Thu.Nov 23, 2017

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8 Reasons Why Your Business Should Be Writing A Blog

YoungUpstarts

In the technological age that we are living it, we are lucky that we have so many things that can help us, and our businesses, to do better and be better. One of the changes that has come into its own over the past few years is blogging. Writing a blog can be one of the most beneficial ways for your business to grow and to reach new customers. It helps you to engage with customers , help them to come back again and again, and to help your customer’s or client’s lives be easier, at the end of the

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What To Do When An Investor Says No

YFS Magazine

Expect to take multiple meetings before landing an investor. As a founder, you have to treat the fundraising process much like the sales process.

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Four Recruiting Tips For Small Business Owners In An Overtapped Labor Pool 

YoungUpstarts

by Scott Wintrip, author of “ High Velocity Hiring: How to Hire Top Talent in an Instant “ As a small business owner, you’re beyond busy — and that isn’t likely to change. One moment, you’re serving as a salesperson, trying to close that new piece of business. The next, you’re playing service rep and solving a buyer’s problem or doing executive tasks like running to the bank to sign loan documents.

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Sign short term leases early on. Move as you grow.

Berkonomics

Close. Avoid long-term commitments. It is statistically true that at least half of the young companies funded by angel or venture investors will not survive three years from funding to demise, and more than that percentage will die with two years if not well financed. The greatest burden of either a growing company or one needing to retract and reduce expenses is the office lease.

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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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Intuition Is Your Personal GPS For Long-Term Satisfaction

YoungUpstarts

by Jane Bernard, author of “ Lucid Living: in The Virtual Age “ You know more than you realize. You can create change you need by using your five senses to sync with your 6 th sense, intuition. Take five seconds to really notice what you see, hear, taste, touch and smell and you will ground your reality. You might even get a little “nudge” because intuition is a grounding sense.

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4 Amazing Consulting Companies For Niche Startups

The Startup Magazine

Running a business is a challenge, and many business owners face major hurdles that lead them to turn towards consulting. The right consulting business can take a struggling or new company and push it towards the path of progression. A consultant can help all types of businesses leverage their resources and turn a profit. More importantly, they’re able to help identify goals and various strategic ways to help achieve those goals.

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An Interview With Agam Berry: Bitcoin Enthusiast

The Startup Magazine

Agam Berry is a serial tech entrepreneur, digital marketer, and cryptocurrency supporter with a passion for expanding the size and acceptance of digital currencies such as Bitcoin. He earned a Bachelor’s Degree from Punjab University in 2010 and has focused his career on digital marketing ever since, specifically helping in the sale of unsold ad inventory.

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Business Traveling Can Require ESTA Visas – Here’s What You Need To Know

YoungUpstarts

Traveling is an integral part of business these days. Whether you travel to a new country to learn more about how they approach your field of work, or you’re bringing in fresh employees from another country, there’s always some form of traveling that occurs. While in many situations people can come and go as they please, there are some exceptions such as gaining entry into the United States.

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Is Your Start Up Idea Gold or Goop?

Austin Startup

Is your business idea an undiscovered gem, or a flaming dumpster fire leading you to your doom? Here’s a quick rule to help. A lot of entrepreneurs ask me to look at their business ideas since they know what I do for a living. Some are gold, some are meh, most are flaming dumpster fires. It stinks to tell people when their ideas are smoldering rubbish, so most VCs don’t and just politely decline or ignore bad business pitches.