November 2011 Archive

Bryan-Menell
Austin Tech Happy Hour December 1st
It’s hard to believe the end of the year is almost here! This will be our last event for 2011, and it will be on the 1st of December. We’ll ...
Joe-zente
Committing to a Written Annual Marketing Plan
A lot of hard-earned money goes out the window every year because otherwise intelligent business people spend good money on bad marketing ideas.  Why?  Most often because he/she doesn’t commit ...
Thom Singer
Demand For Your Products or Services
Identifying market demand is important for success as an entrepreneur.  Many people have had great ideas without ever finding customers who are willing and able to pay for their products ...
Bryan-Menell
WP Engine Closes $1.2M Series A
WP Engine, the WordPress hosting and security service for bloggers and small businesses, today announced the closing of their Series A round of venture financing. The $1.2 M investment was led ...
christina Randle
Have it your way: the new learning paradigm
Take a look around the office these days (if you actually work in one). The changes are evident– multiple generations are present and all have different motivators. People work  from ...
bill clark
Screening your Startup deal flow
Have you thought about investing in a startup company online but hesitate because you don’t know what to look for to assess the risk or likelihood that the startup might ...
Bryan-Menell
SceneTap Announces Launch Date, Moves to Austin
  SceneTap, a technology and nightlife company that gives consumers real-time info on the local bar scene, announced today that its launch in the Austin market will take place on Friday, ...
Ben Dyer Head
Pivot or Punt?
Some months ago when I arrived in Austin I wrote about the importance of the Formula 1 venue to this city.  The Circuit of the Americas (COTA) was then commencing ...
Wendy Covey
Wall Street Journal Names TREW Marketing One of Ten Most Innovative Small Businesses
On Monday, November 14, the Wall Street Journal named Rebecca Geier and Wendy Covey, co-founder of  TREW Marketing, one of ten “Most Innovative Entrepreneurs” in the Small Business, Big Innovation competition. TREW is ...
Thom Singer
Brainstorming Is Important To Entrepreneurial Success
Ideas are paramount to success for an entrepreneur.  However, not all ideas are the right ideas for starting a business or tackling challenging problems. Some businesses are spawned from a single idea. ...

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Nell Edgington - Social Velocity A Career Guide For a New Generation of Change Makers
Billy Parish and Dev Aujla’s new book, Making Good: Finding Meaning, Money and Community ...
mj-jolda Bagels by the Batch
What’s with all the hype about “Artisan Bagels” by Dunkin' Donuts?  Does anyone even ...
Hall_Martin-150x150 Understanding the deal from the Investor’s perspective
The entrepreneur and the investor both look at the same deal but they come ...
marc nathan Entrepreneur Events: OpenCoffee
Today’s OpenCoffee brought new and familiar faces to CoffeeGroundz.  For the uninitiated, OpenCoffee is ...
Ben Dyer new 1-23-12 It’s Facebook Week…
A few weeks back I wrote a post asking where are the Facebook startup ...
Bryan-Menell Mass Relevance Secures $3.3 Million Series A
Mass Relevance, the technology leader in social curation and integration, today announced that it ...
Thom-Singer-150x150 Networking Shortcuts for Career Success
There are no shortcuts to career success.  It takes time to building long-term and ...
Nell Edgington - Social Velocity Reader Question: How to Find Major Donors
Last month I launched a new regular series on the blog called Reader Questions. ...
Jamie-Brown The Formula for Making Client Relationships Bloom video
  I work with the best clients. That may sound like "spin" coming from a public ...
Thom Singer Does LinkedIn Matter? video
I was recently the speaker at a business event.  After my talk (about the ...