YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 27, 2017

by Jeff Pederson, Kroll Ontrack. When starting a new business, it is wise to develop a response plan in the event that you lose your company’s data. Functioning a business without critical data not only delays operations, but can stall potential revenue. With no established IT department readily at hand, small businesses will attempt to recover their own data.

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Small Business Force

AUGUST 27, 2017

Selling, especially for technology products always looks way easier than it actually is. Many entrepreneurs make the mistake of believing that their products are so good, they, literally, sell themselves. Not even close. In fact, three key elements have to be in sync for your sales to succeed – the right product, the right sales team, and the right sales process. "I coached good; They played bad." I’ve sat on the boards of more than a dozen companies.

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YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 27, 2017

by Tricia Hussung. Entrepreneurship enables business professionals to work on their own terms and create impactful, solution-based products and services. However, entrepreneurs face many decisions that can determine whether or not their business is sustainable in the long term. Deciding on a new business or startup’s structure is one of the most critical decisions an entrepreneur will make.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 27, 2017

Most businesses spend big money testing their brand logo, catchy marketing phrases, and demographics, but spend little time training and validating that their employees can and do deliver memorable experiences to their customers. The result, according to an often-quoted Gallup survey , is 70 percent of workers not fully engaged, and poor customer experiences.

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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

AUGUST 27, 2017

by Rebecca Bernstein. The day a company turns “official” is an exciting milestone for any small business owner. However, getting there can prove confusing for first-time entrepreneurs. For those considering taking their businesses to an official level, here are some helpful tips for how to start an LLC. What Is an LLC? An LLC is a type of legal structure for a business.

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The Startup Magazine

AUGUST 27, 2017

How do you know that the poster campaign was a success or the leaflet drop worth the money? How hard are your business cards working for you? You could, of course, ask every caller, every customer or every person who emails where they heard about you, but this only returns limited information. With offline marketing, unlike online marketing channels, we assume that monitoring success is almost impossible, thus we tend to let the monitoring of such campaigns fall by the wayside.

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Jeff Hilimire

AUGUST 27, 2017

I tell anyone that is trying to build a company – or a career – that learning how to be a good networker is critical. And there are many ways to become a good networker , but above all else you need to be authentic – don’t act like you care about someone in the hopes of having them help you. Give, give, and give some more, before you ever ask for anything.

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crowdSPRING Blog

AUGUST 27, 2017

Design can be an incredibly powerful tool when you understand how psychology influence’s people’s behavior. Science has proven that people respond differently to shapes, colors, patterns, and other design elements. The good news is that you don’t need a degree in psychology to leverage good design practices in your own business or when you’re creating designs for someone else.

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Hearpreneur

AUGUST 27, 2017

Being in love is great. Being in love with your business, when you’re an entrepreneur, is even better. Waking up each morning knowing you are getting to do exactly what you love is more than most people could ever say about any “job” they have had. Although there are days when tossing in your hat seems like a viable option, remembering how much you love your “job” can quickly snap an entrepreneur out of that mentality.

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crowdSPRING Blog

AUGUST 27, 2017

Design can be an incredibly powerful tool when you understand how psychology influence’s people’s behavior. Science has proven that people respond differently to shapes, colors, patterns, and other design elements. The good news is that you don’t need a degree in psychology to leverage good design practices in your own business or when you’re creating designs for someone else.

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Transformify

AUGUST 27, 2017

Team comes first. Your team is directly correlated with the valuation of your startup. It is your team that will save you, the entrepreneur, from a disaster. All of the above is true, but it is also true that many startups have failed because they hired too early, too fast, or fired too late. Many of the points below can be found among the best hiring practices for startups and there is nothing wrong with them in general.

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