August, 2019

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How to Write a Top-Notch Business Plan for Your Startup

The Startup Magazine

Many people dream of setting up their own business. However, these people often fail at the execution because they don’t properly plan for their startups. Some of the most common reasons for startup failure include lack of market need, a wrong product, and ineffective marketing. By using a free business plan template and developing it in detail before you take any significant steps, you can focus on the right areas and identify any flaws before you make an investment.

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How Diversity Can Increase Innovation And Growth In Your Business

YoungUpstarts

by Zeynep Ilgaz, Chief Executive Officer of Confirm BioSciences. It’s no secret that many industries like tech and biopharma have struggled with diversity. In the annual 2017 Fortune 500 listing, including ten ranked biopharmaceutical companies , not one was led by a female CEO or had a female Chairman of the Board. These companies aren’t just creating a gender gap – they are missing an opportunity to increase innovation and drive business growth by neglecting to deploy greater diversity through

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6 Myths On Starting A New Business That Can Kill You

Startup Professionals Musings

Starting a new business is fraught with challenges, and none of us has the bandwidth to kill them all. As an advisor to business owners, and an occasional angel investor, my job is to separate the actual challenges from the common misconceptions that distract many promising entrepreneurs while building the leadership team required for your solution, marketing, and finance success.

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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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How to Develop a Clearly Defined Cloud Strategy

ReadWriteStart

Cloud adoption is picking up steam and for a good reason. There are myriad advantages to running a business in the cloud and fewer risks than ever before. According to a LogicMonitor survey, 83% of enterprise workloads will be cloud-based by 2020. While the odds are good that your business could reap significant benefits, cloud adoption isn’t as easy as flipping a switch.

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How to Make Your Google Search Snippets More Clickable

ConversionXL

An alarming digital marketing trend should scare all online publishers: Organic traffic from Google is vanishing: Google’s latest search elements (featured snippets and People Also Ask) steal clicks from organic listings. The first three positions account for over 50% of clicks. This means that you’re still “buried” on the bottom or middle of Page 1.

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6 Time-Saving Social Media Tools For Startups

YoungUpstarts

by Chris Makara , founder of Bulkly. When you’re running a startup, pennies aren’t the only thing you’re pinching. You’re squeezing every last minute out of your day to “get it all done”, to tackle the to-do list that seems to always be growing. But effective social media marketing takes planning, scheduling, monitoring, engaging, liking…all of which take up more of the time you don’t have to spare.

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5 Tips to Gain From People Who Don’t Think Like You

Startup Professionals Musings

One thing we all have to learn in business is how to work with and lead people that are not like you , and don’t think like you. In my experience as a business advisor, that’s probably the biggest hurdle to success encountered by every new business owner. Your biggest challenge may be members of your own family, some of your best customers, or a key business partner or investor.

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Top 10 Most Expensive Mistakes New Restaurant Owners Make

Up and Running

Every new restaurant business owner is bound to make mistakes. Some will be costly, but if you can keep your sense of humor and learn from those mistakes, your business (and your attitude) will benefit in the long run. . You’ve launched your new restaurant and you’re starting to see customers, but running a restaurant is serious business, especially because your financial livelihood is most likely tied up in startup costs. .

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The Evolution of Startups in India — The Story Up Until Now

ReadWriteStart

Before we take a plunge into the Startup culture of India, let us first try understanding what exactly a startup is, and how does it function? Then we will tell the evolution of startups in India and the story until now. What is a Startup? Investopedia defines a startup as “a young company that is just beginning to develop.” A startups seeds are sown and sprouted either because the founder(s) have come up with a unique solution with a product (like a software or a physical product) or service.

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Propensity Modeling: Using Data (and Expertise) to Predict Behavior

ConversionXL

C.F. Kettering once said, “My interest is in the future because I am going to spend the rest of my life there.”. When we look at data and analytics, we’re focused on the past. How did we do last quarter? What happened H1 2019? And how does that compare to H1 2018? How well did landing pages X, Y, and Z convert last Monday at 1:03 p.m.? (I’m kidding, I’m kidding.).

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5 Strategies for Starting a Successful Solo Law Firm

The Startup Magazine

I have been practicing family law in Somerset County, NJ for over 25 years as a solo practitioner, and I want to share my perspective on starting a solo law firm with you. Yes, I am a female attorney. But lest you think this will be all about dealing with discrimination and chauvinism, let me assure you, that is not my focus or even a prime area of concern for me.

