This is going to be BIG.
DECEMBER 11, 2017
There's a thread going on Twitter about doing a BarCamp in NYC again. I started with a tweet from Jeff Namnum about how he joined the tech community. Forever grateful to @tonybgoode @noneck @whitneyhess @ceonyc and others for making a Long Island guy feel welcome a hundred years ago at barcampNYC. Absolutely changed my trajectory. — Jeff Namnum (@namnum) December 8, 2017.
Entrepreneurs' Organization
DECEMBER 10, 2017
By Jacob Dayan . Facebook’s audience data and targeting tactics for advertisers are the platform’s biggest moneymakers. For years, the social media platform has given advertisers great ways to expand their reach, allowing brands to build audiences based on user data, page likes, website activity and CRM uploads. The social media juggernaut continues to refine its targeting features, and last year the company rolled out Engagement Custom Audiences.
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David Teten VC
DECEMBER 12, 2017
(written by Philipp von dem Knesebeck , Managing Partner, Blue Future Partners (bluefp.com, @bluefutureteam ), and David Teten ). VCs are at the forefront of technological disruption, funding many of the latest cutting edge productivity tools. But what tools are they using themselves to automate their own processes? As a globally focussed LP in early stage VC funds, we at Blue Future Partners have observed a growing trend of firms investing substantially in software tools, whether developing
Tomasz Tunguz
DECEMBER 9, 2017
When negotiating your next fundraising round, should you talk valuation in premoney terms or postmoney terms? Premoney is the valuation before the investment, employee stock option pool (ESOP) expansion, debt-to-equity conversion and investment. Postmoney is the value of the business after all that. As an investor, postmoney is simpler. Despite the improved simplicity, I don’t think the industry is going to move to postmoney anytime soon.
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Large enterprises face unique challenges in optimizing their Business Intelligence (BI) output due to the sheer scale and complexity of their operations. Unlike smaller organizations, where basic BI features and simple dashboards might suffice, enterprises must manage vast amounts of data from diverse sources. What are the top modern BI use cases for enterprise businesses to help you get a leg up on the competition?
Derek Sivers
DECEMBER 10, 2017
I once went without food for ten days, and that was fine. But the two things I can’t do without for long are solitude and silence. (Freedom from people and their noises.). I was on a holiday in Ireland with seven members of my family, all packed into a van, exploring the country. A week after they left, I had to be at a conference in Dublin. So in-between those two events, I wanted nothing but solitude and silence.
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Both Sides of the Table
DECEMBER 13, 2017
Men use similar tropes on why #MeToo may go too far. It’s time to break these down. It’s time for more men to start saying, “enough is enough,” “I believe her,” and “I will step out of my comfort zone and speak up so that others feel empowered to follow me.” Men will make mistakes. But mistakes are much better than silence. Mistakes are better than condoning misconduct, harassment, bias or abuse.
For Entrepreneurs
DECEMBER 13, 2017
Intro Many potentially great companies fail each year because, while they have an incredible product, they don’t figure out how to get it to market fast enough. Figuring out how to reach customers and break through to Product-Market-Fit remains one of the hardest parts of building a successful startup. This post introduces a four stage.
Berkonomics
DECEMBER 14, 2017
Have you ever thought of creating an advisory board? As you can guess, that would be an informal group with no legal responsibilities, but one able to be called upon to act as business, industry and scientific advisors to you and the company. Usually, you would want to create an advisory board to fill in the critical areas of need not evidenced in the board of directors or within the company itself.
Entrepreneurs' Organization
DECEMBER 12, 2017
The most valuable lessons any entrepreneur can learn are from the successes and failures of others. As Confucius said, “Study the past if you would define the future.”. For some people, it’s not so easy. A study by Harvard Business School professor, Francesca Gino , says that because our views of our own competence are often overly positive, “we rely too much on our own information and too little on the opinions and perspectives of others even when they are good ones.
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Startup Catalyst
DECEMBER 12, 2017
Listen to Megan Avard talk about her experience on the Female Founders Mission to London on ABC Brisbane.
propel(x)
DECEMBER 11, 2017
And why it is considered one of a startups most important assets. IP as one of a company’s most important assets. Everyone hears that IP is one of a company’s most important assets, and for many companies in today’s technological landscape, a crucial one. The World Intellectual Property Organization says that “complementary research-based market valuations of firms in Standard & Poor’s 500 Index indicate that intangible assets account for around 80 percent of the average firm’s value. 1 ” At
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