Growthink Blog

AUGUST 16, 2017

While other organizations talk about strategy and analysis, we instead talk about leadership and impact." - McKinsey Corporation, Who We Are On one level, reading a quote like this isn't all that surprising. And doing so without big speeches and blandishments about “causes,” or culture. What about your company?

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David Teten

AUGUST 18, 2017

And if the press wants to use positive adjectives, that’s great. But when writing about a firm in its own voice, I like numbers, but not adjectives. I don’t like creating content proprietary to someone else’s platform when they’re not paying us to do it. Email templates. Cross-posted on Entrepreneur.com.

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Hearpreneur

AUGUST 18, 2017

Tell us your story: To be honest I didn’t have much of a background. It bothered me and so I told my family that I wanted to work on a business that somehow could incorporate addressing these things I cared about, but also could address some important consumer concern. Tell us about your business and what you do. . .

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ConversionXL

AUGUST 17, 2017

In our methodology at Slipstream Digital , steps 1-8 are all about planning and prioritizing: gathering data insights, user surveys, user testing results, site drop-off reports etc. Think very carefully about which changes are going to result in the biggest upswing in conversions, and focus on them. Test description. Winning variant.

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K9 Ventures

AUGUST 14, 2017

The small and concentrated portfolio means that K9’s interests are always well aligned with the interests of founders who choose to work with us. I first thought about starting K9 in 2008. We’ve invested in about 14 companies through Fund II over a period of 5 years. We invested in 19 companies through that fund.

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Austin Startup

AUGUST 16, 2017

Most of us enter healthcare for the same reasons. Decreasing reimbursement, DIR fees, and other shady PBM practices are killing us. I’m not saying all of us experience this, but I have plenty of friends with horror stories that say it’s not uncommon. I also felt very alone because it’s a hard subject to talk about.

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Austin Startup

AUGUST 15, 2017

Since open source tends to thrive more than nonprofits and considering the similarities, there is a lot we can learn about how to improve nonprofits by learning about the successful traits and strategies executed by open source communities. Both thrive the most when they have a large user base.

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ConversionXL

AUGUST 15, 2017

I’m mentioning this because your content will almost always provide a greater ROI than the number you’ll come up with at the end of this post, regardless of the KPIs you use. Now, let’s talk about how to actually measure your content ROI, step-by-step. How to Measure Content Marketing ROI In 4 Practical Steps.

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Austin Startup

AUGUST 14, 2017

Few of us have the Steve Jobs gift of knowing what customers would want before they could even imagine what he was planning. But, a few of us can get lucky and guess right. You aren’t bashful about asking the right questions and absorbing honest answers. Just don’t fool yourself too easily. You have a Big Idea. You Listen.

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Austin Startup

AUGUST 16, 2017

Read The Hard Thing About Hard Things. The mark of a bad entrepreneur, as we know from The Hard Thing About Hard Things, is simply that you quit. It seems like entrepreneurship is a great answer to stave off this regret, since it’s all about being true to yourself and following your dreams. Mostly importantly: Never, ever quit.

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ConversionXL

AUGUST 15, 2017

I’m mentioning this because your content will almost always provide a greater ROI than the number you’ll come up with at the end of this post, regardless of the KPIs you use. Now, let’s talk about how to actually measure your content ROI, step-by-step. How to Measure Content Marketing ROI In 4 Practical Steps.

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Austin Startup

AUGUST 16, 2017

70s —  Tuskegee Experiments Exposed 80s —  Ronald Reagan Elected President 90s —  Rodney King Beating 00s —  Take Your Pick of These… 10s —  Last US State Abolished Slavery 2017 —  Unpermissable Racial Gerrymandering Tell me more about how racism has gotten a lot better. What About Racism Against Whites?

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Duct Tape Marketing

AUGUST 17, 2017

We’re going to talk about his latest book, “Leaders Eat Last: Why Some Teams Pull Together and Others Don’t” So, thanks for joining me Simon. I wonder if you could give us a little background before that period. I didn’t know about public speaking, that came slowly as I started to get more invitations.

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Duct Tape Marketing

AUGUST 16, 2017

on when that book came out, and she’s the author of a new book we’re going to talk about today called “Everybody Writes: Your Go-To Guide to Creating Ridiculously Good Content.” Ann Handley: I don’t know what you’re talking about. Also the co-author of “Content Rules.” Ridiculous.

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Small Business Force

AUGUST 12, 2017

Few of us would think about going on an automobile trip without our GPS system to guide us in our travels. With our GPS metaphor, when there’s an accident or road construction, GPS helps you find another route to your destination.

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