Top Ten Trends in Entrepreneurship and Venture Capital in 2013
At the end of October, I had the opportunity to attend the 2012 Arizona Entrepreneurship Conference at Gangplank, a local startup incubator/co-working facility. There were a lot of great guest speakers and lessons learned. I wanted to share what I took away from Bill Reichert's talk. Bill is a Managing Director at Garage Technology Ventures (founded by Guy Kawasaki). As Garage Ventures is known for, he shared a Top...9
The Sill - The House Plant Has Arrived
In a city dominated by high-rise buildings and concrete sidewalks, The Sill puts a new spin on the house plant, re-rooting it in the NYC area. I first came across The Sill as they were completing their successfully funded Kickstarter project. If you are thinking about launching a Kickstarter project, I recommend you take a look at their page. It is a great example of strong copy, good rewards, and a high-quality vide...9
Angel Investment Shows Us The Money - HALO Report for 2011
Not every company is destine for a Venture Capital investment, or maybe your company isn't quite at the point where it needs a large amount of funds to prove the idea. Luckily, there are Angel Investment Groups out there that focus on early stage investing to help companies get off the ground. You might be saying, "Isn't the economy still bad? Didn't the Angel dollars dry-up just like the VC deals?" The 2011 HALO ...9
Success By A Thousand Incremental Improvements
This is the opposite of death by a thousand papercuts. Often times, as we work towards goals, the end result we desire seems too far away to reach. This is especially true for startups. You have a great idea and vision. No matter how much time and effort you put into the initial version of your idea, it will never live up to your grand vision, and that's ok. Once you launch your idea, focus on improving your start...9
Stop Wasting Your Commute
I spend at least a hour per day in my car commuting to work. If you're like me and most other people that commute each day, you see this period spent in traffic as wasted time. I always feel like I should be doing something else more important. That's why I started listening to Podcasts. iTunes has a growing number of professional quality podcasts on Business, Entrepreneurship, and even some Entertainment for when yo...9
3 Words for 2012
As we move into February and most 2012 New Year’s Resolutions bite the dust (if they haven’t already) I thought I would share a different way to set goals for the year. Everyone on my team at Fetchback did this exercise last year as well as this year and really liked it. Instead of selecting specific resolutions for the year, choose 3 guiding words or phrases. I was introduced to this concept by reading a post...9
Cloud Services Could Save You Time and Money
James Kim is a writer for Choosewhat.com, which provides product reviews and test data for business services and products. Choosewhat.com's goal is to help small companies make informed buying decisions on business solutions that help their business. Going viral is no longer an option -- for many businesses it’s a requirement. More and more companies are shifting from physical to virtual entities. While people h...9
Alternative Idea to New Year's Resolutions
Every year, people around the world make the terrible decision to set New Years resolutions for themselves. They often times revolve around giving something up. Stop smoking, lose weight, get out of debt. Here it is the end of February and my guess is that the majority of people out there already broke their resolutions because they set an unobtainable goal for themselves. Besides that, if you wanted to become the be...9
New Year, New Direction. StartupRoundup in 2011
As the new year is well underway, so is the activity at StartupRoundup. I started this blog with the intention of discovering and showcasing early stage tech startups. I didn't want to be redundant and cover the same sites that the TechCrunches of the world talk about. That left me looking for the pre-funded startup teams consisting of about one to three people. Since my goal is to help these startups, the St...9
Is Your Mobile App Worth $10 Million?
Do you have an idea for a mobile app? Want to turn it into some sweet cash? Why not develop it for Nokia's new N8 phone and have a chance to win some serious money. They are giving away a total of $10 million! If you are one of the two grand prize winners, you will get $250k in cash and almost $2 million in marketing for your app. Even if you are not one of the grand prize winners, you can still walk away with one ...9