Wed.Jul 10, 2019

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Less Multi-Tasking, More Meditation: A New Model For Start-up Leadership

YoungUpstarts

by Michael Heinrich, Founder and CEO of Oh My Green. More often than not, the words “start up culture” conjure up a very specific image in people’s minds: late nights at the office, lots of coffee and Red Bull, pizza boxes under the desks. In other words, an environment where people are just so committed to the work, that nothing else matters. Who needs rest, social relationships, proper nutrition, and exercise?

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Today’s Inspired Leader – Authors Define Leadership

The Startup Magazine

The word leader brings to many people’s minds characteristics of intellectual strength, decisiveness and focused commitment. The authors of the new book Today’s Inspired Leader published by Fig Factor Media , demonstrate their own personal stories and statements about defining leadership. Below are their definitions of what a leader is and should be: James Oberhofer, a sought-after crew chief in the National Hod Rod Association (NHRA) Circuit.

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How to Grow a Successful Boutique Fitness Business

Up and Running

The boutique fitness studio movement is now seen as the most viable way of entering the fitness industry. If you’re thinking of taking the leap and starting your own business, first read this quick guide to what boutique fitness is, how to start a studio, and the keys to sustained growth in the long term. . What is boutique fitness? Put simply, a boutique fitness studio is a small gym that offers group exercise focused on one or two types of fitness.

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Recruitment: Top mistakes made by hiring managers

The Startup Magazine

As we all know, recruitment is a hugely expensive game. A common misconception made by those who are new to the practice is that it’s just the starting salary that needs to be taken into account. As it turns out, there are a whole host of other fees to consider, such as HR, pension, tax and others. It means that mistakes come at a cost. If you do make a bad hire, you might have the chance to rectify it through the initial probation period, but in general it’s something that can cost

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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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Seeking CEO+team for VC-backed startup: Make America Functional Again

David Teten

Looking 4 entrepreneurial product mgr/biz-dev killer 4 a network-based service. pre-launch, BIG equity, big peeps involved–ANY TIPS?? Do you want to make America functional again ? Are you thinking of applying to Y Combinator without an idea? Do you have a great team at your seed startup, but your product just isn’t working? Would you like to have a salary from day one that you work full-time on your startup?

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8 Ways To Learn From Your Team And Succeed Together

Startup Professionals Musings

Starting and running a company is a team effort. Yes, it takes a leader (entrepreneur), but you can’t do it alone, without a team. Maybe only you and a co-founder comprise the team at first, to provide key skills, back you up, and test your ideas. As the startup grows, the team has to be able to really push you in making growth decisions, rather than you pulling them along.

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Austin’s Capital Factory and Plexal, a London Accelerator, Join Forces to Foster International Ties for Tech Startups

SiliconHills

The London and Austin technology ecosystems have developed a strong relationship during the last decade. And on Wednesday, Capital Factory, a technology accelerator in downtown Austin, officially announced it has joined forces with Plexal, an innovation center that sits within London’s Here East technology campus. The deal came together following meetings last March at South […].

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Pledge 1% Today

Feld Thoughts

Over the years, I’ve written about my belief in the importance of giving back to your communities and #givefirst. In this spirit, one of the key organizations my partners at Foundry Group have helped create and nurture is Pledge 1%. In 2007, we were a founding member in the predecessor organization to Pledge 1%, called Entrepreneurs Foundation of Colorado (or EFCO).

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I Traded In My Corporate Ambitions To Become A Freelancer – Here’s What I Learned

YFS Magazine

Now, I have no intention to tell you how to live your life. Instead, I want to show you that a different path is possible.

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Everything You Need to Know About Creating Strategic Content

Duct Tape Marketing

Everything You Need to Know About Creating Strategic Content written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing. Marketing Podcast with Rachel Parker. Podcast Transcript. Content, content, content—are you sick of it yet? The problem is that the need for strategic content is not going away anytime soon. The good news is that if you understand the strategic part of content creation and amplification, you won’t need to produce as much.

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An Innovation Minute with Gregg Fraley

Gregg Fraley, Author of Jack's Notebook

Edition #2 of An Innovation Minute. Qualitative Research in B2B. With Host, Gregg Fraley. The message of this edition of An Innovation Minute is simple: Use of qualitative research techniques in business to business companies (B2B) is woefully under-utilized. Click here to view. The opportunity in using qualitative techniques is more focused innovation.

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Transcript of Everything You Need to Know About Creating Strategic Content

Duct Tape Marketing

Transcript of Everything You Need to Know About Creating Strategic Content written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing. Back to Podcast. Transcript. John Jantsch: This episode of the Duct Tape Marketing podcast is brought to you by SEMrush. It is our go-to SEO tool for doing audits, for tracking position and ranking, for really getting ideas on how to get more organic traffic for our clients, competitive intelligence, backlinks and things like that.

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How to Use Google Data Studio for Client Reporting

ConversionXL

“Getting great results” and “creating great reports” are very different skill sets. If you’re like most marketers, you’d rather sharpen your subject-matter expertise than spend time in PowerPoint. The result is that reporting becomes an afterthought rather than an opportunity—a “necessary evil” with imperfect solutions: Manual reporting is too time-consuming, but it’s been the only way to report on the right platforms with the right analysis.

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How To Reach Millennial Clients With Digital Currency

YoungUpstarts

by Stan Stalnaker, Founding Director of Hub Culture. Digital currency is a popular topic in today’s financial landscape. And for good reason. The market value for digital currency is rising, and so is public interest. After all, digital currencies have been adopted by major brands around the world. Overstock, Expedia, Shopify, and Microsoft are among them.

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For Startups, a SaaS Solution is an HR Killer App

ReadWriteStart

For today’s startups, there are several things required to succeed. The first and the most important thing is a great idea. The second and only marginally less important thing is an ability to operate efficiently and at speed. For that reason, no startup can ignore any approach or technology that saves them time and money if they hope to survive.

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Businesswoman Exclusively Franchising Her Business to Women

Hearpreneur

Ms. Melissa Rulli is the CEO and Owner of Eye On Your Home. Her company, Eye on Your Home , is a Property Management company that provides Home Watch, Concierge Services, Estate Management, Real Estate Maintenance and Cleaning Service support to owners of a Vacant Home, She looks forward to boosting women’s involvement in entrepreneurship on a national level — by exclusively franchising the business to extraordinary women!

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SaaS Content Marketing: 5 Proven Strategies to Earn Links

ConversionXL

Links to blog posts or long-form resources increase their search visibility and build awareness. They also help sites rank for bottom-of-funnel terms—a rising tide lifts all boats. Some content marketers have it “easy,” working in highly visual industries (e.g. food, fashion) with wide appeal. That simplifies content creation and link building compared to, say, trying to promote niche B2B software.

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The Most Common Myths About Starting A New Business

Women Entrepreneurs Can

A startup is only as successful as its entrepreneur is driven – or is it? Generalizations such as these can end up turning into myths that can lead to discouragement or harmful misinformation. To help distinguish fact from fiction in the world of startups, the folks at SmallBizGenius came out with a stat-packed infographic on the topic that you can check out below.

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What Does It Take To Become An Effective Healthcare Administrator?

Women Entrepreneurs Can

The healthcare industry is expected to grow at a rapid clip over the coming decade, thanks to an aging population and increases in medical care needs because of epidemics, like obesity. For women interested in entering a dynamic and “in-demand” industry, healthcare administration is a good idea. Healthcare administrators are not only responsible for managing patients and working reception desks: they are also the people who will make it possible for the healthcare sector to enter the 21st centur