Tue.Jul 23, 2019

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Austin-based TrustRadius Raises $12.5 Million in Funding

SiliconHills

TrustRadius, a platform for software reviews, announced Tuesday that it has received $12.5 million in additional funding. The Austin-based company has raised $25 million since its founding in 2012. Next Coast Ventures led the Series C funding round with participation from returning investors the Mayfield Fund and LiveOak Ventures. TrustRadius plans to use the funds […].

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So You’re Not The Boss? Here’s How You Can Still Be A Leader

YoungUpstarts

by Grant Parr , author of “ The Next One Up Mindset: How To Prepare For The Unknown “ Are leaders born or are they developed? It’s a subject that’s long been debated. And in the workplace, can an employee who holds no supervisory job title be an effective leader — before being entrusted with managing people? . To me, the answer is yes — and it’s almost mandatory if someone hopes to be ready as a leader when promoted to a bigger role in an organization.

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Essay: Personal Data Firewall – Reclaiming Consumer Data Privacy

The Startup Magazine

By Dan Simerman, Director of Financial Relations, The IOTA Foundation. Incentives are funny things. They often live in the background, invisible, outside our conscious reach. But incentives can play funny tricks on business models and digital products, especially ones that begin to permeate the very fabric of our lives. As an entrepreneur who lives at the intersection of the digital and the physical, the public and the private, the open-source and the proprietary data networks, incentives are so

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How A Startup With Young Founders Can Legitimize Their Company Without Needing A Huge Investment

YoungUpstarts

A tough part about starting a company at an extremely young age is difficulty finding investors. There have been a multitude of entrepreneurs that were doubted due to their age. While this is less prevalent than in the past it should be noted that it still occurs depending on the niche of business. Making the business look as legitimate as possible is important for a variety of reasons.

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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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How to Help Your Employees Get More Work Done

The Startup Magazine

If you’re running a business, you probably already know that there’s nothing more important to you than your employees. Without them, you simply won’t be able to operate and your business would shut down. This also means that by helping them increase their productivity can be a huge favor for your business. But how exactly do you help your team members get more work done?

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How to Separate Your Small Business and Personal Finances

Up and Running

Numerous challenges come with starting a new business. One way to keep things clean and simple from the start is to separate your business finances and personal finances early on. . It’s easy to mix the two—for example, putting business expenses on your personal credit card, or dipping into money for your business to pay for personal expenses. Over time, this can be detrimental, not only for your business, but your personal life as well.

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Elevating Your Business – Who Are You Surrounded By?

Mike Michalowicz

When you look around, who are you surrounded by? Who are you affiliated with? Association is very impactful. I think about this often but it really hit me when I saw my books displayed next to Michelle Obama’s. (Political association aside, you know that was pretty great!). There are many factors which can represent you and your affiliations are one of them.

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DeskTime CEO Reveals How They Accelerated Business Growth And Revenue By 94 Percent

YFS Magazine

In recent years, the time-tracking company has reported an uptick in rapid growth, while increasing revenue by 94%. What's their secret?

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Marketing Your Portfolio Companies to Other Investors

David Teten

One of my most important responsibilities as a VC is recruiting appropriate co-investors and follow-on investors. See How VCs structure a syndicate and recruit coinvestors for more on this. I’ve provided here a template for sharing profiles of your companies with other VCs. At every VC where I’ve worked, I’ve created a set of short company descriptions in the format below.

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Finance and accounting biggest headache for small biz owners followed by tech

NZ Entrepreneur

If you’re an entrepreneur or small business owner, and you’ve struggled at any point with mastering a new business management skill, you’re not alone. A recent survey of Kiwi small businesses, commissioned by Prospa and conducted by YouGov Galaxy, saw more than three quarters (76%) of small business owners admit to having struggled with areas of business management.

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How to Improve Customer Retention Through Paid Search

Duct Tape Marketing

How to Improve Customer Retention Through Paid Search written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing. A lot of marketers and business owners think of advertising as a tool to attract the attention of new customers. But the great thing about paid search is that it’s also a powerful way to improve customer retention. Once you go through all the trouble of winning over new business, it’s worth your while to put in the effort to keep them coming back.

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The 10 best Audible books I’ve listened to over the last 5 years

Jeff Hilimire

I’ve become a pretty big audio book listener over the last several years. I find it to be a great way to “read” while knocking out mindless activities – chores, getting ready in the morning, driving, etc. I do still read physical books and Kindle books, though I’m way behind on my goal of 53 books in 2019 :(. One thing about audio books, it REALLY matters who is doing the voice of the recording.

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Your Go-to-Guide For Modern Web Design Structure

YoungUpstarts

Are you sick and tired of conventional web design styles? What if I told you there are some sure-fire tips to revamp your site with a user-centric interface, it’s highly effective and simplistic, and requires no technical skills. Definitely, it’s free…. Seeking for a high-tech web design structure isn’t easy, or hiring designers would cost you hundreds of bucks which you might not prefer.

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