Sat.May 05, 2018

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What Startups Can Learn From The Armed Forces

YoungUpstarts

Let’s start by making it clear this article is not about the virtues of running a small business like some sort of bootcamp. There is a clear distinction between working behind a desk and fighting on the front lines. Nobody at a standard office job needs to feel as if they signed up for the Marines, meanwhile managers who bark orders like drill sergeants will be unlikely to focus on anything other than hiring new workers to combat high turnover rates.

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4 steps to more accurately predict the future (and launch a product people actually want)

The Next Web

As a wide-eyed kid, did you think about a future with flying cars and personal domestic robots for everyone? We tend to see the future as a time full of opportunities and yet-to-be-discovered, society-altering inventions. Think about The Jetsons. We’re still 44 years away from futuristic universe that the well-known show’s creators imagined in 1962 and it’s probably fair to say that they overestimated future change (though maybe when Amazon gives the Echo legs we’ll be a step closer to having

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Should You Consider Cash Value Life Insurance?

YoungUpstarts

When looking for life insurance the question many people have is should they opt for cash value life insurance? How can you know if this is the right option for you? Well, if you do some careful analysis before deciding upon the type of insurance you will have, you will know exactly if this is the right option for you. The majority of insurers offer people the possibility to opt between permanent and term life insurance.

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Serial Entrepreneur Bob Fabbio Plans to Builid eRevelance Into a $1 Billion Company

SiliconHills

In 1989, Bob Fabbio quit his job at IBM and launched Tivoli Systems, which went on to create of the largest software categories in the world – enterprise systems management. In 1995, Tivoli Systems went public and a year later IBM acquired the company for $743 million. Fabbio went on to found electronic document delivery […]. The post Serial Entrepreneur Bob Fabbio Plans to Builid eRevelance Into a $1 Billion Company appeared first on SiliconHills.

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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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Five Signs It’s Time To Switch Banks

YoungUpstarts

Opening up a new bank account is not as simple as it may seem, and deciding which one to go with and what kind of account to open are both difficult questions to answer. Combined with the question of “what do I need to open a bank account?” you can be left feeling defeated and confused. Switching banks is an equally tricky area, but there are a few signs you might want to look out for that may be signaling it’s time to make a change. 1.

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Different Ways To Invest In Startups: The Opportunity… And The Catch

Haystack

The public’s interest in learning more about and participating in venture capital seems to grow more and more each week. I have written a few posts here lately sharing my own experience and point of view, but then realized we all may talk about “getting into VC” as if it is a monolithic endeavor — and that would not do us or the reader justice.

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Weekend Favs May 5

Duct Tape Marketing

Weekend Favs May 5 written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing. My weekend blog post routine includes posting links to a handful of tools or great content I ran across during the week. I don’t go into depth about the finds, but encourage you to check them out if they sound interesting. The photo in the post is a favorite for the week from an online source or one that I took out there on the road.

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Serial Entrepreneur Bob Fabbio Plans to Build eRelevance Into a $1 Billion Company

SiliconHills

In 1989, Bob Fabbio quit his job at IBM and launched Tivoli Systems, which created one of the largest software categories in the world – enterprise systems management. In 1995, Tivoli Systems went public and a year later IBM acquired the company for $743 million. Fabbio went on to found electronic document delivery startup Dazel, […]. The post Serial Entrepreneur Bob Fabbio Plans to Build eRelevance Into a $1 Billion Company appeared first on SiliconHills.