Thu.May 14, 2020

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Advice For Managing Remote Teams

View from Seed

Remote work has been a topic of discussion for many businesses in recent years, but little did we know that we were about to put all our hypotheses and reservations to the test. Since social distancing orders have been put in place, a huge portion of our workforce has transformed their homes into workplaces and are trying their best to manage this new work environment.

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How To Start A Home Business During The Pandemic

The Startup Magazine

Now that the coronavirus has shuttered many brick-and-mortar businesses, entrepreneurs around the world are pivoting to starting a home business. Thanks to the wondrous advancements in digital technology we’ve enjoyed over the past few decades, working from home and starting your own company from the confines of your living room has never been easier or more profitable.

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Marketing Advice For Small Businesses During COVID-19

YoungUpstarts

Trying to market your business through the unforeseen circumstances that COVID-19 has presented can feel like an impossible task. However, if you want your business to stay afloat, marketing now is more important than ever. If you stop marketing your business, it could dry up, and this will leave you in a pretty sticky situation. . Below, you’ll find marketing advice designed for small businesses during COVID-19: Keep Everyone Updated.

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Our Investment in Meru Health – and Others

Feld Thoughts

We just announced our investment in Meru Health. If you recognize Meru Health , it’s because I wrote about it in January as part of my explanation of Freestyle’s Leadership on Mental Health. I highlighted what Josh Felser and his team at Freestyle were doing, which included underwriting 100% of the cost for two programs – Meru Health and Hoffman Institute , for all of their founders.

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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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Lessons From The Arctic Circle To Regulate Emotions During The Pandemic 

YoungUpstarts

by Kevin Vallely and Amy Posey, authors of “ Wild Success: 7 Key Lessons Business Leaders Can Learn from Extreme Adventurers “ As Tabitha and Amanda walk out onto the sea ice, testing their snowshoes in the soft snow, it’s apparent Amanda isn’t comfortable. Tabitha marches ahead about 30 yards and turns to find Amanda stopped in her tracks.

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How to Write a Business Plan for a Retail Clothing Boutique

Up and Running

You have always had flair when it comes to your personal style. You have an eye for picking out the best pieces, and you know how to tailor your taste to different people. You know you could put together a unique product line and draw in customers if you were to open your own retail clothing boutique. Now it’s time to write a business plan to officially bring your style to the world.

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Dr John Demartini: World Renowned Human Behavioral Specialist Reveals How Entrepreneurs Can Thrive During A Crisis

Entrepreneurs-Journey.com by Yaro Starak

? [ Download MP3 | iTunes | Soundcloud | Stitcher | Spotify | Raw RSS ] Dr. John Demartini is somewhat of a legend in the world of personal development. I first came across his wisdom during the mid-2000s when he was one of the featured experts in the viral-hit documentary, The Secret. However, Dr Demartini’s […].

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Tips of the Trade with Seth Godin

Duct Tape Marketing

Tips of the Trade with Seth Godin written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing. Marketing Podcast with Seth Godin. In this episode of the Duct Tape Marketing Podcast , I interview Seth Godin, author, entrepreneur, and most of all a teacher. Seth is an entrepreneur, best-selling author, and speaker. In addition to launching one of the most popular blogs in the world, he has written 19 best-selling books, including The Dip , Linchpin , Purple Cow , Tribes , and What To Do When It&#

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Struggling to write during COVID-19

Jeff Hilimire

Photo by Steve Johnson on Unsplash. I don’t know what to write about. In this new now normal* I’m really struggling to find words that feel worthy to write. Words that are worthy of your time. I sit down each morning and I want to write a blog post, but nothing rises to the surface that seems important. People are sick and dying, thousands by the day.

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10 Ways to Get Creative with Your Exhibition Stand

Women Entrepreneurs Can

When you have the chance to host your own trade show or exhibition, your business gets its big moment to stand out. It’s here that you can bring in some new business and get people talking about your brand, but the only way that you’re going to do that is if your booth stands out. An exhibition is usually a very crowded place, packed to the brim with people who want to be a part of your business and want to see what you have to offer.

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Circular Advice from the SBA

VC Adventure

Quick preface to this note. I’m not your lawyer and I’m not giving legal advice. . As I wrote about at the beginning of the week, the SBA has made a mess of the Payroll Protection Program. Yes, there are some challenges to parts of the structure of the program , but I was referring in that post to the SBAs implementation of the program and the varied guidance they’ve given since the program’s launch.

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Taking Your Business Virtual? Ensure You Prepare Properly!

Women Entrepreneurs Can

For one reason or another, you’ve decided that now is the right time to make a big change in regards to how you run your business. Instead of continuing to run your business as a physical brand with an office or store, you have decided to take your business online and run it remotely. Across the globe, remote work is quickly becoming the norm for around 70% of the global workforce who spend at least a couple of days a week working remotely, which shows just how effective this method of working c

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Which is more important? Workplace safety or profits?

Berkonomics

Its a new world out there. Some businesses never sent people to work from home, told they were “essential businesses.” Soon more will reopen as weeks and months go by. That’s a relief for most of us from the combination of boredom and lack of social interaction. Even if we were safer at home as we became experts sharing screens in Zoom.

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5 Ways to Improve the Customer Experience in Your Call Center

Women Entrepreneurs Can

Although a lot of customers prefer to interact with businesses online through email, live chat, and social media, the call center is still a very important part of your customer service department. There are plenty of people out there, especially those in the older generation, that would prefer to speak to somebody on the phone , and if customers have more complex issues, they cannot always be resolved over email or live chat.

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4 Cybersecurity Concerns Every Entrepreneur Should Know About

Women Entrepreneurs Can

In the 1990s, researchers observed that women tended to be slow in adapting to the digital age As a result, technology was mostly seen as a male-dominated area. As the internet and mobile use rose, women in most countries were not left behind. Today, security and privacy are important and women are concerned about accessing secure online platforms where they can be safe from electronic snooping.