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Benefits Of Documentation Management In Remote Working

YoungUpstarts

by Mahendra Gupta of Saviom Software. Organizations are trying to switch to remote working with the help of technologies and work culture to obtain similar or better operational efficiency than before. There are many factors that help remote working cultures to thrive. This post will dive into an aspect whose importance often goes unnoticed i.e. documentation management.

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Out of the Crisis #9, the founders of Frontline Foods on the moral imperative to support frontline workers at scale

Startup Lessons Learned

One of the most consistent features of the volunteer response to the pandemic has been how many people have stepped up to fill roles that aren't necessarily related to their professional experience. In every case, they've simply been asked to take on work and said yes. The founders of Frontline Foods are three of these people. Sydney Gressel is a nurse in the pediatric emergency department at UCSF's Benioff Children's Hospital.

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How COVID-19 is Impacting Higher Education

Board Effect

One of the industries that’s been hit from all angles due to COVID-19 is colleges and universities. Study abroad programs have been affected. Graduations have been canceled. Students can’t access labs or complete board exams. Research programs have had to stop. Hiring for grad students will be more challenging than ever. Student loans will be affected.

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7 Positive Ways To Highlight Your Competitive Clout

Startup Professionals Musings

Most entrepreneurs spend far too much time thinking negatively about competitors, and can’t resist making derogatory statements to their own team, to investors, and even to customers. This approach only makes these important constituents question your integrity, intelligence, and your understanding of business basics. Pointing out flaws in others does not give you strength.

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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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SapphireNow Keynote: Professional, but in synch with the times?

deal architect

I listened to Christian Klein's keynote from the virtual Sapphire event today - watch replay here. It was his first as CEO and he came across very well. Energetic, professional and very comfortable in a digital setting. His keynote focused.

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Research Shows These 5 COVID-19 Changes Really Can Help Brands Grow Market Share

YoungUpstarts

by Anne E. Beall, PhD, CEO and Founder of Beall Research, Inc and author of “ Strategic Market Research: A Guide to Conducting Research that Drives Businesses “ “We’re all in this together.”. “We’ll get through this and emerge stronger.”. By now, the entire nation is familiar with these COVID-19 era mantras that brands are repeating on the airwaves, social media and in stores.

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Why Bitcoin Can Be Better Than Traditional Currency

YoungUpstarts

There many reasons why bitcoin is considered to be better than traditional currency but today here we will precisely show you the possible reasons which make bitcoin better. Any bitcoin system is better than that of any currency. There are many limitations when you use normal currency, there are limitations of borders and amount. Hence it becomes necessary that you understand what could be the possible reason which is why one would like to use the bitcoin.

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Money. show me! If you want to change Venture Capital, focus on LPs. #openlp

This is going to be BIG.

There have been a lot of calls for VC firms to make more hires from the Black and Brown community, as well as to hire more women. Not all hires, however, are made equally. In venture, it’s all about getting an opportunity to make partner and being included in the carry—the economic upside of a fund. Not only is carry a means of economic mobility, but it’s also a reflection of where decision-making authority is within a fund.

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Andrey Khovratov Unveils NEEW – The New Economic Evolution Of The World

YoungUpstarts

Andrey Khovratov , professional business and personal coach with over 20 years of experience in investments and business training, has announced the launch of the NEEW program – The New Economic Evolution of the World. Andrey Khovratov is a career coach and business trainer who has spent the last 20 years providing and sharing his extensive professional experience with thousands of people seeking to improve their business performance and unlock their true investment potential.

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Book: The Blacker The Berry

Feld Thoughts

As I begin to work my way through the NY Times Antiracist Reading List (by Ibram X. Kendi), I thought I’d start with The Blacker The Berry by Wallace Thurman. I started with the Wikipedia page for Wallace Thurman. Langston Hughes described Thurman as “…a strangely brilliant black boy, who had read everything and whose critical mind could find something wrong with everything he read.” Thurman’s dark skin color attracted comment, including negative reactions from both

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3 Ways To Sell Your Home Fast Online During Lockdown

YoungUpstarts

The Covid-19 pandemic means some sort of social distancing measures are set to remain in force for the foreseeable future, and digital technologies which were previously regarded as useful alternatives to physical transactions and interactions are now the norm. Furthermore, many businesses which we would have previously presumed could only ever operate on a physical basis have developed amazingly innovative ways to resurrect themselves in digital or hybrid incarnations in order to continue tradi

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Houses of the Future – COVID-19 series

Start Up Blog

If you’re like me, you’re probably thrilled to start seeing something other than the four walls of your own home. The Covid-19 crisis will be a long overdue start to influencing changes to the buildings we spend our time in. The Merger – Now that information work has finally reached its mobility phase, houses and offices will start to change shape.

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Getting Through A Cash Flow Crisis

YoungUpstarts

For many small businesses and startups, cash flow is critical. Having the available money to pay for wages, materials, rent and utilities is vital in keeping your business going day after day and month after month. Indeed – in this article from business insurer Hiscox, insufficient cash flow is listed as the number one reason businesses fail. So what should you do if you find yourself in a cash flow crisis, when you have bills that need paying but not enough available cash to pay them?

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How to Avoid Spacing Out When Working From Home

The Startup Magazine

Working from home is new to some, and with it comes its own set of challenges. Focusing in the comfort of your own home can be challenging with distractions all around you. If your kiddos are at home for the summer, you’ve got even more to prevent you from having a productive workday. What is one to do in this situation to protect focus, keep up productivity, and still maintain sanity?

