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XYO Network: How Blockchain Is Navigating Location Tracking Into The Future

YoungUpstarts

From flying drones to autonomous vehicles that can navigate a shipment to your door within an hour of clicking “Buy!” — the future of eCommerce is looking pretty flash. …or at least it does up to that final, awkward step of the fulfillment cycle when your order is just waiting there, exposed to the world until you take physical possession of it.

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10 Investor Approaches To Avoid When You Need Funding

Startup Professionals Musings

Many new entrepreneurs are so excited by their latest idea that they can’t resist contacting every investor they know, assuming the investor will be equally excited and want to contribute immediately. Others will work hard on a business plan, and then mail it indiscriminately to every potential investor they can find on the Internet. Both of these approaches are a waste of your time and theirs.

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The Best Business Websites Have These 5 Things In Common

YFS Magazine

Your website requires certain pages to be successful. Here are the five key pages that are the most visited and the most important for a typical service-based business.

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Choke the Churn: How to Prevent Employee Turnover in Startup Businesses

Up and Running

I spent years as a manager at a startup company. In my time, I learned a thing or two about the importance of preventing employee turnover. Aside from the time-consuming tasks of screening potential employees, interviewing, and re-hiring , losing and replacing employees is expensive. On average, it costs nearly three times an employee’s salary to replace them.

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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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WordPress Errors: What You Need To Know

YoungUpstarts

Ever since the existence of WordPress about 13 years ago, this tool has been providing millions of people around the world with a safe and secure means to earn hundreds and thousands of dollars just by the power of their online presence. By helping people build their own websites, businesses, and careers online, this tool has lead to the revolution of online marketing with the help of its user-friendly and crisp features.

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International Women’s Day Feature: A MANIFESTO FOR STARTUPS TO REDEFINE GENDER ROLES

The Startup Magazine

In honor of this week’s International Women’s Day, we are republishing some of our most poignant The Startup Magazine articles by female contributors. The following on gender roles in the startup community was written and contributed by Marina Sarkisian. Thursday evening. Crowded venue. Free Beer. Hand shakes and visit cards. Standard procedure in the London Tech scene.

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Austinites represent at SXSW 2018

Austin Startup

Austin always has a strong presence at SXSW and this year is no different. Heather Brunner, Tim Ferriss, Mayor Adler, Whitney Wolfe, Kendra Scott, Andy Roddick, Rod Favaron, Bijoy, whurley… Here are some of the Austin startup community members that will be on stage who you should show up to support! Friday, March 9 Attracting VC Funding Outside Silicon Valley Panel with HomeAway founder Brian Sharples & Capital Factory Director Gordon Daugherty We do a lot of things differently in Texas, inc

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Algorithmic Lock In Effects

Eric Friedman

I view companies and entrepreneurs through my own lens, and have been developing my investment thesis for some time. Recently I have been thinking more about the software (vs. the wetware ). Specifically, thinking through services that use algorithms as a “lock in” mechanism. This started at the end of last year when I received the incredible summary from Spotify that shows minutes, songs, artists and more (see the official Spotify Wrapped if you use the service).

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How to Create Content That Stands Out and Gets Results

Duct Tape Marketing

How to Create Content That Stands Out and Gets Results written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing. Marketing Podcast with Garrett Moon. Podcast Transcript. My guest for this week’s episode of the Duct Tape Marketing Podcast is Garrett Moon. He is the CEO and co-founder of CoSchedule , the web’s most popular marketing calendar and the fastest growing startup in North Dakota.

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The VC Inclusion Clause #MovingForward

Both Sides of the Table

Upfront Ventures has a deep-seated commitment to equality in funding & building diverse teams across all ethnicities, nationalities and genders. We do this not just because it’s the right thing to do but also we believe it will help drive large and differentiated returns. In 2017 we began inserting an “Inclusion Clause” into our term sheets because we believe that the culture one establishes at the earliest stages of one’s business will set out the course of how it will grow and develop.

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Automate Moderation for your Crypto Community on Telegram

Austin Startup

Introducing CryptoMod.io While cryptocurrency and blockchain technology is in its early adoption phase, it’s imperative that the experience of the users doesn’t tarnish their outlook on the technology. Most of this bad UX comes from communication channels in the form of scammers, phishing attacks, bad bots, and spam. ?? Since blockchain/crypto companies are essentially startups with small teams, we saw this immediate need for automatic moderation within their communities and built CryptoMod.

