Fri.May 01, 2015

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Twitter Link Roundup #267 – Flawless Resources for Small Business, Startups, and Design!

crowdSPRING Blog

Where does creativity come from? Apparently it flows straight from the fingers, and this amazing guy shows us how it is an unstoppable force! This man has developed a technique that lets his creativity flow in way that is thoroughly unique and incredibly special. As I type this, I can’t help but think of what this artist would be doing if he were typing this particular blog post!

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The Time When YouTube Eliminated Pay Bias For Its Product Managers

Hunter Walker

If you haven’t checked out #TalkPay on Twitter, you should. People are tweeting about their salary histories. Not verifiable and not scientific, but part of the desire to help drive awareness and close pay gaps for the same jobs, whether between men and women, or Caucasians and other ethnicities. At the heart of pay bias issues are the employers who, with short-term thinking, pay less to people when circumstances allow it.

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How One Startup Figured Out What Could Really Help Deaf People

Steve Blank

Thibault Duchemin and his team applied for our Lean LaunchPad class at UC Berkeley in 2014. We accepted them because it was clear Thibault was driven to solve a very personal problem – he grew up in a Deaf family, the only one who could hear. His team project was to provide automated aids for the hearing impaired. Here’s his story. ——-. Lean LaunchPad: A Year After.

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Success In Any Business Is All About Accountability

Startup Professionals Musings

Most business managers preach that the key to success is holding employees accountable for actions, but I have found that successful entrepreneurs are all about holding themselves accountable. They skip the blame and complain game, and make things happen despite major obstacles. As a startup investor, I view any evidence of a victim mentality as the kiss of death.

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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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[Infographic] Who Gets Paid When A Company Goes Bust: Creditors’ Rights Explained

YoungUpstarts

When dealing with creditors in insolvency situations, it is vital to remember the order of priority. Who ranks above whom? Where does the bank and HMRC rank? If the bank has security, do employees rank ahead of them? These are all commonly asked questions that creditors ask. The simplest way to answer these questions is to imagine creditor ranking as a ladder.

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Michael Dell’s Startup Advice

SiliconHills

By LAURA LOREK Reporter with Silicon Hills News A startup has to have a meaningful purpose, solve an important problem and have passion, said Billionaire Entrepreneur Michael Dell. Bob Metcalfe, professor of Innovation at the University of Texas at Austin, interviewed Dell during an hour-long chat attended by a standing room only crowd of about […] The post Michael Dell’s Startup Advice appeared first on SiliconHills.

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Electricity storage costs on the cusp of a precipitous fall

The Equity Kicker

Elon Musk’s announcement of Tesla Energy and the Tesla Powercell (combined solar cell and battery) is the big news today, but it’s best understood in the context of longer term changes in the electricity industry. Two days ago I wrote about exponential increases in the use of solar energy, but solar energy only gets you so far without efficient storage to keep the lights on when the sun isn’t shining.

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[Infographic] How To Create A Winning Employee Retention Strategy

YoungUpstarts

In an era where it is increasingly difficult to find and hire top talent, it is even more crucial to hold on to your best people. One of the problems is that far too many companies believe that salary is the only contributor to employee well-being and satisfaction; the truth is that while money is a big motivator, ultimately other factors – such a good boss, flexible working practices and other non-tangible welfare benefits – all contribute to employee happiness.

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What Are Your Office Traditions?

Mike Michalowicz

As I am writing this, I just got back from doing push ups. In fact the entire office just did push ups. Why, you ask? Because it is our office tradition. If any one of us here asks a question that really didn’t need to be asked (and resulted in unnecessarily shirking work or dumping it over to someone else), no matter how small… we do push ups.

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What Is A Graduate Loan

YoungUpstarts

Let’s face it, university isn’t easy, and if you’ve studied hard for quite some time then you’ll have earned the kudos that comes with a certificate III/IV, degree, diploma or higher qualification. Of course, chances are you’ll want to let off steam for a few weeks after graduating but sooner or later thoughts turn to how to use your qualifications to get a great job, and of course, a house.

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Strip Mining the Valley

Bryce Dot VC

If you just read the popular tech press this week you’d have been bombarded with sensational tales of flush founders in Ferraris and others bringing parody to life with extravagant networking events hosted under the lights of the major leagues. The press loves the stories of techie playboys, straight out of central casting, living fast and loose aboard the crazy train to Disruption town.

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How to Be or Not Be In a Digital World

Duct Tape Marketing

How to Be or Not Be In a Digital World written by Guest Post read more at Small Business Marketing Blog from Duct Tape Marketing. We’ve watched online presence transform from a hobby or a pastime into a mandatory, crucial, and overwhelmingly powerful tool practiced by everyone familiar with the World Wide Web. What is fast becoming clear is that 10 years from now, online presence will replace resumes and will serve as our business card whether for professional purposes or social and romantic one

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The ability to stick it out

Jeff Hilimire

Earlier this week I gave a tour at the Atlanta Tech Village, which I love doing and always come away inspired from. On the tour I took my guess to meet three different start-ups in the building. The guests loved the interactions and came away incredibly excited and energized from getting to spend time with these entrepreneurs. Each of these successful start-up CEOs have something that I think is a prerequisite of start-up success.

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How to Develop Your Business Strategy

Up and Running

The essence of strategy is choosing what not to do – Michael Porter. I love the Michael Porter here because it’s so true, and more so the more you dig down into the front lines of real business, such as small business and startups. Strategy is what you’re not doing. My favorite metaphor is the sculptor with a block of marble—the art is what he chips off the block, not what he leaves in.

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