Mon.Jan 28, 2019

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10 Collaboration Myths No Entrepreneur Should Believe

Startup Professionals Musings

If you listen primarily to the popular press, you could easily be convinced that all successful startup businesses are built by one smart person, such as Mark Zuckerberg at Facebook, or Jeff Bezos at Amazon. In reality, it takes a collaboration of many good people to build and run a business, even though the original idea probably did come from that innovative entrepreneur.

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Funding Tutorial for New Entrepreneurs

The Startup Magazine

One of the most significant hurdles that many aspiring entrepreneurs must face involves raising capital to launch their business. With some business models, it may take many months or even a few years until the company can break even or turn a profit on a regular basis. All of the startup capital as well as operational expenses during this time must be covered.

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The 16 Best Small Business Marketing Blogs You Should Read in 2019

crowdSPRING Blog

As an entrepreneur, you have to work on your business as well as in it. Working on your business means constantly seeking new ideas for improvement – which means keeping the big picture in mind at all times. And, as all business owners know, marketing is an important part of your business. So, when you’re looking at the big picture, marketing is bound to come up.

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How Universities Can Help Students and Alumni Work in the Tech Industry

David Teten

“CEO is the new Analyst.”. My former Partner John Frankel of ff Venture Capital observes that 20 years ago, the defining movie of the generation was “Wall Street”. Everyone wanted to work in finance. But now, the defining movie of today’s twentysomethings is “The Social Network”. Everyone wants to work in tech startups. So universities have realized that for many students, promising a career in technology and entrepreneurship is key to recruiting high potential students.

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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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SEO in 2019: What You REALLY Need to Know

Women Entrepreneurs Can

Mark Bruneman is the Principal Digital Marketing Strategist at a firm specialising in Data Center Migrations and Transformations. They service very large companies who have very large data centers that are overflowing, moving, and/or changing to accommodate new technologies or business practices. Mark is responsible for digital marketing strategy, their website, designs all communications, and owns SEO.

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Reflecting On Haystack’s Investment In HelloSign (Acquired By Dropbox)

Haystack

Over five years ago, as I began to deploy the first Haystack Fund, I was lucky to select HelloSign as my sixth investment ever. I discovered the product much like you might have – I used it to help handle the paperwork and signatures for the new fund. I had a friend who worked there (thanks Joel Andren!) and he was patient and over time found the right time to introduce me to Joseph Walla, one of the company’s cofounders.

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How Kim Dalius Sees Social Media Impacting Job Search

The Startup Magazine

With the national unemployment rate currently trending at approximately 3.8 percent , The United States is witnessing some of the most productive times in history. In other words, the number of those who are working is as high as ever. Finding a job is becoming much easier. However, this does not necessarily mean that those with a job are pursuing the career of their dreams.

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3 Cognitive Design Principles To Create Effective Presentations

YFS Magazine

Preparing for your next pitch or sales presentation? Here's how to create compelling and persuasive presentations that capture the interest of your audience.

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How Filing for Bankruptcy Benefits Your Business

The Startup Magazine

Financial difficulties can hit any individual or business unexpectedly. Filing for bankruptcy can help you or your business resolve a financial crisis and start building from scratch. It is important that you know before proceeding with declaring bankruptcy your financial position, the process and the limits provided in the Debt limits for Chapter 7 and Chapter 13 Bankruptcy.

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Five Unusual Success Tips For Creative Entrepreneurs

YFS Magazine

Here's a look at unconventional wisdom and unusual success tips to help creative minds get there (wherever there is) faster.

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Startup Braidy Industries is Disrupting the Transportation Industry

The Startup Magazine

Braidy Industries is a new aluminum rolling mill in Greenup County, Kentucky. As a startup company, they have a unique foothold in the automotive industry. They are already transforming the transportation industry, which is turning from steel toward aluminum products. The use of formed aluminum sheet products like those produced by Braidy Industries means that cars will be more lightweight and fuel-efficient.

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Why Business Leaders Should Create A Schedule And Share It

YFS Magazine

If you’re a business leader, it’s simple – you should definitely share your schedule with others — most importantly, your team.

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Rich Media and Email: Maximize Impact (and Deliverability)

ConversionXL

No other marketing channel builds lifelong relationships like email. It’s a prime reason that email marketing is the preferred marketing channel for customer acquisition and customer retention ( 80% and 81% , respectively). Rich media is one of email’s greatest advantages, transforming email—once plain-text messages suitable only for interdepartmental communication—into a robust marketing channel.

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