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The 4 Best Cities In America For Startups

YoungUpstarts

So, you’ve got the bug to work for yourself? There is no doubt about it, the appeal of startup culture is inarguable. It represents our chance to get away from the nine to five grind, stop taking orders, and start working for yourself. Instead of completing one menial task after another, we’ll have the ability to make our dent in the world. With luck, we might even make some money doing it.

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Stop Hoping For Referrals – Build Your Referral Teams and Start Getting A Referral A Day

Duct Tape Marketing

Stop Hoping For Referrals – Build Your Referral Teams and Start Getting A Referral A Day written by Guest Post read more at Duct Tape Marketing. Most people believe that getting referrals is something that just happens, that all you need to do is just turn up to networking events, do a good job with your clients or customers and be part of a referral group.

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Oracle-NetSuite win-win?

deal architect

After 15 years and countless deals, you would think integrating acquisitions would be an Oracle core competence. It’s inconsistently so if you talk to many “refugees” who have left after an Oracle acquisition. After listening yesterday (replay here) to Oracle.

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9 Transaction Models Shape Your Customer Experience

Startup Professionals Musings

Focus is everything in a business, whether it be a new startup or a large enterprise. In my role as a business advisor, I often see well-meaning entrepreneurs try to be everything to everyone, which results in many things done poorly, and few totally delighted customers. People are confused by multiple messages, and employees are frustrated trying to personalize customer experiences.

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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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3 Ways To Resolve Business Conflicts Without Going To Court

YoungUpstarts

by Stephen McDonough, founder and lead attorney/mediator at Next Phase Legal. No matter the size or the industry, conflicts occur in every business. Whether internally with employees or externally with customers, lawsuits can take a hefty toll on a business’s finances. On average, litigation costs Fortune 500 companies roughly a third of their after-tax profits per year and small businesses can suffer just as hard of a hit to the bank account.

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Alexa, What’s Your Favorite Accelerator?

Feld Thoughts

I love Alexa. Of all the various tech things I’ve bought in 2016, Amazon’s Alexa has become the most consistently used new thing in my world. I’ve even had a breakthrough on the home front as Amy now regularly says “Alexa, play …” We’ve got them everywhere and the Echo Dot that showed up in October is centrally located on my office desk at Foundry Group.

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Procore Technologies Expands Austin Office

SiliconHills

Procore Technologies, which makes construction management software, has expanded its operations in Austin. The company, based in Santa Barbara, Calif. established its second largest office in Austin two years ago and because of solid growth, the company is moving into the 18th floor of the Chase Tower building, said Doug Madey, the company’s spokesman.

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5 Smart Ways To Develop Healthier Habits At Work

YFS Magazine

Most people can agree that your office isn't the easiest place to prioritize a healthy lifestyle.

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Apply to Pitch at the Rice and CTAN 2017 Startup Pitch Competition in Austin

SiliconHills

Want a shot at winning an investment and other prizes? Early stage startups are encouraged to apply to pitch at the 2017 Startup Pitch Competition, organized by the Rice Alliance-Austin Chapter and Central Texas Angel Network, known as CTAN. The deadline to apply is Dec. 5th at midnight. The pitch competition, sponsored by American Bank, […] The post Apply to Pitch at the Rice and CTAN 2017 Startup Pitch Competition in Austin appeared first on SiliconHills.

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Sometimes the universe does for you what you are unable to do yourself

Jeff Hilimire

“Sometimes the universe does for you what you are unable to do yourself.” I heard this recently and it really seems to resonate with the journeys that some of my friends are going on. I believe this statement is a glass-half-full kind of way to look at the world. Ok, THIS just happened to me. That sucks, I wouldn’t have chosen for that to happen.

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HOLT Ventures Launches and Hosts Industrial Technology Pitch Competition at SXSW

SiliconHills

HOLT Ventures, the new investment arm of HOLT CAT, plans to select 15 startups to showcase their disruptive technology in the industrial space at the first Industrial Technology Pitch Competition at South by Southwest Interactive next year. But the deadline is looming to participate. Interested startups must apply by Dec. 16. HOLT Ventures has teamed […] The post HOLT Ventures Launches and Hosts Industrial Technology Pitch Competition at SXSW appeared first on SiliconHills.

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Digital Nomad - This is Who I Am

Transformify

Seven years ago, Jack F. was 27 years old and earned about 40 thousand dollars per year working in marketing. Becoming a digital nomad probably never crossed his mind. The highlight of his day would be driving to and from work, just because in those moments he could listen to music and take a break from thinking that his life is not going the right direction.

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Dell Medical School is Looking for Big Ideas to Improve Community Health

SiliconHills

A popular mantra in Austin is the call to think bigger. The new Dell Medical School is part of that movement. Its Center for Place-Based Initiatives is asking people to submit ideas aimed at “improving the health of vulnerable communities in Central Texas, especially those in Austin and other parts of Travis County,” according to […] The post Dell Medical School is Looking for Big Ideas to Improve Community Health appeared first on SiliconHills.

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Analyzing Austin BCycle Rentals

Austin Startup

Visualizing rentals in April/May 2016 Continue reading on Austin Startups ».

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Austin-based Get Smart Content Raises $1.75 Million

SiliconHills

Get Smart Content, which makes a personalized marketing platform, has raised $1.75 million, according to a form filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The Austin-based startup plans to use the funds to expand its sales operations and marketing efforts, according to a news release. Investors included Virgo Capital and Origin Ventures. To date, the […] The post Austin-based Get Smart Content Raises $1.75 Million appeared first on SiliconHills.

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How SMB Owners Can Utilize Digital Changes in 2017 to Increase Profits

Brandanew

Constant digital changes in 2017 and beyond will be the major, predominant force in the world of modern business. The good news is that business owners can utilize technologies to cash in more profits and create a new future of work. Modern technologies have had an incredible impact on helping brands stay lean. From new models of computers and gadgets, to helpful business softwares, brand owners need to keep pace with modern innovations to stay in the game.

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