TechCrunch

JUNE 17, 2021

Hopin, the virtual platform, lets you get creative — and interactive. Exposure, practice and invaluable feedback from the pitch-savvy TC crew — jump on board that opportunity. Exhibiting in Startup Alley is one big boatload of opportunity and time’s running out to book passage. But don’t stop there. Your audience?

disruption 102

disruption startup pitching creativity 102

Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 20, 2012

Board Meetings. I have my best creative break-throughs this way. I’ve talked in the past about how I manage my own creative process. If you struggle to find moments of creativity you might read that post. I also have huge creative spurts when I run. Conferences. I get sucked up in “Do” mode.

creativity 400

creativity venture capital entrepreneurs board 400

Gust

OCTOBER 26, 2014

He published a book with Ron Porter, titled “ Bootstrap Business ”, that provides a wealth of practical examples and advice on this subject. I like his approach, and have extracted some tips from his book and other sources on how to do it: Use a virtual office. Practice creative marketing. Don’t think about the exit.

startup 176

startup creativity entrepreneurs advice 176

TechCrunch

APRIL 7, 2023

Startups and VC Everyone needs some good competition to get the creativity flowing. Catch a falling iPod and put it in your pocket… Harri reports on Apple’s patent application for what looks to be a teeny, tiny iPod that can do it all: music, videos and books, no smartphone or smartwatch needed. I guess we’ll see.

media 98

media VC creativity sustainability 98

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 17, 2011

Creativity. So I thought I’d write a post about how I drive my personal creativity. (A As a practitioner of creativity rather than as an instructor of it I’m certain that there are many ways to get the creative juices flowing and how to release more creativity. I use tools to invoke my creative self.

creativity 356

creativity frameworks media innovation 356

Berkonomics

DECEMBER 7, 2017

If you take smart money from a good angel or venture organization, the lead investor usually becomes your board member and has a vested interest in your success. Original 1994 book. There must be many more creative ways to pay a coach, especially for early stage businesses. were ultimately sold at a tremendous profit.

board 97

board consulting creativity VC 97

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 25, 2013

bang on the windows of a board meeting recently and stick his tongue out at all of us. She talks about creative design of websites and physical products – in our case – stickers. Soleil at Chief Creative Officer. When you think about physical stickers and activity books every parent can understand.

startup 398

startup creativity advice entrepreneurs 398

Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 14, 2017

After numerous discussions we held the line and all agreed as a board that profitability was much more important than chasing new markets and that perfecting our systems and methods was critical before we expanded and just increase the scope of our problems to solve. If I could close with some advice for startups and boards ….

innovation 286

innovation startup board leadership 286

Entrepreneurs' Organization

OCTOBER 19, 2018

Some of my greatest assets were qualities like willpower, curiosity, creativity and impatience. My curiosity and creativity made it hard to predict my behavior. We used the following methods to generate applications: We spread the job description on all the relevant job boards as well as social networks like LinkedIn and XING.

creativity 130

creativity board networking energy 130

Continuations

MARCH 25, 2023

Through him I found two early AI books: one in German by Stoyan and Goerz (I don’t recall the title) and Winston and Horn’s “ Artifical Intelligence.” Or as we would have said if a human had made those moves “creative.” And not just beat the player but do so by making moves that were entirely novel.

networking 98

networking creativity support board 98

Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 18, 2010

The concept comes from a Stephen Covey book called “ First Things First ,&# which is a worthwhile book ( Wikipedia overview here ) but if you haven’t read his seminal book “ 7 Habits of Highly Effective People &# you should start with that. We rise to the occasion as it stirs our creative juices.

mentorship 374

mentorship creativity energy entrepreneurs 374

TechCrunch

DECEMBER 4, 2021

This is because diversity increases revenue, boosts innovation, sparks creativity and leads to better decision-making. At Inbeta, we recently partnered with a prominent high-street retailer to recruit a board director and encountered in our search a prominent candidate from a working-class background. That, too, leads to homogeneity.

culture 114

culture data analysis board technology 114

TechCrunch

AUGUST 17, 2022

Despite the ups and downs, Amazon said in a press release detailing the One Medical acquisition that it plans to improve the quality of care across the board: We think health care is high on the list of experiences that need reinvention.

health 87

health data collection innovation opportunity 87

TechCrunch

DECEMBER 21, 2021

The company launched just six months ago, has already booked $6 million of sales and is claiming astonishing conversion rates across the board, with 250 brands already using the platform, and corraling more than 1,000 influencers onto its platform. “I was head of growth and then VP of Marketing for a company called Bellhop. .”

