YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 21, 2020

by Mark Williams , CEO of Brokers International. These days, ‘“business as usual” seems to be anything but. Across different industries, people are having to adapt quickly. While much may seem up in the air right now, many of the recent changes faced by the insurance industry are moving it forward into a better future. Here are five of the biggest trends I’ve seen lately in the insurance industry and how they’re impacting insurance companies, financial professionals and consumers. 1.

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Hearpreneur

AUGUST 21, 2020

Innovative if a word often used to describe successful companies. Innovation drives media attention and fosters customer retention rate, which is why most companies strive to have it in their mission statement. It seeks to solve customer problems in a better and modern way, thus helping such companies edge the competition. One of the companies that’s known for innovation is Apple.

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YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 21, 2020

You’re considering employing the help and expertise of an IT support provider, but you aren’t quite sure what they can do for you. Can’t you just do everything yourself? While some business owners may be tech savvy enough to get by, there comes a time when you need to bring in the experts. You know technology is important to your business, and even more critical to its growth.

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ConversionXL

AUGUST 21, 2020

People often choose to believe in things that are just not true. The Great Wall is the only human made object viewable from space. All Vikings helmets had horns. Vaccines cause Autism. 5G causes causes cancer. You get the idea. Here are 11 things that a lot of us in marketing believe, but shouldn’t. 1. [Insert celebrity name here] endorses product X, so it must be good. “Research has shown that we automatically assign to good-looking individuals such favorable traits as talent, kindn

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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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Mike Michalowicz

AUGUST 21, 2020

?. What do you want? A successful business! When do you want it? Now! And you can have it now. Even with the ebb and flow of uncertainty happening. A couple weeks ago the audiobook for The Pumpkin Plan was re-released. When it was, one of my employees asked me what my favorite part of the book is. Hm…all of it? But overall, that it works. That companies see rapid growth when they apply the methodology.

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YFS Magazine

AUGUST 21, 2020

Here's a detailed look at the benefits of partnering with a business consultant to grow your small business.

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ithacaVC

AUGUST 21, 2020

Every executive (startup or otherwise) needs to be accountable to the rest of the leadership team and the company’s board. This is pretty obvious. It is perhaps even more critical at startups compared to larger companies as larger companies typically have more executives who can mitigate the negative impact of one under-performer. In my experience, lack of willingness to be accountable is one of the leading “business” reasons for executives resigning or getting fired.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 21, 2020

As a mentor to aspiring entrepreneurs, I often feel the frustration of someone trying to build a startup in the wrong place and time, and wrongly attributing their struggle to personal limitations. It may not seem fair, but passion and commitment alone are not enough to make your startup successful – every business needs critical resources and favorable location-specific conditions.

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Reid Hoffman

AUGUST 21, 2020

So often people talk about the Democratic Party as the party of pluralist, pie-in-the-sky idealism and the Republican Party as the party of practical, results-driven business. At last night’s Democratic National Convention, though, one of the world’s most successful, results-driven business leaders, Michael Bloomberg, made some key points. Bloomberg, of course, is not just a great businessman, but also an experienced and accomplished public servant.

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