Fri.Feb 26, 2016

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To Franchise Or Not To Franchise?

YoungUpstarts

Image credit: Franchise from Shutterstock. By Brandon Moxam, Director of Brand Development at U.S. Lawns. There are numerous franchising opportunities in the U.S. With more than 825,000 franchise establishments across 300 business lines, they employ nearly 18 million people and account for one eighth of the U.S. private-sector jobs. Whether it’s access to a proven business model, the expertise and resources needed to achieve sustainable growth, or simply wanting a team of support, franchising ha

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Spotting, Nurturing and Mentoring Talent – The Power of Troy Carter

Both Sides of the Table

I recently sat down with Troy Carter to talk about what he does and why he believes it is applicable to venture capital. The “what” is well known in LA circles – Troy discovered a little known young singer named Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta aka Lady Gaga and helped her launch her career. The “what” Troy Carter does also led him to be an early investor in Uber, Lyft, Dropbox, Warby Parker and several other great startups of the last era.

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The Real Deal: Bill Hewitt on Contracts meet Machines

deal architect

This continues a series of columns from practitioners I respect. The category "Real Deal" describes them well. This time it is Bill Hewitt. Bill joined Exari in 2015 as Chief Executive Officer, responsible for the company’s vision, strategy and business.

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10 Steps To Profitable Strategic Business Decisions

Startup Professionals Musings

Most entrepreneurs are so overwhelmed by the day-to-day challenges of their business that they rarely take the time to work on longer-term strategy (they work in the business versus on the business). As a result, strategy decisions are made in the same ad-hoc crises style as operational decisions, and the business suffers. Gut reactions are rarely the optimal solution to any problem.

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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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Email Marketing Tips for Improving Click Through Rates

Brandanew

Finding the most effective methods to build a strong online presence and brand credibility in a world where competition is tougher with each new day is hard for all businesses. Email marketing is still among the strongest ways to get the message across to customers and prospective clients. Having a targeted audience of e-mail subscribers is crucial for your email marketing strategy.

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What Is Forex Trading?

YoungUpstarts

Forex is a term used for foreign exchange – it is also referred to as FX – and can be confusing for people who hear of this term for the first time. They may be surprised to learn that it’s the world’s most traded market with the average turnover of 4 trillion dollars per day. What is Forex Trading? Let’s explain what is forex trading is.

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Power Struggles And Self Doubt Nearly Ruined My Family Business

YFS Magazine

I realized that I had a lot to offer after overcoming these obstacles, because along with the right team, it takes a fearless leader to right the ship.

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Entrepreneurial Density

VC Adventure

I’ve been throwing this term around for a while and thought it was worth writing about, as I believe that understanding entrepreneurial how density can shape an entrepreneurial ecosystem is very important. But first, a link back to some ideas around entrepreneurial communities in general. My partner Brad literally wrote the book about this (highly recommended if you haven’t read it already).

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6 Must-Have Business Methods For Aspiring Entrepreneurs

YFS Magazine

The entrepreneurial lifestyle will introduce you to thousands of tools, resources, and methods. Over time, you’ll refine your entrepreneurial toolkit.

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WigWag Gets $3.17 Million in Funding

SiliconHills

WigWag, the maker of a platform for connecting devices in the home through the Internet, announced this week it has raised $3.175 million in seed funding. The Austin based startup, founded in 2011, received the funding from Palo Alto-based CSC Venture Capital. It plans to use the money on product development and to hire more […] The post WigWag Gets $3.17 Million in Funding appeared first on SiliconHills.

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College Entrepreneur Reveals 7 Lessons Learned From Bankrupting His Startup??

YFS Magazine

Even though I failed in a big way, I couldn’t be more grateful for these startup lessons because now I know how to approach my next business idea.

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What ‘with all due respect’ really means.

Start Up Blog

“Hey turd face…” Maybe something worse. I’m not sure it has always been a precursor to hidden negative sentiment, but it’s very clear what it means today. Any time someone starts a sentence by saying ‘with all due respect’ you can be certain you’re about to be on the receiving end of something disrespectful.

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What To Expect for SEO in 2016?

Duct Tape Marketing

What To Expect for SEO in 2016? written by Guest Post read more at Duct Tape Marketing. The last few years have witnessed a number of new developments with regard to Google’s search algorithm and being an SEO consultant it is very important to monitor, predict and keep track of the direction Google is headed so that I can provide the best services and results for my clients.

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The best time to start your company is today

Jeff Hilimire

One of the more controversial things I say is that if your dream is to start a company, then the best time to do it is today. To be honest, it’s probably one of the only “controversial” things I say, but it’s very different than how most successful entrepreneurs respond when asked that question. A friend of mine interviewed me on his Sell Personal podcast recently and we had a great time talking about a lot of topics, including how I started my first company, the lessons

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Mixed strategies don’t work for startups

The Equity Kicker

The CEO of one of our portfolio companies asked me some time ago to write down why I believe that mixed strategies don’t work for startups. Good examples of mixed strategies are combining direct and channel sales, focusing on product expansion and geographical expansion at the same time, or hedging bets by working on two products. Anytime there is significant effort applied to more than one method to achieve the company’s goal there is a mixed strategy.

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