Wed.Oct 26, 2016

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10 Easy Ways To Create A Healthy Workplace

YoungUpstarts

by Leigh Stringer, author of “ The Healthy Workplace: How to Improve the Well-Being of Your Employees – and Boost Your Company’s Bottom Line “ Over the years, we have developed work styles that are not good for our physical, mental or emotional health. . It’s not that we’re bad people, or that we aren’t working hard. The problem is that what our minds and bodies need at a basic level is in conflict with our work style.

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Behind-the-Scenes of Parody Video Group Vooza, the Tech Startup World’s Spinal Tap

View from Seed

Today, we talk to startup legend and self-made millionaire, Matt Ruby, founder of Vooza — thought leader, disruptor, and the next Steve Jobs. Alright, alright, so none of that is true — but we DO talk to a guy named Matt Ruby who parodies the startup world through his video production company, Vooza. Not only are they hilarious, but they partner with some REAL startups to create hilarious videos too.

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Why Successful Startups Go To The UAE

YoungUpstarts

Running a startup is exhilarating. While there are a seemingly endless number of challenges to overcome. It is also your chance to change the world. For an increasing number of successful startups, they are foregoing London, New York, or Silicon Valley for the business-friendly UAE. In fact, some have dubbed it the Silicon Valley of the Middle East.

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Build On-Demand Teams Instead of Hiring Employees

Startup Professionals Musings

With the pace of change ever escalating, entrepreneurs today can’t afford to acquire talent through traditional hiring alone, and need to revise the perception that “talent” is only full-time employees. At the same time, more people in the workplace don’t want to be “employees.” According to an Intuit study , that number is quickly rising and will approach 40 percent by 2020.

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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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5 Things Every Budding Entrepreneur Should Know Before Launching A Startup

YoungUpstarts

Launching a startup is a huge step into the world of entrepreneurship. Important steps need to be taken before your new business can officially be launched, such as establishing a customer base and securing funding. You also need to make sure that you have done the groundwork by gaining a sufficient education and knowledge of the business world. Here are five things that every budding entrepreneur needs to know before launching a startup business: Learn the Industry.

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Dan Primack’s Next Newsletter

Feld Thoughts

If you are a VC then you know Dan Primack. You also probably know that yesterday was the last day he wrote his magnificent daily newsletter The Term Sheet. It’s been a daily read of mine for – well – as long as I can remember. So I was delighted to see this tweet from Dan first thing this morning. Of course I’m gonna write another email newsletter.

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Get Your Business Blog on the Radar; Here’s How.

Mike Michalowicz

There are literally millions of blogs on the Internet, yet you know that starting one for your business could still be a good idea. Business blogs – done right – are a great way to drive traffic to your website, establish yourself as an expert in the field, and even build a rapport with your customers. But just starting a blog is not good enough! Blogging Visibility.

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How To Keep Ahead Of The Curve Running An Arts And Crafts Related Business

YoungUpstarts

With the rise of websites like Etsy , there has never been a better time to branch out into making an arts and crafts related business. After all, with the shift to more people going down the self-employed route and with the rise of all things vintage, going into a business such as sewing, embroidery, or making personalized products is a commonsense move if this is something that you have skills in.

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3 Leadership Lessons From ‘The Boss’ Bruce Springsteen

YFS Magazine

If you want to learn invaluable lessons about leading people, you don’t need to look any further than Bruce Springsteen's recently published memoir, Born to Run.

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Google Fiber Will Continue to Roll Out in San Antonio and Austin

SiliconHills

Google confirmed plans on Wednesday to continue to roll out its high speed Internet network in San Antonio and Austin despite retracting in other markets. Google Fiber first announced plans to come to Austin in April of 2013. The service is currently live there and continues to roll out to different parts of town. “Google […] The post Google Fiber Will Continue to Roll Out in San Antonio and Austin appeared first on SiliconHills.

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5 Mind-Blowing Marketing Tips For Creative Entrepreneurs

YFS Magazine

Each of these strategies is a small piece of the execution of your message and they build upon one another.

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11 Tips for Healthcare Startups from MedTechTX 2016

SiliconHills

Bright minds that look at things in innovative ways are going to be the future of the healthcare industry, according to Dr. Vonda Wright, Orthopaedic surgeon and keynote speaker at MedTechTX 2016. But it’s not just about inventing a cool gadget and thinking the healthcare system will automatically embrace it. Healthcare startups have unique challenges […] The post 11 Tips for Healthcare Startups from MedTechTX 2016 appeared first on SiliconHills.

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On Risk and Control

Hunter Walker

My daughter has always enjoyed climbing. As a toddler she would scale cabinets, jungle gyms and any other object upon which she could get a foothold. San Francisco playgrounds introduced me to The Crippler. Imagine a 20 ft Christmas tree-like structure, except it’s made of metal chain lattice, in order to allow kids to climb to the top where you’d put the angel.

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Techstars Cloud Shuts Down in San Antonio

SiliconHills

Techstars Cloud launched in January of 2012 in San Antonio with 11 startups. Since then, Techstars Cloud has had four graduating classes. The program took a year-long hiatus in 2014 when its managing director Jason Seats moved to Austin to head up Techstars Austin. It returned in 2015 under the director of Blake Yeager, who […] The post Techstars Cloud Shuts Down in San Antonio appeared first on SiliconHills.

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Opportunities in Artificial Intelligence [Webinar Invitation]

Growthink Blog

[To register for the webinar, Click Here ] The artificial intelligence (AI) market is projected to grow extremely rapidly - from approximately $800 million this year over $5 Billion by 2020, a growth rate of over 50% annually (IDC). AI Sectors leading the way include healthcare, advertising, security, education, e-commerce and robotics, with key business and consumer applications including virtual agents / chatbots, natural language processing, personalization of user experience, and process aut

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Ashley Northington – DENOR Brands & Public Relations

The Entrepreneurial Mind

TweetFacebookLinkedInTumblrStumbleDiggDelicious. The post Ashley Northington – DENOR Brands & Public Relations appeared first on Dr Jeff Cornwall.

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How to Master Content Marketing

Duct Tape Marketing

How to Master Content Marketing written by Roxanne Doche read more at Duct Tape Marketing. Marketing Podcast with Pamela Wilson. Content and the notion of content marketing is here to stay. Prospects and clients alike expect to be able to turn to a search engine and find the answer to any question or challenge they face. This idea is also likely one of the greatest sources of stress for most business owners.

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Perils of the Pivot

Austin Startup

October 30, 2016: It’s commonly expected that startups will pivot as their original concepts meet the tests of the market. Even the most… Continue reading on Austin Startups ».

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Choosing Optimism

Rob Go

I just watched the first two episodes of Black Mirror’s season 3 last night. I love the show – it’s totally my flavor of the dystopian fantasy / technology gone wrong genre. But, I find myself a bit tired of the negativity that these shows portray. It’s probably a result of watching this amidst an unbelievably negative and divisive presidential campaign, the social unrest that has raised from wealth disparities, and tons of stuff I’ve been reading recently about the threats of climate chan

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The optimistic case for IoT security standards

A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

With the second major IoT-based DDoS attack having passed through the news cycle, everyone wants to know what can be done to stop future attacks. With the quantity of internet-enabled devices increasing at an accelerated rate for the foreseeable future, we know the answer to that question has to be answered immediately. Large US tech companies and the US Department of Commerce are meeting about this now.

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