Startup Professionals Musings
SEPTEMBER 19, 2020
Traditional marketing says you have to “push” your message out to customers, over and over again, to get you remembered. A more effective approach in today’s Internet and interactive culture is to use “pull” technology to bring customers and clients to your story. You pull people in by providing new content with real value on your website at least every few days.
YoungUpstarts
SEPTEMBER 23, 2020
Surely each of us have had difficult financial situations. We urgently needed money, but there was no one to borrow it from. Now the problem can be solved through a worthy online payday loans service. All you need in this case is to issue a loan online to the card. Benefits of Online Payday Loans. Online payday loans processing is popular at the present.
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ConversionXL
SEPTEMBER 23, 2020
Consumer shopping behaviors have changed dramatically since the onset of the coronavirus pandemic, with ecommerce retailers seeing unprecedented growth in traffic and sales. While retail stores are slowly beginning to reopen, many consumers have made online shopping their new default. Some 71% of U.S. adults plan to do more than half of their holiday shopping digitally this year.
The Startup Magazine
SEPTEMBER 21, 2020
Here’s another from The Startup Magazine Founder Interview Series. We interviewed Mr. Abraham Gin, an entrepreneur, business coach, and CEO of Gin Consulting Group , which provides unique leadership development and training platforms. Abraham serves his clients with both forward-looking business growth strategy and digital marketing through leadership applications partners.
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
Up and Running
SEPTEMBER 24, 2020
The lack of market need is the main reason why most startups fail. Business owners invest a lot into building a good product, marketing it properly , and onboarding a solid team. But what if there’s no interest? . Often, the expenses on development and maintenance of the business are higher than the potential of the product — and that’s, unfortunately, completely normal.
YoungUpstarts
SEPTEMBER 24, 2020
by Joanna Swash, CEO of Moneypenny. In business, a crisis like COVID 19 forces us to be creative, innovate, adapt, and do things differently. It allows us to become better at what we do, whether we are a start-up and SME or a multi-national. Whatever your size, here are 5 tips to ensure you deliver exceptional customer service during these unsettling times: Use your data to make informed decisions.
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The Startup Magazine
SEPTEMBER 22, 2020
The growth of social networking, the spread of mobile devices, and the advances in the use of cloud computing have changed how people consume content from the news and media industry. This can be seen from the rapid rise of media outlets such as Amazon, Netflix, and YouTube among others. This change has presented a challenge for the news and media companies to adopt digital technologies for their business operations.
Board Effect
SEPTEMBER 23, 2020
Strong leadership is vital for nonprofits and succession planning helps you maintain that. Key board members and executive leaders play key roles in the health of your organization. Often, it’s only when a key leader is absent that board members, staff members, and volunteers realize just how greatly the organization depends on just one leader. At such a time, the gap in leadership can be glaring and disconcerting.
YoungUpstarts
SEPTEMBER 21, 2020
Finding a startup team is always a problem when it comes to hiring a programmer. How to facilitate the search and choose the optimal time and result option? We will consider several options for hire developers for the new project and the nuances of each: recruitment services, freelancers, eFreelance Development Team, outsourcing through a web company.
Steve Blank
SEPTEMBER 24, 2020
We just had our first week of our new national security class Technology, Innovation and Modern War. Given the tech-centricity of Stanford and Silicon Valley, Joe Felter , Raj Shah and I thought it was natural to design a class to examine the new military systems, operational concepts and doctrines that will emerge from 21st century technologies – Space, Cyber, AI & Machine Learning and Autonomy.
Startup Professionals Musings
SEPTEMBER 23, 2020
A continuing question I hear from young entrepreneurs is whether a university degree is important to startup success, or just a distraction in achieving their purpose in the world. They are quick to point out that many of today’s top entrepreneurs, including Evan Williams (Twitter), Bill Gates (Microsoft), and Mark Zuckerberg (Facebook), dropped out of school to get on with their dreams.
deal architect
SEPTEMBER 22, 2020
I have been doing video interviews with a number of C-level execs and practitioners about acrobatics they have been seeing in various vertical sectors during the COVID-19 crisis and the "New normal" they can expect as the economy wakes up.
