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7 Agility Initiatives To Keep Your Business Expanding

Startup Professionals Musings

Most small businesses have now forgotten the recent pandemic, and are back to “business as usual.” They don’t realize that business as usual is gone forever. With social media and smart phone apps, real product information spreads at astounding speeds. Entrepreneurs that are not listening, not engaging, and not changing are destined to be left behind even in the best of times.

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How Much Should You Personally Cover for Startup Costs?

Up and Running

Securing investment dollars is often the number one priority for entrepreneurs when starting a business. Many will seek outside support—angel investors, personal investors, venture capitalists, and peer-to-peer lenders generally top the list. However, each “type” of investor brings a different level of risk — and, let’s be honest, not all businesses are attractive to investors.

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Why You Need to Upgrade Your Business Technology

Women Entrepreneurs Can

Technology and software are essential components to the running of a modern organization. Without it, the company will simply not be able to perform in the modern world. The thing is, technology is advancing at a rapid rate, and what was once state-of-the-art will be old and surpassed. That means that every business needs to constantly review technology to ensure that they are not falling behind.

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5 Fast-Growing Industries For Freelancers

Transformify

Freelancing is a booming industry , and that's not going to change anytime soon. 50% of Gen-Z and 44% of Millennials are freelancers. With an ever-increasing demand for skilled workers on the outside, freelancing has never been more lucrative. Several factors are driving this growth: a skills shortage in specific fields and industries, low entry costs, and the flexibility of independent contractors.

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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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7 Steps To Making An Effective Decision in Business

Startup Professionals Musings

Based on my own experience working with business leaders in large organizations as well as small, success is all about making the right decisions at the right time. Some people believe it’s all about intuition and experience, while others are fanatics in gathering data, doing the analysis , and suppressing intuition and experience. I’m a proponent of always striking the right balance.

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9 Career Lessons Every Pro Needs To Know

YoungUpstarts

Robin Landa, author of "The New Art of Ideas: Unlock Your Creative Potential" shares some career lessons she's learned as a mother. The post 9 Career Lessons Every Pro Needs To Know appeared first on Young Upstarts.

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Burning Platform: The demise of the mainframe has been greatly exaggerated

deal architect

In the 79th episode of Burning Platform, we host Hari Candidai, SVP of Service Innovation and Thought Leadership at Origina. They are a third-party software maintenance company focused exclusively on providing IBM Support. As he says “Over the last decade.

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Businesses Need Your Input, But Can’t Read Your Mind

Startup Professionals Musings

Neither people nor computers can really help you as a personal assistant unless you are willing to share data about what you like, what you feel, and who and what’s important to you. Even the best technology can’t read your mind, which is why a simple Google search often gives frustrating and irrelevant results, and online advertisers bombard you with opportunities of no interest.

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Data Ingestion: Are You Feeding Your Machine The Right Information?

YoungUpstarts

Looking to manage data properly? A data ingestion framework is a vital part of any data pipeline and essential for data analytics. The post Data Ingestion: Are You Feeding Your Machine The Right Information? appeared first on Young Upstarts.

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Here’s How to Keep Your Perishable Goods Fresh During Shipping

The Startup Magazine

Shipping perishable goods is big business. The global cold chain market is expected to be worth $410 billion by 2028. Lots of people are shipping a lot of perishable items: fresh and frozen food, live animals and insects , medical supplies and biological materials, cut flowers, and more. . If you’re reading this, you may have an inkling that you can’t just throw perishable goods into a box and toss them in the mail.

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2022 National Parenting Product Awards Names Austin-based Happypillar as Best App

SiliconHills

Parenting is hard and parents often need help. Now an Austin-based startup, Happypillar has come up with a mental health aid for parents. Happypillar’s founders created a digital therapeutic app that teaches parents how to interact with their young children during playtime. The Happypillar app only requires five minutes a day and provides instant feedback […].

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8 Keys To Surviving and Thriving In This New Economy

Startup Professionals Musings

Entrepreneurs and startups are big believers in innovation, but sometimes they forget that innovation must be continual to assure long-term success, rather than the one big-bang idea that initiated their journey. By default, innovation in every business decreases over time, and continuous innovation requires ongoing initiatives and measures of customer perceived value.

