Fri.Feb 07, 2020

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Remote First: Why Isn’t Every Company Boundaryless

ReadWriteStart

This article is the third part of my extended series on boundaryless teams, remote -first companies, and the future of work. In my two previous installments, I talked about the changing dynamics in many tech-centric cities. I explained why authorities like Sam Altman of Y-Combinator , Angel List’s Naval Ravikant, Twitter CEO, Jack Dorsey, and Bill Gurley, GP at Benchmark Capital , believe boundaryless companies built by remote-distributed teams are the future of work.

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28 Entrepreneurs Explain What They Love About Being An Entrepreneur

Hearpreneur

Being in love is great. Being in love with your business, when you’re an entrepreneur, is even better. Waking up each morning knowing you are getting to do exactly what you love is more than most people could ever say about any “job” they have had. Although there are days when tossing in your hat seems like a viable option, remembering how much you love your “job” can quickly snap an entrepreneur out of that mentality.

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Board Software for Nonprofits: Pros and Cons

Board Effect

In many ways, nonprofits operate much like corporate boards, but there are some important differences. Nonprofits have unique compliance rules and other operating rules. One of the ways that they’re similar is that nonprofit board directors are under just as much scrutiny as other board directors. In addition, nonprofit board directors have important fundraising duties.

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5 Ways To Sample The Joy Of An Entrepreneur Lifestyle

Startup Professionals Musings

Even though I’m a big proponent of becoming an entrepreneur, it is definitely not for everyone. Unfortunately the success and lavish lifestyle of some current well-known entrepreneurs, including Richard Branson and Elon Musk , lead many who are not so well prepared to jump in with both feet, only to be shocked and severely tested by the unexpected rigors and high risk.

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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 to Find Salespeople Who Can Represent Your Company

The Startup Magazine

In the world of sales, there’s a lot more to hiring than simply finding people who have prior experience preforming well in a sales environment and generating income. While you should never overlook the value of salespeople who possess the skills and intuition to consistently generate better profits, you also want to know that everyone on your team is capable of representing your company’s mandates and culture – particularly when doing sales hiring to fill executive roles.

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Silicon Hills News Unveils the Companies Featured in its 2020 Austin Startup Calendar

SiliconHills

Silicon Hills News’ 2020 Austin Startup Calendar Party took place on January 23rd at The Riveter in downtown Austin. At the party, Silicon Hills News gave away a desktop or wall calendar to 175 guests. To order additional calendars please visit our Eventbrite Form for our follow up event, BigIdeasATX, on February 27th at Galvanize. This […]. The post Silicon Hills News Unveils the Companies Featured in its 2020 Austin Startup Calendar appeared first on SiliconHills.

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Pattern Bioscience Lands $13 Million in Funding to Develop Rapid Diagnostics Tests

SiliconHills

Pattern Bioscience this week announced $13 million in grant and venture capital funding. The Austin-based company, formerly known as Klaris Diagnostics, plans to use the funding to develop its Digital Culture technology, a rapid bacterial identification, and susceptibility testing platform. The funding includes a $6.8 million award from CARB-X, a nonprofit based at Boston University. […].

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Breaking Into the Boys’ Club: 7 Strategies for Professional Women in Male-Dominated Fields

The Startup Magazine

Fewer and fewer fields qualify as “male-dominated.” Many that do remain disproportionately male are in decline, at least in the United States: think mining and steelwork. Today, women and those who identify as female enjoy near-parity with male colleagues in a vast array of industries once considered resolutely male-dominated. This includes well-compensated white-collar industries like finance, medicine, and legal services.

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Make It Right Podcast – The Self-Reliant Entrepreneur

Duct Tape Marketing

Make It Right Podcast – The Self-Reliant Entrepreneur written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing. John Jantsch stops by the Make It Right podcast to talk about his latest book, The Self-Reliant Entrepreneur , with host Janet Eastman. Jantsch started his own small business marketing firm more than 30 years ago. Over the course of his entrepreneurial life, he developed a morning routine to help him find focus and meaning at the start of his day so that he could show up and be t

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SXSW Pitch Finalist: echoAR

Austin Startup

From left to right, echoAR founders, Alon Grinshpoon CEO, Ben Pedazur CTO, and Koren Grinshpoon COO. The Forrest Four-Cast: February 7, 2020 AR apps don’t scale?—?these are single-user experiences with static content. echoAR solves that problem for developers, creators, and companies who struggle to create dynamic AR/VR apps. It’s a cloud platform for augmented reality that provides tools and network infrastructure to help developers and companies quickly build and deploy 3D apps and content.

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SXSW Pitch Finalists: echoAR

Austin Startup

From left to right, echoAR founders, Alon Grinshpoon CEO, Ben Pedazur CTO, and Koren Grinshpoon COO. The Forrest Four-Cast: February 7, 2020 AR apps don’t scale?—?these are single-user experiences with static content. echoAR solves that problem for developers, creators, and companies who struggle to create dynamic AR/VR apps. It’s a cloud platform for augmented reality that provides tools and network infrastructure to help developers and companies quickly build and deploy 3D apps and content.