Tue.Nov 04, 2014

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MyHero Kicks Off Social Soccer Prediction App FootballHero

YoungUpstarts

'Soccer prediction mobile apps are a dime to a dozen, but what do you expect when soccer – football to the rest of the world – is such a global sporting phenomenon? But what may be a lot rarer is one that actually is based around the engine originally built for a stock trading app. FootballHero is created by MyHero, the Singapore-based makers of highly successful stock trading app TradeHero – which is ranked the No.1 finance app in over 80 countries – as a free social fo

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Episode 1: Reinventing Yourself Profitably with Dorie Clark

Mike Michalowicz

'Show Summary. Dorie Clark, author of Reinventing You , joins Episode 1 of the Profit First Podcast. Dorie explains how reinventing your business or career does not require you to go off the financial cliff. You will discover how one individual, simply by volunteering on weekends found a new life endeavor. Dorie shares how she lived the frugal life and turned out financially winning.

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[Infographic] How Secure Is Your Cloud?

YoungUpstarts

'Move to the cloud, they say. Push everything to the cloud and it will all be good, they say. It’s true – cloud computing have taken off in a very big way in recent years, so much so that vendors of cloud services are reporting growth rates of around 50% annually and already over 50% of US-based firms are using it. But the question is: how safe is the cloud, really?

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Why I think about ‘Star Wars’ whenever I make a PowerPoint

The Next Web

'Seth Dotterer is the VP of Marketing at Conductor. Whenever I create a PowerPoint, I think about Star Wars. I’m a geek who grew up on the George Lucas trilogy, so yes, there’s probably some procrastination going on there. But thinking about Star Wars is an incredibly productive way for me to create a PowerPoint presentation. In fact, I learned most of what I needed to know about creating a compelling slideshow thanks to this beloved sci-fi.

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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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Job creation comes from startups: new and better data

The Equity Kicker

'It’s often repeated that startups are the engine of growth, particularly in employment, but this is the best data I’ve seen backing that up (albeit still only for the US). It was conducted by the Kauffman Foundation who do a lot of great work supporting entrepreneurship and was reported on Forbes. The takeaways are: Companies under five years old are responsible for nearly all net job creation and 20% of gross job creation.

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7 trends fueling a blue ocean opportunity for SaaS companies in Asia

The Next Web

'Pieter Walraven is the co-founder of Pie, a Singapore-based startup building messaging for work. What do you get when you combine Asia’s fast-growing economies and the latest trends in enterprise software? A rare blue ocean opportunity. A population of over 3.5 billion people, unprecedented growth in GDP, and a huge SME sector, mixed with lightweight freemium SaaS adoption models is fueling a new market that’s hard to miss.

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The Five Things to Look For in A Startup Lawyer

Early Growth Financial Services

'Guest post contributed by Tricia Meyer, Managing Attorney at Meyer Law. Early-stage startups have different needs than more mature companies. Finding an attorney who understands these differences will help protect your business from its inception. Here are five things to look for in a startup lawyer: 1. Fit Does the attorney relate to you? Do you feel like he or she has an interest in you and your business?

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How I Discovered The Best “Lifestyle” Business On The Planet Today

Entrepreneurs-Journey.com by Yaro Starak

'When I was very young I knew I wasn’t like the other kids. I had no desire to conform to accepted practices at the time, nor did I see myself following in their footsteps as we grew into adults. It was very clear to me that I would never have. The post How I Discovered The Best “Lifestyle” Business On The Planet Today appeared first on Entrepreneurs-Journey.com.

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"Find the thing in you that is different, that’s as sharp as a diamond and jagged as a razor. Hone."

Bryce Dot VC

'“ Find the thing in you that is different, that’s as sharp as a diamond and jagged as a razor. Hone that, because that’s the thing with which you’ll cut the world. If you try to stay a safe and soft and average, then you’re going to get lost in the sea of all those other things that look just like you. Find the things about yourself that are weird and cultivate them because, eventually, those are the things the world is going to want to reward you for.

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Tips That Help Make People Recognize You Among Successful Entrepreneurs

YoungUpstarts

'by Deepak Chauhan, CEO and founder of VOCSO Web Studio. Millions of successful entrepreneurs have made a mark in different businesses. The success stories they give can shock you. In many cases, people think that to succeed, you do some out of ordinary things. But you realize that those who have succeeded do the same things others do, but take time and research to accomplish it.

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Pop-up Retail: Are You A Good Fit?

Mike Michalowicz

'We see it happen every Halloween and Christmas. Stores set up shop, let everyone know they are there, get lots of traffic and yet, before you know it, you can’t remember what business used to occupy the now-empty building space. But if you look a little closer, you may notice that these stores that come and go – usually specializing in a single product, theme or niche – are around much more than just around the holidays.

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Midterm Election Issues Entrepreneurs and Small Business Owners Should Keep an Eye on

Up and Running

'United States Small Business Friendliness Survey conducted in partnership with the Kauffman Foundation. While the 2016 presidential elections will define some of the key areas in which small businesses will see the biggest impact, today’s midterm elections, go part way to setting the stage for compromise. You’ll want to keep your eye on the outcome as it may have an impact on the business decisions you make in the near future, and of course on what you can expect to be on the table come 2016.