Best of StartUpRoar

August 30, 2013

FRESH INC.: THE STAFF BLOG | FRIDAY, AUGUST 30, 2013



How True Innovations Really Take Off
'Sometimes cool technology doesn''t take off until another company comes up with an innovative twist on it. You know that driverless car Google has been working on? That curious diversion of money and time that at least got some press attention for the search giant? It''s just become a real business. The move makes sense. MORE >>

 

155 Tweets

FELD THOUGHTS | FRIDAY, AUGUST 30, 2013

Built In Colorado
'A few weeks ago I did an event with Built In Denver where I interviewed Tim Miller and Ryan Martens, the founders of Rally Software , on their journey from a startup to a public company (NYSE: RALY ). As part of the event – held at Mateo in Boulder – the gang from Built In Denver announced they were rebranding as Built In Colorado. MORE >>

 

30 Tweets

JEFF HILIMIRE | FRIDAY, AUGUST 30, 2013



Introducing my next chapter: Dragon Army
'from left: David Cummings, Ryan Tuttle, yours truly. Chapter one was Spunlogic , which we sold to Engauge in March 2008. Chapter two was Engauge, which we sold to Publicis in August 2013. While I’ve loved working in digital marketing, I’ve always wanted to try my hand at building software for actual people rather than for companies. MORE >>

 

29 Tweets

LIGHTSPEED VENTURE PARTNERS | FRIDAY, AUGUST 30, 2013



New Bitcoin casinos have driven online gambling growth since Satoshi Dice was acquired
'In our last post we noted that at least half of all Bitcoin transactions in June 2013 were for online gambling on the gambling site Satoshi Dice.  We were interested to see what has happened since Satoshi Dice was acquired in early July. Thanks to some useful blockchain data analysis that The Genesis Block shared with us, we now have an answer.  MORE >>

 

17 Tweets

THE NEXT WEB | FRIDAY, AUGUST 30, 2013

Expanding your startup into Asia? Here’s how to build out your operations in the region
'Thomas Clayton has started and run numerous high-tech startups in Silicon Valley. He is currently CEO of  Bubbly,  a social media startup backed by Sequoia Capital, SingTel Innov8, and JAFCO. The company is one of the largest VC–backed startups in Southeast Asia, having raised over $60 million in funding. See part one here. That’s just lazy. MORE >>

 

289 Tweets

SILICONHILLS | FRIDAY, AUGUST 30, 2013

FurnitureNear.Me Seeks to Make Furniture Shopping Easier
Lawless, who formerly worked as senior director of online marketing at indeed.com, has launched a vertical search engine called FurnitureNear.Me focused on helping consumers find furniture near their houses to save people time from going to store to store and searching on multiple Internet sites. Austin MORE >>

 

7 Tweets

STARTUP PROFESSIONALS MUSINGS | FRIDAY, AUGUST 30, 2013

10 Key Steps For Aspiring Billionaire Entrepreneurs
'Everyone recognizes a great entrepreneur when they work with one, but most entrepreneurs don’t know what to look for in themselves that will drive that perception by others. This leading by example is easy to say, but not so easy to put into action. Be accountable for your actions. Thomas Edison made no excuses for ten thousand light failures. MORE >>

 

18 Tweets

FRESH INC.: THE STAFF BLOG | FRIDAY, AUGUST 30, 2013

More Apps Are Being Created Outside the U.S.
'As the market goes global, American developers are losing ground, finds a surprising new study. American app developers are losing their grip on the global market. As of June 2013, only 36 percent of the total number of apps worldwide were created in the U.S., down from 45 percent in both 2012 and 2011, according to data collected by Flurry. MORE >>

 

148 Tweets

BUSINESS OF SOFTWARE BLOG | FRIDAY, AUGUST 30, 2013

Is BoS doing a livestream this year?
'The short answer is, ‘No’ The longer answer is that while we have for the past two years as an experiment the cost of doing so is simply too high to justify for us. It It isn’t just the hard cost of delivering the livestream (over $25,000), it is a business model question and a question of who pays and who benefits. MORE >>

 

8 Tweets

FRESH INC.: THE STAFF BLOG | FRIDAY, AUGUST 30, 2013

There's Nothing Fun About Funding
'In an excerpt from his forthcoming book, Without Their Permission, Alexis Ohanian explains how to bring in those first few dollars. Unless you get incredibly lucky (remember, there are already many factors going against you), you''ll need to have at least built something people want before you can get your first round of funding. Or don''t want to? MORE >>

 

