Fri.Jun 21, 2019

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Why Businesses Must Grasp Millennial Thinking Or Face Economic Calamity

YoungUpstarts

by Gui Costin , author of “ Millennials Are Not Aliens: …but they are 80 Million Americans Who Are Changing How We Buy, Sell, Vacation, Invest, and Just About Everything Else “ When it comes to shopping and buying, the Millennial generation appears to play by its own rules. And businesses that fail to understand the Millennial mindset are destined to fall behind their competition – and perhaps plummet into irrelevancy.

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Executive Transition Toolkit: Documenting a Successful Executive Search

Board Effect

Chances are your nonprofit board faces an imminent executive transition. Seriously. Anticipation of a mass exodus among nonprofit executives builds as Baby Boomers reach age 65 at a rate of 10,000 per day. According to a survey by Willis Towers Watson in 2018, two-thirds of employers in the nonprofit sector are concerned about the loss of talent as Baby Boomers retire.

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5 Elements Of Innovation That Are Not Product Related

Startup Professionals Musings

Having a breakthrough idea or technology alone does not assure business success. “ If we build it, they will come ” may have worked as a movie theme for Kevin Costner, but as an investor, I tell entrepreneurs a great solution is not enough. Successful businesses require innovative people, who have built an abundance of innovation capital, to win support and resources for their ideas.

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Friday Fun-isms: I’ve Seen This Movie Before

View from Seed

NextView Ventures has been around now for nearly a decade, having invested in over eighty seed stage companies along the way. On top of that, all four partners here spent meaningful time at other venture firms previously in our careers. So as a result, collectively we’ve been intimately involved with hundreds of startups and nearly a thousand financings (including follow-ons).

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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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This Is What Every Leaflet Should Include

YoungUpstarts

When you are looking to market your product or service, you can achieve much with a highly targeted, well-designed leaflet. They are relatively cheap to produce and can quickly reach a broad audience. However, to be successful, a leaflet should include some essential ingredients. Here we explore the 10 things every leaflet should include. 1. Brand Colours and Logo.

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Technical Writers are Vital for Technology Startups

ReadWriteStart

A technology start-up without a Technical Writer is similar to a new small business without a marketing plan. The first thought that comes to mind when most people think of a “technical writer” is an IT professional — blogging about the latest trends for a reputable technology website. But, actual technical writers are vital for […].

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Samsung and AT&T Open 5G Innovation Zone in Austin

SiliconHills

By LAURA LOREK, publisher of Silicon Hills News To see the impact of 5G communications, look no further than the new 5G Innovation Zone which officially opened at Samsung’s Austin campus Friday. The Innovation Zone showcases different applications of 5G technology including health and environmental sensors, automated material handling, industrial Internet of Things, robotics, and […].

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29/26/23 Anniversary

Feld Thoughts

Amy and I are celebrating our 29/26/23rd anniversary today. It’s the summer solstice, which is a special day for us. 29 years ago we officially started dating. 26 years ago we declared ourselves married (and eloped.). 23 years ago we signed an official piece of paper that was witnessed at the Boulder County Clerk’s Office because it was a pain in the ass to not be officially married.

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Critical mistakes that can sink your entrepreneurship efforts

Our Own Start-up

Let’s take a closer look at some of the more common pitfalls of entrepreneurship, and how you can overcome them.

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Part I: When should I go full-time on the startup? A series on things I ask myself as a founder.

Austin Startup

Part I: When should I go full-time on the startup? A series on things I constantly ask myself as a founder. This is a series on things I’ve asked myself constantly as a founder. The goal is to share, talk about and ultimately create some massive knowledge share of advice & honesty around these questions. Photo by Elena Koycheva on Unsplash I started working on Reset in January 2018, and we opened our doors eight months later in August.

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Why is academic writing style important?

Our Own Start-up

Some of the reasons academic writing style is relevant and why you should take it seriously when drafting your paper.

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5 Ways Professionals Can Succeed As New Entrepreneurs

YoungUpstarts

by Dr. Seth Newman and Dr. Efstathios Giannoutsos, co-authors of “ Giving It To You Straight: Everything You Ever Wanted To Know About Orthodontics But Were Afraid To Ask “ It’s been a common occurrence in recent years: Company downsizing or restructuring has left skilled professionals looking for a job. Or, feeling constrained, they jump to a better growth opportunity.