How to Write a Business Bid Proposal Letter

How to Write a Business Bid Proposal Letter:

PM WATCH, projectmanagementwatch.com

As long as the official workings and organizational operations of government agencies and large scale organizations are concerned, they always prefer every minute activity to be recorded on the documents. With the least interest of saving these…

Ex-Hulu CEO Raises Funding From Benchmark and Bezos for...

Ex-Hulu CEO Raises Funding From Benchmark and Bezos for Startup

Seth Fiegerman, mashable.com

business

Jason Kilar stepped down from his posi­tion as CEO of Hulu in early 2013 after help­ing to build up the video stream­ing ser­vice from its launch in 2007.

In the sec­ond half of 2013, Kilar began work­ing with Hulu’s for­mer CTO Richa…

App Turns Your Smartphone Into A Panic Button JOHN BROWNLEE,...

App Turns Your Smartphone Into A Panic Button

JOHN BROWNLEE, fastcodesign.com

Amnesty International’s new app helps activists around the world to secretly alert their friends when they are in trouble.

Human rights activists and jour­nal­ists often hope to make a con­crete dif­fer­ence in the way gov­ern­ments treat…

San Francisco parking app refuses shut-down order

San Francisco parking app refuses shut-down order:

TERRY COLLINS, Associated Press, apnewsarchive.com

SAN FRAN­CIS­CO (AP) — The com­pa­ny behind a mobile app that allows San Fran­cis­co dri­vers to get paid for the pub­lic park­ing spaces they exit has reject­ed an order from the city attor­ney to stop its oper­a­tions.

Mon­key­Park­ing CEO Pao…

App Camp for Girls expanding to Seattle after successful first...

App Camp for Girls expanding to Seattle after successful first year in Portland

Blair Hanley Frank, geekwire.com

App Camp for Girls, a summer camp that gives middle school-aged girls a chance to build their own iPhone apps, is coming to Seattle as a part of its second year of operation. The camp, which started in Portland last year, will run as a one-week…

Hey, founders — before you name your startup something stupid,...

Hey, founders — before you name your startup something stupid, read this

Shawn Hur, Survata, venturebeat.com

GUEST POST

Encap­su­lat­ing a busi­ness in a sin­gle word or phrase can be a daunt­ing task. For star­tups, the name of the busi­ness becomes the first word of every investor pitch and the first mes­sage that’s spread to poten­tial users. Althou…

Inside the Mind of a Top Angel Investor

Inside the Mind of a Top Angel Investor:

inc.com

Brian Cohen, Chair­man of New York Angels, tells Inc.'s Scott Ger­ber every­thing entre­pre­neurs need to know about build­ing a busi­ness that will impress investors.

Parking spot startup vows to fight San Francisco’s plan to...

Parking spot startup vows to fight San Francisco’s plan to shut it down

By Josh Lowensohn, theverge.com

An Ital­ian start­up that lets peo­ple buy and sell city-owned park­ing spots to one anoth­er plans to ignore efforts to crack down on its busi­ness and those who use it. Mon­key Park­ing today said it will keep offer­ing a way for peo­ple in pub­…

Lead Mobile Developer

Lead Mobile Developer:

smartrecruiters.com

As a Lead Mobile Devel­op­er, you will work inde­pen­dent­ly and also moti­vate your team to work with cus­tomers, busi­ness, oper­a­tion and sup­port to con­tin­u­ous­ly inno­vate and improve our sys …

Empreendedorismo, Negócios e Inovação Endeavor Brasil,...

Empreendedorismo, Negócios e Inovação

Endeavor Brasil, endeavor.org.br

Artigos

Operações

Enten­da a importância e as van­ta­gens de se ter estratégias de Mar­ket­ing Dig­i­tal que envolvem a equipe de Tec­nolo­gia.

Estratégia & Crescimento

Des­cubra a teo­ria que pode te aju …

9 ways virtual reality will affect the startup scene Scott...