SaaS 101

SaaS creativity opportunity leadership 101

Entrepreneurs' Organization

NOVEMBER 14, 2018

In his book YES IS THE ANSWER. You write that the title of the book, Yes Is the Answer: What Is the Question? , When you communicate with each other openly and honestly, people respect that and get on board with your mission. Our young people are really the reason why I decided to write this book. WHAT IS THE QUESTION?:

hospitality 130

hospitality culture advice mix-use 130

StartupNation

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

He read a New York Times article on the adult coloring book craze, and thought, “I could do this. That included the ideal platform to make it a subscription business, the right tool to create the coloring books. Nayo Partners, her company, provided strategic consulting for founders in creative businesses. The network effect.

consulting 113

consulting real estate media pitching 113

Entrepreneurs' Organization

AUGUST 24, 2017

In this excerpt from his new book, Stupid Enough to Succeed: The Millennial Entrepreneur’s Guide to Achieving Business Hypergrowth , Jeff Naeem shares tips for successful delegation. Use a method similar to the SBI Feedback Tool developed by The Center for Creative Leadership. Let’s start with the “D” word.

leadership 130

leadership board creativity development 130

Entrepreneurs' Organization

FEBRUARY 4, 2016

A luxurious hotel by the countryside was booked, and various outdoor activities that tickled the soul were lined up. Second, in line with our board’s tagline—”The Crazy Ones”—how could we create a memorable experience that, well, bordered on insanity? And if we couldn’t confirm our hotel, we couldn’t pre-book the restaurants.

networking 130

networking peer-to-peer creativity leadership 130

StartupNation

DECEMBER 26, 2021

There, I get important thinking, writing, and other creative work done with zero distractions. If you don’t have the willpower to say “no” to shiny distractions, form an “advisory board” consisting of two to three friends who know you well, understand your goals, and have a good business mind.

strategy 125

strategy opportunity entrepreneurs leadership 125

Tomasz Tunguz

MAY 5, 2018

” A few hours later, as I boarded the plane home, I read Fred Wilson’s post on Buffett and Munger’s critique of cryptocurrency investing. In the Zurich Axioms , a book written by an American journalist educated at Princeton named Max Gunther. I like Monero, too.” All investment is speculation.

strategy 50

strategy disruption creativity education 50

TechCrunch

OCTOBER 14, 2020

Whereas in the past it only referred to materials prepared for print, such as books, magazines and newspapers, these days it can be any kind of content prepared for the web or any other endpoint where it will not only be “read” but potentially manipulated in some way, and likely also changed by the producers as well.

mix-use 100

mix-use SaaS collaboration development 100

Hunter Walk

OCTOBER 13, 2022

Getting creatives paid is a mission I’ll always support. Examples of ‘apps’ that I see working today in Substack newsletters: Job boards like Pallet (some writers are making an incremental six figures a year from these links — or at least they were in the go go hiring market of 2021). Books, music, and other content downloads.

creativity 60

creativity pitching board development 60

Entrepreneurs' Organization

DECEMBER 4, 2018

After just two hours there, we boarded the bus again to make our way to Sorrento and Pompeii. After 10 years, I was still just “surviving” the creative agency I had always dreamed of building. And just yesterday, I booked a flight for a week-long trip back to Italy with Lisa. But I was also a little sad.

peer-to-peer 143

peer-to-peer accelerator leadership entrepreneurs 143

Berkonomics

DECEMBER 1, 2016

Outgoing, full of creative ideas, and certainly the best person to teach us how, here is Kim on networking… By Kim Shepherd . Charity events are also great because the organization’s board of directors will be well represented. Put yourself out there as a subject matter expert and book some speaking engagements.

networking 97

networking mix-use creativity advice 97

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 28, 2011

Venture capital is in the process of its own creative destruction with new market entrants and new models of innovation at the precise moment that our industry itself is contracting. That little online book company. Specifically, Amazon has changed our entire industry in profound ways often not attributed strongly enough to them.

