Mon.May 08, 2017

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The State Of Blogging In 2017

YoungUpstarts

by Ana Grasic , cofounder of WeGrowth. Starting a blog, whether as a business or just for pleasure has been popular for a couple of years now and having a company blog is almost considered a must. However, the huge and growing number of bloggers no matter the niche is mainly because of the great opportunity to earn a decent amount of money online, build brand awareness or just to position yourself as an expert.

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From Entertainment to Immigration

The Startup Magazine

12 months ago I relocated to L.A. and 6 months later I managed to obtain a Green Card. I had no idea I could even stay in the U.S legally for over 6 months. My Immigration Journey affected me deeply. I realized immigration is a pain in the ass and immigration attorneys are a s. And, the more they sell, the less you can trust them. I also realized that there is no price for immigration.

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Lessons From The Military On Winning Funding Battles

Startup Professionals Musings

Don’t charge the hill until you are “ready.” This probably seems obvious to military types, but I see entrepreneurs violating this rule all the time. They approach key potential investors way too early, trying to talk their way up the hill, with no supporting business plan, and before they have a support team around them. Needless to say, they usually get shot down, and get no second chance.

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Dissonance Driven – 6 Steps Toward Reclaiming Control Over Your Business

YoungUpstarts

As a startup, there are many factors that will gather momentum as your business grows. Controlling growth and expansion is key to continued success of your business. However, you may become aware that growth seems to have spiralled out of control. When this is the case, you need to reclaim your business by once again placing yourself firmly back in the driving seat – and this is how to do it.

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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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7 Powerful Ways To Create A Positive Life

YFS Magazine

It all comes down to your perception, how you understand and interpret life. Here are 7 tips that can help you attract more positive energy into your life.

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Of Choices, Accountability And Performing At The Highest Level

YoungUpstarts

by Rick Crossland, author of “ The A Player: The Definitive Playbook and Guide for Employees and Leaders Who Want to Play and Perform at the Highest Level “ What would happen if we were all more accountable for how we think and respond to the situations we find ourselves in and the choices that we make? Accountability is the fundamental axiom for being an A Player.

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The Best Leaders Have This In Common

YFS Magazine

The Mad Men era has long since passed. So I’m here to tell you: get over yourself. Gone are the days when leaders are expected to never, ever do this.

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Creating a Successful Brand Ambassador Program

The Startup Magazine

Word-of-mouth marketing remains one of the most effective tools at a company’s disposal; 74 percent of consumers identify word of mouth as one of their top points of influence. Rather than hoping word-of-mouth marketing occurs organically, many companies are taking matters into their own hands by creating brand ambassador programs. A brand ambassador program takes advantage of the passion of your most enthusiastic fans.

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Tiering Marketplace Users

A Crowded Space

When I first started my journey of learning in marketplaces it was 2004 and I was on the founding team at oDesk. Back then, I was confident in the theory of a global meritocracy and thought that marketplaces should be open to one and all. And I thought, with the proper feedback mechanisms, the best users will simply rise to the top and all of the users will be able to thrive to the best of their ability.

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Monday Motivation: Don’t Compete. Dominate [VIDEO]

Hearpreneur

Share. This motivational video is for entrepreneurs, startups and business owners to start their week off on the right foot. Remember to dominate.

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The Complete Guide to Writing Product Descriptions That Convert

ConversionXL

Most product descriptions are awful. Or worse, non-existent. Product copy and product descriptions seems like such minor parts of a website in the grand scheme of conversion optimization , so many brands brush it off. But for companies doing it right, writing excellent product descriptions is a great way to sprinkle brand personality in a place that most people don’t expect it.

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Why we need to stop using the word Job

Start Up Blog

Today the federal budget is being released in Australia. And before any of the policies emerge, I can tell you what the proposed objective of every single one of them will be: Jobs & Growth. For me, it is heartbreaking to hear this mantra still being chanted as some kind of plan for the future, especially given the industrial age is officially over.

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What a week working at Coach looks like

Spencer Fry

I get a lot of emails about how a small remote team of four, full-time people (spanning three time zones) work so well together. Our customers and investors alike are astonished by how much work we get done, so I thought I’d share what our week looks like. Our approach is nothing out of the ordinary, but it may be interesting for other small companies--whether they work remotely or not--to see how we work.

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