Sun.Sep 29, 2024

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Top Reasons To Hire a Professional Event Planner

The Startup Magazine

Planning an event, whether a corporate conference or a wedding, involves countless details and decisions that can overwhelm even the most seasoned host. From budget management to vendor coordination, the responsibilities are extensive—and that’s where professional event planners come in. Their expertise ensures that every aspect of an event is handled with finesse and attention to detail.

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What is a strategic planning committee? A complete guide for nonprofits

Board Effect

While an organization’s staff is focused on the here and now, a nonprofit board is always looking ahead — or at least it should be. Detecting opportunities and challenges on the horizon is one of the most valuable skills a nonprofit board member can contribute. When harnessed in a team, that foresight can be used by the organization’s strategic planning committee — a team that every nonprofit should consider creating.

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Learn Why and How to Create a Compelling Mission Statement for Your Startup

The Startup Magazine

A mission statement has its emphasis on the present. It explains what a company is currently doing to reach its goals; it outlines its primary objective, purpose, and approach to achieving those objectives. However, many organizations, startups in particular, don’t realize the importance of having a well-crafted mission statement. They generally view it as a business plan formality instead of recognizing its potential to motivate, unify, and provide clear direction for the company.

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What I Learned Coaching VCs for the Last Year and What’s Next

This is going to be BIG.

About a year ago, I asked why more VCs aren’t using coaches. Given the uncertain career paths for VCs, the unique dynamics around partner promotion within and across firms, and lack of clear direction on how to best spend your time on a day to day basis, it felt like investors would benefit from talking to someone who could provide some guidance. After all, it’s something they recommend founders do.

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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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What is a Cryptocurrency Mining Pool and Is It Worth Joining?

The Startup Magazine

As cryptocurrency mining becomes more competitive, individual miners often find it difficult to achieve consistent rewards. The rewards in mining are always mitigated by the risk and challenges facing this dynamic, emerging industry. These challenges have led to the popularity of forming a crypto mining pool, where miners combine their resources to improve their chances of earning rewards.