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Keeping Your Customers As Happy As They Deserve To Be

YoungUpstarts

When you have a business to run , it is important that you know the importance of looking after your customers. After all, your customers really are the heart of the business. Without them, there would be little reason for your business to exist at all. Of course, most business owners are aware of the importance of keeping customers happy. However, not all are adept at actually making sure that it happens within their own business.

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Beware Of New Challenges With Services Relationships

Startup Professionals Musings

Selling services has always been about relationships, but the challenges of building relationships with services clients have exploded. Customers today extrapolate their relationships not only from personal contact, but from every aspect of their interface with your company, including web site and social media interactions, access to peer reviews, as well as the actual services experience.

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Doing Business in China: Lessons from an Expat Entrepreneur

Up and Running

Today, China is without a doubt one of the most exciting places in the world to do business. Despite the recent economic downturn, the market potential is enormous, the entrepreneurial spirit in China is high, and the country is inevitably going to increase its global influence thanks to its economic vitality. Of course, politicians, business leaders, and the media in the West have all taken notice.

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What YouTube Taught Me About Facebook Live & Violent Footage

Hunter Walker

“A technical glitch.” That’s what Facebook stated was the cause of the temporary removal from their service of the video capturing Philando Castile’s shooting. Ben Thompson has a smart Stratechery column today about Facebook’s emerging role as a Journalism Company. And the internal discussions (debates?) which are likely occurring.

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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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5 Ways To Make Innovation Everybody’s Job

YoungUpstarts

by . When times are tough — and they often are for small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) — the most innovative thing you can do is figure out a way to keep the operation running at full strength from one day to the next. For instance, in Singapore, sentiments amongst SMBs with regards to the business climate have been on the down over the past few quarters, and the government has been relentlessly pushing businesses to innovate in order to stay ahead.

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Inforum update

deal architect

I spent a couple of days at Infor’s user conference in New York this week. I did a podcast with Jon Reed of Diginomica about the event, and have included excerpts from that conversation and added some other thoughts below.

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What YouTube Taught Me About Facebook Live & Violent Footage

Hunter Walker

“A technical glitch.” That’s what Facebook stated was the cause of the temporary removal from their service of the video capturing Philando Castile’s shooting. Ben Thompson has a smart Stratechery column today about Facebook’s emerging role as a Journalism Company. And the internal discussions (debates?) which are likely occurring.

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Five Ways To Make Your Nonprofit Brand Stand Out

YoungUpstarts

by Julie Cottineau, founder and CEO of BrandTwist and author of “ Twist: How Fresh Perspectives Build Breakthrough Brands “ The world of non-profit marketing has become much more challenging than it ever was. No longer is competition coming from other established non-profit organizations; now, it’s also from individual fundraising resources like Gofundme.com pages and requests on Facebook from friends for support in cause-related marathons, walkathons, etc.

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Entrepreneurs are Everywhere Show No. 35: Jessica Mah and Peggy Burke

Steve Blank

At 19 I thought that I would be able to work really hard on my startup, and then in a year we’d have break out success. We’d raise this money, users would just grow like crazy, and we’d have a huge company, and I’d be able to retire before I turned 25. … Just like in the movies. What happened? Well, I’m 25 and that’s still not the case.

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6 Ways To Start Learning For Aspiring Entrepreneurs

Startup Professionals Musings

One of the simplest questions I get from aspiring entrepreneurs, and ironically one of the hardest, is “How do I start?” I want to tell them to just start anywhere, but I realize that most have no idea where anywhere is. They just aren’t prepared for the life they want, and are really asking me how to learn to be an entrepreneur. It takes more than passion and a course on business basics.

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5 Awesome Tips From Bird by Bird to Improve Your Brand Stories

Brandanew

Writing is a hard job. And writing brand stories with authenticity, while staying true to the tonality and elements of your brand, is even more complicated. We’ve all had days where we look at open documents on our computer and stare at them wondering how to inspire ourselves with something new and exciting. A little inspiration from Anne Lamott’s iconic book – Bird by Bird, comes in handy.

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15 Quick Tips To Help Stressed-Out Professionals Better Manage Their Time

YoungUpstarts

by Jackie Gaines, author of “ Wait a Hot Minute!: How to Manage Your Life with the Minutes You Have “ Ask any working professional what they could use more of, and you’ll probably keep getting the same answer. Time. In the frantic pace of the digital age, time is something everyone seems to be short on now. (It’s almost laughable that we once thought technology would help create more leisure time!

