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4 Upcoming Beta Sign Up Startups
By VisionwizTeam at March 23, 2012 | 10:23 am | 0 Comment
4 Upcoming Beta Sign Up Startups 1. Kuhcoon Kuhcoon creates a custom learning experience for every user.Kuhcoon lesson plans include several interactive videos that help you learn to use social media at your own pace and skill level. Kuhcoon from Kuhcoon on Vimeo. 2. Murally Murally aims to collect anything from the web, grow it and transform it in more...
The Peter Principle Applies To Startups As Well
By Martin at December 24, 2011 | 9:20 am | 0 Comment
Most people think that the Peter Principle (employee rises to his level of incompetence) only applies to large organizations. Let me assure you that it is also alive and well within startups. There I see founders and managers who are stalled transplants from large organizations, and technologists trying to run the business. Forty years ago, in a satiric book named more...
What Type Of Startups Are Easy To Run,Profit Based Or Non-Profit Based?
By Martin at December 19, 2011 | 8:48 am | 0 Comment
A common misconception I often hear in the startup world is that non-profits are easy and safe, since they don’t have to pay taxes, and they don’t have to make a profit for their shareholders. In reality, from the feedback I get from non-profit executives, exactly the opposite is true. Technically speaking, in the United States, a non-profit corporation or more...
3 Must Use: Upcoming Startups For Entrepreneurs & Business Professionals
By ajay at December 5, 2011 | 10:27 am | 0 Comment
3 Must Use Upcoming Startups For Entrepreneurs & Business Professionals 1. TeeMeW aims to find out real-time business opportunities in your proximity using a location-based, real-time mobile application that aims to redefine business and professional networking. TeeMeW TeeMeW helps you meet relevant, nearby contacts and opportunities on the go. Easy To more...
Startups are no place for Baby-Boomers?
By Martin at November 22, 2011 | 8:33 am | 0 Comment
The buzz from startup executives, especially high-tech ones, has long been that startups are no place for Baby-Boomers (1946-1964) – you must have the high energy and crazy determination to work 20-hour days to succeed. Only the under-35 age group need apply. I will argue that times have changed, and you better take another look. First of all, the Boomer demographic more...
7 Best Start ups From Silicon Valley based 500 Start up Accelerator
By ajay at November 2, 2011 | 12:40 pm | 0 Comment
Silicon Valley based 500 Startup accelerator company has come out with a new batch of 34 new start-ups. We scroll through their 34 start-ups collections and selected 7 best one which seems to have a great potential. Here are 7 Best Start ups From 500 Start up Accelerator 1 LoveWithFood LoveWithFood is a place where foodies share and discover authentic more...
Three Upcoming Beta(Invite) Startups
By ajay at October 31, 2011 | 10:23 am | 0 Comment
Three Upcoming Beta(Invite) Startups 1 SphereUp SphereUp is a new contacts management app that lets you see all your contacts in one place. SphereUp also provides communication buttons so you can email, call, and text your contacts from a single app. 2 Wunderkit Wunderkit puts a huge emphasis on working together with other people. Wunderlist is more...
Six Must Use Tools For Student Entrepreneurs
By ajay at September 30, 2011 | 3:05 pm | 0 Comment
Nurturing a startup idea? Then check out these six must use tools(given below) to transform your idea into reality. Six Must Use Tools For Student Entrepreneurs 1. FIG FIG works with young entrepreneurs, specifically undergraduates and graduates to see them crystallize their ideas, support them through the development of their business plans and introduce more...
Advantages of non-organic growth for startups
By Martin at September 16, 2011 | 10:42 am | 0 Comment
Startups are usually so focused on selling more of their branded product or service to their own customer base (organic growth) that they don’t consider the more indirect methods (non-organic growth) of increasing revenue and market share. Non-organic growth would include OEM relationships, finding strategic partners, “coopetition,” as well as acquisitions. This more...
Survival Tips For Startups In A Volatile Market
By Martin at September 15, 2011 | 10:05 am | 0 Comment
Survival Tips For Startups In A Volatile Market Change is about the only thing constant in the world of startups. Despite their own focus on changing the world, they often forget that they too have to change rapidly and often as the market evolves. Too many find that out too late, and are left chasing a rabbit that is long gone. The solution is to establish and more...
