Fri.Sep 30, 2016

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How To Counter Criticism Of Your Million Dollar Idea

Startup Professionals Musings

In business, and in your personal life, the ability to anticipate and overcome criticism is one of the biggest differentiators between leaders, who make things happen, and followers, who may have great ideas but never seem to get things to go their way. In fact, leaders are not remembered for their dreams, aspirations, or intentions – they are remembered because they achieved results.

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How e-Commerce Fashion Sites Can Increase Their Sales With Small Changes

YoungUpstarts

Sometimes power lies in small things. And one of the areas in which this adage is completely true is ecommerce website. Ecommerce fashion sites have a lot at stake when it comes to sales and online reputation. A small lapse can not only dent their reputation but also decrease customers and sales. Conscientious designers and owners will pay a lot of attention to the principle and content while creating their websites but there is room for even more sales to come in with a few small changes.

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5 Reasons Why You Shouldn’t Overlook Job Applicants With Criminal Records

YFS Magazine

Nobody should be judged by the lowest point in their lives, yet for so many people that is exactly what happens with a criminal record.

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Catering Carefully For Circumstance: Building A Business Contingency Plan

YoungUpstarts

It is often a great moment when the business plan and the marketing actions taken have begun to take off. The revenues increase, and the public are becoming more aware of the brand and this is reflected in a great online presence. And other companies are wanting to get into bed with you. But what happens when the opposite occurs? When you’ve spent so long implementing a marketing ploy and it doesn’t seem to take off at all?

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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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Behind Every Great Product

SVPG

Article: Behind Every Great Product. When I first decided to start The Silicon Valley Product Group, I had just left eBay and had some very strong opinions about what makes great product teams, and great product cultures, and while there were more than a few important thinkers and leaders on these topics, one area that I felt was under-represented was the role of product management.

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[Review] The Cowshed: Memories of the Chinese Cultural Revolution

YoungUpstarts

by M. Suleman, senior academic writer at Writing-Expert.com. The author of “ The Cowshed: Memories of the Chinese Cultural Revolution “, Ji Xianlin (1911-2009), was an internationally renowned authority on Pali and Sanskrit languages. For almost 20 years he had been head of foreign languages department and a teacher as well. He was one of those persons who became victim of the Cultural Revolution and was made to suffer the torture even worse than from the cruel emperors of China.

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How World-Class Mountain Guides Inspire Young Business Leaders

YoungUpstarts

by Christopher I. Maxwell, PhD, author of “ Lead Like a Guide: How World-Class Mountain Guides Inspire Us to Be Better Leaders “ A decade ago I began organizing expeditions to high peaks and trails around the world for undergraduate business students at the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School. Together with a remarkable group of expert mountain guides, we climbed Wyoming’s Grand Teton and navigated canyons in Utah, explored the wilds of Patagonia, Peru, and Mexico, learned wi

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Brand Ambassadors: Choosing and Maintaining a Relationship with the Right Person

Duct Tape Marketing

Brand Ambassadors: Choosing and Maintaining a Relationship with the Right Person written by Guest Post read more at Duct Tape Marketing. photo credit: Underwear for Men. Brand ambassadors are a great way for any company to grow its online and offline business. A brand ambassador is defined as someone who is passionate about a brand or product and shares their love on their own accord.

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How Can Exchange Rates Impact Small Businesses

YoungUpstarts

A difference in currency can play a huge role in your company’s profits, if your local currency depreciates in value relative to a foreign currency, the exchange rate between the two will rise. This means that it would be more expensive for a domestic business to convert its funds into a foreign currency. Meanwhile, an overseas company would be able to benefit from this reduced rate.

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“It’s business software. Who cares about UX?”

Austin Startup

When you think of great software user experiences, what do you think of? Apple iOS, Uber, Pandora and Tumblr are deservedly top of mind… Continue reading on Austin Startups ».