working for a phone company selling residential phones. My first week on the job was spent in sales training. I’ll never forget the instructor. She walked into the room wearing a bright red suit, and not only did she make a statement with her clothing, she also had the teaching style to match.

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SiliconHills

DECEMBER 19, 2018

This year, three of the startups featured in our 2018 Austin Tech Calendar were acquired by larger companies. H-E-B bought Favor for an undisclosed price. Go Daddy bought Mainstreet Hub for an undisclosed price. And News Corp. bought Opcity for $210 million. Now, Silicon Hills News has highlighted 25 startups we think will make some […]. The post 25 Hot Austin Startups to Watch in 2019 appeared first on SiliconHills.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 15, 2018

One of the biggest impediments to starting a new venture is the “ terror barrier ,” as popularized by Bob Proctor, a 75-year-old millionaire and world renowned entrepreneur. This is the imaginary barrier that always seems to appear at the critical point where we would step out ahead of peers or competitors, but fear causes us to stop short. Everyone has a comfort zone, or level of risk, where they feel in control.

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YFS Magazine

DECEMBER 18, 2018

Here's a look at ten female entrepreneurs that have certainly arrived on the scene. And we'd wager they are here to stay.

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YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 20, 2018

Creative thinking used to be rendered as a soft skill in the past years. Now it has become a feature to focus on. In the world of business and entrepreneurship, we witness a new generation coming to creating their brand. Their performance seems to have a drastic difference between the types of businesses before. It is hard to deny red success stories of 20th-century lack creativity, but they seem to pursue personal opportunities rather than making a difference in their community.

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Hearpreneur

DECEMBER 21, 2018

We all have that one business blog that addresses our pain points and motivates us to press on. As an entrepreneur, there’s also need to stay informed about the latest trends in our respective industries where most of this information can be found on business blogs. Some of these blogs are industry-specific while others are general in nature and they contribute immensely to out business growth through the tips they provide.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 17, 2018

Most of the entrepreneurs I advise today are ready to declare success when they get that first surge of traction with a real customer. This is a good sign, but they have no idea that the hard work of scaling the business is still ahead of them. It’s a bit like the heady first days after you’ve fallen in love, when you can’t imagine anything will ever kill that passion or commitment.

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YFS Magazine

DECEMBER 19, 2018

There is an old adage that says, "Excuses are the nails used to build the house of failure." Stopping is a sure way to failure.

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YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 20, 2018

by Tom Murry, retired CEO of Calvin Klein. Long before I became the CEO of Calvin Klein, I was a difficult teenager and my stepfather thought I would benefit from working on an oil rig. He thought it would help me straighten out (at the very least) and help me gain lifelong lessons that he believed were essential in the workplace — namely, following directions, listening to others, and, most importantly, being a contributing member of a team.

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The Startup Magazine

DECEMBER 20, 2018

The business world is ever changing; with the invention of the internet, businesses have taken on an entirely new dynamic, and now with emerging technology such as artificial intelligence and virtual & augmented reality, the business world is sure to undergo more changes in the near future. Does your business have the tools needed to grow in the ever changing world?

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ConversionXL

DECEMBER 17, 2018

As we wrap up 2018, we went back through everything we’ve published this year to find the 10 most-read articles. Here’s the list: 10. How to Get Started with Machine Learning and AI for Marketing. Artificial Intelligence is powerful and will open doors we don’t even know exist. But there are some steps you can take today to ensure that you’re making the most of this new capability and won’t be left behind. 9.

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SiliconHills

DECEMBER 17, 2018

By LAURA LOREK Publisher of Silicon Hills News In two seasons of the Ideas to Invoices podcast, Silicon Hills News has interviewed dozens of highly successful Austin entrepreneurs and many of them recommended books on their podcasts. The following list contains some of their book recommendations to aspiring entrepreneurs. So, if you’re looking for a […].

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YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 20, 2018

When someone has to deal with legal litigation and disputes, a person becomes stressful, and it is a difficult time in his/her life. But if that person gets the right lawyer, the whole process becomes as easy as possible and simple. Also, the right attorney will try their best for you to get a favorable outcome. In this article, let us discuss how to get that right attorney for a legal litigation case.

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The Startup Magazine

DECEMBER 19, 2018

As part of The Startup Magazine Founder Interview Series , we talked to Mr. Tony Lakier. Tony is the Founder and CEO of RedMane Technology. He has some insights on technology and how to use it to impact the world. Here is more of his story: Describe your product/service in 10 words or less: Problem solving. Technology is just one of our tools. Give us a little more detail into what RedMane does?

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