YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 9, 2018

Your business grand opening will be one of the most important — and memorable days — of your career as a business owner. You’ll always remember how much effort you put into it, and what your turnout was like. And there are plenty of reasons why a successful grand opening is so important: if done correctly, it can invoke curiosity and excitement among consumers, and set the tone for the future.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 9, 2018

Every entrepreneur has an idea for transforming a market with innovative new technology, or transforming society with a new process. But unfortunately, most of these ideas fail at the execution level, or are not truly innovative. Entrepreneurs who have been really transformative, like Steve Jobs and Walt Disney, seemed to know how to deal with all the right elements.

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YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 9, 2018

by Logan Soya, founder and CEO of Aquicore. A landmark report, published by The Harvard Business Journal, estimated that over 75 percent of startups die within the first year. Likewise, more than 50 percent of the remaining new companies will fail over five years and more than 70 percent of startups will fail after a decade of being in business. This startling statistic has left many aspiring entrepreneurs asking, what distinguishes a successful startup in today’s competitive economy?

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Hunter Walker

DECEMBER 9, 2018

My tweets autodelete after 30 days, so when one starts a good discussion, I try to expand/archive it here. . NETWORKING: The Intro vs The Vouch. So the “intro w/o vouch” is a double-opt in that looks something like “hey, I know you were looking to hire a BizDev lead. This guy is someone I worked with a few years back. Seemed pretty good but we’re not that close, so take a look and if you want intro, just let me know.” The vouch version of this is more like “I

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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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YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 9, 2018

It takes money to make money, but many business owners fail to consider all of the costs of running a business. Expenses go beyond supplies, inventory and leasing office space. Are you overlooking these top costs of running a business? Incorporation. One of the first expenses you’ll encounter when running a business is incorporation. The cost of incorporation isn’t necessarily high, but it should be taken into consideration.

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Hearpreneur

DECEMBER 9, 2018

The end of every year is the opportunity reflect on a 365-day journey. 2018 was a bad year for some and to others, it was a great year. Many businesses were launched and others were closed. Pivots were made and goals were shattered. In the last few days of 2018, we took some time to ask a few entrepreneurs and business what their biggest business accomplishments were. #1- Launching our first collection.

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ithacaVC

DECEMBER 9, 2018

Most startups as they mature get better and better people on their boards of directors. In this context, “better and better” means people that can really help the company grow from a strategic and operational perspective. Impartial, independent, outside directors. They are independent from the founders, independent from the management team and independent from investors.

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YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 9, 2018

It has come to light that in recent years, shoppers are tending to use their credit cards for day-to-day spending rather than for just one-off purchases, claims the City Regulator. There is far greater protection which is offered when buying a bigger purchase with a credit card, coupled with the added bonus of loyalty points. This has led to the increase in use, according to UK Finance.

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YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 9, 2018

So, you want to build an e-commerce website? You’re by no means the only one. Online shopping is no longer considered a niche industry; everyone buys and sells online today. Statista predicts that global e-commerce sales will reach $4.87 trillion by 2021. This is serious business – and you should treat it that way too. If you launch a half-baked e-commerce website, you’ll not only struggle for sales but for visibility and reach too.

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