Fri.Oct 23, 2020

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How Plan Vs Actual Comparison Helps You Manage Your Business

Up and Running

Planning is not just about the plan — it’s about the management. And plan vs. actual analysis, also called variance analysis, is essential to better business management. That’s where you track results, review progress, and make regular course corrections depending on performance. . At the heart of it is our favorite quote about planning, from former president and military strategist Dwight D.

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The Analyst Cam: SuccessFactors Analyst Day

deal architect

As we have moved to virtual vendor briefings, I have increasingly been excerpting short video segments (with permission from vendors), as part of my Analyst Cam series. SuccessFactors had an analyst update this week. I have excerpted from the session.

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7 Keys To Moving Your Best Of Breed Odds Up A Notch

Startup Professionals Musings

Everyone who starts or owns a business expects to be the best of breed, but only a few achieve that status. As a startup mentor and advisor, I often contemplate what makes the difference between winners and losers. I’m convinced that it’s a lot more than the foibles of any specific market, availability of funding, and just luck of the draw. I believe the best make their own luck.

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6 Straightforward Ways To Make Your Business Even Better

YoungUpstarts

As a business owner, your company is a huge part of your life. You put your all into your business to make it the best it can be. Your passion for your customers is clear, and you’re proving your drive by growing an organization from nothing. No matter how far you’ve come, there is always room for improvement and the opportunity to take your business to the next level.

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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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Zoom Secret Magic Trick – Hide Self View

Feld Thoughts

Here’s a simple one to make your 10 hours a day on Zoom more enjoyable. Hide Self View. Click on the three little dots next to Mute in your video window. Choose “Hide Self View.” The following view … is much better to look at that the one with my own picture in it. Staring at yourself for 10 hours a day is exhausting. If you are having trouble relating to this, put a mirror on your desk in front of you and look at it all day.

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[Infographic] WhatsApp Business API

YoungUpstarts

Have you been thinking about using WhatsApp API for your business but don’t know what it is or how it works? WhatsApp Business API is designed for larger companies to establish their business presence on WhatsApp. Since it is an API, there is no front end interface provided and no app. The idea is businesses take the WhatsApp API endpoint and integrate it into their business software.

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Comparing IRAs And 401Ks

YoungUpstarts

Nobody has ever been disappointed or upset that they had too much money in savings when they retired. While a market correction can make you a little worried to check your balance, the market grows pretty steadily over time. As you get closer to retirement, make sure you reduce your personal risk by moving monies into less volatile accounts. Employer Provided 401k.

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STRAP TECHNOLOGIES ANNOUNCES GROUND BREAKING DEVICE TO AID THE VISUALLY IMPAIRED

Austin Startup

First Ever Wearable Device to Help Blind People Navigate Without a White Cane STRAP Technologies announced today, the creation of a hands-free device designed to be worn by the visually impaired to allow for more independence and mobility. STRAP is the world’s first total replacement of the white cane. STRAP is a wearable, hands-free, device with an innovative array of sensors that work by sending real-time information that detect obstacles at the head, chest, and below?

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What To Look For In A Good Password Manager

YoungUpstarts

So, you’re looking for a new password manager for your business or personal use? You’re in luck—we know exactly what features a good password manager should have. You don’t want to settle for just any password manager, otherwise, you might as well just use the built-in manager in your browser (please don’t). Browser password managers are notoriously lacking in the security department, and you don’t want to leave your passwords to chance.

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How to stay focused and motivated while starting a business

Our Own Start-up

The hardest thing about entrepreneurship is the constant rejection. Here are some tips on how to stay focused and remain motivated while starting a business.

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25 Entrepreneurs Explain Their Motivation to Grow Their Business

Hearpreneur

Being an entrepreneur or business owner has its share of ups and downs. While the downs can be pretty low the ups always seem to triumph for a true entrepreneur at heart. Milestones are what entrepreneurs and business owners work towards. Once you finally reach a certain point then reflection can truly begin. Finding the motivation in growing your business keeps it from becoming stale in the long run.

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Zoomsites

OnlyOnce

(Written by both my Bolster co-founder Cathy Hawley and me). I’ve attended two remote conferences, which Cathy dubbed “Zoomsites” — one here at Bolster and the Foundry Group CEO Summit. Both hold interesting lessons for how these kinds of events can work well. We founded Bolster two months into the COVID-19 pandemic, and our founding team had not met in person after 6 months of working together.

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Different Ways Warehouses Can Go Green

Women Entrepreneurs Can

It has become a wide concern among society that we need to do everything possible to reduce our carbon footprint. As a result, many businesses are working to become more environmentally friendly. Warehouses especially are utilizing the many options of modern technology to make their industry more sustainable. To learn about the different ways warehouses can go green, read below.

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Zoomsites

OnlyOnce

(Written by both my Bolster co-founder Cathy Hawley and me). I’ve attended two remote conferences, which Cathy dubbed “Zoomsites” — one here at Bolster and the Foundry Group CEO Summit. Both hold interesting lessons for how these kinds of events can work well. We founded Bolster two months into the COVID-19 pandemic, and our founding team had not met in person after 6 months of working together.

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The story of Zostel India: Rising above the Pandemic

What is ESG Investing? The tricycle of businesses

As the clock struck 6:30 p.m, the hustle & bustle in the Zostel Office at Indiranagar, Bangalore slowed down. Employees.

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How an answering service can help your customer service

Our Own Start-up

Let’s go over how hiring a quality answering service can help your business.

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Double Down on Digital Tech Innovation

Gregg Fraley, Author of Jack's Notebook

Adjust Innovation Project Roadmaps Now. Fraley Oracle Predictions for 2020 & 2021. Like everyone else innovators have been thrown a loop during Covid19. Strategic plans so carefully developed now look like Napoleon’s disastrous return from his invasion of Russia (see graphic). Napoleon didn’t adjust his plans. He lost his army and his empire.

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