venture capital 334

venture capital capital ventures VC 334

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 22, 2010

Some other entrepreneurs who went down the MBA, consulting or banking routes without working at a startup are certainly book smart but haven’t always refined the street-smart skills needed to be an effective entrepreneur. He says that labels impede on your creativity, don’t allow experimentation and flexibility.

entrepreneurs 356

entrepreneurs media entrepreneurship creativity 356

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 18, 2013

The future of TV will follow the rule of Deflationary Economics as I outline influenced by the book The Innovator’s Dilemma. It will enable the naturally creative but geographically and socially disenfranchised to make money doing what they love – participating. Think creatively. Study the video game industry.

peer-to-peer 380

peer-to-peer media creativity disruption 380

The Zapier Blog

APRIL 24, 2023

I've definitely uttered, "I'm more of a visual learner" once or twice in my life (mainly to stop my friends from trying to explain complex board game rules to me). In an age where so much information is available at your fingertips, don't limit yourself to just one book or course. Mix things up!

strategy 105

strategy mix-use development creativity 105

Berkonomics

JULY 3, 2010

If the coach is also a significantly large investor such as a VC fund, the board member-coach will offer a limited amount of time outside of board work at no extra cost, all for the good of the investment. It is worth asking. There must be many more creative ways to pay a coach, especially for early stage businesses.

board 71

board consulting creativity VC 71

TechCrunch

JULY 14, 2021

“So it’s like building an advisory board for yourself.” “What we’re building is really the phone book of the future,” says Orlic, slotting his elevator pitch into our ~30-minute phone conversation. “None of us in the founding team had any networks to speak of when we were growing up. .”

advice 99

advice networking sustainability communities 99

The Zapier Blog

APRIL 13, 2023

Here's an example I pulled from that guide, so you can see how creative you can get. You could use it to create avatars for social media, generate illustrations for books or comics, or even develop characters for video games. Or if you're into anime, you can add a few Ghibli elements. Design products.

creativity 59

creativity development board media 59

Entrepreneur's Handbook

JULY 8, 2022

Internal stakeholders include other teams or board members. Because there is greater creativity, group think is avoided, and all the different perspectives are aired. As Patrick Lencioni points out in his book The Five Dysfunctions of a Team , you want a balance between artificial harmony and mean-spirited personal attacks.

leadership 52

leadership founder sustainability collaboration 52

Smart Hustle Magazine

DECEMBER 30, 2020

He has published many audiobooks and just came out with his eighth book, Transcendence. Maybe be creative enough to come up with an idea that will sustain you, transform your life and your family's life. They’ve played more board games, practiced chess more, and read more books. “I Get back to your faith.

advice 98

advice consulting media networking 98

AsiaTechDaily

AUGUST 22, 2023

” Getting artists back on board with NFTs The first challenge for the startup was bringing musicians onboard to the Remix NFT model. It was only when we were on-site that we realized we could have one-on-one mentor sessions with industry professionals, but by then it was too late to book.” Music was the answer.”

founder 97

founder communities creativity collaboration 97

Berkonomics

SEPTEMBER 14, 2011

Announcing EIGHT new mini-books and eBooks by Master Entrepreneur, Dave Berkus , just released by The Berkus Press. Covering important business growth subjects, these books are a must-have for you and your associates. Individual books from The Berkus Press by clicking HERE. Creative compensation strategies. STARTING UP!

board 67

board construction strategy creativity 67

Entrepreneur's Handbook

MARCH 14, 2022

Is it any surprise that Tobias Lütke, CEO of Shopify is now on the board of directors for Coinbase? In my next book, Gen Z Graduates To Adulthood, the oldest members of Gen Z tell me they are looking for something different in the brands they support than previous generations. We’ve seen commerce continue to disrupt our world.

communities 59

communities mix-use sustainability support 59

TechCrunch

MARCH 9, 2021

A 2012 study of company performance showed that more than 150 listed German firms excelled when they had at least 30% women representation on their executive boards. Even more interesting, another study argues that women make better board directors than men. In Melanne Verveer and Kim K. It’s not just up to women to ‘lean in’.

entrepreneurship 77

entrepreneurship VC economic growth board 77