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Build a winning IP programme for successful innovation

NZ Entrepreneur

Being strategic with your intellectual property (IP) can be really important. But what is often even more important, especially for businesses built on ongoing innovation, is having a strong IP programme. Resting on your laurels with IP strategy and not having an IP programme may result in missed opportunities and increased business risk. Let’s take New Zealand’s national rugby team, the All Blacks®, as an example.

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6 Keys To Driving Your Business Through Team Culture

Startup Professionals Musings

Creating the right company culture must be a top priority of every entrepreneur and business leader. Simply speaking, culture-driven businesses put their people first, and people make the business, rather than the other way around. Today’s business mantra must be “Take care of your people and they will take care of your customers.” Unfortunately, it’s easier said than done.

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Build Back Better – The Educators Summit

Steve Blank

SAVE THE DATE for the 3rd edition of Lean Innovation Educators Summit. December 16th, 10 – 1pm PST, 1 – 4pm EST , 6 – 9pm UTC. In July 2020, 400+ educators gathered online to discuss and share best practices for Lean education in the virtual environment. We learned a ton. And we’re going to do it again. Join me, Jerry Engel, Pete Newell, and Steve Weinstein and over 1,000 educators from 65 countries and 220 universities for our next Lean Innovation Educators Summit.

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5 Ways to Save Money as a Small Business

Women Entrepreneurs Can

Sometimes business isn’t going as well as you need it to be. When this happens the last thing you want to do is get rid of your staff members. Sometimes it’s better to try and cut costs and ride the storm until things improve. After all, with hard work and dedication, there is always a way to improve your sales and come out better on the other side.

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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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Planning With A Mask… Creating The Future 2021

YoungUpstarts

by Bruce Hodes, CEO of CMI Teamwork Chicago and author of “ Front Line Heroes “ This is about a cover up — get it — planning with a mask…. had to say that. A chance to be silly – we need that. The challenging times continue with the kids at home, you at home, things shutting down or not, office workers working at the office in shifts, bathrooms restricted by zones.

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Burning Platform: Project Management in the Age of COVID

deal architect

Brian Sommer and I have recorded 12 episodes in this series - see index here For the next few episodes, I will be joined by guest analysts and industry observers. Last couple of weeks Rob Kugel of Ventana and Josh.

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The Great HQ Migration

Feld Thoughts

January 3, 2020, seems like a very long time ago. That day, I wrote a post titled The Future Of Work Is Distributed. I had no idea that four months later, all office workers in the world would be working from home, and within six months, the idea of distributed and remote work would be a topic discussed daily. When the Federal tax laws were changed in 2018 to eliminate the deductibility of state income tax, I made the assertion, in the context of Startup Communities, that this would cause moveme

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Facial Rejuvenation Treatments Projected To Enjoy Growth In The Next Five To Seven Years

YoungUpstarts

The number of people aged 65 and above in the world will increase from 702 billion to 1.5 billion between now and the year 2050 and for the beauty sector that means that one thing for the aesthetics industry: anti-aging products will be bigger than ever. The plethora of non-surgical beauty treatments means that many beauty buffs are opting to stay away from the knife, investing instead in laser and other anti-aging treatments that turn back the hands of time, often with very little downtime i

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Three Academia-Related Small Business Ideas For College Students

YFS Magazine

Increasingly, universities themselves are agents of entrepreneurship. Here's a look at three academia-related business ideas for students.

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The 5 Excuses Standing In The Way Of Your Entrepreneurial Dreams

YoungUpstarts

by Johannes Larsson, founder and CEO of www.financer.com. Have you spent the last year(s) dreaming of becoming an entrepreneur while you count down the hours of your nine to five job? Do you have a list of excuses for why you haven’t made the plunge or achieved the success you want yet? You’re not alone. It’s human nature to make excuses to avoid the things that we’re scared of failing at.

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The 7 Biggest Packaging Design Trends For 2021

crowdSPRING Blog

Here are the 7 biggest 2021 packaging design trends that are powerful, relevant, and easily adapted for any business.

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5 Steps For Starting Your Credit History

YoungUpstarts

The first time you try to get a loan or open a credit card, the lender will take a look at your credit report to determine whether you’re likely to repay the loan. Unfortunately, if you haven’t had any loans before, there won’t be much information on your report. How can you start to build a credit history? 1. Apply for a Credit Card.

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Don’t Get Left Behind: 3 Essential Technologies to Take Your Business Forward

The Startup Magazine

In today’s digitized world, failing to move with the times can spell big trouble for your business. New technologies come to the fore all the time, so it’s easy to get left behind by more proactive competitors who take the time and effort to keep up. This has the potential to leave you losing customers and business revenue to your more prepared counterparts that have adopted the essential new technologies.

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Monday Motivation: REINVENT YOUR LIFE – Best Motivational Video

Hearpreneur

This motivational video is to help CEOs, entrepreneurs and business owners start the week off on the right foot. Here are some takeaways from the video: Fear of failure prevents us from acting. If you act in your best interest you’ll lose some friends. Ask yourself ‘What’s blocking you?’ What’s the worst thing that can happen if you take action?

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7 Key Steps to Digitizing Governance

Board Effect

Anytime big changes are happening in the corporate world, nonprofit organizations need to pay attention. That’s because many of the same issues that occur in businesses have a residual effect in the nonprofit realm. One of the big issues that’s changing the landscape of the global economy is digital transformation, and it affects corporations and nonprofits alike.

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Launching a Hospitality Business in 2021: 5 Considerations to Keep in Mind

Women Entrepreneurs Can

Undeniably, the past year has been challenging and extremely hard on small businesses. However, with 2021 on our doorstep, it is impossible not to start thinking about future projects and ideas. If you have always wanted to own a restaurant, then there has never been a better time to start planning for it. Nonetheless, the market has been hit hard by the pandemic, and the competition is fiercer than ever.

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[Part-1] FMCG Brands of Tomorrow: Instant Mashed Potatoes Category

What is ESG Investing? The tricycle of businesses

Before we start, we would like to give you a head’s up. The “FMCG Brands of Tomorrow” is a 4-Part.

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4 Lessons You Should Learn Before Launching a Second Business

Up and Running

In most ways, the easiest way to approach a career is to follow the norm and pass the buck to an employer. Let them find work for you and pass it along: you can live a simple life, just getting through your assigned daily workload and not needing to think about anything else. Minimal stress, minimal responsibility, and minimal opportunity for failure.

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What Makes a Startup Resilient?

ReadWriteStart

In the startup world, resilience is vital for success. As an entrepreneur, you’re going to face countless challenges, both internally and externally, that threaten your longevity and profitability. The best, most successful businesses aren’t the ones that are able to prevent or eliminate these challenges, since such a feat is practically impossible; instead, they’re the businesses that can survive through these challenges and adapt.

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