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A Startup Founder’s Guide To Reducing Risk

YoungUpstarts

The concept of risk is interesting, to say the least. The idea of risk keeps us honest and ensures we don’t make foolish decisions. In this regard, it’s a good thing. But the consequences of risk realized are painful and costly. In this sense, risk can be deadly. . As a startup founder with a fledgling business, the goal is to reduce/eliminate as many risk variables as possible in order to give your young startup an unimpeded runway to fly to new heights.

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7 Delusions About Business Ethics Limit Future Growth

Startup Professionals Musings

New entrepreneurs tend to focus only on getting the product right, and assume that the right culture and ethics will come later simply by hiring good people. In fact, they need an early focus on developing their moral compass, as well as setting the right ethical tone. Building an ethical business is more than just compliance and meeting legal requirements, and it has big paybacks.

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How to Form a Corporation

Up and Running

If you’ve decided to incorporate as a C corporation, S corporation, or B corporation entity, this article will outline all the steps you’ll need to take. It’s common to feel a bit lost or overwhelmed at this stage, but with this guide, you’ll gain confidence in your ability to create your new business entity and get back to the work you love. We’ll review some new language and concepts in this process, but once you’re done, you may never need to think about this stuff again. .

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The Importance of Diversity on Boards

Board Effect

For a long time, boardrooms were commonly jovial, affable places where board directors were like-minded and knew each other well. An agreeable atmosphere is certainly nice, but it can cause some unintentional problems. Where everyone usually agrees, everyone tends to continue to agree and the group becomes exceedingly insular. Tight-knit boards often feel like they have an obligation to go along with the CEO or the executive director for various reasons.

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The next phase of innovation

Start Up Blog

Innovation doesn’t have to include a microchip, be a consumer gadget, come from private industry, generate profits, or even be a physical thing. If we can agree on these truths and what innovation is, then we can usher in a long over due, different type of innovation. So what is innovation? . Here’s the Sammatron definition: The implementation of better solutions to meet existing market desires, new market requirements, and even unarticulated needs.

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PDF Conversion for Business- Facts and Advantages You Should Know

The Startup Magazine

Portable Document Format, also known as PDF, is a system that was developed in the early 1990s to make document sharing easier. It was designed at the time when sharing a document between two computers with different operating systems (OS) was often problematic. When a document was transferred, the format was changed to adapt to the receiving operating system, creating serious difficulties in reading and understanding the information located within.

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Startups: How To Apply For (And Win!) Business Awards

YoungUpstarts

by Caroline Pegden, co-founder of TempaGoGo. One of the biggest problems facing any entrepreneur is how to convince people that your idea, product or service is as great as you personally believe it to be. There are different ways of achieving this, but winning a Business Award is one of the most powerful and long-lasting in its effects. On the night of the ceremony itself, you might have the chance to network with 500+ people in and across your niche, and gain valuable interactions on Twitter a

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6 Keys To Marketing That Many Entrepreneurs Overlook

Startup Professionals Musings

Marketing is everything these days. You can have the best technology, but if customers don’t know you exist, or they don’t know how your technology solves a real problem for them, your startup will fail. Yet I see many technology entrepreneurs that focus on the basics of marketing too little and too late. They skimp on the design of their website, procrastinate on the rollout to make sure the product is perfect, and get so excited about technology features that they forget about creating value f

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7 Ways Small Companies Can Out-Innovate Big Corporations

Up and Running

Innovation has the power to drive even the smallest businesses to success, but is it enough to help them take on the biggest corporations? It’s not an easy question to answer, yet all we need to do is remember that plenty of companies running the world today started as small enterprises. The visionaries behind these companies were innovators. They hit on winning formulas and the rest, as they say, is history. .

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Nonprofit Board Committee Structure

Board Effect

Even when you have good people all around on a nonprofit board, the structure of the board and committees is important to the health and sustainability of the operation. Well-chosen board officers enhance an existing good nonprofit board committee structure. Since much of a board’s work is done in committees, the structure of standing and ad hoc committees can make a big difference in how much work the board can accomplish.

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Growing a Profitable Marketing Consulting Practice: My First Year as a Duct Tape Marketing Consultant

Duct Tape Marketing

Growing a Profitable Marketing Consulting Practice: My First Year as a Duct Tape Marketing Consultant written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing. My first interaction with John Jantsch was in April of 2016 at the annual Social Media Marketing World conference in San Diego, CA. I had just begun my digital marketing consulting business a few months prior and, to be honest, hadn’t read his popular book Duct Tape Marketing nor did I know anything about running a successful marketing bu

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5 Mistakes Business Owners Encounter When Starting A Business

The Startup Magazine

No startup business encounters seas like glass forever. The waters of the business world can be quite turbulent at times, but like sailors reading the clouds to determine coming weather patterns, your SMB can prepare in advance for known issues. Following, we’ll examine five common issues a business owner encounters when starting out. Image by rawpixel from Pixabay.

