Today, Kaplan kicked off its first EdTech Accelerator, powered by TechStars, with a crop of 10 startups. The 3-month program, which takes place in the Kaplan offices in New York City, offers startups $20,000 and mentorship from advisors like Kaplan CEO Andy Rosen, TechStars CEO David Cohen, Washington Post Company CEO Don Graham, and TechStars…
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Imagine this: someone hands your startup a check for $1,000. Their only stipulation? You have to use it on “marketing.” Turns out, entrepreneurs can get pretty creative with what they consider marketing. Here are some of the best ways they would spend that extra thousand. Stunts “Probably buy a sign on one of those trucks…
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I’m guessing you’re familiar with AddThis? You know, the “world’s largest sharing platform” used by the likes of The Today Show, The Chicago Sun Times, and American Idol. Amongst a sea of competition, AddThis has successfully scaled to more than 14 million publications, reaching more than 1.3 billion unique users monthly. Here’s the million dollar question: how?…
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For the past two years, TechStars Cloud has run its accelerator program out of a downtown San Antonio coworking space that’s claimed to be Texas’s largest. The 45,000-square-foot space was cofounded by veterans from Rackspace, and it has 1,500 hot-desk spots and 300 desks for teams. It was founded at the end of 2011 –…
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The answer to the question “How should you deal with setbacks?” seems easy. Especially for entrepreneurs, setbacks are a part of life. You pick yourself up, learn, and move on. But that’s only half the picture. That’s what you do. But how should you feel? And how do you make sure you don’t feel discouraged,…
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News reports about the National Security Agency (NSA) collecting data from tech companies are a reminder for startups to maintain consumer loyalty with a clear privacy plan, and to be transparent about how that customer data is used. The NSA collects data from the digital networks of nine US Internet companies, including Google and Facebook,…
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We get it, you’re busy. You weren’t able to get to every Tech Cocktail post this week; 2D is the new 3D, white is the new black. Fear not, because we’ve curated the week’s top 10(ish) posts as determined by the Tech Cocktail editorial team. To get the Tech Cocktail weekly wrap-up direct to your…
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These days, being “rich and famous” isn’t just about penning the top song on the radio or starring in a blockbuster film. Now, it’s about investing those profits in a stellar underground tech startup and doubling your net worth when you help break it into the mainstream. Is this rare? Hardly. After all, Bono made…
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Forget everything you’ve heard — you don’t have to be a big-name brand or Fortune 500 company to land a stellar intern. In fact, students crave the startup work experience that provides access to valuable projects, passionate innovators, and fast-paced learning environments ideal for students looking to gain hands-on experience. That said, finding interns who…
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In the startup world, failure is cause for celebration. This is true for three reasons. Although not the preferred outcome, failure is a byproduct of risk taking. Taking risks is the only path to success. Celebrating failure reduces the attached stigma. Many fail to take action out of a fear of how it will reflect…
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The following answers are provided by the Young Entrepreneur Council (YEC), an invite-only organization comprised of the world’s most promising young entrepreneurs. In partnership with Citi, the YEC recently launched #StartupLab, a free virtual mentorship program that helps millions of entrepreneurs start and grow businesses via live video chats, an expert content library and email lessons. How…
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We started Modify Watches in 2010, after graduating from UC Berkeley’s Haas School of Business. During school, I had worked on a sustainability business, Refill Revolution, which is now part of True2O.com. I was fortunate to take a course from Steve Blank and Eric Ries titled “Customer Development in High-Tech Enterprises.” I’m still not sure…
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Starting and running a business is much like a crazy game of poker, with high stakes. It takes a strong mind to endure the ups and downs. You need to have motivation and passion to see the course to success – and even with that, sometimes things don’t work out the way you planned. It can…
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In typical companies, it takes 12 to 18 months for a team to “click”: to harmonize and fully trust each other so they’re operating at peak performance, says Paul Burgess. When team members take his Instinctive Drives test, learn their four instinctive drives, and get a bit of coaching, it takes 4 to 6 weeks. “99.9…
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I love Des Moines, Iowa. Every little bit of this community energizes me, inspires me, and feels like home. I have found that this city is full of endless possibilities and readily available resources that make it one of the most perfect places to start up. It is with this attitude that I immediately said “yes” to…
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This post is part of an ongoing series, Tech Cocktail’s “20 Damn Good Reasons to Attend Tech Cocktail Celebrate”, our national startup competition on October 23 – 25, held in downtown Las Vegas. Check back each Tuesday as we feature a new reason to attend Tech Cocktail Celebrate. SXSW + Coachella = Life is Beautiful. You…
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