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Looking Forward to 2025

Feld Thoughts

If we fund an early stage startup company today and it’s hugely successful, it’ll be coming into its own in 2025. Ponder that for a moment. That’s how our business – and entrepreneurship – really works. With all of the excitement around entrepreneurship in the past few years, there has been a lot of shorter term thinking.

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Think Like An Entrepreneur For Business Longevity

Startup Professionals Musings

Every new venture that survives the first five years starts to drift away from their entrepreneurial thinking, and assumes they have achieved the path to longevity. In fact, even within Fortune 100 companies, almost 90 percent have encountered growth stalls or flirted with failure, or worse, in the last 50 years. No company can afford to lose the agility, flexibility, and innovation of a startup.

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FAQs on Blogging- From Our Ann Arbor Workshop!

Brandanew

As you know, yesterday, we conducted a workshop in Ann Arbor for a bunch of writers. It was very well received and we had great feedback from the crowd with a ton of questions. For those of you who were unable to attend, here were a a few FAQs on blogging that I answered in the workshop, which I feel could be helpful to everyone beginning with it! Learn how to use content marketing like a pro.

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5 Ways To Simplify Your Day And Get More Done

YoungUpstarts

By Johan Gunnars, CEO and cofounder of Simpliday. Nowadays, most kids — and maybe some adults — probably don’t recognize the old tradition of tying a string around your finger to remind yourself of something important. That’s because reminders, while still as valuable as ever, have evolved with technology (in most cases, for the better). However, even with all the tech options we have to help us remember things today, it can often still feel like daily life isn’t getting any easier or simpler.

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Beware the Industry Template Website!

Rembrandt Communications

Without The Right Content, You Lose Sales. Woo Hoo! You started a business and found out that your industry (real estate, tech, health, etc.) has a simple template you can use to create your website. It’s easy, and automated content posts for you. Done. Not so fast. If you use the same tool as everyone […]. The post Beware the Industry Template Website!

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4 Pillars Of Social Capitalism Drive Good Business

Startup Professionals Musings

I’ve noticed that most young entrepreneurs are more socially conscious today than ever before, which is a great trend. Unfortunately, some are so focused on this principle that they forget that every business, even non-profits, have to practice the basic principles of capitalism (build a business model to make money) to cover their costs to do good things another day.

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Making an amazing introduction via email (via John Exley)

Eric Friedman

John Exley takes relationships seriously. We have been friends for a number of years and after his latest email intro I wanted to share how he does it. With the permission of Mike Falb and John, I wanted to share the following exchange that recently took place. I have never seen someone as thorough or thoughtful about an intro and John does this *EVERY* time.

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The Best Technologies For Your Business

YoungUpstarts

A lot of modern companies are coming more invested in the latest technology. But most of them don’t seem to have implemented any of it to its full potential. The 2010s have brought us some fantastic opportunities to improve our businesses in so many ways. You should be looking into improving your management of the business technology you’re using. Check out this article for some hot tips: Social media.

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Is social dead?

Version One Ventures

At Version One, we’ve centered our investment thesis around companies that leverage network effects. We have talked at great lengths about them in marketplaces and in artificial intelligence and machine learning startups. Social platforms can have incredibly strong network effects, but we’ve been relatively quiet on the subject. And, we’re not alone.

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7 Healthy Productivity Hacks For Entrepreneurs Who Hustle Hard

YFS Magazine

If you're an entrepreneur, you've probabably realized by now how brain fog, headaches, bloating, low energy, getting sick often, and low mood can kill your productivity.

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11 Resources You Can Use to Grow Your Event Planning Business

Up and Running

Finding solid resources to help you grow your event planning business can be tricky, especially because it can be hard to find information specifically geared toward industry professionals. Sure, there are tons of wedding planning websites out there—but how many of them are actually directed toward professional planners, and not just brides? To help you cut through the clutter, here is a list of 11 excellent resources to help you grow your event planning business.

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Why Your Startup Business Needs Instagram

YoungUpstarts

Launched in 2010, Instagram has currently at the peak of popularity with its 300 million daily and 500 million monthly active users, not to mention the social media impact it ensues as well. General perception believe Instagram is just a portal to share unique or regular life pictures but recent studies have proven otherwise; 65% among the top 100 brands in the world use this platform for business purposes, proving Instagram to be a quintessential marketing need.

