Wed.Oct 11, 2017

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4 Ways In Which Millennial Entrepreneurs Do Business Differently

YoungUpstarts

Millennials are a generation which stretches from the mid-eighties to the late nineties, and the name itself comes from the people born between these two dates being the first generation to move into further education in the new millennium. Millennials themselves are generally viewed rather negatively as a whole, despite the statistics surrounding their lives giving an entirely different story.

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We’re Programming Around Your Needs: Highlights of Lean Startup Week 2017

Startup Lessons Learned

Guest post by Jennifer Maerz, Program Chair of Lean Startup Co. For eight years, our flagship conference has focused on sharing stories and lessons of putting Lean Startup’s entrepreneurial methodology into practice. We’ve hosted talks, workshops, and interactive sessions on the challenges and successes of modern management techniques from a wide variety of business leaders around the world.

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What Is a Business Model? Business Models Explained

Up and Running

Airbnb is a well-known example of the marketplace business model. Understanding the problem you are solving for your customers is undoubtedly the biggest challenge you’ll face when you’re starting a business. Customers need to want what you are selling and your product needs to solve a real problem. But, ensuring that your product fits the needs of the market is only one part of starting a successful business.

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Why Every Small Business Needs A Virtual Phone System

YFS Magazine

Stay accessible, productive and efficient at any time, in any place, in a highly mobile world. Here's why virtual phone systems have become the norm.

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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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On The Road Again

Feld Thoughts

I was in Atlanta yesterday for Techstars Atlanta Demo Day. I’ll be here again today for Venture Atlanta and then I’m on to Kansas City for Techstars Kansas City Demo Day. Rule #1: Don’t eat the bugs on the window of the 23rd floor of your hotel. I’m being a lot more deliberate about my travel these days. I’m also being more careful about how I do it.

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AlertMedia Lands $8 Million in Funding

SiliconHills

AlertMedia, a communication software provider, announced Wednesday that it has raised $8 million Austin-based Next Coast Ventures led the Series B round with continued investment from ATX Seed Ventures. To date, the Austin-based company has raised more than $17 million from investors including Silverton Partners and angel investors. AlertMedia plans to use the funds on […].

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48in48 Atlanta 2017 – 3rd time’s a charm!

Jeff Hilimire

Once again, we did it! For the 3rd straight year we pulled off a 48in48 event in Atlanta, and it just keeps getting better. Over 300 volunteers came and donated their weekend to the cause (to build 48 nonprofit websites in 48 hours), providing over $1.5 million in donated services to Atlanta’s nonprofits. I have to make a special call out to Delta Air Lines for being our sponsor from day one, and helping us build this organization over the last three years.

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Transcript of Webinar Best Practices Throughout the Customer Journey

Duct Tape Marketing

Transcript of Webinar Best Practices Throughout the Customer Journey written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing. Back to Podcast. Transcript. John Jantsch: Webinars. Everybody’s doing them, right? Well yeah, right, everybody’s doing them, but are they doing them well and are you using them in your business? I think that webinars are a great tool to use for every stage of the customer journey, not just as a sell tool, as a hard sell tool, like so many people use it.

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Do This, Not That Email Marketing Edition

YoungUpstarts

by Clate Mask, CEO of Infusionsoft and co-author of “ Conquer the Chaos: How to Grow a Successful Small Business Without Going Crazy “ Email marketing is one of the oldest and most effective methods of digital marketing. Decades after it was first introduced, email still consistently delivers the highest conversion rates of any marketing method.

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Webinar Best Practices Throughout the Customer Journey

Duct Tape Marketing

Webinar Best Practices Throughout the Customer Journey written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing. This episode of the Duct Tape Marketing Podcast is sponsored by ahrefs – one of my go-to SEO tools – enter to win a full year of ahrefs service ($2,000 value) by subscribing to the Duct Tape Marketing Podcast. Marketing Podcast with Omar Zenhom.

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Top Mistakes Businesses Make With Employees

YoungUpstarts

by Terry Duncan, President of Duncan Management Inc. In the job market today, employees don’t stay in one place for as long as they used to. While numerous factors can contribute to this, there are a few things business owners can do to boost morale and keep a higher retention rate. Businesses must stop categorizing employees into generational groups with specific shortcomings or habits.

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10 Winning Entrepreneur Insights That May Surprise You

Startup Professionals Musings

Every aspiring entrepreneur would love to be the next Mark Zuckerberg or Jeff Bezos, but most have no idea what really sets these guys apart from all the rest. Conventional wisdom has them looking for a painful problem, a very large opportunity, and minimal competitive barriers to entry. In reality, most great entrepreneurs find these necessary, but not sufficient for the big win.