Mon.Dec 23, 2019

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7 Ways To Jeopardize Key Startup People Relationships

Startup Professionals Musings

Relationships are the key to survival and success for entrepreneurs, and first impressions usually turn into lasting impressions. As an advisor to many early-stage entrepreneurs, I caution them to always be prepared for that chance meeting with a famous investor, a potential partner or an industry guru. It’s not smart to believe that your passion and gift of gab will impress anyone.

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How Currency Trading Business Can Change Your Life

YoungUpstarts

Currency trading or dealing with the Forex market is a very complicated business. Those who have managed to learn the details are making millions of dollars. On the contrary, those who tried to become rich by following some short cut has become the ultimate losers of this country. Becoming a successful Forex trader is hard. But once you master this skill, you will have a significant change in your life.

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How To Validate Your Startup Idea

ReadWriteStart

Everyone is excited about starting their own business. Countless people try their luck every year, but most of the business failed due to a lack of proper planning. Approximately 45% of startups struggle because they didn’t reach their target market. To run a startup successfully, you need to validate your idea systematically for making your product successful in the market.

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The Benefits Of Reputation Management For Your Startup Business

YoungUpstarts

Managing a business is a complicated process. You have to consider many factors, such as quality, productivity, marketing strategies, and customer engagement. But, do you think these are the ones that would make customers go back to you and avail more of your products and services? It is the reputation of your business. Many customers are more inclined to brands that have a good reputation.

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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 the Digital Marketing Team of Darren and Mike Suggest Maintaining a Work-Life Balance

The Startup Magazine

The concept of work-life balance is difficult to achieve, especially for business owners. Their jobs may entail 24/7 demands, cutting into family time and causing stress and overwork. Parents, in particular, need to make sure that they are carving enough family time out of their busy schedules. Though it may seem like a daunting prospect, work-life balance can be achieved.

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US Tax Relief And How To Find Help To Navigate IRS Issues

YoungUpstarts

Nobody wants to mess with the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), but it can be easy to do if you’re not careful. As you know, oversights and mistakes can happen. The next thing you know is you’re receiving notices from the IRS for past and present troubles, and you’re digging your way out of the problem. A lot of people consider navigating IRS issues as a daunting undertaking, which is understandable.

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End-Year Business Check-Up To Keep A Steady Business Growth

YoungUpstarts

We’re almost at the end of 2019, and while it’s normal that in the beginning of the year, business owners normally self-reflect and discover opportunities and areas of improvement on both personal and professional levels, we often disregard taking time to consider and look back at our goals throughout the year. Organization chart, customers, products and services, technology, new domain name – all these and more need checking to see if they are still aligned with everything the business is doing

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How Opting For Inflatables Can Gravitate Customers To Your Business

The Startup Magazine

Opting for inflatables as part of a marketing campaign may seem like a more expensive option than traditional methods, but with the ability to capture the attention of passers-by, it is far more effective. In this article, we will be looking into some of the ways that inflatables can gravitate customers to your business in 2020. Photo by Ansh on Unsplash.

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Changing How You Think About Budgets

Feld Thoughts

I received plenty of useful feedback on my rant Budgets – There Has To Be A Better Way. Two of the links that I found particularly helpful were: Turn Your Budgeting Process Upside Down by Robert Howell How to Ruin Your Company with One Bad Process by Ben Horowitz. Robert Howell points to a longer term view than one year with his suggestion around rolling plans.

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How to Finance Your Startup: Advice from 10 Entrepreneurs

Up and Running

One of the most important decisions a new business owner can make is how they’re going to finance their venture. . Bootstrapping, saving funds over years, borrowing from friends and family, taking out a bank loan and pitching investors are all viable options, but some will work better than others for your specific business. . To help you better understand your choices — and learn how others have tackled the challenge — we asked a panel of Young Entrepreneur Council members the following qu

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Everything You Need to Know About Board Resolutions

Board Effect

A board resolution is sometimes also called a corporate resolution. It’s a formal document that solidifies in writing important decisions that boards of directors make. Boards usually write up board resolutions when they appoint new directors to the board. Resolutions authorize committees to take action on matters that the board voted on. Board resolutions are legal documents that also serve as compliance documents when the board has been asked to prove that the board and/or its shareholders mad

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Anticipating Customer Needs

Mike Michalowicz

What is the best way to create a loyal customer base, and therefore a more profitable business? Anticipate customer needs. Anticipating needs is the best way to let your customer know that their success is your priority. When you deliver something customers need without asking, it creates a sense of ease. It lets them know you have their best interests in mind.

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Integrating programmatic direct mail into the digital marketing funnel

Our Own Start-up

In real-time digital marketing campaigns, programmatic direct mail is the new buzzword.

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A Company Culture Evaluation: How To Do A Year-End Review

YoungUpstarts

by Deb Boelkes, author of “ The WOW Factor Workplace: How to Create a Best Place to Work Culture “ Workplace culture matters. A great one produces happy, engaged employees who give their best efforts, challenge themselves to grow, and consistently meet goals and delight customers. A toxic one creates miserable, unmotivated clock-watchers and job-board checkers.

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Small Business Marketing Insights for 2020

Duct Tape Marketing

Small Business Marketing Insights for 2020 written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing. Marketing Podcast with John Jantsch on 2020 Small Business Marketing Insights. I wanted to close out the year with a solo show looking ahead to the next one; let’s talk small business marketing insights for 2020. While there have been some big trends in the world of marketing—things like AI—getting a lot of buzz, I’m not here to talk about those.