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10 Low-Cost Startup Ideas That Students Can Use

YoungUpstarts

Current college students belong to Generation Z and you can’t deny that they all in some way possess entrepreneurial sense. For millennials, stories of start-ups that began with two undergraduates having big dreams that they never knew could be achieved and then established a corporation worth millions of dollars is an awe of business life. Young people nowadays are seeking alternatives to the high education or consider that self-education is much better for achieving their future plans.

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How To Maximize The Level Of Your Business Contacts

Startup Professionals Musings

In the world of entrepreneurs and startups, high level relationships are everything. You can’t start a business alone. You need partners, team members, investors, vendors, and customers. But people don’t realize that all relationships are not the same. There are people you only recognize on the street, business friends, and then close friends whom you can always count on to help.

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Startups Need to Diversify Away from Paying Facebook

This is going to be BIG.

Over the last five years ago, a disproportionate amount of venture capital funded paid acquisition on Facebook. Some very large consumer facing businesses were built, but that gravy train won’t last forever—and signs are that it is seriously slowing down. Companies are reporting that acquisition costs are trending up, and optimization is increasingly feeling like squeezing blood from a stone.

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4 Free Ways To Stay Safe Online (That Really Work)

YoungUpstarts

With hackers, brute force attackers and other malicious users lurking on the web, the Internet has become a fairly dangerous place. Unless you take the proper precautions, your sensitive personal data may be at risk. The Federal Trade Commission notes that identity thieves can begin using your personal data in fewer than 10 minutes after it becomes available on the dark web.

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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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Why market research is vital for any startup

The Startup Magazine

If you have a great idea, and a good head for business, a startup may seem like an excellent career path. You get to use your innovation skills and be your own boss. This is a tempting prospect if you feel as though you a lot to offer to the world of business and marketing. However, it’s important not to just jump straight in with both feet, before you find out if people really want your products or services.

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How To Hire A Lawyer For Your Business

YoungUpstarts

For one reason or another, almost every small business eventually needs the expertise of an attorney. But with so many different law firms out there, knowing how to choose the right one can mean the difference between protecting your company’s assets and making a huge mistake that endangers the survival of your operations. Five Tips for Hiring a Business Attorney.

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Dumpster Rental Startups, Not Just a Side Hustle

The Startup Magazine

Many people think that dumpsters and trash removal services are only handled by big corporations. These companies make contracts with cities and stores in order to remove their waste. However, you can actually start a dumpster rental company of your own – complete with servicing them. Your best bet is to get homeowners and landlords on board, as they’ll need dumpsters for overhauling their homes.

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Monday Motivation: 5 Steps To Become A WINNING Entrepreneur – Gary Vaynerchuk | Motivational Talk

Hearpreneur

This motivational video is to help CEOs, entrepreneurs and business owners start the week off on the right foot. The market decides not your coach. People are not willing to take a step behind to propel forward. Live your life. Do as much as you can. Put up content and value for your audience.

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Are We There Yet??—?The American Roadtrip Revisited

Austin Startup

Are We There Yet??—?The American Roadtrip Revisited While few would have expected Ice Cube’s transition from feared rapper to children’s movie actor, there are few topics that could have bridged his transition any easier. The subject of the movie Are We There Yet? is that of the famed American road trip, a form of vacation that took hold of the country around the ’50s.

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The Stage is Being Set

thebarefootvc

As much of the crypto world descended upon Manhattan for Consensus:Invest this past week, it was a different atmosphere than a year ago, when bitcoin was on its way to $20,000. Many cryptos were down 90% from all-time highs, with Bitcoin and Ether both off 80%+. Gone was the euphoria and any talk of “lambos” to an environment which I prefer – where tourists are gone and the real builders and investors remain.

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Just Got Rejected? These 9 Inspiring Success Stories Will Help You to Bounce Back

Kodorra

There is a multitude of struggles that are involved when running a successful business venture. The road to glory is both hard and tiring, and sometimes they may end up taking a toll on you to the point of throwing in the towel. One of those struggles is facing rejection. You should not drive yourself nuts and make any hasty decisions just because someone thinks you’re no good.

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An In-Depth Look At Business Credit

YoungUpstarts

When you think of credit scores , the first thing that comes to mind is a personal credit score. Many have no clue about business credit scores, including how to establish one, how to access their individual business score, and the impact these scores have on their businesses. A recent report showed 72% of small business owners have no information regarding their scores, and another 60% don’t know where to find any.

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Hitchhiking: An Abridged History

Austin Startup

From Steinbeck’s classic Grapes of Wrath to the 2015 internet phenomenon of hitchBOT, hitchhiking has long held an important place in American transportation. As the original form of rideshare, it was one of the most efficient and effective ways to match riders and drivers with similar destinations. While it has fallen from its height of popularity in the world of the internet and smartphones, hitchhiking continues to hold a place as one of the most romanticized methods of travel.

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The Entrepreneur’s Essentials #9: How, and why, to ask for help

Austin Startup

As I mentioned at the beginning of this series/ebook, over the years I’ve noticed that I tend to frequently share certain Lucky7 posts with entrepreneurs we’ve backed , team members at data.world, or other startup investors I know. In totality, these posts are at least as long as most business books. So I’m packaging the best of them up for you here in a new series called The Entrepreneur’s Essentials.