The Startup Magazine

APRIL 12, 2021

There are several profitable tech startup ideas for entrepreneurs in 2021. Since the COVID-19 outbreak, an increasing number of companies have been relying on technology to conduct business in remote settings. Indeed, many institutions require more web resources, applications, and devices to maintain productivity in digital settings. This has caused a rising demand for tech companies’ services around the world.

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Up and Running

APRIL 12, 2021

For many startups and small businesses, talent management can sometimes be deprioritized from the everyday chaos and operations. As they begin to grow , they start to recognize that using a spreadsheet or using memory to keep track of employee performance just doesn’t work. If your company is evolving, your performance management strategy should be evolving alongside it.

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Board Effect

APRIL 12, 2021

Good governance practices and compliance are two big issues that your nominating and recruiting committee should focus some of their discussions on as they’re vetting board member candidates. That sounds simple enough on the surface. What complicates matters is that many things outside of the boardroom are continually evolving, and that should change your approach to compliance training for current and future board members.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 10, 2021

Entrepreneurs often have formidable technical expertise, key to developing a new product or service, but a great naïveté in management skills. They run into difficulty when their business reaches the $1-2 million annual sales range, or their employee count exceeds 5-10. It’s here that entrepreneurs must shift their thinking from tactical and operational, to strategic and managerial.

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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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The Startup Magazine

APRIL 14, 2021

The life of the entrepreneur is defined by big goals. There is little as rewarding as pursuing a big goal. Challenges don’t make this less exciting, they heighten the sense of jeopardy and adventure. The defining fact of entrepreneurship is that execution is everything for a startup launch. Everyone has good ideas. Getting stuff done, achieving goals, is much harder.

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Up and Running

APRIL 14, 2021

The gig economy has seen tremendous growth over the past decade. And with the rise in remote work during the pandemic, a shift in how businesses think about their employees and hiring practices, and the growing number of people pursuing business ventures online, it will likely keep growing. In many ways, this trend was born out of necessity during the Great Recession.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 12, 2021

As I’m sure you are aware, surviving that first couple of years as a new business is a huge challenge, waiting for cash flow to turn positive. In my experience as a business advisor and occasional investor, many of you won’t make it that far, succumbing to the high costs of getting those first customers, funding an initial inventory, and building an operational support process.

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The Startup Magazine

APRIL 15, 2021

Sure, the domestic and global economies are in the tank. But not every part of them is. One area that is thriving during the downturn in the USA is the sports betting market. As more states legalize sports betting – likely more will follow suit as a way to drum up some extra tax revenue – it is an excellent time to get in and capitalize on the booming and competitive industry as a gaming entrepreneur.

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deal architect

APRIL 12, 2021

In the 41st episode of the series we have Tammie Hilend, CIO of Maxar Technologies While the COVID-19 pandemic and related WFH protocols have turned many of us into recluses, the big realization is you can WFA - as in.

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YoungUpstarts

APRIL 14, 2021

Here are four things that will help you ensure your business thrives and that you have a rewarding career as an entrepreneur. The post 4 Ways To Ensure Your Business Thrives appeared first on Young Upstarts.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 16, 2021

The ultimate compliment that any entrepreneur can get is that they can “see around corners.” This is a statement that they are willing and able (and successful) at projecting market and technology turns, not just straight-line innovations. They have the courage to make bold decisions, often contrary to conventional market research. Elon Musk with Tesla and SpaceX may be the most current example of this phenomenon, but others often mentioned include Richard Branson (Virgin Group), Joe Costello (C

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Feld Thoughts

APRIL 14, 2021

Amy and I watched Bridge of Spies over the weekend. We enjoyed it, but particularly loved one interaction between the lawyer (James Donovan) and the accused Russian spy (Rudolf Abel). Donovan: You don’t seem alarmed? Abel: Would it help? At multiple climactic moments, the line “Would it help?’ got rolled out. It had the same kind of resonance with us to one of our favorite movie lines ever (from Argo ).

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deal architect

APRIL 12, 2021

As we have moved to virtual vendor briefings, I have increasingly been excerpting short video segments (with permission from vendors), as part of my Analyst Cam series. Dmitri Krakovsky, Chief Product Officer of Unit4 spent a generous hour briefing me.

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YoungUpstarts

APRIL 14, 2021

To be a great leader, you need to recognize and embrace your own faults. Minter Dial shares three reasons why great leadership starts with you. The post You Lead You – Great Leadership Starts With Yourself appeared first on Young Upstarts.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 11, 2021

Although every startup is unique, there are certain common avoidable mistakes that can lead to legal complications which jeopardize the long-term success of the business. I’m not suggesting that every startup needs a lawyer, but you should definitely pay attention, and not be afraid to consult legal counsel if any of these raise qualms for you. Like other environments, most legal issues don’t result from fraud, but from ignorance on specific requirements, or simply never getting around to doing

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Feld Thoughts

APRIL 16, 2021

I listened to Wintering: The Power of Rest and Retreat in Difficult Times on Audible over the past week. It was spectacular. Danielle Morrill recommended it to me. We had an intense up and down journey together with Mattermark, which was doing great until we made a fundamentally bad decision around the company’s strategic direction. The ride down, especially against the backdrop of what I expect would have been a success if we hadn’t made that strategic decision, was extremely challe

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deal architect

APRIL 12, 2021

As we have moved to virtual vendor briefings, I have increasingly been excerpting short video segments (with permission from vendors), as part of my Analyst Cam series. Below is Part 2 of the presentation, Dmitri Krakovsky, Chief Product Officer of.

