YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 14, 2013

And online consumers are not always who you think they are — in fact, a little over half of Americans over age 65 use the Internet and email, and 70 percent of those use the Internet on a daily basis. Your website is your online homestead, the place to which email and social media will funnel consumers.

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YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 9, 2011

78 percent plan to keep the same number of employees, while 17 percent plan to increase in the next year, and only 5 percent foresee the need to reduce. · 30 percent plan to hire temporary or part-time workers instead of full-time employees. Looking Ahead: The Rest of 2011 and 2012 Outlook. Use of email marketing (40-percent).

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The Next Web

JANUARY 30, 2014

I’m not saying take advantage of your workforce; Twoodo’s data analyst once posted a question about increasing the click rates of our emails, and the designer suggested turning the message from text into a comic strip. Like any new installation (from the new coffee machine to the new email client) an example needs to be set.

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YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 16, 2011

During the Forum, Cloud Computing was highlighted as the number one technology priority for companies in 2012. Many participants at the Forum only had a hazy idea of how the Cloud operated and were slow to understand how it actually can be observed in our daily life, with few realizing that a common email tool, Gmail, operates on the Cloud.

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Asia Cloud Software Review China 222

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 18, 2015

Of course your friend’s company raised $50 million and offers it’s employees free kombucha and desk massages. And even this can’t stop their employees from fleeing after two years of vesting to move on to the next hot startup. For investors life is no different. You don’t need to be hot.

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siliconflorist.com

DECEMBER 22, 2012

Search for: July 3rd, 2012. 6) Advise as if you were an employee. Personally, I take this from the vantage of an employee or consultant advising his or her superiors. 3 Responses to “Mentoring the mentors: Advice and inspiration for startup mentors” Darrin says: July 8, 2012 at 11:59 am. Email Address.

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techcrunch.com

AUGUST 12, 2012

Thursday, August 9th, 2012. We respect your anonymity feel free to directly email us. Disrupt SF 2012. Disrupt SF Hackathon 2012. © 2012 AOL Inc. Disrupt SF. Zachary Bogue And Matt Ocko Launch Data Collective, An Early Stage Fund For Big Data Startups. Alexia Tsotsis. View Staff Page. Follow me on twitter.

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Austin Startup

AUGUST 10, 2017

Take a look at some of the emails between us from 2010: We were attending NYU from 2008–2012. We’d also like to highlight two notable investors who participated in our first close: David Johnston began investing in Bitcoin in 2012. has about ~40 employees and has raised $9M in venture capital. Factom, Inc.

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www.geekwire.com

JULY 10, 2012

July 9, 2012 at 10:21 am by John Cook Leave a Comment. Daily email digest. Voted “Next Tech Titan” at the 2012 GeekWire Startup Awards, Tableau Software is on a huge growth trajectory. 07/06/2012. 07/04/2012. 07/03/2012. . -->. 07/03/2012. 07/01/2012. email protected] | (206) 913-7926.

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crowdSPRING Blog

AUGUST 24, 2012

Why Email Marketing is King – [link]. Why Email Marketing is King – [link]. 40 Creative and Versatile Adobe Illustrator Tutorials From 2012 – [link]. 22 new business cards – Best of august 2012 – [link]. What The Highest Converting Websites Do Differently – [link]. – [link].

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www.thedailymuse.com

SEPTEMBER 18, 2012

by Rebecca Thorman — September 13, 2012 — No comments. It’s essential to make sure you take reasonable steps to control risk in your interactions with customers, suppliers, users, employees, and the general public. Hiring employees. Email (required). September 18, 2012 (11:46). Entrepreneurship.

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The Next Web

FEBRUARY 25, 2014

Then, there’s the infamous email scams of which Nigeria is most widely known. Seen by many in the country as the only way out of poverty and a valid business alternative, emails promising riches to vulnerable people in the West have branded the country as one to stay away from. Online shopping as tech opportunities.

