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4 Great Jobs That Don’t Require Experience

YoungUpstarts

Congratulations, as a college graduate, it’s time to take that degree and put it to use in a lucrative job, right? College graduates spend hours applying for jobs only to be told they don’t have enough experience. This is a reality many college students face when making the transition from college to the workforce. How can recent graduates gain experience if no one is willing to take a chance?

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There is Nothing Magical About 95% Statistical Significance

ConversionXL

You are probably ending your A/B tests either too early or too late. The standard best practice in the conversion optimization industry is to wait until two conditions have been met before ending an A/B test. First, that a representative sample is obtained. Second, that the winner of the test can be declared with 95% certainty or greater. You can see the latter standard touted here and here and here.

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Going Beyond Facial Recognition – Why The Future Of Security And Possibilities Lie In Video Analytics

YoungUpstarts

by Abhijit Shanbag, CEO of Graymatics. The possibilities of facial recognition have placed it at the forefront as both a security measure as a means of biometric identification, as well as a reliable means of gathering data for analytical purposes. In a world with greater reliance and threats presented to our sensitive information and data, basing our security solely on a password isn’t enough.

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The Value of Both Optimists and Pessimists in the Room

Feld Thoughts

I spend a lot of time thinking about and working on team dynamics. For a sense of how we think about them at Foundry Group, read Lindel’s great recent post Working at Threshold. During a recent board call, there was a particularly challenging segment of the discussion. Afterward, I was frustrated because I felt like I was having an argument with another board member about something, but operating with different data.

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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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Arshad Madhani Shares Three Things Every Young Entrepreneur Should Know

YoungUpstarts

Arshad Madhani knew from a young age that his future was in marketing. As a kid, he used to create things and then try to convince friends and family to buy them. He didn’t realize that marketing was an actual job until he got older, but his heart was always in the field. Today, Madhani leverages over a decade of experience as a digital marketing expert to provide valuable consulting services to a variety of entrepreneurs.

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5 Things to Consider When Opening a Car Dealership

Up and Running

Opening a car dealership requires careful planning. Aspiring dealers must take into account the specific legal requirements they will need to comply with to open a dealership in their state. You must also consider other aspects such as your local market, whether to offer new and/or used cars, what startup expenses you will be facing, and how to develop a solid business plan.

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Tips to Creating an Instagram Video

The Startup Magazine

Over the years, Instagram’s user base has grown massively. This has turned the platform into one of the biggest marketing tools for people all over the world. With over more than 800 million active users every month, business people are taking to the platform to connect with their audiences as well as market their goods and products. Source: Pixabay.

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5 Things To Know About Estate Planning And Taxes

YoungUpstarts

How will your assets and other possessions be handled when you pass? Can you be sure your financial and medical wishes will be followed if you are incapacitated? How do you save your heirs from excessive taxation? Here are five things to know about estate planning and how to structure your final wishes. What Is Probate? To understand your estate planning options, it is critical to understand probate.

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Take Pressure Off Your Company Finances with a Debt Relief Order

The Startup Magazine

The debt Relief Order is the kind of reprieve that one gets when they are not able to pay their debts especially the people who are earning very little money. The good thing about the relief is that it is an alternative to declaring bankruptcy. Here are some of the frequently question which are asked about the Debt Relief Order (DRO). Source: Pixabay.

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How To Measure ROI On HR Consulting Services

YoungUpstarts

Until and unless you possess complete HR data, you can’t decide which areas of your business to invest your resources on. Here we will mention some ways to measure the ROI of HR consulting services to help you make better investment-related decisions. Getting the best ROI is what every business looks for and you can also do so by checking out Employment Innovations HR Consulting Services.

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Thinking in Bets -- A Book Review

A Crowded Space

I recently finished reading Annie Duke’s new book, Thinking in Bets. If you’ve never heard of her, you should know that Annie Duke is a pro poker player and one of the world’s best female players. She’s fun to watch and has amassed over $4M in tournament winnings and has won a World Series of Poker bracelet. Annie has turned her attention to the business consulting world.

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Small Business Owners Guide To Company Research

YoungUpstarts

Businesses have to work with other ones on a frequent basis. This is just a normal part of the business world. It’s basically inevitable. It doesn’t matter if you need to hire a digital marketing firm to handle your company’s upcoming campaign. It doesn’t matter if you need to recruit a professional cleaning company to provide your office space with regular janitorial services, either.

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Value vs. Cost: What Every Entrepreneur Should Know

YFS Magazine

At first glance, value and cost may seem like the same thing but if you look a little closer, you’ll learn to appreciate their differences.