YoungUpstarts
SEPTEMBER 22, 2020
Many people wish they could work as a freelancer. Freelancers have full control over their professional lives; they are their own boss. If you have a marketable skill, you can provide it on a freelance basis. If you want to try and make it as a freelance lawyer, these are the steps you need to take. Decide What Kind Of Lawyer You Want To Be. Before you can start working towards obtaining the relevant qualifications and certification to practice law, you need to know what kind of lawyer you want
View from Seed
SEPTEMBER 23, 2020
After building NextView for almost 10 years now, I’ve been having more conversations recently with first time managers looking for some tactical advice. Raising one’s first fund is hard, and there are always a plethora of voices that will tell you that it’s impossible for many different reasons. I am by no means a sales or fundraising expert, but I’ve learned a bunch of lessons going through this process several times now.
Startup Professionals Musings
SEPTEMBER 21, 2020
I realized a while back that creating a new company for the first time is a lot like whipping up a great dinner entrée for the first time – you need a recipe, even though it may look simple. You know the basic ingredients, and you can visualize the results you want. Yet you may not be so sure where to start, and how to put it all together. In all cases, don’t skip the basic training.
Women Entrepreneurs Can
SEPTEMBER 23, 2020
Stuttering is a speech-disorder that affects well over 70 million people worldwide. Stutterers form nearly 1% of the human population. During your entrepreneurial journey, there is a good chance that you will come across job applicants who stutter. Due to numerous misconceptions surrounding speech disfluencies exhibited by people who stutter (PSW) as well as lack of information on what it means to hire PWS, entrepreneurs and hiring managers are often reluctant to hire them.
YoungUpstarts
SEPTEMBER 23, 2020
Running a business can be both challenging and rewarding, irrespective of the fact whether the business is a side-hustle or a full-time gig. You need to put in a lot of work and determination to build and grow your business. So, have you considered getting protection for your business? Numerous risks are associated with running a business successfully.
Steve Blank
SEPTEMBER 24, 2020
We just had our first week of our new national security class Technology, Innovation and Modern War. Given the tech-centricity of Stanford and Silicon Valley, Joe Felter , Raj Shah and I thought it was natural to design a class to examine the new military systems, operational concepts and doctrines that will emerge from 21st century technologies – Space, Cyber, AI & Machine Learning and Autonomy.
Startup Professionals Musings
SEPTEMBER 20, 2020
In the world of entrepreneurs and startups, high level relationships are everything. You can’t start a business alone. You need partners, team members, investors, vendors, and customers. But people don’t realize that all relationships are not the same. There are people you only recognize on the street, business friends, and then close friends whom you can always count on to help.
deal architect
SEPTEMBER 20, 2020
Continuing the series of conversations Brian Sommer and I have been having on hot enterprise topics. Episode 2 of the Burning Platform series discusses impressive quarters many software vendors delivered smack in the middle of a COVID-19 induced recession. We.
YoungUpstarts
SEPTEMBER 23, 2020
Keywords are the concrete foundations of your website that hold it all together. Keyword research tools help you find the phrases your users are typing into Google and you probably have a favorite tool already. Maybe your go-to tool is one of the tools everyone else uses; Ahrefs, Moz, SEMrush, etc. Each tool has its own advantages and fans. Each tool offers a unique insight into what keywords mighty prove profitable to you.
VC Cafe
SEPTEMBER 21, 2020
The tech industry is obsessed with the consumer subscription model, or B2C SaaS. Netflix, Amazon Prime, Spotify, Peloton, are just a few examples of services that millions of people in the Western world subscribe to. In fact, 90% of the top grossing apps are subscription based across all categories: education, fitness, dating, music, wellness, personal finance, etc.
Startup Professionals Musings
SEPTEMBER 25, 2020
The world keeps changing, and visible business strategies that worked well in the past, including being the premium brand or low price producer, simply don’t get the customer loyalty they once did. Today, customers are looking for real relationships, a memorable shopping experience, and satisfaction of a higher purpose. They follow leaders who live and promote these strategies.
The Startup Magazine
SEPTEMBER 22, 2020
Technology has brought much change into our lives. It made our work easier and our free time more enjoyable. The key to living in harmony with technology is not to let it blur the lines between our personal and professional lives. The good news is that tech even has the potential to help us improve our work-life balance. If you use it the right way, it can free you up some time and save you energy.