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Thinking Of Going Into Business With A Friend? Here’s How To Make It Work

YoungUpstarts

by Derin Alemli, founder of Down Beats and Square Roots Kitchen. Jason and I met seven years ago through a mutual connection. When I first met Jason, we clicked right away. I could tell that he was motivated, smart, and not afraid of hard work. While we were both entrepreneurs, we operated in different realms. Jason ran a successful technology business and I was operating my own business, downbeats.

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The Good The Bad And The Ugly Of Funding From Friends

Startup Professionals Musings

In their passion to succeed, too many entrepreneurs treat friends and family investments as “low-hanging” fruit, only to find out later, after a stumble, that the pain of lost relationships is greater than the loss of their beloved startup. Other entrepreneurs never start their adventure, because they can’t face the prospect of even approaching friends and family for an investment kick-start.

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“Visibility” — A Powerful Lesson on DACA and The American Dream from @LeonKrauze

Both Sides of the Table

León Krauze from Univisión gave an impassioned keynote presentation at The Upfront Summit on the topic of “invisibility” of immigrant workers in our society. It moved people to tears, was widely Tweeted and several people asked me to share this video. Invisibility. The millions of immigrant workers who silently wash dishes in restaurants, are prep cooks, pick the agriculture that feeds us, build our houses, clean our houses, watch our kids and do our gardening are vilified as criminals by those

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Leadership Effectiveness By Gender

Austin Startup

In the spring of 2012, Harvard Business Review wrote an article titled ‘ Are Women Better Leaders then Men? ‘ bringing into review research data from Zenger Folkman, Inc. This research data negated the traditional view that women’s leadership strength lies in the nurturing aspect of managing people such as building relationships and nurturing others.

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7 Tips For Entrepreneurs To Become Better Leaders

YoungUpstarts

by Dr. Alok Trivedi, author of “ Chasing Success: Lessons in Aligned Performance “ An entrepreneur must stand tall with their shoulders back, and head held high to enter into the daunting throes of business leadership. It takes big vision and a determined nature to make it in this game. The skills of great leaders can be intimidating for many to take on, but with hard work and determination, it is possible.

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6 Ways To Incent Breakthrough Innovation In Your Team

Startup Professionals Musings

Breakthrough innovation is the dream of every entrepreneur, but it’s still a scarce commodity. Selecting and nurturing people who are likely to help you in this regard is an even more elusive capability, and one that every angel investor, like myself, wishes he could get a lock on. In fact, every manager and business owner needs this skill just to survive with today’s pace of change.

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How to restore brand credibility after having f *d up publicly

The Next Web

Social media is a place for brands to amplify their stories, humanize themselves, and connect with the people that make them what they are. More recently, it’s also become a stage for consumers to take brands to task for their missteps. As a social strategist and creative on the agency side for the better part of a decade, I’ve seen my share of digital crises and the aftermath.

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From Wall Street to Busboy — A Founder’s Passion To Do What It Takes

Austin Startup

I started my career as a software engineer on Wall Street. It didn’t take long to realize I had made a mistake. It took quite a bit longer to build up the courage to fix that mistake. In February of 2017, my wife and I decided to move from NYC to Austin, TX to allow me to work full-time on building my restaurant tech startup. I immediately set out to find a job at a restaurant to better understand how it operates.

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Calibrating Your Leadership GPS For The Era Of Hyper-Change

YoungUpstarts

by Jeff Piersall and Eric Wright, authors of “ Dogs Don’t Bark at Parked Cars: Your GPS in an Era of Hyper-Change “ The roadmap guiding leaders through the tangled interchanges of the business world is undergoing a complete re-calibration as it adapts to the era of hyper-change. While before, a leader’s ability and talent was the True North, now the needle points to less tangible qualities, such as engendering trust, harnessing synergy and clarifying a vision.

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6 Mindset Elements Required For Disruptive Startups

Startup Professionals Musings

One of the business ironies that many entrepreneurs have learned the hard way in the past is that ideas which are truly disruptive carry the highest risk of failure, take the longest to gain traction, and thus are the least likely to get external funding. So some entrepreneurs stick with incremental solutions, avoiding more transformational or adaptive solutions implying disruptive change.

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Toot toot: 6 top tips to tremendous traffic in 2018

The Next Web

I’ve found in my entrepreneurial efforts, and when I’ve consulted and mentored other companies, that a great product or service will only take you so far. Without the right marketing tools in place to back it up, that great idea will likely go overlooked and forgotten, no matter how fresh or exciting an idea it might be. Unsurprisingly, one of the best ways to get great results for your startup is taking steps to improve your web traffic.

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Entrepreneurs Need Support Networks Now More Than Ever

YFS Magazine

We are social beings. We live in an interconnected world. Even in today’s information age, the importance of collaborative networks has not diminished, but rather changed form.

