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13 Entrepreneurs Share Their Pick for a Dream Mentor

Hearpreneur

Share Entrepreneurship and mentorships are often seen as going hand-in-hand. Business mentors are as old as concept of entrepreneurs themselves. From Oprah and Maya Angelou to Steve Jobs and Mark Zuckerberg, famous mentorships have a powerful impact on the lives of entrepreneurs. Having a strong figure in your life to help steady you through the currents of growing your business can be a lifesaver.

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8 Ways Small Businesses Can Stay Competitive With SEO

YoungUpstarts

by Maulik Patel, managing director at HireSEOAgency. It is said that if you’re passionate about something, just do it! But then, the very next moment a question arises- how? How to carry successful strategies which would be beneficial in the long term? The mantra for a business to succeed is to make a strong relationship with the new clients along with keeping harmony with old ones.

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True Wealth Ventures’ $20 Million Fund Invests in Women-run Startups

SiliconHills

By LAURA LOREK Publisher and Senior Reporter with Silicon Hills News Women run startups outperform all male teams yet they still struggle to get venture capital. That’s a problem Sara Brand and Kerry Rupp with True Wealth Ventures, are seeking to solve. They are raising a $20 million venture capital fund focused on investing in […] The post True Wealth Ventures’ $20 Million Fund Invests in Women-run Startups appeared first on SiliconHills.

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How Not to Minimize Cancellations [Rant]

ConversionXL

If you run a subscription business, cancellations are part of the package. You need to focus on retention to win, but cancellations / churn happen no matter what. You should minimize cancellations by improving your service and/or getting the right kind of people in the door. Not by making it harder to cancel. The worst option: have people call to cancel.

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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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TrendKite Expands to London

SiliconHills

TrendKite, a public relations analytics company for agencies and corporate brands, has opened a new office in London. The Austin-based startup, founded in 2012, closed on $16.6 million in funding last year and to date has raised $37 million. TrendKite hired Gerard McNamara as its vice president of sales for Europe, Middle East, and Africa. […] The post TrendKite Expands to London appeared first on SiliconHills.

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How to close investors

Hippoland

Your round isn’t anywhere near closed unless you have enough investors who are very serious about investing. However, it can often be difficult to figure out if an investor is actually serious about investing or just being positive about your business. So how can you tell who is actually serious and who isn’t? Signals to look for: For VCs, you’ve had at least a couple of meetings with the firm, including the decision maker / makers For everyone, you’ve discussed details of the round — e.g. how

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Motivational Clips for Entrepreneurs: “We’ve Done It” (via Elon Musk)

Scott Edward Walker

Welcome to our weekly series “ Motivational Clips for Entrepreneurs.” Each week, we share a favorite video clip to inspire and motivate entrepreneurs. Why? Because we know how tough it is being an entrepreneur; and whether you’re launching your venture, trying to iterate on your business model or raising funds, you need a little juice to help you push the ball forward.

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San Antonio is Promoting SATX at SXSW for 2017

SiliconHills

San Antonio is the seventh largest city in the country and is home to giant companies like Rackspace, USAA, HEB, Valero and the Argo Group. But three years ago, San Antonio didn’t even have a booth at the trade show at South by Southwest Interactive, the largest technology show in Texas. A lot has changed […] The post San Antonio is Promoting SATX at SXSW for 2017 appeared first on SiliconHills.

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2017 Blog Profits Blueprint: How To Make $10,000 Per Month, ‘Working’ On Your Blog Only 2 Hours Per Day

Entrepreneurs-Journey.com by Yaro Starak

Click Here To Download The Blog Profits Blueprint 2017 Edition My team and I spent the last few weeks doing a big edit and update to my ground-breaking Blog Profits Blueprint. I’m excited to announce that the 2017 edition is now ready for download. If you’re an expert, teacher, trainer, The post 2017 Blog Profits Blueprint: How To Make $10,000 Per Month, ‘Working’ On Your Blog Only 2 Hours Per Day appeared first on Entrepreneurs-Journey.com.

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Austin-based Dropoff Expands to Colorado and Arizona

SiliconHills

Dropoff has expanded its same day delivery for business service to Denver, Colorado and Phoenix, Arizona. The Austin-based startup expanded to other markets in Texas and to Florida and California last year. With the addition of these new markets, Dropoff’s same day delivery service now reaches more than 55 million people across the U.S. “There […] The post Austin-based Dropoff Expands to Colorado and Arizona appeared first on SiliconHills.

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4 Important E’s

Austin Startup

Economy. Education. Entrepreneurship. Environment. Continue reading on Austin Startups ».

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How Impressive Is Your Public Resume On The Internet?

Startup Professionals Musings

With the advent of LinkedIn, Facebook, and dozens of other websites profiling you, the old-fashioned written resume is an artifact of a hiring practice that is now superfluous. The real “resume” that you have to live with is everything that you or anyone else has posted about you on any site on the Internet. You can’t hide, since no Internet presence will always be a negative.

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The Humanity of Our AI Future

thebarefootvc

In 1991, as an undergrad, I wrote a paper on social cybernetics and its role in robotics. Out of curiosity, I just did a quick Google search on social cybernetics and found this article comparing and contrasting AI and the study of cybernetics. In 2017, as a VC, I’m still fascinated by the topic of melding human interactions and feedback mechanisms with the latest advances in technology.