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Building A Positive Image With Innovative PR Techniques

YoungUpstarts

From creating content to managing crises, public relations can support your company in building a sustained positive brand image. The post Building A Positive Image With Innovative PR Techniques appeared first on Young Upstarts.

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3 Ways Guest Posting Can Expand Your Online Audience

The Startup Magazine

In many ways, guest posting can help you expand your readership. It can increase brand recognition, your internet authority, and website traffic. But before you start guest writing, you must know a few things. You must understand your target audience and customer base to get the most out of guest content posting. If you want to reach teenagers, for instance, you have to write content that will attract them in a friendly, entertaining, and informative way.

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5 Key Reasons Why Every Small Business Needs Insurance

Up and Running

Are you looking to start your own business ? Have you thought about business insurance? Small business insurance is one of the most important and beneficial steps you can take to protect you and your business. Small businesses of any kind—food trucks, wedding photographers, estheticians, caterers, and everything in between—are susceptible to risks that can carry a hefty price tag.

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How to Attract New Customers and Drive More Sales with TikTok Marketing

ConversionXL

TikTok has evolved from a platform known for viral dance moves to a place of rapid product discovery. Brands big (like Ray-Ban ) and small (like Scrub Daddy ) have grown to millions of followers and seen exponential ROI. For ecommerce business owners and marketers, jumping on this bandwagon is different to jumping on Facebook and Instagram. In this article, you’ll learn how to gain traction on TikTok to grow awareness, traffic, and acquisition.

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How Incubators And Accelerators Work For Startups

YoungUpstarts

by Alejandro Cremades, author of “The Art of Startup Fundraising“ Entrepreneurs with an interesting business concept or Intellectual Property (IP) don’t always have the skills and relevant know-how to transform industry-disruptive ideas into commercially viable products. Aside from business know-how, they also need more funding than personal savings and contributions from close friends and family. […].

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Five Tips For Marketing Your Agency Services to the Cannabis Industry

crowdSPRING Blog

To build a niche marketing agency focused on the cannabis industry, focus on the right strategies. Here's what you should know.

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5 Important Resources You Can Use to Raise Capital for Your Startup

Gust

As a founder, you likely have a lot on your mind. Raising capital for your startup is probably near the top of your mental "to-do" list, but chances are you haven't really gotten around to starting on it just yet. It’s important to raise capital to support growth and scalability in the early stages. While it might be a stressful task, raising capital isn't really something you can leave on the back burner.

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Yoav Vilner, CEO & Co-founder of Walnut.io, No-Code Product Demo SAAS, Raises $35 Million Series B (VC EP35)

Entrepreneurs-Journey.com by Yaro Starak

Yoav Vilner is the co-founder and CEO of Walnut.io, a SAAS platform creating an entire new category of no-code, cloud-based, product demonstration technology. Walnut gives sales and marketing teams the ability to create stable interactive product demos and collect insights on their usage. They are growing very fast, as you will hear in this interview […].

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5 Ways To Make Your Startup A Talent Magnet 

YoungUpstarts

Making your startup a talent magnet isn’t difficult when you put your focus on candidates and how they can do their best for you while also finding satisfaction in their work for your company. The post 5 Ways To Make Your Startup A Talent Magnet appeared first on Young Upstarts.

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How to Tell a Compelling Brand Story for Your Business [Guide + Examples]

crowdSPRING Blog

Catch people's hearts and add color to your business by writing a compelling brand story. Master how to write one by reading this guide.

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Monday Motivation: Find Yourself Again | Success Tips For Greatness | Don’t Give Up

Hearpreneur

This motivational video is to help CEOs, entrepreneurs and business owners start the week off inspired to become great. Here are some takeaways from the video: Comebacks are always greater than setbacks. You can't let your failures define you, instead let them teach you. Take that next step everyday even when in difficult situations, don't hesitate.

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Small Business – 4 Reasons You’re Too Small to Fail

Mike Michalowicz

?. Mural by Luke Buchanan, Raleigh, North Carolina. It’s a bit bumpy lately, right? . While we’re all on this roller coaster, I want to remind you just how important your small business is. And, that you have some advantages that big business doesn’t have access to. How many small businesses are there? First, let’s stand up and applaud the fact that small businesses represent 90% of all businesses around the world, and 99% of all businesses in the United States.

