Wed.May 18, 2016

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[Interview] Jason and Jodi Womack, Authors of “Get Momentum”

YoungUpstarts

Husband and wife team Jason Womack and Jodi Womack recently launched their first co-authored book, “ Get Momentum: How to Start When You’re Stuck “ Unlike the promise of many self-help books, their book isn’t a typical one-size-fits-all recipe for success, but instead provides valuable insights into the psychology of change and how to direct focus to experience fulfillment. “ Get Momentum ” aims at coaching individuals on the mindset, skill set, and toolkit require

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The David S. Rose Reading List for High-Growth Startups

Up and Running

Reading lists are dime a dozen, but reading lists that focus on rapid-growth startup businesses? Not so much. Below, you will find a list of books recommended by serial entrepreneur David S. Rose. If you’re planning to start and build a scalable, high-growth business, get ready to fill your bookshelves. Alongside each description, you’ll also find a few words from David.

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Maintaining Company Protection During A Merger

YoungUpstarts

When a company is faced with a merger or acquisition situation, things can get a little hectic. There are many questions up in the air and not only are employees worried, but clients will wonder if your enterprise will maintain its integrity after the change. With some hints and tips from a reputable resource such as Merger Technology , you can embrace the upcoming changes and work towards making the most of it, both for yourself and those you work with.

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The Psychology of Hiring Great People

crowdSPRING Blog

Building a great team is nearly always the key difference between the success or failure of a business. Each person we hire contributes to not only the development of the product, but also to the productivity of the team and overall company culture. When we make a bad hiring decision, we not only affect the product, but we also affect the team, the company’s culture, and the potential success of the business.

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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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How to Avoid a Cluttered Board Room

View from Seed

Many folks have discussed the role and value a board of directors can bring to a startup, even very early in the company’s lifecycle. The purpose of a board is not simply to be the founders’ friend… it is to help govern the company and provide input into its strategic direction. Directors have a responsibility to act in the best interest of all shareholders/stakeholders in the company.

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Every Woman Needs To Feel Empowered

YoungUpstarts

By Cheryl Wood, CEO of Personal Power Enterprises and author of “ The Glamourless Side of Entrepreneurship “ Celebrating the success and fearlessness of women is essential for women’s empowerment. An empowered woman seeks out her passions and purpose, serves her community as a leader and role model and her self-care is a main priority. Along with this, empowering language and a positive mindset can help you to overcome any feelings of doubt.

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Three Ways You Can Improve Yourself As A Business Owner

YoungUpstarts

Good business owners are constantly on the look-out for new ways to improve and better themselves. If you own a small business, chances are you want to be the best business owner ever in order to ensure that your company is a resounding success and experiences amazing rates of growth and development. In order to run a better company, it’s vital for you to become a better business owner.

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5 Secret Ingredients to a Remarkable Story Structure

Brandanew

If you’ve been dabbling in corporate storytelling , this is a good time to think through how to take your stories to another level. It’s important to master the secret ingredients to a remarkable story structure to stay ahead and consistent. As a brand struggling to ensure that you stay close to your tonality and purpose, it’s critical to stay structured.

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4 Ways To Become A Recognized Industry Expert

YFS Magazine

When it comes to building an online business it all starts with your know, like and trust factor. By following these best practices and being consistent you will begin to gain exposure and become a trusted industry authority.

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3 crippling leadership mistakes you’re probably making

The Next Web

When you’re founder, and have spent a ton of your time building your operations, it can be tempting to try to be the hero who does it all. But to keep your company growing, and keep your company’s culture and your own life healthy, you’ve got to be able to face your own limitations and recognize that you can’t do it all. I’ve learned all these things myself as I’ve grown my leadership and my companies over the past several years, so I’m not telling you anything I haven’t learned myself.

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6 Things To Do Before You Give Up On Entrepreneurship

YFS Magazine

I know what this journey is like. I’ve started and grown four businesses from scratch, and I have walked the walk. I have been self-employed for years.

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What Is Your Next Career?

Feld Thoughts

I was recently asked the question “What is your next career?” as part of a discussion with an LP. I thought it was the best diligence question that I have ever been asked. Upon reflection, the LP was clearly asking me indirectly about my long term commitment to venture capital and, without asking “how much longer are you going to do this VC thing?

