Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 16, 2016

Every business needs that ultimate leader and decision maker at the top, commonly given the title of Chief Executive Officer (CEO). Sometimes it’s the business founder, and in other cases the CEO is recruited by the founder or investors to complement the skills of the technical team. Everyone recognizes that even the best idea needs a great execution to assure success.

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Steve Blank

DECEMBER 16, 2016

We’re holding our 2 nd Hacking for Defense, Diplomacy,… educators and sponsors class January 17-19 at Georgetown University. The class is for: educators who want to learn how to teach a Hacking for Defense, Diplomacy, Development, etc. class; problem sponsors who want to learn how to get the most out of their interaction with student teams and how to use the teams to help accelerate their problem. government organizations who want to a more efficient way to deliver needed solutions with speed an

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YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 16, 2016

Influencer marketing is a great tactic that you can use to promote your business, along with social media marketing and modern content marketing techniques. It’s a form of marketing that focuses on utilizing leaders who can drive your company’s message into a larger marketplace. So instead of simply promoting yourself directly to a big group of customers, you can hire, inspire, and pay talented influencers who can help get the word out on your behalf.

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Steve Blank

DECEMBER 16, 2016

We’re holding our 2 nd Hacking for Defense, Diplomacy,… educators and sponsors class January 17-19 at Georgetown University. The class is for: educators who want to learn how to teach a Hacking for Defense, Diplomacy, Development, etc. class; problem sponsors who want to learn how to get the most out of their interaction with student teams and how to use the teams to help accelerate their problem. government organizations who want to a more efficient way to deliver needed solutions with speed an

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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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YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 16, 2016

Warranty providers have a bad rep. You are more likely to hear from someone who has had a bad experience with them than you are likely to find happy endings. Is a bad reputation justified? Well, the jury’s still out on that one, and while the answer is still anyone’s guess, we can delve into Fairsurance, a brand that says its plans is to change the narrative of extended warranty providers.

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YFS Magazine

DECEMBER 16, 2016

Here's a look at 15 social media strategists, prolific bloggers and content marketing gurus you should be following on Twitter.

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YFS Magazine

DECEMBER 16, 2016

You have put a lot of effort into building an e-commerce store so don’t let silly mistakes grind sales to a halt.

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Feld Thoughts

DECEMBER 16, 2016

While Amy loves poetry, I struggle with it. I find that I generally skim it and don’t really absorb it, unless I read it aloud and slowly. Yesterday, as I was listening to Jerry Colonna read a poem as part of something I did with him and a bunch of other Boulder entrepreneurs and I thought of a poetry book I read recently that I loved. It’s Odes by Sharon Olds.

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Transformify

DECEMBER 16, 2016

Nomad is quite a new word in our dictionary. Yet, the concept is evolving fast and so does a nomad community around the world, students being a great part of it. The Student Nomad is a community of students who are following, or getting ready to start a nomad lifestyle. The community has recently joined #GoRemote campaign. Its founder, Ryan Thorpe, is extremely passionate about the idea.

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Hippoland

DECEMBER 16, 2016

I’m excited to announce the next Ask a New Investor guest Pedro Sorrentino. Similar to the discussions I did with Pocket Sun and Ellie Galbut of SoGal, I will invite a curated group of entrepreneurs to join me in a discussion with Pedro. I’ve been experimenting with the right number, and based on feedback, for this next discussion, there’ll be 30 slots for entrepreneurs During this discussion, I’ll ask Pedro hard questions about what he looks for in potential investments and how the FundersC

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Entrepreneurs-Journey.com by Yaro Starak

DECEMBER 16, 2016

Note from Yaro: This blog post was originally a two-part series I wrote in January 2005, shortly after this blog was first created. I combined the two parts into this one article, which details how I started and grew my online editing business, BetterEdit. I was still 100% focused on. The post 3 Different Marketing Experiments I Used To Grow My Online Editing Business During The Early Days appeared first on Entrepreneurs-Journey.com.

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YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 16, 2016

by Robyn Melhuish, Communications Manager at MedReps.com. For centuries, female crusaders have fought against gender inequality, and they’ve paved the way for the many freedoms women have today. While it’s important to remember just how far we’ve come, it’s crucial to point out the blaringly obvious inequalities still present in today’s workplace. The pay gap between males and females has long been a concern.

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Duct Tape Marketing

DECEMBER 16, 2016

How Customer Insight Can Boost Referral Marketing Effectiveness written by Guest Post read more at Duct Tape Marketing. We all know that word-of-mouth is one of the best drivers of new customers. The problem is, most referral marketing systems are based on best-practice advice that quickly becomes stale. But referral marketing is important. According to research conducted by Heinz Marketing, 71% of companies report a higher number of conversions with a referral program.

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