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How To Create And Communicate Performance Standards In Your Startup

YoungUpstarts

When new employees are able to become productive team members, your company receives the best return on its investment in personnel. The HR department at Indiana University suggests a helpful list of factors to consider: Are there behaviors that are expected in your department to promote teamwork, leadership, creativity, customer service?

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How to Navigate the New Era of Customer Expectations

Duct Tape Marketing

Conversely, if you cost your customers time, you will also pay the price financially. John (02:47): Alright, so we're going to get into most of what you just said there a little deeper, but let me just throw this out there for conversation. In essence, if you save your customers time, they will reward you with their business.

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Out of the Crisis #2: Mark Cuban on putting people first, the Dallas Mavericks, and what we'll want on the other side

Startup Lessons Learned

You can listen to our conversation on Apple Podcasts , Google podcasts , or wherever else you like to download podcasts. You can find my conversation with Mark in that format below. Here's my conversation with Mark Cuban. We'd had conversations, not knowing that that game was going to be played that night.

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4 Ways To Fail The Right Way

YoungUpstarts

This is the kind of message successful entrepreneurs and public figures share at Failfest, an annual celebration of failure that brings together entrepreneurs in Indiana. Your product, service or concept needs to evolve in order for it to become well adopted. What brands, products and innovations inspire you as a consumer?

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States of Innovation, Going Gonzeaux Tour – 2012

Gregg Fraley, Author of Jack's Notebook

Okay, it’s not a battle, it’s a conversation, but it’s definitely a road trip, and definitely about the Doing. FEI is an amazing event, and, wouldn’t it be great if that innovation “conversation” was happening all over? Indiana – May 7, 8 (Indianapolis). And online?

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Out of the Crisis #4: Carl Liebert, crisis veteran and radical optimist

Startup Lessons Learned

The stories he told me during our conversation, somber as they are, show the truth of that belief. You can listen to our conversation on Apple podcasts , Google podcasts , or wherever you like to download. Here's my conversation with Carl Liebert. He shared his reflections on why these approaches work. It's member-owned.

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Startup Visa update

Startup Lessons Learned

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Saturday, March 6, 2010 Startup Visa update As I write this, I am traveling at 30,000 feet on Virgin Americas excellent IAD->SFO nonstop, following an intense few days of conversations in Washington, DC about the Startup Visa. Take a look and let me know what you think.