Fri.Jan 19, 2018

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20 Entrepreneurs Share Their Business Goals for 2018

Hearpreneur

It’s a new year and right after the ball drops, it’s time to go to work. Often entrepreneurs and business owners create their New Year’s Resolutions around their business. It could be more revenue, hiring clients or launching a new product or service, but every new year is an exciting time because it’s ripe with opportunity. We asked entrepreneurs to share their business goals and what they were looking forward to in 2018. #1- Efficiency.

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7 Guidelines For Funding New Research & Development

Startup Professionals Musings

As an advisor to new business owners, and an occasional angel investor, I see new business proposals daily, many seeking investors to fund early research and development (R&D) of a new product idea. Unfortunately, most entrepreneurs don’t realize that the words “research” and “development” are red flags to investors, and all such proposals are routinely discarded.

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Top Preparation Checklist For Small Business Owners

YoungUpstarts

Payment of taxes on time is an important affair and needs us to give it attention. Business owners who belong to small enterprise groan when they hear the word tax. But no matter how much we avoid, taxes are a part of our lives and we need abide by the law. If you belong to the small business community, then it is important to get tax preparation checklist in advance from experts.

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Purpose is no longer a “nice to have”

VC Cafe

Purpose used to be a “nice to have” for corporates and startups, that was usually tucked away in the CSR department. I know its not a fair generalisation as many companies have put significant. This is a content summary only. Click on the post title to continue reading this post, share your comments, browse the website and more! Purpose used to be a “nice to have” for corporates and startups, that was usually tucked away in the CSR department.

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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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[ADV] Tips To Make Strong Bid At Property Auctions

YoungUpstarts

Death, divorce, public talking and bidding for just a property at an auction. There is nothing more terrifying in life. With online auction bidding set to come back in upcoming calendar year – with you looking at safely and securely from home with a computer display and keying in the bids – it’d not be so scary in future. But for now, our 4 top rated experts give their verdicts on some of our most popular auction strategies.

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Sustainable Businesses Is The Future – Are You Ready?

YFS Magazine

Sustainability drives innovation and engenders enthusiasm and loyalty from employees, customers, suppliers, communities and investors. As more businesses are discovering, this is the way forward. Can you afford not to take a step in the right direction?

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Is Your Social Media Strategy Still Relevant?

YFS Magazine

Social media is here to stay, and it’s a valuable tool if you know how to integrate it into your overall marketing and branding strategy.

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The Texas 5G Alliance Launches to Champion Lightning Fast Wireless Technology

SiliconHills

The Texas 5G Alliance launched this week to advocate for 5G telecommunications technology and infrastructure in Austin and statewide that is needed to bring smart city applications to life. The alliance seeks to educate people about the technology for rapid deployment statewide and to make Texas a leader in telecommunications infrastructure. Why is it needed?

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3 Interesting Insights from Students and Why We Should Care about Them

Where to Play

The post 3 Interesting Insights from Students and Why We Should Care about Them appeared first on Where to Play. I recently came back from teaching a 5 day course at the Technical University of Denmark. Master students from different departments came to learn how to identify, evaluate and strategize market opportunities for innovative technologies. During the course, they learned how to apply our new business tool, the Market Opportunity Navigator , and implemented it on university-related inven

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Twitter Link Roundup #321 – Terrific Reads for Small Business, Entrepreneurs, Marketers, and Designers!

crowdSPRING Blog

Memes —images that are combined with other images, words, or phrases, often to humorous effect—are ubiquitous on the internet. You can find memes on every social media outlet. They get national media coverage, support political movements, and even contribute to our modern vernacular. Yasss! To understand the importance of memes and how they have become both a platform and a voice for a generation, read this great piece on The Atlantic.

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Ellen DeGeneres Rolls the Dice with Viral HQ Trivia Game

Lightspeed Venture Partners

The post Ellen DeGeneres Rolls the Dice with Viral HQ Trivia Game appeared first on Lightspeed Venture Partners.

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Twitter Link Roundup #321 – Terrific Reads for Small Business, Entrepreneurs, Marketers, and Designers!

crowdSPRING Blog

Memes —images that are combined with other images, words, or phrases, often to humorous effect—are ubiquitous on the internet. You can find memes on every social media outlet. They get national media coverage, support political movements, and even contribute to our modern vernacular. Yasss! To understand the importance of memes and how they have become both a platform and a voice for a generation, read this great piece on The Atlantic.

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3 Things Students Thought about the Market Opportunity Navigator

Where to Play

The post 3 Things Students Thought about the Market Opportunity Navigator appeared first on Where to Play. 3 Things Students Thought about the Market Opportunity Navigator. I recently came back from teaching a 5 day course at the Denmark Technology University. Master students from different departments came to learn how to identify, evaluate and strategize market opportunities for innovative technologies.

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Thoughts on how I like to operate a business

Jeff Hilimire

I had some things I wanted to talk out about how I run companies, specifically around a business having a higher purpose and clearly defining its vision, values, and tenets. I’ve written about some of this before… The difference between a company’s Purpose and Vision. Dragon Army’s Purpose is to inspire happiness. And many posts about “values” …but since I like to learn by not just reading but listening, I thought I’d record some thoughts verbally

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A History of Passion and Enduring Design Philosophy in Leather Handbags

Hearpreneur

The handbags design industry is always up to something unique. Hobo is a 6-year-old family-owned leather handbag brand. Their iconic Lauren clutch sold over a million pieces since launching 12 years ago (around $110 million in retail) and the brand overall has done over $20 million in wholesale. They’re actively investing in the current Hobo Leather Lounge x Artists & Fleas in Soho, Artisan Series partnerships, and re-platforming their website to evolve it into a more content-rich di

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