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[ADV] How To Get Your Passport Photos

YoungUpstarts

Have you ever wanted to be like James Bond or Jason Bourne? A star in an international espionage film, traveling the world, wielding passports, speaking foreign languages, driving cars with steering wheels on the right side, and running from the bad guys? Even if the whole international espionage thing isn’t really your scene, you have to admit that the allure of traveling the world is too great to resist.

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Social Goods: What It Means To Build A Sustainable, Ethical Fashion Brand

YFS Magazine

Here's an inside look at how fashion designers can take a stand on environmental sustainability and ethical manufacturing practices.

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Paper-Based Business — 3 Types Of Books Consumers Don’t Like To Read Digitally

YoungUpstarts

Bibliophiles wax lyrical about the tactile, sensory qualities of paper books and the most dedicated will never ditch paper for digital versions. But in commercial terms, they seemed to be swimming against the stream after the Amazon Kindle was introduced in 2007 — bringing a portable library of millions of titles to customers worldwide. However, Publishing Association stats show that sales of e-readers and ebooks slowed after 2014 and in 2017 the Guardian reported that sales of physical books we

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Edinburgh update #3

Jeff Hilimire

We have LOVED our time in Edinburgh so far. We have been here for three weeks and we have another week left (Oh, why are we doing this? Here’s why.). We could not have chosen a better city to spend a month in with our family. It’s the perfect walking city, and we’ve been walking everywhere. We’ve taken the bus and the train a few times (we did not rent a car,) but mostly we’ve walked.

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5 Ways Businesses Can Avoid Becoming Ensnared In An Ethical Lapse

YoungUpstarts

by Dr. Christopher Gilbert, senior consultant at NobleEdge Consulting and author of “ There’s No Right Way to Do the Wrong Thing “ Major brands such as Facebook, Volkswagen, Starbucks, and most recently Papa John’s have endured controversies that called into question their ethical practices. Those companies are only the latest to be exposed for problems that consumers and those knowledgeable about corporate culture often link with a lack of ethical standards at the highest exe

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7 Steps To Meeting The New Bar Of Delighted Customers

Startup Professionals Musings

Having satisfied customers is no longer enough to keep you ahead of competitors. The bar has been raised to having “delighted” customers. Customer delight is defined as surprising the customer by exceeding his or her expectations, thus creating a positive emotional reaction. This emotional reaction leads to word of mouth and social media, resulting in many new customers.

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Understanding What VPS Hosting Is And How It Runs

YoungUpstarts

Have met some problems in running your website? Everyone who creates a website faces a whole range of problems, and one of the most difficult tasks is to choose between numerous offers. The budget for most beginners is very limited, so that they do not have many options. One of the most suitable is shared hosting. This is an ideal choice for sites that have not yet become popular, that is, with low attendance.

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How the Need for Growth Failed Our Social Network Experience

This is going to be BIG.

Decided to follow no more than 250 people on Twitter. If you got bumped, blame @willyf , who just made a good case for me to follow him. :) — Charlie O'Donnell (@ceonyc) June 30, 2008. Just about 10 years ago, I tried hard to keep my Twitter follows to a manageable amount--to people I actually cared about following and either already knew or wanted to get to know in person. 5000+ follows later and I've failed miserably.

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From Idea To Startup – Starting A Profitable Business During College

YoungUpstarts

Launching your very own business during college can be quite tricky, but making your own money and being completely independent of such a young age is something you can be very proud of. In order to manage to launch your own business, you have to come up with an idea that was not previously taken by someone else. Unicity and individualism are difficult to cultivate, but if you give yourself time and you get fully involved into the process, you will polish your dusty idea until it becomes a true

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How Routines and Habits Can Empower Wildly Successful People

crowdSPRING Blog

Have you ever wondered what separates those who just get by from those who are truly successful? Luck may play a small role, but until someone figures out how to package and sell good fortune, there must be other secrets to success. Ask any successful person how they did it, and chances are you’ll hear a combination of luck, network connections, and hard work.

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5 Tips For Turning Your Inventions Into Marketable Products 

YoungUpstarts

by Nigel Parker, founder and CEO of RashEndZ Inc. So you’ve got an idea you think might be the greatest invention since the hula hoop. What do you do next? Spend hundreds of hours developing your gizmo to make sure it works perfectly? Not exactly. Before you waste time trying to perfect your invention, first spend time and money to find out if there is a market for it.

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How Routines and Habits Can Empower Wildly Successful People

crowdSPRING Blog

Have you ever wondered what separates those who just get by from those who are truly successful? Luck may play a small role, but until someone figures out how to package and sell good fortune, there must be other secrets to success. Ask any successful person how they did it, and chances are you’ll hear a combination of luck, network connections, and hard work.

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