YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 27, 2014

'By Dr. Karen Reddington, Regional Vice President of FedEx Express, South Pacific. Baidu, Tencent, Rakuten, Alibaba – the list goes on. Asia is home to some of the world’s most groundbreaking companies and you only have to look at the likes of Korbit and VMFive to realize it’s not just the larger players that are shaking things up. With Asia’s share of global research and development forecast to grow to 40% this year, the quest to drive innovation is at the forefront of conversation among busine

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The Next Web

NOVEMBER 27, 2014

'Mike Volpe is the CMO of Hubspot. At most companies in the United States, vacation starts in the most unrelaxing way possible: permission slips. Accruing enough time to go on vacation then having to ask for permission to do so feels more like a fifth grade field trip than a grown-up getaway. Still, far too many companies rely upon the status quo to inform vacation policies.

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YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 27, 2014

'By Chelsea Berler, author of “ The Curious One: From Food Stamps to CEO – One Woman’s Journey through Struggle, Tragedy, Success and Love “. You’re not a computer or smartphone manufacturer. You’re not a box of cereal, a tube of toothpaste, or a can of dog food. You’re sure not Oprah or Donald Trump. And, you’re not part of a herd of cattle, either.

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Developer Reputation Audience Naming 173

The Equity Kicker

NOVEMBER 27, 2014

'One of our core beliefs is that at the heart of every great business there’s a great entrepreneur. It says so on our homepage and it underpins our strategy at Forward Partners – we have set ourselves up to be attractive to the best entrepreneurs. That manifests itself throughout our business. We try to run quick and transparent investment processes, we try hard to add value through due diligence, our terms are fair and simple (we will release them soon as standard docs for anybody

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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

Startup

YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 27, 2014

'Over the last few years, the smartphone market has greatly changed. Major mobile phone brands like Samsung and Apple have been leading the premium smartphone market with innovative and captivating products and designs – but all that has been lately matched by other upcoming mobile phone brands. The biggest competitors to these already established mobile giants are the little known manufacturers from China.

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Mike Michalowicz

NOVEMBER 27, 2014

'Life is stressful, especially if you’re in a startup or are an entrepreneur. That’s why sugar, caffeine, high fat snacks and comfort food are so popular. The thing is, that junk only adds to your stress, it doesn’t detract from it. Stress increases your heart rate, makes you breathe faster, and raises your blood pressure. Me? I eat a lot of ginger, I run and eat healthy, but I’m not immune to stress.

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.Net Security Internet Search 112

Up and Running

NOVEMBER 27, 2014

'The Age of Ahhhhh-dvertising. Recently our pin below on Pinterest went a bit viral. Sure it’s a cool use of negative space but I’m sure what made it so shareable was the small message by Fiat in the right hand corn er. Why? Because when it comes to getting a response on social media these days it’s all about the “ahhh factor. This topic came up when I was having lunch with Greg Plata of WestJet Airlines – Bronze Lions winners at this year’s Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity for

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YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 27, 2014

'By Nikole Haiar, Director of Marketing at Hostway Services, Inc. When it comes to creating a website that will not only attract customers, but also keep them coming back for more, e-commerce company owners may be at a loss. It can be difficult to distinguish the essentials of a lucrative e-commerce platform from the items that are merely bells and whistles.

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