The Startup Magazine

DECEMBER 4, 2018

Business Expenses: A study into employee breaks. It’s important to continuously monitor any business expenses to ensure that operations run as smoothly as possible — but are you aware of how much employee breaks are costing? How many breaks should your workers have? Your workers are entitled to breaks. If your employees work for longer than six hours in a day, they are entitled to an uninterrupted break of 20 minutes.

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The Startup Magazine

DECEMBER 4, 2018

With Oxford Dictionary adding the word “vape” to its lexicon and an industry expected to be worth a staggering $61.4 billion by 2025, you would think that the vaping industry would be a sure win to get involved in. You might be right. With the right research and a whole lot of hard work , you can start a successful vaping business. First, a Brief History.

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Duct Tape Marketing

DECEMBER 4, 2018

Why It’s Time to Embrace a Real CRM Tool for Your Business written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing. Using a spreadsheet or index cards to manage your clients may make sense when you’re first starting out: there aren’t that many to keep track of, and the clients you do have don’t have a long history with your business. However, as time goes on, your client list grows, your track record with existing clients becomes longer and more complex, and you need a better way to manage thes

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The Startup Magazine

DECEMBER 4, 2018

A plastic surgery practice is a bit tough to implement. The technology always changes and there’s innovation everywhere. According to Emet Digital CEO Maytal Giloba , a digital marketing agency specialized in growing plastic surgery practices advices surgeons to use new techniques. If you don’t use new techniques, people will start forgetting about you.

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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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deal architect

DECEMBER 4, 2018

As an analyst, I tend to be a bit dry and focus on product details and vendor economics. As an author, I become as Led Zeppelin says a “traveler in both time and space”. In writing SAP Nation 3.0, I.

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YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 4, 2018

If you have the entrepreneurial spirit and want to start your own business, use these 5 startup tips from the experts to get your idea off the ground. Amazon, Apple, and Disney are three hugely successful companies that began in garages. After a little success and funding, they began to grow and become players in the marketplace. Today, these companies, and hundreds like them, have graduated from aspiring startups to behemoth conglomerates.

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Rembrandt Communications

DECEMBER 4, 2018

Disrupt the System with DIY Small Business Public Relations (This article was originally published in B2B News Network) Promoting your business via television, radio, print, and online is essential to your business reputation and growth. After all, when potential customers read about you in their favorite media venues, you receive third-party credibility you can’t obtain […].

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YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 4, 2018

by Denise Dudley , author of “ Work It!: Get In, Get Noticed, Get Promoted ” . Thinking about how you come across to others? Want to make some improvements? Well, you’re certainly in good company. All sorts of people, from politicians to salespeople to little-league softball coaches must present themselves with a reasonable amount of confidence if they expect to be believed and trusted.

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Rembrandt Communications

DECEMBER 4, 2018

Disrupt the System with DIY Small Business Public Relations. (This article was originally published in B2B News Network). Promoting your business via television, radio, print, and online is essential to your business reputation and growth. After all, when potential customers read about you in their favorite media venues, you receive third-party credibility you can’t obtain any other way.

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YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 4, 2018

Credibility is important in the business world, especially in service-based businesses. Consumers trust credible professionals over someone that they’ve never heard of before. And businesses can help build their online credibility in several ways. 1. Start With Proof on Your Website. Your website is an asset that you own, and this means that you have full control over what’s posted on the site.

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The Startup Magazine

DECEMBER 4, 2018

Improving audience growth for your startup is probably the most important thing that you can do. You can get funding for your company that will help you grow, but you need to have an audience that is going to buy your products at some point. There are a lot of people who will need to figure out who their audience is first, and they will use that information to make better choices for their company going into the future.

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YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 4, 2018

by Kristi Turner, CEO of Compeat. Gender equality has become a hot topic, particularly with regard to the scarcity of female leadership in the technology industry. As more companies acknowledge that their C-suite is one-sided, many are also making a concerted effort to balance the gender split. This is great news for aspiring female leaders who feel they’ve been locked out of those positions by default.

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Feld Thoughts

DECEMBER 4, 2018

I’ve watched a pretty remarkable thing unfold in the past year that culminated yesterday in the launch of a new product from Adero. For a one minute overview, watch the video below. For a longer overview, read the Hello from Adero post from Nate Kelly, the CEO. Adero is shipping now. As a reader of my blog, you can get 20% off a purchase using the code FOUNDRY20.

