YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 24, 2017

by Susan Solovic , THE Small Business Expert. We continue to read about the wrangling over healthcare legislation in Washington D.C. with politicians on both sides of the aisle claiming their ideas will make things better for U.S. workers. I’m reminded of the funny one-liner President Reagan used to deliver, “The most terrifying words in the English language are: I’m from the government and I’m here to help.” The fact is that while members of the public sector continue to

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 24, 2017

I’m sure that every one of us who has been out in the business world for a few years can look back with perfect hindsight and name a few college courses that we should have taken. What’s more disconcerting to me is that I can name a few that aren’t usually even offered, resulting in more than a few students graduating ill-prepared for the real business world!

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YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 24, 2017

by Darren Nicholls, Product Manager (Commercial and Wider Markets) at Informi. Despite what older generations may say, there has rarely been a tougher time to establish yourself as a business professional or entrepreneur than in today’s world. Most popular industry markets are saturated with thousands of businesses, investors and financiers that it can exceptionally hard for a young professional to make an early mark on the industry.

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Feld Thoughts

SEPTEMBER 24, 2017

My friend Dave Jilk recently shared the following Robert Frost poem with me. Lodged. by Robert Frost. The rain to the wind said, ‘You push and I’ll pelt.’ They so smote the garden bed. That the flowers actually knelt, And lay lodged–though not dead. I know how the flowers felt. That perfectly describes how 2001 felt to me. We now have at least one generation of VCs and entrepreneurs who didn’t experience the collapse of the Internet bubble.

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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

SEPTEMBER 24, 2017

by Paul Blanchard, author of founder and principal consultant of Right Angles and author of “ Fast PR: Give Yourself a Huge Media Boost “ Here’s the surprise about PR: getting great media coverage is as much about knowing what not to do than it is about knowing what to do. You can learn to master the media yourself — from social media to digital channels, print media, radio and TV — if you know what tactics to avoid.

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Hunter Walker

SEPTEMBER 24, 2017

It’s in a founder’s natural disposition to want to convince people of their point of view. And while engaging substantively with those who disagree is often an excellent way to both stress test your assumptions and increase your ability to tell your story, figuring out when to stop and disengage is critical for your productivity and sanity.

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Austin Startup

SEPTEMBER 24, 2017

Hanging with my tribe The first time I travelled to the US without my family was in 1980 as a naïve 17-year-old. I found out months later that in my initial days there no-one understood my fast-talking Aussie Strine! Apparently, it was my incessant chatter and smiles that kept people engaged and smiling along with me. That 70’s Show Think of That 70’s Show I actually lived that life.

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Scott Edward Walker

SEPTEMBER 24, 2017

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 a founder; and whether you’re launching your venture, 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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Small Business Force

SEPTEMBER 24, 2017

In 1992 the U.S. Congress proclaimed Customer Service Week a nationally recognized event, celebrated annually during the first full week in October. That’s next week. This year’s theme is “Building Trust” - acknowledging the importance of trust in forming healthy, productive, and lasting relationships with customers and coworkers.

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