Thu.Dec 27, 2018

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Risk, insanity, and the 50% startup rule

Berkonomics

Fifty percent of all businesses formed fail within the first two years. . There are many variations of this number since there are a number of ways to measure failure. But the number is a startling reminder that creating a business is not easy, nor is it any assurance of success. How to define “success” for a startup? After speaking with many entrepreneurs over the years, each defines success in his or her. unique way.

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6 Ways to Profit From Your Patent

Up and Running

You had a great idea for an invention, and after spending months brainstorming, filing, (waiting) and discussing the details with your patent attorney, your patent is granted. Filing for a patent isn’t cheap, so it makes sense that if you went to the trouble of protecting your idea, the next step is to figure out how to profit from it. According to Forbes , in 2014, 95 percent of the 2.1 million active patents weren’t licensed or commercialized: they didn’t generate any money.

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Passionate Entrepreneur, Before Your Marriage Goes Downhill, Read This

Women Entrepreneurs Can

We all know that one super busy, successful guy, let us name him Bill, that has just recently gotten divorced from his wife (or is about to). Or that very boring neighbor, Alice, that doesn’t stop complaining about her marital issues with her entrepreneurial-spirited husband that is never home. Considering that you are reading this, either you are Bill, or you have Alice for a wife.

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The Spending Power Of Millennials And Industries We’re Not Killing

YoungUpstarts

by Harsha Cuttari, CTO of AQUA Intelligence. From avocado toasts and pumpkin spice lattes to pricey Yeezys and international vacations, Millennials and their 200 billion-dollar buying power have a great deal of influence over the economy. But, how exactly are Millennials spending their money and to what extent do companies have power over them? Millennials are moving away from material objects and spending a lot more money on traveling.

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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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“Your Portfolio Is Your Path”

Haystack

You are the average of the five people you spend the most time with. You are what you eat. About a year ago, I tracked down a VC who gave a talk I heard about where he referenced the phrase “Your portfolio is your path,” it stuck out in my mind because amid all the noise, it was simple, brief, and yet still open to interpretation. We hung out and I asked him about the entire talk he gives (a subject for another post, if he agrees to it), but this one a small portion of it and I think

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Four New Year’s Resolutions Every Entrepreneur Should Set

YoungUpstarts

by Annalisa Parent , CEO of Laurel Elite Books and author of “ Storytelling for Pantsers “. With the New Year right around the corner, it’s a great time to start thinking about your resolutions. Everyone should set goals at the beginning of the year, so they have some idea of what it is that they want to accomplish. In other words, by setting goals you will solidify your long-term vision for what it is that you want to achieve.

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How To Start Your Own Successful Sports Business

YFS Magazine

The sports industry remains a lucrative; reportedly it will be worth $73.5 billion by 2019. That means there’s plenty of room to carve out your own niche.

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2018 ends with a bang for Swiggy; raises $1 B led by Naspers

Our Own Start-up

With the latest fundraise, the valuation of Swiggy has touched $3.3 billion.

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Final book cover and latest update on The 5-Day Turnaround

Jeff Hilimire

Thank you all for sharing your opinions on the various book cover options for The 5-Day Turnaround. I’m excited to share that this is the cover I’ve chosen: During each round of voting, this ‘style’ was the winner, with the yellow version technically receiving the highest number of votes, but not by a significant margin. Ultimately, I felt like this black version was the most versatile and would appeal to the widest audience.

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10 best places to place your small company’s logo

Our Own Start-up

Creating a business logo is one thing; using them to achieve your marketing goals is another.

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Risk, insanity, and the 50% startup rule

Berkonomics

Fifty percent of all businesses formed fail within the first two years. . There are many variations of this number since there are a number of ways to measure failure. But the number is a startling reminder that creating a business is not easy, nor is it any assurance of success. How to define “success” for a startup? After speaking with many entrepreneurs over the years, each defines success in his or her. unique way.

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The weird world of people as brands

Start Up Blog

The new year often brings career considerations. How will we position ourselves to take the next step? These days, this involves the nuanced world of personal branding. And while it makes many of us feel squeamish to think of ourselves as a brand, it’s not a new phenomenon. Before industrialisation, we were what we did. Just quickly scroll through the contacts list on your phone and there’s a chance you’ll see a few of the OG personal brands.