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Why you’ll probably end up selling your business for less than it’s worth [VIDEO]
How long do you think it will take to sell your business? A few months? Maybe a year?
Try 6 years. And chances are, if you own one of the few businesses that do sell, it will be sold for less than it’s worth. What you need is an exit strategy.
How failure created a $775 million company; the story of Kiva Systems [VIDEO]
In the dotcom boom 1.0, Mick Mountz worked at the online grocer, Webvan. For those unfamiliar with the tale of Webvan, it was one of the most spectacular failures of the 2000 bust. In the end, it had burnt through $1.2 billion in venture capital. Yet, from this fall from grace emerged a $775 million dollar idea.
Can you keep a promise? No really, can you? We’ll give you chocolate.
For one day only! No cash! No credit cards! Only promises accepted! A campaign for Danish chocolatier, Anthon Berg had this very elegant premise. To buy their chocolates, you could not pay with money. You had to pay with a promise.
Why are so many things broken? And why doesn’t anyone fix them?
Have you ever seen a pointless sign? Or maybe tried to catch a taxi at an airport? Seth Godin is in fine form in this video, where he talks about his frustration with things that are broken.
A community is not a business (Or, “How do I monetise my web business?”)
In this clip, I answer a surprisingly common question: How do I monetise my web business? Firstly, let me just say, if you aren’t monetising it, it ain’t a business. It’s a community. And, most likely, it’s an unsustainable community. Because, for any community to last, at some point someone needs to get paid.
How a career can be forged with a lone business card, Fishburners founder Peter Davison explains how
In this podcast, Anthill’s ‘Innovator in Residence’ Ben Flavel speaks with early PayPal investor Peter Davison about entrepreneurship in Australia, life as an investor in Silicon Valley and how he managed to forge a career that began with a lone business card. He shares insights into how a would-be entrepreneur with an idea can (and should) change the world and how his new Sydney-based start-up incubator Fishburners is aiming to nurture the whole box and dice.
Enchanting your way to a better life; and it’s got nothing to do with Harry Potter [VIDEO]
Brian Solis talks to Guy Kawasaki. Do I need to say any more to entice you to watch this video? Two of the biggest names in thought leadership for our digital times sit down and discuss the art of enchantment. As it turns out, by being enchanting you can have a better career, be a [...]
Are you as cool as Richard Branson? What every company founder can learn from Virgin marketing [VIDEO]
It’s little wonder that the Virgin brand is so recognisable, and with it, Branson himself. Whether you love him or hate him, you can’t deny that he has a presence in these ads that few other company founders have managed to create. Taking what most people loosely understand to be the story of Richard Branson’s life and mixing it with some style, glamour and sexy voiceover, a memorable ad unfolds.
Why you should be daydreaming right now, instead of staring at this screen [VIDEO]
If you have a spare 30 seconds in your day, how do you spend it? Do you stare out the window into the middle distance, and let your mind wander? Or are you checking your email? Perhaps you just quickly update Facebook?
What’s better than an elevator pitch? A Gaddie Pitch! [VIDEO]
In this clip, filmed at the Fishberners Incubator in Ultimo Sydney, I look kind of crazy. I’d just disembarked from a super-early flight and the iPhone strangely reversed everything, including my facial expessions. (Weird.) But there’s nothing crazy, strange or weird about the pitching technique that is the focus of this week’s Hump Dump.
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