Tue.Jun 26, 2018

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How The New General Data Protection Regulation Will Affect Online Businesses

YoungUpstarts

by Gabriel Shaoolian, founder of DesignRush. On May 25, 2018, the European Union implemented new Internet regulations called the General Data Protection Regulation – GDPR, for short. This new law has been the biggest overhaul in data privacy regulations in 20 years, according to the official site. Essentially, the GDPR create a universal standard for online privacy, data and information gathering across all European Union countries – similar to federal regulations that standardize laws across al

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Tech Marathoners: John Wookey

deal architect

I am excited to start a new series of interviews with tech executives who have seen the industry evolve over a minimum of two decades. They have helped analyze, envision, develop and take to market some of the most influential.

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Why You Should Build Your Business For Fun

YoungUpstarts

by Joel Comm, author of “ The Fun Formula: How Curiosity, Risk-Taking, and Serendipity Can Revolutionize How You Work “ When you’re starting out as an entrepreneur, there are so many questions. What should I build? How do I sell it? Where do I find the funding? How much money can I make? They’re all important questions, vital even. But there’s one more question that’s even more important and it’s too often ignored.

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Tech Marathoners: John Wookey

deal architect

I am excited to start a new series of interviews with tech executives who have seen the industry evolve over a minimum of two decades. They have helped analyze, envision, develop and take to market some of the most influential.

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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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Wilkins Finance Cryptocurrency Predictions For Summer 2018

YoungUpstarts

If there’s one thing for sure with cryptocurrencies, it is that nothing is certain and something unexpected is always happening. In the last year, Bitcoin has seen some astonishing peaks and troughs in value. Other currencies have had a rocky time too. So, what does summer 2018 hold in store for the newcomer of assets? Reviewing the market. Last year, people started to realise that cryptocurrencies were here to stay and had real-world applications.

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Nine Ventures Pitch at Impact Hub’s Inaugural Workforce Development Accelerator Demo Day

SiliconHills

Nine ventures pitched solutions to provide better jobs for Austin’s low-income workers at Impact Hub’s inaugural Workforce Development Accelerator Demo Day Monday night. The 11-week accelerator, sponsored by Capital City Innovation, Workforce Solutions and Impact Hub, worked with nine ventures. Other sponsors included Google, JPMorgan Chase & Co., BuildFax, and Digi.City.

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How To Redefine Success And Get Out Of Your Own Way

YFS Magazine

I had become so dependent upon my identity as a corporate employee that my desires as an entrepreneur had been smothered to the point of non-existence.

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Tips And Tricks To Give You A Fitness Boost During The Work Week

YoungUpstarts

Getting in shape is hard work, and it can often seem like you’re putting in hours at the gym but not seeing results. If you feel like you’re always exercising but your body isn’t responding, then you may need to adjust your daily routine. Sometimes making a few minor modifications to your diet and fitness plan is all it takes to transform your body.

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Simple But Powerful Tips for Naming Your Business or Startup

The Startup Magazine

A name is a label by which animate or inanimate things are called or referenced. When we think about names, pictures or qualities are evoked from the good to the grotesque. For instance, KFC reminds us of delightsome delicacies, war on the other hand; hunger, starvation. The s ame applies to businesses. Therefore a good business name and slogan are key.

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10 Careers You Can Take Anywhere

YoungUpstarts

With some careers, you’re stuck. You might love teaching scuba diving lessons, but you couldn’t exactly move to Ohio and keep your same career. If you want to be a farmer, you probably won’t be able to live downtown in a metropolis. As a small gift shop owner who only speaks English, you wouldn’t be able to pack your bags and live just as comfortably in China.

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Is VPS Web Hosting Right For My Small Business?

YFS Magazine

While shared hosting might be the perfect, affordable solution for a personal blog or small website with low traffic, most fast-growth businesses need more.

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Tips To Manage Your Business Finances Effectively

YoungUpstarts

Healthy cash flow is paramount to how successful a business will be in the long term. There will be times where a company sees peaks and troughs in income, and these aspects all need to be considered to ensure a business can ride through the changes faced in the industry. Small mistakes along the way can lead to more significant consequences, and if not addressed and adjusted could see a business fail.

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Newchip Raises $2 Million in Seed Stage Funding and Launches a $1 Million Crowdfunding Campaign

SiliconHills

Newchip, the online platform that aggregates crowdfunding deals, announced recently that it has closed on $2 million in seed funding. Austin-based Newchip also launched an equity-based crowdfunding campaign on Wefunder. It has already raised $102,000 of its $1 million goal from 84 investors. Wefunder is an equity-based crowdfunding platform that lets people invest as little […].

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A genuine leader is not a searcher for consensus, but a molder of consensus

Jeff Hilimire

I’m reading The Promise and the Dream , a book about Martin Luther King and Bobby Kennedy, and I came upon this MLK quote: I am not a ‘consensus leader.’ And I do not determine what is right and wrong by looking at the budget of the SCLC or by taking a Gallup poll. Ultimately [a] genuine leader is not a searcher for consensus, but a molder of consensus.

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What You Need To Know About Marketing To Millennials

YoungUpstarts

Millennials constitute the largest part of the work force. Like previous generations, they have their own set of attributes which make them different. Businesses globally are aware of their dominant purchasing power. Connecting with millennials is not like reaching other categories of demographic. They are well integrated into the digital world. Therefore businesses need to have a different approach towards millennials while marketing.

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How to balance judgment and process when you start to scale

Version One Ventures

In the early days of a start-up, almost all decisions in the company are driven by the judgment calls of the founding team. During this stage, there’s a limited set of experiences to draw from and no playbook. Most of the situations and questions are occurring for the first time, and founders need to quickly decide what’s best for the company. This makes for super fast decisions – and mostly right decisions if the intuitions of the founders are good.

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