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Reflections on Nice Going Into The Weekend

Feld Thoughts

I woke up feeling subdued this morning. I didn’t know why but after talking to Amy I realized that the emotional impact on me of the horror in Nice is weighing on me. Amy described her connection to it to me – she’s been physically in the same spot that the tragedy happened – and even though we are far away, something very personal hit home about the whole thing.

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What should go into an in-person pitch deck?

Hippoland

Check out my side project Rejectionathon (discount code: EYFRIENDS), which helps founders get over their fear of rejection. The event is next weekend on July 17, 2016 in the Bay Area. I’ve previously written about the importance of having multiple decks. So, last week I talked about what I like to see in an email deck. This week, I’m going to address in-person decks.

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How to Tell Your Company’s History in Your Business Plan

Up and Running

Company history in a business plan? Yes, it’s a good addition to some business plans, but not all. For this article, I want to look at how to decide whether or not you include company history, and if you do, what to include and where to put it in the plan. The purpose of the business plan. When considering what to do with company history for your business plan, first consider the use of your business plan.

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What You Can Learn From A Census Of Your Industry’s Ecosystem

YoungUpstarts

by Deren Baker, CEO of Jumpshot. Whether you’re starting a new business or launching a new product or service, it’s important to realize that no company functions in isolation. Each company in an industry is interconnected, much like the organisms in one of the many ecosystems on our planet. Other companies working in that same space affect a company’s actions, customers, and products.

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Me and My Colonoscopy

Feld Thoughts

I had a two hour run scheduled today that’s not going to happen. I’m nauseous, tired, stuffy, and fuzzy feeling. It’s all because of something that happened on Friday. I turned 50 in December. A right of passage in America when you turn 50 and have good health insurance is a colonoscopy. I wasn’t thinking very hard about this until a friend of mine had one a few months ago (at 51) and discovered she had colon cancer.

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Entrepreneurs: Effective Selling Is About This, Not That

YFS Magazine

It took me a long time to realize that effective selling – the kind that leads to positive word of mouth, enjoyable work and terrific clients who happily pay you what you’re worth – has nothing to do with this.

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What I Learned from Starting a Travel Company

Up and Running

Tara Cappel is the founder of For the Love of Travel, a startup boutique travel company that offers unique, curated group trips for young adults and young professionals. We asked Tara to share five lessons she’s learned over the past few months about what it takes to get a successful business up and running. If you’re interested in starting a travel company, read through Tara’s lessons and then be sure to check out our tips on boosting your revenue for your travel business, and our list of resou

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Why Lifestyle Entrepreneur Blogs Are Taking Over (And How To Build One)

YoungUpstarts

In the modern age of transparency, today’s socially-driven audiences are in search of personality when it comes to who they follow. Likewise, many young entrepreneurs are looking to remove the traditional “suit and tie” vibe of their marketing efforts in order to reach such an audience. Blurring the lines between “work” and “play,” lifestyle entrepreneurs are taking over the blogosphere to make their voices heard.

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Boulder Tube to Work Day

Feld Thoughts

Many cities around the world have bike to work day. We take it up a level in Boulder and have an annual tube to work day which occurred today. The gang at Sphero went all in and decided to make it a Raft to Work day. They tried hard, but ended up with a classic FAIL blog experience. Enjoy a laugh at the end of the week after a troubling few days in the world.

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Prepare for tech startup success with the Business Core Skills Bundle (89% off)

The Next Web

From tech startups to personal entrepreneurial endeavors, your business plans are reliant on a strong foundation of skills necessary for any company to thrive. The four courses included in the Business Core Skills Bundle will equip you with the knowledge and foundations in financial responsibility to succeed, at an impressive 89 percent off from TNW Deals.

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Profoundly Strange Subscription Businesses (That You Could Start Too)

Up and Running

There’s no point beating about the bush: Subscription businesses are the thing to start today. And, it’s not just because there are loads of things people feel they need or want on a regular basis, it’s because this business model makes money. The great thing about a subscription business is that cash flow is much more predictable. Most businesses actually fail not because they weren’t profitable, but because they had no cash in the bank.

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Knowing When To Upsell Your Existing Clients

YoungUpstarts

by Lewis Robinson. Ah. The upsell. Every marketing professional worth his or her salt knows about this sort of thing. It’s easy in theory to sell your clients a complementary product or more services at a higher price. It’s another thing to do it. For one thing, most business owners have a fear that if they try to sell their clients more, they might lose those clients.