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Why would a son want a different life from his father's?

deal architect

The question jumped out at me in this article about the wide open spaces in Mongolia. It’s a question a nomadic herder asks. It may seem quaint to us these days but it is something that was accepted for generations.

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6 Value Priorities That Attract All Serious Investors

Startup Professionals Musings

Young entrepreneurs often are so excited by new technology or their latest invention that they forget to translate it into a value proposition that their customers or potential investors can understand and relate to. They become frustrated with investors, senior executives, and even customers who don’t seem to “get it,” with the result that everyone loses.

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Questions to Ask When You Document Your Content Strategy

Brandanew

Research by Content Marketing Institute (and partners) shows that only 32% B2B businesses in 2016 had a documented content strategy. And at the same time, 48% businesses cited a documented content marketing strategy as the reason for their overall improvement in content effectiveness. The best way to predict the future is indeed to create it. If you’re at a point in your business where you’re doing things without a documented content strategy, you need to read this!

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How Selling My Property Turned Me Into An Entrepreneur

YoungUpstarts

by Ivan Lim, founder of Averspace. The last 12 months have been remarkable for me for many reasons. I sold my first property. I quit my handsome-­paying job at a bank and became an entrepreneur. To say my life changed a tad bit would be an understatement. But it all started out with a strong belief and conviction that I could change things for the better.

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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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7 Lessons Entrepreneurs Can Learn From Rio Olympics

YFS Magazine

The 2016 Rio Summer Olympics did not disappoint (i.e. it was lit!), as we witnessed pure athletic greatness, human endurance, and of course, hilarious social media commentary.

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Exploring Your Melt-Rate And Other ‘Confront The Brutal Fact’ Questions

YoungUpstarts

by Shane Cragun and Kate Sweetman, authors of “ Reinvention: Accelerating Results in the Age of Disruption “ How can we gauge our relevance going forward in today’s tumultuous, disruptive, and global business environment? How can we quickly determine if changes to our strategy and how we do things is necessary? Are there a few key questions we would be wise to ask with our teams throughout the fiscal year?

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2 New Cloud Suites Launched By Infor For Fashion & Food And Beverage

YoungUpstarts

Cloud applications launched by Infor are making the news. Charles Phillips, Infor’s CEO often declared that the company is interested in creating specific apps that are going to deliver exactly what operators in specific industries need. That is what these two are all about. The first one is CloudSuite Food And Beverage. It is tailored for beverage and food manufacturers that want to use cloud applications in order to improve the supply chain and profits.

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Why Kayaks Belong on NYC's Waterways and Why You Should Care

This is going to be BIG.

Last night, while I was speaking on a panel about food entrepreneurship, my cellphone suddenly lit up with frantic texts asking if I was ok. Something about some kayaks on the Hudson and a crash. I quickly searched Twitter while still on the panel and saw the horrific news. A group of kayakers had been run over by a ferry boat backing out of a dock near West 39th Street.

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Restaurant Hiring Mistakes That Should Never Be Made

YoungUpstarts

Hiring is really important for the long term success of the restaurant. We are talking about a business where direct contact with guests is vital. This means that you cannot really get away with too many staff related mistakes. We are faced with huge problems that can appear when you want to hire the great people that will help the restaurant grow. The most common mistakes – as observed by Bob Sambol – are highlighted here: Not Clearly Clarifying Roles.

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Or Are You Threatened?

Mike Michalowicz

There is a difference between uncomfortable and dangerous. Curling free weights until you feel that uncomfortable burn (the trigger to muscle growth) is different then trying to bench press 400lbs right over your throat. That is downright dangerous. The next time you a presented with a decision that you are hesitant about ask yourself if it is simply uncomfortable or if it is dangerous.

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What Type Of Online Marketing Should Your Company Be Looking At

YoungUpstarts

Marketing has never been as important as it is right now, it has never been easier for someone to create a business or brand and as a result there is intense competition for market share in almost all industries. In order to set yourself apart from the crowd, it is imperative that you have a strong marketing strategy to promote your brand or your business.

