Mon.Oct 02, 2017

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Understanding How New Enterprise Software Is Licensed And Deployed

YoungUpstarts

by Wayne Wedell , President and CEO of WorkWise, LLC. The decision process to purchase new enterprise application software can be daunting. A critical part of the evaluation process is to clearly understand the flexibilities a software provider offers to license and deploy the solution for your use. Taking a step back and asking your provider the right questions can enable you to make a much more informed purchasing decision.

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Two Weeks until "The Startup Way"

Startup Lessons Learned

“Mission critical reading.” -- Reid Hoffman, co-founder of LinkedIn and co-author of the #1 New York Times bestsellers The Alliance and The Startup of You In just a few weeks, my new book, The Startup Way , will be available in print, digital, and audio formats. One of the most gratifying parts of writing a book is heading off on tour with it and finding out how it’s engaging actual readers.

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Book: The Innovation Blind Spot

Feld Thoughts

Recently, my friend Ross Baird came out with a new book, The Innovation Blind Spot. In the book, Ross outlines and diagnoses a problem that I’ve been exploring for over a decade: our innovation economy neglects many people and ideas. Ross kicks off the book with some pretty stark statistics: despite the fact that promising startup communities (such as my hometown of Boulder) are thriving, in most communities in America, firm creation is the lowest it’s been in a generation.

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Predictions, Redactions

deal architect

At their annual Gartner Symposium event in Orlando today, Peter Sondergaard predicted "AI will be a net job creator starting in 2020" To that, Jason Hiner at TechRepublic snarkily commented “Gartner's research chief couldn't have opened the company's flagship conference.

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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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Now Is The Time To Prepare Your Business For A Natural Disaster

YoungUpstarts

by Walt Capell, founder of General Liability Shop . The fact that September is disaster preparedness month is getting swept up in the news cycle because of the vast amount of natural disasters taking place throughout the United States. It is not just occurring in the United States, but also in several neighboring countries throughout the Western Hemisphere.

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How To Win Business Without Sacrificing Your Ethics

Startup Professionals Musings

Many people seem to have the sense that ethics are spiraling downward in business, and unfortunately most startup professionals and entrepreneurs I know don’t believe they can make a difference. They don’t realize that if they don’t take an active role in the solution, they really become part of the problem. I do believe that most business people want to do the right thing, but many just don’t have the skills to develop an unemotional ethical position, or confidence to act on their ethical belie

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How This Anxious Introvert Handles Large Events

Hunter Walker

If you only kinda know me you might think I’m a confident extrovert, but if you really really know me, it’s more clear: I’m an introvert, and one who gets slightly anxious during prolonged exposure to large groups. Introversion isn’t shyness and it’s not a like or dislike of people generally. For example I really enjoy public speaking.

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How To Use Silver As An Investment

YoungUpstarts

The very thought of the word silver brings this image of a whitish shiny metal that comes well after its bright yellow counterpart: gold. This article will remove all those doubts people have about how silver holds no substantial value relative to gold, which we believe is nothing more than a preconceived notion, and are about to analyze exactly why.

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What Successful People Do In the First 8 Minutes of Their Morning

Hearpreneur

This Monday Morning Motivation is for entrepreneurs, startups and business owners to start their week off on the right foot. When you start your day, you must own your morning. Say thank you in advance for what’s already yours. If you would just change your “I am’s” you would go to another level. You have to call the things that are not as if they already are.

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Control Issues Cause Business Problems (Do This Instead)

YFS Magazine

In my quest for control, I was actually doing my business and team a disservice. Here's a look at 5 things I learned to do instead.

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Everything You Need to Know About Small Business Loans

The Startup Magazine

The key in achieving the loan you need is persistence and knowledge on the different small business loan subcategories. It’s no secret that it has become increasingly difficult for small businesses to acquire a good small business lending source, but as a small business, it’s crucial to obtain the capital necessary in order to allow the business to grow where the capital is needed.

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12 Terrific Coworking Spaces in Chicago

crowdSPRING Blog

If the number of coworking spaces in a city is is any indication of its entrepreneurial health, Chicago is firing on all cylinders. Based on a recent survey by Newmark Grubb Knight Frank and Chicago Creative Space there are 41 coworking spaces in the city, covering a staggering 868,124 square feet of space. With competition for desk tenants fierce, coworking spaces are diversifying and expanding their services.

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10 Reasons Podcast Guesting is the #1 Killer Content Marketing Tactic of All Time

Duct Tape Marketing

10 Reasons Podcast Guesting is the #1 Killer Content Marketing Tactic of All Time written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing. Whoa. This is a bold statement, but hear me out. I have been earning a living from search engine optimization for over 12 years and I’ve tried every tactic at one time or another. Ever since Google started dropping algorithmic bombs around 2011 (think Panda, Penguin, and so on), SEO industry behavior has changed.

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12 Terrific Coworking Spaces in Chicago

crowdSPRING Blog

If the number of coworking spaces in a city is is any indication of its entrepreneurial health, Chicago is firing on all cylinders. Based on a recent survey by Newmark Grubb Knight Frank and Chicago Creative Space there are 41 coworking spaces in the city, covering a staggering 868,124 square feet of space. With competition for desk tenants fierce, coworking spaces are diversifying and expanding their services.

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Origin Stories: 11 Moments That Inspired Entrepreneurs to Start Their Own Businesses

Up and Running

Most entrepreneurs don’t begin their journey by falling in love with the problem—they begin by falling in love with the solution. That is to say, it’s not as common to find someone who sat down and thought, “What business should I start?” Rather, the majority of entrepreneurs recognize a problem that exists and build their business around a solution.

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Which Markets Should You Play In? A Free Online Course for Entrepreneurs and Innovators

Where to Play

The post Which Markets Should You Play In? A Free Online Course for Entrepreneurs and Innovators appeared first on Market Opportunity Navigator. Free online course starts October 3rd, 2017. Click here to enroll. Overview. As an entrepreneur or innovator, you are trained to run fast, but…Are you running in the right direction? Choosing the right market for your innovation is one of the most critical yet challenging decisions for innovators.

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