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Loyalty is a hard-earned commodity. There are several times when stakeholder loyalty is tested to the limit. For employees, a late or missed payroll is the ultimate test of corporate loyalty, divorced even from an employee’s ability to make do without a paycheck. MORE
by Katie Lundin of crowdspring. Hashtags can boost impressions, improve the searchability of your content, and encourage more people to talk about your brand. MORE
The idea of exactly what your business is going to usually come first. Secondly, most often, is giving a title to your idea. What exactly is going to be the name of your business? Some people turn to their childhood for inspiration or a beloved family pet. MORE
by Mark Green , author of “ Activators: A CEO’s Guide to Clearer Thinking and Getting Things Done “ A key part of any CEO’s or entrepreneur’s role is to make the “right” decisions, and then ensure they are enacted to advance the business. MORE
We are very happy to announce the launch of Version One Ventures III with $45M USD ($57M CAD) in commitments. With Fund III, we’re doubling down on all that has worked in our previous funds – our strategy, geography, investment thesis and philosophy. It’s an exciting time to be launching a new fund as our focus on network effects and broad geography are driving opportunities in both existing and emerging markets. About Fund III. MORE
John Sumser, aka HR Examiner, has been focusing on "intelligent technology" including AI and machine learning as it morphs the HCM function. Trends in that function are a forerunner of what we will see across the enterprise. I recently caught. Analytics, Big Data Cloud Computing, SaaS MORE
Are you sending the right ad to the right person at the right time? In this video, Mercer talks about the funnel BEFORE the funnel. MORE
Identifying your target market is crucial to product success. Use this method and guide to set a promising strategic focus. The post Guest Post: Market Opportunity Navigator by Sharon Tal-Itzkovitch appeared first on GrasshopperHerder.com. Business Model Canvas Customer Development Lean Startup Generative Market Research Generative Product Research prioritization Strategy MORE
One of the most important skills for every entrepreneur is timely and effective decision making. In a startup, any decision is better than no decision. One of the primary roles of every founder is to solve problems, make a decision, and manage the decision to results. MORE
Fantasyland: How America Went Haywire: A 500-Year History was awesome. Given that Sears filed for Chapter 11 today, I’ll start with some perspective from 1976. America is remarkably dynamic. Humans constantly create narratives about things and how they work. MORE
In my experience in large businesses as well as years of advising startups, I see far too much focus on product skills, and too little on people and process skills. MORE
When I last checked, there were 987,119 “thought leaders” on LinkedIn. Soon, there’ll be more than a million. How many of those do you trust? False expertise” is misidentified competence: We perceive expertise where there is none or evaluate expertise based on irrelevant factors. MORE
A lot of people are choosing the entrepreneur life right out of college instead of finding a traditional job. People have ideas, and these startups are what fuel much of our economy. They’re important, but in order to propel these ideas forward, entrepreneurs need business funding. MORE
Ecommerce brands have seen innovations spring up for all parts of their business to help them compete more effectively with Amazon. Shopify makes it seamless to launch a great storefront. Instagram helps you build your audience (and even sell directly!). Whiplash and Shipmonk handle your fulfillment. MORE
86% of employees and leaders believe that a lack of collaboration and ineffectual communication is responsible for problems in the work environment. MORE
Man’s best friend could be your best business opportunity. From tail wags to sloppy kisses and long days filled with animal admiration, opening or buying a kennel can be rewarding far beyond your potential profits. MORE
Do our hobbies impact our businesses? Adam Hirsen, CEO and co-founder of Chicago-based startup UPshow, suggests entrepreneurs can learn a lot from hobbies. Lifestyle aviation leadership lifestyle success MORE
by Rachel Strella, founder of Strella Social Media. With social media a marketing staple for businesses in all industries and across all parts of the globe, it has become more competitively critical than ever for brands to get their acts together. MORE
Well over 50% of all entrepreneurial startups fail within a year of launch. Some estimates go as high as 90%. It is never enough to just launch a product or idea into the marketplace and hope that it sells. MORE
There’s a reason why people say “the first impression is the last impression.” Some 51% of customers never approach a business again after one bad experience. That puts pressure on every interaction—and every missed opportunity—with potential customers, recent purchasers, and long-time users. MORE
Being a founder means showing confidence. It’s nearly impossible to fundraise, hire, or lead without it—but at the same time, founders don’t know everything. There are many things they’re going to be doing for the first time that are ridiculous to expect them to know how to do right off the bat. Just because you start a company doesn’t necessarily mean you’re automatically a good manager, a good recruiter, or good at PR. MORE
