A 14 Year Old’s Story Building and Marketing a Chatbot
Guest Speaker: Alec Jones "The Ups and Downs of Building and Marketing a Chat Bot When You’re 14" This is a short story about what I learned while coding a popular Facebook Messenger bot and my first week marketing it (a tweet
Your Story Is The Key To A Great Product
Behind its adaptive layout engine and advanced animations, InVision Studio has a story. Like all products, the world’s most powerful screen design tool went through several phases of creative development—but Studio was guided by a narrative that came to influence
Social Currency is the Great Key To Your Success
The way you value people, the way you act in a social situation, and the way people value you, isn’t perfectly measurable. However, we can see trends that occur between different types of people. Knowing your value to the world Knowing your
Match Made in Heaven: How to Start a Business Partnership
Guest Speaker: The Oracles "6 Things to Consider Before Partnering Up" Savvy entrepreneurs use these strategies to ensure every business partnership is a match made in heaven. Great businesses are founded on great partnerships. But great businesses can also be destroyed by bad
The Ultimate Product Launch Checklist Is Here
Guest Speaker: Larry Kim "Launching a Product Soon? Check out: The Ultimate Product Launch Checklist!" Getting ready to go to market is a crazy, exciting, and stressful time. You’re probably pretty stoked, but almost certainly sleep-deprived and second-guessing yourself. Are you really ready
Why Running a Business is Like a Game of Pinball
Guest Speaker: Stephen J. Bronner "CES: Why Running a Business Is a Lot Like a Game of Pinball" Yet another metaphor for entrepreneurship. Entrepreneur is on the ground at this year's Consumer Electronics Show. Check back for highlights from the event as well
8 Richest Men Are Now as Wealthy as Half the World’s Population
A HANDFUL of men have the combined wealth of more than half the world’s population. According to an analysis by Oxfam. Research by the human rights watchdog found that the eight richest men on the planet have a collective worth of
Key Points On How To Rise Above Debt For Startup Businesses
Guest Speaker: Mike Wood "How to Keep From Getting Buried in Debt When Starting a Business" Got debt? Of course you do. I don’t know many businesses that don’t. There is such a thing as good debt and many businesses are able to grow
Making It Hard for People to Buy from You Kills Your Business
Guest Speaker: William Bauer "You Don't Succeed by Making it Difficult to Buy From You" I’m every pizza and street food stand’s worst nuisance: an obstinately cashless consumer. Against my parents’ better judgment, I never carry cash. I use my Amex for everything
6 Simple Steps Creating Great Business Ideas
Guest Speaker: Alan Hall "How to Create a Winning Business Idea--in Six Easy Steps" I often meet business founders whose minds are overflowing with brilliant business ideas for new products. They seem to develop terrific new concepts every single day of