Startup Competitors Are Key to Success & Failure
If you have a great idea or are starting a business that addresses clear and understandable needs you should expect others to be working on something similar. If there’s nobody even touching the...
View ArticleYour startup must be mobile… but how?
Are you building a website to test the validity of your business…? Good Do you have plans to build a mobile app or customized experience for mobile users…? Great! How the heck are you going to do...
View ArticleMobile Advertising Today and Tomorrow
Who will do for mobile advertising what Google did for search advertising? It’s a similar opportunity to organize data meant for mobile users but with much bigger implications represented with amazing...
View ArticleNurturing Creativity & Having Fun – The Prolific Innovation Fund
If you had $200 to spend on any accessory for your mobile phone, what would you buy? This was the question and opportunity presented to everyone at Prolific. We’re giving everyone here $200 to buy any...
View ArticleTeleconferencing Sucks – Interest in Speek.com Grows
I’m excited to be a part of a startup solving what I see a huge pain point in communications, the conference calling (teleconferencing) space. “Speek is looking to disrupt the teleconferencing market....
View ArticleWhat I Learnt From PetCareRX
I was clearly born for eCommerce StartUps! My very first full time job was as the third employee of an internet startup known as PetCareRX. PetCareRx aimed to be the leading online pet pharmacy....
View ArticleWhat I learnt from FreshNotes
Imagine a search engine based on the ‘6 degrees from Kevin Bacon’ game. You could discover the world around you, not based on an algorithm or some marketer’s idea of what’s good, but on what your...
View ArticleThe 5 Best Performance Indicators for Mobile Websites
So… your app is in the store and you’ve implemented a weekly mobile-users only offer to drive traffic to your brand new mobile site. Congratulations, you’ve just embraced m-commerce! Now what? Now...
View ArticleHow To Know Its Time to Pivot Your Start Up
How can you tell when something’s not going quite right? As entrepreneurs, we know our businesses mean more to us than they do the typical employee. Bringing to life our idea, our ‘baby’, means we’re...
View ArticleStarting Up: The First 30 Days [Webinar]
Should I turn my idea into a business? How do I turn my idea into a business? What’s the best way to startup? A recent webinar I ran for Georgetown University Alumni Career Services walks you through,...
View ArticleWhat I Learnt From Cabana Cachaca
No, it wasn’t a Brazilian dance move. Cachaca is a type of Brazilian spirit, pretty much rum. Of course I want to invest! Okay, it wasn’t just the prospect of some free samples accidentally falling in...
View ArticleStartup Competitors Are Key to Success & Failure
If you have a great idea or are starting a business that addresses clear and understandable needs you should expect others to be working on something similar. If there’s nobody even touching the...
View Article5 Warning Signs Your Mobile Website Is Losing You Business
2013 has been touted as the Year of the Mobile Platform! At least 1 in every 7 Internet searches are conducted from mobile technology, meaning that many customers are getting their first impressions...
View ArticleYou might be surprised to find…
78% of US smartphone owners use their smartphones in-store. (Google, 2013) 27% of companies worldwide planned to implement location-based marketing in 2013. (Econsultancy, 2013) 48% use or would like...
View ArticleHow Bricks-n-Mortar Retail Stores Are Using Customer Mobiles To Increase Sales
Imagine you are wandering past your favorite clothing store and you notice a pair of jeans on sale that you saw at full price just a few weeks ago. Entering the store, you spend a few moments checking...
View ArticleHow To Grow Your Creativity and Innovation Skills For Free
Two of the most important skills for entrepreneurs are creativity and innovation. While you may feel you exercise these mental muscles nearly every day as you solve new problems and look for emerging...
View ArticleGoogle Glass Warby Parkers?
I can’t wait till @WarbyParker and @googleglass have a baby. — Bobby Emamian (@prolificbobby) July 11, 2013 I’d definitely buy a pair of Warby Parker Google Glass
View Article5 Entrepreneurial Survival Realities You Need To Know Before You Die Out There
It’s a jungle out there and entrepreneurship is the Great Amazon Rainforest. So many would-be adventurers have romantic ideas about the travails and challenges of sweating it out in the heat of making...
View Article10 Characteristics Of An Elite Startup Team
The people are the most important part of any start up team. The idea, the potential, the market; all of that can change quite easily. Your people, however, will daily affect the activities of your...
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