YoungUpstarts

JULY 10, 2017

by Jacqueline Pruscha, Audit Manager at Sensiba San Filippo. There has been a lot of chatter regarding changes in revenue recognition criteria lately, but the effects it will have on the evaluation of companies planning an exit is just beginning to emerge. While the dust is still settling, it’s becoming increasingly clear that these changes will affect not only the way a potential acquirer analyzes a target’s financial statements, but also on the way a deal is structured.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 10, 2017

I’ve been a manager in business for many years, and like most of you, I’ve also had my share of bad managers, as well as a few good ones. As a result, I’m certainly convinced that engaging, retaining, and developing people for maximum performance is one of the toughest jobs you will ever have. I’m also convinced that the conventional wisdom for best practices isn’t always right.

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Up and Running

JULY 10, 2017

Five months ago, the five members of our Chanty team gathered around a small table in a coffee shop to try to answer the ultimate question for our business: “How will Chanty make money?”. Determining the right monetization strategy is by far the most important issue for every SaaS business. You can have all traction in the world—acquire, activate, and retain users, but until your startup earns money, you are doing charity work, not running a business.

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YoungUpstarts

JULY 10, 2017

by Michael Timmes, senior human resource specialist at Insperity. This summer, countless college and high school graduates are transitioning from academia to the working world. However, despite long hours in the classroom and the high cost of a university education, applicants may find they lack certain critical skills that a growing number of companies desire in their applicants.

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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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Hearpreneur

JULY 10, 2017

Each business has a story. No matter if the business is a Goliath like Wal-Mart, or a local business owned by a couple or family, the business has roots in an idea. For each business owner, the story of their journey can range from monetary needs or the passion for a unique project. Each story is different though the reasons may be the same. No matter the tale, the background behind each and every business is what fuels each and brand.

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Hunter Walker

JULY 10, 2017

My undergrad degree was in history, but I always qualify it as “social history,” which to me means not just focusing on “names, dates, wars” (aka high school history) but understanding the past through stories. Alyssa Bereznak covers tech for The Ringer and her reporting appeals to me for the same reasons. Alyssa doesn’t write wrote explainers about Instagram’s latest feature updates but she will go deep into the Plantsagram subculture.

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Feld Thoughts

JULY 10, 2017

My newest book, Startup Opportunities: Know When to Quit Your Day Job , is available via Kindle for $0.99 today. If you are a fan of my books, a friend, or just someone who is interested in startups, buy a copy today. The post Startup Opportunities Flash Sale – Today Only For $0.99 appeared first on Feld Thoughts.

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YFS Magazine

JULY 10, 2017

I recently completed my first year as a parent and my fourth as an entrepreneur. The journey thus far has been more of a roller coaster than a victory lap.

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The Startup Magazine

JULY 10, 2017

What is the difference between a mentor and entrepreneur coach? Startups ask us to clarify this question all the time, so this is our attempt to outline the differences as we see it at ConVerge. An entrepreneurial coach helps oversee all aspects of your business. Analogous to a medical internist, a coach is knowledgeable about the interdisciplinary activities needed to run a business or startup successfully.

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YFS Magazine

JULY 10, 2017

Learn how to set realistic goals and execute them in non-stressful and efficient ways. These tips are the first step to achieving your goals.

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Where to Play

JULY 10, 2017

The post 4 Common Mistakes Entrepreneurs Make When Choosing Their Market appeared first on Market Opportunity Navigator. Uncertainty is a primary reason. Choosing the best markets for an innovation is almost always a high-risk, low-data decision , which calls for informed intuition rather than purely analytical reasoning. That said, it does get more complicated….

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crowdSPRING Blog

JULY 10, 2017

We’ve all heard the advice: invest in your logo. And while it may seem obvious to some why it’s important to invest in a well-designed logo, many entrepreneurs and small business owners don’t really understand why logos are so important. In the simplest of terms, a logo is a design, icon, or mark that identifies your company. Your brand is more than just your company’s name and logo, but a logo is an important part of a company’s brand.

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David Teten

JULY 10, 2017

Many large corporations face three seemingly disconnected challenges; they want: – Better returns on their balance sheet and underfunded pensions; – Access to the innovation economy to stay on top of the early-stage companies attacking their business; and. – Unique employee benefits to retain and excited senior talent.

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Austin Startup

JULY 10, 2017

Badass infographic via Giving USA For reference, Wal-Mart is currently valued around $220 billion, which means American donors raised almost two Wal-Mart’s worth of donations last year, alone. And what changed, exactly? How many people did we help? How many free meals did we provide? Does anybody know? Short answer: no. Nobody knows exactly where all of the donations we made last year went or what percentage of those donations actually helped someone.

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Hearpreneur

JULY 10, 2017

This motivational video is for entrepreneurs, startups and business owners. I wrote at the beginning of the month about Russell Westbrook and how I was looking at Quarter 3 like the NBA MVP. You can do nothing significant in gazelle mode… Everything happens in lion mode.

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Jeff Hilimire

JULY 10, 2017

I’m taking a vacation and doing my very best to completely unplug, which is not something I do enough of, that’s for sure. So I probably won’t be posting for a few weeks. In the meantime, I’ve been thinking a lot about having passion for the work you do, so here are some posts I’ve written in the past on that topic. “It’s rare that someone screws up in an area they’re passionate about…” When it comes to your job, passion should trump mo

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This is going to be BIG.

JULY 10, 2017

This is the worst question a VC can ask. It presupposes that the only good deals are the ones they can't get into--which is an odd way to think about the world. I suppose the only club deal they would want to get into is the one that doesn't want them as a member. There are lots of examples of huge deals that could have been had by anyone early on--Airbnb, Casper, Uber, etc.

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