Version One Ventures

OCTOBER 22, 2019

Nearly two years ago, I published a post exploring four key opportunities in crypto. In it, I outlined four crypto waves, ranked from furthest to least developed: Store of value. Disruption of financial markets. Disruption of every other information market. Disruption of what a firm means. Looking back, I see that we’ve have good progress across all four areas, although the pace is definitely slower than I had originally expected (and hoped).

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The Startup Magazine

OCTOBER 22, 2019

Many inexperienced small business owners may believe that a brand is as simple as a unique company name and logo. The logo and company name are only the very beginnings of building a coherent brand that will set your company apart from the masses. When companies build a strong brand, they enhance their public reputation and draw attention to their strengths.

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NZ Entrepreneur

OCTOBER 22, 2019

Founders’ Chat is a series where we share the entrepreneurial journey of founders from the GridAKL start-up hub. User testing, also known as usability testing, is a process of identifying users’ biggest problems and uncovering a product’s issues by testing it with real users. As a startup founder, your time and resources tend to be limited. User testing was developed to challenge the assumptions founders and designers have before they waste resources on developing a product with poor usability o

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YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 22, 2019

Today more than 150 millions of Instagram users are able to leverage Instagram shoppable posts. If you have a business Instagram account and still do not use shoppable posts then it is time to start selling your products on Instagram. This will be a great additional sales channel for your business. If you are not aware how to use shoppable Instagram posts then we will gladly help you.

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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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OCTOBER 22, 2019

There are so many things you have to consider when starting your own business. . What should your business name be? . How should you launch your product or services? . How should you structure your pricing? . With so many questions to tackle, it’s not surprising that some aspects are put on the back burner. Some small business owners bypass one of the biggest opportunities to make their business stand out by skipping the process of building a brand.

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YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 22, 2019

Dubai is one of the most happening destinations for businesspersons. In the beginning, the economy of Dubai relied entirely on oil output; however, things have drastically changed now with oil output accounting for only 2% of Dubai’s GDP. The city is moving ahead in sectors like retail and wholesale, construction, and hospitality. The hospitality that includes travel and tourism is an industry that has registered phenomenal growth in the past few years.

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YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 22, 2019

How to get a profit in business? This question has always been topical for those who want to start their venture and become financially independent. And nowadays, it’s starting to bother more and more people. Indeed! Today, launching your business isn’t so complicated and expensive process as it used to be 20-30 years ago. People don’t need to go to great lengths to pull it off.

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crowdSPRING Blog

OCTOBER 22, 2019

We all enjoy a good meme poking fun at embarrassing mistakes online. But, it’s far less funny when your product or package is the butt of those jokes. Poor packaging leads to worse things than a bruised ego – it leads to lost sales and revenue. And, it’s no mystery why. People’s brains are measurably impacted by viewing product packaging.

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YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 22, 2019

When you are in business it is all too easy to get so busy that you let some things slide. It is almost inevitable. Sometimes things are slow, other times you are rushed off your feet. When that happens you have to prioritize. The problem is that it is all too easy to forget to pick things up again and catch up when you are less busy. It is only when things go wrong that you find out that you have let something important slide. 1.

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Women Entrepreneurs Can

OCTOBER 22, 2019

Outsourcing certain areas of your business to professionals in their field is a clever and strategic move that more and more people are coming on board with. It frees up valuable company time for your internal resources and enables you to focus them where you need them most, without compromising on the quality of the things you have outsourced. So if you’re ready to free up your internal workload, here are 4 things that you could be outsourcing. 1.

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YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 22, 2019

by Kaihan Krippendorff, author of “ Driving Innovation from Within: A Guide for Internal Entrepreneurs “ After four years of research into innovation success, I have come to firmly believe that most innovation research is measuring the wrong thing… or at least is overlooking a critical unit of measure: the employee. To better understand how innovation occurs and how it can be sustained, we should be looking at the habits, characteristics, patterns of behavior, tools, and journeys of

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The Startup Magazine

OCTOBER 22, 2019

The online approach seems to be massively instant and useful for calculating the tax depreciation. When you are having a good amount in your bank, then you should take wise steps for securing it. Investing the money in a valuable asset such as in property is highly beneficial as it let you relish potential benefits in the future. Capital Claims’ depreciation calculator in Australia is a worthy approach for your facilitating tax calculations.