The Startup Magazine was proud to be a media sponsor at this year’s E-Cell, IIM Kashipur flagship entrepreneurship event , Uttishtha’18, on 6 th October, 2018. The theme of this year’s event was, A decade of Disruption – Future Scope. MORE
All good board meetings start well before the meeting itself, so let’s start there for this series on board meetings. Timing – how frequently should you meet? Most boards plan meetings a year at a time. That makes sense given busy schedules, but leads to the question of when and how often should a board meet. As a good rule of thumb, most startup boards meet quarterly (in fact, most boards of any kind meet about this frequently). MORE
Millennials are now the largest living generation in the history. These savvy consumers that are now in their ages 16 to 36 are determined to define the economy as we all know it. MORE
No matter how much you might want it, success doesn’t happen overnight when you’re an entrepreneur. There are bound to be bumps in the road, the key is to be able to cope with these and stay on track. MORE
What is the definition of traction for a business startup today? According to most investors I know, traction is some clear evidence that the “dogs are eating the dog food” – usually meaning that you have at least one customer paying full price for your solution. MORE
In business, and in your personal life, the ability to anticipate and overcome criticism is one of the biggest differentiators between leaders, who make things happen, and followers, who may have great ideas but never seem to get things to go their way. MORE
Getting the capital you need to run your business can be a struggle for any business owner. You need money for operations, but most importantly, you need money to grow. When you’re looking for extra funds, there are typically two options: debt financing and equity financing. MORE
Should you spend some time developing a plan for your business, or just dive in and start, figuring things out as you go? There has been plenty of debate on this topic, but no one has pulled together the scientific evidence to determine if planning is worthwhile—until now. MORE
Global diversification is a great move for your investment portfolio, but you might want to start with a savings account in your home country before venturing offshore for greater investment or lending. However, entrepreneurs should consider establishing an offshore savings account instead. MORE
Knowing the basics of business-to-consumer e-commerce will help you market and sell more effectively. Here's what you need to know. Grow Marketing & Sales company website e-commerce ecommerce tips marketing online business online marketing MORE
At this year’s SaaStock, I presented on one of my favorite topics: how to improve your marketing and sales funnel conversion rates using a deep understanding of what is going on in your buyer’s mind as the navigate through their purchasing process, and experience your marketing and selling. Using the techniques outlined in this presentation, Marketing SaaS Sales & Marketing Machine Startup Help MORE
If you’ve experienced a business failure or setback, it’s not the end of the road. Here are 5 steps I took to turn failure into a successful venture. Lead business failure failure leadership personal development MORE
Today's most successful brands are investing in live events. Here's a look at four reasons why event marketing is on the rise. Grow Marketing & Sales event event marketing Event Planning marketing MORE
The biggest challenge for every entrepreneur and every startup today is to get noticed and remembered in today’s information overload. The number of entrepreneurs worldwide is huge, starting an estimated 50 million new businesses per year, or 137,000 per day. MORE
I got an email this morning from a close friend who asked how I reconcile a particular issue around the concept of #GiveFirst. Following is the setup from the email I got. “I I was thinking of you yesterday. I recently met with someone in town who was looking to connect. I took the meeting because, well, I always take such meetings. I’m just wired that way and you never know what good things can come from such random meetings. So I love doing them. MORE
The exponential improvement of robotics is astounding. This dancing robot from Boston Dynamics is making me wonder if they should be called CyberDyne Systems ! But, what if the robots do get as ‘human’ as many technologists are predicting? MORE
Startup Professionals Musings
OCTOBER 20, 2018
In my experience in large businesses as well as years of advising startups, I see far too much focus on product skills, and too little on people and process skills.
Up and Running
OCTOBER 17, 2018
Should you spend some time developing a plan for your business, or just dive in and start, figuring things out as you go? There has been plenty of debate on this topic, but no one has pulled together the scientific evidence to determine if planning is worthwhile—until now.
deal architect
OCTOBER 15, 2018
John Sumser, aka HR Examiner, has been focusing on "intelligent technology" including AI and machine learning as it morphs the HCM function. Trends in that function are a forerunner of what we will see across the enterprise. I recently caught. Analytics, Big Data Cloud Computing, SaaS
Feld Thoughts
OCTOBER 19, 2018
I got an email this morning from a close friend who asked how I reconcile a particular issue around the concept of #GiveFirst. Following is the setup from the email I got. “I I was thinking of you yesterday. I recently met with someone in town who was looking to connect. I took the meeting because, well, I always take such meetings. I’m just wired that way and you never know what good things can come from such random meetings. So I love doing them.
