YoungUpstarts

JUNE 4, 2019

by Bruce Cleveland, Founding Partner at Wildcat Venture Partners and author of “ Traversing the Traction Gap “ As we continue our exploration of the Traction Gap Framework® – a step-by-step approach that startup teams can use to go from ideation to preparing to scale – I will walk you through the principles. The first post drilled down into the often-overlooked notion of “market-engineering” and why it’s so critical.

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Up and Running

JUNE 4, 2019

By 2021, global B2C ecommerce sales are expected to surpass $4.5 trillion —almost double the $2.3 trillion reached in 2018. But alongside the explosive growth of online selling, customer expectations have also soared. If you’re an ecommerce retailer, not only should your line of products be of optimal quality, you need to be able to get them to your customer’s door as quickly as possible.

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YoungUpstarts

JUNE 4, 2019

Creating and managing a robust digital presence in an mobile-first environment is essential. We have looked at hotel’s value and mobile readiness across the UK, delving into whether or not there is a relationship between the two. Mobile readiness allows for easy and fast access to a website and it is something for hotel owners to think about if they want to generate higher traffic to their site and platforms.

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Duct Tape Marketing

JUNE 4, 2019

Creating Exponential Growth Through Hard Work, Not Magic written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing. Marketing Podcast with Brad Sugars. Podcast Transcript. On today’s episode of the Duct Tape Marketing Podcast, I visit with Brad Sugars. He is the founder, chairman, and president of ActionCOACH and the co-author of the book Pulling Profits Out of a Hat: Adding Zeros to Your Company Isn’t Magic.

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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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YoungUpstarts

JUNE 4, 2019

by Kamal Karmakar, founder of CitiXsys. In an interview with Apple CEO , Tim Cook shared his approach to leadership style and opened up about the nature of his job. There were plenty of good insights on how he helms one of the world’s largest companies, and I recommend reading it, but what caught my eye was the title of the article. Running Apple is ‘sort of a lonely job’.

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ReadWriteStart

JUNE 4, 2019

In 2019, anxiety is still part of being a startup. But it doesn’t have to be. Capital efficiency is the name of the game, as access to financing rounds is narrowing. Investors are more nervous about bets that may not pay off for some time. They are focused on the business that works today – […]. The post Purpose, Balance and Interface Are Keys to Successful Teams appeared first on ReadWrite.

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ReadWriteStart

JUNE 4, 2019

As a small business owner, you might feel like everyone's out to get a piece of your income. These great tools prove that’s not the case. The post 7 Best Free Tools for Bootstrapped Startups appeared first on ReadWrite.

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YoungUpstarts

JUNE 4, 2019

Having a sturdy marketing strategy for start-ups is the cornerstone of successful growth. However, considering the fact that start-ups struggle with finding financing for complex and effective marketing campaigns, what solutions do they have? Let’s face it, unless your audience already knows about your small company and its products and services, you are unlikely to succeed in competitive and challenging markets.

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ConversionXL

JUNE 4, 2019

You don’t purchase products. You buy success, status, a lifestyle. Your purchases furthermore, are driven by subconscious perceptions and emotions. Semiotics, the interpretation of signs and symbols, helps decipher those subconscious elements. While it has plenty of lofty, academic associations, it has practical implications for marketers, too.

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The Startup Magazine

JUNE 4, 2019

More and more people are deciding to move away from the traditionally “safe” job positions in order to have more working freedom. Ride-sharing, virtual assistants, and remote contracting are side hustles that are growing like never before. But one industry with low barriers to entry is often overlooked – massage therapy. If you’re looking for a change, and have always dreamed of being your own boss as a startup owner, then here are the 10 steps you need to accomplish in order to become a (

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Feld Thoughts

JUNE 4, 2019

One of my guilty pleasures is reading biographies about financiers and their companies. On Saturday, I gobbled down King of Capital , which is the story of Steve Schwarzman and Blackstone from inception through 2011. While I’ve never met Schwarzman, I’ve had a handful of experiences with Blackstone, mostly with the Blackstone Foundation and the head of it, Amy Stursberg.

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The Startup Magazine

JUNE 4, 2019

Businesses come in many different shapes and sizes but every owner has a responsibly to ensure their premise is safe. But how exactly do you do that? There are actually many ways you can implement premises security best practices. Some are pretty self-explanatory, but others are a little more unusual and not as often thought about. Source: Pexels. Of course, some of the ways businesses can do this will vary depending on what industry they are based in.

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Duct Tape Marketing

JUNE 4, 2019

Best Practices for Keeping Your Email List Nice and Clean written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing. If you’ve been in business for a while, you’ve likely built up a quite a long email list. Email remains a convenient, effective way to reach prospects and customers, so it’s great to have a lot of names to send offers and updates to. However, if your marketing emails are getting low engagement, it may start to raise eyebrows with internet service providers (ISPs).

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The Startup Magazine

JUNE 4, 2019

The storage capacity of smartphones, tablets, laptops, and CPUs have always been an issue in the tech world. People want more and more storage. Many startups are big data-dependent as they implement innovative solutions. Over time, hardware manufacturers have produced storage devices of all kinds from floppy disks to flash disks and memory cards. Nowadays we have cloud computing, which presents limitless storage capabilities.

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SiliconHills

JUNE 4, 2019

Austin-based Skills Fund, a financing platform for bootcamps and tech skill training schools, announced Tuesday that it has been acquired by San Diego, Calif.-based Goal Structured Solutions. The acquisition was an all cash deal but the sales price was not disclosed. Skills Fund, founded in 2015, previously raised $11.5 million in seed stage funding.

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The Startup Magazine

JUNE 4, 2019

Thanks to the availability of better communication and productivity technology, it’s now possible for new businesses to start fully remote—in other words, they start without an office or physical headquarters. Instead, their entire teams are made of people who work from home (or otherwise remotely). Trafilea for work is a perfect example of a company initially set up as a fully remote business.

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Ben's Blog

JUNE 4, 2019

About 18 months ago, I sat down over a holiday and reflected on the many conversations I’d had over the years with friends, aspiring entrepreneurs, start-up employees and students about venture capital and entrepreneurship.

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SiliconHills

JUNE 4, 2019

Apps Associates, based in Boston, announced Tuesday that it has acquired Austin-based SmartDog Services. The financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. SmartDog Services, founded in 1990, is a service provider to customers that use Oracle products. And Apps Associates is one of the largest Oracle-focused cloud migration and managed services companies in the […].

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Duct Tape Marketing

JUNE 4, 2019

Transcript of Creating Exponential Growth Through Hard Work, Not Magic written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing. Back to Podcast. Transcript. John Jantsch: This episode of the Duct Tape Marketing broadcast is brought to you by Gusto, modern easy payroll benefits for small businesses across the country. And because you’re a listener you get three months free when you run your first payroll.

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SiliconHills

JUNE 4, 2019

FloSports, live digital sports media company, this week announced it has closed $47 million in new funding. Current investor Discovery Inc. led the round of funding, which also included participation from existing investors Causeway Media Partners, LP, Fertitta Capital, and DCM Ventures, as well as strategic investors World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc. and Bertelsmann Digital Media […].

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Hearpreneur

JUNE 4, 2019

Serial entrepreneur Bobby Genovese now living in the Bahamas founded his first company at the age of 25 and hasn’t looked back since, establishing several successful enterprises over the past four decades. With a strong belief that if you are passionate about what you do, success will follow, Bobby Genovese has a nose for fresh talent and innovative business ideas.

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