Fri.Feb 27, 2015

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Will Your Startup Fail? Here’s How You Can Tell

YoungUpstarts

'There is an alarming number of statistics surrounding the failure of startups. The Wall Street Journal reports that as many as 3 out of 4 startups fail per year. These startups are actually backed by venture capitalists. Imagine the number of startups that fail without proper capital and funding. Why would a well-funded startup company fail? There are dozens of reasons.

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10 Tips For Managing Entrepreneur Startup Overload

Startup Professionals Musings

'One of the most common complaints I hear from entrepreneurs is that they are overwhelmed by the workload and stress of starting their company. Then there are the additional challenges of balancing the demands of family and friends. Having too much on your plate can turn your dream into a nightmare. Some people will tell you to just get a bigger plate, meaning hire some help.

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Hiring New Talent? Seven Ways To Spot Entrepreneurial DNA

YoungUpstarts

'by Michael Houlihan and Bonnie Harvey, authors of “ The Entrepreneurial Culture: 23 Ways to Engage and Empower Your Peopl e“ and “ The Barefoot Spirit: How Hardship, Hustle, and Heart Built a Bestseller “. As the market continues to improve, your organization might (finally!) be plugging some holes in the workforce and even creating new positions.

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Top 15 Tips to Be a More Successful Young Leader

Up and Running

'Do you have what it takes to be a successful leader? The best way to become a more successful young leader is to disregard it as your goal and focus on your learning journey. That includes a combination of your everyday experience at work, with experiences of your own making. I started my career as an intern in Colgate-Palmolive and was eventually promoted to a position as an internet marketing specialist with a team that consisted of seven others.

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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 Magic of OtherInbox

Feld Thoughts

'I get 300+ non-spam emails a day. No matter how diligent I am at unsubscribing from stuff, I still get an endless stream of valid, opt-in email that I want to unsubscribe to. Google takes good care of my spam and they even jumped all over my complaints about their spam filtering , figured out the problem, and fixed it (thanks friends at Google). So, I’m not talking about spam, but all the rest of the stuff that I don’t need to see right away.

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Six Women Run Tech Startups to Watch in Austin

SiliconHills

'By LAURA LOREK Reporter with Silicon Hills News The stats don’t bode well for women-run tech startups nationwide. Less than 3 percent of venture-backed startups have a woman as a CEO. But things are changing. Groups like Women@Austin and Women in Technology are shining a spotlight on female tech entrepreneurs locally. And crowdfunding, bootstrapping, government […] The post Six Women Run Tech Startups to Watch in Austin appeared first on SiliconHills.

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5 Secrets To Increasing Your Prices

Mike Michalowicz

'It’s inevitable. We all have to raise prices at some point in order to stay solvent. It’s also inevitable that we’re going to agonize over the decision, worrying about what the net effect on our business will be. Here are some tried and true strategies I’ve learned that make your prudent business decision even more effective. 1. Create a new label.

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Donating my birthday to build a home for a family in need #newstorycharity

Jeff Hilimire

'I come into contact with startups all the time. Through speaking events (like this one I’m hosting next Monday night with Charles Brewer ), hanging out at the Atlanta Tech Village , advising/mentoring through Advice For Good , or just generally hanging out where startup folks hang out. The startups that I’m always amazed by are the ones run by a person or two, focusing on helping the world.

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How to Make Your Brand Matter

Duct Tape Marketing

'How to Make Your Brand Matter written by Guest Post read more at Small Business Marketing Blog from Duct Tape Marketing. Today’s Guest Post is by Duct Tape Marketing Consultant Georgie Gallagher, Enjoy! Every business has a brand – even if it thinks it doesn’t. Your local coffee shop has a brand. Your local accountant has a brand. Your local vet has a brand.

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More Words of Wisdom from Steve Jobs

Scott Edward Walker

'To Our Clients & Friends: Welcome to our weekly series “ Helping Entrepreneurs Succeed.” Each week, we post a short video of a successful entrepreneur, investor or business leader on a variety of topics. This week, we again present Steve Jobs in this powerful, one-minute clip from 1995. My favorite quote: “I’m convinced that about half of what separates the successful entrepreneurs from the non-successful ones is pure perseverance.

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