crowdSPRING Blog
JUNE 13, 2014
'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!
SVPG
JUNE 13, 2014
'NOTE: My friend and colleague Jeff Patton is the author of an upcoming book on the general topic of User Stories and especially the technique of Story Mapping. I was asked to write a foreword for this new book, and this article is an excerpt from the foreword. I was also a reviewer of the book and it is definitely a must-read for any product person and fills a very big gap in the current library of Agile titles.
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Startup Professionals Musings
JUNE 13, 2014
'If you think your business has weathered the storm, think again. In addition to obvious economic challenges, the emerging generation of customers is determined to radically change the rules for customer engagement. Their expectations of relationship and personalization are taxing businesses today, and their power through social media will kill those who can’t or won’t comply.
YoungUpstarts
JUNE 13, 2014
'by Dr. Carmella Sebastian, author of “ Sex and Spaghetti Sauce: My Italian Mother’s Recipe for Getting Healthy and Getting Busy in Your 50s and Beyond “. Workplace wellness programs are very popular right now. In fact, according to the 2012 Deloitte Survey of U.S. Employers, 62 percent planned to increase wellness and preventive health programs. But there’s a catch: The larger the employer is, the more likely they’ll increase investment in employee health and wellness.
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
The Next Web
JUNE 13, 2014
'Becoming interesting isn’t just about learning how to become a good conversationalist. You need stories to tell. And the way you communicate those stories on the Internet is through content. Personal branding online is not about you, it’s about your content. I realized it early in my career. In every job and at every stage of my life, I had unique content that gave me an edge and propelled me ahead of the pack, from the scaffolds of Manhattan to the c-suites of Madison Avenue.
YoungUpstarts
JUNE 13, 2014
'By Ben Carpenter, author of “ The Bigs: The Secrets Nobody Tells Students and Young Professionals About How to Find a Great Job, Do a Great Job, Be a Leader, Start a Business, Stay Out of Trouble, and Live A Happy Life “. Much of the career advice that’s doled out these days encourages young people to “follow their dreams” and “feed their passion.” And sure, it sounds good.
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The Next Web
JUNE 13, 2014
'Sahil Parikh is the founder of Brightpod, a Web-based project management software for marketing teams. “The secret of health for both mind and body is not to mourn for the past, worry about the future, or anticipate troubles, but to live in the present moment wisely and earnestly.” – Buddha For a busy startup founder, downtime is important to reflect on the things you have been working on.
Up and Running
JUNE 13, 2014
'The following article is an adaptation from the book “ Own Your Future” by Paul B. Brown with Charles F. Kiefer and Leonard A. Schlesinger. Paul B. Brown is a long-time contributor to The New York Times and a former writer and editor for BusinessWeek , Forbes , and Inc. Want to win a copy of the book? Scroll to the bottom of this post for your chance to be one of five winners. .
The Equity Kicker
JUNE 13, 2014
'Elon Musk, already the startup world’s favourite entrepreneur, took a step closer to all our hearts yesterday when he open sourced all of Tesla’s patents. His thoughts about patents in general are spot on: When I started out with my first company, Zip2, I thought patents were a good thing and worked hard to obtain them. And maybe they were good long ago, but too often these days they serve merely to stifle progress, entrench the positions of giant corporations and enrich those in th
Mike Michalowicz
JUNE 13, 2014
'For all the negative things we can say about airline travel, there is one thing they get right… Regardless of the language you speak, the how to instructions are obvious. Are your how to use instructions “stupid easy” for your clients? They should be. The post A Good Business Makes It “Stupid Easy” For Clients appeared first on Mike Michalowicz.
Up and Running
JUNE 13, 2014
'This article was originally published on SBA.gov. It’s been republished here with permission. Good news: Here is a simple process, with five easy steps, that will help improve your business. It’s easy to do and if you’re not doing something like it already, then this simple addition to your process will offer you substantial business improvement.
Hunter Walker
JUNE 13, 2014
'Over at the Homebrew blog , we wrote about our investment in Weave , a company helping dental offices increase utilization and customer satisfaction. Satya and I believe Weave has the potential to power this function for a tremendous number of SMB verticals. Onward!
Reid Hoffman
JUNE 13, 2014
'It’s said that when architects walk through an office, they see ceiling ornamentation, light sources, building acoustics. When psychologists walk through an office, they see unresolved father issues and avoidant personality disorders. When I walk through an office, I see networks. I know that makes me sound like the kid from The Sixth Sense. But I don’t see dead people.
Duct Tape Marketing
JUNE 13, 2014
'4 Helpful Automation Tools 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 is from Josh Ludin – Enjoy! A friend of mine, and fellow small business founder, told me a funny story recently. He had a meeting scheduled with a bank to secure a loan – his very first meeting of this sort – and during the meeting, the loan officer asked him “So what is your position?
The Entrepreneurial Mind
JUNE 13, 2014
'ENTREPRENEURIAL PROFILE : Jim Greene: Richland, LLC. Richland, LLC , located in Pulaski, Tennessee, is an industrial service company that supplies, assembles, fabricates, installs, paints, sandblasts and tests equipment that involves mechanical or electrical components. Richland has contracts with TSKE Tsukishima Kankyo Engineering Ltd., a Japanese company, and Moritani, a German company.
Jeff Hilimire
JUNE 13, 2014
'Running a mobile game studio ( Dragon Army ) requires me to play a lot of mobile games. I know, sucks right? :) Last week I wrote about a mobile game I love, Duet Game , and this week I thought I’d write about a few games I’m testing out. I haven’t fallen in love with any of these yet, but they’re worth taking a look at. TwoDots is essentially the sequel to Dots, the uber-popular iOS game.
Small Business Force
JUNE 13, 2014
Every entrepreneur believes deeply in their business concept. Most have an abiding passion for what they do and the market they serve and are willing to put in the hard work to get their business off the ground. But, belief, passion and hard work, no matter how good the business concept, are not enough. Without a vision, there is no success. And I'm not the only one who believes that.
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