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Seeking Guidance: A Guide To Learning Your Legal Rights

YoungUpstarts

Learning your legal rights is not something you spend time understanding at school, or really in adulthood for that matter. Unfortunately, it’s usually when we are on the right or wrong side of the law that we get a crash course in legal rights, and sometimes that’s too late. We believe that these important legal foundations are not relevant to our daily lives, but we couldn’t be more wrong when considering the many areas of our life that law intersects with.

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Alex Miller Inspires with the Story of his Startup

The Startup Magazine

There are many people who try to start their own businesses yet end up being unable to do so. Starting a company is never easy; however, one entrepreneur, Alex Miller , has shown the world that there is no one, right way to start a business. Alex Miller did not have the easiest road to financial success. He originally comes from a small town that had only 3,000 people.

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Monday Motivation: Get Back Up | Powerful Motivational Video

Hearpreneur

This motivational video is to help CEOs, entrepreneurs and business owners start the week off on the right foot. Here are some takeaways from the video: Your WHY must be greater than your tribulation. Your WHY must be greater than the punch. You are your own savior and superhero. Find your reason for pushing past the pain. Get up and fight back. The post Monday Motivation: Get Back Up | Powerful Motivational Video appeared first on Hearpreneur.

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A Story About a Startup Founded by an Immigrant

The Startup Magazine

There is nothing quite like building a startup company from the ground up. America is a country that has been built by small businesses, all of which started off as a startup company at some point. While there are numerous challenges that come with starting a company ranging from raising capital, spreading the word about a new idea, and finding potential partners, all of these challenges are more difficult for someone who comes to this country as an immigrant entrepreneur.

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Save America. Start A Company.

Mucker Lab

This post originally appeared in Forbes, written by Erik Rannala. America recently celebrated Memorial Day to honor military men and women who paid the ultimate price to secure and defend liberty. In a country full of heroes, these are the superheroes. In response to COVID-19, we’ve seen numerous examples of other types of heroism, including those exhibited by first responders and frontline medical workers.

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Startup Shaktistellar converts waste into cooking gas, reduces the need for LPG by half

Our Own Start-up

A Bhopal-based startup, Shaktistellar, provided a sustainable living solution by developing Portable Biogas Units.

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Ontraport Review: Why I Switched To Ontraport As The Backbone For My Online Training Business

Entrepreneurs-Journey.com by Yaro Starak

Overview:- Blogging coach Yaro Starak switched to Ontraport and used it to sell over a million dollars of his education products like online courses. In this Ontraport review he explains how he first tested Ontraport by sending emails during the free trial period, set up advanced features like upsells, downsells, an affiliate program, how much […].

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Reddit co-founder, Alexis Ohanian, urges the board to appoint a black candidate

Our Own Start-up

The entrepreneur is married to Serena Williams, tennis star said he made this decision for the sake of his daughter.

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The Different Types of Mailing Lists

Women Entrepreneurs Can

The importance of mailing lists for marketing cannot be overlooked. You need to have an updated list that gives you the best chance of turning your marketing efforts into sales leads. Keeping that in mind, in this post we are going to take a look at the different types of mail lists you can get your hands on. When purchasing mailing lists for your business, you have many different options to choose from.

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9 Hiring Tips: How To Extend The Perfect Job Offer

Transformify

Hiring the right candidate for your business is resource-intensive. You put out the call, pour-over resumes, hold a number of interviews, and narrow down the field. Once you’ve finally picked out the candidate who best suits the role, you really want them to accept the job offer - you don’t want all of your hard work to go to waste. You can always extend the offer to the second or third best candidate, but there’s a reason they’re not the first on your list.

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8 Tips for a Successful Retail Product Launch

Women Entrepreneurs Can

Bringing a new product to market can be daunting. Whether you are an established business with a successful line of products already, or just starting out in retail, there is no guarantee that your product will be a success. Although you can never know exactly how many sales it will generate or how much it will resonate with customers, there are several steps you can take before the launch that will stack the deck in your favor.

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Guwahati based Startup is helping companies to keep the employees motivated even during the Covid-19 pandemic

Our Own Start-up

This Guwahati based startup declares to be the largest Indian employee recognition and rewards solution provider in the country.

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These Tips Will Help You to Have the Most Successful Office Renovation

Women Entrepreneurs Can

An office renovation can really give your staff the help that they need to boost their productivity overall. You can also increase office morale while making your space feel brand-new. At the end of the day though, a renovation project is not going to be hassle-free. Take a look below to find out more. Gather Information from the Start. You need to start by getting engineering documents and architectural documents for your space.

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4 Reasons You’re Not Getting the Most Out of Your Business Tech

Women Entrepreneurs Can

It’s 2020 and virtually every business is a tech business. Your IT and digital infrastructure don’t just facilitate your operations, they give you a competitive edge. They help to make your business more streamlines, efficient and capable of delivering a higher standard of service to your clientele. But technology isn’t something that one merely throws money at and expects great outcomes.

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4 Telltale Signs That Your Business Is Ready to Grow

Women Entrepreneurs Can

Growth is necessary for survival. Any small business, regardless of industry or size, needs to grow if they are serious about owning their business. The thing is, it can be hard to know if it is the right time to scale your business. Just because a business’s sales were up a few quarters in a row does not mean that they are ready to grow. Growth must be approached carefully and thoughtfully.

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