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Hearpreneur

DECEMBER 8, 2019

But the only reason I am satisfied with my book is that just recently I got an email from a university student who is doing a report and he wanted to ask questions and learn more about the things I write in my book. 22-Investment in Employees. 24- Connecting with Employees. Thanks to KOYA ! #22-Investment

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Steve Blank

APRIL 14, 2013

Instead of email, they’ve grown up with QQ instant messages. By the end of 2012, there were 85 million iOS and 160 million Android devices in China. Turnover of employees in capital in Beijing is very high. Employees work here for a few months and are suddenly gone. 70% of Chinese Internet users are under 30.

China 326

China Silicon Valley Non-Compete Intellectual Property 326

Ben's Blog

AUGUST 28, 2012

In 2012, most everyone takes the Internet for granted and believes its emergence to be a logical, evolutionary step. In Q2 of 2012, 362 million mobile phones shipped and it is increasingly rare to see business users who don’t have smartphones or tablet devices. Email In-context collaboration.

Romania 77

Romania Software Review Cloud Mobile 77

YoungUpstarts

FEBRUARY 26, 2018

Digitalization and automatisation will replace a lot of employees, but they cannot replace meaningful human connection. Elon Musk is a leader with a good emotional intelligence – an example, in an email he sent to his Tesla Employees. This principle will apply at every level – customer, employee, personal, etc.

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crowdSPRING Blog

JULY 12, 2013

Candid post by Steve Douglas about employee fraud – [link]. “Less than half of US display ad impressions delivered between May 2012 and February 2013 were in-view” – [link]. 24 Tips for Responsive Design to Make Email Awesome | AlleyWatch – [link]. – [link].

Social Media 91

Social Media Small Business Design Media 91

Up and Running

NOVEMBER 19, 2015

Whether it is from a competitor or a disgruntled employee, a business needs to make sure its IP is protected in the event of theft. In the last few years, there have been a number of high-profile cases in which employees steal IP from their employers, to be used for their own individual profit. See Also: Intellectual Property 101.

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YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 10, 2012

More small- and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) are leveraging on social media in their business today, according to the SMB Group’s latest report, the 2012 Small and Medium Social Business Study. But many of these businesses still aren’t using social media in a planned, strategic approach, the study found.

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Social Media Media Small Business Product Development 185

techcrunch.com

MARCH 8, 2012

Thursday, February 23rd, 2012. It seems learning to code has become a theme in 2012, and the demand is being met by Code Year and others. So, to plug the gap, I hired a contractor full-time with the goal that when funded he would come on as a permanent employee. We respect your anonymity feel free to directly email us.

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fi.co

DECEMBER 4, 2012

Sydney Spring 2012. on Feb 22, 2012. The person was asking for benchmark data on percentages to validate the right thing to do between two co-founders and one early employee that had more demanding salary needs. Copyright 2009, 2010, 2011 and 2012 - Founder Institute, Incorporated - All rights reserved. Alexandria.

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YoungUpstarts

JULY 25, 2013

Some business owners opt to give employees a jump-start on the weekend by offering special summer hours. In 2012, 75 percent of human resource professionals surveyed by OfficeTeam said their companies offered summer schedules. For example, if you let employees leave at 1 p.m.

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keen.io

FEBRUARY 5, 2013

August 21, 2012. From there, I began googling things like “first employee startup equity” and “startup offer negotiation.” These were the best resources I found: Equity for Early Employees in Early Stage Startups. Startup Equity for Early Employees. The next Monday, I received the following email from Kyle.

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YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 20, 2014

Or at least never utter among its employees to keep the engine of growth running. When you build a company, it is crucial that you set your vision and path for your employees to follow. We at Carmudi are very hands-on and result-orientated: Less meetings, less emails, more direct communication. Communication is key.

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The Next Web

OCTOBER 26, 2013

oDesk claims that it dominates the market of online freelance marketplaces with $360 million spent by its clients in 2012; this number for the five closest competitors combined – Elance, Freelancer, Guru, People Per Hour, and 99Designs – reaches only $310 million. According to the last stats provided by oDesk itself, the company has 4.5

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Steve Blank

APRIL 14, 2013

Instead of email, they’ve grown up with QQ instant messages. By the end of 2012, there were 85 million iOS and 160 million Android devices in China. Turnover of employees in capital in Beijing is very high. Employees work here for a few months and are suddenly gone. 70% of Chinese Internet users are under 30.

