Fri.Apr 01, 2016

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Give Your Small Business Image A Spit-Shine With These Techniques

YoungUpstarts

Getting people to pay attention to your small business can be tough. Why should they give any thought to a small fry when there are bigger fish about? But you can still get plenty of business if you’re doing everything right. One of the essential things to work on is your professional image. People won’t want to do business with you if they think you’re running an amateur operation.

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Elite Daily Co-Founder Gerard Adams Reveals 6 Things Investors Look For In Startups

YFS Magazine

As an investor, it’s always been important to me to align with companies whose purpose I believe in, and who clearly demonstrate that they have several things in order.

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Replay: Mike Michalowicz Speaking at Live Event (PDS – March 20, 2016)

Mike Michalowicz

Mike Michalowicz – Speaking at PDS 3-20-2016 from Obsidian on Vimeo.

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Using Social Media To Run Pre-Employment Background Checks

YFS Magazine

Social media offers valuable insight into the life of a potential candidate. You can use it to validate a potential employee’s assertions regarding their prior work history.

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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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Brexit: One exit the tech sector doesn’t want to see

The Equity Kicker

Yesterday I had an op-ed on Tech.eu recommending that we remain in Europe. I believe that voting to leave would make it harder for our companies to bring in talent from Europe putting our growth at risk. That’s particularly true for the startup sector of the economy which is by far our largest engine of job creation. Please read the whole piece here.

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Silicon Hills News to Launch the Innovative Coworking House of Innovation

SiliconHills

Silicon Hills News has covered the Central Texas technology scene for five years now and we have noticed a huge gaping gap in coverage. The Austin and San Antonio region simply does not have a technology reality show that showcases all of the innovation gurgling up from the natural springs of this fertile cutting edge, […] The post Silicon Hills News to Launch the Innovative Coworking House of Innovation appeared first on SiliconHills.

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How to Empower Women Entrepreneurs and Business Leaders

SiliconHills

By LAURA LOREK Reporter with Silicon Hills News To get ahead, women must advocate for themselves, negotiate for equal pay, surround themselves with a supportive team and learn from mentors. Those are a few of the tips gleaned from a panel of five executive women who have accomplished a great deal during their careers in […] The post How to Empower Women Entrepreneurs and Business Leaders appeared first on SiliconHills.

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Trip to Athens and Success Summit keynote, in photos

Jeff Hilimire

My Leaf wouldn’t get me to Athens and back, so I borrowed this car from a friend :) My son (who came with me on the trip) thought it was the Batmobile. I was able to set up a tour of campus for my son, who is a HUGE Bulldogs fan. As luck would have it, we ran into the mascot while in the bookstore. Gotta have the shot of the stadium from the bridge!

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U.S. Secretary of Defense Ash Carter Visits Austin and Talks Tech

SiliconHills

U.S. Secretary of Defense Ash Carter visited the University of Texas at Austin on Thursday followed by a trip to Capital Factory to talk tech with entrepreneurs. During his visit to UT, Carter met with the Chancellor of the University of Texas System, Bill McRaven. “At the University he met with the Institute on Domestic […] The post U.S.

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Master the Art to Finding the Right Referrals

Duct Tape Marketing

Master the Art to Finding the Right Referrals written by Guest Post read more at Duct Tape Marketing. photo credit: iStockPhoto. Referrals are an important part of any successful business and shouldn’t be overlooked. Referrals don’t just happen, though that would be wonderful. You need to be creative, persistent and implement a strategy to generate them.

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It’s April and the Fools are Doing Their Thing

SiliconHills

President Gregory L. Fenves’ appointed a special task force on efficiency led by “lame duck Student Body President Xavier Rotnofsky and lamer duck Vice President Rohit Mandalapu.” The Texas Comptroller issued a press release saying it plans to begin issuing #txcurrency with a $10 denomination featuring Willie Nelson. Texas will begin issuing #txcurrency with a […] The post It’s April and the Fools are Doing Their Thing appeared first on SiliconHills.

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Cleanliness Starts At The Top: How You Can Keep A Tidy Business

YoungUpstarts

by Cris Burnam , president of StorageMart. “Clean” isn’t a word often tied to business success. It’s not usually deemed as critical as developing high-quality products, setting competitive prices, or hiring the right talent. But the thing about clean is what it speaks: It speaks of trust, service, and reliability. Without saying a word, it tells customers that you pay attention to the finer details — that you’re going to do what you said you’d do when you s

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8 Reasons Online Dating Sites Are a Business Dead End

Startup Professionals Musings

Aspiring entrepreneurs often approach me as an angel investor, touting their innovative idea for yet another online dating site. I agree the need is out there, with over 91 million interested singles between the age of 19 and 45 around the world. Yet almost no one in this business makes any money, since it comes with a larger list of challenges than most other opportunities I see.

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What we can learn from street hawkers

Start Up Blog

I was in Shanghai China last week and had another experience with street vendors or ‘Hawkers’ The hot item that week seemed to be light flashing rolling heels for kids shoes. I lost count how many times I was approached to buy some. It got me thinking about what we can learn from their hustle. Lessons for Startups from Street Hawkers: It’s a numbers game.

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