Five Ways to Find and Keep a Mentor
One of the biggest needs in the world of entrepreneurship is the need for a successful mentoring relationship. But far too often, I see entrepreneurs asking to meet with mentors only to brashly discard...
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A/B Split Testing Increased our Conversion Rate by >100%, by Charlie Gasmire...
“Unlock the secret to landing page optimization”… “6 things you aren’t doing that are killing your conversion rate…” “Do this one trick to get your viewers to do anything, and I mean anything…” I got...
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Dallas-based FireHost raises $25 million in new capital to fuel growth – The Dallas Morning News discusses how secure cloud provider, @FireHost, “has raised over $59 million since 2011” and is annually...
View ArticleThe Founders of Haul Discuss Their Experiences At The DEC
According to Google, 4 out of 10 video viewers will visit e-commerce sites or retail stores to purchase the items they saw in videos; and furthermore, video delivers a higher percentage of conversions...
View ArticleOrderMyGear.com President Shares His Experiences At The DEC
There are 46 million children in the US that are involved in team sporting activities, averaging two team sports per child. Without even stopping to consider adult sporting activities, this represents...
View ArticlePlaying To The Crowd: The Fast Approaching Horizon of Crowdfunding
Sixty or so of us gathered at the GroundFloor office in the United Way building in Dallas Wednesday, May 7, for a chance to pick the brains of leading crowdfunding experts. The event, “Play To The...
View ArticlePlaying To The Crowd (Part 2): Expert Advice
In part one of this two-part post, I introduced Playing To The Crowd, an event sponsored by The DEC and United Way’s GroundFloor social accelerator program that took place this past May. During the...
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What Can Happen In a Year? The DEC Turns 1
One year ago The Dallas Entrepreneur Center (The DEC) opened in the SoftLayer Catalyst Space in downtown Dallas. We decided to launch this new entrepreneur center under the hypothesis that Dallas was...
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Lift a cold one to Iron Triangle Distribution – Born from the craft beer passions of three SMU students who enrolled in the first ever “Accelerate Your Startup” class taught by our own Trey Bowles, the...
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Study: Texas has the fastest-growing technology employment in the U.S. – According to the latest Dice Report, Texas has seen the greatest growth in tech jobs in 2014. After a 24 hour developer...
View ArticleAnnouncing DEC Ambassadors 2014 Fall Class
We get excited about a lot of things in the startup scene across North Texas, and one in particular is the growing number of people wanting to get involved. In the spring of this year, we started The...
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The Codex: A School for the Community – A new coding school from Tech Wildcatters, will begin classes on September 23rd. “Codex will focus on students developing PLE’s (Personal Learning Environments)...
View ArticleHow to be successful in your co-working space
Congratulations—you’ve made the decision to move your office out of the house (or local coffee shop) and into a co-working space! Every day, entrepreneurs and startup owners are discovering and joining...
View ArticleComerica’s $50K North Texas Business Pitch contest announces 10 finalists
By Hanah Cho A payment app for valet parking to a skin care company are among the 10 finalists for the inaugural $50,000 North Texas Business Pitch competition sponsored by Comerica Bank. The 10...
View ArticleThe advantages of working in Downtown Dallas
If you ask people from out of town what comes to mind when they think of Dallas, Texas, you might hear some people say something about cowboys, football or the iconic ’80s television show. What many of...
View ArticleCelebrate Global Entrepreneurship Week in DFW – November 17th-23rd 2014
For seven days in November, hosted in growing entrepreneurial communities across the country, Global Entrepreneurship Week celebrates innovators and creators as well as inspire people everywhere to...
View ArticleHow to impress Paul Singh
Paul Singh is a seasoned entrepreneur and investor who most recently founded Disruption Corporation, which provides advisory services to angel and venture capitalist investors. He was also a partner at...
View Article2014 State of Entrepreneurship: Recap
Coming off the heels of the AngelSummit.io and Global Entrepreneurship Week in November, the second annual State of Entrepreneurship in Dallas saw a great turn-out of more than 400 people from the DFW...
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How to Stand Out at SXSW This Year
A year ago, I had the distinct pleasure of helping launch a new program at SXSW in Austin. ReleaseIt, the brain child of Hugh Forest, brought to fruition by Chris Valentine and his team, was a new...
View ArticleQ&A with Adam Haun, Up Global
Globetrotting nomad, Adam Haun, has spent the last two years connecting startup communities to educational programs and resources under the Up Global brand. Programs like Startup Weekend, Startup NEXT...
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