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Leaders Can Be Principled And High-Performing At The Same Time – Here’s How

YoungUpstarts

by Tarra Mitchell, author of “ The Yoga of Leadership: A Practical Guide to Health, Happiness, And Inspiring Total Team Engagement “. Do you ever look at your organization’s C-suite or read about the things high-profile people say in the news and wonder where the principled leaders are? If so, you’re not alone: systematic leadership failures are deeply troubling.

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6 Growth Slowdowns That Can Quickly Lead To Disaster

Startup Professionals Musings

Every entrepreneur thinks he can relax a bit after his business model is proven, funding is in place, and revenues are scaling as projected up that hockey-stick curve. Unfortunately, the market is changing so fast these days that any upward climb can level off quickly, as the core business growth begins to stall. This S-Curve, with no correction, can quickly lead to disaster.

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How to Start a Business—Even If You’re Drowning in Debt

Up and Running

If you feel like debt is taking over your life, you need only take a look at household debt statistics from the New York Federal Reserve to see that you’re not alone. Student loan debt stands at more than $1.3 trillion, and credit card debt is on the rise. However, even if you feel like you’re drowning in debt, you don’t have to give up your dreams of starting a business.

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5 Ways To Master Your Brand’s Instagram Stories

YFS Magazine

We’re all still learning about Instagram Stories and how to master the art of engaging our audience with them. That said, I have personally seen the impact of Instagram Stories – and it is massive.

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3 Step Brand Makeover: Make Purpose Your Brand

YoungUpstarts

by John Izzo, PhD. and Jeff Vanderwielen, PhD., co-authors of “ The Purpose Revolution: How Leaders Create Engagement and Competitive Advantage in an Age of Social Good “ Today’s professionals and entrepreneurs are agile. You are experts in multi-tasking and are willing to take on multiple roles within an organization. Perhaps you’ve run out of time for a formal marketing campaign, so let’s just get started with a 3 step brand makeover.

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What is the most common legal mistake that attorneys see laypeople make?

Gust

Editor’s note: A Quora user recently asked, “What is the most common legal mistake that attorneys see laypeople make?” This great answer was written by Adam Nyhan, business attorney for Opticliff Law in Portland, ME, and is reposted here with his permission. I’m a business lawyer, so my answer will reflect the types of mistakes that clients of mine make.

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Hyperbolic Headlines About Silicon Valley

Feld Thoughts

The hyperbolic headlines are once again accompanying the articles about Silicon Valley. A Sunday NY Times article titled Silicon Valley Is Over, Says Silicon Valley kicks off what I expect is another wave of this. It references a recent Wired article titled Everyone Hates Silicon Valley, Except Its Imitators , Go read them all and then tune back in here.

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After 365 Days Of Mediation, This Is What Happened

YFS Magazine

Daily meditation has been a pivotal practice to stay creative, keep other people’s best interests at heart and keep my mind in a positive and rational state despite the constant setbacks the entrepreneurial journey throws your way.

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Use The Way Of The Samurai To Master Listening Techniques

YoungUpstarts

by Cash Nickerson, author of “ The Samurai Listener “ In any martial arts practice, failing to listen or be receptive means you’ll get hit – and possibly hurt. As a result, practitioners of martial arts focus keenly in their interactions with others to feel or sense what the opponent will do next. The combat arts can inform the workplace arts.

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How do you pay an early stage board?

Berkonomics

Give one percent equity to each outside board member vesting over four years of service. Many early stage CEOs and board members have asked for some guidance regarding pay and time commitments for board members. Here is my best advice, based upon many boards and many years. Pay early stage board members of companies that are not lifestyle businesses one percent of the fully diluted equity in the form of an option that vests over four years of service.

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VC Offsites – Our Approach

Feld Thoughts

I regularly get asked by other VCs about how we do our offsites. When we started Foundry Group in 2006, we had a very deliberate quarterly process in an effort to learn each other and become highly effective at working together. For the first three years, we were disciplined about the timing and process, used an outside facilitator , and always spent one night away together as a group.

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Does Your Brand Make Customers Feel At Home?

YFS Magazine

When you present your business to the world, do what the big guys can’t: Be more like an Airbnb rental. In other words, help people trust and connect with you on a human level.

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Becoming Licensed In Community Association Management

YoungUpstarts

There are many areas of real estate that do not require you to be an agent. One of those positions is a community association manager. These are professionals who complete a variety of tasks for communities with ownership in the property, such as condominiums cooperative apartment buildings. If you are interested in this career path, here are some things you will need to know about the job and how to get licensed.

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