Duct Tape Marketing

MAY 8, 2018

The Most Effective SEO Tactics of 2018 Thus Far written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing. We’re almost halfway through the year (what?!), which makes it a good time to start taking a look at what’s working as it relates to your SEO efforts so that you can plan accordingly moving forward. We’ve seen a lot of people increase their SEO budgets this year, which isn’t surprising, as it’s a significant piece of your marketing puzzle.

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Austin Startup

MAY 8, 2018

Background reading: Founder Compensation: Cash, Equity, Liquidity Fatal Errors in Early Startup Hiring Early Hires: Options or Stock Given how deeply involved we are with early-stage startups hiring their first key employees, I figured it would be helpful to outline a few key principles to help entrepreneurs navigate the topic. Make sure they are actually employees, and if they are, minimum wage.

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YoungUpstarts

MAY 8, 2018

by Wayne Embree, EVP, Investments and Venture Acceleration at Rev1 Ventures. Most entrepreneurs need capital to develop and grow their businesses; every investor must responsibly invest their funds with an eye on returns. This means that investors must convince the best entrepreneurs to take their money. That may seem counter intuitive to many entrepreneurs, but it’s key to making the right deal for your business.

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YFS Magazine

MAY 8, 2018

As young professionals, business owners, side-hustlers, and dreamers – we owe it to ourselves to do everything we say we’re going to get done.

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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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YoungUpstarts

MAY 8, 2018

Flipping homes can be a profitable business if you are strategic and are familiar with the current real estate market in your area. Whether you are new to house flipping or have flipped many homes up to this point, here are five things you need to know about the process. 1. Inspections are Crucial. Before you buy a property, make sure you have a complete inspection done on it.

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Feld Thoughts

MAY 8, 2018

I was an early investor in two of the first email service providers (Email Publishing and Mercury Mail). My experience with ESPs goes back more than 20 years and, since the mid 1990s, I’ve seen the ESP ecosystem evolve from its infancy, with just a few startups blazing a trail, to today’s robust industry populated by mature marketing technology platforms.

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YFS Magazine

MAY 8, 2018

Successful business owners use the best online business tools. One useful collaboration tool for small businesses is screen recording software.

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The Startup Magazine

MAY 8, 2018

Unless you are one of the lucky few job seekers who have several interviews lined up, you will need to work hard to land yourself a job interview for a position that is a good fit for you. I was talking with a CIO in the healthcare industry the other day. This CIO had been working with a number of executive search firms in Phoenix and had been networking for several months.

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YFS Magazine

MAY 8, 2018

Print-on-demand is a business model with low barriers to entry, that can be up and running as a revenue stream within hours.

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Hearpreneur

MAY 8, 2018

Every business deserves to be unique in its mode of operations while operating in a digital environment. Jessica Higgins, JD MBA BB is a public speaker, strategist and published author who helps businesses achieve their desired outcomes in a changing environment. She is Chief Operating Officer of Gapingvoid Culture Design Group. Her mission is to help others.

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Austin Startup

MAY 8, 2018

At Voxable, we design and develop conversational user interfaces. We build everything from voice user interfaces, like Alexa Skills and Actions on Google, to custom chatbots. In our workshops , talks, and discussions with clients, we find it helpful to break down the conversational interaction loop?—?the way humans and machines communicate. It’s essential for anyone working with this technology to understand how machines handle conversation.

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SiliconHills

MAY 8, 2018

RetailMeNot announced Tuesday the acquisition of LowestMed, a website that compares prescription drug prices and provides mobile or printable coupons. The financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. “RetailMeNot is proud to welcome LowestMed to the company as RetailMeNot Rx Saver,” Cotter Cunningham, CEO and founder of RetailMeNot, said in a news statement.

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Jeff Hilimire

MAY 8, 2018

“The role of a leader is to amplify good and dampen stress.” This was advice given to me and my leadership team at Dragon Army by Doug Shipman , President and CEO of the Woodruff Arts Center. You might remember that Doug met with my leadership team at Dragon Army recently and shared the sage advice for leaders to not pick up the oar and to let the sun rise when making big decisions.

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YoungUpstarts

MAY 8, 2018

by Peter J. Strauss , founder and managing member of The Strauss Law Firm and author of “ The Business Owner’s Definitive Guide to Captive Insurance Companies “ Startups are confronted by a bevy of decisions in the early stages and throughout the evolution process of the business. Insurance is high among those on the list. Insurance exists for a clear reason: it is designed to protect you from devastating financial losses.

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Transformify

MAY 8, 2018

With GDPR coming into effect in May 2018, many temp agencies have to adapt their internal processes to be in compliance. Having a big database of candidates, freelancers and independent contractors has always been considered an asset but will this still be the case with the new regulation in place? The EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) was adopted in April 2016 and will take effect across the European Union (EU) on 25 May 2018, when it supersedes the 28 current national data protectio

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Up and Running

MAY 8, 2018

Back in June 2017, I started a business creating and selling meal plans for bodybuilders. To my surprise, the first sale came just days after launch, followed by five more within a few weeks. My first paying customer. But there was a problem: it was losing money. And I didn’t have the luxury of burning someone else’s cash, this was entirely self-funded.

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