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Mike Michalowicz

OCTOBER 22, 2019

Hi! My name is Dr. Sabrina Starling, owner of Tap the Potential and author of the How to Hire the Best Series. I’ve been a fan, friend and colleague of Mike for a number of years. Mike recently interviewed me about my newest book in the series, How to Hire the Best: The Contractor’s Ultimate Guide to Attracting Top Performing Employees. In this interview, I share how Mike’s books, The Pumpkin Plan, Surge, and Profit First, have contributed to the development of this book series, as well as a sol

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The Startup Magazine

OCTOBER 22, 2019

A personal loan can be an incredible way to obtain the money you need for financing a startup business, consolidate debt, or make a huge purchase. Typically, a two-year personal loan will charge an average interest rate of approximately 10.6 percent, which is relatively affordable. Whether you’d like to borrow from a bank, online lender or a credit union, the process is quite similar.

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ConversionXL

OCTOBER 22, 2019

How can you make Facebook Advertising work for B2B? I sat down with Curt Maly, Facebook Advertising Expert @ Black Box Social Media, and he says: it is all relationship building. Instead of just asking people to buy your stuff, we want to engage them with relevant, high-quality content in the way they want to learn. The key is leaning into the Facebook algorithm to deliver the right content at the right time.

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The Startup Magazine

OCTOBER 22, 2019

While a startup is technically any newly established business enterprise, the term has really become culturally synonymous with those that focus on innovation and very modern concepts. When you think “ startup ”, your mind is often drawn to trendy office spaces , new-age technology and 21st-century business models. Startups are very much considered the new frontier of business, designed to inspire and produce the next generation of world-leading brands.

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Women Entrepreneurs Can

OCTOBER 22, 2019

There is much to consider when choosing a location for your business. When scouring commercial listing ads online, you will be taking such things as size, functionality, and rental price into consideration, for example. Another important aspect to consider is the location. Get it right, and your business will prosper. Choose the wrong location, and your business might struggle.

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deal architect

OCTOBER 22, 2019

If you are into speeds and feeds, last week in sports was particularly interesting. It marked the 19th anniversary of Dale Earnhardt's improbable win at the Talladega Superspeedway. Seemingly hopeless in 18th place with just 4 laps to go, Earnhardt.

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Women Entrepreneurs Can

OCTOBER 22, 2019

For businesses, the world is smaller than it has ever been before. Once, companies were largely restricted to a tiny local potential customer base, restricted by the difficulties of geography and travelling long distances. Nowadays, however, such restrictions have melted away thanks to technology, and companies are able to expand far beyond their local area in the search for customers.

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Duct Tape Marketing

OCTOBER 22, 2019

The Self-Reliant Entrepreneur Reading: Summer written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing. Today, October 22, marks the launch of my latest book, The Self-Reliant Entrepreneur. Each day this week, I’ll be sharing an excerpt from the book. Today’s reading epitomizes the summer season. It’s about the abundance and restorative, healing powers of love. “In one word, the cure for all the ills and wrongs, the cares, the sorrows, and the crimes of humanity all lie i

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Feld Thoughts

OCTOBER 22, 2019

Amy and I had dinner recently with Chris Couch , a friend from MIT who I hadn’t seen in 25 years. Before we had dinner, Chris sent us an email with a link to his High Altitude Photography Platform along with the video from Mission 1 of the HAPP. Chris has a day job, so this has been his hobby for the past two years. It’s pretty epic – both as a project and a hobby.

