Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 4, 2017

As a business advisor, I strongly believe that continuous innovation and design thinking are the keys to long-term viability and success. Recent surveys of global business leaders show that they overwhelmingly agree, but less than a third believe their organizations’ culture and leadership are ready today, They and I are always on the lookout for ways to prepare current and future leaders.

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Up and Running

DECEMBER 4, 2017

Entrepreneurship. Startup. These are buzzwords for many Americans that aspire to start a business of their own—and there are indeed many. In fact, the 2016 Kaufman Index on Startup Activity reported that 550,000 new businesses are started every month in America. The trend shows no signs of slowing, but the traditional path to accomplishing the entrepreneurial dream is beginning to shift.

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Austin Startup

DECEMBER 4, 2017

The Forrest Four-Cast: December 4, 2017 Building more diversity and inclusion in the entrepreneurial ecosystem is an absolute priority. Why? Because creativity powers the world’s best startups and creativity is strongest where diverse opinions thrive. In Austin, DivInc is absolutely committed to this goal. Their mission is to help foster the growth and development of ethnically diverse and women-led tech companies.

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deal architect

DECEMBER 4, 2017

This time, last year I felt very lonely. In writing Silicon Collar, I was one of the few voices who is not pessimistic about automation killing masses of jobs. I kept getting asked, how can you ignore the rapid pace.

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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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Brandanew

DECEMBER 4, 2017

At a recently held creative round-table in Walled lake, Michigan, we entered into a good conversation around design and creativity. Many of us tend to believe that our businesses or brands exist to meet the needs of customers that we serve. Customers are people who use or need your products/services. The customer centricity debate wants you to put them at the heart of your work.

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YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 4, 2017

by Allison Yount, Director of Customer Success at Scout RFP. Customer happiness is the lifeblood of any business — after all, happy customers mean lower churn rates, increased word-of-mouth marketing, a boost for internal morale, and so much more. Something that many tech companies will quickly find out is that much of that happiness starts with the onboarding process.

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YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 4, 2017

by Nikhita Elizabeth Cyriac, Head of Talent Acquisition, ThoughtWorks. Encouraging and supporting a career in tech continues to be a key focus in Singapore, with the government announcing a $120m fund to prepare and develop Singapore talent for 30,000 new ICT jobs by 2020. Salaries in tech are also soaring, with high demand for individuals who can bring specific skillsets to the table.

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YFS Magazine

DECEMBER 4, 2017

As you delegate project management be on the lookout for these three issues. The wrong project management processes can completely destroy business growth.

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YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 4, 2017

One effective marketing catalyst any industry would tell you is through word-of-mouth. It is becoming more effective today than ever before even with the advent of social media and online marketing. The way news is quickly relayed does not become a hindrance with these two social platforms but rather serves to intensify them. Word of mouth has been Dr.

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The Equity Kicker

DECEMBER 4, 2017

This chart (taken from a recent post by First Republic’s Samir Kaji, data from leading venture investor Horseley Bridge ) shows that to get the 3-5x return that most venture capitalists target 10% of their portfolio need to return 10x+. That explains why we are so focused on market size and other upside indicators when we invest. Getting a 10x result is hard and if 10% of our portfolio is to reach those dizzy heights then all of our investments must have that potential.

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YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 4, 2017

When you launch a business, your primary concern is to find an audience group and to get noticed. However, this is only the first step of your business journey. Hooking your customers is great, but keeping them engaged with your business communications is a lot better. An engaged customer is, by definition, a customer who keeps coming back and sharing your news.

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VC Cafe

DECEMBER 4, 2017

As we approach the last stretch of 2017, I wanted to take stock of the tech trends that shaped our year. In the next post, I’ll cover additional tech trends of 2017 and my predictions for 2018. This is a content summary only. Click on the post title to continue reading this post, share your comments, browse the website and more! As we approach the last stretch of 2017, I wanted to take stock of the tech trends that shaped our year.

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The Startup Magazine

DECEMBER 4, 2017

Any kind of business transaction comes with risk, whether you are searching for investment, looking for partners, or qualifying leads. Risk analysis is critical particularly if there are large sums of money involved. Carrying out background checks on those involved is therefore an important aspect of protecting your business, no matter what industry you are in.

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Hearpreneur

DECEMBER 4, 2017

This video is for CEOs, entrepreneurs and business owners to start the week off on the right foot. Time is the most valuable resource that everyone has. It is very important to protect it and to use it wisely. Here’s some gems: Why not now? No opportunities wasted. You can have more than you got because you can become more than you are. Direction determines destination.

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