YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 1, 2016

by Maria Borg, director of Thinking Forward. One of the crucial steps in getting your business up and running is to hire your first employees. You have finally reached the point where juggling all roles, wearing all hats and being all things to all people is no longer sustainable. It’s time to recruit! You know you want someone who will be devoted to all aspects of your business – who will possess the same passion, dedication and drive that you demand of yourself every day… after all, isn’t that

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ConversionXL

DECEMBER 1, 2016

Customers don’t usually see one ad and then click over to purchase. In reality, the path is much more complex, and usually includes various marketing channels – organic and paid search, referral, social media, television. But if you’re a rigorous and data-driven marketer, the question has to cross your mind: how much credit can I give each channel for this conversion?

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YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 1, 2016

by Noah Fleming, author of “ The Customer Loyalty Loop: The Science Behind Creating Great Experiences and Lasting Impressions “ Remember the terrible experience of renting a movie back in the day? My small town still has brick & mortar video stores and being in Canada; we still have severe winters! I’ve got to put my winter boots and coat on.

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Feld Thoughts

DECEMBER 1, 2016

I turned 51 today. I’ve been telling people I’m 33 (since that’s my age in hex) and when I feel like having people say “whoa – you look a lot younger than that” I say I’m 63 (since that’s my age in octal). I like to look forward on my birthday instead of backwards, so when I woke up this morning I had a handful of things in my head for the next version of myself.

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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

Startup

YFS Magazine

DECEMBER 1, 2016

If you come from a place of being boldly curious about your clients and how you can passionately help them, you can never go wrong.

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Berkonomics

DECEMBER 1, 2016

Dave’s comment: This week we welcome our perennial favorite contributor, Kim Shepherd, CEO of Decision Toolbox, to offer us her sage advice on a subject where she is expert. Outgoing, full of creative ideas, and certainly the best person to teach us how, here is Kim on networking… By Kim Shepherd . Networking with others you want to meet is second nature to some, but it fills others with dread.

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Duct Tape Marketing

DECEMBER 1, 2016

The Power of Proactive Customer Service written by Guest Post read more at Duct Tape Marketing. Are you happy now? Or simply, happy overall? As a company, you don’t just want your customer happy in this moment in time. You want them happy all of the time. According to McKinsey & Company , evaluating a customer’s satisfaction throughout his or her entire journey with a company is 30% more predictive of overall customer satisfaction than measuring happiness based on individual interactions.

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crowdSPRING Blog

DECEMBER 1, 2016

Entrepreneurs and small business owners typically don’t believe they can learn anything useful from the biggest and most successful companies in the world. After all, brand building at-scale is typically very different than brand building in the startup and small business world. Nevertheless, smart entrepreneurs and small business owners pay careful attention to important market forces and trends that shape some of the world’s best brands.

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Austin Startup

DECEMBER 1, 2016

Note: this post is applicable to trade shows, conferences, symposiums, and other cross-company gatherings. Continue reading on Austin Startups ».

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crowdSPRING Blog

DECEMBER 1, 2016

When perusing our galleries here on crowdSPRING, we see some amazing work submitted in the projects. Today, we noticed this gem submitted in this logo project. Let us start the slow clap for fulkhan. Check out more great work on fulkhan’s profile page. Nicely done, fulkhan, nicely done!

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Bryce Dot VC

DECEMBER 1, 2016

There’s an exchange in Season 2′s final episode of HBO’s SIlicon Valley that I haven’t been able to shake. After deciding to change the focus of the business, Richard confronts Action Jack, the CEO installed by the board, about the compromises that are being made to the product to fit their new focus on the enterprise market. The following exchange ensues: Jack Barker: Do you know what Pied Piper’s product is Richard?

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Transformify

DECEMBER 1, 2016

“We’re living in a small village with my family,” says 18-year-old Tasha. “I’m graduating high school this year and don’t know what to do next. The closest college is more than 200 km away and the distance to the one I’d really like to go to is about 500km. I know, in most of the cases students just move to the bigger cities where they study and live on the campus but that’s not really for me.” Tasha has a big family.

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ithacaVC

DECEMBER 1, 2016

First Round Capital just released its State of Startups 2016. It is chock full of interesting stuff! No need for me to recap it here. Just view it for yourself. Here is the link. Thanks! PS: 2 prominent team members at First Round Capital are Cornellians (Bill Trenchard and Howard Morgan)!

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ithacaVC

DECEMBER 1, 2016

First Round Capital just released its State of Startups 2016. It is chock full of interesting stuff! No need for me to recap it here. Just view it for yourself. Here is the link. Thanks! PS: 2 prominent team members at First Round Capital are Cornellians (Bill Trenchard and Howard Morgan)!

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