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Forget AI, These Three Ethics Can Bring Your Business Bang Up To Date In 2020

YoungUpstarts

2020 looks set to be a year of significant change. As well as marking the end of yet another decade, this milestone spells the most extreme business changes we’ve seen since tech started taking over. Within months, businesses will be using AI and business intelligence (BI) on such a vast scale that we really will feel like we’ve gone back to the future.

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10 Positive Signs For Starting Your Own Business Now

Startup Professionals Musings

With the current strong economy I’m seeing a continued resurgence of entrepreneurial spirit, and more startup activity than ever before. I believe the days of the “job work” mentality are thankfully waning, with more people looking to get satisfaction by making the world a better place, rather than just tolerating brain-numbing work to fund enjoyment elsewhere.

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7 Surprising Findings from Workfront’s Annual State of Work Report

deal architect

A guest column from Steven ZoBell, Workfront Chief Product and Technology Officer. In his role at Workfront, Steve leads the engineering and platform hosting and operations organizations and works closely with the product and services teams to evolve the technology.

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10 Basic Responsibilities of Board Members

Board Effect

All organizations are unique in their own right. Even so, every board of directors has some of the same basic fundamental responsibilities. Organizations may operate for profit or charity. They may be membership-based or non-membership based. Organizations may be new or long-standing. They may have a strong financial base or they may be a struggling start-up.

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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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[Interview] Kevin Hobbs Of Vancouver’s Vanbex Group

YoungUpstarts

Kevin Hobbs is a Canadian entrepreneur and experienced executive working in the blockchain and cryptocurrency space. As CEO of Vanbex Group, a professional services and development company specializing in everything blockchain, Kevin’s mission is to further the education and adoption of blockchain, DLT, and Smart Contract technology into everyday real world applications.

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12 Ways to Stay on Top of Your Business Finances

Up and Running

Savvy entrepreneurs make time to review their business’s books regularly. Even if you’re not the one doing the daily, weekly and monthly accounting tasks, it’s good to keep your finger on the pulse of how your business is doing financially. However, it can be difficult to find room on your to-do list for this tedious but important task.

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The Role of the Board of Directors in Strategic Management

Board Effect

Boards and managers don’t agree on everything but they both agree that they need a strategic plan. One thing that they don’t always agree on is how to clarify the role of the board and the role of management in developing and implementing the strategic plan. The central question is who actually sets the strategy. Some believe the board sets it and some believe the board waits for management to set it so they can approve it.

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When Is It Time For Your Startup To Stop Relying On In-House Accounting?

YoungUpstarts

by Ryan Stevens, head of operations for Clutch. As your business grows, you may no longer have time or expertise to effectively manage your finances. According to Score, 40% of small business owners say bookkeeping and taxes are the worst part of owning a business. The demands of bookkeeping can leave you short on time for meaningful work. As accounting becomes more complex, you may overlook the broader financial trends and areas of opportunity for your business.

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18 Entrepreneurs Reveal The Pivot They’re Making in Their Business in 2020

Hearpreneur

Every new year brings with it a new form of excitement and anticipation. The reason is that every new year brings about a “newness” for lack of a better term when we are able to start fresh and change those things that we did bad or things we have been thinking about doing. For us at CEO Blog Nation, we get it. So that’s why we are excited about 2020 because there will be more and more entrepreneurs and businesses.

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Creating a Data Strategy for Your Business

Women Entrepreneurs Can

One of the most valuable commodities that businesses deal in these days is data. Every company uses it, whether it is for securely storing customer service information, data surrounding stock and sales, or any other type of digital information. With the world being so reliant on technology, the way that your company manages its data is more important than ever.

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Transcript of Why Page Speed Matters on Your Website

Duct Tape Marketing

Transcript of Why Page Speed Matters on Your Website written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing. Back to Podcast. Transcript. John Jantsch: This episode is a Duct Tape Marketing Podcast, and is brought to you by pixelz.com. You’ve got to make those images look great. If you want them to pop, if you want them to represent your products, this is a retouching service to make your images look great.

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5 Modern Ways To Make Your Product Uniquely Memorable

Startup Professionals Musings

Every entrepreneur believes that their product or service is memorable, and that every customer will quickly see the advantage over competitors. Yet true product differentiation in the eye of the customer is rarely achieved. According to an old but still relevant survey by Bain & Company , 80% of businesses believe they have differentiated offerings, but only 8% of customers agree.

