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Small Business Owners: Who Should You Hire for Marketing?

Duct Tape Marketing

Small Business Owners: Who Should You Hire for Marketing? written by Jordan E read more at Duct Tape Marketing When it comes to marketing, small business owners have a big decision to make: who should you hire to get the job done? The options are varied, each with its own set of benefits and challenges. Let’s break it down. Table of Contents 1 In-House Marketing Team 2 Outsourced Marketing 3 The Hybrid Approach: Best of Both Worlds 4 Making Your Decision 5 Choose Your Adventure In-House Marketin

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Why Energy Efficiency Is an Important Consideration for Any Business

The Startup Magazine

In today’s competitive marketplace, businesses must prioritize energy efficiency as a key strategy for success. Energy-efficient practices not only reduce operational costs but also contribute to a healthier work environment, align with sustainability goals, and enhance brand reputation. With growing awareness about environmental impact and resource management, energy efficiency has become more than just a cost-saving measure—it’s a critical component of responsible business operations.

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Saisi Peter

Lightspeed Venture Partners

Lightspeed Venture Partners is a multi-stage venture capital firm focused on accelerating disruptive innovations and trends.

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How Omnichannel Contact Center Solutions Drive Higher Customer Retention

The Startup Magazine

Have you ever reached out to a company via email, then had to explain your issue all over again when you called them? This can be frustrating for customers and leads to decreased satisfaction. In today’s fast-paced world, customers expect smooth, effortless experiences across multiple contact center platforms. This is where omnichannel contact center software solutions step in, ensuring customers receive seamless, personalized, and fast support, regardless of the channel they choose to engage wi

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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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Keith LeChien

Lightspeed Venture Partners

Lightspeed Venture Partners is a multi-stage venture capital firm focused on accelerating disruptive innovations and trends.

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Monday Motivation: 5 Minutes for the Next 50 Years

Hearpreneur

This motivational video is to help CEOs, entrepreneurs and business owners start the week off inspired to become great. Here are some takeaways from the video: What is success to you?

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Seize the Moment: Empowering Growth at Austin Tech Week

SiliconHills

At Capital Factory, as Austin Tech Week kicked off Monday morning, Stacy McCracken and Courtney Warnsman were on a mission: to help attendees absorb knowledge and ensure they took action with what they learned.

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Will Regan

Lightspeed Venture Partners

Lightspeed Venture Partners is a multi-stage venture capital firm focused on accelerating disruptive innovations and trends.

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Breaking Barriers: How Code2College Shapes the Future of Women in Tech

SiliconHills

In an inspiring panel discussion, successful women in technology shared their journeys from high school students to tech professionals, highlighting the transformative impact of the Code2College program on their careers. Keatra Nesbitt, a volunteer instructor at Code2College and principal solutions engineer at Valkyrie, moderated the panel Monday morning at Austin Tech Week.

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Investing in Win-Win-Win Companies in Fintech, Starting with Casap

Lightspeed Venture Partners

The post Investing in Win-Win-Win Companies in Fintech, Starting with Casap appeared first on Lightspeed Venture Partners.

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Empowering Women and Building Inclusive Communities: A Journey Through Public Relations and Leadership

SiliconHills

Gretel Perera, PR Director at Expedia Group, has built a legacy of community and connection rooted in her diverse experiences and heritage. A Venezuelan diplomat’s daughter, Perera has navigated the world since childhood, moving every few years, adjusting to new cultures, and learning new languages.

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Bringing startup expertise to the boardroom

NZ Entrepreneur

Maria King’s governance career has focused on supporting and building innovative new businesses, so when she undertook the Institute of Directors ’ Advanced Directors Course (ADC) , she was delighted to see a section on startup governance included. “That was fabulous,” says King, who has 26 years’ experience in the complex health, science and technology sectors.

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Women Leaders Chart New Course for Consumer Goods Industry, Highlighting Innovation and Resilience

SiliconHills

In a revealing panel discussion on the evolution of the Consumer-Packaged Goods (CPG) industry, leading women Austin entrepreneurs and executives shared insights into how they’re reshaping the landscape of consumer products through innovation, strategic partnerships, and resilient business practices.

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Pacific Fusion

Lightspeed Venture Partners

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Ethics and compliance: A tipping point for nonprofits

Board Effect

Imagine you’re running a nonprofit. You’re focused on your mission, but there’s chaos brewing behind the scenes. Board members aren’t up to speed on the latest compliance requirements, and some haven’t even read the organization’s bylaws. Without a solid grasp on their roles, directors are making uninformed decisions that put the nonprofit at risk.