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Ten Life Science Companies to Watch in San Antonio

SiliconHills

By LAURA LOREK Reporter with Silicon Hills News San Antonio has a robust bioscience and healthcare industry which contributes more than $23.9 billion to the city’s economy annually, according to the San Antonio Economic Development Foundation. In fact, one in every six San Antonio employees works in the bioscience and healthcare industry. The industry is […] The post Ten Life Science Companies to Watch in San Antonio appeared first on SiliconHills.

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Shadow Boxing

VC Adventure

There’s nothing I value more about what we’ve created at Foundry than the relationship I have with my partners. Brad, Jason, Ryan and I are not just business partners, but best friends. This relationship effects everything that we do at Foundry and I think shows in the way we run our firm and the way we work with the entrepreneurs in the Foundry portfolio.

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Immigration Issues

ithacaVC

Guest post today from Steve Yale-Loehr, a leading immigration law expert who lives in Ithaca. Steve teaches at Cornell Law School and is a partner at Miller Mayer, LLP (a law firm in Ithaca). Steve sent me this email today, which I thought was perfect for a post. Immigration hurdles are a serious issue for startups. The proposed rules are a step in the right direction.

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Attract Top Talent For Your Startup — Without Going Broke

YFS Magazine

These 7 tips will build your company’s brand and reputation, making it a dream job opportunity for talented prospects.

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Why Startups Should Pitch to Kids

Austin Startup

If you can’t explain your business model well enough for kids to understand, then you’re not ready for prime time in front of investors… Continue reading on Austin Startups ».

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Learning from the High Flyers, Part Two

Growthink Blog

Last week, I wrote about how any business - no matter how "Old School" - can benefit via emulating the strategies of "High Flying" companies in industries like virtual reality, wearables, 3D printing, autonomous driving, and more. One reader whose opinion I respect wrote back." Jay, loved the post and agree with the sentiment, but can you make it a bit more actionable?

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The IRR of Simplicity

Austin Startup

September 5, 2016: Some recent successful exits in Austin have caught my eye for the relative simplicity of their business models. Patient… Continue reading on Austin Startups ».

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What Legal Aspects Do I Need To Consider in a Startup?

The Entrepreneurial Mind

TweetFacebookLinkedInTumblrStumbleDiggDelicious. The post What Legal Aspects Do I Need To Consider in a Startup? appeared first on Dr Jeff Cornwall.

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I Know You Are Tired of Hearing About Content, But.

Duct Tape Marketing

I Know You Are Tired of Hearing About Content, But. written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing. Marketing Podcast with Rachel Parker. Content, content, content – are you sick of it yet? The problem is that the need for strategic content is not going away anytime soon. The good news is that if you understand the strategic part of content creation and amplification, you won’t need to produce as much.

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Picking Your Battles: How to Avoid the Digital Marketing Tsunami

Up and Running

You’ve done it. You’ve successfully launched your business and now you’re ready to metaphorically sing about it from the rooftops. You’ve listened to the internet gurus. You’ve read the statistics. You know if your business isn’t online, you’re leaving money on the table. But then you see that tsunami on the horizon. It’s a massive wave filled with over 20 different social media platforms, hundreds of industry-specific blogs and blog directories, portfolio websites, forums, video collectio

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What Marketers Can Learn from Stranger Things

crowdSPRING Blog

If you’ve been living under a rock this summer, you might have missed the phenomenon that is Stranger Things. If you haven’t watched it, I highly suggest you stop reading this right now and go watch it immediately. Like, now. But if you’re, say, working at your desk and likely to p**s off your boss by pulling up Netflix, here’s the low down: Stranger Things is a horror series dealing with the disappearance of a young boy, the appearance of a strange and powerful young

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Singapore vs Malaysia – Who Consumes More And Who Saves More?

YoungUpstarts

A Singaporean smokes 4 times less cigarettes per day, still pays 57% more per cigarettes compared to Malaysians. Singaporean consume 3 times more Electricity per day, compared to Malaysians. CupoNation Singapore has created an interactive infographic, where you can see the average spends by a Singaporean per day in real time. CupoNation, the global savings portal, has done an analysis about the consumption behavior of Singaporeans.

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