YoungUpstarts

APRIL 11, 2019

Nanodegrees are the new face of education and career training. While a four-year-degree can never hurt, businesses are more interested in your on the job skills than whether or not you finished all your gen ed classes. Online learning sources that provide technical education taught by industry experts in very specific areas have gained popularity as a proven career path to high paying positions in business, web development and design and information technology.

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Version One Ventures

APRIL 11, 2019

Six weeks ago, we kicked off a new series where we profile an awesome operator in our network to learn about his/her work and contributions to his/her organization and community at large. Our inaugural guest was Bala Subramaniam and we asked him three questions on marketplaces. This time, I am very excited to introduce Sin-Mei Tsai , VP of Engineering at Shippo , a Version One portfolio company.

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The Startup Magazine

APRIL 11, 2019

It’s a regular question googled in relation to the adaption of scrum methodology, and still people are confused whether to implement it in their projects. All of us know in software companies that scrum is the most significant agile methodology for handling software projects. In spite of its well-known advantages (flexibility, quick feedbacks, adaptability and better communication), we might be uncertain whether to use this framework or follow a traditional way for the development.

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Start Up Blog

APRIL 11, 2019

Ten years is not a very long time, but in a world of exponential technology, a lot can happen. So I thought I’d provide some predictions for the world by 2030. Thirty of them, to be precise. Let’s call it 30 for 2030. Sure, some of the ideas below might seem like science fiction or fantasy, but so was much of the technology we take for granted today.

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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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The Next Web

APRIL 11, 2019

No matter what industry you work in, no matter what the size of your company, few things are more important than finding and retaining the best available talent. After all, finding new employees can prove quite expensive, while hanging on to your best workers will give your company the foundation it needs for lasting success. As Jack Altman, CEO for HR-software company Lattice, writes, costs such as “hiring, onboarding, training, ramp time to peak productivity, the loss of engagement from others

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YoungUpstarts

APRIL 11, 2019

Thinking about business opportunities, all we can dream about is of a good place in big city areas with tons of facilities and huge crowds to make maximum profits. But, in reality, business opportunities are not just restricted to big city areas. Many entrepreneurs have made a long way in their business starting from a small town. The rustic culture of the rural areas, clean and green environment far away from the city population and friendly neighbourhoods actually gives birth to plenty of busi

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YoungUpstarts

APRIL 11, 2019

Trading foreign currency can be a very simple act that many of us perform every time we travel. If we are living in the US but take a trip to London, we would take a few USD and trade them in for some British Pound Sterling. When moving on to Italy, we would go to a bank and buy a few Euros. And on and on. We are buying, selling or trading one foreign currency for another.

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YFS Magazine

APRIL 11, 2019

Andrew Carnegie once said "No man will make a great leader who wants to do it all himself or get all the credit for doing it." Today, this idea endures.

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YoungUpstarts

APRIL 11, 2019

Starting a business isn’t an easy process. With so many challenges and responsibilities, you can easily get overwhelmed, and this is why it’s essential to maintain your determination and have a clear perspective on how you want to handle the entire process. Getting your startup going will require more from you than just having a great business idea.

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Startup Lessons Learned

APRIL 11, 2019

Four years ago, I launched a Kickstarter project called The Leaders Guide. I wanted to pull together a book based on the work I'd been doing with large companies who wanted to implement Lean Startup in order to become more innovative, and Kickstarter seemed like the right place to test the idea. The project was fully funded on its first day, and my work on The Leaders Guide began.

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YoungUpstarts

APRIL 11, 2019

When you are launching a new business for the first time, chances are that you are already on a fairly tight budget, so it is common to believe that availing professional services is not an option. However, that doesn’t necessarily have to be the situation though, because you can afford business services even on a startup budget. Of course, how much of what you can avail really does depend on the specific budget in question, but discussing why business services on a startup budget really does m

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Women Entrepreneurs Can

APRIL 11, 2019

The world of eCommerce is one of the fastest growing markets today. Many consumers find online shopping to be more convenient and efficient. But what about B2B customers and having a B2B eCommerce site you’re selling goods and products to other businesses rather than to broad consumers on the market? Although these customers may be similar in many ways, they do require a different approach.

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YoungUpstarts

APRIL 11, 2019

Quality customer service is becoming an important competitive tool for any company. Most of the companies operating in the online retail industry are incorporating quality customer services and consumer experience as one of the strategic policies for helping companies to compete with other entities in the same industry. JD.com is one of the leading ecommerce companies in China that has been facing extreme competition from Alibaba, which is currently the market leader in high-end cities around th

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Berkonomics

APRIL 11, 2019

We investors see this all the time. An entrepreneur pitches using a deck with no slide for competition. When asked (as we always do,) the response is “This is new. We have no competition.”. Niet! No! Unh unh. Professional investors laugh when they hear an entrepreneur come out with that one. That statement has killed more investment deals than almost any other.

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YoungUpstarts

APRIL 11, 2019

by Susan Tran, Head of Customer Success at Spoke. We’ve found that there are three common misconceptions people face when onboarding an A.I. powered tool. I’ve detailed those misconceptions below—along with how we help customers overcome them. Regardless of what AI-based tool you’re onboarding, consider these tips for dispelling common misconceptions and successfully implementing software.

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Guy Nirpaz

APRIL 11, 2019

It’s been over three years since I last posted on this blog. I’ll try to bring it back to life. I changed the title from “Thoughts from my startup journey” to “Thoughts from my journey.” Potentially a broader perspective of life in general. Will see if it sticks… The post Revival appeared first on Thoughts from my journey.

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YoungUpstarts

APRIL 11, 2019

It’s no mystery why women are leaving the world’s top companies in droves. From the pay gap to the battle to have their voices heard, women feel undervalued as they struggle to thrive in their professional careers, while their “boys’ club” counterparts zip right to the top. But there’s a way for women to create well-compensated, meaningful, happy, and fulfilling careers — by staying right where they are.

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Guy Nirpaz

APRIL 11, 2019

Spring break was last week, great opportunity to mix business and fun in NYC. We stayed in an Airbnb apartment on the lower west side of Manhattan, walking distance from many great places. We had a chance to try 3 great Israeli restaurants – Tel Aviv quality standards (which means very high). Taim (which means tasty in Hebrew) is a great falafel place which we ran across.

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