YoungUpstarts
NOVEMBER 9, 2018
by Arsalan Sajid, startup community manager at Cloudways. After spending a good amount of time researching about the benefits of having a startup, you are ready to open your own startup. WAIT! I have got a shocking statistic for you, startup enthusiasts. Almost 90 percent of startups fail within the first five years of their inception. There are a good number of published research studies that back this claim.
Startup Professionals Musings
NOVEMBER 3, 2018
Maybe it’s just me, but I sometimes feel that accountability is a rare talent in business today. In big businesses, people are quick to defer with “that’s not my department,” and even startup founders too often blame failures on the economy or the lack of investors. As an investor and advisor to entrepreneurs, I see accountability, or lack of it, as an override to even the best idea.
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Babbling VC
NOVEMBER 7, 2018
Bear with me as many generalisations are to follow. . . via GIPHY. "Nobody reads Powerpoints anyway!" I heard this from a business acquaintance recently and was initially taken aback by that comment. The brunt of what I have done over the past twenty years in business has involved Powerpoints (or more recently Google sheets but you know what I mean.
crowdSPRING Blog
NOVEMBER 8, 2018
Many people want to start a clothing brand or clothing line. After all, how difficult could it be? The truth is that successful clothing brands become successful in part because they’re created by people who are passionate about clothing. But, a clothing brand needs more than just exquisite apparel design to create a lasting business. It needs all the trappings of a successful business as well.
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
NOVEMBER 5, 2018
The data breach always costs a company a lot of money. Still, many businesses don’t even think about the protection. Most owners believe that it is complicated and hard to secure the information. But in reality, you just need a good VPN. Small business owners tend to think that they are safe just because their company is not that big. But that’s a misconception – they all are vulnerable regardless of the size.
The Startup Magazine
NOVEMBER 6, 2018
Who are we? Why are we here? Where are we going? These are the questions we ask ourselves when feeling philosophical. For startup owners, similar questions need to be asked about their company – particularly the product (or service) they’re providing their consumers. Only by developing a deep understanding of the product lifecycle can a startup have the endurance necessary for long-term success, and this can only be achieved via solid product management.
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crowdSPRING Blog
NOVEMBER 8, 2018
Silicon Valley has dominated the U.S. startup ecosystem for many decades. Despite repeated efforts, only a few cities outside the Valley (New York and Boston) have historically had the critical mix of VC funding, network, and talent to fuel vibrant startup centers. Best startup city rankings have reflected this truth for a long time. But this is becoming less true today, as more and more entrepreneurs find their way across the U.S.
YoungUpstarts
NOVEMBER 9, 2018
Running a start-up business is challenging. With today’s fast-paced business environment and a very competitive market, you need to have charismatic leadership, strong motivation, technical skills, passion, and commitment to ace the industry. Having a good coach can make a difference, just like how a sports team need to have one to win a match.
The Startup Magazine
NOVEMBER 8, 2018
In an effort to support startups looking for capital and mentorship, The Startup Magazine is supporting Volvo Financial Services in its launch of its iLabX global innovation program for technology entrepreneurs. We encourage all startups to consider applying to this rewarding startup accelerator. Corporate accelerators are one of the best ways for startups to access capital, advice, and markets. iLabX Technology Accelerator.
Duct Tape Marketing
NOVEMBER 7, 2018
Google Ads Changes Affecting Small Businesses written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing. Marketing Podcast with John Jantsch on Changes to Google Ads. Google has recently made some drastic changes to their ads program—starting with a name change, from Google AdWords to Google Ads. Some of the changes are technical, like tweaks to the interface.
crowdSPRING Blog
NOVEMBER 8, 2018
Logo design with bright colors, creative typography, and signage mock-up by zeste/crowdspring. Small businesses and startups have to compete in an increasingly noisy world, often against large, dominant businesses. Customers who are just discovering your brand need something to remember you by, and your logo serves as a symbol of your business. A great logo will help boost your marketing.
YoungUpstarts
NOVEMBER 8, 2018
No business works without competent suppliers to keep the firm fuelled. This might be as fundamental as the electricity provided to a building, but of course is mostly emphasized with stock ingredient deliveries, tech suppliers and even your food inventory for the daily canteen operation. However, some suppliers are perhaps more valuable to your firm than others.
