Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 12, 2020

People who have been followers too long as an employee don’t realize how hard it is to be a leader. Every new entrepreneur has to initiate the right actions to be perceived as a leader in their chosen business domain by their team and by their customers, or the road to success and satisfaction will be lost along the way. Driving these actions are some basic principles that entrepreneurial leaders, such as Airbnb CEO Brain Chesky and LinkedIn CEO Jeff Weiner, seem to have learned early.

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Hearpreneur

JANUARY 12, 2020

You’ve probably heard that you have to be bold to be a successful business owner. You have to be daring enough that means you’re willing to take the risks and make firm decisions. The decisions you make require that you maintain boldness regardless of how hard or simple the decision might be. You make can either make or break the future of a business hence due diligence is necessary before making any moves.

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The Startup Magazine

JANUARY 12, 2020

Considering the increasing number of complex cyberattacks and scams that target individuals within organizations, it’s important to stay on top of your cybersecurity situation from 360 degrees. And given that today’s phishing attacks are so shrewdly conceived that no tech solution on the market could possibly filter them all out, a key element of your cyber defense strategy needs to be providing phishing training to all employees.

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Haystack

JANUARY 12, 2020

For those following this blog and the seed market over the past decade, you may have noticed that every year, we see increases across the board — more investors, newer funds, and funds that get larger. Much has been written about the fact that traditional seed stage funds have grown in size and dollars under management. Here, I wanted to step back and consider “why” this has happened from my vantage point.

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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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The Startup Magazine

JANUARY 12, 2020

We live in a world of feedback, comments, likes, reviews and social engagement. While these interactions occur mostly in our personal lives, it also makes sense to incorporate them into the company culture. Giving employees the opportunity to be heard and to feel valued is a great way to keep them engaged and grow your business from within. HR tools focused on employee engagement are just some of the many essential management tools that you should consider for your business.

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Mike Michalowicz

JANUARY 12, 2020

It sounds simple, but positive reinforcement can result in big profits for your business. I realized this as my daughter and I were driving into town and were about to fly by this speed sign. When you are over the speed limit, the sign frowns at you. When you are within the speed limit, the sign smiles. I think you know which one I was going for. For me, it was a small reminder about a big way to drive profitability in our businesses.

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