Wed.Aug 08, 2018

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10 Tips To Strategic Decisions Made Without A Crisis

Startup Professionals Musings

Strategic decisions set the overall direction for your business, whereas operational decisions set day-to-day operations. Unfortunately, most of the entrepreneurs who contact me for guidance only seem to work on strategic issues when they are in a crisis, such as losing a major distributor or being swamped with customer complaints. It’s a bit late when strategy becomes operational.

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How to Run a Productive Monthly Business Plan Review Meeting

Up and Running

This article, which originally appeared on our LivePlan Blog , is part of our “Business Planning Guide” —a curated list of our articles that will help you with the planning process! Most people think that meetings are a waste of time. They’re right. Too many meetings are run poorly, have no real objective, and waste employees’ time—which kills productivity.

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The 5 Tools I Use To Stay On Top Of Everything

YoungUpstarts

by Yiannis Gavrielides, CEO of Covve. I have always been organised and I don’t like to let anything drop; I am an 80:20 person and I look for efficiency in everything I do; I love gadgets and technology and I am an early adopter. I need all the help I can get to manage the combination of: (i) running a startup, (ii) being a board member in a few young and fast-growing companies, (iii) remaining close with my family consisting of a demanding wife and 3 kids, and still having time to spend with my

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Updated Israeli startup landscape maps – 2018

VC Cafe

Startup landscape maps remain, in my opinion, one of the best ways to quickly scan an industry vertical and understand how it breaks down into sub sectors. In this post I collected the Israeli. This is a content summary only. Click on the post title to continue reading this post, share your comments, browse the website and more!

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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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3 Reasons Why You Shouldn’t Ignore Blockchain Technology

YoungUpstarts

Terminology such as blockchain technology and cryptocurrency have found their way into the mainstream media in recent years, with the phrase “bitcoin price” becoming one of the most popular searches on Google in 2017. Despite such exposure – and huge financial investment from big businesses such as of JP Morgan Chase and Microsoft – the majority of the general public still aren’t aware of how exactly blockchain technology works.

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16-49-81

Feld Thoughts

What do these numbers mean to you? At a recent offsite, during our conversation about evolving our communication patterns (which I refer to, in my head, as “the Matrix”), Ryan said “16-49-81.” Everyone stared at him and I responded “4-squared, 7-squared, 9-squared.” Then, everyone nodded their heads but were probably thinking “these guys are numerology goofballs.” But then Ryan said, “ Metcalfe’s Law ” and everyone immediately und

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Improve And Monitor Your Small Business Credit Score

YFS Magazine

A good business credit score can be a cornerstone in the success of your small business. Here are three things you can do to improve it.

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Setting Your Goals As A Forex Trader

YoungUpstarts

When you want to set your goal, you have to follow some steps that make you clear about what you want. People are often confused and they take emotional decisions. They are not experienced but they take huge goals that are not only impossible but also very hard. Setting your goals properly will make your work easy for you. If you know how to climb up the stairs, you will know how you can reach the top level.

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5 Ways Surfing Helps You Become A Better Entrepreneur

YFS Magazine

Chen says, “the best surfer is the one who is having the most fun.” Learning to surf is full of reminders not to take yourself too seriously.

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Going The Extra Mile To Acquire Top Talent

YoungUpstarts

It’s not enough to just announce you are hiring, you have to make sure enough people (and the right people) are listening through smart marketing and ensure the deal is good enough that prospects will “take the bait” by sweetening that deal with the perks and benefits top industry talent will be looking for. Acquiring and retaining top talent is one of the key pillars of any company’s long term success.

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The #1 thing successful founders think about for their next startups

Hippoland

At Hustle Fund, we back both first time founders as well as repeat founders. One thing I’ve noticed is that almost every repeat, previously-successful-founder focuses on the same thing for their respective startups: customer acquisition. These founders not only think about customer acquisition first, but in many cases, they will even: Abandon a startup idea altogether if the customer acquisition strategy isn’t strong Pre-sell / generate leads well before building a product to try t

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Managing Remote Employees The Right Way

YoungUpstarts

More and more of the workforce is going mobile. Flexible working is becoming incredibly popular in the workplace, with people working from home at times and locations that suit their lifestyles. For startup companies, offering flexible working from the outset can make you an attractive employer, as well as helping you enjoy the benefits of flexible working from an employer perspective.