9 ways virtual reality will affect the startup scene

Scott Gerber, thenextweb.com

It sounds like sci­ence fic­tion, but vir­tu­al real­i­ty tech­nol­o­gy is tak­ing off. Not even the sky’s the limit for imag­in­ing what could be done with this tech­nol­o­gy. Just ask Google I/O 2014 atten­dees and their card­board VR…

Can Mobile Money Extend Financial Services To Smallholder Farmers

Can Mobile Money Extend Financial Services To Smallholder Farmers:

Stephanie Hanson, cgap.org

Kenya is widely acknowledged to be a global leader in mobile money. Over two-thirds of its adult population uses M-PESA, the mobile money system launched in 2007 by Safaricom.But even in Kenya, many are not using M-PESA. I know many smallholder…

The Entrepreneur Disrupting Wall Street

The Entrepreneur Disrupting Wall Street:

BY Chris Beier, inc.com

VIDEO • HOW I DID IT

The story of how Brad Katsuyama—a former RBC trader featured in Michael Lewis’ book Flash Boys—started his own stock exchange.

Foursquare finally comes up with a monetization strategy that...

Foursquare finally comes up with a monetization strategy that makes sense

Nathaniel Mott, pando.com

Foursquare is planning to monetize its greatest asset — its database of precise locations for restaurants, shopping malls, and anywhere else someone might want to visit — by asking some of its partners to start paying for that cartographical treas…

5 Ways To Give A Presentation That No One Will Ever Forget The...

5 Ways To Give A Presentation That No One Will Ever Forget

The Muse, forbes.com

We’ve all been there: In the audi­ence at a dry pitch event or wit­ness­ing a lack­lus­ter pre­sen­ta­tion in a work meet­ing and count­ing the min­utes until you can stop pre­tend­ing to lis­ten.

It’s alarm­ing how com­mon the expec­ta­tion is …

eMarketer Retail Weeklyemarketer.com June 26, 2014Amer­i­can...

eMarketer Retail Weekly

emarketer.com

June 26, 2014

Amer­i­can World Cup view­er­ship has been steadi­ly on the rise over the past 10 years—and if this past week­end’s draw with Por­tu­gal helps lead the US team to the knock­out Round of 1 …

eMarketer Retail Weeklyemarketer.com June 26, 2014Amer­i­can...

eMarketer Retail Weekly

emarketer.com

June 26, 2014

Amer­i­can World Cup view­er­ship has been steadi­ly on the rise over the past 10 years—and if this past week­end’s draw with Por­tu­gal helps lead the US team to the knock­out Round of 1 …

Como conseguir crédito em bancos para acelerar o seu negócio Da...

Como conseguir crédito em bancos para acelerar o seu negócio

Da redação de Pequenas Empresas e Grandes Negócios, globo.com

Empreendedor tem que se organizar e planejar para conseguir dinheiro (Foto: Divulgacão) Você já sabe que tão importante quanto a decisão de acessar capital é a de que tipo de financiamento você quer ter para sua empresa. Uma opção é buscar crédito…

8 franquias de cosméticos baratas para investir Da redação de...

8 franquias de cosméticos baratas para investir

Da redação de Pequenas Empresas e Grandes Negócios, globo.com

8 opções para quem quer abrir uma franquia no setor de cosméticos (Foto: Divulgação)A indústria brasileira de higiene pessoal, perfumaria e cosméticos apresentou um crescimento médio de 10% nos últimos 17 anos, passando de R$ 4,9 bilhões (1996) pa…

LevelUp offers restaurants real-time customer feedback

LevelUp offers restaurants real-time customer feedback:

Rian Boden, nfcworld.com

LevelUp has added in-app surveys to its mobile payments platform, enabling restaurant owners to collect feedback from customers and respond straight away to any complaints. The idea, LevelUp says, is to give merchants a way…Read the rest of…

Why Entrepreneurs Should Plan for Failure, Not Success Jerry...

Why Entrepreneurs Should Plan for Failure, Not Success

Jerry Jao, entrepreneur.com

Start­ing three com­pa­nies — two of which didn’t take off the way I envi­sioned — taught me that while entre­pre­neurs should dream big, it’s essen­tial that we also plan for fail­ure. More than 90 per­cent of star­tups fail.

