Wed.Feb 11, 2015

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Mapping Movement: The Growing Need For Computer And Cell Phone Forensics

YoungUpstarts

'by Jared K Stern, the President/CEO at Prudent Risk. Computer and cell phone forensics are becoming more mainstream, and for good reason. There’s a lot of information hiding on electronic devices these days, and that information could be the key to uncovering huge liabilities for companies and help the government solve crimes more quickly. What Is Electronic Forensics?

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Free Invoice Templates You Can Use Right Now

Up and Running

'If you’re a freelancer or independent contractor, chances are you’re familiar with how time-consuming the invoicing process can be. If you want to get paid, invoicing is not something you can set aside. The real question is, how can you do it faster? And, how can you do it more affordably, without having to turn to expensive software? One quick and easy way to streamline the process is to use an invoice template.

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What Makes A Workplace Toxic?

YoungUpstarts

'by Paul White, Ph.D., author of “ The 5 Languages of Appreciation in the Workplace ” and “ Rising Above a Toxic Workplace ” Susan, a competent young professional, looked worn and defeated. In talking about her workplace, she told us that bickering, criticism, and lack of support had spread through her organization – a workplace she used to love.

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How to build your growth machine: Part 2

The Next Web

'Samir Patel is the President & CEO of GrowthMachines, TheGrowth.Academy and Mentor at 500Startups. If you missed the first part of How to Build Your Growth Machine, check it out here. Those who fail to plan, plan to fail. Without clear, focused goals, it’s impossible to succeed. Setting up key performance indicators (KPIs) is essential to drive a clear and focused path to your goals and enable teams to do continuous optimization.

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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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The Demand For Tougher Computers

YoungUpstarts

'Probably the biggest advances in computer technology in the last few years have involved not processors or memory, but the housings in which these components are installed. For many years, computers were regarded as fragile, expensive tools that needed to be carefully protected with dust covers, discharged of static electricity, and kept in ideal temperatures and humidity.

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Emotional resonance: the essence of great product

The Equity Kicker

'As I ran this morning I was imagining a conversation with a good friend of mine about us investing in his next startup. He has a technical background, but like many great techies has taken commercial roles to broaden his knowledge base. I think he’s also pretty good at product. It’s this last point that I want to unpack a bit this morning.

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Have An Effective Meeting With These 6 Steps

Mike Michalowicz

'We all know the truth, and it’s time we started admitting it. Most meetings are ineffective. Frustrated with sessions that seemed to accomplish little except functioning as insomnia remedies, I set out to perfect my meeting style – shooting for “The Meeting to End All Meetings.” I did extensive research on what makes a good meeting, and here’s what I’ve found: Categorize your meeting type. .

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Breakdowns Lead to Breakthroughs

Growthink Blog

'In my work I often get to lead strategic and business planning sessions and retreats with some amazingly dynamic and thoughtful entrepreneurs and executives. These past seven days have been particularly rich in this regard. Last week, I led a retreat day for the executive management team of one of California''s and fastest - growing construction management firms, and on Monday did so for one of the oldest receivable management agencies in the world.

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Fresh from the SPRING: SUJITHFAB

crowdSPRING Blog

'When perusing our galleries here on crowdSPRING, we see some amazing work submitted in the projects. Today, we noticed this gem submitted in this logo project for testicular cancer awareness. Let us start the slow clap for SUJITHFAB. Check out more great work on SUJITHFAB’s profile page. Nicely done, SUJITHFAB, nicely done! Related posts: Fresh from the SPRING: Feniks. 12 Questions: Meet Emanuel H?

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Dan Graham Launches Owen’s Garage to Nurture Startups

SiliconHills

'Dan Graham, the co-founder of BuildASign.com, has launched a new venture to nurture Austin’s startup community. Graham has officially opened Owen’s Garage, a coworking and incubator in housed in a former auto shop in East Austin. The space contains Austin startups which Graham has invested in. Owen’s Garage provides a place for “startups to work […] The post Dan Graham Launches Owen’s Garage to Nurture Startups appeared first on SiliconHills.

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Getting Past the Catch-22 of Venture Capital

Mucker Lab

'There are some venture capitalists who consider themselves “entrepreneurial VCs” because they identify with and approach investing from an entrepreneur perspective. Others are actually former entrepreneurs who join a venture fund and call themselves a VC/entrepreneur because they once walked in the shoes of an entrepreneur. And there is another unique breed: One-time entrepreneurs who never invested in startups professionally, but who decide to start a fund as a new venture — a truly entreprene

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Instacart Teams Up with Austin’s Tomlinson’s Pets for Deliveries

SiliconHills

'It’s a real drag when the giant bag of dog food in the pantry is empty and the dogs are hungry and there’s no time to run to the store. Never fear, there’s a solution to this nagging problem. The dogs have got to eat. And Instacart and Tomlinson’s Pets in Austin will make sure […] The post Instacart Teams Up with Austin’s Tomlinson’s Pets for Deliveries appeared first on SiliconHills.

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Marketers Who Use Science and Data Win

Duct Tape Marketing

'Marketers Who Use Science and Data Win written by John Jantsch read more at Small Business Marketing Blog from Duct Tape Marketing. Marketing Podcast with Neil Patel. I’ll get straight to it today – my guest for this week’s episode of the Duct Tape Marketing Podcast is Neil Patel, founder of online tools and services such as Crazy Egg , KISSMetrics , and HelloBar.

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8 Entrepreneur Mindsets That Investors Seek Out

Startup Professionals Musings

'An entrepreneur is literally “one who creates a new business.” The best new businesses are ones that have never been done before, so mastering creativity and recognizing creativity are key skills and mind-sets. But how does one recognize and nurture creativity in a person or team? In researching this question, I found a book by Bryan Mattimore, “ Idea Stormers: How to Lead and Inspire Creative Breakthroughs ,” which outlines well eight attributes of the most creative people, which seem to match

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Congrats to the Sunrise Team

Rob Go

'Today it was officially announced that Microsoft has acquired our portfolio company Sunrise. It’s a fantastic outcome for everyone involved and I know that Pierre, Jeremy, and the team are going to have a huge impact within MSFT. As someone who uses Sunrise every single day, I’m super excited for what’s to come. Personally, this day is a bit bittersweet because I loved working with this team.

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Avoid These Big Mistakes When Hiring Your Next Keynote Speaker

YoungUpstarts

'No matter which way you lean politically, the 2012 Republican National Convention featured some disastrous public speaking. Keynote speaker Chris Christie, the governor of New Jersey, didn’t mention the nominee, Mitt Romney, until about two-thirds of the way through his speech. Two nights later, Clint Eastwood had a dialogue with an empty chair. On paper, both Eastwood and Christie seemed like great choices for keynote speakers.

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