Up and Running
NOVEMBER 30, 2016
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deal architect
NOVEMBER 30, 2016
In recent blog posts you have seen me combat what I consider alarmist scenarios about job losses from automation being painted by many analysts, academics and folks in Silicon Valley.
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Startup Professionals Musings
NOVEMBER 30, 2016
People with a victim mentality should never be entrepreneurs. We all know the role of starting and running a business is unpredictable, and has a high risk of failure. For people with a victim mentality, this fear of failure alone will almost certainly make it a self-fulfilling prophecy. I’m sure you all know someone who is the perennial victim. The problem is that most of these people aren’t likely to accept your assessment, so it’s hard to help them.
deal architect
NOVEMBER 30, 2016
As Washington, London and other world capitals debate and revisit classical global trade thinking, a remarkable change has been happening in the technology world. SaaS, PaaS and IaaS competencies are becoming increasingly pronounced and vendors are recognizing the sheer scale.
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
YoungUpstarts
NOVEMBER 30, 2016
by Andrew Armstrong. Hiring always comes with a degree of risk, but this is particularly true when it comes to sales positions. A company’s lifeblood is its revenue, so the stakes aren’t much higher than with these front-line jobs that put your business’ products or services into the hands of consumers. Whether you are hiring your first sales representative, seeking to staff an entire department, or simply making a replacement, the hiring process doesn’t come without a c
Feld Thoughts
NOVEMBER 30, 2016
Last month I had dinner at Pizzeria Locale in Boulder and did a long interview with Nick Chirls and Alex Lines of Notation Capital for their podcast. Dinner was about them and as they learned, if you trek out to Boulder, dinner is on me. Their podcast series is called Origins and is unique among podcasts as they go deep into the formation history of venture funds, especially from an LP perspective.
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The Next Web
NOVEMBER 30, 2016
This is a question we ask ourselves. Every year we search for the answer and for 2016, we’re proud to announce it to you. Congrats to Lesara for claiming the number one spot! Download the full list of the 30 fastest growing companies But that’s not all. For the fourth year in a row, TNW and Adyen joined forces to organize the Tech5 competition in which we scour The Netherlands, the UK, Spain, France, Germany and Sweden for the fastest revenue-growing companies.
YoungUpstarts
NOVEMBER 30, 2016
When it comes to managing your financial life, not many get excited about the big, bad “B” word – budgeting, that is. The thought of budgeting feels like a massive burden on both your time and your energy, not only to create it but to maintain it, too. However, being able to stick with a budget based on your income and your expenses is paramount to your ongoing financial well-being.
YFS Magazine
NOVEMBER 30, 2016
Direct selling, no longer the domain of door-to-door salesmen, is now enjoying a resurgence with its appeal to a whole new generation.
YoungUpstarts
NOVEMBER 30, 2016
With the holiday shopping season hitting full swing in late November with Black Friday and Cyber Monday sales, retailers are increasingly turning to new technologies to keep pace with the demands of today’s shoppers. Last year, the two days known for their extreme deals and bargains – Black Friday and Cyber Monday – brought in more than $5.8 billion in sales, taking the two top spots for most sales in a day.
YFS Magazine
NOVEMBER 30, 2016
Generally, when there are too many meetings, too many collaborations, and so much hustling it is easy to get overwhelmed.
YoungUpstarts
NOVEMBER 30, 2016
by Lea Schneider. It’s a pretty sure bet that somewhere on your desk is a business card that’s not your own. While some might tell you that keeping contact information stored in your smartphone is the only way to stay organized, there are a billion reasons why that isn’t true. Actually, there are 10 billion reasons — the number of business cards printed in a year.
ConversionXL
NOVEMBER 30, 2016
The best UX is the one you’re not aware of, the one you don’t even notice. That’s what makes a site truly intuitive. Each time UX falls short of intuitive, cognitive load increases. As cognitive load increases, your conversion rate begins to suffer. What Is Cognitive Load (and Why Does It Matter)? Cognitive load is “the total amount of mental effort being used in the working memory.” Cognitive overload, then, is the need for an excessive amount of mental effort.
Hunter Walker
NOVEMBER 30, 2016
It’s possible to build DB of whether people voted or not. Could drive voter participation to 100% if FB, Snap required you to vote to use. Think of it as a “Civic Paywall.
The Entrepreneurial Mind
NOVEMBER 30, 2016
TweetFacebookLinkedInTumblrStumbleDiggDelicious. The post Mom Launches Business to Help Professionals Who Have Become Moms appeared first on Dr Jeff Cornwall.
Duct Tape Marketing
NOVEMBER 30, 2016
The Rules of Effective Copywriting written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing. Marketing Podcast with Joanna Wiebe. I’m back at it again with another episode featuring a copywriter who just happens to think that effective storytelling is effective copywriting. My guest for this week’s episode of the Duct Tape Marketing Podcast is Joanna Wiebe.
Growthink Blog
NOVEMBER 30, 2016
We choose to go to the moon and do the other things not because they are easy but because they are hard. - President Kennedy’s “Moon Speech” September 12, 1962 A fundamental executive leadership challenge is finding the right balance between focusing on what is "core" to one's business and investing time and resources into pursuing adjacent and complementary opportunities to it.
Austin Startup
NOVEMBER 30, 2016
November 30, 2016: One of the most difficult challenges for a fast-charging startup entrepreneur is learning when patience is the correct… Continue reading on Austin Startups ».
Mike Michalowicz
NOVEMBER 30, 2016
Not everyone is a super shopper, especially me, and super-especially when it comes to great gift ideas for clients. Some of us need months to come up with the perfect gift for people we know and love. So what happens when we need a last minute gift idea to say, “Thanks!” or “I appreciate your business” to that special client? We totally freak. Unless you have this “Client Gift-Giving Guide,” which I am so sharing with you.
Mike Michalowicz
NOVEMBER 30, 2016
Not everyone is a super shopper, especially me, and super-especially when it comes to great gift ideas for clients. Some of us need months to come up with the perfect gift for people we know and love. So what happens when we need a last minute gift idea to say, “Thanks!” or “I appreciate your business” to that special client? We totally freak. Unless you have this “Client Gift-Giving Guide,” which I am so sharing with you.
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