YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 18, 2013

'from Matt Peterson, President and CEO of eFileCabinet. Finding effective solutions for managing business data is one of the biggest obstacles businesses encounter in reducing costs, improving service, increasing productivity, and meeting regulatory requirements. Here are some tips to better manage your documents: 1. Consistent Folder Structures. Most businesses have a large problem with staying consistent with the way folders are named and structured.

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Management Retention Utah Software Review 140

SiliconHills

AUGUST 18, 2013

'By SUSAN LAHEY Reporter with Silicon Hills News TechStars Austin will introduce its inaugural class Monday night, August 19th at 6:30 at Capital Factory. Announcing its first Austin program in May, TechStars has reviewed applications from more than 850 companies and chosen ten. Filament Labs build patient tracking and compliance software around mobile health, behavior […] The post TechStars Introduces Its First Austin Class appeared first on SiliconHills.

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Austin Software Review Mobile Programming 110

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 18, 2013

'Most startups, and many big businesses, still don’t have a clue on how to use social media productively for marketing their business. They randomly churn for hours a day on a couple of their favorite social media platforms, with little thought given to goals, objectives, or metrics; and ultimately give up and fall back to traditional marketing approaches.

Social Media 256

Social Media Media Product Conversion Ratio 256

Scalable Startup

AUGUST 18, 2013

'Confessions of a Drupalvangelist. Anyone who’s been around me for the past 6-12 months has been inundated with my evangelism of eCommerce in general and Drupal + PHP. This is actually a bit strange for me, as a 20+ year software industry professional, I’ve spent most of my time in the world of extremely sophisticated software tools and languages – several of the startups I’ve worked at and/or launched were based on software tools to build software, so I’ve been in

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Software Developers Software Development PHP Silicon Valley 22

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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The Next Web

AUGUST 18, 2013

'Adii Pienaar is the author of Brandiing , a practical guide to content strategy and branding for business. Having had some success as a startup entrepreneur, Adii is now launching PublicBeta , a learning platform for entrepreneurs, by entrepreneurs. The most important thing that you can work on today is figuring out who you (really) are, what you’re passionate about and how this should influence (and build) your personal brand and reputation.

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Reputation Cofounder Audience Email 167

Mike Michalowicz

AUGUST 18, 2013

'Mistakes? Not me. All right, all right. I’ve made a few. More importantly, I’ve seen it all. And in my experience, if you can avoid these whoppers, your success is almost guaranteed. 10. Trying To Get Rich Quick. Most overnight successes take 15 to 20 years to achieve. Success takes time, perseverance and a little bit of luck. If you go in expecting to get rich by breakfast, you’re in for one long night.

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Entrepreneur Employee Restful Internet 162

ConversionXL

AUGUST 18, 2013

'Website speed matters. Fast-loading sites perform better on all fronts: better user experience, higher conversions, more engagement, even higher search rankings. If you’re after mobile traffic (everyone is), site speed becomes even more important. No one wants to download a 4MB website on their smartphone, but most sites are that way. Yours can be different.

Conversion 131

Conversion Caching Hosting Analytics 131

Growthink Blog

AUGUST 18, 2013

'The term "outsourcing" describes contracting out of a business process to a third-party, that is, someone or some firm outside of your core organization. Outsourcing generally refers to ongoing processes versus one-time processes. For example, the development of your website is generally a one-time process. Conversely, the maintenance of your website is an ongoing process.

India 106

India Hiring Cost Conversion 106