Jeff Hilimire
NOVEMBER 6, 2018
It’s funny how life works, isn’t it? My wife and I started dating junior year of high school, just after I convinced her to let me “borrow” her Ray Kroc presentation (we were in different classes but had both chosen Ray Kroc to do our history report on.). Fast-forward a few years later and I followed her to Charlotte, her attending Davidson College and me at UNC-Charlotte.
Duct Tape Marketing
NOVEMBER 6, 2018
How to Build an Effective Referral Program written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing. You spend a lot of time and energy winning over new business, and once you’ve gotten that prospect to convert, you work hard to create a positive customer experience. Rather than going out and trying to find brand new customers all over again, it’s much more time- and cost-effective to turn to the customers you already have, not only for repeat business, but to create a steady stream of referrals
Hearpreneur
NOVEMBER 8, 2018
The entertainment concept remains evergreen due to creativity and innovations that surrounds it. Akos Gabossy’s idea for his multi-million dollar company, PanIQ Escape Rooms, came to him while he was participating in his high school’s foreign exchange student program that landed him in LA. Completely amazed by the indoor family amusement concepts like Dave & Busters and Chuck E Cheese, Akos decided that he wanted to establish a similar family entertainment concept in his homeland of Hungary.
Startup Professionals Musings
NOVEMBER 9, 2018
Since I am a techie at heart, I always get excited when founders pitch their new innovation as “disruptive,” meaning that it is so unique that it will create a new market and disrupt the existing value network, displacing established products and markets. Unfortunately, I have learned that investors and customers are wary that big changes will take a long time, and cost more money.
YoungUpstarts
NOVEMBER 8, 2018
by Robin Hau , founder and CEO of SimplyClouds. According to RightScale’s 2018 “State of the Cloud Report,” a staggering 96 percent of respondents report some reliance on the cloud. Cloud-hosted platforms are powerful and reliable, and they untether you from your office system and allow access to applications and files from any device and location.
deal architect
NOVEMBER 6, 2018
Readers know I have been hounding software vendors on why they are not investing in vertical functionality. After two decades of cloud computing we have very few choices in books of record for industry after industry – utility billing, retail.
For Entrepreneurs
NOVEMBER 6, 2018
For the seventh year in a row, we’re proud to work with KBCM Technology Group (formerly Pacific Crest Securities) to share results from a survey of ~385 private SaaS companies. Thank you to the readers of forEntrepreneurs who participated in taking the survey! Thank you also to David Spitz (@dspitz) and the team at KBCM Technology Group for their.
Startup Professionals Musings
NOVEMBER 4, 2018
One of the reasons that now is the time to be an entrepreneur is the explosion of startup assistance organizations, usually called incubators or accelerators. According to the International Business Innovation Association ( InBIA ), there are over 2,200 of these locations worldwide, and new online versions springing up all over the place, like Founders Space in Silicon Valley.
YoungUpstarts
NOVEMBER 6, 2018
by Marissa Waldman, President at Brainard Strategy. Unemployment is at a significantly low level in the United States. While seemingly good news, a marketplace oversaturated with underemployment across all demographics is slowly but surely beginning to negatively impact this widely publicized spike in statistics. For example, according to a report on NPR.com , “around 33 percent of college graduates are underemployed.
Up and Running
NOVEMBER 5, 2018
This article is part of our Business Startup Guide —a curated list of our articles that will get you up and running in no time! What will it cost to start that business? Of course, you can’t know for sure, but you can work with reasonable estimates. You can break down the problem into simple lists and work through the lists. It’s always a guess—but you can make it a good educated guess.
YFS Magazine
NOVEMBER 5, 2018
You are not alone. Most intelligent and inspiring women have also been underestimated and they succeeded anyways.
Startup Professionals Musings
NOVEMBER 7, 2018
Even when your new product or solution fills a real customer need, and has a positive value proposition, many new venture founders are surprised and frustrated to find that excited customers are hard to find and growth is slow. Thus, as an advisor to many startups, without being negative, I often spend hours with them brainstorming on all the possible barriers that may slow adoption rates, and how to plan or modify the business model to work around these obstacles.
YoungUpstarts
NOVEMBER 5, 2018
by Keith Johnstone, Head of Marketing of Peak Sales Recruiting. With the U.S. economy growing at a rate of over 4% , it is an exciting time for startups looking to scale up. It is also an ideal time for young professionals to secure outstanding jobs. High-growth startups in the software sales space need to hire adept salespeople to be competitive.
