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Using Lean Six Sigma to End Baffling Business Problems

The Startup Magazine

Identifying the factors behind business success comes down to research and experience. Research might include reading business books and blogs, attending seminars, and speaking with seasoned business people. The experience might include sorting through hypothetical ideas to come up with factual answers. Unfortunately, in all this research and verification, one factor rarely gets discussed or explored: the skill of problem-solving.

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Hey Alexa, Siri want to impress me?

deal architect

My wife has already had it with digital assistants. Alexa seems to wake up to the inflections of her Irish accent. Siri to mis-pressed buttons in the car or her phone. I am a bit more patient but I also.

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Endeavor Miami Takes on Scaleup Challenge

The Startup Magazine

Across the world, work spaces, maker spaces, incubators, and accelerators are opening, expanding, and making an impact on their communities, and beyond. Entrepreneurs who’ve overcome the proof-of-concept phase of their startups want to take their businesses to the next level. Within the entrepreneurship ecosystem, “scaleup” challenges differ from startup challenges and demand unique solutions.

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Scott Dorsey’s Attributes of Great SaaS Leaders

Feld Thoughts

A few weeks ago I was in Atlanta for Techstars Atlanta Demo Day and the Venture Atlanta Conference. I had a great time and it’s fun to see the vibrancy of the Atlanta startup community. My brother Daniel came with me and we had dinner with our cousin Kenny, who lives in Atlanta, so we got some nice, quiet, emotionally intimate family time. My favorite keynote at Venture Atlanta was from Scott Dorsey.

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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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7 Attributes Of Entrepreneurs Who Change The World

Startup Professionals Musings

By most definitions of the term, an entrepreneur is someone who starts a new business, incorporating innovative changes to existing products, services, business models, and creating new markets. Yet very few achieve that great aspiration of really driving economic, social, and environmental changes on a global scale. What does it take to get to that level?

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How to Keep Your Startup Safe From Cyber Attacks

Up and Running

October is national cybersecurity awareness month and it’s a good reminder for entrepreneurs to take a look at their online vulnerabilities, particularly in light of the recent Equifax breach and the slew of cyber attacks we saw earlier in 2017. Dr. Crispen Cowen of Leviathan Security Group recently shared his Top 6 Ways to Protect Your Startup From Cyber Attacks our LivePlan blog.

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Why Austin is a top contender for Amazon’s HQ2

SiliconHills

By DAVE MANZER ‎Founder of Manzer Communications in Austin Guest Post Let me just state for the record that I am not an economist nor an economic development professional with a chamber of commerce. Nor am I familiar with the different economic incentive packages (tax breaks and otherwise) that nearly 250 communities across the U.S., […]. The post Why Austin is a top contender for Amazon’s HQ2 appeared first on SiliconHills.

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Turning Digital Compliance Into A Competitive Advantage For Your Business

YoungUpstarts

The marketing landscape has been significantly influenced by the rise of digital marketing. In this era, there are countless ways to reach customers thanks to multi-channel marketing strategies. But the multiple channels that are available today can have significant implications for approval issues. When you consider highly regulated sectors like telecommunications, healthcare and financial services the challenges to meet compliance demands can become bigger.

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Best Ways to Display Your Products at Your Next Trade Show

The Startup Magazine

Trade shows are a good opportunity to grow a business and get new leads from hungry customers with a burning need. The decision to attend a trade show is never easy because they can get expensive for exhibitors. You’ll want to maximize the opportunity if your company has decided to make an appearance. There are countless ways to show off a product’s best side, but only a few will actually engage the audience.

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How to Sell a Lousy Business

Growthink Blog

For the most part, the value of your business is based on financial performance. However, there’s an equally, if not more important factor, that causes others to want to buy your company. In fact, I’ve seen (and helped) many businesses with lousy financial performance sell for very solid sums. Before I share what this factor is, let’s be clear what we mean when we talk about financial performance.

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Tips For Getting Licensing Deals For Product Ideas At Trade Shows

The Startup Magazine

Getting a licensing deal for a new product idea can be challenging. One good way to go about it is by attending a trade show. Trade shows give you access to industry professionals who may be interested in licensing your idea. More than that, however, they also make it easy to present your idea to multiple companies, simply because they are all gathered together in one place for the duration of the show.

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Another ATX Startup Crawl in the Books

Austin Startup

Cheers to another epic ATX Startup Crawl! We were honored to be a part of ATX Startup Crawl in Support of Entrepreneurs for Houston, and hope everyone else is missing it as much as we are. Of course, we’re still reliving the night so, we’ve compiled a rundown of the best Startup Crawl moments! In the spirit of tech, here are the highlights: Twitter style.

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The 6 things you need to do in order to accomplish anything great

Jeff Hilimire

I shared my entrepreneurship story at SuperNova South a few weeks back, looking back over the last 20 years as an entrepreneur and the things I’ve learned along the way. In the end, I uncovered six things that have helped me find success, and that I believe can help anyone accomplish their goals. #1. Know your purpose. At the most fundamental level, I believe you have to be grounded in who you are and what is driving you toward your goal.

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4 Things Job-Seekers Need to Know Before Becoming a Truck Driver

Transformify

Truck driving is a career that some forget to consider – especially women and minorities. While it’s unorthodox, many enjoy the freedom, predictability, and lifestyle this track affords. Employment gaps in this industry mean that many transportation companies are dying to fill diversity quotas. Transportation careers allow for flexible scheduling, seeing new parts of the country, and a variety of other new experiences.

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Build Your Brand and Acquire Links Through Podcast Guesting

Duct Tape Marketing

Build Your Brand and Acquire Links Through Podcast Guesting written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing. I want to talk to you about podcasting , but in a way that may be different than what you typically hear about the topic. I’m not going to discuss production logistics or anything like that. Instead, I want to discuss how to use them to build your brand and acquire links.

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Creating Memorable Moments for Your Customers

Duct Tape Marketing

Creating Memorable Moments for Your Customers written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing. Marketing Podcast with Chip Heath. Podcast Transcript. Moments, the things that stick out and make one business more remarkable than another, can be planned and orchestrated to some degree. My guest for this week’s episode of the Duct Tape Marketing Podcast is Chip Heath.

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Transcript of Creating Memorable Moments for Your Customers

Duct Tape Marketing

Transcript of Creating Memorable Moments for Your Customers written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing. Back to Podcast. Transcript. John Jantsch: Let me ask you something. What’s the last time a company exceeded your expectations? That gave you a memorable moment? Think about it. Think about your past, your childhood even. Those memorable moments.