Key Business Tasks For Every Startups
By Martin at September 8, 2011 | 9:52 am | 0 Comment
Even when your startup is a one-man show, you will soon find that you are “out of control,” unless you start organizing and writing down how and when key things need to get done. Like it or not, you are now entering the dreaded realm of “formal business processes.” The right question is “What is the minimum that I need?” The simple answer is that you more...
Why Over-Confidence can Kill your Startups ?
By Martin at August 30, 2011 | 8:30 am | 0 Comment
In previous articles, I have occasionally mentioned “red flags” which every potential investor unconsciously listens for. Other writers, like Guy Kawasaki, have irreverently called some of these “entrepreneur lies,” but I prefer to think of them as innocent over-enthusiasm or over-confidence that can kill your deal. At any rate, here is my summary of the top more...
Know what things lead to predictable success for any startups
By Martin at July 22, 2011 | 1:32 pm | 0 Comment
Every startup wants to be a predictable success, yet so few ever achieve this enviable position. In reality, getting there is not a random walk, and requires an understanding of the stages that every business must navigate and the organizational characteristics necessary at each stage. Les McKeown, in his recent book “Predictable Success” outlines these stages and more...
Reality Check For Startups
By Martin at July 14, 2011 | 11:43 am | 0 Comment
Most of the time, I’m all about providing encouragement and inspiration to entrepreneurs. They need it and they deserve it, because entrepreneurs are the lifeblood of our economy. But every so often, I try to give them a reality check, just to keep their feet on the ground and their nose to the grindstone. Many years ago, I enjoyed one of Guy Kawasaki’s first more...
The University of Utah Continues to Crank Out More Startups Than Any Other American School,Why?
By Rile at July 13, 2011 | 11:02 am | 0 Comment
The University of Utah Continues to Crank Out More Startups Than Any Other American School. With the University of Utah producing more startups from its research than any other university in the U.S., its technology commercialization approach has become a major center of attention for universities throughout the U.S. and abroad. It stands to reason that the more...
How much money you should ask from VCs for your startups?
By Martin at July 11, 2011 | 12:02 am | 0 Comment
Startups ask me “How much money should I ask for?” The simple answer is the absolute minimum amount you need to make your plan work. Some entrepreneurs try to start with a huge number, hoping they can negotiate and close on a smaller one, while others understate their requirements, in hopes of getting their foot in the door with an investor. Neither of these more...
Why independence is most important for entrepreneurs?
By Martin at July 5, 2011 | 8:49 am | 0 Comment
For all entrepreneurs, starting a business is the route to “life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness,” no matter how risky. It’s the American dream that has been the goal of people in this country for over 230 years. If you are here in the U.S., I hope you are all able to take some time off this holiday weekend, to contemplate what you do, and why you do more...
NextDigest got $390k to deliver curated Information to High-Growth Technology Industries
By ajay at June 25, 2011 | 11:05 am | 0 Comment
NextDigest recently raised $390k in new funding to expand its network of weekly e-mail newsletters focusing on events in the Web and Internet startup sector. This round of funding is led by 500Startups, Charles Hudson, Tim Trampedach, Marco Magnocavallo, Joshua Baer, and Ron Gutman. Additionally NextDigest secured a sponsorship from The Kauffman Foundation more...
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Tips for “startup presentations” to investors
By Martin at June 11, 2011 | 1:33 pm | 0 Comment
As a member of the local Angel group selection committee, I’ve seen a lot of startup presentations to investors, and I’ve never seen one that was too short - maybe short on content, but not short on pages! A perfect round number is ten slides, with the right content, that can be covered in ten minutes. Even if you have an hour booked, the advice is the same. I’ve more...
Startup genome: To analyze what makes startups tick, what helps them succeed and why many of them fail
By Vineet at May 30, 2011 | 11:21 am | 0 Comment
Every year we see thousand of startups surface and most of them shrink without any trace. So, if you are planning to work on startups then it is important to know why or how some of the startups get huge success while others fail. How ? Here is a new project developed by startup genome to map, model and analyze what makes startups tick, what helps them succeed and more...