China 218

China Silicon Valley Non-Compete Intellectual Property 218

YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 28, 2017

and retrieve John Smith’s email” rather than opening a CRM program on a computer and manually retrieving the information. Naturally, small and midsized business owners and employees will want to use voice activation in their professional lives, too. A time-crunched salesman can simply say: “Alexa, open Act!

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Restful Artificial Inteligence Colorado Early Stage 178

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 3, 2013

That means that people addicted to text messages, twitter, and email may be sending only half the message, and receivers often misinterpret even that half. Amazingly, it leveled off in 2012, only due to Twitter, which has already superseded SMS texting in volume of messages. Email volume just continues to increase. Hand-to-face.

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blog.alinelerner.com

JUNE 21, 2013

Because I used to be an engineer, one part of my job was conducting first-round technical interviews, and between January 2012 and January 2013, I interviewed roughly 300 people for our back-end/full-stack engineer position. In fact, in 2012, half of the offers we made at TrialPay were to people without a BS in CS from a top school.

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CTO Hire Hiring Software Review Technical Review 98

Steve Blank

FEBRUARY 10, 2016

Keen Home appeared on the TV show, Shark Tank , in 2012, landing one of the highest valuations in the show’s history. Certain big brands and large companies that would never return my phone calls were all of a sudden emailing us saying, “Hi. whether that’s partners or employees that you bring on. You have your team.

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Silicon Valley Ohio Columbus Entrepreneur 120

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 14, 2014

If you follow the tech media you would be subject to a lot of narrative biases that are completely off base – and this includes the value of email and phone calls. I’m sure you’ve heard the meme that “email is dead” – if fact if you Google it you’ll find a long list of articles that will mislead you.

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Mobile Email Social Media Global 339

Growthink Blog

MARCH 25, 2012

Then, ask friends and family members in your contact list (your email contact list or Facebook friends you already have) to "Like" your business and become a fan. Take photos of your customers, your location, yourself, your employees, and your events. Ask Questions.

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Advertising Lead Generation Social Media Campaign 121

YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 11, 2012

Solved employee snafus and issues. Fielded exhausting back-to-back meetings, telephone calls, and endless emails. With a little focused thought, the last month of 2012 can also be the most valuable one. Here are eight “must-dos” to tackle before the end of the year: Hold a 2012 post-mortem. You’ve put out fires.

Small Business 239

Small Business Entrepreneur Leadership Employee 239

Ben's Blog

AUGUST 28, 2012

In 2012, most everyone takes the Internet for granted and believes its emergence to be a logical, evolutionary step. In Q2 of 2012, 362 million mobile phones shipped and it is increasingly rare to see business users who don’t have smartphones or tablet devices. Technological revolutions follow a similar psychological dynamic.

Romania 44

Romania Software Review Cloud Mobile 44

YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 23, 2016

With smartphones providing around-the-clock access to email, it’s no wonder work-life balance is becoming more and more elusive with every passing year. At first, it may fill you with pride to see your staff working late into the night, sending emails and fulfilling tasks until the sun comes up. I know: That’s easier said than done.

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New York City Startup Employee New York 100

crowdSPRING Blog

AUGUST 24, 2015

EDITOR’S NOTE: We originally published this post back in 2012. Pretty soon, morning emails started to include heads-ups that this person or that person would be working home that day, and these became ubiquitous. Next month crowdSPRING will move from a 60% remote work environment to around 90%! For better or worse.

Lean 48

Lean Small Business Restful Engineer 48

luclevesque.com

JULY 15, 2012

Top Posts: • How to help new employees be rockstars, a new approach. • January 15, 2012. How to help new employees be rockstars, a new approach. If nothing comes to mind, do what I did and start by asking your employees to tell you what they think your quirks are. . • Luc @ Google+. Contact Me. Blog Tools.

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