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Small Businesses A Great Fit For The New Nimble Marketplace

YoungUpstarts

Following are a few tips for taking e-commerce to the next level in the months leading up to the critical 2016 holiday shopping season. Some logistics providers offer sophisticated, easy-to-use returns processes that reduce hassles, save time, and very importantly, preserve reputations. Offer More Payment Options.

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A Look at What’s Fueling Startup Investments in Colombia

ReadWriteStart

The eCommerce industry is growing steadily, with a 24% increase in the number of digital transactions from 2016 to 2017. However, the 2016 Peace Deal with the FARC , among other efforts, changed its international reputation, leading to a 300% increase in foreign visitors since 2006. Industry gaps.

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Venture Outlook 2016

Both Sides of the Table

In 2012 I penned an article called “ It’s Morning in VC ” that highlighted many of these trends and in 2014 I published a series of data in this VC SlideShare presentation of “ Why VC is Much More Compelling ” now, which updated many of our earlier analysis. Final venture outlook 2016 from Mark Suster.

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Top 3 Reasons Why Your Board Needs a Secure Communications App

Board Effect

Another eye-opening statistic is that there’s been at least one health data breach per day since 2016. These issues together could place the entire organization’s reputation at risk. The breach that was disclosed in 2016 just settled for a mere $117.5 High Risk of Data Breaches. Hackers found their way into Yahoo!’s

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Three Ways To Best Protect Your Business’ Data During Hurricane Season

YoungUpstarts

The Weather Channel predicts 2016’s season will include 14 named storms and eight hurricanes, three of which are likely to be a category three or higher.

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15 Ways A Brand New Small Business Can Look Established

YoungUpstarts

Stat that matters : According to a 2016 Vendasta study about online reputation , 61% of consumers are more likely to contact a local business if they have a mobile optimized site. Stat that matters : From the same 2016 Vendasta study: 92% of consumers now read online reviews vs. 88% in 2014. Keep it clean. Or reviews!

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The Entrepreneur’s Essentials #13: To be stealthy or not?

Austin Startup

They went on to build a pretty large business and then merged with WebSideStory and later Omniture bought WebSideStory, which had changed it’s name to Visual Sciences because WebSideStory was never a very good name (see The Entrepreneur’s Essentials #2 “What’s in a name?” ), or frankly a good reputation in the industry by that time.

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