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How Fintech Startups Are Transforming Business

YoungUpstarts

Financial technology, also known as fintech , is changing business in a number of ways, and the value it provides for the average investor will only accelerate the transformation. Fintech affects every aspect of the financial sector, may it be investing, money transfers, online purchases or banking. Let’s look at how fintech startups are completely transforming the world of business and finance: On Demand Financial Products.

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6 Ways Entrepreneurs Can Win More With Social Media

Startup Professionals Musings

An all-too-common question I get from startups and small businesses is “Which is the right social media platform for my business?” Is it Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, or one of the other 200 active platforms vying for attention these days? The right answer is that not all of these are worth your attention, but it’s probably more than one. The “Tyranny of the OR” is a concept from the classic business best-seller “ Built to Last ,” by James C.

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Avoiding analysis paralysis: Why entrepreneurs shouldn’t sweat the small stuff

The Next Web

A wise person once said that the devil is in the details. I don’t pretend to understand exactly what he meant (I’m not much of a theologian), but I know a few things about business, and in that context the statement makes a lot of sense. For startups, details can mean operations, payroll, recruitment, or for a smaller business, communication, tax help or social media strategy.

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Film: American Muslim Storytellers

Feld Thoughts

Over the weekend, our Monthly Match for the National Immigration Law Center raised over $47,000, For everyone who contributed, thank you! In the emails I got, one stood out. It pointed me at an Indiegogo campaign for a documentary done by American Muslim Storytellers. The timing of the email was particularly good as I had just read a Washington Post Story about American Muslims raising money to repair vandalized Jewish cemetery. .

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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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The Entrepreneur’s Guide to SXSW 2017

Austin Startup

Austin Startup Digest brought to you by Capital Factory welcomes you to SXSW 2017. We’re just days away from one of the most compelling… Continue reading on Austin Startups ».

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16 Entrepreneurs Explain How They Got Into Entrepreneurship

Hearpreneur

Share Being an entrepreneur is the road rarely traveled. It’s certainly not an easy road. There are twists and turns and ups and downs. Everyone who decides to start a business or an entrepreneurial venture does it for their own specific reason. We asked entrepreneurs and business owners how they got into entrepreneurship. #1 – Freedom. Image Credit: Jessica Freeman.