Wed.Oct 28, 2020

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5 Steps To A Winning Strategic Plan Execution Process

Startup Professionals Musings

In my years of advising business leaders, from entrepreneurs to enterprise executives, I often hear a passion for strategic change planning, but seldom see the same commitment to strategic execution. I fully understand that real change is hard, but I’m convinced that more focus on the execution is required to overcome the current 70 percent failure rate for strategic transformations.

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From The Ground Up: Reasons To Rethink Your Entry-Level Hiring Strategy

YoungUpstarts

by Pablo Listingart, Founder and Executive Director of ComIT. To begin again, to start anew, to have a fresh, blank slate — the corporate advantages of hiring entry level employees, strong professionals at their career beginnings, seem self-explanatory. But for many companies, it’s a source of stress, and an area too often overlooked. Onboarding at the entry level can be resource intensive.

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The Analyst Cam: Salesforce Industries Part 3

deal architect

As we have moved to virtual vendor briefings, I have increasingly been excerpting short video segments (with permission from vendors), as part of my Analyst Cam series. Salesforce recently had a Industries Summit where they showcased 12 "industry cloud" tracks.

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5 Things That Make Your Ecommerce Business More Valuable

YoungUpstarts

The value of your ecommerce business matters most when you intend to sell your business. In order to set a fair price for your business, you need to know how much your business is worth. Buyers will also want to know the value before they consider committing to a purchase. Whether you plan to sell your business now or later, you need to know how much it’s worth.

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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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The Queen’s Gambit

Feld Thoughts

If you can’t imagine that a drama about chess would be riveting, you need to watch The Queen’s Gambit. And, if you love (or even like) chess, start watching it tonight. The first two episodes are the Opening. The Middlegame happens in episodes 3, 4, and 5. The Endgame is episodes 6 and 7. Each is delicious. The Endgame is spectacular. We watched it in three nights.

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3 Ways To Think Outside The Box In Business

YoungUpstarts

The concept of “thinking outside the box” is derided by many as a sort of meaningless business buzzphrase. But despite what cynics may say, entrepreneurs should always seek to challenge traditional approaches in order to find new solutions that boost growth and profit – it’s a surefire way to ensure that your brand stands out from the crowd. These three tips will push your personal and professional boundaries and encourage you to think outside the box when it comes to your business. 1.

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How Many Instagram Followers Do You Need To Start Making Money?

YoungUpstarts

When it comes to monetizing your account on Instagram, the first thing you need to look at the number of followers you currently have, if you haven’t even got a thousand followers then there is no point in thinking about monetizing your account until you get to a decent number. But how do you go about getting more followers and do more followers really translate into money?

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Why Your Business Should Buy Union-Made Products

The Startup Magazine

Over the years, Americans have worked together to come up with solutions to existing problems in their communities to improve their lives. Through labor unions, workers come together to advance their interests and strive for improvement at their workplaces. Unions take the lead in negotiating better terms and working conditions on behalf of employees through collective bargaining and union-made product promotion.

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Starting A Carpet Cleaning Business? Here’s What You Need To Know.

YoungUpstarts

Carpets are a ubiquitous part of commercial and residential locations across the land and the need for top-notch cleaning services to keep these carpets in perfect conditions and lasting their full-service life is important. Clean well-maintained carpets are essential to an inviting environment and good presentation. If you have been considering opening a profession to cater to this need, you have the entrepreneurial itch and could soon be taking home your slice of a $5 Billion pie that is only

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How Email Can Help You Manage The Dreaded Backorder

ConversionXL

Ecommerce customers are used to getting what they want, when they want. And with any delay like a backorder, you risk losing revenue and increasing churn. A backorder email marketing strategy ensures that customers: Get updates as soon as you have them; Get answers to their questions quickly; Stay excited about what they’ve ordered. This article will help refine your backorder email strategy as well as help you build trust with customers and decrease the chances of a refund during those inevitab

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Gaining A Competitive Edge In Business

YoungUpstarts

Starting a business is a time that’s filled with an equal mix of trepidation and excitement (especially if it’s your first business venture). There are many things to overcome, such as developing a USP and gaining the required funds to start your company. Today, we’re going to cover some ways in which you could gain the competitive edge over other businesses in your industry so that your venture will thrive where others may get left behind.

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Buying a car for commuting: What should you be thinking about?

The Startup Magazine

The coronavirus outbreak has transformed commuting habits in the UK. For some, 2020 is now the year of working from home. For others unable to do their job from home, driving to (or for) work is seen as a safer alternative to public transport. In either case, however, this could be an ideal time to think about whether your current car is up to the task of the daily commute.

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Creativity is a Choice and It’s Important

Duct Tape Marketing

Creativity is a Choice and It’s Important 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, an entrepreneur, best-selling author, and speaker. In addition to launching one of the most popular blogs in the world, he has written 18, 19, maybe even 20 best-selling books, including The Dip , Linchpin , Purple Cow , Tribes , and What To Do When It’s Your Turn (And It

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The Rise of Ethical Leadership and the Triple Bottom Line

The Startup Magazine

We decide what to breathe into reality with each word we utter. Ethical leadership applies to those who invest significant time and energy into making sure they are a force of good in their communities, regions, and nations. Today, ethical leaders are going above and beyond to make a difference in their corporate cultures, whether it’s studying conflict management or creating transparency and teamwork within an organization.

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3 Skills Every Business Leader Needs Amid The Covid-19 Crisis

YFS Magazine

Lingering uncertainty surrounding the global coronavirus pandemic has unnerved many people, especially business owners.

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Studying Business Management Will Help You Rake In Profits

The Startup Magazine

A whopping 266,000 startups registered in the United States in the fourth quarter of 2019 alone, fueling the economy and bringing the dreams of many entrepreneurs to life. These startups also made other people’s dreams come true, as new businesses in the U.S. created 3 million jobs in 2019, and approximately the same number in the previous year.

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Understanding Brand Personality examples and types

What is ESG Investing? The tricycle of businesses

With this piece, we take a look at Brand Personality examples and types. We understand the concept of Brand Personality.

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Outsourcing as a Strategy During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Women Entrepreneurs Can

The way that we do business has changed significantly throughout this year – the COVID-19 pandemic that is sweeping the planet has seen to that. No longer can we rely on the traditional ways of doing business – almost every aspect has had to change and adapt. Businesses are needing to find ways of developing much greater resilience, agility and flexibility in order to survive the challenges that the outbreak has created.

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Re-Evaluating Your Nonprofit Budget for Board Technology

Board Effect

Regardless of what type of programs and services your nonprofit provides, and regardless of how large your nonprofit is, you need some type of technology to function in today’s world. Even if your board members aren’t tech-savvy, your stakeholders are. To survive and thrive, you need to be able to communicate and interact with the following individuals and groups electronically: Donors.

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How Much A Startup Spends On Business Documents

The Startup Magazine

Many startup founders dive into their businesses without considering the costs of business documents. It is highly important to have a clear idea of the costs involved. This article gives a snapshot of some typical costs. . Register a DBA Name. After deciding on the kind of business structure you will have, you must determine how your business will interact with the public.

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5 Steps to Build a Successful B2B Website

Up and Running

Your website is the single most important element of your digital marketing strategy. As such, it needs to be designed with its users in mind to create a seamless experience. In many ways, this applies even more so for businesses that sell to other businesses (B2B). Just because you’re selling to other teams and organizations doesn’t mean that their expectations are lesser than your typical consumer.

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