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Entrepreneurship Lessons from Abercrombie & Fitch

EntrepreneurshipLessonsAF

May 24, 2013

Categorized: entrepreneur

You’ve probably heard about the Twitter hashtag #FitchTheHomeless. A Los Angeles-based writer Greg Karber launched a campaign against Abercrombie & Fitch. You can learn about the campaign in this YouTube video. This blog post is not to validate or criticize the campaign or A&F, but to glean a very important entrepreneurial insight from how A&F operates….

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How to Make Glowing Plants

GlowingPlant

May 24, 2013

Categorized: technology

If you want to make a plant glow in the dark, you have to manipulate its DNA. That’s exactly what a couple of PhDs from California have been doing for the past eight months. Omri Amirav-Drory and Kyle Taylor started with genes from A. fischeri, a bacteria can glow. They’ve added promoters, little bits of…

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Healthy Eating for the Healthy Entrepreneur

HealthyEating

May 24, 2013

Categorized: entrepreneur

As you’re doing your planning for the Memorial Day weekend, consider some of your healthier options. According to the National Center for Health Statistics, 35.9 percent of American adults, age 20 years and over, are considered obese. While the number has fluctuated over the last decade, the truth is that what Americans eat, and how…

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Meet the Boombot REX, a Portable Speaker Controlled by Your Phone

BoomBotix

May 24, 2013

Categorized: technology

Lief Storer used to commute the 10 miles from Berkeley to Point Richmond on a bike wearing headphones – not exactly the smartest of life choices. But he couldn’t help it. He loved the music. To avoid getting run over, Storer was inspired to build a portable smartphone-connected speaker. He had seen people strapping Jamboxes…

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Brad Feld on Work Life Balance

Brad Feld Work Life Balance

May 24, 2013

Categorized: entrepreneur

Hustle is the antidote. – Travis Kalanick, Uber CEO Genius is 1% inspiration, and 99% perspiration. – Thomas Edison There’s no shortage of startup wisdom encouraging entrepreneurs to work harder.  And at this point, hustle is built into the entrepreneurial code of ethic, suggesting to do so is superfluous.  The lines between the week and the…

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FraudCop: Fraud Prevention for the Healthcare Industry

Zigron

May 23, 2013

Categorized: Health

Zigron Healthcare is the product of two great minds meeting. Quasim Mueen and Frank Din designed a focused, scientific approach for fraud prevention in the healthcare industry with their flagship application, FraudCop. The team employs a multitude of software engineers, HIT experts, and visualization and user interface developers to give the industry a solid defense against…

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Splash: Broadcast Event Photos from Attendees in Real-Time

Splash

May 23, 2013

Categorized: Social Media

Ben Hindman, former director of events for Thrillist, found that his day-to-day, repetitive event management work – like invitations, guest list management, and post-event recaps – was difficult enough without having to create a dedicated, online presence for his events. To adapt a solution to his need, Hindman and Brett Boskoff cofounded Splash, a New York…

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Ryan Downs of Proxibid: You Have to Take a Personal Risk

ProxiBid

May 23, 2013

Categorized: startups-apps

Ryan Downs, CEO and president of real-time online auction marketplace Proxibid, has it easy. Or at least he thinks he does. That’s because he learned to work hard early. When Downs was a kid, he worked at the family farm in Nebraska. “We put in long hours doing difficult, physical work with outdated equipment. It…

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The Mad Video Wins San Francisco’s Hottest Showcasing Startup

TheMadVideo

May 23, 2013

Categorized: startups-apps

Last night at Tech Cocktail’s San Francisco Mixer, The Mad Video was announced as the Hottest Showcasing Startup reader’s choice. The SF-based startup offers a platform to make online videos more interactive and giver users the ability to better monetize their content through tagging products, places or people that appear in the video.  The company is…

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Teresa Taylor: Women Can Have It All, Except Work-Life Balance [Interview]

TheBalanceMyth

May 23, 2013

Categorized: entrepreneur

When women have kids, Teresa Taylor doesn’t want to see them quit their jobs or work part-time. But she does want them to throw out the idea of work-life balance. In The Balance Myth: Rethinking Work/Life Success, Taylor shares tips and personal stories to help women “have it all.” The key, she thinks, is integrating…

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How to Sleep Better as an Entrepreneur

HealthyEntrepreneur_Sleep

May 23, 2013

Categorized: entrepreneur

This post is part of Tech Cocktail’s “Healthy Entrepreneur” series, bringing you insights on food, exercise, and sleep throughout May. The series is presented by Coromega (more info and a giveaway below). “Sleep hygiene” – no, it doesn’t mean washing your pillowcase every few weeks, though I sincerely hope you do. It refers to the factors that…

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Startup America Winds Down. Rolled Into UP Global With Startup Weekend

UP Global

May 22, 2013

Categorized: entrepreneur

After two and half years of helping to foster entrepreneurship, the Startup America Partnership has announced they will be rolled into Startup Weekend, which is backed by the Kauffman Foundation. The two brands will live under the new brand, Up Global which according to their announcement is backed by the Kauffman Foundation, the Case Foundation,…

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KinderReader Uses Technology to Teach Young Students to Read

KinderReader

May 22, 2013

Categorized: startups-apps

With more and more research showing the importance of proper education in the formative years of adolescence, early education providers have focused on increasing the technology used in their classrooms. High schools and universities rely on technology-driven curriculums, so why shouldn’t early education providers, as well? KinderReader is one such offering that wants to bring…

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Startup Lessons from the Blackjack Table: Meet Card Counter Colin Jones

Colin Jones

May 22, 2013

Categorized: entrepreneur

The first time blackjack player Colin Jones went to Vegas, he lost a whopping $40,000 and still got kicked out of the Bellagio for card counting. But he would later win $50,000 in one sitting – a night when he felt he couldn’t lose. “You remember the losses more than the wins – it’s just…

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Code Fellows to Hold Ruby on Rails Bootcamp for Women Only

CodeFellows

May 22, 2013

Categorized: entrepreneur

In early July, Seattle programming bootcamp Code Fellows will hold a Ruby on Rails session for women only. “We really want to highlight that only around 26 percent of software engineers in the US are women,” says managing director Will Little. “As much as we can bring attention to that to encourage more women, we…

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