Tue.Sep 08, 2020

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How to Onboard Remote Engineers: A Practical Guide from an Expert

ReadWriteStart

Onboarding a new remote developer is arguably one of the most important things you can add to your core competencies if you want to assure your new hires’ success. Here is how to onboard remote engineers — with a practical guide from an expert. Today, with COVID-19 making every new hire remote, excellence in onboarding has become even more crucial.

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5 Important Aspects Of Your Resume You Should Focus On

YoungUpstarts

Your resume is the front line and best representation of yourself when you’re applying for a job position. Hiring or recruitment managers take a look at your resume, and from the moment they start reading its content, you’re already being assessed if you’re fit for the job. The content of your resume is your gateway to success, so it’s a good idea to put major emphasis on the important factors of your experience.

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Venture Deals Online Course – Fall 2020 Edition

Feld Thoughts

We are running the Venture Deals Online Course from September 13, 2020 – November 6, 2020. Our summer session had over 10,000 registrants and over 2,000 people completing the course. We got a lot of feedback about things to improve, several of which we are introducing into the Fall session. Once again, we’ll do a weekly AMA with a variety of people participating.

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Finding The Right Degree Plan For A Career In Public Service

YoungUpstarts

When it comes to fulfilling careers, public service is a field worth considering. While volunteerism and active engagement with charitable organizations provide opportunities for your time, you may feel a pull to a career that helps you make a living while also serving society in some way. You might be under the impression that these types of jobs don’t pay well, but that isn’t always the case.

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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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How Today’s Startups Can Adapt to a Globally Distributed Model

ReadWriteStart

The world of work is transforming. Although it’s tempting to blame it all on the coronavirus situation and its formidable ripples, the pandemic only accelerated the processes of globalization and digitization that have been underway for decades. Among its many implications, the digital office means that jobs don’t necessarily need to be done in-person, and today’s startup leaders are realizing that many projects can be done at a lower cost remotely, without any drop in quality.

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Using A Podcast To Build Your Business

YoungUpstarts

by Felicia Broccolo, Chief Marketing Officer for The Life Coach School. Nearly half of all American homes listen to podcasts. It’s a communication medium that’s grown exponentially in recent years, and more and more businesses are using podcasts to reach their audiences. For startups and entrepreneurs, a podcast can be especially attractive due to their low production cost.

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Using A Minibus Fleet To Reduce Startup Costs

YoungUpstarts

For businesses in many industries, having company vehicles is vital to the operation in order to handle transportation and to get from A to B. In many of these industries, it makes sense to use a minibus as opposed to having a large fleet of vehicles and could help to keep costs lower for your startup. Benefits of a Minibus. A minibus is a terrific option in a range of industries, such as care homes, schools and transport companies that specialise in helping the disabled community.

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Work Lessons from the Pandemic

VC Adventure

I’ve been thinking a lot about what changes in my work I’d like to keep, post-pandemic (can we even talk about a post-pandemic world? it still feels pretty far off). I’m trying to be deliberate and actionable about it. For me that means actually writing down what I’m trying to change and why. It also means trying to dig deeper than top level or cliche ideas (i.e., of course I’d like to travel less; but the deliberate and actionable version of that idea addresses the

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Using Insulated Doors To Protect Your Business

YoungUpstarts

When you are about to choose your next door, insulation is probably not the first feature on your list, or may not even be on your list at all. However, insulation offers many advantages for commercial use. Advantages of Insulation. Firstly, it keeps your energy bills about 50% lower, as you are not fighting with the draft. With your temperature consistent, your valuables and products aren’t impacted by the weather being too hot or too cold.

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How to Achieve the Mindset Needed for Great Success

Women Entrepreneurs Can

In order to get what we want in this life, we need to be in the correct frame of mind. It really is as simple as having the right mindset. The way we achieve that, however, is the tricky part. Once we get to the stage in our heads that we can be a success in whatever we pursue, that’s when our new life starts in a way. There will be many instances where you complete things and achieve things while in a bit of a negative headspace, but the majority of good things will come when you’re driven, mot

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How To Disguise Your Security Measures At Home

YoungUpstarts

Having a security camera next to your front door or an alarm system in the house, is always a good idea. Unfortunately, they are sometimes really obvious in a room. If you don’t like this, there are a few ways to disguise your security measures so the look of your house stays the same. . 1. Choose a really small CCTV. Once upon a time, CCTV cameras were big, sturdy and very in-your-face.

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The 5 Top Software Tools for Electrical Engineers

Women Entrepreneurs Can

Electrical engineers must rely on a large number of physical and digital tools to support their work. With plenty of software out there, it can be tough to decide which platforms offer the best solutions. To provide you with a few handy starting points, these four software tools offer a wide range of support for electrical engineers. 1. Electro Doc.

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Introducing Bolster

OnlyOnce

As I mentioned earlier this summer, I’ve been working on a new startup the past few months with a group of long-time colleagues from Return Path. Today, we are officially launching the new company, which is called Bolster. The official press release is here. Here’s the business concept. Bolster is a talent marketplace, but not just any talent marketplace.

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How to Safely Return to the Workplace During the Pandemic

Women Entrepreneurs Can

The novel coronavirus pandemic has forced many countries to implement lockdown and quarantine guidelines to contain the spread of this respiratory virus. This has disrupted daily lives, impacted economies, and affected businesses. While it is still an ongoing battle, some parts of the world are ready to gradually get some sense of normalcy and return to the workplace.

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The Startup Pivot

Reid Hoffman

The myth about pivots is that they are an exception: something undesirable that happens because a startup went seriously awry, and which you should strive to avoid. In reality, pivots are an integral part of the entrepreneurial process. Whether you’re pivoting in the early days because you haven’t yet found product-market fit, or you’re pivoting by reinventing yourself later on, all companies – if they’re going to become and stay successful – are going to have to pivot.

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The Impact of Bad Habits on Your Family

Women Entrepreneurs Can

Your bad habits can adversely affect you and your entire family. The impact is especially significant when you have children because kids learn most of their bad habits from their parents. If you’re a parent or role model to children, you should do all you can to eliminate your bad habits and replace them with good habits. Here are some of the common bad habits that children tend to learn from their parents.

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A much needed pick-me-up

Jeff Hilimire

Remember how Ross would give the most depressing hi’s? That’s how I’ve felt over the last week. Here’s what happened. I’m in the middle of reading four non-fiction books. Two of them are set at the founding of our nation – Washington: A life and Alexander Hamilton – and two of them are set during the Civil Rights era – Parting the Waters : America in the King Years 1954-63 and His Truth Is Marching On: John Lewis and the Power of Hope.

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Building Your Company’s Next Five Years

YoungUpstarts

by Eric Schurke , VP Operations at VoiceNation. As companies re-evaluate their work-from-home strategies, it’s important not to lose sight of who else is changing their business habits. Customers are currently in a state of evolution, shopping online far more than ever before while simultaneously adapting to the many changes around them. Even if you feel like you have a stable plan for the next five years, are you sure your customers can see the path to follow your growth?