And rec­og­niz­i…

Six unbelievable quotes about Yo, the stupid app that raised...

Six unbelievable quotes about Yo, the stupid app that raised $1.2M

Dylan Tweney, venturebeat.com

Cor­rec­tion 12:25pm: Yo has over 790,000 users, not 50,000.

Moshe Hogeg is one of the two guys behind the strange­ly viral, stu­pid­ly sim­ple app Yo.

Yo is as prim­i­tive of an app as you can imag­ine: All it does is let you send a…

Brutal Lessons From 4 Failed Startups John Boitnott,...

Brutal Lessons From 4 Failed Startups

John Boitnott, entrepreneur.com

With thou­sands of star­tups world­wide build­ing new prod­ucts, it’s no won­der 75 per­cent of them fail. It’s actu­al­ly a good thing because start­up birth and death helps the ecosys­tem over­all. Entre­pre­neurs can learn as much from mis­take…

How I Made It Business Talent Group CEO places experts in...

How I Made It Business Talent Group CEO places experts in short-term jobs

By Ronald D. White, latimes.com

The gig: Jody Green­stone Miller is chief exec­u­tive of Busi­ness Tal­ent Group, a firm that she says is chang­ing the way com­pa­nies obtain top busi­ness tal­ent for con­sul­ta­tion and project-based work. Miller’s com­pa­ny, which she…

Concept Sunday: Artefact Token puts your wallet on your...

Concept Sunday: Artefact Token puts your wallet on your wrist

Jerome Skalnik, eyeonmobility.com

BeamPro Delivers Smart Presence For The Workplace Jennifer...

BeamPro Delivers Smart Presence For The Workplace

Jennifer Hicks, forbes.com

You don’t have to go back too far into our col­lec­tive hive minds to remem­ber Dick Tracy’s watch phone. He used that watch to com­mu­ni­cate with any­one where ever he was, at any time. It was sim­ple and smart.

His watch phone, which debuted …

Stanford’s Tina Seelig tells us the quick-and-dirty way to teach...

Stanford’s Tina Seelig tells us the quick-and-dirty way to teach both innovation and creativity (interview)

Dean Takahashi, venturebeat.com

Tina Seel­ig recent­ly got one of the Oscars of Sil­i­con Val­ley. The SVFo­rum named hon­ored her as a win­ner of one of its annu­al Vision­ary Awards.

Seel­ig has taught inno­va­tion and cre­ativ­i­ty at Stan­ford Uni­ver­si­ty for the past 15…

Sex and Silicon Valley: the veritable arms race of the dating...

Sex and Silicon Valley: the veritable arms race of the dating app industry

Rory Carroll in San Francisco, theguardian.com

The bay area tech boom has given many of the industry’s workers money, confidence and a hedonistic tinge, writes Rory Carroll from Silicon Valley

Silicon Valley has long attracted young entrepreneurs and software engineers with the promise of…

Empresário ganha dinheiro vendendo “ar enlatado”...

Empresário ganha dinheiro vendendo “ar enlatado” para turistas

Da redação de Pequenas Empresas e Grandes Negócios, globo.com

O ar é sempre de Curitiba, mas os produtos transportam a atmosfera de vários pontos do Brasil (Foto: Divulgação)Chegar em casa após uma viagem tem seu lado bom. Depois de dias longe, dormir na própria cama e não se preocupar em carregar bagagens é…

Academia da Construção reabre as portas sob o sistema de...

Academia da Construção reabre as portas sob o sistema de franquias

Da redação de Pequenas Empresas e Grandes Negócios, globo.com

Na fase atual, o empreendimento nasce sob o sistema de franquias (Foto: Divulgação)Fundada em 2002, a escola de cursos rápidos Academia da Construção teve suas atividades encerradas três anos depois. Agora, a marca ressurge no mercado com o…

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Em São Paulo, greve do Metrô aumenta a procura por sites de...

Em São Paulo, greve do Metrô aumenta a procura por sites de carona solidária

alice, envolverde.com.br

Empresas que oferecem soluções de carona solidária faturaram com a greve dos metroviários e a paralisação do serviço de transporte registradas, sobretudo na manhã de quinta-feira, 5 de junho, em São Paulo. O paulistano teve de buscar alternativas…

Infográfico: o perfil dos seguidores das cem maiores companhias...

