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How Millennial Drive For Self-Improvement Supports Entrepreneurial Success

YoungUpstarts

Millennials are often noted for any number of predilections, from their search for self-improvement to their inability to disconnect to their distractibility. The fact is, though, that all of such so-called negatives are actually among the characteristics that help Millennials succeed as entrepreneurs. Take self-improvement. A 2015 Pew study , for example, found Millennials spend twice as much on personal improvement commitments than any other generation.

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How to perfect your pitch deck — according to a guy that gets a lot of pitches

The Next Web

One of the most critical tasks startups face, is creating a killer elevator pitch — a short, verbal description of who they are, what they do, and how they are going to succeed as a business. There are countless blog posts and listicles that have been created to guide founders through this process, but they rarely include how to get to actually get the chance to do the elevator pitch.

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4 Ways Busy Professionals Can Overhaul Their Eating Habits

YoungUpstarts

When you’re a busy professional, your eating habits can really suffer. It’s easy to skip meals because you’re too busy or grab fattening fast food because you’re on the move or tired after a long day. Not only do these choices affect your health, but they can eventually start affecting your career. Poor nutrition leaves you without the fuel your mind and body need to keep up with a demanding work schedule.

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I won’t serve on a board without D&O insurance!

Berkonomics

Close. I’ve been sued as a board member too many times over the past twenty-five years of board service. Five times. Does that shock you? It does me. Entrepreneurs blaming their board for failures of a fragile, early stage company. Shareholders unhappy over the same loss, reaching out to sue every name available. Employees reaching out to anyone above to redress grievances.

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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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Just Starting Out? 5 Flexible Jobs To Get Your Foot In The Door

YoungUpstarts

These days, job-hunters have no shortage of flexible jobs to choose from. By some counts, as much as one-third of the American workforce already works on a part-time or contingency basis, a figure that’s expected to increase to as much as half by 2030. More Americans than ever, particularly ambitious young Americans just out of school, are launching their own businesses too.

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RIP Stephen Hawking: “Look Up at the Stars and Not Down at Your Feet”

Scott Edward Walker

Welcome to our weekly series “ Motivational Clips for Entrepreneurs.” Each week, we share a favorite video clip to inspire and motivate entrepreneurs. Why? Because we know how tough it is being an entrepreneur or founder — and whether you’re launching your startup, trying to iterate on your business model or raising funds, you need a little juice to help you push the ball forward.

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Weekend Favs March 17

Duct Tape Marketing

Weekend Favs March 17 written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing. My weekend blog post routine includes posting links to a handful of tools or great content I ran across during the week. I don’t go into depth about the finds, but encourage you to check them out if they sound interesting. The photo in the post is a favorite for the week from an online source or one that I took out there on the road. 2018 Marketing Conference Guide – The Ultimate Marketing Conference Guide provided b

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4 Ways To Stay Healthy As An Entrepreneur

YoungUpstarts

When it comes to being an entrepreneur, hard work, long hours, and a drive to succeed are most often what’s needed to get your project off the ground and make working for yourself a reality. When you’re working extra hard, however, self-care can be one of the first things to fall to the wayside, which can end up being counterproductive over time. Of course, you don’t have to deprive your health or happiness in order to succeed in a time-consuming business or creative venture.

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Austin’s MasSpec Pen Wins Innovation Award at SXSW

SiliconHills

The only Austin-based startup to win an award in the 2018 SXSW Interactive Innovation Awards was MasSpec Pen by the Eberlin Lab at the University of Texas at Austin. The MasSpec Pen provides a better way for surgeons to rapidly perform and diagnose cancer biopsies. It allows surgeons to extra molecules from tissue and test […]. The post Austin’s MasSpec Pen Wins Innovation Award at SXSW appeared first on SiliconHills.

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3 Marketing Techniques All Startups Need To Use

YoungUpstarts

Having a good marketing strategy is vital to all businesses, but more so to startups. When you start a new business, you need more consistent, strong marketing techniques to get your business in front of as many people as possible. Fortunately, thanks to the internet, there are several different marketing techniques effective for startups. Facebook Marketing.

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