The Startup Magazine

NOVEMBER 30, 2017

Technology has the ability to disrupt the marketplace, which is the Holy Grail for any entrepreneur. It means offering a completely different way of doing something and capturing the interest of millions of people who may or may not have anticipated the idea, but were anxiously awaiting the reality. Keep in mind that investors are motivated by only two different types of businesses: a market disrupter, or a business with an already established audience.

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NOVEMBER 30, 2017

Stacey Harris sent me a preview copy of the Sierra-Cedar annual HR Systems survey. It is the 20th edition, and I particularly enjoyed the walk down memory lane when I was following HR applications at Gartner. “20 years ago, David.

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The Startup Magazine

NOVEMBER 30, 2017

The success of any business begins and ends with people. Finding the right team at any time of the year can be a challenge, but it can be particularly trying during the holiday season, when demand is high and time is short. Keeping up with the season can test anyone’s management mettle, but if you put these time-honored people skills to work, you can ring in record profits for the new year. 1.

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YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 30, 2017

by Laleh Hancock , founder and CEO of Belapemo. We all encounter stumbling blocks in our lives and careers, but what action do you take when those barriers becomes an impediment to your success or happiness? What if you could stop making anything or anyone bigger than you and create beyond it all with ease? No matter if your particular ‘mountain’ to overcome is a boss who doesn’t acknowledge your value, or a particular area in your own business that has you stumped and frustrated, you can out-

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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 Next Web

NOVEMBER 30, 2017

The greatest success stories usually start with a fairly simple idea. They cut through all the overgrowth and clutter to uncover the hidden, yet often straightforward path to profit. Of course, getting from an inspiring idea to shepherding a world-beating success isn’t usually so simple. But despite some bumps along the way, the simple idea of crafting unique, quality, stylish watches for a reasonable price is the business model that took Vincero Collective from hungry startup to successful play

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YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 30, 2017

by Jesse Wood, CEO of eFileCabinet. Have you pondered the idea of an entirely paperless office, could you settle for the “less paper” office? It’s not merely a goal, it’s a fact and it is being implemented by many businesses. If it’s possible to envision your entire office with less paper, the time to bring your workplace into the electronic age is now.

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Berkonomics

NOVEMBER 30, 2017

Close. One of the most obvious observations I make with growing company CEO’s is that planning for a new office is done with an optimistic view of the future, incorporating planned space that compromises only slightly the measured needs for the next three or more years as outlined in the financial forecast. The result, signing a lease for space enough to handle the growth called for in the plan, is a predictable group behavior I’ve come to label “The tyranny of the new office.

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SiliconHills

NOVEMBER 30, 2017

In Austin, Google Fiber unveiled three murals throughout the city that the company commissioned from local artists. “Google Fiber believes that citizens should be always inspired and empowered to create a better city and a better future and that public art has a central role in the process,” according to a spokeswoman. In Austin, three […].

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crowdSPRING Blog

NOVEMBER 30, 2017

What gets you out of bed in the morning? Chances are good that it’s not the prospect of a full day of work. Or even the promise of a paycheck. Just like you, your employees are motivated by a wide range of factors that likely transcend the transactional nature of “you do work = I give money.” Those factors are not the same for everyone.

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The Startup Magazine

NOVEMBER 30, 2017

If you are just starting out as a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) from college, you may want to know how to get ahead of the game in this competitive role. If you have your heart set on being promoted to a partner or Chief Financial Officer (CFO), then follow these top tips in getting ahead, so you can move up from your entry-level CPA job to a corner office dream job.

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Austin Startup

NOVEMBER 30, 2017

Why entrepreneurs need mental toughness and 3 practical steps athletes use to train their minds for anything. In the business world there are many characteristics that successful business leaders are believed to have in common: 1. Ability to focus 2. Great communication skills 3.Confidence 4. Passion 5. Being personable The list could go on and on… Yet, these pretty generic traits that supposedly have attributed to or propelled business leaders to their successes stem from one massively importan

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YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 30, 2017

Many startups make the mistake of not establishing a proper legal structure right off the bat. However, getting off on the right foot means that you need to dot your i’s and cross your t’s in every aspect of the business — including contracts — to prevent potentially costly problems down the road. One of the key areas in which you need to focus is on employment contracts.

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Austin Startup

NOVEMBER 30, 2017

In September 2017, I spent 2 weeks in Austin, Texas to understand what makes this vibrant startup ecosystem tick. My visit took place courtesy of the Young Transatlantic Innovative Leaders Initiative (YTILI), a State Department program implemented by the German Marshall Fund of the United States. My primary mission was to learn from the impressive entrepreneurial ecosystem in Austin and draw lessons for developing the entrepreneurship education program for Beetroot Academy.

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Jeff Hilimire

NOVEMBER 30, 2017

Using passwords and other knowledge-based authentication (KBA) tools to identify customers over the telephone channel may be better than nothing, but we know that relying on something the caller knows creates a false sense of trust and disrupts the overall customer experience. For financial institutions, these are two areas of your contact center operations that your authentication process should never come between.

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Austin Startup

NOVEMBER 30, 2017

As a North Carolina native, I remember sitting through numerous storms with my great-grandma at her home in Duplin County. I was never allowed to walk around, talk or pretty much do anything while “God was doing his work.” We always prepared for the numerous hurricanes of the 90s by watching WECT ’s weather report on her den television and then listening to the storm once it made landfall via radio.

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Jeff Hilimire

NOVEMBER 30, 2017

~ from the book Everybody Matters. The post This is how I think about leadership appeared first on Begin the Begin.

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Duct Tape Marketing

NOVEMBER 30, 2017

How to Use Social Media in 2018 written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing. Marketing Podcast with John Jantsch About Social Media. I thought I’d drop in and give you my take on where we are with social media. It hasn’t gone away, it hasn’t died out, it has a place, and it’s here to stay, but let’s talk about how to use it in 2018.

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Mike Michalowicz

NOVEMBER 30, 2017

Soundview announced that Profit First as the best business book of the Year!!! Soundview is the curator of thousands of business books every single year and it is a privilege to be ranked as the best among them. Start reading Profit First now! The post Profit First Announced Best Business Book of 2017 by Soundview appeared first on Mike Michalowicz.

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The Startup Magazine

NOVEMBER 30, 2017

Visual aids can easily communicate a warning, idea or information to an audience. For this reason, they can be an essential part of business efficiency. Find out more how to use visual aids in business to maximize your organization’s effectiveness. Customized Labels. An example of visual aids used in business is a professional custom label. Labels can be used to communicate and indicate different things to employees, customers or service users depending on the industry.

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