YoungUpstarts
SEPTEMBER 25, 2020
Every professional UX/UI design agency has a set of principles that the team follows in order to be more productive and connected. If your design team does not follow any rules and is immersed in chaos, this post might help you. Let’s dive in. . The Two Main Principles of Productive UX/UI Design Teamwork: 1. Design Systematization. When creating and developing a product, a UX or UI design agency uses different solutions and techniques that help fight primary chaos.
VC Cafe
SEPTEMBER 23, 2020
Pitchbook Data released a new report on the state of Private Capital in Israel 2020 , covering private equity and venture capital. I’ll focus on VC only here as it’s the core focus of this blog. In 2010, VC funds in Israel had over $10 billion of assets under management, by 2017, that number had grown to over $36 billion. The growth is underpinned in part by the availability of Israeli banks’ networks, the lack of a central bank to act as a regulator and the fact that the gover
David Cohen
SEPTEMBER 19, 2020
Someone asked me the other day “How many unicorns has Techstars funded?” When I asked them to guess they said “2 or 3.” I told them it was closer to ten. Actually, there are currently eleven. Here’s quick review of the eleven companies valued at $1B or more that Techstars has funded to date. These are sorted by the year that we funded them.
The Startup Magazine
SEPTEMBER 23, 2020
If you’re running a business that involves the use of computers and the Internet, then, you have to know about engagement analytics. This is, basically, a way for a company to track the performance of their web pages and blogs, as well as a way for them to make sure that they’re making the most out of their advertising. Engagement analytics can help companies determine the effectiveness of their marketing campaigns.
YoungUpstarts
SEPTEMBER 21, 2020
by Derek Halpern , Senior Vice President of Sales for Nvoicepay. Paying suppliers by check is a practice that has endured for much longer than anyone would have imagined. For a while, it looked like COVID-19 might be the tipping point for companies to go completely electronic. After an initial push in that direction, however, many accounts payable departments still send their workers into the office to process invoices and manage the manual check process.
Growthink Blog
SEPTEMBER 25, 2020
To be filed firmly in the categories of the rich get richer and it does usually make sense to be both lucky and good, most people don’t know that Jeff Bezos was one of the early investors in Google. Yes, that Jeff Bezos. Founder of Amazon.com and #1 on the Forbes’ 400 list with a […]. The post The Story of Jeff Bezos’ $250,000 Investment into Google in 1998 appeared first on Growthink.
YFS Magazine
SEPTEMBER 22, 2020
Leidy Mazo, the rising Miami-based pop artist behind coveted pop art paintings and large contemporary 3D sculptures, talks with YFS Magazine.
The Startup Magazine
SEPTEMBER 23, 2020
If we were to pose the question ‘what is a business?’, how would you answer? Odds are you will give a concise answer regarding the economic institution operating within the capitalist framework. That is the right answer if you are finishing your BCom. In the real world of business, you may find this description somewhat lacking. In reality, a business becomes an entity in more than just commerce; it is a living, breathing constructs formed from the collaboration of individual people and their j
YoungUpstarts
SEPTEMBER 22, 2020
Nowadays, the majority of organizations and great companies make use of bitcoin payments. It is because they save a fair amount of money by doing so as there are no taxes or transaction fees. Not only is this, but the same way of making payments is also more comfortable and simpler than when making payments with other currencies. Apart from the same, there are plenty of other benefits present when anyone makes a deal with the same cryptocurrency.
SiliconHills
SEPTEMBER 25, 2020
Babson Diagnostics has closed on $13.7 million in funding. Siemens Healthineers, Prism Ventures, Genesis Merchant Capital, and Lago Consulting Group led the Series A funding. In addition to the funding news, Babson has also appointed David Stein, Ph.D., former head of global strategy and innovation at Siemens Healthineers to CEO. Eric Olson, Babson’s founder, and […].
Growthink Blog
SEPTEMBER 19, 2020
Everyone knows that perseverance is important. You’ve probably heard the quote “If at first you don’t succeed, try again” or seen the commercial that talks about falling down 7 times and standing up 8. The lesson, of course, is that few people achieve anything great without first overcoming a few obstacles. Preaching about the importance […]. The post 7 Entrepreneurs Whose Perseverance Will Inspire You appeared first on Growthink.
The Startup Magazine
SEPTEMBER 19, 2020
If you’re looking to set up a business, it’s in your best interest to know what the most economically friendly legal structure for your potential company should be. The Houston Chronicle notes that up to 627,000 new businesses open every year. Depending on which state your business opens in, different tax laws will apply to your company.
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