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5 Generators Of Customer Pain Conducive To Startups

Startup Professionals Musings

One of my favorite sayings is “Real change doesn’t happen until the pain level gets high enough.” There aren’t many of us who love change, just for the opportunity to learn something new, and even we won’t pay much for it. Entrepreneurs who search for real pain points, and build solutions around them, have the best chance of changing the world. In my opinion, real pain points for most people do not include a new user interface for Facebook, a new programming platform for app development, or a ne

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3 Tips For Protecting Your Startup’s Data

YoungUpstarts

There is so many different elements to think about when you are starting a business, and if you are doing it by yourself there is even more to consider; everything will fall on your shoulders. Something you need to add to the list of ‘things to do’ (if you haven’t put it there already) is protecting your business’ data. This means not just the data for your own business such as bank details or contracts, it also means data you have collected – data from your customers, which will include payment

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QR Codes & COVID: How the Technology Benefits Your Workplace

The Startup Magazine

What is QR code technology? QR code in its most basic form — before any sort of deployment system has been rolled out — is an information scanning technology. QR stands for “quick response”. The idea behind the technology is that a unique barcode-like image is formed within a rectangular space. A QR reader takes this image and quickly deciphers it (almost instantly) pulling up any information it has stored in its database relating to that unique code.

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Hands-On Small Business Ideas

YoungUpstarts

Creating your own small business may be the dream, but first you need to consider what your business will entail. While some people are happy working in front of a computer, others prefer a more hands-on approach, using skills that require more manual tasks. Some businesses of this type may require training and qualifications, whereas others might simply require a bit of ingenuity and building up a contact base.

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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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Five critical questions your business plan should answer

Our Own Start-up

Ask not what you can do for your business plan. Ask instead what your business plan can do for you.

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How To Start Your Own Moving Company

YoungUpstarts

When you survey the fields that almost never run out of business, the moving company is one of them. People change houses quite often, especially the ones that live in rented houses. Not all moving companies are significant and have storage for their trucks and materials. You can begin by starting a small business by owning a van. You will need an mc number for your moving company; it gives you the authority to operate.

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Side Hustle: The Legalities Around Making Extra Cash Outside Of Your Full-Time Job

YoungUpstarts

Over the past few years there has been a noticeable increase in the number of people choosing to take up second jobs or side hustles to get an extra source of income. These roles are often freelance or occur on a casual basis. These jobs don’t necessarily need to be just money-making ventures, they may also allow you to earn some extra cash from a hobby or passion.

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