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YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 4, 2018

Hordes of shoppers would line outside a coffee shop just to get a free bag of donuts with their beverage. You would pick up that new brand of shampoo at the beauty store because it came with an extra free sample. As consumers, we love free things and businesses are tapping into this psychology by investing in online coupon sites. What are online coupon sites?

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The Startup Magazine

DECEMBER 4, 2018

The world of startups is ever-changing and evolving. It’s a world that is characterized by the ability of a startup to be agile and relevant to keep up with market shifts in a crowded media environment. The biggest question is what is the secret sauce that makes the good ones raise astronomical amounts of money? What makes them grow so quickly, garnering attention , loyal fans and customers in the process?

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crowdSPRING Blog

DECEMBER 4, 2018

A logo is the visual centerpiece of a company’s brand identity. As we explained in The Small Business Guide to Creating a Perfect Logo : At its most basic, a logo is a small, symbolic piece of artwork that represents a business. But, we’ve dug a bit deeper than that. When you set aside all the design trends and fancy fonts, at its core, a logo must: 1- Embody your brand. 2- Be instantly recognizable. 3- Be versatile. 4- Be timeless.

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The Startup Magazine

DECEMBER 4, 2018

No one likes to feel unappreciated. When you go out of your way for someone – or even when you just do what is expected – and your efforts aren’t acknowledged or taken for granted, you’re not likely to want to put in the effort again. This applies even at work. Sure, your employees collect a paycheck for the work they put in, but they still want to know that their efforts are appreciated.

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Mike Michalowicz

DECEMBER 4, 2018

I’ve interviewed advisors and conducted research across the United States and have determined the most common theme for business success going into 2019, is to “specialize in a niche market”. It is important to understand Millennials have different needs than Baby Boomers or Generation X and determining where you add the most value & working only with clients where you can make a difference, will be a key factor in your success as an advisor in 2019. .

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The Startup Magazine

DECEMBER 4, 2018

Payment gateways allow for payments to be made from financial institutions to the seller without directly disclosing account or bank details. In the past, people had less confidence in online shopping and assumed that they will risk their bank account details when transacting online. Thus, it became a necessity for business startups to get ahold of a secure payment gateway.

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SiliconHills

DECEMBER 4, 2018

Aceable, a mobile-focused platform for certification and training courses, announced Tuesday that is has closed on $47 million in venture capital. Sageview Capital led the Series B investment. Aceable plans to use the funds to expand into new markets nationwide, according to a news release. As part of the funding deal, Dean Nelson and Mike […].

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The Startup Magazine

DECEMBER 4, 2018

People who take risks sometimes experience failure. Everyone has experienced setbacks and disappointments in their lives. Whether these are business or personal difficulties, the process of getting back on your feet can be difficult. Nate Armstrong of Home Invest shares concrete steps to restore your confidence and help you move forward in life. Process Your Emotions.

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David Teten

DECEMBER 4, 2018

I presented last month to the Harvard in Tech Emerging Founders Program on “Startup Fundraising Hacks: Raise More Money Faster” I have embedded the video and the slide deck below. The post Startup Fundraising Hacks: Raise More Money Faster appeared first on David Teten.

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The Startup Magazine

DECEMBER 4, 2018

Despite being a country with a small GDP, Sweden has been able to successfully and significantly compete in the world in the world market. It houses some of the giant international corporations despite having a small population (not more than 10 million), experts associated this success with the fact that Sweden as a country with a great business environment.

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SiliconHills

DECEMBER 4, 2018

Lyft launched its dockless electric scooters and bikes in Austin Tuesday. The ride-hailing company joins Uber which launched Jump, dockless electric scooters in October in Austin and bikes last summer. Other electric scooter companies operating in Austin include Lime and Bird. Austin is the fifth market where Lyft is offering scooters on the Lyft platform, […].

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Hearpreneur

DECEMBER 4, 2018

Dallas-based organization, Boss Women Who Brunch continues to revolutionize the way millennial women network. As a curator of networking experiences, owner Marty McDonald is committed to helping women cultivate their dream careers by providing tips and tools from professionals in a way unlike others. Boss Women Who Brunch strives to be as inclusive and innovative by catering to diverse crowds, especially minorities.

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