Mon.Aug 10, 2020

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7 Reasons Why Video Marketing Is Essential To Boost Your Business

YoungUpstarts

Businesses must respond to what the market demands. In today’s digital era, video is the most preferred form of content in the world. Over 500 minutes’ worth of videos is uploaded per minute on YouTube alone. With that said, there are still many new influencers entering the YouTube ecosystem and are finding success. If you want to elevate the status of your business, you can’t afford to miss out on harnessing the power of videos.

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8 Ways To Stay Competitive In Today’s Technical World

Startup Professionals Musings

Technology is so key to every business these days that experienced business-smart but non-tech entrepreneurs are feeling deeper and deeper in the hole. Even if they realize that they need real technical strength at the top, they are not sure how to attract and select the talent and expertise they really need. Should they go after high-tech nerds for partners, or professional technologists?

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COVID-19 And Payments: How Merchant Solutions Can Help Businesses Meet Customer Demand

YoungUpstarts

by Doug Mearkle , Head of U.S. Merchant Services Sales, TD Bank. The coronavirus pandemic has strongly impacted small businesses’ operations, as many have had to temporarily close their doors, limit hours or transition to delivery or e-commerce to ensure the health and safety of staff and customers. During this time, one concern that has gained momentum is how businesses process point of sale transactions that minimize contact with cash, checks and even handling credit cards.

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The Sameness

Feld Thoughts

It’s Monday. Again. I have 30 Zoom meetings on my calendar this week (yes – I counted). It’s a light week for Zoom meetings since I have four board meetings this week, which each takes up a big block of time, limiting the total number of Zoom meetings for the week. Did I say that it’s Monday? My Whoop recovery score is yellow again.

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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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5 Point Guide To Improving ROI As A Small E-Commerce Seller

YoungUpstarts

by Will Schneider, founder of insightQuote. There’s never been a better time to start an ecommerce store than now. The industry is booming with the average revenue per user (ARPU) in the US expected to exceed $1,450 in 2020. This number is bound to grow rapidly in the coming decades. Businesses that fail to recognize and respond to this market shift will be relegated to watching the lucrative action from the sidelines. .

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Make a Great First Impression in Business With These Four Techniques

crowdSPRING Blog

Creating a professional, reputable, and trustworthy first impression is vital to the success of your small business. Here are 4 techniques that can help your business make a great first impression.

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The Impact of Risk for Nonprofits in a Work-from-Home Environment

Board Effect

With the onset of the pandemic, a remote working environment has become a necessity for nonprofit organizations of every type and size, as well as for businesses. Nonprofits need to be equally concerned about the safety and well-being of their staff and volunteers as businesses are. While remote working is more prevalent than ever, nonprofit organizations need to realize that the transition to remote working may well be the wave of the future.

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Monday Motivation: COMMITMENT

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: Love the process, work for what you want. Your expectation should not exceed your effort. Do not count the cost of something, because if you do you might give up. Do not quit, push on and you will achieve your goals.

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Out of the Crisis #18: Sal Khan on institution building, solving the digital divide, and education as the lever for all decisions

Startup Lessons Learned

"It was delusional for a guy operating in a walk-in closet, but I was like, 'You live once, you might as well swing for the fences.'" That's the impulse that led Sal Khan, founder of Khan Academy , to believe he might someday be able to turn the not-for-profit online learning platform into a world-shaping institution along the lines of the Smithsonian or Oxford.