The Next Web
NOVEMBER 6, 2018
If you’re a tech junkie, you’ve inevitably thought about what it would be like to run into your future self, even just a year from now. What apps would be on your phone? How would your user experience change? What’s the next big thing you won’t be able to imagine your life without? To find out we went to this year’s EIT Digital Challenge where some of Europe’s finest deep tech scaleups and late-stage startups were pitching cutting-edge solutions that will innovate everything from online security
ConversionXL
NOVEMBER 5, 2018
Analyzing the customer journey is pivotal to conversion optimization. But how do you track user journeys in a way that is digestible, visual, and useful? With funnels, of course! Funnel tracking in Google Analytics is one of the best ways to identify—in detail—where you’re going wrong. I’ll show you six funnel features in Google Analytics to boost your conversions by understanding where prospects falter in their journey.
Startup Professionals Musings
NOVEMBER 5, 2018
I just finished a new book by Stephen J. Cloobeck, “ Checking In: Hospitality-Driven Thinking, Business, and You ”. As a self-made entrepreneur and former chairman of Diamond Resorts International, he asserts that the five biggest companies by market value today, Google, Facebook, Microsoft, Amazon, and Apple, aren’t really tech, but hospitality companies.
YoungUpstarts
NOVEMBER 4, 2018
Think about where you get the most important news in your industry. Is it from long, obscure white papers? YouTube videos? Press releases on a random public relations website? In most cases, probably not. Instead, as business people and general readers, we employ much more sophisticated filters that help us decide who and what to pay attention to. This approach helps us determine the credibility of the source and its relevance to us and our interests.
VC Cafe
NOVEMBER 9, 2018
What do you know about Israeli B2C startups? In this post I shine a spotlight on the consumer segment in Israel and explore the trends in consumer tech in Israel. Continue Reading → This is a content summary only. Click on the post title to continue reading this post, share your comments, browse the website and more!
For Entrepreneurs
NOVEMBER 6, 2018
I presented on two topics at WebSummit 2018 in Lisbon on November 6th. The slides and videos of those two presentations can be found below. The videos are provided courtesy of WebSummit: 9 Secrets for Startup Success, A roadmap for B2B Founders Lean Startup taught the world how to find product/market fit, but in the.
The Next Web
NOVEMBER 5, 2018
I entered the workforce in 1998 during the midst of the dotcom bubble. To stay relevant in a highly competitive and unpredictable market, I found myself constantly updating my resume with software proficiencies I thought companies would find desirable. However, none of the software proficiencies I included in my resume proved to be applicable or remotely useful in my personal life.
YoungUpstarts
NOVEMBER 9, 2018
by Miron Lulic, founder and CEO of SuperMoney. Offering free access to credit at the point of sale (POS) is a powerful business-generating tool for companies of all sizes. However, not all companies have the working capital available to offer in-house financing programs. Partnering with a third-party POS financing platform is an attractive solution but finding a partner with competitive rates and reasonable implementation costs can be a challenge.
This is going to be BIG.
NOVEMBER 4, 2018
For the last two years, I’ve been pretty vocal about politics on social media , in my weekly tech community newsletter and on this blog. As I’ve gotten older, I’ve gotten more progressive—which is a big shift for me because I grew up conservative. More and more, I’ve felt the need to speak out—but the question was asked of me recently whether or not it does more harm than good for me professionally.
Version One Ventures
NOVEMBER 6, 2018
Over the past decade, new platforms have driven down the cost of starting a tech business. For example, you don’t need to buy servers anymore – you can just host your site on AWS. And distribution has become immediate, efficient, and highly targeted thanks to Google and Facebook. The impact extends beyond technology companies too. In just the past few years it has become a lot less expensive to start a new business in many other verticals.
Feld Thoughts
NOVEMBER 7, 2018
On Monday, I wrote a post titled Look Up and Don’t Give Up that included the 2:48-second video of a mama bear and her cub struggling across a steep cliff covered with snow. 20+ million people have also looked at it and, I expect, found inspiration from it as I did. I didn’t think very hard about this until this morning when I read The Atlantic article titled The Problem Behind a Viral Video of a Persistent Baby Bear: What appears to be a life-affirming triumph is really a cautionary tal
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