136 Tweets

Here comes Labor Day and the end of the summer. One thing before you clock off… BUSINESS OF SOFTWARE BLOG | FRIDAY, AUGUST 30, 2013

One Crazy Idea FRESH INC.: THE STAFF BLOG | FRIDAY, AUGUST 30, 2013

ATI’s SEAL Decision Day to Feature Nine Student-Run Startups SILICONHILLS | FRIDAY, AUGUST 30, 2013

Personality Doesn't Determine Leadership Ability FRESH INC.: THE STAFF BLOG | FRIDAY, AUGUST 30, 2013

Why Landing Pages Are a Must DUCT TAPE MARKETING | FRIDAY, AUGUST 30, 2013

Paul Graham Responds to Founder Accents Backlash FRESH INC.: THE STAFF BLOG | FRIDAY, AUGUST 30, 2013

Landing Page Flaw #3: A Lack of Trust and Security UP AND RUNNING | FRIDAY, AUGUST 30, 2013

6 Surprisingly Useful Leadership Lessons from the VMAs FRESH INC.: THE STAFF BLOG | FRIDAY, AUGUST 30, 2013

Should MBAs Learn to Code? PLATFORMS AND NETWORKS | FRIDAY, AUGUST 30, 2013

4 Tools to Build a Website by the End of the Day FRESH INC.: THE STAFF BLOG | FRIDAY, AUGUST 30, 2013

Amazon agrees to play fair with EU marketplace vendors THE EQUITY KICKER | FRIDAY, AUGUST 30, 2013

How Much Employee Turnover Really Costs You FRESH INC.: THE STAFF BLOG | FRIDAY, AUGUST 30, 2013

Early Growth Financial Services Now Offering Valuation Services EARLY GROWTH FINANCIAL SERVICES | FRIDAY, AUGUST 30, 2013

Who Will Buy Foursquare? FRESH INC.: THE STAFF BLOG | FRIDAY, AUGUST 30, 2013

Affordable Social Media for Small Business BLOGTREPRENEUR | ENTREPRENEUR BLOG | FRIDAY, AUGUST 30, 2013

Kathryn Minshew: A Simple Guide to Hiring and Managing Interns FRESH INC.: THE STAFF BLOG | FRIDAY, AUGUST 30, 2013

[Interview] Bluebridge Digital CEO Discusses The State Of The Cloud YOUNGUPSTARTS | FRIDAY, AUGUST 30, 2013

Mobile manners JEFF HILIMIRE | FRIDAY, AUGUST 30, 2013

The Power of Reference Customers SVPG | FRIDAY, AUGUST 30, 2013

Denmark's Accelerace Boosting Startups in new Smart City with €250,000 Grand Prize ARCTICSTARTUP | FRIDAY, AUGUST 30, 2013

7 short hints for startups and entrepreneurs TAFFY WILLIAMS | FRIDAY, AUGUST 30, 2013

Study: Kickstarter Beats Indiegogo for Successful Funding FRESH INC.: THE STAFF BLOG | FRIDAY, AUGUST 30, 2013

The Importance Of Focus MIKE MICHALOWICZ | FRIDAY, AUGUST 30, 2013

Swedish Dog Watching Service Tasspass Picks Up Seed Investment ARCTICSTARTUP | FRIDAY, AUGUST 30, 2013

Internet Summit 2013 SOUTHEAST VC | FRIDAY, AUGUST 30, 2013

Norwegian Crowdfunding Platform Fønd Gets Projects Moving ARCTICSTARTUP | FRIDAY, AUGUST 30, 2013

"When an empirical observation is passed out as wisdom, all it does is set up a dangerous precedent." MARK BIRCH | FRIDAY, AUGUST 30, 2013

Pilot killed in Danville plane crash WINSTON-SALEM JOURNAL STATE/REGION NEWS | FRIDAY, AUGUST 30, 2013

thisistheverge: The best photo apps for keeping your memories. MARK BIRCH | FRIDAY, AUGUST 30, 2013

And these are our most paranoid. DEAL ARCHITECT | FRIDAY, AUGUST 30, 2013

Two Charts: A year of silver CHAGANOMICS | FRIDAY, AUGUST 30, 2013

COVER FRIDAY: Cars by Fear Factory (Gary Numan cover) - More. MARK BIRCH | FRIDAY, AUGUST 30, 2013

Hot Topics for August 30, 2013

Mobile (12)
Cost (12)
Search (9)
Founder (14)
Small Business (8)
Salary (3)
Vertical (2)
America (4)
Product (18)
Community (8)
Austin (3)
Video (8)
Germany (2)
Silicon Valley (4)
Social Media (6)

Show more