Startup Professionals Musings
AUGUST 4, 2014
'Two heads are better than one, so the first task in many startups is finding a co-founder or two. You need to find the skills or experience you don’t have in business, technology or money. The first question I usually get is what percent of the company or equity is that person worth? Giving a co-founder a salary won’t get you the “fire in the belly” you want.
YoungUpstarts
AUGUST 4, 2014
'Are China and India still the “factory” and “outsourced service provider” of the world? How big is the market for Muslim-friendly products and services? What are the promises and perils of trading in the East? In a sweeping expose on the dynamic forces shaping the “New East”, Ben Simpfendorfer’s “ The Rise of the New East: Business Strategies for Success in a World of Increasing Complexity ” provides an in-depth view of how the economic re
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The Next Web
AUGUST 4, 2014
'Brian Solis is a Principal Analyst at Altimeter Group, a research-based advisory firm that helps companies thrive with disruptive technologies. Digital transformation is about to change the way business is done. That’s not a startup pitch from HBO’s new comedy series “Silicon Valley.” Digital transformation is the latest trend in business where companies invest in new technologies to align with the evolution of customer expectations and behavior.
YoungUpstarts
AUGUST 4, 2014
'by Billy Bones, Bookingagentinfo.com. As a start-up, you might be asking yourself how in the world you could ever afford a celebrity endorsement for your product. The idea might sound like a solid one, but you’re not sure how to make it work for your company specifically. Celebrity endorsements do in fact work – but we have to expand our scope of what a ‘celebrity’ is.
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
The Next Web
AUGUST 4, 2014
'George Deeb is the Managing Partner at Chicago-based Red Rocket Ventures, a growth consulting, advisory and executive staffing firm based in Chicago. Timing and luck are key elements for success, but they are the hardest to identify and control. Here are the key drivers to consider when trying to optimize your odds of success: Market timing Market timing is basically the old adage of being in the right place at the right time.
The Equity Kicker
AUGUST 4, 2014
'Putting a favourable gloss on events even when it isn’t merited is in many ways a healthy part of human nature. It helps us preserve our self confidence and lets us move on. However, it can lead to a history being mis-remembered and then future decisions get made using bad data. That’s dangerous. I often see this when good people leave a company.
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Up and Running
AUGUST 4, 2014
'In the past decade, businesses have had to jump on the digital train to stay on top of new trends, capitalize on new markets, and expand reach. From social media channels to review sites like YELP, there’s a lot for entrepreneurs to monitor in the instant feedback, smartphone-crazed world we live in. YELP, for instance, can have a big impact on the growth of your business.
YoungUpstarts
AUGUST 4, 2014
'by Conrad Ford, Managing Director of Check Business. Small business owners and entrepreneurs are particularly prone to seeing their invoices go unpaid for a number of interconnected reasons. Firstly, the clients involved often feel as if they can quite easily refuse to pay your invoice because they doubt whether you have the money or the inclination to chase them for payment through the courts or in any other way.
Up and Running
AUGUST 4, 2014
'Factoring your receivables enables you to obtain immediate cash to operate your business, without waiting 30 to 90 days, or even longer, for your customers and other creditors to pay down their invoices. But when entering into a factoring arrangement, as with any contractual relationship, it is important to understand the issues and requirements contained in the contract before you sign it.
YoungUpstarts
AUGUST 4, 2014
'When most of us think about Walmart, we think about a giant mega-corporation that sucks the will to live out of consumers and employees alike. When most of us think of Walmart we are surprised to learn that it started out as a single Mom and Pop “five and dime” back in the 1950s. This “small family business” or “small indie business” turned megalith isn’t exactly new.
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