Startup Professionals Musings
SEPTEMBER 30, 2019
Outside of dreams, there is no real business opportunity without risk. Serious entrepreneurs know that, but too many “wannabes” still fall for that elusive get-rich-quick scheme with no risk. As an active angel investor, I still hear entrepreneurs asserting large opportunities with minimal risk and no competition. My conclusion either way is that they have no market, or haven’t looked.
YoungUpstarts
SEPTEMBER 30, 2019
by Alinka Rutkowska, author of “ How I Sold 80,000 Books: Book Marketing for Authors “ If you’re an entrepreneur that doesn’t yet have a credibility book, you may wonder how to go about writing one. You know it would bring the rewards you’re seeking: business growth, profitable book sales, more customers and clients, and notoriety in your field.
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YFS Magazine
SEPTEMBER 30, 2019
Setting boundaries as a leader, and in turn, helping your team set boundaries can be difficult. However, the hard work is worth it.
YoungUpstarts
SEPTEMBER 30, 2019
Life in the office can be pretty frustrating if you’re a person that cares about sustainability and the environment. There are energy-inefficient overhead lights that are left on around the clock. Break rooms have plastic utensils and entirely too much paper is used. Increasingly, though, more and more companies are getting rid of these office norms and becoming environmentally friendly.
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
The Startup Magazine
SEPTEMBER 30, 2019
Self-employment is on the rise. More people than ever have taken the plunge to go self-employed; the number of self-employed workers has been increasing in the UK since 2001 — and they now account for around 15% of the working population. Image by Gerd Altmann from Pixabay. The number of self-employed workers aged 65 and above has tripled — and a younger generation of self-employed workers aged 16 to 24 has almost doubled since 2001.
YoungUpstarts
SEPTEMBER 30, 2019
Banners, such as Vinyl banners , are known to be one of the most effective and useful marketing tools available to businesses today. Banners can market your business by smart techniques that capture a bystander’s attention. Banners are used pretty much everywhere. On huge billboards, hanging from walls, on a school noticeboard or even online! What Are Outdoor Banners?
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VC Adventure
SEPTEMBER 30, 2019
Kaktovik lies at the far northern edge of Alaska’s North Slope region, about 640 miles north of Anchorage (and almost 400 north of Fairbanks). Located on Barter Island and due to its location, is mostly cut off from the rest of the world. Everything – fuel, supplies, infrastructure, needs to be brought in either by plane (to a small, gravel, landing strip) or by barge – of which there are between 1 and 3 a season.
SiliconHills
SEPTEMBER 30, 2019
Fetch Package, a last-mile package delivery service aimed at apartment dwellers, announced recently that it has raised a $10.5 million round of funding. Signal Peak Ventures led the Series A financing round with participation from previous investors including Silverton Partners and Capital Factory. To date, the company has raised $14 million. Fetch, founded in 2016 […].
Duct Tape Marketing
SEPTEMBER 30, 2019
9 Motivational Books That Will Make Great Gifts – The Self-Reliant Entrepreneur written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing. John Jantsch’s latest book, The Sel f-Reliant Entrepreneur , due out on October 22, 2019, has been named to Inc’s list of 9 Motivational Books That Will Make Great Gifts. The book was inspired by Jantsch’s own 30-year entrepreneurial journey, and features 366 meditations designed to inspire and challenge readers.
Hearpreneur
SEPTEMBER 30, 2019
This motivational video is to help CEOs, entrepreneurs and business owners start the week off on the right foot. Action for action sake is extrinsic motivation – it’s useful for routine tasks with simple rules. Achieve extrinsic motivation is easy but maybe counter-productive. Pressure kills creativity. Be concerned about de-motivating your employees more than motivating them.
Duct Tape Marketing
SEPTEMBER 30, 2019
The Ryan Hanley Show Podcast – The Self-Reliant Entrepreneur written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing. There are a lot of parallels to be found between the ideals of the transcendentalist movement and the precepts that guide today’s entrepreneurs. That’s what inspired John Jantsch to write his upcoming book, The Sel f-Reliant Entrepreneur , featuring 366 daily meditations that help feed the entrepreneurial soul and spirit, while encouraging self-exploration on
Women Entrepreneurs Can
SEPTEMBER 30, 2019
Owning and running a business nowadays can be challenging, even at the best of times. Luckily enough, this present age of technology has given businesses solutions over the last decade that have been able to take away from some of these challenges. Today we are going to look at some of these incredible business solutions and see just how beneficial they can be for your company.
Software By Rob
SEPTEMBER 30, 2019
When I started public speaking in 2008 I was really bad. Nervous. Content didn’t land. Often times I didn’t “get” my audience. I spoke a few times in 2008/2009, but it wasn’t until 2010 when I made strides towards getting better. As I did it I stumbled upon a framework of how I view public speaking. My mental model of a talk has 3 aspects that should work in tandem: Content Delivery Entertainment.
Feld Thoughts
SEPTEMBER 30, 2019
Harry Stebbings just released a new episode with me on the 20 Minute VC. I love how Harry uses all caps to title the episodes. 20VC: BRAD FELD ON WHY MARKET SIZE AT EARLY STAGE IS NOT HELPFUL, HIS BIGGEST LEARNINGS FROM THE BOOM & BUST OF THE DOT COM AND HOW THE BEST VCS WORK FOR THEIR CEOS. I adore Harry. I did an interview with him early on (#65) so it’s particularly fun to do an interview number that is great than this year.
ConversionXL
SEPTEMBER 30, 2019
As Peter Drucker famously wrote, “The aim of marketing is to know the customer so well the product or service fits them, and sells itself.” In conversion optimization , we talk about the importance of knowing our customers a lot. But we rarely talk about the process of strategically segmenting our audience so that our products and services can sell themselves. ??????
The Startup Magazine
SEPTEMBER 30, 2019
When a company makes the transition from one industry to another, all those involved must be aware of the many details required in order for success. One person who fully understands the need to create many ways to integrate differing skills is Dr. Frances Gilman. Dr. Gilman received her doctorate in microbiology, and during the course of her work, she needed to master many skills and through her work she explored many places, including Greenland, where she studied how microorganisms in the soil
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