YoungUpstarts

JULY 27, 2017

by Gary Marriage Jr., founder and CEO of Nature Coast Financial Advisors. Many Americans view life insurance policies as a key part of their financial planning. But they tend to think in terms of how the insurance will benefit their survivors after they are in the grave – not how it might benefit themselves while they are very much alive. If that’s the way they see it, though, they may be missing out on an additional way to help pay for retirement – something especially worth knowing if other in

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The Next Web

JULY 27, 2017

The Copyright Reform that’s being discussed by the EU now, could crush certain type of startups when they reach the ripe age of three. “We know from entrepreneurs we spoke to that they would move their business outside of Europe if this law becomes a reality,” Lenard Koschwitz, Director of European Affairs at Allied for Startups, told TNW. The EU’s upcoming Copyright Reform is hotly debated, but most agree that the law needs to be updated and adapted to the digital age.

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This is going to be BIG.

JULY 27, 2017

Fundraising sucks. No one likes it. Founders don't start companies so they can spend half their time asking people for money and VCs don't love the dance either. However, it's a necessary animal, so the least everyone can do is act professionally, and most of all value each other's time. That's what I'm most frustrated by--the lack of respect for other people's time.

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VC Cafe

JULY 27, 2017

“Broadcasting is really too important to be left to the broadcasters”?—?Tony Benn. I’ve started a 30 day blogging challenge (more about it here and please fo sign up to receive the newsletter ). This is day four. Early conclusion: It doesn’t get easier in day four. Today I’d like to talk about one of my new favourite media formats: Podcasts. The reason podcasts captured my imagination today, is a podcast I listened to (very meta) by Recode’s Peter Kafka, and Nick Quah, journalist and curator

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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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YFS Magazine

JULY 27, 2017

A great team is very often the key to success. Fortunately, building a high performance team is not as daunting as it seems.

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Berkonomics

JULY 27, 2017

Your customers know what they want more than you do. Find one to teach you. Close. This week’s insight came from personal experience and from a good friend who advanced the notion of the “teacher-customer” years ago. I internalized this phrase, recalling the many times I had partnered with customers to design new feature-functionality into my hotel computer system back when such systems were brand new to the industry.

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Ben's Blog

JULY 27, 2017

“Got crack all in my drawers, I’m just honest.” – Future, Honest. Are you an honest person? I’ll bet that you answered “yes.” If you did, who else do you know that’s completely honest?

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VC Cafe

JULY 27, 2017

“Broadcasting is really too important to be left to the broadcasters” – Tony Benn. I’ve started a 30 day blogging challenge (more about it here and please fo sign up to receive the newsletter ). This is day four. Early conclusion: It doesn’t get easier in day four. Today I’d like to talk about one of my new favourite media formats: Podcasts.

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Austin Startup

JULY 27, 2017

Apply by September 1 Austin Tech Alliance is seeking internship applicants for Fall 2017. This is a part-time internship opportunity for an undergraduate student that will extend from mid-September through the end of the fall semester. About ATA Austin Tech Alliance is a nonpartisan 501(c)(6) nonprofit founded to promote civic engagement in Austin’s tech sector.

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Gregg Fraley, Author of Jack's Notebook

JULY 27, 2017

Notice: Gregg Fraley Speaking at Workspring Chicago. Wednesday August 2, 2017 — 8 am to 10 am. The free workshop at Workspring Chicago will focus on creative behaviors that enhance creative effectiveness. The habits/behaviors and associated tools and techniques apply to both personal and business roles. As the graphic says, you’ll learn approaches you can immediately use.

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OnlyOnce

JULY 27, 2017

All three of our kids were at sleep-away camp for the past month, which was a first for us. A great, but weird, first! Our time “off” was bracketed by the absolutely amazing story of Come From Away. One of the first nights after the kids left, we saw the show on Broadway (Broadway show web site here , Wikipedia entry about the musical and story synopsis here ).

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Growthink Blog

JULY 27, 2017

Your ability to succeed in today's economy is directly correlated with your ability to innovate. But most organizations change and innovate way too slowly, if at all. My Growthink colleague Stephen Lehtonen has developed an eight question test to measure an organization's Innovation Quotient , or its "IQ." The test measures organizational attributes like clarity of mission, process for pursuing new initiatives, the change-friendliness of its culture, and its "intuition" as to customers wants and

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thebarefootvc

JULY 27, 2017

This is not the story of another cryptocurrency coin offering, but of a product that is using a tangible, age-old form factor to manage and secure our digital and analog identities. I am pleased to announce that FuturePerfect Ventures portfolio company Tokenize has launched its latest product: Token, a ring that allows users to make payments, use public transport, log into websites, and enter our homes, cars and offices without carrying around keys or credit cards.

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Sophia Perl of Wisdom

JULY 27, 2017

Product managers / owners are here to help #WhoWantsAnMVP. I had an amazing experience in Amsterdam recently (July 2017) at Booking.com’s Hackathon All Women Edition. I found out about the hackathon from a post in the “Women in Product” Slack group by someone who came across the event. The hackathon intrigued me in many ways: 1) it was for only women, 2) they wanted participants from 6 different functional roles (UX, FE, BE, mobile, PO/PM, and copywriters), and 3) all participants get to travel

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Duct Tape Marketing

JULY 27, 2017

16 Essential Tools for Digital Marketers in SMEs written by Guest Post read more at Duct Tape Marketing. Like any good craftsman, a digital marketer needs tools to perform to the best of his abilities each day. Through the years working in marketing, I’ve tried and tested a lot of tools. Some bad, some good and a very few extraordinary. I’ll focus on the latter group today and hope this essential selection will help you do things better, quicker and more efficiently.

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