Fri.Nov 03, 2017

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Raising the Bar - for clouds, renewables and digital - Part 2

deal architect

My blogs, now 12+ years old, my 6 books and much of my consulting in those years have cataloged and celebrated cloud computing, renewable energy and digital transformations. I have been a big booster of each, but think we are.

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9 Sources Of Inspiration To Make Your Idea A Winner

Startup Professionals Musings

Ideas are a dime a dozen, but the inspiration to drive a great business is a lot harder to find. As a mentor to many aspiring entrepreneurs, I often get asked for next sure-fire idea. I have to tell them that anyone can find ideas, but only you as a person can find the passion to transform one into a successful business. That’s why investors talk about investing in the jockey, not the horse.

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Raising the Bar - for clouds, renewables and digital - Part 1

deal architect

My blogs, now 12+ years old, my 6 books and much of my consulting in those years have cataloged and celebrated cloud computing, renewable energy and digital transformations. I have been a big booster of each, but think we are.

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5 Reasons Why People Still Use Checks Today

YoungUpstarts

The introduction of online banking has greatly simplified a lot of our banking chores. Paying bills or sending money has never been so easy. This begs the question about the relevancy of paper checks. Why are people still using checks? Well, checks may not be able to match the swiftness and convenience of internet banking; it does however come with its own set of advantages.

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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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How Much Does App Development Cost?

YFS Magazine

Launching an app can feel like a huge risk, but doing your research and finding a great app development team to work with can produce amazing results.

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Why Most Partnerships Fail! And Steps to Prevent Failure…

YoungUpstarts

by Soulaima Gourani , founder and CEO of Tradeconductor. Are you or your company going into strategic partnerships with other people or companies? Do you see the benefits of entering into a partnership in order to reap the numerous benefits without having to make large investments, such as in acquisitions? A strategic partnership, requires at least two individuals willing to share the burdens and benefits of their business.

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Facebook’s Sheryl Sandberg on How to Find Joy Again After Tragedy

SiliconHills

By LAURA LOREK Publisher of Silicon Hills News Finding joy, being grateful and helping others are key to being resilient and living a fulfilling life, said Sheryl Sandberg, Chief Operating Officer of Facebook. One of the most important lessons Sandberg learned through adversity is gratitude. “Reminding ourselves of gratitude is so important,” Sandberg said.

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CXL Institute now an Official Education Provider at LinkedIn

ConversionXL

Attention current and soon-to-be CXL Institute graduates: We’re officially an authorized education provider on Linkedin. Here’s what that means for you: You can add your education, certificates, badges – everything you learned and earned at CXL Institute into the Education section of your profile. You can show off your hard-earned skills and strengthen your profile.

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Facebook’s Sheryl Sandberg Advocates for More Women in Leadership Positions

SiliconHills

By LAURA LOREK Publisher of Silicon Hills News The same leadership traits in men like decisiveness and ambition are often criticized in women, said Facebook’s Chief Operating Officer Sheryl Sandberg. Take those same traits and apply them to women of color and the discrimination is even worse, Sandberg said. “Women of color have all the […]. The post Facebook’s Sheryl Sandberg Advocates for More Women in Leadership Positions appeared first on SiliconHills.

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Twitter Link Roundup #313 – Terrific Reads for Small Business, Entrepreneurs, Marketers, and Designers!

crowdSPRING Blog

Saul Steinberg said, “what we respond to in any work of art is the artist’s struggle against his or her limitations.”. There have been so many examples of artists and inventors who have triumphed as a direct result of their challenges. Instead of folding in the face of adversity, these trailblazers opted instead to create new and inspiring work that addressed their “disabilities” in genius ways.

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UT Austin Honors Inventor of the Year and Emerging Inventor of the Year

SiliconHills

By LAURA LOREK Publisher with Silicon Hills News A crowd from the University of Texas at Austin of professors, staff, researchers and more turned out Thursday night at the AT&T Education and Conference Center in Austin to honor the UT Austin’s Inventor of the Year and Emerging Inventor of the Year. The annual event is […]. The post UT Austin Honors Inventor of the Year and Emerging Inventor of the Year appeared first on SiliconHills.

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Introducing My New Project: ChangeManifesto.com

Entrepreneurs-Journey.com by Yaro Starak

In 2009 I registered a domain name, ChangeManifesto.com. My plan was to use this new domain and brand, to explore my favorite subject — how to make proactive positive change. In particular, I wanted to explore how to change the big sticking points in life, those challenges that you work. The post Introducing My New Project: ChangeManifesto.com appeared first on Entrepreneurs-Journey.com.

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SXSW Office Hours on Tuesday, Nov 7

Austin Startup

The Forrest Four-Cast: November 3, 2017 If you are a digital creative living in Austin and you have questions about SXSW 2018, then please drop by the SXSW Office Hours from 10:00 am to 6:00 pm on Tuesday, November 7 at Revelry (908 E 5th St #106). If you attend on November 7, then you can get last-minute answers from SXSW staffers about how your startup can be involved the SXSW Accelerator Pitch Event as well as the SXSW Interactive Innovation Awards.

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How to Rank Well for Your Brand-Driven Queries in Google

Duct Tape Marketing

How to Rank Well for Your Brand-Driven Queries in Google written by Guest Post read more at Duct Tape Marketing. How long ago did you search for your brand name? I assume you think your Google search reputation is pretty OK? Well, let me tell you: Searching just for the company name isn’t enough. Imagine someone searching for [your-company-name scam ] or [your-product-name alternative ].

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$100,000 Houston Diversity & Inclusion Investment Challenge in partnership with DivInc

Austin Startup

In August we released the Texas Startup Manifesto and announced our plans to expand our Accelerator program to include Dallas with a presence at The DEC. In October we announced our $100,000 Dallas Diversity & Inclusion Investment Challenge. This Tuesday we’ve chartered a bus and are coming to Houston with 30 investors, mentors and entrepreneurs to announce $100,000 just for Houston !

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