June, 2013
Why Failure Is Good For Entrepreneurs?
By Martin at June 18, 2013 | 8:14 am | 0 Comment
If you haven’t had a failure, you aren’t pushing the limits. If you are really an entrepreneur, you are a risk taker and less cautious by nature, so failures should be expected. Wear you startup failure as a badge of courage. Don’t go after failure, but embrace it when it does happen and grow from it. People who are afraid of failing should not become more...
4 Beta Startups For SignUp
By VisionwizTeam at June 17, 2013 | 11:27 am | 0 Comment
4 Beta Startups For SignUp 1. Duplia Duplia makes it easier to upload audio, images and videos with just a simple click of a button. It is a new and innovative way to share media with your friends, family and users worldwide 2. Medifund Medifund is a crowdfunding platform which supports Medical Students who are struggling to pay their school more...
Some Characteristics Of Truly Committed Entrepreneur
By Martin at June 17, 2013 | 8:16 am | 0 Comment
We’ve all heard the old joke “In a bacon-and-egg breakfast, the chicken is involved, but the pig is committed.” This quote epitomizes the true essence of commitment. We all know at least one self-professed entrepreneur who claims to committed, but seems to treat it like a part-time hobby, won’t put any personal skin in the game, and is quick to give up when things more...
Does Every Entrepreneur Need A Business Plan?
By Martin at June 15, 2013 | 8:52 am | 0 Comment
On a regular basis, I am approached by entrepreneurs who assert that business plans are a waste of time. They cite sources like a recent BusinessWeek story, “Real Entrepreneurs Don’t Write Business Plans” and this NY Times article. From my perspective as a professional investor and long-time advisor to entrepreneurs, much of this urban legend advice is just more...
Long Term Pitfalls Of Entrepreneurship
By Martin at June 14, 2013 | 8:34 am | 0 Comment
Most entrepreneurs expect to face the “normal” challenges of starting a business, which include finding the right opportunity, building and executing a winning plan, and financing their venture. But many forget the pitfalls associated with traditional business jobs which can apply even to the smartest and most dedicated people running their own business. Often more...
178th 1M/1M Roundtable For Entrepreneurs: Sharpen Your Concepts Before You Commit
By Guest Post at June 14, 2013 | 8:01 am | 0 Comment
178th 1M/1M Roundtable For Entrepreneurs: Sharpen Your Concepts Before You Commit Today’s roundtable had a higher percentage of concept-stage entrepreneurs than usual. Query First up was Salil Agrawal from Bangalore, India, pitching Query, a Q&A forum concept, supposedly for solving problems. Now the Q&A market is cluttered as hell, and I see absolutely no more...
4 New Startups To Explore
By VisionwizTeam at June 13, 2013 | 10:32 am | 0 Comment
4 New Startups To Explore 1. Sqwiggle Sqwiggle is an always on online workplace for your remote team to work together throughout the day. Sqwiggle includes a unique media stream that lets you drag and drop, paste or type anything and share it with your team quickly and efficiently! 2. Heeduser Heeduser is a community powered customer as well as more...
Startups Need Collaboration But Not Consensus
By Martin at June 13, 2013 | 8:21 am | 0 Comment
Any entrepreneur with a vision can postulate a new business, but it takes a collaboration of many people to make it a success. Today the complexity of forces required for success include multi-disciplinary skills, competencies, and experiences in which the whole is greater than the sum of the parts. Entrepreneurs who embrace the “lone wolf” approach usually live to more...
Now Open Your Door From Smartphone Apps(DoorBot)
By Vineet at June 12, 2013 | 10:45 am | 0 Comment
Now, anytime you have a visitor at home, you’ll not only be able to see them, but you’ll be able to talk with them as well. How? Through DoorBot. What Is DoorBot? DoorBot is a simple, yet powerful wireless doorbell that streams live video and audio of your front door directly to your smartphone or tablet. How It Works: All you need to do is just more...
Co-relation Between Your Health & Your Startup Health
By Martin at June 12, 2013 | 8:06 am | 0 Comment
Co-relation Between Your Health & Your Startup Health A couple of years ago, I saw firsthand what can happen to a founder, and the business, when the founder practices unhealthy habits such as working 20 hours a day. A typical “Type A” personality, with boundless energy and enthusiasm, she aggravated some previous health limitations until she was bedridden, and more...
