Fri.Dec 12, 2014

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Managing Virtual Teams – Top 5 Tips

YoungUpstarts

'Virtual team management can get a whole lot easier when you apply the right tips and tools. Truthfully, managing a virtual team is a whole lot of work and has more challenges than just psyching yourself up to get out of those nightclothes and into something snappy. Here are five Servcorp Singapore tips on making virtual team management a whole lot easier: Communicate Via the Right Channels.

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Book Promotional Pricing

deal architect

'The soft cover, print-on-demand version of the book, SAP Nation is now available on Amazon.com here at $ 19.95. Even better, they have a 25% off promotion till December 14. Use promotion code BOOKDEAL25 towards the book. The hardback versions.

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How To Market Your Food Product Effectively

YoungUpstarts

'by Emily Smith, professional market analyst and writer for The Label Company. Making your product stand out of the crowd is quite challenging. The challenge is more when what you are offering is a food product, as people are becoming increasingly cautious about what they are giving to their bodies. Your marketing strategies should be effective enough for your prospective customers to be interested in your food products, as well as trust them.

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3 Gifts Business Owners Should Give Themselves This Holiday Season

Rembrandt Communications

'And the best part is… they’re free! If you are like most entrepreneurs, the last, few months have been crazy. You’ve been working long hours to take care of holiday sales and year-end business. You definitely deserve to give yourself a gift, or several, so here are… 3 Gifts Business Owners Should Give Themselves This […]. The post 3 Gifts Business Owners Should Give Themselves This Holiday Season appeared first on SEO Content Strategy and BtoB Public Relations.

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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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Dubai: Top Pick For Graduate Entrepreneurs

YoungUpstarts

'There’s a big reason why Dubai has seen a significant increase in the number of students enrolling in this city’s universities and private schools. It has been undergoing rapid economic growth and it’s one of the best locations in the world for graduates who are intending to become business entrepreneurs. The UAE is now recognized as having one of the world’s fastest growth rates and students studying here have access to business creation opportunities unlike anywhere else in the world.

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Don’t fall in love with your hypotheses

The Equity Kicker

'I just read Wyatt Jenkins’ 10 A/B testing lessons I learned the hard way. Here’s number one: 1. It’s a hypothesis. Don’t fall in love. Most tests don’t turn out the way you plan them. There’s a roughly 70% chance that you are wrong. Try lots of ideas quickly and cheaply. Consider excluding difficult browsers like IE and excluding customer segments that introduce lots of edge cases.

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So what really happened to the music industry – in data?

Start Up Blog

'We all know the story of the music industry decline, but what do the numbers really tell us? Is the financial disruption as bad as we imagine? It seems there’s never been a time when more music has been consumed. Well, it turns out that downloads and streaming isn’t doing much to reclaim lost revenue from the vinyl and CD sales. Here’s some mind blowing data as to how heavy the industry loses have been over the past 10 years.

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Content Marketing Lessons SMBs Can Learn from Big Name Brands

Up and Running

'Good content marketing will keep your business one step ahead. Read on to see what you can learn from powerhouses like Patagonia, a brand that specializes in gear for a variety of outdoor activities, and has developed an excellent content marketing strategy. For small business owners who are not 100% up to speed on the online marketing world, all this talk of content marketing may be a little confusing.

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Improve Your Leadership Skills in 10 Unexpected Ways

Mike Michalowicz

'John F. Kennedy once said, “Leadership and learning are indispensable to each other.” And, as an entrepreneur, it is important to remember that! Running your own business takes being a leader. But just how does one improve their leadership skills? In more ways than you probably realize! Beyond the Books. There are many ways in which you can improve your leadership skills, and a variety of them are probably right under your nose, only you don’t recognize that quality in them.

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OutboundEngine Lands $11 Million in Venture Capital

SiliconHills

'OutboundEngine, an email, social media and content marketing platform, has closed an $11 million Series B funding round led by Silverton Partners. Other participating in the round were Noro-Moseley Partners, Harmony Partners, Altos Ventures and Capital Factory. The Austin-based startup plans to use the money on office expansion, product development and new vertical markets.

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Shared Learning

SVPG

'One of the tenets of Product Discovery, Lean UX and Lean Startup methodology in general, is to try and avoid or reduce waste. Mostly that means tackling the situation where we design, build, test and deploy a solution that fails to meet its objectives. However, in this article I wanted to focus on another form of waste, one I find particularly frustrating, one that I’ve seen in countless teams, and one that I believe is completely avoidable.

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Periscope Holdings Buys BidSync

SiliconHills

'Austin-based Periscope Holdings has acquired BidSync, a cloud-based procurement and bid notification service for the public sector. The terms of the deal were not disclosed. Parthenon Capital Partners, Periscope’s private equity partner, assisted in the acquisition. Our acquisition of BidSync is incredibly exciting and we are thrilled to bring these two public procurement industry leaders […] The post Periscope Holdings Buys BidSync appeared first on SiliconHills.

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7 Ways A Business Message Gets Lost In The Process

Startup Professionals Musings

'Most business mentors tell me that the single biggest problem they have to deal with in small companies is the lack of open, honest, and effective communication, both from the top down and from the bottom up. Some entrepreneurs forget that talking is not communicating. Fortunately these skills can be learned, and the barriers to communication can be overcome one by one.

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Kingdom Games Buys 4Soils

SiliconHills

'Kingdom Games has acquired 4Soils, a children’s Bible app producer. The terms of the deal were disclosed. Austin-based Kingdom Games reports the acquisition “strengthens its mission to provide ethical and moral games to upcoming generations of all ages.” “We are thrilled to have 4Soils join the Kingdom Games family,” James Parkman, Studio Head of Kingdom […] The post Kingdom Games Buys 4Soils appeared first on SiliconHills.

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Personal Growth: There’s More Than an App for That

Duct Tape Marketing

'Personal Growth: There’s More Than an App for That written by Guest Post read more at Small Business Marketing Blog from Duct Tape Marketing. It’s guest post day here at Duct Tape Marketing, and today’s guest post is from Rusty Brett – Enjoy! . It’s no secret that personal growth and development is easier said than done. Like setting a New Year’s resolution, setting goals for self-improvement is easy — it’s the execution where most people run into issues.

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Epicor Software Buys ShopVisible

SiliconHills

'Austin-based Epicor Software has bought ShopVisible, which makes cloud-based retail order management software, based in Atlanta. Epicor Software makes software for retail, manufacturing and distribution businesses. The terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. The company has more than 20,000 customers in 150 countries. “We are excited about this acquisition, as ShopVisible has spent several […] The post Epicor Software Buys ShopVisible appeared first on SiliconHills.

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Twitter Link Roundup #247 – Small Business, Startups, Innovation, Social Media, Design, Marketing and More

crowdSPRING Blog

'“Make it snow,” says Captain Picard! Have a listen to this wonderful leader’s very own version of this old holiday chestnut. 13 days until Christmas, but who’s counting, anyhow? WE ARE! And now… our weekly roundup of the great links and articles we shared with you over the past week on our crowdSPRING Twitter account (as well as my own Twitter account ).

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The Latest Business News to Help You Plan for the Future

Up and Running

'Image via Pantone, featuring the Color of the Year, Marsala. Every week we select some of the more interesting news stories. The ones we pick are aimed not only to keep you abreast of what is happening in the world, but that will hopefully give you inspiration and ideas that you can use to start, run or manage a better business. And of course, that will give you a boost so you can stay ahead of the competition.