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Duct Tape Marketing

OCTOBER 22, 2019

How to Build a Business Around Referrals written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing. Marketing Podcast with Michael J. Maher. Podcast Transcript. On this episode of the Duct Tape Marketing Podcast, I sit down with author, speaker, and real estate expert Michael J. Maher. After writing his book, The Seven Levels of Communication: Go From Relationships to Referrals , based on his experiences in the real estate industry, he began to garner attention well beyond the bounds of the real

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YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 22, 2019

It isn’t uncommon for businesses to make the mistake of thinking they hold all the cards. Potential employees need a job, and many are willing to bend over backwards to make sure they are hired, but the type of employees you want aren’t the ones who are desperate to take any job offer that comes their way. Savvy employees know that they’re the ones who hold all the cards.

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Duct Tape Marketing

OCTOBER 22, 2019

Transcript of How to Build a Business Around Referrals written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing. Back to Podcast. Transcript. John Jantsch: This episode of The Duct Tape Marketing Podcast is brought to you by Klaviyo. Klaviyo is a platform that helps growth-focused eCommerce brands drive more sales with super-targeted, highly relevant email, Facebook and Instagram marketing.

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YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 22, 2019

by Oleg Konovalov , author of “ Leaderology “ There’s a reason many of the most successful businesses in America – Apple, Amazon and others – had a visionary leader behind them, propelling them to achieve their goals at the highest level. A vision pushes people not just to do more, but to do more than they think they are capable of. Yet, even though everyone does a lot of talking about the importance of vision, it’s not easy to fully grasp just what it is.

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Duct Tape Marketing

OCTOBER 22, 2019

TrendHunter Feature – The Self-Reliant Entrepreneur written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing. Author and marketing expert John Jantsch released his sixth book, The Sel f-Reliant Entrepreneur , on October 22, 2019. Mindfulness has become a hot topic of late, but Jantsch takes a unique approach to the subject, looking at modern mindfulness through the lens of transcendentalist writings of the mid-1800s.

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VC Adventure

OCTOBER 22, 2019

For the early part of your business you’re likely too busy to be spending a lot of time thinking about management structures, team optimization and how your business scales. You’re just getting s**t done. And, even for experienced executives, making quite a few things up as you go along. The solution to many early scale challenges is to find something that works and then do more of it.

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Duct Tape Marketing

OCTOBER 22, 2019

The Story Engine Podcast Interview – The Self-Reliant Entrepreneur written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing. Author John Jantsch sits down with Kyle Gray to discuss his latest book, The Sel f-Reliant Entrepreneur , published October 22, 2019. With 30+ years of entrepreneurial experience himself, Jantsch decided to share some of the lessons he’s learned over the years with other entrepreneurs, viewing them through the lens of literature from transcendentalist authors.

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YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 22, 2019

In so many ways, there are so many aspects of your business that you have to be triply sure is covered at all bases. For example, when it comes to something like your employees , it’s not just about productivity, but it’s about ensuring their well-being is catered for. And this idea of covering all the bases is a mindset that we need to get into, not just for the benefit of the people that work for us, but for the business as a whole.

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Duct Tape Marketing

OCTOBER 22, 2019

The Predictable Prospecting Podcast with Marylou Tyler – The Self-Reliant Entrepreneur written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing. Marketing expert and author John Jantsch stops by Marylou Tyler’s Predictable Prospecting Podcast to discuss his latest book, The Sel f-Reliant Entrepreneur , published October 22, 2019. With over three decades of experience as an entrepreneur, Jantsch has now written a book that’s designed to be a guide for fellow entrepreneurs and bu

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ReadWriteStart

OCTOBER 22, 2019

When Bill Hewlett and David Packard founded HP in 1947, it made logistical and fiscal sense to have all their workers housed under one roof. Ditto for Apple. It even penciled for Google in 1998, and it still worked well enough that Facebook chose to establish its headquarters in Palo Alto, California, in 2004. Standout startups like Stripe, InVision, and Github exploit a competitive edge every startup should leverage.

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Duct Tape Marketing

OCTOBER 22, 2019

The Jason Falls Show Interview – The Self-Reliant Entrepreneur written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing. Author John Jantsch sits down with fellow marketing expert, Jason Falls, to share with Falls about his latest book, The Sel f-Reliant Entrepreneur , published October 22, 2019. This book is a departure from Jantsch’s previous books, which were focused on providing marketing guidance to small business owners and entrepreneurs.

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