Fri.Mar 21, 2014

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How Emotionally Intelligent Are You?

YoungUpstarts

'by Molly Reynolds , Director of Business Development for LUCID Public Relations. Between the hours of nine and five, should you care that one of your employees may be going through a divorce or have a loved one battling cancer? “Leave your personal life at the door,” isn’t that what good managers advise? We all know the most effective employees are stoic, logical, and even clinical when navigating the corporate world, right?

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5 Questions for a CEO: Brett Jacobsen, Mount Vernon Presbyterian School

Jeff Hilimire

'This is the seventh installment of my “5 Questions for a CEO” series. The first was with Raymond King , CEO of Zoo Atlanta; the second was with Devon Wijesinghe , CEO of Insightpool; the third with Mark Feinberg , CEO of Uruut; the fourth with Simms Jenkins , BrightWave Marketing; the fifth was with Rob Kischuk , CEO of PerfectPost; and the sixth was Kyle Porter , CEO of SalesLoft. .

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Why is subscription management so painful?

deal architect

'You would think as we have moved to everything-as-a-service, subscription management and admin would have become easier. Not so, it would appear. I get a renewal on my Spot Satellite messenger service. Cannot find the “do not renew” switch on.

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[Infographic] Color, Value & Evolution Of Logos

YoungUpstarts

'Logos are a crucial part of a company’s brand, and great logos evoke all the right kinds of emotions that help build affinity to that brand. Great businesses know this, and that’s why they can pump in a lot of money to make sure they get their logos right. But designing a great logo doesn’t have to be incredibly expensive – in fact, some of the world’s most recognizable logos were designed by their own founders for free.

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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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Your startup might be your baby, but your employees aren’t

The Next Web

'This post originally appeared on the 15five blog and has been republished with permission. Running a company can often feel like caring for a newborn child. There is a natural and healthy fear that arises that if you are not eternally vigilant then something bad will happen. With a baby, this is called good parenting. With a company, this is called micromanagement and it is universally resented by all employees.

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[UK] Should Limited Company Contractors Consider Accountancy Help?

YoungUpstarts

'The contracting way of life grants workers an enormous amount of independence and freedom, allowing them to pick and choose the projects they complete according to what works best for them and their commitments outside of work. If you are or plan to become a contractor in the near future, it is likely you will have explored the possibility of launching your own limited company.

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[Infographic] Is Commuting Costing Workers Time And Money?

YoungUpstarts

'While much has been said in the news lately about the rising financial burden of travelling into work by train, every commuter can probably relate to the fact that their daily journey is costing them more than just their hard-earned cash. A recent infographic from Buzz Conferencing (below) shows that the average UK employee now spends 55 minutes every day getting in and out of the workplace, which equates to around four and a half hours a week.

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How over-reliance on LinkedIn can lead to hiring pitfalls

The Next Web

'Jeff Zwelling is co-founder and CEO of Convertro, which provides marketers and agencies with cross-channel analytics, insights and recommendations to monitor and optimize marketing strategies. There’s an unfortunate trend developing in the professional world, and it’s all a result of our need for talent. Have you ever seen a cartoon where someone is desperately hungry, and everyone he sees just looks like a walking piece of pizza or an ice cream cone?

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TrueAbility Showcases the Talents of IT Workers

SiliconHills

'By JONATHAN GUTIERREZ Reporter with Silicon Hills News When the founders of TrueAbility were searching for a domain name, they wanted to find something that truly represented what they hoped to accomplish. The four of them wanted a name that spoke to not only the recruiters that used their product for screening job candidates, but […] The post TrueAbility Showcases the Talents of IT Workers appeared first on SiliconHills.

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Not Open Hours

Mike Michalowicz

'How come every business lists its open hours? Open 9:00am to 9:00pm, everyday of the week. Open twenty four by seven. Open. Open. Open. Why doesn’t your business just list its “not open hours?”. Not open from 2:00am to 2:15am. Not open one hour a day. Open hours are boring. They’re expected. Not open hours are different. Different gets noticed. Different is better.

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Just start working

Start Up Blog

'If you want to work with someone, or for someone, people falsely believe that they have to ask for permission. That they need approval to start working with those who inspire them. The opposite is true and if we really want to work for someone, then all we need to do is start working for them. Start being a resource and creating value to what they do.

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Geekdom Ignites San Antonio’s Tech Industry

SiliconHills

'By LAURA LOREK Founder of Silicon Hills News Founded in late 2011, Geekdom has served as a catalyst for San Antonio’s technology startup industry. Graham Weston, chairman of Rackspace and Nick Longo, founder of CoffeeCup Software, founded Geekdom. Lorenzo Gomez now serves as the director of Geekdom. It hosted the Techstars Cloud program, which graduated […] The post Geekdom Ignites San Antonio’s Tech Industry appeared first on SiliconHills.

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Twitter Link Roundup #216 – Small Business, Startups, Innovation, Social Media, Design, Marketing and More

crowdSPRING Blog

'Every day on the crowdSPRING Twitter account and on my own Twitter account , I post links to posts or videos I enjoyed reading or viewing. These posts and videos are about logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! Here are some of the links that I’ve liked and shared this past week!

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Startup Grind San Antonio to Feature Tim Jenison of NewTek and Tim’s Vermeer

SiliconHills

'Tim Jenison will be the featured speaker at Startup Grind San Antonio at noon on March 25th at Geekdom in downtown San Antonio. Jenison is the founder of NewTek, a video graphics software and hardware company. He is an inventor, entrepreneur and now artist and filmmaker, in San Antonio. Jenison is the star of the […] The post Startup Grind San Antonio to Feature Tim Jenison of NewTek and Tim’s Vermeer appeared first on SiliconHills.

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5 Content Statistics Every Marketer Must Understand

Duct Tape Marketing

'5 Content Statistics Every Marketer Must Understand written by Guest Post read more at Small Business Marketing Blog from Duct Tape Marketing Thursday is guest post day here at Duct Tape Marketing and today’s guest is Helen Nesterenko – Enjoy! Content marketing serves many purposes, from getting found by buyers to building relationships with those buyers.

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Ride-Sharing App Lyft Launches in San Antonio

SiliconHills

'Lyft, the ride sharing app, launched Friday in San Antonio, its third city in the Texas market. Lyft is also available in Dallas and Houston. The company held a party earlier this week at the Hotel Havana downtown to celebrate its service in the San Antonio area. Lyft is a ride-sharing service available through a […] The post Ride-Sharing App Lyft Launches in San Antonio appeared first on SiliconHills.