Mon.Jun 08, 2020

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Crowdlending ? The New Investment Type You Should Know About

YoungUpstarts

As technology and advances and develops, it consistently leads to new ideas and concepts. Some are better than others but the amount of innovation and creativity to be seen within technology is nothing if not inspiring. While some new trends aren’t worth your time, there are others that certainly are and one of these is crowdlending. What is crowdlending?

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Soft Skills You Need to Develop as a Remote Entrepreneur

Transformify

Working from home started as a privilege only very few could indulge in. As the market grew and evolved, it became a benefit for many companies and entrepreneurs. At some point, it became a choice that every employee, or even boss, was able to make, with some opting for a mix. For example, some prefer a few days in the office for face-to-face meetings and interviews, and the rest of the week at home for reports, research, and creativity.

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6 Tips To Market Your Idea Before Building A Solution

Startup Professionals Musings

Savvy entrepreneurs start testing their ideas on potential customers even before the concept is fully cooked. They have enough confidence in their ability to deliver that they don’t worry about someone stealing the idea to get there first, and they don’t forget to listen carefully to critical feedback. They become walking public relations machines for themselves, as well as their idea.

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[Interview] George Scorsis, Toronto Executive, Lends Guidance To Entrepreneurs Working In Regulated Industries

YoungUpstarts

George Scorsis is a Toronto-based entrepreneur who has over 15 years of experience leading companies in highly regulated industries to rapid growth. His expertise in these industries includes experience and understanding about policies that must meet health department standards. During the course of his career, George has held a range of professional titles and positions which include: Executive Chairman of Starseed, Chairman of Tassili Life Sciences, and Chairman of the Board of Directors of Sc

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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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Black Lives Matter and My Fear About Short Attention Spans

Feld Thoughts

While I was trying to get my soul to reset a little yesterday, I worried about short attention spans. As humans, we naturally have short attention spans that are amplified by the extremely short attention span of the media. We are at the beginning of two new crises intermingled with multiple other crises we are dealing with as a result of Covid. The four crises that Covid has amplified (so far) are health, economic, mental health, and racial inequality.

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5 Benefits of Having A Toll-Free Number for Your StartUp

The Startup Magazine

Despite of the numerous advanced technologies, there are still some things that remain as a constant in the business industry. One of these, is your toll-free number. Regardless of your business size, as in this case, you’re still starting up, there are so many benefits that you can gain from having one. First, it begins with improving your reputation and credibility, as it makes your business look more professional.

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How Content Collaboration Can Help Improve Your Social Media Efforts

The Startup Magazine

Website content can be found in every nook and cranny, but it’s not everywhere you’ll encounter good quality writing. When you are putting your thoughts on paper, a lot is happening. Curiosity, research, brainstorming, creativity, and many more emotions and thoughts come into play. Before you form these elements, you must be clear about your writing goals.

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Fundraising Hacks: How to Raise Capital for your Company

David Teten

On June 16, I’m speaking at Jewish Business World Resilience 2020 on “Fundraising Hacks: How to Raise Capital for your Company” I’ve posted below the draft slide deck; feedback welcome. I’ll discuss what type of capital to raise, and how to contact and pitch to investors. For more detail, see Fundraising Hacks: What type of capital should you raise, and from who?

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How Do Entrepreneurs Secure Investment In 2020?

The Startup Magazine

Around the world today, many hopeful entrepreneurs sit down for another day of seeking out investment for their startup funding. While there are multi-million dollar companies out there that are pumping money into start-ups all the time, getting the attention of these people is not always easy. So, how do entrepreneurs secure the all-important investment that they need?

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Asset Managers, Prepare to Have Your Business Disrupted

David Teten

On June 25, I’m speaking to the Stamford Fintech Meetup on “Asset Managers, Prepare to Have Your Business Disrupted” This is based on my Institutional Investor cover story: “ Asset Managers, Prepare to Have Your Business Disrupted ”, cowritten with Katina Stefanova (CEO/CIO, Marto Capital; former management committee at Bridgewater Associates) and Brent Beardsley (head of Strategy, Vanguard).

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Ideas for a Startup Home Business

The Startup Magazine

Thanks to advancements in technology, many people have been able to start their own business ventures over recent years. Many have done this from their own homes, enabling them to change their life for the better in many ways with a home business. It has resulted in them being able to enjoy the convenience of working from home, becoming their own boss, saving time and money on travel, and working toward a brighter future.

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Business Innovation In A Pandemic: Compete With Those You Admire

YoungUpstarts

by Alex Varricchio, co-owner of UpHouse. Comparing ourselves to our competitors in order to figure out how best to one-up them is natural — it’s what drives us all in business. We feel threatened when our competitors do something different (especially if it appears to work) and we constantly obsess over what their next move may be. This line of thinking, however, leads us to follow in their tracks rather than forge our own path.

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5 Tips for Marketing Branded Products

The Startup Magazine

To market your product successfully, it is important to capture the interest and fulfill the needs of your clients. Embrace compliments and criticism in a positive manner and as a stepping stone to creating noticeable products. There are many marketing tools that help the your marketing plans create more impressions and be more effective. Some are digital marketing focused, and other more traditional techniques align themselves with current cultural trends such as healthfulness, green causes, a

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Bitcoin Emerges as New Standard in Post-COVID Economy?

ReadWriteStart

Bitcoin has always had the potential to become a world standard for money. Even if the blockchain that powers Bitcoin lacks the bandwidth to handle the required transaction volume, and even if the world wasn’t ready 11 years ago for non-governmental e-money to go mainstream, the potential was always there. Indeed, Bitcoin enthusiasts and developers have long insisted the day will come when Bitcoin will stand alongside gold.

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Frustrated With Remote Collaboration? There?s Hope.

YoungUpstarts

by Suresh Sambandam, CEO of Kissflow. Before COVID-19, your office was a powerhouse for collaboration. Overnight, team members became isolated on laptops at home. The physical separation for newly remote teams has been tougher than expected. Email, chat, and video conferencing are great, but they aren’t the same as personal, face-to-face interactions.

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