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Think Like An Entrepreneur And Boost Your Career

Startup Professionals Musings

No matter what people may proclaim, everyone in business is looking to achieve the highest possible level of satisfaction and financial success in their career. For best results, my advice is to think like an entrepreneur, even if you are a corporate employee. According to many studies, entrepreneurs tend to be happier , and 80 percent of self-made millionaires are entrepreneurs.

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The Real Deal: Steve Mann on Neuro-Digital Marketing and the Quest for Joy

deal architect

This continues a series of columns from practitioners I respect. The category "Real Deal" describes them well. This time it is Steve Mann, former CMO of LexisNexis North America and who now leads AbleBrains LLC, a digital marketing consultancy. He.

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6 Storytelling Blogs That Are Awesome

Brandanew

Everyone has a story. Yes, ma’am. Don’t let anyone tell you otherwise. Learning from the best and the most accomplished storytellers is not only something we’d love to do for improving our skills, but also to be inspired. Here are a few storytelling blogs that I particularly always refer to when I am thinking about how to improve a story.

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Autonomous Cars: 3 years or 30?

deal architect

Humans should not drive. Chris Urmson, head of Google’s self-driving project, presented at SXSW last week and you can see all the crazy stuff drivers and pedestrians do and face on our roads. Time magazine presented an even more powerful.

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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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3 Smart Policies That Make It Easier For Asian Businesses To Expand

YoungUpstarts

By Dr. Karen M. Reddington, president, FedEx Express Asia Pacific. In the 21st century, businesses don’t need to be big to go global. Today, all they need is a mobile device, a shipping platform and a big idea. Even the smallest business has access to communications and technology tools that were beyond the reach of even large companies just 15 years ago, and SMEs are increasingly eyeing the possibilities of export markets.

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Lean Startup Week: Seven Days of Focused Innovation Training

Startup Lessons Learned

Guest post by Jennifer Maerz, Contributing Editor of Lean Startup Co. We’re excited to announce that we’re doing something radically different with our flagship event this year. Gone is the Lean Startup Conference as you know it. Welcome instead Lean Startup Week , October 31 - November 6, 2016. And what is this Lean Startup Week? It is seven days of thought-provoking programming around the things you love — Lean Startup training, specific case studies, hands-on workshops, industry networking di

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First Year In Business? 9 Things You Should Never Do

YFS Magazine

If you feel like something must be wrong with you because you’re not jetting off to Bali while simultaneously depositing fat checks into your company's bank account, you’re not alone.

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Benefits Of Business Valuation

YoungUpstarts

There are many reasons why you need a current valuation of your business and many business owners assume that it is only necessary when selling but actually, this is not the case. However, selling your business is a key strategic move and knowing the full value of your business as it currently stands, along with future potential is simply a must to ensure that you get the best possible price.

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Hobbies Help Entrepreneurs Develop Habits They Need To Succeed

YFS Magazine

Entrepreneurs benefit from cultivating hobbies outside of work; the benefits are boundless.

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Easy Options For Building Your Business From The Ground Up

YoungUpstarts

The key thing to remember about startups is that in the beginning, you have nothing. Start ups seem to come out of thin air all the time. If you look a little closer you can usually see the route they took to get onto the market. But that route isn’t on display for the public to see. This is why most startups are often seen as overnight successes. It makes people think that starting a company in 2016 is easy.

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Book: The Three-Body Problem

Feld Thoughts

I read The Three-Body Problem last week and loved it. It was a little hard to get into it at the beginning and that ended up being pat of the beauty of it. I’m not going to summarize it here – I encourage you to read it – but want to talk about the thoughts it simulated. About two-thirds of the way through the book, I had a thought while laying in bed next to Amy that we don’t have any idea how the universe works.

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Einstein’s 1939 time capsule could have been written today

The Equity Kicker

Take a moment to read Einstein’s contribution to the 1939 World’s Fair time-capsule (thanks Brainpickings ): Our time is rich in inventive minds, the inventions of which could facilitate our lives considerably. We are crossing the seas by power and utilize power also in order to relieve humanity from all tiring muscular work. We have learned to fly and we are able to send messages and news without any difficulty over the entire world through electric waves.

