YoungUpstarts

MARCH 30, 2016

Construction is a business that’s uniquely competitive and fraught with risk. Financially, physically and for your reputation. It’s difficult to keep the standard you need to make your company a success. But it’s worth it for the benefits. Steady business, wealth and the perks of flexible, fulfilling work await. But there are a lot of firms out there making use of business practices that range from reckless to downright incompetent.

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Growthink Blog

MARCH 30, 2016

The fox knows many things, but a hedgehog knows one big thing. - Ancient Greek Aphorism Isaiah Berlin , in 1953, famously referenced this as a jumping off point for an essay on the relative importance of two kinds of knowledge, on the one hand that of principles and ideas, and on the other hand that of "ways of the world," street smarts, and technique.

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YoungUpstarts

MARCH 30, 2016

by Ted Spooner, CEO of RespondWell. Speed bumps and change live at the very heart of entrepreneurship. As Mark Cuban says in his book “ How to Win at the Sport of Business “, “you only need to be right once.” But what if you got it right and you were derailed by circumstances out of your control? Part of being an entrepreneur is to know when to take a step back to build something else.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 30, 2016

Intuitively, many entrepreneurs and businesses believe that the key to faster growth and success is more products, features, and markets. Since we all have limited resources, and can’t add more hours to the day, the result is usually more things done poorly, rather than a few key things done better than anyone else. The message here is focus , reiterated by every advisor and investor.

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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

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Brandanew

MARCH 30, 2016

We all are eager to teach children and pass on our pearls of wisdom. But most times we realize that they can teach us adults, a ton of things. Same is the case with Children’s literature. Simplistic but profound lessons for every walk of life, which can easily be applied in the field of business too. I’ve picked up ten classics and things your brand can learn from children’s stories. 10 Things Your Brand Can Learn From Children’s Stories. 1.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 30, 2016

$30 million. That’s how much Invoca raised and we’re announcing it today.

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Rembrandt Communications

MARCH 30, 2016

Take advantage of this competitive tool to boost sales and online awareness Content is a huge part of most marketing strategies right now. In fact, recent stats from the Content Marketing Institute indicate that 72% of B2B marketers are “heavily focused on creating engaging content, citing it as the top priority for their internal content […].

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YoungUpstarts

MARCH 30, 2016

By Holly Chaffin, Search Engine Optimization Specialist at Hostway Services, Inc. Social media and blogging have become staples of search engine optimization – but these efforts alone aren’t necessarily enough to boost traffic to a company’s website. To go above and beyond these baseline best practices, businesses need to get a little creative. So how else can companies effectively drive traffic to their websites?

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The Equity Kicker

MARCH 30, 2016

Founders and investors in their startups have to choose which markets to attack and by extension which companies to compete with. Most often that’s done by looking for industries where there has been little innovation and/or the founder has a plan that leads to a sustainable competitive advantage. As an example from our portfolio, Thread.com has built a personalisation algorithm which allows men to “dress better without trying” They are competing with offline and online fashio

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YoungUpstarts

MARCH 30, 2016

Small businesses listen up – you need to take outsourcing seriously. Don’t think of outsourcing as a neat little trick that the big firms do to make their business successful. No, think of it as a neat little trick that you can use to make your startup successful. The mistake that most new businesses make is that they fall into the trap of thinking that only certain firms can do certain things.

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Up and Running

MARCH 30, 2016

When you’re starting a business, it can seem like there are a million and one things to think about. Top of mind for most entrepreneurs? How to finance their business. A business loan can be a great source of capital, but it can be difficult to navigate the myriad of loan options available to small business owners. SBA loans, conventional bank loans, online working capital loans, and peer-to-peer loans are just a few of the types of loans that small businesses are eligible for.

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Feld Thoughts

MARCH 30, 2016

I’ve decided to read a bunch of old science fiction as a way to form some more diverse views of the future. I’ve been reading science fiction since I was a kid. I probably started around age ten and was a voracious reader of sci-fi and fantasy in high school. I’ve continued on as an adult, estimating that 25% of what I read is science fiction.

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YFS Magazine

MARCH 30, 2016

We can expect a
 colossal uproar and market consolidation in the near future, especially as larger CRM players align themselves to brace for the changing needs of businesses.

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crowdSPRING Blog

MARCH 30, 2016

The business world changes frequently and quickly, making it difficult for small businesses and entrepreneurs to keep up with new trends. But if small business owners and entrepreneurs fail to keep up with these trends, they will be left behind in the dust as the technology, organization, and marketing techniques in their industries change. A 2014 study from Emergent Research revealed that there are four main forces currently driving the development of the next generation of small businesses: so

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YFS Magazine

MARCH 30, 2016

Coffee is the most popular drink worldwide with about 400 billion cups consumed each year. A staggering percentage of the world’s population consumes coffee to fuel their daily lives.

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Austin Startup

MARCH 30, 2016

Skype bots, Cortana bots, bot framework, bot directory, AI for visual, speech, and natural language bots, oh my!! Continue reading on Medium ».

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YFS Magazine

MARCH 30, 2016

Learn what your genius zone is, how to discover it and steps to take that can keep you operating in it longer. This is a pursuit of the bold, powerful and passionate and if you’re prepared for massive changes in your life, it is well worth the journey.

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Jeff Hilimire

MARCH 30, 2016

Mike Popowski , CEO of Dagger , passed me the article, Speed as a Habit. Speed is absolutely critical for entrepreneurs. The ability to react and move quickly is imperative for a CEO as he/she tries to navigate a growing company. Here’s a great quote from the article: I’ve long believed that speed is the ultimate weapon in business. All else being equal, the fastest company in any market will win.

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Austin Startup

MARCH 30, 2016

Two recent articles got me thinking what it means to be an event professional. Continue reading on Medium ».

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The Entrepreneurial Mind

MARCH 30, 2016

TweetFacebookLinkedInTumblrStumbleDiggDelicious. The post How much should my partners and I pay ourselves? appeared first on Dr Jeff Cornwall.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 30, 2016

$30 million. That’s how much Invoca raised and we’re announcing it today. It is an heroic accomplishment in a brutal fund-raising market in which only market leaders can bring in that sort of money. But the story started more than 6 months ago. And the narrative may tell you something about your own journey one day. We started planning our fund raising as much as 14 months ago.

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Mike Michalowicz

MARCH 30, 2016

Also Available On. Show Summary. Welcome to Episode 75 of the Profit First Podcast! Michelle Villalobos shares her story of launching a membership organization – and how it wasn’t all sunshine and roses. Michelle left a corporate position to start her company; it was only after she burned through all of her savings that she was able to start making the turn towards a successful business… but her story wasn’t done yet!

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Hunter Walker

MARCH 30, 2016

Podcasts are big business. At least that’s what the articles keep telling me. And indeed, there are a number of podcasts which makes big money, almost 100% via brand sponsorship dollars. But for podcasts to really develop as a market the industry needs to find a way to integrate “listener pays” models into the business, whether it be at the show/series level and/or the “Hulu for podcasts” subscription model.

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