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50 on Fire Celebration on Oct 4 in Austin

Austin Startup

The Forrest Four-Cast: October 1, 2017 A gathering of innovators, big and small, people and organizations, across multiple categories, 50 on Fire occurs at 7:00 pm on Wednesday evening, October 4 at Impact Hub Austin (5540 North Lamar, 78756). The 50 best-of-the-best Austin startups, organizations and individuals being honored at this event include 3 Day Startup, Central Texas Angel Network, Civitas Learning, Data.World, Div Inc, Ever Fest, EverlyWell, Flo Sports, GameSalad, Mubariz “Moby” Hayat

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5 Entrepreneur Habits That Imply Visionary Execution

Startup Professionals Musings

A popular approach for aspiring entrepreneurs these days seems to be to corner anyone who will listen, with a pitch on their current “million dollar idea.” The initial monologue usually ends with the question “How much money do you think this is worth?” In my opinion, ideas are a commodity, and are really not worth much, outside the context of a visionary leader who can execute.

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Light Up the Room

Austin Startup

All of us get to make a daily decision about how we will approach our tasks for the day. There has been much written recently about beginning each day with a sense of gratitude; that’s certainly great wisdom for enjoying life more fully. However, one quality I’ve observed time and again in successful entrepreneurs is the raw energy they bring to every duty and every personal interaction.

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What You Need To Know About Ransomware

YoungUpstarts

by Jesse Wood, CEO of eFileCabinet. Our world is advancing in technology. There’s no denying that, but what happens when a criminal masked behind the security of a computer attacks your files or hard drive? Cybercrime has become a quickly increasing online threat. Hacking is on the rise, and many of these criminals have taken to using ransomware, a malicious malware that holds your important files captive until you pay a large sum of money.

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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