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[Review] Brother ScanNCut

YoungUpstarts

The Advantages. The die cutter also features a 300-dpi scanner, which means you are able to capture your very own backgrounds and images to use at a later stage. The Drawbacks. The die cutter comes with limitations in regard to materials of up to a thickness of 2 millimeters even though it features multiple settings when it comes to depth, pressure and cutting speed.

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WP Engine passes $100M in revenue and secures $250M investment from Silver Lake

A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

People said there’s no money in hosting. WordPress is just a toy. After the success of Smart Bear, I should be setting my sights on something big, not this. I’m sure people said similar things to Heather when she joined as our CEO. The Silicon Valley-oriented technology press outlets don’t cover us because we’re not in San Francisco, even though we’re more successful than most of the startups they cover.

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Why You Should Encourage Customer Reviews (And How To Do It)

YoungUpstarts

by Megan Headley, Research Director at TrustRadius. There’s no two ways about it: the Internet has changed how we do business. Now consumers can order a product online and have it sent to their home the same day, access streaming media in a split second and even hire someone to do their shopping for them if they don’t feel like it! Now that’s diversity of service!

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Online Marketing Is Confusing – But It Doesn’t Have To Be

YFS Magazine

Online marketing includes a set of powerful tools and methods used to promote your business on the internet. If you find it difficult to leave a mark online, try these six tips.

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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 Signs It’s Time To Outsource Your Business Finances

YoungUpstarts

Better control over F&A (finance and accounting) processes, reduced management costs, and access to the best technology and accountant talent pool are some of the benefits that come to mind. While you can achieve all these on your own, there are some indicators that when seen, you should know that it’s time to outsource your business finances. We will take a look at five signs that indicate to CFOs that it’s time to outsource their F&A operations: When you’re insufficiently leverag

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What if you come across juicy competitor information?

Berkonomics

Close. Many of us belong to industry associations and find ourselves at conferences and trade shows with time to spend with competitors. Some of these are old friends; some even former associates. It is natural to want to associate with these people for many reasons, certainly socially. Most CEOs want to obtain information about their competitors in the most subtle and non-obvious ways.

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How to write an effective post to promote your product in social media?

The Startup Magazine

Every year thousands of small businesses are launching their products and services online with the help of social media platforms such as Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, Telegram, Snapchat etc. However, not every business can be considered to be successful online. There are hundreds of people who lost their businesses and who failed their startups because they didn’t get enough literacy in social media management and online presence.

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Business Marketing Tips That Will Ensure Big Success

YoungUpstarts

Are you currently trying to get a small business off of the ground? If so, you’re going to need to go above and beyond to market your business. Marketing is key to reaching new people and finding new customers for your business. Without an effective marketing plan, you’ll never be able to get ahead. This is why it is absolutely vital to study up on marketing.

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WP Engine Lands $250 Million in Funding from Silver Lake

SiliconHills

One of the most successful startups to spin out of Capital Factory, WP Engine announced Thursday that it has received $250 million in funding from Silver Lake, a venture capital firm. WP Engine, founded by Jason Cohen in 2010, now has more than $100 million in annual recurring revenue and more than 75,000 customers worldwide, […]. The post WP Engine Lands $250 Million in Funding from Silver Lake appeared first on SiliconHills.

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DHS Face Biometric Scans

Austin Startup

Are They Legitimate? Georgetown Law recently released a report titled “ Not Ready For Takeoff ” (clever name), harshly critiquing the DHS’ facial recognition program designed to catch people over-staying their US visas. A travel visa is “conditional authorization granted by a country to a foreigner, allowing them to enter, remain within, or to leave that country.

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Inspirational Speaker, Radio Host & Coach Dedicates His Work to Personal Growth

Hearpreneur

David Essel dedicates his work as a counselor, life coach, author, speaker and radio host to making an impact on people’s lives and helping them to grow. We had the opportunity to speak with David about his services, the positive thinking movement and some of his future projects. Tell us your story and why you started your business. Ever since I was a little kid, I have been a leader in life.

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Tips for Attracting Local Clients

Duct Tape Marketing

Tips for Attracting Local Clients written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing. Marketing Podcast with David Mihm. Podcast Transcript. Perhaps the hottest area in the world of search today is local. I’ve been writing about this topic for about ten years, but Google is finally taking it seriously. The reason? Plain old AdWords search revenue is starting to shrink and Google is looking to monetize the map and local listings as the next frontier.

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FT Rankings – Sneak Peak at Entrepreneurship

Campus Entrepreneurship

The Financial Times will release its 2018 MBA programme rankings at the end of January; they’ve provided a tease on entrepreneurship education (which Stanford University has dominated since this sub ranking began in 2015). From the FT. Stanford Graduate School of Business has topped the table since 2015. Latest data show that slightly more than a third (36 per cent) of its alumni started a company during orPlease use the sharing tools found via the email icon at the top of articles.

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Book #1: Thanks, Obama: My Hopey, Changey White House Years

Jeff Hilimire

This year (2018) my goal is to read 52 books. Here is a list of all the books I’ve read in 2018. Each book is ranked on a 5-star scale (5 is best). ** Thanks, Obama: My Hope, Changey White House Years. I LOVED this book. I would say over the last three years its in the top ten books I’ve read. I loved the topic – a young White House speechwriter’s journey through the Obama years – and I loved the writing style.

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Mark Zuckerberg’s 2018 Challenge; Save Facebook

Campus Entrepreneurship

For those who have been watching Facebook and its founder Mark Zuckerberg for years (as I have); each year Zuck creates a personal challenge for growth. Mark Zuckerberg’s 2018 challenge is specifically focused on his company — very different from recent challenges – visit all 50 states, learn Mandarin, read lots of books. From Zuckerberg’s post: For example, one of the most interesting questions in technology right now is about centralization vs decentralization.