View from Seed

JANUARY 19, 2017

Remember when we were scared to buy things online? It wasn’t all that long ago when we swiped plastic cards in person for everything we bought, Black Friday meant toe-to-toe battles with every other holiday shopper in the mall, and the thought of entering your personal financial info into a website to buy something terrified many shoppers. As a nosy prepubescent, I eavesdropped on these ‘adult’ conversations about internet purchasing on our landline between my parents and relatives or family fri

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Technical Review Internet Software Review Web 183

YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 19, 2017

by Lewis Robinson. Making sure your website is visually appealing is an important aspect of your web design. However, the visual beauty of your site alone cannot do the job in getting your visitors to interact with your site. Over time, businesses including eCommerce sites have found that using design to engage users is an essential part of making a site successful.

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Web Design eCommerce Social Media 168

deal architect

JANUARY 19, 2017

Three presentations really stood out during the Oracle Cloud analyst day in NYC this week.

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YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 19, 2017

Very few people enjoy going to work, with many doing it just because they need the money. You however never have to feel miserable each time you think of going to work. You have the potential to make the most out of your job by transforming it a positive experience. To many of us, work is all that we do with our lives. The many hours we have to spend thinking about work is one of the factors that lead to exhaustion and stress.

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Product 152

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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Feld Thoughts

JANUARY 19, 2017

Over the past few days, I’ve had a similar conversation about reporting tempo with three different people (2 CFOs and 1 CEO). In each case, we snuck up on the issue, rather than starting with it. The fundamental question addressed what the reporting tempo to the board should be. A number of years ago, I decided to shift to quarterly board meetings.

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Balance Sheet Metrics SEC Distribution 129

YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 19, 2017

by Karla Friede, CEO, co-founder, and member of the Board of Directors at Nvoicepay. Even though the use of paper checks for business payments has been slowly declining, most U.S. companies are still using them for 50 percent or more of their vendor payments. There’s a huge opportunity for process efficiency and cost savings by cutting back on checks and automating payments with cloud technology—even bigger than most organizations realize.

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YFS Magazine

JANUARY 19, 2017

Let a smile be your umbrella, and you just might live longer; especially if you’re a woman.

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Developer 99

Mike Michalowicz

JANUARY 19, 2017

Have you ever asked yourself, “How should I pay my coaches and employees?” I suspect you have. The consideration of hourly versus salary is one of the most daunting challenges gyms and fitness centers face. Here are some pros and cons of paying hourly instead of salary and of course there’s always the straight commission method as well. 1st Pro: SPEED – As the owner you have the ability to change your costs much faster when paying hourly.

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YFS Magazine

JANUARY 19, 2017

So how can you boost online sales? Here's a look at a few simple ways.

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Sales Startup Marketing 86

Mike Michalowicz

JANUARY 19, 2017

Have you ever asked yourself, “How should I pay my coaches and employees?” I suspect you have. The consideration of hourly versus salary is one of the most daunting challenges gyms and fitness centers face. Here are some pros and cons of paying hourly instead of salary and of course there’s always the straight commission method as well. 1st Pro: SPEED – As the owner you have the ability to change your costs much faster when paying hourly.

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Salary Security Employee Cost 65

Duct Tape Marketing

JANUARY 19, 2017

Online Business Directories: How to Use Citations to Build a Successful Local SEO Strategy written by Guest Post read more at Duct Tape Marketing. Gone are the days of the usefulness of printed phone books. The only use for them these days is for your grandparents (who may not even have a cell phone), to raise your computer monitor, hold open a door or prop up your feet.

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SEO Aggregator Iowa Search 44

Austin Startup

JANUARY 19, 2017

SF is out of touch with America. Continue reading on Austin Startups ».

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Texas America Austin Startup 48

ConversionXL

JANUARY 19, 2017

Here’s a common phrase that perhaps you’re familiar with: “Don’t raise your voice, improve your argument.” As an optimizer, you’re in the business of arguing. You’re constantly arguing with your visitors about whether they should leave their email or not, buy something or not. Improving your argument, even just a little bit, can have a huge impact on your conversion rate.

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