Speakers include Pat Riley of Global Accelerators Network, Gabriella Draney of Tech Wildcatters, William Hsu of MuckerLab, and Jim Jen of AlphaLab.
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Watch this video from MarieTV. This is a lot of fun, and Marie is right on with her advice…
Scale VP’s Sharon Wienbar and Bridgewater’s Steve Kann, along Brian Cohen and First Round’s Howard Morgan, reveal what every entrepreneur should know.
Suzen Pettit
by Suzen Pettit at Omaginarium
“This seems like a lot of work for God’s sake. I have a website. I have a Facebook account. I send emails. I am a busy so and so. Why do I also need to be creating all this “content”?”
by Ram Krishnan, Advisor & Retired Operations Executive
To build a high value company, an entrepreneur must convince investors that the addressed market is large, that the company is capable of meeting market demand and that the profit margin can be maintained regardless of market conditions. In addition to the revenue and profitability requirements, such financially attractive markets are characterized by tough quality requirements and rapidly eroding average selling prices (ASP). A good example of such a market is the smart-phone market where annual volumes are in the hundreds of millions, selling prices erode at 20-25% per year and quality requirements are stringent.
We just met Marilyn Yu, an award-winning author/artist/designer, and her new creative work-space sounds amazing.
SHARED takes the idea of co-working and applies it to the different types of space that creative people need. It has office space, work space, and a shared work shop with tools and equipment. In addition, SHARED has space for meetings, classes, and events.
SHARED is a space for creative people to work and collaborate together. It is based in the belief that together we can create greater things than we could individually or in isolation.
Steve Hoffman
In today’s highly competitive world where any startup can launch a new service practically overnight and compete with you, how do you differentiate yourself? One way is by providing exceptional customer service.
If you run a startup, your biggest hurdle is probably customer acquisition. It’s expensive to acquire new customers. Most startups spend a huge amount of time worrying about how to get customers cheaply, but they often overlook what it takes to keep them. This is where customer service comes in. There’s no better way to retain customers and have them recommend you than by outdoing your competitors when it comes to service.
Karen Milde, CEO and Co-Founder, Reframe Marketing Inc.
1. Belief
Successful entrepreneurs begin their business with a vision – a dream. They act on these dream by taking small steps towards accomplishing their goals. With every step entrepreneurs get closer to attaining their ultimate goal or vision. However, not all steps are easy to take. Nothing worth fighting for is easy to attain, especially when beginning a business. Successful entrepreneurs only made it through difficult times by being strong-willed. They never let pessimism stand in their way.
Entrepreneurs’ self-belief and confidence enables them to succeed.They have faith in their ability to succeed and persevere when others might give up. Those who have found success believe they can make it work and never allow circumstances to place a limit on their potential.
Jay Adelson talks about how startup incubators work. He discusses the pros and cons of being funded by one. Jay also offers tips and advice on pitching them.
This is a fun, little animated video that dispels the myths of entrepreneurship. What does it take to be a great entrepreneur?