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5 Reasons For Making An Investment Club Your Next Side Hustle

YoungUpstarts

by Thomas Beattie, CEO of Voleo. When you hear about investments, stocks, trading, bulls and bears, you might feel a bit intimidated, even confused. It’s understandable. Without enough money, knowledge or confidence, it can be tough to get started. The stock market has historically been a long-term source of wealth creation, but due to a widening wealth gap, has become largely inaccessible to young people.

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5 Stages In Leading Paradigm Shift Levels Of Change

Startup Professionals Musings

A refrain I often hear from technology entrepreneurs to investors is that their product or solution is so innovative that it will cause a “paradigm shift” in the industry. Their assumption is that customers and investors will be wowed by this into buying, ignoring the evidence that large-scale change takes a long time, most often fails, and scares away customers and investors alike.

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Time for Oracle Nation?

deal architect

I have analyzed Oracle applications business since the early 90s - first at PwC, then Gartner, now at Deal Architect. I have long been a Larry Ellison admirer, much less so of his company's applications.

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What Should Not Be Included in Board Meeting Minutes?

Board Effect

Writing board meeting minutes is such a common task that there’s a risk of not giving it the due diligence it deserves. While writing board meeting minutes is a common task, minute-takers should never underestimate their importance. It’s crucial that minute-takers remember the purpose of taking meeting minutes. First and foremost, meeting minutes provide a legal record of board activity.

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Finding Your Brand’s Purpose

Duct Tape Marketing

Finding Your Brand’s Purpose written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing. Marketing Podcast with Jeff Fromm. Podcast Transcript. Today on the Duct Tape Marketing Podcast, I speak with Jeff Fromm, president of FutureCast, partner at the ad agency Barkley , and author of the upcoming book The Purpose Advantage: How to Unlock New Ways of Doing Business.

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Enhance your career with a PMP® Certification

The Startup Magazine

Project Management Professional® or PMP® is one of the significant and rewarding industry-recognized certifications for project managers. A PMP® certified individual can easily work for any industry regardless of its geographical location. The essence of a PMP® Certification is necessarily global. The PMP® has countless benefits when it comes to money-making potential and increments.

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How To Create An Amazing And Marketable Website

YoungUpstarts

by Neil Sheth, founder of Your Brand Found. A successful website has the power to take your business to an entirely new level, one that opens up many exciting business opportunities. After all, it is your website that serves as your virtual shop window, allowing you to show off your products and services in the best light possible to new and potential customers.

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10 Realities Today Cause Startups To Bypass An IPO

Startup Professionals Musings

In the old days, every entrepreneur dreamed of easily taking their startup public, and making it big. Today the rate of startups going public (IPO – Initial Public Offering) is up from the dead zone, but is still half the rate back before 2000. Smart entrepreneurs are just now starting to look at this option again, due to its unpredictability and the challenges of running a public company.

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The "Glo-ver" phase in enterprise apps

deal architect

I don't mean to pick on NetSuite but it is one of the oldest cloud apps vendors - born as it was in 1998. Over 21 years, you would think it would have a fuller global footprint. Especially since it.

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Audit Committee Responsibilities for a Nonprofit Board

Board Effect

Nonprofit organizations have much liberty to organize themselves so long as they remain in compliance with laws and regulations. Nonprofit boards have the option of forming an audit committee or handling the duties of an audit committee through the executive committee or the whole board. Ultimately, the board is responsible to ensure that their nonprofit follows through on its audit committee responsibilities.

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How to Discover and Embrace Your Creative Side

Duct Tape Marketing

How to Discover and Embrace Your Creative Side written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing. Marketing Podcast with Tania Katan. Podcast Transcript. Today on the Duct Tape Marketing Podcast, I visit with Tania Katan. She is a speaker, bestselling author, and CEO of Creative Trespassing. She’s dedicated her life to embracing creativity and teaching others to do the same.

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Tech Focus: Rapid Application Development in Healthcare

The Startup Magazine

A strong and competent healthcare industry is a must-have in every community. Access to quality healthcare is a basic necessity to life. Without it, lots of people will lose their lives. That is why lots of effort is made to improve the healthcare industry. In this age of technological advancement and digital transformation, we can still see areas of healthcare lagging behind.