Is Google the most innovative tech company on the planet?

12 September, 2012

Original post by CHRISTOPHER JACKSON via TNW Innovation is often thought to be the life of the startup. The madcap entrepreneurs and fearless youngsters throwing themselves into changing the world, with faith and hope and a little craziness. The talk is of disrupting the industry and shaking things up. These are the people with nothing to […]

7 WAYS ROCK A STARTUP ACCELERATOR MENTOR DAY

11 September, 2012

Original post by RocketWatcher I spent the day yesterday at FounderFuel for their Mentor Day. If you aren’t familiar with FounderFuel they are a very successful startup accelerator based in Montreal. And what a day it was – 8 startups pitched and then did roundtable breakout sessions with over 50 mentors including VC’s, angel investors, entrepreneurs and […]

The rise of SMS marketing – expert offers start-up guidelines

11 September, 2012

Original post by Michelle Hammond via startupsmart Start-ups have been urged to consider text messages as a key marketing channel, after a report revealed 97% of text messages are opened – a far higher rate than email. Chetan Sharma, a US-based technology and strategy consultancy, conducted some research on the rise of the humble text message as […]

Startup or Small Business – The Other Chasm

11 September, 2012

Original post by Peter Skalla via CFOWISE There’s a world of difference between a scalable technology startup and a small business.  Decide which you are. Crossing the Chasm is a startup classic written in 1991 about the challenge of going mainstream with a technology product.  I see an earlier mindset-based chasm with startups.  It’s summed in this […]

Where the startup jobs are [infographic]

11 September, 2012

Original post by Aaron Lander via Pinterest READ MORE We’re delighted to announce we’re holding our second bi-annual Job fair this September in London Online Ticketing for #TechMeetups presents #TechStartupJobs Fair powered by Eventbrite