Mon.Oct 26, 2020

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Kara Nortman Was Just Promoted to Co-Managing Partner at Upfront Ventures. Here’s What it All Means

Both Sides of the Table

Today we’re announcing that my partner Kara Nortman is becoming Co-Managing Partner at Upfront Ventures and I can’t tell you how thrilled I am to welcome her to her new role. As with all promotions, the reality is that Kara was already acting as a senior leader at our firm and also in the industry at large. She had all of the skills and traits we sought?

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The Day In The Life Of Working As A Digital Marketer

YoungUpstarts

Have you ever thought about working for a digital marketing firm ? Maybe you’re just getting started with your career, or perhaps you want to switch roles and delve into the world of marketing. In any event, it’s always helpful to know what people do in their day-to-day jobs before changing professions. Let’s explore what digital marketers do by looking at the projects they work on, how they navigate the industry, and what skills are needed to succeed.

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How to Plan and Budget for an eCommerce Website

Up and Running

With an eCommerce business, your website is everything. It’s the driver of both sales and marketing and establishes a 24/7 representation of your brand. When it comes to an online store, how much you put into the store paves the way for how much you’ll make. Unfortunately, many entrepreneurs make the mistake of investing too little into their website while expecting large returns.

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Merger and Acquisition Due Diligence Checklist

The Startup Magazine

When it comes to mergers and acquisitions, taking due diligence takes center stage. Without proper due diligence, you might find yourself in a serious financial mess. So, before you commit to a transaction, it’s important to understand what you are buying and the obligations that come with it. This may include things like contingent liabilities , litigation risks, intellectual property-related issues, as well as problematic contracts.

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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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Top 12 Security Considerations for Your Nonprofit Board

Board Effect

As a nonprofit board director, you’re highly dedicated and invested in your cause. In a perfect world, all the money you raise would go toward your programs and activities. The reality is that some percentage of your money has to go toward running your nonprofit and that includes addressing security considerations. Hopefully, your nonprofit won’t ever become the target of cybercrime, but you can’t lead your organization on hope alone.

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Should An Entrepreneur Seek Out An Investment Bank?

Startup Professionals Musings

The name “investment bank” somehow always sounded like a place where I could deposit my investments, and maybe even earn a little interest. Then I learned that these banks really negotiate investments and collect fees on the transactions, sort of like commercial banks do with loans to businesses. None normally work for or provide funds for early-stage startups.

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Burning Platform: Software - Feast or Famine

deal architect

In episode 9 of the Burning Platform series, Brian Sommer and I talk about the inconsistency of software availability. Some categories have too many choices and specialists; on the other hand, many business functions, geographies and industries have hardly any.

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Top 3 Places In Europe To Live In As A Start-up Millionaire 

YoungUpstarts

All start-up entrepreneurs have at least one idol they look up to and say: “I wanna be that guy, when I make it”. Whether it is Steve Jobs, Richard Branson, Elon Musk or another rich and famous entrepreneur that has made a name for themselves worldwide, when you start up a company – you aim for the stars. In this article we take a look at possible destinations you can migrate to, when you actually make it and sell your company for a million-dollar valuation.

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Know Your Rights: When to Call a Los Angeles Tenant Attorney

The Startup Magazine

Knowing and enforcing your rights as a commercial or residential tenant can protect you from being taken advantage of by shady, cheating landlords. While most problems tenants face are minor or can be easily dismissible, it’s still important for them to know their tenant rights, especially when it comes to more serious issues. Minor tenant issues are usually resolved with a quick discussion with one’s landlord.

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How Real Estate Investors Are Handling The COVID Pandemic

YoungUpstarts

The coronavirus broke out at the beginning of 2020, and by March of the same year, it has been declared a pandemic. Most industries have felt the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic, and the real estate industry isn’t exempted. After months of intense battle against the novel coronavirus, most industries are beginning to find ways to cope with its impacts.

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3 Ways to Keep Your New Warehouse Setup Running Smoothly

The Startup Magazine

So you’ve got your manufacturing company up and running, you’ve managed to optimize your warehouse management system, and everything seems to be going to plan so far — congratulations! You should know, however, that the hard work starts now. If you want your business to grow from strength to strength over the coming years, you constantly need to find ways to take it to the next level.

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Dominican Central Bank Reports 29% Growth In Remittances

YoungUpstarts

The COVID-19 crisis had a major adverse impact on the global economy. GDPs of most countries declined. Amid the new restrictions several Latin American and Caribbean nations reported plummeting remittance volumes. Many countries took strong measures to get back on the road to economic recovery. The Dominican Republic has emerged victorious in this struggle.

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Monday Motivation: IF YOU SEARCH YOU WILL FIND – Jim Rohn

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: To be successful, study success. Search in order to find. Go and exchange ideas with people of substance. When you find a good idea, capture it using a journal. Review, reflect your life events and invest in all you’ve learnt.

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How To Choose The Best Recruitment Agency For Your Business

YoungUpstarts

Looking for new employees can be exhausting and time-consuming, especially if your business is going through a rapid development process and you need to take on more than just one worker. In such a case, it is worth using the services of a staffing agency. With a huge variety of such companies on the market, how do you find the best one for your needs?

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Bio Eats World: It’s Time to Build in Healthcare—COVID 19, Innovation, and What Comes Next

Ben's Blog

In this episode of Bio Eats World, a16z founder and internet pioneer Marc Andreessen and general partner Jorge Conde zoom out to discuss the large scale societal effects of the current pandemic on society, healthcare, biotech, and innovation. COVID-19 has … The post Bio Eats World: It’s Time to Build in Healthcare—COVID 19, Innovation, and What Comes Next appeared first on Andreessen Horowitz.

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Essential Tips for Maintaining Your Company Car

Women Entrepreneurs Can

Whether its purpose is to transport equipment or clients, the company car is an important cog in your business’s operations. If something happens to this cog, it can cause delays, damage property, or worse, injure employees. Because keeping these vehicles in top shape is so crucial, we’ve compiled these tips for maintaining your company car to keep your business moving.

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How to choose the best PEO for your business

Our Own Start-up

A Professional Employer Organization (PEO) can be more than beneficial for your business. Here are several tips to help you choose the best PEO. .

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What is Marketing Analytics, A/B Testing and CLV?

What is ESG Investing? The tricycle of businesses

Wondering What is Marketing Analytics? And why you should absolutely know this concept? Well, before we start let me tell.

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A Conversation With Dan Caruso About Gender Equity at the Boulder Country Club

Feld Thoughts

Brad : Hey, Dan. Like Cindy and you, Amy and I are Boulder Country Club members, but we play tennis, not golf. Is it true that only men can golf on Saturday mornings? Dan : Yes. Believe it or not, you must indeed be male to golf on Saturday mornings. There are a few exceptions. During the winter season, women can golf on Saturday mornings. Women can also use the 9-hole Par 3 course on Saturday mornings all year round.

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Tips to optimise your online presence

NZ Entrepreneur

Part One: Identifying your target customers. The internet has radically changed how we do business. It offers customers more choice and more information at a greater convenience than they’ve ever had before. If you own or run a business—no matter its size—it is essential you have an effective online presence—one that connects you to your customers and guides them to your products and services.

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Technology, Innovation, and Modern War – Class 8 – AI – Chris Lynch and Nand Mulchandani

Steve Blank

We just held our eighth session of our new national security class Technology, Innovation and Modern War. Joe Felter , Raj Shah and I designed a class to examine the new military systems, operational concepts and doctrines that will emerge from 21st century technologies – Space, Cyber, AI & Machine Learning and Autonomy. Today’s topic was Artificial Intelligence and Modern War.