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Okay, enough of the silliness about SAP

deal architect

I am stealing words about silliness from my friend, Bob Evans as he recounts here Larry Ellison's comments about competitors during the recent Oracle earnings call. Larry was particularly vocal about SAP's vulnerability. My response to SAP competitors (many whisper.

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Want Your Online Business to Boom?

Women Entrepreneurs Can

Launching a successful online business gives you the opportunity to run your own firm, implement a flexible schedule and generate a high amount of income. What’s more, it gives you the chance to do something you’ve always dreamed of. To ensure success, however, you’ll need to ensure that your incomings exceed your outgoings. If you want your online business to boom, check out these top tips to increase your profit margins…. 1.

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What to expect when your team grows from 10 to 20 people

Spencer Fry

I've been a guest on a few podcasts recently and one of the things that keeps coming up are the changes a company goes through when growing from 10 to 20 people — which is exactly what happened at Podia during 2019 (well, 9 to 19 people to be exact ?? ). I’d like to share a few of the things that happened during this time and what you can expect if you’re experiencing similar growth.

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5 Pivotal Decisions That Define A Great Entrepreneur

Startup Professionals Musings

Most aspiring entrepreneurs are convinced that the strength of their initial idea somehow defines them as a leader, as well as the success potential of their derivative business. In my experience, it’s a lot more complicated than that. It takes leadership ability, as well as a good idea, to make a successful entrepreneur, and great leaders evolve from key leadership decisions along the way.

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Using Story to Win on Social Media

Duct Tape Marketing

Using Story to Win on Social Media written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing. Marketing Podcast with Claire Diaz-Ortiz. Podcast Transcript. Today on the podcast, I sit down with Claire Diaz-Ortiz. She was an early employee at Twitter and is an author, speaker, angel investor, and innovation advisor. Diaz-Ortiz is a leading voice in digital media.

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3 Real-Life Practices That Will Change Your Business — And Your Life

YoungUpstarts

by Michael Bianco-Splann, author of “ Conscious Leadership: 7 Principles That WILL Change Your Business and Change Your Life “ Never in our lifetimes has transformative leadership been needed more than now. Take a moment to observe the world we live in. Turn off the 24-hour cable news networks and set aside your personal belief systems, biases, attitudes, politics, religion, and views about a myriad of social and economic issues.

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The Infor reboot

deal architect

I had a chance to listen to Kevin Samuelson, the new CEO at Infor, along with his executives on what he calls Phase 3 of Infor's evolution, focused now on Customer Centricity and Execution. Phase 1 was Build and Acquire.

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How To Highlight A Sustainable Competitive Advantage

Startup Professionals Musings

Don’t bash the competition. Every investor knows how vulnerable a new startup is to competitors, so investors always ask about your sustainable competitive advantage in the marketplace. How an entrepreneur answers this question speaks volumes about their knowledge of business realities, customers, confidence, and their ability to handle investor funding.

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Santa As A Service

View from Seed

I bet many of us are waiting for packages to be delivered around this time of year. While there are several companies solving the same-day shipping predicament, I figured in the meantime, why not educate myself and other impatient package anticipators by building out a visual of how an item goes from a digital image on a website to physically appearing on your doorstep.

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3 Resolutions To Be More Productive And Do Your Best Work In 2020

YoungUpstarts

by Charlie Gilkey, author of “ Start Finishing: How to Go from Idea to Done “ New Year’s resolutions are a time-honored tradition. Though year after year, it’s the usual suspects. You know the ones: Eat healthier. Exercise more. Stop a bad habit. Start a new hobby. Find a different job. Spend your time and money wiser. Be a better spouse, parent, friend, or colleague.

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6 Reasons to Invest in Video Marketing for Your Business

The Startup Magazine

In 2019, the entire world is located within the small screens of people’s electronics. This means that the best way to reach a large audience is to advertise your product or service digitally. Because of this, video marketing has become a popular tool for businesses to advertise their brands with captivating content. Here are six reasons you should invest in a video marketing campaign to expand your business’s reach.

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Our top posts of 2019

Version One Ventures

Another year, another 50 blog posts. We’ve now reached four straight years of publishing at least once a week. For those of you who have been reading our blog over the years, you know that we traditionally share a year-end summary post, recapping all the highlights for the fund and firm. But we recently summarized much of this in October with the post one year into Fund III.

