YoungUpstarts

JUNE 12, 2017

by Michael Burdick, CEO of Paro. When it comes to financial activities, trust and credibility matter. They affect how well your financial team performs, your company’s reputation, and, ultimately, its bottom line. Look no further than the recent Wells Fargo scandal for an example of how ethical lapses can obliterate a company’s credibility. Under pressure to hit unrealistic department sales targets, Wells Fargo staffers opened as many as 2 million unauthorized bank and credit card accounts.

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deal architect

JUNE 12, 2017

In The New Polymath I had profiled Francisco D’Souza and the company he helped found, Cognizant as “born global”. The son of a diplomat, he has lived and worked around the world and has grown Cognizant into a nearly $.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 12, 2017

By definition, most entrepreneurs are thought leaders. They have the ability to recognize a market need, the skills to design and implement a solution, and the drive to start a business from that solution. It all comes from within themselves. A business leader does the same thing and more through the people around them. Most entrepreneurs are not both.

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YoungUpstarts

JUNE 12, 2017

If you’re a businessman, then you should be aware that people who are under 35, or those simply called Millennials, is a great demographic you should target for your business. However, the traditional marketing strategies often do not work with this particular group. This presents a challenge for your business to capture their loyalty to your brand.

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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

Startup

YFS Magazine

JUNE 12, 2017

Convincing someone to invest in your business is one of the biggest challenges a founder faces. Here's how I raised $2 million without a co-founder.

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YoungUpstarts

JUNE 12, 2017

If you’re just starting out in a new field or job, it can be intimidating understanding how to network. Networking is a process of building connections with people that can lead to opportunities in your professional (and personal) growth. You want these connections to be meaningful and authentic, but that can be difficult, especially upon meeting new people.

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Networking Social Media Media Conversion 144

YoungUpstarts

JUNE 12, 2017

By Robert Bruce, founder of www.homes.forsale. I remember back in 1994 when a friend asked if I’d like to buy a domain name. I had no idea what that meant, so I turned it down. It turned out to be a big mistake. The domain (www.dog.com) is probably worth $2 million now. I worked for Hotels.com when they purchased their iconic domain for a reported $11M, and that’s when it became very clear to me that an incredibly brandable domain is one of the keys to a successful business.

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Naming Arlington Matching Startup 101

Austin Startup

JUNE 12, 2017

Three takeaways from the Austin Forum’s June 8 event The Austin Forum is a monthly speaking event that explores the impact of technology on society and stimulates discussions, collaborations, and partnerships on new technology opportunities. June’s version took place this past Thursday, where City of Austin leaders were welcomed to Galvanize by a full house eager to learn more about the City’s acceleration as a smart city.

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Hearpreneur

JUNE 12, 2017

The end of the basketball season will be over soon and the 2017 NBA Champion will be crowned. This motivational video looks at the greatness of Kobe Bryant, one of the all-time greats and what made him so great. Here’s some gems from the video. “There’s a choice that we have to make as individuals if you want to be great at something. We all can be masters at our craft, but you have to make the choice.”.

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Feld Thoughts

JUNE 12, 2017

I’ve come to despise the phrase “culture fit.” I don’t remember when I first heard it, but it was many years ago. Over time, it became woven into the world of entrepreneurship, as companies used it as a primary frame of reference for hiring. VCs turned it into a cliche, espousing the importance of culture fit during the entire spectrum of company creation, from the functioning of the very earliest teams through scaling a business.

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Hunter Walker

JUNE 12, 2017

Shakespeare in Central Park. Sounds harmless enough. Like a good, safe institution that Delta and other companies can sponsor as part of their community outreach. And they did, for many years, but this weekend two sponsors pulled their affiliation because the Julius Caesar being performed was a modernized version. A version which apparently depicted a Trump-like character in the role of Caesar.

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OnlyOnce

JUNE 12, 2017

We’ve been in business at Return Path for almost 18 years now. We’ve seen a number of competitors come and go across a bunch of different related businesses that we’ve been in. One of the things I’ve noticed and never quite understood is that many of our competitors expend a lot of time and energy publicly trash talking us in the market. Sometimes this takes the form of calling us or our products out by name in a presentation at a conference; other times it takes the form of a blog post; othe

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