Five Upcoming Startups
By VisionwizTeam at June 11, 2013 | 11:30 am | 0 Comment
Five Upcoming Startups 1. AOptix AOptix StratusTM--the first mobile identity solution, Made for iPhone, that delivers fully integrated iris, face, fingerprint and voice biometric capabilities. AOptix Stratus is the ideal solution for applications where biometric identity verification was considered impractical, cost prohibitive, or impossible.. 2. Tres more...
How To Follow Mark Zuckerberg Or Sergey Brin’s Style Of Leadership?
By Martin at June 11, 2013 | 8:21 am | 0 Comment
Creating and building a business is not a one-man show. It requires a team effort, or at least the ability to build trust and confidence among key players, and effectively communicate with partners, team members, investors, vendors, and customers. These actions are the hallmark of an effective leader. Behind the actions are a set of principles and characteristics that more...
5 Most Useful iPad Apps To DownLoad
By VisionwizTeam at June 10, 2013 | 10:39 am | 0 Comment
5 Most Useful iPad Apps To DownLoad 1. Kindoma Kindoma is a new iPad apps that aims to build a magical place where kids of all ages talk and play together with their loved ones. This apps aims to connect families that live apart and to give them an easy and intimate way to share. 2. OrganiDoc OrganiDoc HD is a new iPad apps that aims to provide more...
How To Launch Your Startup Company?
By Martin at June 10, 2013 | 8:00 am | 0 Comment
The traditional mode of starting a company is to plan a serial process, where you complete once all the steps, leading to the “big bang” launch of the company. I strongly recommend a dramatic departure from this model, called “planned iteration” or Lean Startup methodology, where you assume you won’t get it right the first time, so you launch with a minimum more...
Entrepreneurs Have To Know When & How To Say ‘No’
By Martin at June 8, 2013 | 9:17 am | 0 Comment
Entrepreneurs have to know when and how to say ‘no,’ and be good at delivering the message. All startup leaders are besieged with requests for their time, attention, talent, money, or influence, and sometimes even good requests won’t fit into the time and energy you have available. Startups require focus, so you need to say ‘no’ to some things, in order to do more...
How To Find Right CEO For Your Startup?
By Martin at June 7, 2013 | 10:48 am | 0 Comment
If you are a young startup founder, how do you find that CEO or other executive for your “dream team” to close on funding or complement your skills to kick start your company? It makes logical sense to scour the job boards, engage an executive recruiter, or scan the networking sites like LinkedIn for a good array of candidates, and then interview the ones with the more...
177th 1M/1M Roundtable For Entrepreneurs: Fashion Apps
By Guest Post at June 7, 2013 | 8:11 am | 0 Comment
177th 1M/1M Roundtable For Entrepreneurs: Fashion Apps Today’s roundtable included a lengthy discussion on a mobile app for fashion consumers. It made me reflect back on the days when I was running one of the first fashion e-commerce companies back in 1999-2000. At the time, I was new to the fashion business, and did not know the dynamics of the industry. Well, more...
4 Upcoming Startups
By VisionwizTeam at June 6, 2013 | 11:55 am | 0 Comment
4 Upcoming Startups 1. Course Toolkit Course Toolkit is a free web-based Learning Management System that enables trainers and teachers to deliver their course material to students online. Trainers create courses using their set of content creation tools and then authorize whichever students they want to be able to access the course. Students create a more...
How To Apply Law Of Jungle To Your Startup Company?
By Martin at June 6, 2013 | 8:18 am | 0 Comment
It’s a jungle out there. In 2012, total entrepreneurial activity in the United States hit its highest level since their survey started in 1999, according to Babson College. That’s the good news and the bad news. The opportunity for change is huge, with everyone taking a new look at the world after the recession, but the competition is also huge, since the cost of more...
4 Beta Startups For SignUp
By Vineet at June 5, 2013 | 11:19 am | 0 Comment
4 Beta Startups For SignUp 1. Company Connector Company Connector is a new beta startup that aims to get matched with the best employers for you. 2. Canopy Canopy aims to help you discover the most useful, beautiful, and well-designed products on Amazon. 3. BrandOwner BrandOwner integrates with your social networks for easy-to-use customer more...