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Holiday Gift Ideas – Daytona Beach Jewelry

Rembrandt Communications

Discover unique jewelry gifts this holiday season at Daytona Beach’s award-winning jewelers. Yikes! The holidays are almost here, and you still need to find the perfect bracelets gifts for your loved ones! Don’t worry! We have some unique and beautiful gift ideas for everyone on your list here at our Daytona Beach jewelry store! Holiday Gift Ideas.

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3 Digital Marketing Tips For Small Businesses Operating On A Small Budget

YoungUpstarts

Digital marketing has exploded in the last few years with the help of social media and influencer marketing. For the 30.2 million small businesses in the US, this has been both a welcome and contested change. With giant corporations embracing the digital marketing shift, it is easy for small businesses to get lost in all the advertising and promos now available online.

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The Fastest Growing FinTech Apps in 2019

The Startup Magazine

We all use financial technology apps. It started with PayPal and then moved on to banks that are entirely online, with no branches. We now Venmo rent to our landlords and use Apple Pay at the corner store. It’s hard not to use all these FinTech applications when we don’t want to carry too much cash around. Even credit cards aren’t as safe anymore as they get hacked, lost, or stolen.

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Verb Raises $6.4 Million to Bring Leadership Training to the Masses

SiliconHills

Verb, an Austin-based startup focused on teaching leadership skills, announced recently that it has raised $6.4 million in seed-stage funding. The funding came from angel investors including Brett Hurt, Nav Sooch, Andy Roddick, Leon Chen, and Barshop Ventures. Verb plans to use the money for sales and marketing as well as the development of its […].

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Why B2B Marketplaces Are Red-Hot

Haystack

People will often ask me, “So, what are the big tech trends right now?” In 2020, I gave 1.5 answers to that question. The obvious trend in startups (which has been going on for a year or two) is the idea of the “prosumer as the new consumer.” After Facebook and Snap, the next crop of startups that have taken off look a bit different — work productivity tools like Slack and Zoom, in particular, that have consumer product sensibilities but the ability to scale to ente

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IT Support And Its Importance For Start Up Businesses

YoungUpstarts

Start-up businesses need the help of highly-trained IT field experts, may it be an in-house team or a third-party provider. Although companies in Orlando have the option to hire full-time IT staff to build and manage IT systems for them, it’s often quite an expensive move. Also, an in-house team sometimes doesn’t adequately suit a start-up business in terms of its needs.

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How to Fund Your Startup

The Startup Magazine

There are more startup businesses now than at any time in history. Whatever the reason for this new golden age of entrepreneurship, one thing is certain is that owners tend to scramble for startup funding and often don’t take the necessary steps to secure long-term financing for their new ventures. There’s good news though. With a little planning and creative thinking, people who open up their own companies can find the money they need to begin operations.

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7 Entrepreneurs Reveal The Business They are Starting Next Year

Hearpreneur

As we wrap up 2019, there are those business ideas you’ve been longing to start and 2020 is the year to implement them. This could be a home-based business, franchise option or whatever option looks attractive to you. One thing is certain, your business can succeed if you can put in the right energy and bring in the right people to kick-start it. We asked entrepreneurs and business owners the businesses they’re starting in 2020 and here are the responses. #1- International communication company.

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Content Marketing Outlook And Trends For 2020

YFS Magazine

Smart small businesses will stay informed regarding content marketing trends and content consumption habits. Otherwise, they'll risk being left behind.

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How Managing Your Business Expenses Can Help You Make Better Business Decisions

YoungUpstarts

Financing your business is not just one aspect you should consider when making business decisions. It’s also important to manage your business expenses effectively and efficiently. But, how do you carry out this task to ensure that you’ll have sounder business decisions later on? In this post, you’ll learn the good reasons why proper management of business expenses is essential to proper business decision making.

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Working Out: Why Entrepreneurs Need Physical Activity to Thrive

The Startup Magazine

Owning your own business enterprise, especially when you’re a company of one, means that all the decisions and tasks fall squarely in your lap. It’s tempting to work well into the night, surviving on coffee and whatever is quick to eat, but that will eventually catch up with you. A better approach is to structure your schedule so there’s time to work out at least three times a week.

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How I Calmed The Failure Tiger Nipping At My Heels

Hunter Walker

For all of my 20s and much of my 30s there was a failure tiger nipping at my heels. No matter how fast I ran, it was still there – hot breath, sharp teeth and a whispered growl promising a bleak future. The beast was born from a mix of personal insecurities and childhood trauma. An idea that I had opted into an industry that was waiting to spit me out as soon as I messed up.

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