Wed.Feb 20, 2019

article thumbnail

Who Should be on Your Startup Board?

Both Sides of the Table

One of the things that founders have the most angst about is whom they should have on their board and at what stage of the business. This is smart because amazing board members can be transformative with important advice and access and can also help attract other great board members (and team members). Bad board members can make business very unpleasant.

article thumbnail

6 Leadership Habits CEOs Need To Develop

YoungUpstarts

by Mark Green , author of “ Activators: A CEO’s Guide to Clearer Thinking and Getting Things Done “ Bad habits can be hard to break, and for business leaders who have them, they can be deal-breakers. In a survey by Leadership IQ, an online training firm, the primary reasons CEOs were fired – mismanaging change, ignoring customers, tolerating low performers, and not enough action – were often related to unproductive habits.

Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

Knowledge Retention: How to Protect Your Competitive Advantage

ConversionXL

You invest in your employees—mentoring, conferences, training. Yet over time, unused knowledge fades. Employees take other jobs. How do you protect your investment? Marketing had the highest turnover rate (17%) of any profession in 2018. It isn’t the only cause of knowledge loss. Retirements, promotions, intracompany transfers, and “the forgetting curve” all play a role, too.

Retention 128
article thumbnail

10 Ways To Highlight The Credibility Of Your Website

Startup Professionals Musings

Smart people only visit and buy from credible and memorable websites. In the past, if your startup had a website presence, the company was credible by definition. In today’s world, a website is necessary but not sufficient for credibility. Dreamers and gamblers have found out that if the website isn’t validated as credible, it’s probably a scam, and everyone loses.

Affiliate 221
article thumbnail

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

article thumbnail

How To Start A Consulting Business

YoungUpstarts

by Katie Lundin of crowdspring. Navigating the transition between a salaried employee and running your own consulting business can be tricky. If you’re ready to take the leap, we’re here to share 4 of the 10 steps you’ll need to know to get started. And if you like what you read here, be sure to read the complete 10 step guide on how to start a consulting business. 1.

article thumbnail

The Benefits of Including Video on Your Website

Duct Tape Marketing

The Benefits of Including Video on Your Website written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing. Marketing Podcast with John Jantsch on Including Video on Your Website. Video has become a foundational element in marketing. Why is video so important? It’s how people want to consume content. They want the ability to listen without reading, to be hands-free, and to just have the content coming at them.

Video 77

More Trending

article thumbnail

Building The Machine

Eric Friedman

I decided to leave my recent role and get back to doing what I love – advising founders. My goal is to help entrepreneurs build the machine within their startup to help their companies grow and scale and keep them running smoothly. For now, this means advising early stage teams and offering myself as a “COO in a box” – consulting for companies that need operational excellence and trusted help.

article thumbnail

Meet Four Women Changing The Face of Global Tech

YFS Magazine

It's refreshing and exciting to witness female-led innovation in an industry with a glaring gender imbalance. Here's a look at four women in tech to watch.

Global 110
article thumbnail

Happy Robot Valentines Day

Feld Thoughts

Day 1 of Sphero’s RVR pre-order campaign is off to a great start (> 1000 backers, > $250,000 in the first 24 hours.) It’s Day 2, but for some people in the tech world it’s always Day 1, so if you missed RVR, go take a look and jump in on the pre-order fun. I was on vacation during valentines day so I’m a little late. But, robot valentines day transcends time, especially since I love robots.

article thumbnail

Four Highly Effective Ways Leaders Can Empower Their Teams

YFS Magazine

The most successful founders and CEOs respect each team member and inspire them to do good work. As a result, employees feel valued and appreciated.

Employee 100
article thumbnail

The Million Dollar Milestone And The Cash Cow

Entrepreneurs-Journey.com by Yaro Starak

The small picture below is from my Stripe account, the platform I use to collect payments in my business. The number represents total sales. In 2018 my coaching business crossed that magic one million dollars milestone. Back in the ‘old days’ (2007-2011), before Stripe I used a combination of Paypal and Clickbank to collect payments […].

Sales 74
article thumbnail

Supporter Channel: Firefly Digital

NZ Entrepreneur

Listen on Soundcloud. It would be fair to say Anthony Baxter has learnt a thing or two about entrepreneurship, since starting his digital marketing agency “ Firefly ” from an Auckland bedroom in 2014. Aged just 23 at the time of launch, and now 28, Baxter has since grown that initial $100 investment into an agency with 15 staff serving customers throughout New Zealand and internationally, and revenues approaching $2M pa.

Channel 59
article thumbnail

SXSW Startups: ObjectBox

Austin Startup

The Forrest Four-Cast: February 20, 2019 Fifty diverse startups will aim to impress a panel of judges and a live audience with their skills, creativity and innovation at SXSW Pitch Presented by Cyndx. Winners in 10 categories will be announced at the Pitch Award Ceremony at 6:30 pm Sunday, March 10, at the Hilton Austin. A finalist in Hyper-Connected Communities , which will pitch at 5 pm Saturday, March 9, ObjectBox enables Edge Computing in IoT and Mobile with the fastest Edge Database: smalle

article thumbnail

Profiting in these Strong Markets

Growthink Blog

Try on these 2019 market stats for size: Since January 1st, all major stock indices are significantly up – as of Tuesday’s close the the Dow Jones and S&P 500 11% and the NASDAQ 13%. Consumer sentiment has taken a significantly positive tick forward, “reflecting the end of the partial government shutdown as well as […]. The post Profiting in these Strong Markets appeared first on Growthink.

article thumbnail

Harnessing the power of strategic partnerships

The Startup Magazine

Just as with humans, isolation puts businesses at risk. Therefore, fostering relationships with other persons or companies can be viewed both as a lifeline and a sure route to success. Strategic partnerships, paired with a purpose and an expert team to execute, also equips both parties to weather challenging times. However, while these same partnerships can act as a silver bullet in a particular situation, when done haphazardly, they can be the poison that kills business.

Partner 86
article thumbnail

Profiting in these Strong Markets

Growthink Blog

Try on these 2019 market stats for size: Since January 1st, all major stock indices are significantly up – as of Tuesday’s close the the Dow Jones and S&P 500 11% and the NASDAQ 13%. Consumer sentiment has taken a significantly positive tick forward, “reflecting the end of the partial government shutdown as well as […]. The post Profiting in these Strong Markets appeared first on Growthink.

article thumbnail

The Tech Issue that Matters Most in NYC

This is going to be BIG.

The headlines in the tech and startup world have not been good over the last couple of years. As it turns out, the “move fast in break things” culture was itself pretty broken—full of discrimination and harassment. On top of that, the rise of tech is exacerbating wealth inequality, creating some serious data privacy issues, and allowing hate and misinformation to grow rampant on its platforms.

article thumbnail

How to Write Compelling Marketing Copy: 7 Tips for Writing Content That Gets Results

crowdSPRING Blog

Writing is a tricky business. You have to choose just the right words to convey your unique message to your specific audience. And, that’s only half the battle. There’s also the question of context. Where and how will you communicate? And, what is your goal? Novels are not novellas. And, content marketing is not copywriting. As Perry Robin, a writer for the content marketing experts at Brafton, explains : Writing marketing copy is a unique, specialized task.