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Avoiding Death by To-Do List: 15 Ways To Overcome Overload And Work Smarter In 2012

YoungUpstarts

And while you’d love to feel energized and excited about jumping into 2012, instead you’re weighed down with dread. You’ll start January 2 feeling overwhelmed and incapable of getting everything done — and 2012 will become another year of wishing things were different. Change how you manage e-mail.

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30 Entrepreneurs Reveal The Industry With The Most Optimist Future

Hearpreneur

No one wants their hard work to go down in the name of a shoddy investment. The IT industry is made up of a wide range of sectors, such as software development, hardware manufacturing, and telecommunications. Digital marketing has opened many doors for businesses to earn higher revenues and have a name in the international market.

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8 Last Minute Tax Tips For Small And Medium Businesses

YoungUpstarts

We are just days away from the tax deadline and for small business owners, it’s not just a matter of filing properly, they are also working to make sure they are working all of the tax codes to their advantages. Take advantage of liberal deductions for equipment purchases made in 2012. This is in effect for 2012 and 2013.

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How Well Versed Are You In Startup Investor Jargon?

Startup Professionals Musings

Ron Conway , of SV Angels, and Reid Hoffman , LinkedIn's founder, are names often mentioned in this category. After viewing your slide deck, if investors are still interested in your startup, they will ask for a deep-dive meeting to drill in on any hard questions before commencing due diligence. Deep-dive meeting.

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Giving Tuesday: How BoardEffect Is Giving Back to Nonprofits

Board Effect

Together, they worked on a concept for a software program to ease nonprofit board duties, and BoardEffect was born. The idea for Giving Tuesday was created in 2012 around the concept of encouraging people to do good deeds. They named it simply, We CARE. BoardEffect Supports Good Governance Practices.

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15 Ways A Brand New Small Business Can Look Established

YoungUpstarts

Hire a professional, or at the least, use inexpensive design software like Tailor Brands to create a great logo yourself. There are over 300 directory sites that should have your business name, phone number, street address, web address, and even hours of operation. Or reviews! You need reviews to look legitimate.

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What Happens When Startups Turn from Their Innovation Stage to Operational Excellence?

Both Sides of the Table

He came to work in our offices at Upfront Ventures as an EIR and immediately began building software to improve how storage was picked up, photographed, scanned and routed to a warehouse. MakeSpace (as he named it) would help you get your excess goods into low-cost warehouses. Startups are like families.