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6 Cases Where Quick-To-Market Beats Market Research

Startup Professionals Musings

I know entrepreneurs who have suffered from premature execution often associated with the ready-fire-aim quick-to-market approach. Yet I believe that many more have benefited from this approach, especially in early startup stages. If your product is highly innovative, and speed to market is critical, you won’t get it right the first time anyway, no matter how cautiously you plan.

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Brain Food: Two Weeks Into Nootropics

Hunter Walker

Hi, you might remember me from such infomercials as… So I’m about two weeks into a nootropic called TruBrain and wanted to write a bit about my experience. Nootropics are essentially “vitamins for your brain,” and, while the term was apparently coined in 1972, it wasn’t until the last few years that it went ‘mainstream’ among my friends.

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How To Write A Job Listing That Attracts Top-Notch Employees

YFS Magazine

Recruiting new employees is no easy task. Here are some proven best practices to keep in mind before you post your next job listing.

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How can a motivational speaker help your business?

The Startup Magazine

Motivation is a big concern for any business. If a workforce is not motivated, it’s not going to perform to its optimum level. The thing with motivation is that it’s really important to try and get everyone on board. If just one or two people are suffering from a lack of motivation, they can have an adverse effect on those around them. So, what actions can you take to improve motivation levels in your business?

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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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What Every Marketer Can Learn From The Gaming Industry

YFS Magazine

The gaming industry is one of the most profitable entertainment businesses in the world. Here's what marketers can learn from it.

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The negative space of your words

David Cohen

We see quite a few pitches at Techstars. And we also therefore are involved in many Q&A sessions afterwards. In one recent session, I noticed lots of what I call “negative space” so I wanted to down some thoughts. When answering questions, especially in a group or public setting, you can show mastery by answering questions quickly and succinctly.

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Weekend Favs April 22

Duct Tape Marketing

Weekend Favs April 22 written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing. My weekend blog post routine includes posting links to a handful of tools or great content I ran across during the week. I don’t go into depth about the finds, but encourage you to check them out if they sound interesting. The photo in the post is a favorite for the week from an online source or one that I took out there on the road.

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May is Tech Accessibility Month in Austin

Austin Startup

The Forrest Four-Cast: April 22, 2017 Can the narrative of accessibility be reframed from compliance to one of business innovation? Such is the goal of Rich Schwerdtfeger, who will help lead the first-ever Knowbility Accessibility Leadership Symposium (KALS) , scheduled May 15–16 at the Driskill Hotel in Austin. Participants at KALS include leaders from Yahoo, Comcast, MIT, and Adobe, as well as Eve Hill, the recent lead from the Civil Rights Division of the Department of Justice.

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