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10 Key Traits Of An Ideal Entrepreneur Partner

Startup Professionals Musings

'A while back I talked about how and where to find a co-founder in “ For a Startup, Two Heads are Always Better Than One ”. The feedback was good, but some readers asked me to be a bit more specific on attributes that might indicate an ideal startup partner. Even if you are looking in all the right places, it helps to know what you are looking for. In this context, I’m broadening the definition of partner from co-founder to “business partner.

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6 “Shark Tank” Questions Every Business Owner Should Be Able To Answer

YoungUpstarts

'By Richard Weinberger, PhD, CPA, CEO of the Association of Accredited Small Business Consultants and author of “ Propel Your Small Business to Success: Accelerated Actions to Maximize Profit “ If you had to stand before the shark investors in ABC’s “Shark Tank,” would you get stumped by their questions? Small business owners need to have diverse knowledge in many different areas of their company, in addition to having the necessary proficient experience and technic

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The 5 Most Important Entrepreneurial Skills

Growthink Blog

'It’s been 15 years now since I started working with entrepreneurs. Over this time, I’ve seen lots of successes, and unfortunately lots of failures. So, I started thinking, “what is it about those entrepreneurs who have achieved the most success? What are their common attributes and skills?” While the initial list was pretty large, when I boiled it down, there were 5 common attributes or skills that the successful entrepreneurs all had.

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Why Transformational Leaders Are In Demand

YoungUpstarts

'by Brian Dozer, D. Mgt., MBA, adjunct professor at Brandman University’s School of Extended Education. Transformational leaders are in demand more than ever. The intrinsic qualities of a transformational leader are needed in today’s fast-paced, and often uncertain, world of business. If not already doing so, we recommend assessing which emerging and existing leaders already have these qualities, and which may require some training to develop.

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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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The science of negotiation: How entrepreneurs can learn to be powerful negotiators

The Next Web

'Denis Duvauchelle is the CEO and co-founder of productivity app Twoodo. Negotiation is not the simple art of getting what you want, when you want it. A great negotiation, whether in your personal or professional life, will leave both parties feeling [somewhat] satisfied rather than producing a clear winner and a clear loser. Becoming a great negotiator is a skill that will serve you well throughout your life.

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[Infographic] How The Digital World Fuels The Physical Economy

YoungUpstarts

'How important is the Internet to the world’s economy? Plenty, as you can imagine. Consider this: the Internet accounts for 3.4% of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in 13 countries; that’s more than the total GDP for Canada and Spain. And it’s growing rapidly too – global internet use is increasing, which also leads to increased GDP and thus creating jobs and wealth.

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[Singapore] National Research Foundation Selects Six VC Firms To Administer S$120M Startup War Kitty

YoungUpstarts

'Singapore’s National Research Foundation (NRF) – that part of the Prime Minister’s Office which looks at attracting and growing local and foreign technology incubator investors to set up in Singapore and spur the growth of early-stage, high-tech startups here – announced this week it has selected six venture capital firms to help inject S$120 million through a 1:1 investment matching scheme.

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The five roles of a startup CEO from founder to leading an IPO

The Equity Kicker

'It’s well understood now that at many of the best startups the founder remains at the helm until the company is very large – Facebook, Google, Microsoft and Oracle are four great examples. It’s also pretty well understood that founders have to be incredibly adaptive to stay effective as their companies scale. This description of changing requirements from CEOs is a helpful guide to anyone involved with fast growth startups (credit Venturebeat ): Innovator – at the beginn

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A Makerbot Sculpture of Me

Feld Thoughts

'Whenever one of my partners has a significant exit the other partners gives him a gift. These take the form of super creative, often self-referential things that the partner on the receiving end would never buy for himself but the other partners knows he would love. Last week I got a bust of myself printed on a Makerbot. It was made by Cosmo Wenman , who my partners found at CES last year.

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Way2Ride Taxi Payments in NYC

Eric Friedman

'For those that don’t know, many (all?) NYC yellow cabs are now outfitted with a digital screen in the back of the cab that shows local news updates, NYC tourist info, and of course advertising. For the past few months I have been actively using Way2Ride which appears as a “check in” button on the screens to easily pay for and charge cab rides to a loaded credit card.