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Goldman Sachs Buys Austin-based Honest Dollar

SiliconHills

In huge news coming out of South by Southwest Interactive, the Investment Management Division of Goldman Sachs has agreed to buy Honest Dollar, a web and mobile-based retirement savings platform that launched at the show last year. The terms of the deal were not disclosed. Honest Dollar enables employees of small- and medium-sized businesses, self-employed […] The post Goldman Sachs Buys Austin-based Honest Dollar appeared first on SiliconHills.

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Monday Motivation – Happy Birthday Stephen Curry!

Hearpreneur

Share This is a bonus Monday Motivation to inspire all the entrepreneurs and business owners. Steph Curry has risen to be the most popular player in the NBA. He’s on his way to the another MVP and the Golden State Warriors might end up with the best regular season record of all time. They entered the year with a chip on their shoulder and wanted to prove that the year before was no fluke.

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Hate Your Commute? Ride in a Speedy, Private, Storm Trooper Helmet

SiliconHills

By SUSAN LAHEY Reporter with Silicon Hills News If Richard Garriott de Cayeux gets his way, Austin’s nightmare traffic will soon be mitigated by little electrically powered pods that resemble storm trooper helmets, drive on an elevated roadway, and can get you from St. Edwards to the University of Texas in about eight minutes. According […] The post Hate Your Commute?

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Monday Motivation – Uncommon Man [VIDEO]

Hearpreneur

Share. This motivational video is for entrepreneurs, startups and business owners to start their business off on the right foot. Be uncommon! I do not choose to be a common man. It is my right to be uncommon — if I can. I seek opportunity — not security. I do not wish to be a kept citizen, humbled and dulled by having the state look after me. I want to take the calculated risk; to dream and to build, to fail and to succeed.

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Austin Startup one of SXSW Accelerator’s top winners

SiliconHills

By SUSAN LAHEY Reporter with Silicon Hills News Austin’s Pop Up Play won first place in the Entertainment and Content category at the SXSW 2016 Accelerator Awards. The company creates cardboard play sets—castles, spaceships–that children can design and customize online then order. Winners in other categories were Enterprise and Smart Data: Parknav uses real time […] The post Austin Startup one of SXSW Accelerator’s top winners appeared first on SiliconHills.

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Walker Twitter Highlights: February 22nd – March 13th

Scott Edward Walker

I’m using Twitter as a form of micro-blogging to share interesting articles, blog posts and video clips relating to startups, entrepreneurship and legal issues. Below are my five most popular tweets (via bitly ) for the past three weeks. Cheers, Scott. Top 5 Tweets. Quora: “Why do investors want 20%-25% of a startup?” A few interesting responses: [link]. “I tell them this isn’t the best paying job, but… everything they do here is mission critical.” – @

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Is SXSW Less of a Zoo This Year?

SiliconHills

By SUSAN LAHEY Reporter with Silicon Hills News After years of complaints that SXSW was getting “too big” and “too crazy” and “too much of a zoo,” many people who have been at the Interactive conference over the years have commented that the conference seemed quieter this year…less crazy. Even with the President of the […] The post Is SXSW Less of a Zoo This Year?

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Oh the Places We Could Go!

Austin Startup

As someone new to venture, what can I do to be the most helpful I can be to founders and their companies? Continue reading on Medium ».

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In the Tech World, Inclusion is Everyone’s Job

SiliconHills

By SUSAN LAHEY Reporter with Silicon Hills News A woman headed up the team for the onboard flight software for the Apollo space mission. Cruise control was invented by a blind man. Most of the startups that succeed have founders who are over 40. These were some of the takeaways from Tech Inclusion, an all-day […] The post In the Tech World, Inclusion is Everyone’s Job appeared first on SiliconHills.

