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[INTERVIEW] North Aware Founder And Creator Of The Smart Parka, Jamil Khan

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That’s what former software engineer Jamil Khan has done with his new company, North Aware , in manufacturing its Smart Parka. Trust a techie to reinvent how we do winter. North Aware’s Smart Parka is a high-tech coat that has everything covered: Your hands and neck, with built in gloves and scarf.

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5 Communication Hacks For Startup Cofounders

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by Saeju Jeong, CEO and Co-founder of Noom Coach. Here, I outline five principles all co-founders must agree on before working together. It’s important for co-founders to each have their own personal strengths in a business so they can divide the responsibilities and succeed in their respective roles.

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Recruiting Should Be Your #1 Priority From Day 1

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by Felix Winstone, Co-Founder and Managing Director at Talkative. As a startup co-founder with a growing team, here are the recruiting tips I’ve learnt over the last couple of years. Robert Metcalfe, co-founder and CEO of 3Com, says you need to think about it as “recruiting, not hiring”. Hiring = Sales. Be Specific.

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[Interview] PSB Academy: Up-Skilling In A New Learning Economy

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For example, in hospitality and digital marketing; hospitality and entrepreneurship; hospitality and IT, hospitality and engineering, just to name a few. Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg is a classic liberal arts and a psychology major student. How would this help cross-industry?

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Business Travel Decline Due To COVID And Environmental Concerns

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by Simone Semprini, CEO & Co-Founder, TourScanner. Boasting extensive experience in technology, engineering, and research, Simone coordinates the TourScanner team, leading the strategy, business, fundraising, administration, and product management departments. Effect of the lockdown in the travel industry.

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Why You Should Be Doing Product Discovery

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by Nick Frandsen, co-founder and managing partner at Dovetail. Nick Frandsen is a co-founder and managing partner at Dovetail. Prior to founding Dovetail, Nick was co-founder and CTO of 1-Night, a VC-backed ticketing and payments company, and led the engineering team that grew the platform to handle millions of transactions.

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The Future Of SEO And Online Visibility

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by Jennifer Sultzaberger, founder of #vidit. If you want to be found online today, you need to be thinking in terms of online visibility not traditional Search Engine Optimization (SEO). Although it is still important to be positioned well on a search engine page, the Internet has changed dramatically.

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