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First, They Got To Like You

Mike Michalowicz

'I don’t care what you sell or how amazing your offer is; If I don’t like you, I’m not buying. If I don’t like your website, I am going elsewhere. If I don’t like the charity you are connected with, I am going to find someone else who supports the charity I like, and buy from them. It’s not fair. It’s not even logical. But I am the consumer, “fair” and “logical” don’t have nearly as much weight as “gut instinct” and “feels right.”.

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The 4 Keys to a Successful Angel Investment Strategy

VC Adventure

'With the increasing popularity of angel investment sites such as AngelList and CircleUp more and more people are making investments. I love this trend and have a longer form blog coming on the subject – which I think is massive positive force in the startup ecosystem. But this post is much shorter and to the point. I often get asked what my thoughts are on angel investing.

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“Any Favorites?” The Worst Question to Ask Me About Homebrew’s Investments

Hunter Walker

'A year into my career as a seed stage investor , I’m starting to get the hang of some standard conversations. For example, when one VC says to another investor “I’d love to find something to do together,” it means “I’m not going to show you any of my deals but if you invest in something amazing, tell me.” But there’s one question that I hate being asked: “ Which Homebrew investments are your favorite?

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A Starter Guide to Project Agreements

Up and Running

'Get everything in writing. It’s a mantra I followed often in my former job as a paralegal, and it’s one that’s been essential to my success as a freelance writer and editor. If there’s one big mistake that new entrepreneurs make (apart from not charging enough for their services), it’s failing to get a formal, signed project agreement in place before starting a new project.

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MakerSquare Debuts After-School Program

SiliconHills

'By LESLIE ANNE JONES Reporter with Silicon Hills News On a sunny Saturday, 12 children and young teens convened in MakerSquare’s classrooms for a little weekend coding. “What do we think these are?” teacher Drew Robinson asked a room full of kids seated before laptops. “Opening and closing HTML tags,” an elementary school boy speedily […] The post MakerSquare Debuts After-School Program appeared first on SiliconHills.

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Careflash Partners with Seasons Hospice Foundation

Austin Startup

'Seasons Hospice Foundation has partnered with CareFlash, an online social network built specifically to help friends and families who are going through tough life events such as illnesses, recovery, rehabilitation or the months following a loss.

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The Unexpected Downside of Becoming an EIR

Rob Go

'Not sure why, but over the last few years, quite a few people I know took on EIR roles at various VC firms in both the East Coast and in Silicon Valley. Overall, there are positives and negatives to being an EIR. The positives are kind of obvious: A reasonable paycheck to work off of while you think through your next company. Exposure to a large data set of portfolio companies and companies that a VC reviews.

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7 Things Remarkably Happy People Do Often #blindpost

Jeff Hilimire

'This is a blindpost from the article, 7 Things Remarkably Happy People Do Often , on Inc. I love “remarkably happy” people. We all do. They’re infectious with their joy and light up the world around them in a way that inspires us to be better people. To come up with my list, I thought about the remarkably happy people in my life – people like Ann, Jewel, Chad, Stanley, Katie, Adam, John, and Joe – and thought about the things I observe them doing on a daily basis.

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The 4 Keys to a Successful Angel Investment Strategy

VC Adventure

With the increasing popularity of angel investment sites such as AngelList and CircleUp more and more people are making investments. I love this trend and have a longer form blog coming on the subject – which I think is massive positive force in the startup ecosystem. But this post is much shorter and to the point. I often get asked what my thoughts are on angel investing.

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The First Step to Getting a Loan for Your Small Business: Understand Your Eligibility.

Early Growth Financial Services

'This guest post was contributed by Chinwe Onyeagoro, CEO and Co-Founder of FundWell. Our online tool can be a great funding resource for small businesses, and we are excited to post it about it here. The FundWell funding tool instantly gives small business owners their current eligibility for funding amount, interest rate, and timing to close. A business owner can then take the next step and learn what to do to improve his/her financial situation to get better funding, or simply request lender

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