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Dragon Army’s vision, tenets, and values

Jeff Hilimire

On this blog I write about a lot of different things, and I realized I haven’t shared much about my company, Dragon Army , in a bit. So, this week I’m going to post daily about different aspects of Dragon Army. I thought I’d start with our vision, tenets, and values (VTV). Having a clear vision, with focused tenets to achieve that vision, and strong values to guide you along the journey, are keys to a successful company.

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From the Silicon Gulch to the Silicon Hills, Austin’s Tech Industry Continues to Thrive

SiliconHills

By LAURA LOREK Reporter with Silicon Hills News “When the three of us moved here you could fire a shotgun down Congress Avenue and not hit anyone,” said Neal Spelce, founder of AustinLetter.com. “It was a small town and everyone knew everyone.” Today, Austin is the nation’s 12th largest city and the fastest growing in […] The post From the Silicon Gulch to the Silicon Hills, Austin’s Tech Industry Continues to Thrive appeared first on SiliconHills.

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Creating Balance in an Entrepreneurial Life

The Entrepreneurial Mind

My reflections on a lifetime of trying to find balance can be found in my recent article at Forbes. TweetFacebookLinkedInTumblrStumbleDiggDelicious. The post Creating Balance in an Entrepreneurial Life appeared first on Dr Jeff Cornwall.

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6 Essential WordPress Plugins

Duct Tape Marketing

6 Essential WordPress Plugins written by Alex Boyer read more at Duct Tape Marketing. PhotoCredit: PlaceIt. WordPress is a great platform for most business owners. It’s flexible, adapting to your needs and desires to make your website perfect for your business. It’s constantly up to date, with regular maintenance that keeps your site running fast. Frankly, despite the growing number of competitors battling for position, it’s still the best website platform out there.

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How to Choose an Accountant for Your Business

Up and Running

When starting your company, the last thing you want to do is spend unnecessary money. Thanks to money constraints, many freelancers and startup owners often view accountants as an expensive luxury, believing instead that they themselves have the knowledge to fill out and file the necessary paperwork. However, not hiring an accountant can often be an expensive mistake.

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Do You Have A Problem Worth Solving?

Street Smart Product Manager

In order to pursue any product idea — a new product, or a new feature for an existing product — you must make sure it’s a problem worth solving. If it doesn’t solve a tangible, real problem that lots of people are facing, and are willing to pay to have solved, it’s not worth spending … Continue reading "Do You Have A Problem Worth Solving?".

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Episode 71: Online Sales and Profit Margins with Carole Rains

Mike Michalowicz

Also Available On. Show Summary. Welcome to Episode 71 if the Profit First Podcast! Mike Michalowicz, Chris Curran and Kristina Bolduc get into the nitty-gritty of online sales with business owner Carole Rains. Carole is an amazon seller facing the challenge of growing a profitable business where there is a high volume of inventory she needs to purchase.

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Advice to Grads: Join A Winning Startup (v. 2016)

Seeing Both Sides

Around this time of year, many students are focused on finding a job in Startup Land and building their careers. If you have your own idea and no one can talk you out of it, that's awesome. But for most undergraduates and graduate students, they have no idea how to get plugged in to the startup community. I gave some advice in my post, Seeking a Job in Startup Land , on the process for selecting a startup that is a good fit, but I didn't name specific companies who I think are emerging winners a

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How To Grow A Company Without Venture Capital

YoungUpstarts

by Keith Smith, co-founder and CEO of Payability. If you read startup news, then you might believe “getting funded” is the ultimate goal of any business. As an entrepreneur, though, you should look no further than Fab.com as a cautionary tale of venture capital. Once the most heavily funded startup in New York City, according to then-CEO Jason Goldberg, Fab blew through $200 million of its $336 million in VC cash without settling on a business model.

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Advice to Grads: Join A Winning Startup (v. 2016)

Seeing Both Sides

Around this time of year, many students are focused on finding a job in Startup Land and building their careers. If you have your own idea and no one can talk you out of it, that's awesome. But for most undergraduates and graduate students, they have no idea how to get plugged in to the startup community. I gave some advice in my post, Seeking a Job in Startup Land , on the process for selecting a startup that is a good fit, but I didn't name specific companies who I think are emerging winners a

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