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Extreme poverty a thing of the past for most people

The Equity Kicker

Yesterday I wrote about the benefits of being optimistic. That’s often hard in today’s world where the media bias to reporting bad news gives us the impression that the world is going to pot. ISIS, Middle East collapse, wealth inequality, and the refugee crisis have loomed large in recent years. However, bad as those things are, and much as I wish they would improve, the overall headline is that the world is improving fast for most people.

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Accelerator Investments Should Be Convertible Equity

The Startup Lawyer

I previously wrote that accelerator documents should be easy. At the time, I thought accelerator documents should be easy primarily because of the potential adverse selection problem for the accelerator. In other words, the more difficult the terms or onboarding process (including the investment documents), the more likely the best startups would choose a different … Continue reading → The post Accelerator Investments Should Be Convertible Equity appeared first on Startup Lawyer.

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Turning the Phone Down the Street into the Feet in the Store: My Investment in Radius8

This is going to be BIG.

Amazon is opening up retail locations. Think about that. The very behemoth that made bricks and mortar into dirty words thinks it's important to have a physical presence in a storefront. Makes you think about everyone trying to turn their digital presence into just another location, but in the cloud. Competing with Amazon online is a loser's bet that smart retailers can't afford to make.

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U.S. Secretary of Transportation Anthony Foxx Visits Austin, a Finalist in the Smart City Challenge

SiliconHills

By LAURA LOREK Reporter with Silicon Hills News Comparing his journey this week to that of an American Idol judge, U.S. Secretary of Transportation Anthony Foxx visited Austin Tuesday morning to meet with one of seven finalists vying for a $40 million Smart City Challenge grant from the U.S. Department of Transportation. Foxx is travelling […] The post U.S.

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LA Founders Have More Diverse Backgrounds: Seed VC (& LA Fund) Erik Rannala

Hunter Walker

I don’t remember when, how or why I met Erik Rannala , although I’m fairly certainly we did have lunch at Google during my tenure there. Unbeknownst to me at the time, my future would end up mirroring his, moving from product leadership roles to starting a seed stage venture fund. Based out of LA, Erik runs Mucker Capital (plus an accelerator Mucker Lab ).

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Audio of my talk at Success Summit (Athens)

Jeff Hilimire

I had a great time speaking at the Success Summit in Athens a few weeks back. They were kind enough to send me the audio of my talk. Hope you enjoy! JH talk at Success Summit in Athens 2016.

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LA Founders Have More Diverse Backgrounds: Seed VC (& LA Fund) Erik Rannala

Hunter Walker

I don’t remember when, how or why I met Erik Rannala , although I’m fairly certainly we did have lunch at Google during my tenure there. Unbeknownst to me at the time, my future would end up mirroring his, moving from product leadership roles to starting a seed stage venture fund. Based out of LA, Erik runs Mucker Capital (plus an accelerator Mucker Lab ).

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How do you set your employees’ wages?

The Entrepreneurial Mind

TweetFacebookLinkedInTumblrStumbleDiggDelicious. The post How do you set your employees’ wages? appeared first on Dr Jeff Cornwall.

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7 Business Expansion Drivers Every Startup Can Use

Startup Professionals Musings

The military has long recognized that machine guns are force multipliers for rifles, but businesses have been slow to capitalize on this concept. Sometimes all the planning in the world isn’t enough for business survival, when things change as fast as they do today. Every business, especially startups, needs all guns blazing quickly on every opportunity or insight into the market.

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Why You Must Get Scrappy with Your Marketing

Duct Tape Marketing

Why You Must Get Scrappy with Your Marketing written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing. Marketing Podcast with Nick Westergaard . With so many marketing options these days, it’s hard to stay focused on what works. While small business owners have always taken advantage of their small, scrappy ways, today it’s a must just to keep any sense of momentum going.

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Episode 89: Profit First Explosion Featuring Chris Curran

Mike Michalowicz

Also Available On. Show Summary. Today we sit down with Chris Curran, our rockstar engineer and Profit First Podcast producer about how some of these ideas came to him as he was producing the show… and how his own business has exploded as a result of implementing profit first and some other strategies! Gain some cool insights, plus hear us play a little song for the first time in studio – we didn’t rehearse (we apologize in advance) but we belted out “Here’s To Us&#

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Launching A Mobile App Startup? Learn Why So Many Apps Go Bust

YFS Magazine

Mobile app success starts with analyzing why apps fail, not why a single app (out of thousands) succeeds.

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