Fri.Dec 23, 2016

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8 Key Principles To Keep Up With The Speed of Change

Startup Professionals Musings

Things change so fast these days in business that your first priority as an entrepreneur is to stay current, by talking to customers, peers, and experts. Secondly, you must constantly communicate suggested changes to your team, implement necessary pivots, and realign all the elements of your business, including partners, investors, and vendors. No change means falling behind.

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Unbelievable Ways Technology Can Transform The Health Of Your Workforce

YoungUpstarts

Business runs on people. Money and equipment might be the tools they use, but people are the life support for your company and its ultimate success. Of course, people are the hardest ‘resource’ to manage, because they aren’t really a resource at all. They’re human beings with flaws, just like you. It’s easy to see the numbers and statistics when it comes to running your company effectively and looking over the reports for your growth progress, but you might be missing a trick when it comes to th

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Good Customer Service: Are You Doing It Right?

Duct Tape Marketing

Good Customer Service: Are You Doing It Right? written by Guest Post read more at Duct Tape Marketing. Whether you are a B2B or a B2C organization, one thing you already know is that you need to provide quality customer service in order to be successful. Chances are, your mission statement or company vision includes something about customer service.

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How the sharing economy will shift in the next 5 years

The Next Web

From Uber’s battle surrounding 1099s to Airbnb’s reports of security concerns, sharing economy companies are both finding their niche and dealing with growing pains. While these companies are here to stay, new rules surrounding how they operate are already changing the way they operate. To learn where these companies and rules are headed, I polled 15 entrepreneurs from YEC on the following.

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Building Healthy Innovation Ecosystems for Your Projects

Speaker: Nick Noreña, Innovation Coach and Advisor, Kromatic

Every startup and innovation project exists within an ecosystem that either helps or hurts that project. As innovation managers, we need to keep a pulse of that ecosystem and make sure we're helping those innovation projects we're managing every step of the way. In this webinar, Nick Noreña will walk through an Innovation Ecosystem Model that he and his team at Kromatic have developed to help investors, heads of product, teachers, and executives understand how they can best support innovation in

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What Every Business Should Plan Prepare For – Losing Data

YoungUpstarts

It’s hard to keep up with new and improved developments in technology. From the latest and greatest mobile gadgets to software designed uniquely tailored just for you, it’s a time when everything you do seems to be connected to an electronic device. While advancements and new technologies might make your life easier, carrying your eggs in one basket can also leave you in distress should a malfunction occur or a hard drive go bad.

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‘My Wife Walked In On Me’ And It Led To This Business Revelation

YFS Magazine

My wife walked in on me last week. I’m guessing I’m not the first man this has ever happened to, but it’s embarrassing all the same.

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How To Get More Instagram Followers (And Keep Them Engaged)

YFS Magazine

Wonder what strategies you can use to grow your Instagram presence (for business or for pleasure)? If so, don't miss these tips.

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8 Ways To Banish Winter Doldrums And Increase Productivity

YoungUpstarts

by Lea Schneider. Every business has a busy season that brings plenty of problems to address, but there is another seasonal problem you might not have even thought much about. That’s the season of dark, gloomy winter days that make you want to hibernate and sleep like a bear, no matter how much is on your to-do list. It’s a season that may be less productive, which certainly isn’t great for business.

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Failing Fast At The Idea of Hiring A Writer + WordPress Person

Feld Thoughts

Thanks to the 75+ people who have reached out about being willing to help me with writing and WordPress stuff. I’ve read all the emails, answered some of them, and will get responses out to the rest on Sunday after I have a nice digital sabbath starting in a few minutes. On my run today, I thought more about what I was looking to do and decided that my approach wasn’t right.

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Evamore Founders Share Their Story

The Entrepreneurial Mind

TweetFacebookLinkedInTumblrStumbleDiggDelicious. The post Evamore Founders Share Their Story appeared first on Dr Jeff Cornwall.

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Silicon Hills News Invites You to the Party of 2017

SiliconHills

Silicon Hills News is once again producing an Austin Technology Calendar featuring some of the best and brightest in the local technology community. And we’re throwing a party to celebrate at Galvanize with drinks, food and entertainment. This party will sell out. So it’s best to get your tickets right now while they are the […] The post Silicon Hills News Invites You to the Party of 2017 appeared first on SiliconHills.

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To the world you may be one person, but to one person you may be the world

Jeff Hilimire

Something to remember this holiday season: I hope everyone has a terrific holiday season! See you on the other side!

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