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YoungUpstarts

APRIL 11, 2021

Do you focus on paying down debt or do you get started with investing? Answering these questions can help make it clear how to move forward. The post Should You Invest Now Or Focus On Paying Down Debt? appeared first on Young Upstarts.

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The Startup Magazine

APRIL 11, 2021

As a successful business, you can confidently state that you have a great product and that you’re making waves within your chosen industry. Additionally, your supply chain, and business strategies are both sleek and economical, and yet, there is an issue: you persistently find yourself struggling to obtain sales and maintain the limited client connections you have.

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crowdSPRING Blog

APRIL 13, 2021

A competitive analysis is an assessment of your key competitors' strengths and weaknesses and a strategy to identify opportunities and threats that can help you outperform those competitors.

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YFS Magazine

APRIL 10, 2021

Lately, I keep hearing business owners say, "I can’t wait until things go back to normal." Let's envision a better normal, instead.

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YoungUpstarts

APRIL 11, 2021

When running a small business you may have to deal with some financial problems that will test your determination to grow your business. . The post 5 Ways To Avoid Financial Issues As A Small Business appeared first on Young Upstarts.

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The Startup Magazine

APRIL 16, 2021

A family trust is an important element of any estate plan and is important for entrepreneurs and business succession planning. A family trust is built upon a trust document. This document, created by you, the “settlor” of the trust, nominates a trustee who will manage your trust’s assets on behalf of your beneficiaries , according to terms which you outline in that document.

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Feld Thoughts

APRIL 12, 2021

My partner Chris Moody recently sent around a note on a concept he refers to as Leader Leverage. I encourage every CEO to read and consider it. His rant follows. Many of you are probably tired of hearing me rant about some form of what I often refer to as “leader leverage” If you’ve been lucky enough to avoid these rants, the quick summary is that your biggest lever as a board member is the CEO and your biggest lever as CEO is your direct reports.

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YFS Magazine

APRIL 15, 2021

Whether it’s insomnia, falling asleep, or staying asleep through the night, the rate of people experiencing sleep disorders is on the rise.

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YoungUpstarts

APRIL 13, 2021

One way to bring consistent and quality leads and appointments to your pipeline is by leveraging the top-of-the-funnel activities such as cold calling, converting leads, and following up with nurtures, to a dedicated Inside Sales Agent. The post When Should You Hire An ISA? appeared first on Young Upstarts.

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The Startup Magazine

APRIL 15, 2021

When you start a business, you have to choose a business structure for that business. The business structure you choose determines your business’ tax structure. At the federal level, the most common business structures are the corporation, partnership, S corporation and sole proprietorship. The Limited Liability Company (LLC) is a common business structure, but it exists according to state statute.

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Feld Thoughts

APRIL 11, 2021

Over the past year, we’ve seen an increase of people from across the business and political spectrum join the fight against climate change and pledge to support a greener, more sustainable future. Investors are seeking both financial returns and environmental impact and looking for opportunities to partner with ventures that are working to tackle our world’s biggest energy and environmental challenges.

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YFS Magazine

APRIL 15, 2021

If you're ready to promote your company domestically and abroad, avoid repeating our mistakes and grow your online presence with these tips.

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YoungUpstarts

APRIL 14, 2021

Communication is an integral part of being human. This is why communication training is a good investment for individuals and businesses. The post Presentation Skills 101: How To Improve Your Communication Skills In 2021 appeared first on Young Upstarts.

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ConversionXL

APRIL 14, 2021

Like everything in the digital world, traditional prospecting is undergoing a big transformation. Picking up a phone and cold calling (or emailing) is just not as effective as it once was—you need to be smarter both when it comes to which users you’re engaging and what kinds of messages you’re using. This second point is especially interesting: the types of messages you send can have a big effect on your outreach results.

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Hunter Walker

APRIL 12, 2021

‘Oh, your algorithm update lowers revenue and decreases usage? Ship it!’. Photo: Solen Feyissa/Unsplash . “Measure what matters and what you measure matters.” There are any number of similar quotations that talk about how the very act of tracking a KPI in an organization causes people to focus on it more, let alone if you’re linking an explicit incentive structure to goals.

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YFS Magazine

APRIL 13, 2021

While the future is still unfolding, it’s clear that remote working is here to stay. How will you pay your remote employees moving forward?

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YoungUpstarts

APRIL 12, 2021

When it comes to finding the right technical expertise to bring your product to life, what’s the best way to go? James Zhao, co-founder of Thought&Function, shares some of your options. The post Build, Borrow Or Buy — Three Ways To Work With Developers To Build A Tech MVP appeared first on Young Upstarts.

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ConversionXL

APRIL 14, 2021

As digital marketers, content is a critical part of everything we do. And while analyzing and refreshing content may take a lot of time and effort, the results for generating more traffic and improving SEO are clear. . With the many things that go into creating content, such as competitor research, outreach and technical aspects of content, improving older content frequently takes a back seat—which in most cases, is a costly mistake. .

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Mike Michalowicz

APRIL 16, 2021

Ok, quick poll: Caffienated or noncaffeinated? Check out this video for my shocking reveal! (cue mysterious music). Are you a “creative”? You don’t necessarily have to be in the arts. If you’re a business owner, you are, indeed, a creative. You create systems, culture, platforms, and well, a whole dang company! Here are two of many books that have supported me in creating my business and my writing journey.

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