Fri.Sep 12, 2014

article thumbnail

Are Online Courses Better Than University Classes?

YoungUpstarts

'This is quite an interesting question, and one that appears a lot more often than many believe. Thanks to the appearance of different online courses and the evolution of technology, people from all around the world now have access to the possibility of putting their hands on the knowledge that they need to advance in their careers or simply learn what they were not able to due to various possible reasons.

article thumbnail

Why Translational Medicine Will Never be The Same

Steve Blank

'There have been 2 or 3 courses in my entire education that have changed. the way I think. This is one of those. Hobart Harris Professor and Chief, Division of General Surgery at UCSF. For the past three years the National Science Foundation Innovation Corps has been teaching our nations best scientists how to build a Lean Startup. Close to 400 teams in robotics, computer science, materials science, geoscience, etc. have learned how to use business models, get out of the building to test thei

Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

What Should Small Businesses Check On Their Employees?

YoungUpstarts

'by Michael Klazema , lead author and editor for Backgroundchecks.com. The question in the title of this article is a common one, but not for the reason you might think. When you hear the question “What type of background checks should my small business run on employees?” you imagine that some invisible barrier exists between “small companies” and “large companies” that impacts which types of background screenings are and are not necessary.

article thumbnail

How to craft a compelling storyline for your company

The Next Web

'Brian Honigman is a marketing consultant, speaker and a freelance writer. TThis post originally appeared on the SumAll blog. Content is the fuel of all marketing initiatives today, but without having a story to tell there’s no content for your business to create and distribute. Storytelling is a powerful way to get the message across about what your company does and on a deeper level, what it stands for.

article thumbnail

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

article thumbnail

More on UK ecommerce penetration

The Equity Kicker

'One of the reasons we like backing ecommerce companies is that here in the UK we spend more online that all other major countries bar Sweden and we punch above our weight when it comes to ecommerce leaders.

eCommerce 126
article thumbnail

Effective communication tips for operating a business across time zones

The Next Web

'Anton Gladkoborodov is the founder and CEO of Coub, an HD video-remixing platform. This article was co-written with Anastasia Popova, Coub’s Marketing Director. With the internet facilitating global connectivity, it’s becoming easier for large companies to spread around the world, oftentimes with each branch focusing on a particular function and acting more or less independently.

More Trending

article thumbnail

Should You Serve Fair Trade Coffee?

Up and Running

'If you own a business that sells coffee, do you know if your coffee producers are getting a fair shake? In a global market where the buyers and sellers of coffee are often half a world away from those who grow and maintain the plants themselves, do you know what those worker’s lives are like? Are the working conditions safe, are they getting a wage that reflects their contribution?

Green 115
article thumbnail

Have Great Client Meetings in These 12 Unexpected Places

Mike Michalowicz

'Holding meetings with clients is a given. At some point just about all entrepreneurs need to meet with their client. But where you meet can make a big difference. So it’s time to challenge yourself and get out of the ordinary and start holding those client meetings in better places than you are used to. Your client will thank you for it! Making Space.

article thumbnail

5 Helpful Strategies for Unobtrusively Surveying Customers after a Sale

Up and Running

'Sure, you could email customers after every transaction to evaluate their experience. But that seems clunky and time consuming. In order to figure out the best ways to get the information you need without the hassle, we asked five entrepreneurs from Young Entrepreneur Council (YEC) what methods or tools they recommend for surveying customers. Here’s what they had to say: 1.

Sales 87
article thumbnail

Innotech Beta Summit 2014 Applications Now Open

Austin Startup

'This is my 8th year of running the Innotech Beta Summit, which highlights the freshest new technology companies in Austin. It takes place during the Innotech Conference at the Austin Convention Center on October 15th. Each year we showcase 6 companies who do 6-minute demos of their new products.

Austin 80
article thumbnail

Smart Entrepreneurs Plan Ahead For A Startup Exit

Startup Professionals Musings

'The last thing a new entrepreneur wants to think about for a new startup is how it will end. Yet one of the first things a potential equity investor asks about is your exit strategy. The answer you give can make or break your ability to get an investment, so you need to have the right answer ready before anyone asks. Here are three important reasons for the question: Good investment paybacks normally require an exit event.

article thumbnail

The Unfiltered Peter Thiel Talks Startups, The CIA And Female Founders

ReadWriteStart

Peter Thiel, at turns smug, acerbic and brilliant, has opinions on most everything. I first met him a few weeks before I graduated from law school and after he had pulled off the sale of PayPal to eBay for $1.5 billion. Why did he bother to accept a random lunch invitation from a nobody? I don’t know. But that’s part of Thiel’s odd and endearing genius.

article thumbnail

Five Selling Mistakes that Cost You Marketing Dollars

Duct Tape Marketing

'Five Selling Mistakes that Cost You Marketing Dollars 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 Mike Montague – Enjoy! Most businesses these days seem to take a sales or marketing approach to business development instead of a sales AND marketing approach.