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[ADV] Forex Trading Simulator – Environment Scanning

YoungUpstarts

Investment has become the important source of increasing earning. Large number of companies are trading their shares in the market. It helps to increase then capital inflow in the business and increases the financial position of the economy. However, investment involves market risk and there is the probability of losing the money so introduced in the functioning.

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PowerPlex: Celebrating American Manufacturing

deal architect

I tend to take a lot of photos and talk a lot when I am invigorated by products, places or people. Two days in Detroit this week for Plex’s annual user conference yielded me over 200 photos and 50 conversations.

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How To Leave Your Work At Work

YoungUpstarts

by Michael Godfrey, founder and president of True Course and author of “ Put Stress to Work: Turning Headaches into Advantages “ Ever have a hard time changing channels from thinking about work to focus on leisure and family? Changing the focus of your attention from work to other important things can be challenging, especially when you own your business or you have a high level of leadership responsibility at your work.

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PowerPlex: Celebrating American Manufacturing

deal architect

I tend to take a lot of photos and talk a lot when I am invigorated by products, places or people. Two days in Detroit this week for Plex’s annual user conference yielded me over 200 photos and 50 conversations.

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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 Rejected Cities Can Learn From Amazon’s Feedback And 15 Tips For Attracting Business Investment To Your Community) 

YoungUpstarts

by Quint Studer, author of “ Building A Vibrant Community: How Citizen-Powered Change Is Reshaping America “ Cities across America have been vying for the privilege of hosting Amazon’s $5 billion second headquarters, which is expected to bring with it up to 50,000 high-paying jobs. Back in January the online retailer selected 20 finalists from a list of more than 200 cites that applied.

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OJO Labs Raises $20.5 Million in VC Funding and Plans to Double in Size

SiliconHills

OJO Labs, an Austin artificial intelligence startup, has raised $20.5 million in venture capital. The company, founded in 2015, raised the Series B round from new investors Realogy, the Royal Bank of Canada, Northwest Mutual Fund Ventures and ServiceMaster. It also included existing investors LiveOak Venture Partners and Silverton Partners, both based in Austin.

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5 Services Online Businesses Should Invest In

The Startup Magazine

The market in online businesses has expanded over the past decade. And there are many areas where you can reap the rewards of this lucrative industry. The Internet has made it easier to start businesses in several sectors and offer unique products and services to an international audience. Although it is simple to start a business online, there are several challenges companies face to break through the millions of others out there.

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Indeed Expands in Austin and Plans to Add 3,000 New Jobs

SiliconHills

Indeed, the world’s number one job site, Thursday announced plans for a huge expansion in Austin and plans to add 3,000 new jobs. The Austin-based company is adding 615,000 square feet of office space in two new offices. “We are committed to growing in Austin, a city that is a proven tech hub with excellent […]. The post Indeed Expands in Austin and Plans to Add 3,000 New Jobs appeared first on SiliconHills.

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When Burglars Strike Your Business: Tips to Get Back on Track

The Startup Magazine

When your workplace has been a victim of a burglary, your whole world comes to a temporary halt. The actions you take in the early stages are crucial to getting your business up and running again to minimize the long-term consequences to your business. To help guide you through this period, here are 5 tips to get you back on track. Source: Pixabay. Call the police.

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Silverton Partners Closes on a New $108 Million Fund

SiliconHills

Silverton Partners, based in Austin, announced this month that it has closed on Fund V at $108 million. The venture capital firm, founded in 2006, focuses on early-stage companies and since its launch, the firm has made more than 50 investments in the enterprise and consumer technology categories. “Fund V, our largest fund to date, […]. The post Silverton Partners Closes on a New $108 Million Fund appeared first on SiliconHills.

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How to Get What You Want In Life

Duct Tape Marketing

How to Get What You Want In Life written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing. Marketing Podcast with Anthony Sullivan. Podcast Transcript. My guest for this week’s episode of the Duct Tape Marketing Podcast is entrepreneur and celebrity TV pitchman, Anthony “Sully” Sullivan. He and I discuss his new book, You Get What You Pitch For: Control Any Situation, Create Fierce Agreement, and Get What You Want In Life. .

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Barbary Brunner Leaves ATC to Join Phunware, which is Launching a Cryptocurrency

SiliconHills

The CEO of the Austin Technology Council Barbary Brunner announced Thursday that she has left the organization to join Phunware, which also announced it’s launching a cryptocurrency called Phuncoin. Brunner will join Phunware as its Chief Marketing Officer. Brunner, with 25 years of technology leadership experience, previously served as CMO of Experian’s PriceGrabber business, CMO […].

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Making a Good Impression For Your Start-Up

The Startup Magazine

For any new business to succeed, it needs to make a good impression from the start. Making the right first impression is important because people make judgments about a business within seconds. So many start-ups fail because the business owners do not do their research. Understand your market, develop the right product and getting your brand right is key to that good first impression.

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Student Loan Genius Lands $3.5 Million in Funding

SiliconHills

Student Loan Genius has raised $3.5 million in venture capital. Vestigo Ventures, based in Cambridge, Mass., led the round which included CMFG Ventures, Prudential Financial and Rubicon Venture Capital also participated in the round. The Austin-based startup, founded in 2013, has raised more than $7 million to date. The company plans to use the funds […].

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Austin Abdicates Innovation

Austin Startup

Sometimes saying, “I told you so” feels smugly satisfying. This is not one of those times. This week KXAN ran a story titled “ Key players warn Austin is being left behind in 5G future.” If this issue sounds familiar it’s because you may have read about it here and here and even as far back as 2016. The City of Austin lags behind every single major metro in the state when it comes to granting applications for small cell site permits.

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