Tue.Nov 17, 2020

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This is How to Build Remote Work into Your Startup Business Plan

Up and Running

Today, the virtual business model has a radically new relationship with employees. Instead of going to the office and seeing team members face-to-face, the only contact they have is via phone, email, and other technologies. . On one hand, this can yield some major benefits, such as increased productivity and happier employees. On the other hand, it can slow workflows down if you haven’t organized and mapped out the process.

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4 Essential Factors to Consider for Your Business’s HVAC Company

The Startup Magazine

The heating and cooling system is an essential part of the construction. Building your structure will be easy if you choose an experienced HVAC company to handle the installation. Besides, overtime cooling and heating systems may breakdown hence the need to have a qualified company that can take your repairs services. Your system failures may lead to an uncomfortable living and work environment ; your electricity bills may also go up.

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How to Build an Effective Team

Women Entrepreneurs Can

Building an effective team is more than just choosing qualified people to be part of the team. It requires constant work, determination, and cooperation. It encourages each team member to unite, share common goals, and work towards achieving it. The team must have a clear understanding of their roles to maximize taking part in attaining goals. There is no doubt that every team member can fulfill their responsibilities, yet it is a fact that not all members can work well with others.

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Austin: a magnet for talent and resources

Austin Startup

I led the seed round not long ago for an Austin-based SaaS company that had all of the qualities I look for in a software investment?—?a founding team with deep domain expertise, novel technology, and rabid early adopters. The startup founder had a notable coastal VC firm that they really wanted in the round. While they had not previously invested in Austin, this firm was excited about the opportunity and had spent weeks performing diligence on the company.

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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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What Personal Video Can Do for Your Business

Duct Tape Marketing

What Personal Video Can Do for Your Business written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing. Marketing Podcast with David Jay. In this episode of the Duct Tape Marketing Podcast , I interview David Jay, who is the founder and CEO behind Warm Welcome , which helps businesses upgrade from boring text to personal video so they can build meaningful relationships that drive real revenue.

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The Educators Summit: Adapting to the COVID Economy

Steve Blank

In July 2020, 400+ educators gathered online to discuss and share best practices for Lean education in the virtual environment. We learned a ton. And we’re going to do it again. Join me, Jerry Engel, Pete Newell, and Steve Weinstein for the 3rd edition of Lean Innovation Educators Summit on December 16th, 1 – 4pm EST , 6 – 9pm UTC. Why. COVID-19 has dramatically altered the business landscape.

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How Successful Entrepreneurs Launch A Startup In A Recession

YoungUpstarts

by LJ Suzuki, CFOShare.org. New business applications are the highest since 2008, reports the Wall Street Journal. Is it crazy to start a business during the Covid-19 pandemic? I say it’s brilliant, and at least 1.1 million Americans who recently applied for EINs agree with me. In my time as a Fractional CFO , I’ve seen the good, the bad, and the ugly of entrepreneurship.

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An Entrepreneur’s Moving Guide: 10 Best U.S. States To Consider

The Startup Magazine

A successful entrepreneur’s life is full of new opportunities and discoveries, financial growth, and of course, the many challenges of the business world. Of course, if you’re an entrepreneur who’s just started on your journey, dreaming of reaching all of these, you need to put in a lot of work before you can enjoy success. Luckily, the world is a friendlier and more welcoming place for entrepreneurs now more than ever, so there is flexibility for your startup location.

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Founder Finds Success By Securing Press and Media Placements for Clients

Hearpreneur

Laura began Laura Orrico Public Relations, LLC in 2016 and has found major success with a number of high-profile clients across the country. She started her business from scratch and has found a large amount of success in a few years. All of that and she keeps a successful acting hobby on the side. We had a chance to interview Laura and asked about her story, how she started her business and the future of Laura Orrico Public Relations.

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How Codecademy Saw 5X Growth with Strategic Testing

ConversionXL

Codecademy started out in 2011 as one of the first free products that taught people to code. Since then, we have helped over 45 million learners improve their lives through programming while making major improvements to our product—driven by experimentation. Our goal is to empower the world through tech education, reaching as many learners as possible to support our vision.

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WORKING FROM HOME — ISSUES ARE BEGINNING TO ARISE IN THE “NEW NORMAL”

The Startup Magazine

Working from home, remote working, telecommuting — these are the terms used to describe what would seem to some to be an ideal work situation. It’s the office worker’s dream to work from home: not having to get up at the crack of dawn every morning to commute to the office, not having to spend a small fortune on office attire, no traffic jams on your way to work, not having to deal with co-workers that you may not get along with, no sitting in a fluorescent-lit cubicle during most daylight hours

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Updating An Outdated Website? 99designs Shares 5 Pitfalls To Avoid

YFS Magazine

If you’re about to embark on a facelift for your website, it’s important to have a plan going in, even before you meet with a designer.

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Founder Finds Success By Securing Press and Media Placements for Clients

Hearpreneur

Laura began Laura Orrico Public Relations, LLC in 2016 and has found major success with a number of high-profile clients across the country. She started her business from scratch and has found a large amount of success in a few years. All of that and she keeps a successful acting hobby on the side. We had a chance to interview Laura and asked about her story, how she started her business and the future of Laura Orrico Public Relations.

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Tips and Tricks to Grow Your Business Through Web Design

Women Entrepreneurs Can

According to the internet world stat 2020, there are over 4.9 billion internet users worldwide. Internet users keep increasing every year, and this provides a large market for your business. Having an online presence can help you grow your customer base because of the growing number of internet users. Without a website, a lot of people will not know about your business.

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What Every Tech Startup Should Know About Hiring

ReadWriteStart

Startup tech entrepreneurs are often eager to grow their businesses as quickly as possible. That means hiring a lot of people, taking on a lot of new work, and aggressively scaling. This strategy is effective if you have a solid business plan and a solid team, but there’s also significant room for error. One of the most important elements of your business’s growth period is your approach to hiring.

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Seven “Old-School” Workplace Strengths That Are Now Weaknesses

YoungUpstarts

by Edward D. Hess, author of “ Hyper-Learning: How to Adapt to the Speed of Change “. The times they are a-changing… and so is the nature of our work. And as our familiar world crumbles around us (thanks, COVID-19!) — and technology continues snapping up more and more of the tasks humans have always done — we’ll need a whole new set of skills. If we want to stay employed and viable, we must reinvent ourselves.