Tue.Feb 04, 2014

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Five Ways To Be A More Effective Project Manager

YoungUpstarts

'By Russell Harley, veteran project manager and Director at PMO. There is a wide range of abilities in the Project Management field. However, there are always ways to become better in our profession. So here are a few suggestions that may help in this endeavor. 1. Be a Leader. While this should be pretty obvious, it is very easy to get caught up in personalities and the normal socialization of the workplace.

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Tools to help you proofread emails (so you never have to scramble to hit unsend)

The Next Web

'You can feel the temperature in your face start to rise. Maybe you were distracted, rushed, or typed the message on the walk to your car – but somehow, you’d messed up. From CC’ing the wrong person and attaching the wrong file to misspelling key words, in the world of emails, the delete button does not apply after you hit send. The first email was sent in 1971.

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How Should Business Adapt to the Facebook Paper App?

Duct Tape Marketing

'How Should Business Adapt to the Facebook Paper App? written by John Jantsch read more at Small Business Marketing Blog from Duct Tape Marketing By now you’ve probably at least read about Facebook’s newest app called Pape r. If you own an iPhone and live in the US it’s also possible that you’ve downloaded and experienced the new app.

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An industry of Monomaths

deal architect

'Just last week I was talking to a journalist and comparing executives in tech companies to large multi-unit businesses. I did not use the term Polymath but I used some examples. Jeff Immelt did stints in its Plastics, Appliances, and.

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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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Three Reasons Your Startup Should Workout Together

YoungUpstarts

'by Jamie Walker and Alyse Mason-Brill, co-founders of fitness startups, Fit Approach and SweatGuru. Here’s a piece of advice most CEOs probably haven’t heard before: Every once in a while, you have to don those pink leg warmers, round up the team and spend an hour or so pelting each other with dodge balls. And if it can be done on a massive field of trampolines?

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Sometimes You Just Want To Scream

Feld Thoughts

'I’m on the receiving end of phone calls and video conferences with CEOs all day long. And, at least once a day, I can feel the intense stress on the person I’m talking to oozing through the phone or the screen. The conversation is often calm and rational, but below the surface is a bubbling cauldron of pressure. Welcome to life as a CEO of a fast growing startup.

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The Strand: How an 86-Year Old Bookstore Uses Technology

Hunter Walker

'Strand Bookstore in NYC is one of the largest independent bookstores in the US. Bookstores are a generally challenged retail sector as ecommerce and ebooks have resulted in many local shops closing their doors. Yet the Strand is still strong, adapting with their customers and utilizing social media to connect with their community. Lilly Wyden from the Strand shares how: .

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How to Spot a Bad Freelance Client

Up and Running

'There’s nothing more exciting, especially to a newbie freelancer, than securing a new client. Heck, even seasoned freelancers with plenty of projects under their belts still feel a thrill when a new business relationship is secured. That said, freelance relationships—just like relationships in general—are not always the smooth, sunny road we hope they’ll be.

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From Hubris to Confidence

Mucker Lab

'What does Mark Zuckerberg, Jack Dorsey, Larry Page, Marc Andreessen, Elon Musk, and Peter Thiel have in common with me? We’ve all guest lectured at the Stanford Entrepreneurial Thought Leaders Seminar. Here is me doing my best to not embarrass my fellow esteemed lecturers.

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An Email Apology

K9 Ventures

'Those that know me well know that I’m generally quite anal about email. To date, I’ve never declared email bankruptcy — despite being advised numerous times to do so. I read every email I receive (excluding obvious spam and mass emails) and make a sincere effort to respond to as many as I can. It’s become […].

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How To Name Your New Company

Mike Michalowicz

'If you are picking a company name the old fashion way you are in trouble. You know what I am talking about — brainstorm names how customers can quickly figure out what you do. Oh yeah, and you better pick a name that starts with an “A” in it so you can get first spot in any list of competitors. Not. That old school approach to choosing a company name does not work anymore.

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Spiceworks Closes $57 Million Funding Round

Austin Startup

'Spiceworks, the professional network for IT, today announced it has closed a $57 million Series E round of funding led by Goldman Sachs with participation from existing investors.

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Be A Good Reference Or Just Shut It

Babbling VC

'I''ve done my share of reference calls in my career and to be honest, the majority were basically crap. This isn''t to say that I am the best individual when it comes to making reference calls but in hindsight I always wondered whether I benefited at all. Further, I always ended up questioning more why the person whom I spoke to was actually given as a reference.

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Delete these 4 things from your routine to be more productive #blindpost

Jeff Hilimire

'This is a blindpost from another article but for some reason I can’t remember where the article came from… Delete these 4 things from your routine to be more productive. #1 – Stop checking email all the time. Email is the silent productivity killer. You can spend hours inside of email and even come out of it thinking you got a lot done, but that’s usually not the case.

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The First Startup Hire: Who Should It Be?

Early Growth Financial Services

'Originally published in All Business Experts. When you go into business on your own, the order in which you hire employees is crucial to your productivity. You want to make the transition from an individual to a team as seamless as possible. That’s why we asked a panel of successful entrepreneurs from The Young Entrepreneur Council (YEC) the following question: Q.

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The Landing Page Optimization Guide You Wish You Always Had

conversionxl.com

'Extra Lucrative Conversion Advice. Home. Blog. Conversion Optimization Services. 1:1 Consultations. Conversion Research. About. RSS. Complete Guide to A/B Testing. Join my private newsletter and get the Complete Guide to A/B testing: Jan 31, 2014. The Landing Page Optimization Guide You Wish You’ve Always Had. Tweet. Tweet. What follows is a list of resources that can be applied specifically to landing page optimization, found here on ConversionXL & from other great websites around t

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Celebrating Human Achievement

Venture Chronicles

'I love advertising, not the advertising business but the ability of good advertising to tell a story, tap into emotion, inspire us, motivate us, and create a sense of purpose is powerful. Sure, advertising is selling stuff and it would be easy to be cynical about it, but the art of advertising done well transcends commerce and touches us in a way that we often don’t even realize.