Infográfico: o perfil dos seguidores das cem maiores companhias do mundo no Twitter

Techlider, techlider.com.br

A Burson-Marsteller acaba de lançar o “Estudo Global B-M Twitter Influence” que mostra o perfil dos seguidores das cem maiores companhias do mundo listadas pela Fortune. Veja o infográfico abaixo.

Ingresse recebe aporte de R$ 10 milhões de e.Bricks, Qualcomm e...

Ingresse recebe aporte de R$ 10 milhões de e.Bricks, Qualcomm e DGF

Startupi, startupi.com.br

A Ingresse, especializada em tecnologia aplicada a eventos, tem entre seus novos investidores o e.Bricks Early Stage, fundo de investimento que tem como principal investidor o Grupo RBS, o terceiro maior grupo de mídia do Brasil, e a gigante da…

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1 in 10 New Yorkers don’t have bank accounts

1 in 10 New Yorkers don’t have bank accounts:

John Aidan Byrne, nypost.com

Worried New Yorkers are stuffing record piles of cash under the mattress. In the wake of the Great Recession, more local residents, fearing wage garnishment and social upheaval, have abandoned…

Empreendedora cria protetor bucal personalizado para...

Empreendedora cria protetor bucal personalizado para lutadores

Da redação de Pequenas Empresas e Grandes Negócios, globo.com

Nathalie resolveu investir nos protetores bucais após estudar nos Estados Unidos e enxergar potencial em produtos ligados à luta (Foto: Divulgação)O MMA tem ganhado espaço entre os brasileiros. O Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), com suas…

Os sonhos dos universitários: participe da pesquisa Endeavor,...

Os sonhos dos universitários: participe da pesquisa

Endeavor, startupi.com.br

Em 2012, descobrimos que seis em cada dez universitários brasileiros querem empreender. Agora, precisamos da sua ajuda para realizar a pesquisa Empreendedorismo nas Universidades 2014!Participe em http://hub.am/1pX0cOZ.Compartilhe com seus amigos,…

A startup is pushing an alternative to Facebook by showing how...

A startup is pushing an alternative to Facebook by showing how much info we really share

Derrick Harris, gigaom.com

A social media start­up called Five wants to give us a new way of com­mu­ni­cat­ing with our friends that’s more akin to a din­ner table con­ver­sa­tion than it is to shout­ing to one anoth­er across a crowd­ed restau­rant. In order to illus­trate…

This Startup Promises To Maximize Profit On Your Airbnb...

This Startup Promises To Maximize Profit On Your Airbnb Posting

Joey Cosco, businessinsider.com

Beyond Pric­ing is a new tool built by hous­ing spe­cial­ists and math­e­mati­cians. It claims it can find the opti­mal price to get as much bang out of your spare room as pos­si­ble.

Users sign in to Beyond Stays’ site with their Airbnb account…

Gas Cubby app review: track your vehicle fuel economy and create...

Gas Cubby app review: track your vehicle fuel economy and create service logs

apppicker.com

Whether you own a single vehicle or are in charge of maintaining an entire fleet, this iPhone and iPad app provides everything you need to track your vehicle fuel economy and create service logs, saving you time and money every step of the way.…

SrPago, Artiphon take home the prizes at the Southland startup...

SrPago, Artiphon take home the prizes at the Southland startup competition

James Robinson, pando.com

After two days of presenting, where entrepreneurs from across America and the world presented everything from bringing fantasy sports mechanics into enterprise sales, 3D printed shoes, magical digital instruments and a social network app for Afric…

Inscrições abertas para o Encontre um Anjo 2014 Da redação de...

Inscrições abertas para o Encontre um Anjo 2014

Da redação de Pequenas Empresas e Grandes Negócios, globo.com

Empreendedor durante um pitch para apresentar sua ideia de negócio (Foto: Julia de Boer/ The Next Web)Está começando a segunda edição do Encontre um Anjo, um projeto do Movimento Empreenda com o objetivo de aproximar empreendedores c…

"The importance of a mobile app if you own a restaurant/fast...

