Tue.Sep 13, 2022

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10 Keys To Surviving Startup Cash Flow Requirements

Startup Professionals Musings

The “valley of death” is a common term in the startup world, referring to the difficulty of covering the negative cash flow in the early stages of a startup, before their new product or service is bringing in revenue from real customers. I often get asked about the real alternatives to bridge this valley, and there are some good ones I will outline here.

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Sneak Preview – Workday Rising

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It’s an annual ritual, or used to be till COVID interfered. A Workday executive does our readers a favor and shares a curtain raiser on their Rising event. This time it is Patricia Harris, Senior Vice President, Solution and Revenue.

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The Hidden Benefit Of A Solid Brand Identity: Crisis Protection

YoungUpstarts

Bad things happen to otherwise solid companies all the time. But a strong brand identity also serves as a shelter for any number of future storms, says Joe Kohn. The post The Hidden Benefit Of A Solid Brand Identity: Crisis Protection appeared first on Young Upstarts.

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It’s Your Job to Create Jobs

Mike Michalowicz

?. Repeat after me – the job of an entrepreneur is not to do the job, it’s to be the creator of jobs. Do you know only 14% of people will ever start a business? And only 20% out of that will build a sustainable, profitable business. . The rest of the folks are looking for good, reliable jobs with good, reliable companies. . Entrepreneurs are in the unique position to create employment opportunities not just for themselves, but others as well.

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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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[Infographic] Boss vs Leader: The Never-Ending Battle Between Power And Leadership

YoungUpstarts

Boss vs leader: Here is an infographic listing out the key characteristics that differentiate a boss and a leader. The post [Infographic] Boss vs Leader: The Never-Ending Battle Between Power And Leadership appeared first on Young Upstarts.

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Build a Profitable Business – By Standing Out

Mike Michalowicz

?. I think the common thing that entrepreneurs get wrong is that we think we need to do all the things. . Reality check: You only need to do one thing. And better than anyone. . Like really well. Because you don’t want to be a jack of all trades in all things, you want to be an expert in one thing. . You want your company to be better than the others.

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How To Retain, and Increase for Memberships for Trade Associations

Board Effect

Regardless of which industry or sect you are involved in, you will likely find an association representing it. Trade associations and membership associations typically start small. Yet they can proliferate when they provide a clear value to members, including industry news, resource sharing, regulatory insights, and community amongst members. . At various times, associations may need to set up membership drives or a sales team to keep membership levels high enough to support the association’s w

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National Industrial Policy – Private Capital and The America’s Frontier Fund Steps Up

Steve Blank

This article previously appeared in The National Interest. Last month the U.S. passed the CHIPS and Science Act , one of the first pieces of national industrial policy – government planning and intervention in a specific industry — in the last 50 years, in this case for semiconductors. After the celebratory champagne has been drunk and the confetti floats to the ground it’s helpful to put the CHIPS Act in context and understand the work that government and private capital have left to do.

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