“A man must be big enough to admit his mistakes, smart enough to profit from them, and strong enough to correct them,” says John C. Maxwell, a well-known author of several New York Times best selling books on leadership. When you dedicate yourself to building a small business from the ground up, you expect some
As a professor of social entrepreneurship and an entrepreneur, people often approach me with all their ideas. They get overwhelmed with how to start choosing their first venture (or second, for that matter). How do you start? Whether you are new to entrepreneurship or starting another venture, you begin the same way: Uncover your strengths
Detroit’s Grand Circus is teaching technology with a purpose and helping the startups and the employees of the future in the Motor City.
If you’re pursuing a startup in bioelectronic medicines or technologies, then pay attention to this news from one of the nation’s largest pharmaceutical companies. GlaxoSmithKline announced on Thursday that they are launching Action Potential Venture Capital (APVC) Limited, a new $50 million strategic venture capital fund that will invest in companies that pioneer bioelectronic medicines
Pressure is high for any startup at an accelerator demo day, for ZingFin the pressure is even higher, see why this Jumpstart Foundry startup has a lot to prove to a room full of investors.
When you’re collaborating remotely or even if you’re working in the same office, sometimes it’s necessary for teams to share passwords. Here at Nibletz our core team needs to share site passwords, social passwords, analytics passwords, and more. There isn’t really an easy way to share passwords amongst your team. If you’re a team with
The polls are open for the second annual Silicon Prairie Awards, here are the 48 finalists.
The Wednesday morning coffee and networking event called 1 Million Cups, created by the Kauffman Foundation, has added its 10th location and its first northeastern city. It’s not New York, Providence, or Boston. Instead, the latest community to join the 1 Million Cups family is on the Georgetown, Delaware, campus of Delaware Technical Community College. Georgetown, Delaware,
Log on to a site like Odesk.com and you’ll quickly see profiles for the tens of thousands of workers based around the globe, ready to hire out their services for as little as $.50/hour. A few easy mental calculations reveal that this hourly rate works out to just $20/week and $1,020/year for a full-time staff
Indianapolis based Angie’s list has acquired Denver startup BrightNest. More here.
Techstars Boulder graduated their Summer 2013 class last week. Boulder is the original Techstars program and home to the organization’s headquarters which also includes the Global Accelerator Network. Techstars was originally founded by David Cohen, Brad Feld, Congressman Jared Polis, and David Brown. David Cohen moved into a day-to-day operational role with Techstars. The others
Ryan Frankel, co-founder and CEO of Techstars Alum VerbalizeIt talks is in the Founder’s Spotlight.
There is a general theme in a lot of the content that’s making its way out to sites like KISSMetrics and the Content Marketing Institute, where marketing professionals get a lot of inspiration. While most marketing consultants focus on technical tips for narrative-building strategies, content marketing strategy comes down to this: work smarter, not harder.
It doesn’t matter how world changing your idea is; if you need money to make it happen, but ruin your opportunities in front of potential venture capitalists, it’s not going to make it off the ground. Venture capitalists are a unique bunch and pitching to them requires a unique strategy. There are four main categories
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