TED is an immense source of inspiration as well as being an organization that runs fantastic events. Here are a handful of inspiring talks for Startups. TED is the brainchild of Chris Anderson and one of the most respected conference organizers. TED innovates on several levels. Releasing all the content of their talks over the [...]
Time to drive some customers, beta testers and investors to your magnificent product? Here’s how to do it. Photo by rochelle, et. al. via Flickr Getting the word out there about your startup is easier said than done. It takes time and smart positioning within an often crowded market. Website + Blog combo tends to [...]
There are a bunch of common mistakes startups make when trying to get to the top, here’s a list. Photo by iTopher via Flickr Feel the need to succeed? Got your funding but lost about what to do next? Pressure can often translate into getting things wrong. Here’s a great article from @Scobleizer on what [...]
Pitching ideas is becoming an art, here’s how the pros do it. Pitching is the art of transforming your audience into stakeholders. Some say that the audience is not buying your idea – it’s buying you. Which doesn’t necessarily make things any easier. We stumbled over a great collection of videos from the masters of pitching, [...]
Research by the Kauffman Foundation has just shown that ALL net job growth in the US over the last 30 years was created by businesses less than 5 years old. Let me repeat that: ALL net job growth. ALL. Governments and analysts used to think that small businesses generated most net employment growth. They measure [...]
If you run a startup or are planning to do so you’ll bump into venture capital (VC) funding. So what is it? Photo by Darrren Hester via Flickr Venture capital is the backbone of a select few, more successful startups but reality is few entrepreneurs really understand what it is about. Getting the mechanics of [...]
A few months ago SEOmoz started a project that outlines a roadmap for startups to get their website noticed. Photo by marciookabe via Flickr We think it’s a provides a neat checklist for your website planning and implementation. Take a look!
You have a great idea – right. Now it’s time to get it up and running. Photo by AZkansei via Flickr We’ve collected some valuable resources to get marketing, planning, funding and PR going. Have a look. Heads up to Arun Joy for putting the list together 10. How to start a startup? & How [...]
Starting up should never be taken lightly. Here are some cool tips from emerging entrepreneurs: 1. Stick with it 2. Simplify your mission 3. Ditch your safety net 4. Exceed expectations 5. Do more with less 6. Don’t go it alone 7. Be nimble 8. Have a plan for actually making money 9. Do your [...]
“Never forget that everything Hitler did in Germany was legal.” Martin Luther King, Jr. Photo by peggydavis66 via Flickr Getting your legals wrong or not paying correct attention to it may jeopardize the success of your idea – regardless of how cool it is. Here are some great resources for your startup legal needs from [...]
Photo by JoshuaDavisPhotography. COM via Flickr Once you’ve secured funding, you may be left wandering what’s the most plausible next step. Try this collection of complimentary tips on ReadWriteStart.
Branding is vital when it comes to launching and building a new company. There are way too many brands out there as it is – so make sure yours stands out. The name, logo and strapline need to tell people what you do – but more importantly ensure you stand above the crowd. So make [...]
Innovate’s (TM) start-up system starts with the @ha idea. Innov@te utilizes a process called CREATE-IVITY (TM) to generate ideas. Once an entrepreneur has developed their @ha idea they need to know what to do with it. Rushing straight from idea to venture is way too hit and miss. Equally, the world over, far too many people [...]
Randy Komisar from Kleiner Perkins on how the biggest successes can often be bred from failures. This is the kick off to Innovatrs ‘Fail to Succeed’ series.
There are some great entrepreneur interviews at Stanford’s eCorner. The wonder of Stanford is its proximity to so much that is successful in and around Silicon Valley. Entrepreneurs often come from or are linked to Stanford University so they have strong pulling power. Worth checking out.
The always trendy Springwise, featured this week 3 great business ideas, here they are. – Package Tracking via twitter Easy concept. Follow @packagetrack and send a DM with your Ref Number. Whenever there are updates about your package you’ll get a notification. Works with UPS and FedEx – Receipt Farm Ideal for small businesses and [...]
The Glasshouse event in London last night ‘Show Me the Money’ was well attended with some interesting VC’s speaking including London’s latest – PRO Partners. It seems that Spotify and Playfish are the VC’s favorite ventures right now – proving that they still hunt in packs/follow each other like sheep. They repeated that venture investments [...]
Innovatrs.com is sponsoring blur’d Meetups for entrepreneurs – initially in London. It is a private member monthly meetup on the West side of London for cool entrepreneurs. We hope it will unearth the next big idea and we plan to launch Innovatrs Start-up TV Network there in the coming months! Join us if you dare.
Following the digital big bang small businesses and start-ups will be able to compete with larger businesses as never before. And anyone will be able to afford to start a small business. Capital will no longer be the scarce resource – ideas, marketing and attitude will. Just look at Twitter. For anyone will be able [...]
As we look out a few years one tremor looks inevitable: the digital big bang. The point at which the tipping trend to connected networks and devices explodes us into a new dawn. Today there are 3.5 billion mobile phone users each connected to one network or another – in cities across the globe many using [...]
blur’d is hosting the first in a series of entrepreneur meetups in London tomorrow night, June 30th. blur’d Meetups are designed for interesting entrepreneurs launching or running somewhat disruptive and innovative ventures. blur’d also lets in select digital directors and innovation officers from large companies. They plan to do monthly, invitation only get togethers in [...]
On Saturday I went to a party hosted by a friend, Paul Birch. Given that Paul not only co-founded Bebo but is also an active angel investor I expected to meet a few interesting Web 2.0 entrepreneurs. And I did. The one that stood out was Ryan Notz of MyBuilder.com; artist turned stonemason turned Web entrepreneur. [...]
Having read an interesting blog from a failed entrepreneur who clearly believes that he should have known better it got me thinking about what he was really missing. And I think it was context. He talks about lacking domain expertise and making certain key decisions that later proved flawed. What I believe he needed was a [...]
Readwritestart produced a neat article recently on what VC’s look for in a first time, Web entrepreneur. I guess the best summary is cool geekness with the determination of a bull and ballerina like flexibility. OK. So, you see, at the end of the day its about charismatic, determined geeks. You know, Zuckerberg look-alikes. Me, I’d go [...]
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