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Running Front-End Experiments

YoungUpstarts

by Dawn Parzych, Developer Advocate for LaunchDarkly. As a former teacher, I firmly believe we should always be learning. Every night at dinner we talk about what we learned that day. Learning something new can be intimidating and a huge time commitment, but it doesn’t have to be. Running small experiments is an effective way to learn and try out new ideas.

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7 Keys For Moving A Startup To A Sustainable Business

Startup Professionals Musings

As a business advisor, I have too often seen technical entrepreneurs get a product or service off the ground with ease, but then struggle mightily when their business reaches a couple of million in annual sales, or the employee count grows beyond a handful. It’s at this stage that the job changes from creative and tactical to managerial and strategic.

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The Passion Play

deal architect

It is the start of the new decade. Which means the beautiful town of Oberammergau in Bavaria, Germany will be hosting its 42nd once-a-decade Passion Play this summer. It is also the 15th anniversary of both my blogs, Deal Architect.

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Poetry: Pandemic

Feld Thoughts

Following is a poem titled Pandemic written by Lynn Ungar on 3/11/20. Thanks to Joanna Rupp at the University of Chicago for sending it to me. I like to read poetry out loud. It slows me down enough to relish the words. Lynn, I don’t know you, but you wrote a beautiful poem that hopefully helps a lot of us in this moment. Pandemic. What if you thought of it as the Jews consider the Sabbath— the most sacred of times?

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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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3 Tips for Business During Coronavirus

Mike Michalowicz

Hello my friends and colleagues. I am reaching out to you (from a distance!) to see how you are all coping in light of the Coronavirus pandemic. I have received emails from some of you, worried about your businesses and the economic uncertainty stemming from our current environment. While I certainly do not have all the answers, I am here to tell you I am with you.

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#LeadBoldly to #StoptheSpread of COVID-19

Feld Thoughts

A coalition of 250 CEOs and leaders (and growing by the hour) are asking our fellow business and civic leaders around America to #LeadBoldly and #StoptheSpread of COVID-19. We as leaders are doing the following, and asking other leaders to join us: Immediately change our organization’s policies to “work from home” for all employees where possible, including leaders.

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Dealing with evolving information about Covid-19

VC Adventure

Humans are, as a general rule, poor at changing their minds once they’ve developed a view about something. This can be the cause of plenty of arguments and I suspect is a significant reason we’ve become so much more polarized as a country in recent decades (that, and it’s ancillary effect of causing us to seek out only information and data that support our unbending view).

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What to Consider When Selecting a Financing Method for Your Business

The Startup Magazine

New businesses need a source of finance to start up and expand. In case the business is unable to raise capital internally, the only option is to use external sources like loans or investors in exchange for shares. Both equity and debt financing have their pros and cons. However, you need to be careful when selecting a source of capital if you want your business to be sustainable.

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Business Tech You Can’t Live Without

Women Entrepreneurs Can

Technology is vital to any business as it not only facilitates efficient transactions but also makes a better impression on your clients. Using more advanced technology makes you appear more credible and reliable as a business. It will also allow you to do a quicker and more thorough job. Here are a few ways modern business tech can help you. Marketing.

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5 ways to make extra cash in 2020

The Startup Magazine

Whether you have a 9-5 job or are a freelancer, you might need a little extra cash in 2020. Perhaps you’re saving for a deposit for a house, are expecting a child or simply want a nice holiday or two. It can feel difficult to make extra cash to put away when you’re already working hard to make ends meet. But there are many ways for you to fit in a side hustle to create some extra income.

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Motivational Clips for Entrepreneurs: “At Dawn I Will Prevail”

Scott Edward Walker

We all need a little inspiration in light of the coronavirus. Two days ago, the Italian Air Force sent a courageous message to the world via Luciana Pavarotti (singing Nessum Dorma). Below is a translation of the last verse. . Pass by, oh night! Fade away, stars! Fade away, stars! At dawn I will prevail! I will prevail, I will prevail! Note: this post is part of our series “ Motivational Clips for Entrepreneurs.

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Take Decisive Action to Stem Covid-19 NOW

VC Adventure

It’s hard to keep track of all the data around the current status and potential spread of Covid-19. The data are overwhelming, there is a lot of disinformation spreading , and the data and advice from various public and private sources are changing almost hourly. It’s a scary time, and as I wrote on Friday , a time to make sure we’re staying connected, even if we’re physically distancing ourselves from each other.

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