"The importance of a mobile app if you own a restaurant/fast food outlet"…

google.com

"The impor­tance of a mobile app if you own a restaurant/fast food out­let"Remem­ber the time when cus­tomers had to come to your restaurant/fast food… - Sin­ga­pore GoMo­bile - Google+

Pulseira inteligente ajuda a localizar crianças Por meio de GPS,...

Pulseira inteligente ajuda a localizar crianças Por meio de GPS, dispositivo…

google.com

Pul­seira inteligente ajuda a localizar crianças Por meio de GPS, dis­pos­i­ti­vo per­mite que pais saibam onde estão seus fil­hos: http://glo.bo/1nxoqMP - Revista Galileu - Google+

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Restaurants adopt mobile apps for ordering, payment

Restaurants adopt mobile apps for ordering, payment:

nrn.com

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What to Do When You Have Too Many Ideas and Not Enough...

What to Do When You Have Too Many Ideas and Not Enough Time

James Clear, entrepreneur.com

What do you do when you have too many ideas and not enough time? Or sim­i­lar­ly, what about when you have too many tasks and not enough ener­gy?

As an entre­pre­neur, I feel like I’ve been bat­tling this issue for awhile. There is always anoth­…

How One Couple Is Planning Their Dream Wedding Using Only Tech...

How One Couple Is Planning Their Dream Wedding Using Only Tech Startups Like TaskRabbit And Spotify

Caroline Moss, businessinsider.com

Six years ago, it was an OkCu­pid algo­rithm that brought New York­ers Naa-Sakle Akuete and Kyle Healy togeth­er. Four years later when Healy pro­posed, he attempt­ed to slip the ring he designed him­self on the site “Blue Nile” to his fiance’s…

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Conheça os jovens brasileiros mais inovadores

Conheça os jovens brasileiros mais inovadores:

uol.com.br

Orgulho nacional que vai além dos craques do futebol e grandes personalidades. Dez jovens empreendedores prometem colocar o Brasil na vanguarda da tecnologia. Entre mais de 240 candidaturas de alto nível avaliadas por juízes de prestígio…

Empresa promete internet móvel a velocidade de fibra óptica

Empresa promete internet móvel a velocidade de fibra óptica:

uol.com.br

O crescimento do número de smartphones e a consequente demanda por dados móveis coloca uma pressão enorme sobre as redes existentes e suas capacidades. Para acomodar a demanda que cresce diariamente, uma hora nem o 4G/LTE vai ser mais suficiente…

Envio de cheiros pelo smartphone será possível já no próximo ano

Envio de cheiros pelo smartphone será possível já no próximo ano:

uol.com.br

Em breve você poderá usar uma mensagem SMS para enviar odores a um amigo pelo smartphone, graças a um sistema que será lançado em 2015, mas que já começa a dar as caras neste ano. Um aparelho cilíndrico chamado oPhone, idealizado pelo professor Da…

Veja a lista das redes sociais mais acessadas no Brasil

Veja a lista das redes sociais mais acessadas no Brasil:

uol.com.br

A ComScore, tradicional consultoria de análise de internet, revelou novos números sobre os hábitos dos brasileiros em redes sociais, mostrando as mais acessadas. Sem surpresas, o Facebook é o serviço mais acessado, mas a lista traz uma revelação…

Watch Jack Ma’s First-Ever, Inspiring Speech To Alibaba’s...

Watch Jack Ma’s First-Ever, Inspiring Speech To Alibaba’s Employees — A Handful Of People In His Apartment

Jillian D’Onfro, businessinsider.com

For­mer Eng­lish teacher Jack Ma found­ed Aliba­ba, the Chi­nese e-com­merce giant that’s about to IPO in the U.S. this year, out of his small apart­ment in 1999.

He cre­at­ed the com­pa­ny with the help of 17 friends—and the first speech that h…

More than 250 million global events are now in the cloud for...

