Thu.Jun 25, 2015

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How Do You Know if You Have the Right CEO to Run Your Business Until the End?

Both Sides of the Table

Many people don’t know that I actually became Chairman of my first company and relinquishing the CEO role before the company was sold. It’s a topic I’m well versed in personally and I understand the difficult emotional decision of whether to hand the reigns to someone else of the baby you’ve struggled so hard to launch into the world.

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Infographic: 5 Social Media Trends For Small Businesses

Brandanew

In a 2015 social media trends report shared by Social Media Examiner , tons of interesting information is available for marketers and brand owners. For those who don’t have the time to go through the 53-pager, here are the 5 social media trends for small businesses summarized for a review! 5 Social Media Trends For Small Businesses in 2015. 1.

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Four Lessons All Companies Can Learn From Baseball’s Astros Hacking Scandal

YoungUpstarts

By James Pooley, author of “ Secrets: Managing Information Assets in the Age of Cyberespionage “ Most of us assume that corporate espionage and digital theft of trade secrets rarely occur outside of technology, retail, and finance. But as the recent hacking of the Houston Astros’ internal computer network — allegedly by St. Louis Cardinals employees — proves, every company in every industry is vulnerable.

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Don’t Have a Content Marketing Strategy? You’re Losing Money!

Rembrandt Communications

Writing copy that sells is not a passing trend. While there is a lot of hype now about BtoC and BtoB Content Marketing and Content Strategy, these processes have been around for a long time… just with different names. And there is no need for confusion. Let’s keep it simple… What is content marketing? It’s […]. The post Don’t Have a Content Marketing Strategy?

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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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Four Movies All Entrepreneurs Should Watch

YoungUpstarts

If you are like most ambitious entrepreneurs then you are probably someone who works too long and misses out on some of the more relaxing things in life. Most people who work hard can’t remember when the last time it was they took the family out for a movie, took a relaxing walk in the park or just even took a night off. Well if you are too busy trying to be successful to take a night off maybe there is a solution to help you relax for a few hours.

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How We Think About Values Versus Deeply Held Beliefs

Feld Thoughts

Matt Blumberg, the CEO of Return Path, has an outstanding post up this morning titled The Difference Between Culture and Values. Go read it, I’ll be here when you get back. If you liked that, go get a copy of Matt’s book Startup CEO: A Field Guide to Scaling Up Your Business. It’s one of the books on my list of books all CEOs should read.

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Old brands weren’t built for trust

The Equity Kicker

This chart has me wondering if the nature of what makes a good brand has changed. Nowadays consumers want authentic brands that they trust have their back. Younger and tech savvy brands like Paypal, Amazon, Google and Apple have the culture and the understanding to give consumers what they want, whilst older brands like the banks shown above find it much more difficult.

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All You Need To Know About Stock Trading

YoungUpstarts

Stock trading is a very interesting business. There are so many things that one has to know in order to successful in this trait. But once you do figure out the pros and cons of the industry you can make quite a bit of money out of it. There are certain things one has to know before jumping into the stock market. Listed below are some of them: Stocks are more than just paper.

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Mompreneur, Yasmeen Tadia’s ‘Sweet’ Inspiration Serves Up Portfolio Of Feel Good Brands

YFS Magazine

In the latest installment of Success Stories, YFS Magazine speaks with Yasmeen Tadia, a Dallas-based serial entrepreneur.

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Mobilization And Personalization: What E-Commerce Customers Want

YoungUpstarts

By Stephen Fontenot, Marketing Communications Specialist at Hostway Services, Inc. The phrase “The customer is always right,” took hold in the early 1900s, when Harry Gordon Selfridge of Selfridge’s department store first uttered it. As, the world of commerce changes, the commitment to addressing consumers’ preferences and demands never fades. In today’s landscape, it can be challenging to ascertain what a brand’s consumer base wants.

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The Difference Between Culture and Values

OnlyOnce

The Difference Between Culture and Values. This topic has been bugging me for a while, so I am going to use the writing of this post as a means of working through it. We have a great set of core values here at Return Path. And we also have a great corporate culture, as evidenced by our winning multiple employer of choice awards, including being F ortune Magazine’s #2 best medium-sized workplace in America.

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6 Steps to Building a Rock Star Credit Score

Up and Running

This guy? Great credit score. If you’ve ever applied for a mortgage, bought a car, or even rented an apartment, you’ve likely experienced firsthand how much power your credit score can have over your everyday life. But, did you know that your personal credit score is also just as important in the business loan process? A great credit score is like an all-access pass to your financial dreams.

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How I (Finally) Overcame My Fear Of Public Speaking

YFS Magazine

The first time I ever spoke in public, I suffered a severe anxiety attack. It was an awful experience.

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Why Entrepreneurs are Scared of Talking to Users

Spencer Fry

The other day I asked Twitter: “Why are some entrepreneurs scared of talking to users and doing user research?” The tweet popped into my head as I was preparing to have one of my users come into my office to provide feedback. That got me thinking: who else do I know that does this? Not many early stage entrepreneurs. Certainly big companies are often inviting their users to meet with their UX team.

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Is Your Customer Data Secure? 6 Essential Steps To Prevent Data Breaches And Hacks

YFS Magazine

As a business owner, client and customer responsibility rests squarely upon your shoulders. But that’s merely the beginning.

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White-label it: Make it ‘YOU’ inside.

Berkonomics

By David Steakley. This week’s insight comes from David Steakley, who has contributed several great posts to Berkonomics this year. David is an active angel investor in Texas and is a former management consultant, where he obviously plied his trade well. – Dave. Companies can strike it rich by finding an element of business operations which many companies need, but few have the capability or expertise to execute with excellence – and then aim to supply that element.

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4 Simple Ways to Grow Your Service Business Online

Duct Tape Marketing

4 Simple Ways to Grow Your Service Business Online written by Guest Post read more at Small Business Marketing Blog from Duct Tape Marketing. photo credit: flickr. Service businesses don’t get much love on the internet. It seems like all the best online marketing advice is reserved for software startups or product based companies. What about folks who sell good old fashion services?

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Cannabis Startups: Exploring the Opportunities and Challenges

Early Growth Financial Services

EGFS’ first-ever panel event for cannabis entrepreneurs attracted 100 participants. The speakers were: Ambere St. Denis of Crimson Business Insurance; David Ehrenberg, CEO of EGFS; David Kram, Founder and CEO, Relieve; Evan Horowitz, Cofounder of Weed Club; Brian Holmes, Managing Director at First Ascent Associates; Tucker Cottingham, Attorney at Bend Law Group; and moderator Gina Cooper, CEO of Cooper Strategies.

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5 Key Elements That Make Startups Successful

YoungUpstarts

Stepping out into the world of business is an exciting prospect. However, the overload of information to take in as a new startup can be overwhelming. Worse still, not all of that data will necessarily help your company. The main thing to remember is business doesn’t have to be complicated. Essentially, it all boils down to the single goal of making money.

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