This is going to be BIG.
OCTOBER 15, 2018
Being a founder means showing confidence. It’s nearly impossible to fundraise, hire, or lead without it—but at the same time, founders don’t know everything. There are many things they’re going to be doing for the first time that are ridiculous to expect them to know how to do right off the bat. Just because you start a company doesn’t necessarily mean you’re automatically a good manager, a good recruiter, or good at PR.
YoungUpstarts
OCTOBER 17, 2018
by Mark Green , author of “ Activators: A CEO’s Guide to Clearer Thinking and Getting Things Done “ A key part of any CEO’s or entrepreneur’s role is to make the “right” decisions, and then ensure they are enacted to advance the business.
Startup Professionals Musings
OCTOBER 21, 2018
One of the most important skills for every entrepreneur is timely and effective decision making. In a startup, any decision is better than no decision. One of the primary roles of every founder is to solve problems, make a decision, and manage the decision to results.
Start Up Roar brings together the best content for start up professionals from the widest variety of industry thought leaders.
Feld Thoughts
OCTOBER 15, 2018
Fantasyland: How America Went Haywire: A 500-Year History was awesome. Given that Sears filed for Chapter 11 today, I’ll start with some perspective from 1976. America is remarkably dynamic. Humans constantly create narratives about things and how they work.
ConversionXL
OCTOBER 18, 2018
When I last checked, there were 987,119 “thought leaders” on LinkedIn. Soon, there’ll be more than a million. How many of those do you trust? False expertise” is misidentified competence: We perceive expertise where there is none or evaluate expertise based on irrelevant factors.
YoungUpstarts
OCTOBER 15, 2018
by Rachel Strella, founder of Strella Social Media. With social media a marketing staple for businesses in all industries and across all parts of the globe, it has become more competitively critical than ever for brands to get their acts together.
Startup Professionals Musings
OCTOBER 17, 2018
What is the definition of traction for a business startup today? According to most investors I know, traction is some clear evidence that the “dogs are eating the dog food” – usually meaning that you have at least one customer paying full price for your solution.
VC Adventure
OCTOBER 18, 2018
All good board meetings start well before the meeting itself, so let’s start there for this series on board meetings. Timing – how frequently should you meet? Most boards plan meetings a year at a time. That makes sense given busy schedules, but leads to the question of when and how often should a board meet. As a good rule of thumb, most startup boards meet quarterly (in fact, most boards of any kind meet about this frequently).
The Startup Magazine
OCTOBER 15, 2018
Well over 50% of all entrepreneurial startups fail within a year of launch. Some estimates go as high as 90%. It is never enough to just launch a product or idea into the marketplace and hope that it sells.
Berkonomics
OCTOBER 18, 2018
Loyalty is a hard-earned commodity. There are several times when stakeholder loyalty is tested to the limit. For employees, a late or missed payroll is the ultimate test of corporate loyalty, divorced even from an employee’s ability to make do without a paycheck.
YoungUpstarts
OCTOBER 17, 2018
by Katie Lundin of crowdspring. Hashtags can boost impressions, improve the searchability of your content, and encourage more people to talk about your brand.
Startup Professionals Musings
OCTOBER 15, 2018
The biggest challenge for every entrepreneur and every startup today is to get noticed and remembered in today’s information overload. The number of entrepreneurs worldwide is huge, starting an estimated 50 million new businesses per year, or 137,000 per day.
YFS Magazine
OCTOBER 17, 2018
If you’ve experienced a business failure or setback, it’s not the end of the road. Here are 5 steps I took to turn failure into a successful venture. Lead business failure failure leadership personal development
ReadWriteStart
OCTOBER 16, 2018
Ecommerce brands have seen innovations spring up for all parts of their business to help them compete more effectively with Amazon. Shopify makes it seamless to launch a great storefront. Instagram helps you build your audience (and even sell directly!). Whiplash and Shipmonk handle your fulfillment.
The Startup Magazine
OCTOBER 19, 2018
A lot of people are choosing the entrepreneur life right out of college instead of finding a traditional job. People have ideas, and these startups are what fuel much of our economy. They’re important, but in order to propel these ideas forward, entrepreneurs need business funding.