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The #1 thing successful founders think about for their next startups

Hippoland

At Hustle Fund, we back both first time founders as well as repeat founders. One thing I’ve noticed is that almost every repeat, previously-successful-founder focuses on the same thing for their respective startups: customer acquisition. These founders not only think about customer acquisition first, but in many cases, they will even: Abandon a startup idea altogether if the customer acquisition strategy isn’t strong Pre-sell / generate leads well before building a product to try t

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Pros And Cons Of Using Comparison Websites When Moving Abroad

YoungUpstarts

When you’re in the planning stages of moving abroad , comparison websites can be incredibly useful. Whether it’s simply because you don’t have the time, inclination or bandwidth for dozens of individual tabs to be open at once, they make the research part of an international move pretty straightforward, doing all the legwork of finding trusted suppliers and services on your behalf.

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Book #27: Saturn Run

Jeff Hilimire

My goal in 2018 is to read 52 books. Here is a list of all the books I’ve read so far this year. Each book is ranked on a 5-star scale (5 is best). * Saturn Run. I thoroughly enjoyed this new book by John Sandford. I’m a huge fan of Sandford’s Prey books , so I was intrigued when he wrote this novel about a futuristic space race. Having loved The Martian – I mean, who didn’t – I thought I would give this one a try.

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Ditch The Car Magnets And Wraps: Be Your Own Walking Advertisement

YoungUpstarts

Car wraps and magnets are popular advertising methods because they’re fairly inexpensive and highly visible. However, a visible advertisement doesn’t necessarily mean it’s effective. The proof is in the data, and the data on car wraps is a bit muddled. Many businesses report an increase in sales after having their car wrapped, but the actual data seems to be kept private.

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Making Marketing Training Work: Closing Skills Gaps, Proving Value

ConversionXL

Does investing in employees marketing skills pay off? Or is it just a waste? Businesses spent nearly $94 billion on corporate training in 2017—a 33% increase over 2016. Per employee, expenditures ranged from $399 at large companies to $1,886 at smaller organizations, according to the same report from Training magazine. Within marketing departments, an estimated 4.2% of the total marketing budget now goes to training programs, up from 2.7% in 2014.

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Five Tips For Choosing The Right Office Space

YoungUpstarts

When you are launching a new business, the space in which you operate can make or break your new venture. Maximizing the space you need at a reasonable price is critical for a newly launched business. Your space also needs to be flexible, accessible, and presentable for client interaction. Startups and small enterprises need workspaces that make it easy to start a business or grow an existing one.

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How Marissa Mayer created Google’s school for young “superheroes”

Reid Hoffman

Read the full post on Medium.

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Business As A Battlefield

YoungUpstarts

by Steven R. Power, Global President, Deputy. Business can be a battlefield. This is not typically what people anticipate hearing when they ask me to share my thoughts on leadership. They usually expect me to give a canned talk about my business background. Before becoming Global President of Deputy , I’ve been fortunate to hold a number of powerful positions in companies: President, CEO, Founder.

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Explainer Videos: What Exactly Is The ROI?

Austin Startup

[link] Putting an explainer video on your landing page is a great way to give customers a deeper understanding of your product in a short and entertaining format. In addition to being informative, explainer videos are also an extension of your brand and, when deployed effectively, a strong driver of sales. Plus, kids like them. (Although my one-year-old also likes playing with dead bugs, so maybe not the strongest endorsement.

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18 Entrepreneurs Share Their Thoughts on the Future of Women Entrepreneurs

Hearpreneur

Women entrepreneurs are on the rise. This is partly due to improvement in technology that has helped scale their online visibility and allow ease of collaboration. Gone are the days when it was an all-man’s business world. Each year we have more women leaving the corporate world to start entrepreneurship. Program to support such women are also emerging as well as business coaches.

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Vote for the Voice of Female Founders at SXSW

Austin Startup

South by Southwest?—?SXSW?—?an annual fusion of film, interactive media, music festivals and conferences takes place in mid-March in Austin, Texas. Founded in 1987, SXSW has grown in both scope and size. Over the years, SXSW has become a veritable hub of knowledge sharing, innovation, and making connections through its sub-venues — SXSW Interactive, a festival focused on emerging technology and serves as a nurturing ground for new ideas and creative technologies.

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