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What Is An SEO Specialist?

YoungUpstarts

A SEO specialist can help you get your website on the first page of search engines, which, in turn, helps you get more traffic and leads. . The post What Is An SEO Specialist? appeared first on Young Upstarts.

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Client Onboarding Checklist for Agencies

crowdSPRING Blog

This comprehensive client onboarding checklist for agencies outlines what you need to deliver a stellar client experience.

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Jasper.AI is Austin’s Newest Unicorn Raising $125 Million at a $1.5 Billion Valuation

SiliconHills

Jasper, an AI content platform based in Austin, announced last week that the company raised a $125 million Series A funding round at a $1.5 billion valuation. The company harnesses artificial intelligence to help businesses and individuals create content. Its technology has been used in companies to help with blog posts and write and illustrate […].

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Oreo is turning back time to 2011 and MS Dhoni is helping them do so

Our Own Start-up

Our very own captain cool MS Dhoni along with Oreo, in the most brilliant sense is bringing back 2011 again. The post Oreo is turning back time to 2011 and MS Dhoni is helping them do so first appeared on Our Own Startup.

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Top 5 Features To Look For In Backup Software

YoungUpstarts

Manage and safeguard your data backup properly. Backup and recovery software can be a lifesaver in the event of a disaster. The post Top 5 Features To Look For In Backup Software appeared first on Young Upstarts.

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Is your WORK interfering with your JOB?

Berkonomics

So, what’s the difference? First, thanks to longtime reader and friend, Harley Kaufman, for the thought and title for this insight. He stated, “Too often it seemed our internal staff was more focused on getting the ‘work’ (daily tasks) done and not enough on the ‘job’ (supporting subordinates with resources and encouragement.)”. Wait. Had I been guilty?

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Mod Tech Labs Wins $1 Million in 43North Pitch Competition in Buffalo, New York

SiliconHills

Austin’s Mod Tech Labs won $1 million in the 43North pitch competition in Buffalo, New York last week. It was one of five companies that won $1 million each. All the winners must move to Buffalo for a year to participate in the 43North Y8 accelerator program in exchange for a 5 percent stake in […].

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Book Short: New Advice from an Old Friend

OnlyOnce

In 2005, I wrote a post called Unfolding the Map in which I looked at these two seemingly opposing philosophies from successful entrepreneurs: If you don’t have a map, you can’t get lost If you don’t have a map, you can’t get where you’re going. and tried to combine them when thinking about product roadmapping. The same contradiction and combination could be applied to anything, including coaching and development.

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Benefits Of Opting For A Business Location Well-Served By Public Transport

YoungUpstarts

Considering a new office? Research the surrounding area to make sure public transport links are plentiful for your new business location. The post Benefits Of Opting For A Business Location Well-Served By Public Transport appeared first on Young Upstarts.

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Repurposing Content for Impact – And Efficiency in Your Business

Mike Michalowicz

?. I used to think that if I shared one thing one time, the entire world would hear it. . Needlessly, I’ve worried that I’m repeating myself, prompting an eye roll from readers and audiences. I’m learning that just because you have said it before, doesn’t mean you should never say it again. This is a recent lesson I learned. A few weeks ago I hosted a workshop to teach small business owners how to navigate through a recession.

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30 Entrepreneurs Explain Their Motivation to Grow Their Business

Hearpreneur

Being an entrepreneur or business owner has its share of ups and downs. While the downs can be pretty low the ups always seem to triumph for a true entrepreneur at heart. Milestones are what entrepreneurs and business owners work towards. Once you finally reach a certain point then reflection can truly begin. Finding the motivation in growing your business keeps it from becoming stale in the long run.

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“As a Senator, the first project I’d tackle would be immigration.” Me! in Conversation with Sar Haribhakti

Hunter Walker

I love doing quick Five Question Interviews to learn more about people in my community. Sar Haribhakti took it a bit further?—?I think he does closer to 15 questions ?—?but enjoyed being on the other side of the table for this Q&A (“ Coffee brew, political takes, and shop talk with Hunter Walk of Homebrew ”.