More than 250 million global events are now in the cloud for anyone to analyze

Derrick Harris, gigaom.com

George­town Uni­ver­si­ty researcher Kalev Lee­taru has spent years build­ing the Glob­al Data­base of Events, Lan­guages, and Tones. It now con­tains data on more than 250 mil­lion events dat­ing back to 1979 and updat­ed daily, with 58 dif­fer­e…

More than 250 million global events are now in the cloud for...

More than 250 million global events are now in the cloud for anyone to analyze

Derrick Harris, gigaom.com

George­town Uni­ver­si­ty researcher Kalev Lee­taru has spent years build­ing the Glob­al Data­base of Events, Lan­guages, and Tones. It now con­tains data on more than 250 mil­lion events dat­ing back to 1979 and updat­ed daily, with 58 dif­fer­e…

Internautas compartilham 1.8 bilhão de fotos por dia

Internautas compartilham 1.8 bilhão de fotos por dia:

Nas Redes, globo.com

Foi-se o tempo em que famílias colavam fotos em álbuns para registrar seus melhores momentos. O relatório “Internet Trends 2014”, realizado pela analista da Kleiner Perkins Caufield Byers (KPCB), Mary Keeper, revelou que mais de 1.8 bilhão…Leia…

11 Creative Ways To Make A Million Dollars Alyson Shontell,...

11 Creative Ways To Make A Million Dollars

Alyson Shontell, businessinsider.com

Scott DeLong. Dong Nguyen. Aman­da Hock­ing. All those peo­ple found a way to cre­ate some­thing and turn it into $1 mil­lion or more quick­ly.

Inspired by their sto­ries, we found 11 unusu­al ways to make a rel­a­tive­ly quick mil­lion…

Apex e ABStartups assinam convênio para fomentar ecossistema de...

Apex e ABStartups assinam convênio para fomentar ecossistema de startups

Olivia Florência, ig.com.br

A Apex (Agência Brasileira de Promoção de Exportações e Investimentos) e a ABStartups (Associação Brasileira de Startups) assinaram nessa quinta um convênio que visa fomentar a comunidade de startups brasileiras. Segundo Ricardo Santana, Business…

Uber: testing the app driving UK black-cab drivers round the...

Uber: testing the app driving UK black-cab drivers round the bend

Alexandra Topping, theguardian.com

London’s cabbies rage that Uber drivers are illegally using their phones as meters, but how do the two services compare?

Will Uber kill the black cab?

On street corners, in taxi ranks, behind steering wheels, a war is raging. Britain’s black-c…

Confira dados de uma interessante pesquisa comparando usuários...

Confira dados de uma interessante pesquisa comparando usuários Android e iOS

Redação Blog do Android, blogdoandroid.com

Comparações entre as principais plataformas móveis do planeta (Android e iOS) sempre despertam o interesse dos fãs e normalmente geram polêmica. Seja entre as empresas envolvidas (Apple, Samsung e Google, entre outras) e sua guerra de patentes, se…

Brazil tasks Central Bank with regulating mobile...

Brazil tasks Central Bank with regulating mobile payments

mobilemoneyoverview.blogspot.com

Com­ments “The reg­u­la­tion will not for inter­op­er­abil­i­ty but set it as a goal for later. non bank m-pay­ment enti­ties will also be allowed to issue e-money , as in EU. A good sign for the fina …

A Study Being Passed Around Silicon Valley Shows That Raising...

A Study Being Passed Around Silicon Valley Shows That Raising Tons Of Money Can Hurt Startups

Alyson Shontell, businessinsider.com

When star­tups raise large rounds of financ­ing from investors, it’s often praised in the press. And in Sil­i­con Val­ley, founders are often encour­aged to raise as much money as pos­si­ble. But a new study shows that most star­tups shouldn’t str…

This Is What Happens When a Startup Fails BY Christine...

This Is What Happens When a Startup Fails

BY Christine Lagorio-Chafkin @Lagorio, inc.com

Chris Poole, the boy genius behind 4chan, announced he’s closing his company, Canvas. In a candid interview, he gives rare insight into how you can confront failure without losing your dignity.

Three weeks ago, the Can­vas team had returned from…