YoungUpstarts
OCTOBER 15, 2018
Startup Professionals Musings
OCTOBER 19, 2018
In business, and in your personal life, the ability to anticipate and overcome criticism is one of the biggest differentiators between leaders, who make things happen, and followers, who may have great ideas but never seem to get things to go their way.
ConversionXL
OCTOBER 16, 2018
There’s a reason why people say “the first impression is the last impression.” Some 51% of customers never approach a business again after one bad experience. That puts pressure on every interaction—and every missed opportunity—with potential customers, recent purchasers, and long-time users.
Hearpreneur
OCTOBER 19, 2018
The idea of exactly what your business is going to usually come first. Secondly, most often, is giving a title to your idea. What exactly is going to be the name of your business? Some people turn to their childhood for inspiration or a beloved family pet.
The Startup Magazine
OCTOBER 19, 2018
Global diversification is a great move for your investment portfolio, but you might want to start with a savings account in your home country before venturing offshore for greater investment or lending. However, entrepreneurs should consider establishing an offshore savings account instead.
YoungUpstarts
OCTOBER 17, 2018
No matter how much you might want it, success doesn’t happen overnight when you’re an entrepreneur. There are bound to be bumps in the road, the key is to be able to cope with these and stay on track.
YFS Magazine
OCTOBER 15, 2018
Knowing the basics of business-to-consumer e-commerce will help you market and sell more effectively. Here's what you need to know. Grow Marketing & Sales company website e-commerce ecommerce tips marketing online business online marketing
Version One Ventures
OCTOBER 17, 2018
We are very happy to announce the launch of Version One Ventures III with $45M USD ($57M CAD) in commitments. With Fund III, we’re doubling down on all that has worked in our previous funds – our strategy, geography, investment thesis and philosophy. It’s an exciting time to be launching a new fund as our focus on network effects and broad geography are driving opportunities in both existing and emerging markets. About Fund III.
Up and Running
OCTOBER 16, 2018
Man’s best friend could be your best business opportunity. From tail wags to sloppy kisses and long days filled with animal admiration, opening or buying a kennel can be rewarding far beyond your potential profits.
The Startup Magazine
OCTOBER 18, 2018
Millennials are now the largest living generation in the history. These savvy consumers that are now in their ages 16 to 36 are determined to define the economy as we all know it.
YoungUpstarts
OCTOBER 15, 2018
86% of employees and leaders believe that a lack of collaboration and ineffectual communication is responsible for problems in the work environment.
YFS Magazine
OCTOBER 19, 2018
Today's most successful brands are investing in live events. Here's a look at four reasons why event marketing is on the rise. Grow Marketing & Sales event event marketing Event Planning marketing
Start Up Blog
OCTOBER 18, 2018
The exponential improvement of robotics is astounding. This dancing robot from Boston Dynamics is making me wonder if they should be called CyberDyne Systems ! But, what if the robots do get as ‘human’ as many technologists are predicting?
For Entrepreneurs
OCTOBER 16, 2018
At this year’s SaaStock, I presented on one of my favorite topics: how to improve your marketing and sales funnel conversion rates using a deep understanding of what is going on in your buyer’s mind as the navigate through their purchasing process, and experience your marketing and selling. Using the techniques outlined in this presentation, Marketing SaaS Sales & Marketing Machine Startup Help
The Startup Magazine
OCTOBER 15, 2018
The Startup Magazine was proud to be a media sponsor at this year’s E-Cell, IIM Kashipur flagship entrepreneurship event , Uttishtha’18, on 6 th October, 2018. The theme of this year’s event was, A decade of Disruption – Future Scope.
YoungUpstarts
OCTOBER 19, 2018
Getting the capital you need to run your business can be a struggle for any business owner. You need money for operations, but most importantly, you need money to grow. When you’re looking for extra funds, there are typically two options: debt financing and equity financing.
YFS Magazine
OCTOBER 15, 2018
Do our hobbies impact our businesses? Adam Hirsen, CEO and co-founder of Chicago-based startup UPshow, suggests entrepreneurs can learn a lot from hobbies. Lifestyle aviation leadership lifestyle success
ConversionXL
OCTOBER 17, 2018
Are you sending the right ad to the right person at the right time? In this video, Mercer talks about the funnel BEFORE the funnel.
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