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Why Coordinated Adaptive Action Networks Are Replacing Teams

YoungUpstarts

Where old-school companies depended on traditional teams to get work done, today’s more flux-friendly organizations are embracing what I dubbed Coordinated Adaptive Action Networks , or CAAN s for short. These groups use Adaptive Action in coordinated networks to accomplish challenging and complex tasks quickly, cheaply, and efficiently.

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6 Steps To Move From Inspiration To Business Reality

Startup Professionals Musings

I love good causes and social entrepreneurs, but a recent pitch to me about eliminating world hunger with a new product (harvesting algae at low cost) seemed to forget that really hungry people don’t have any money. Present at trade shows and network with your ten-slide pitch to build your following.

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Shortening The Small Business Software Selection Process

YoungUpstarts

. - RightSignature : Electronic signature software. - HubSpot : Provider of inbound marketing software. - Act-On : Cloud-based integrated marketing platform. - dotmailer : Email marketing software. - Harvest : Time tracking and invoicing. - Google Analytics : Web analytics tool for your website. Some of these platforms are free (e.g.

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[Interview] PSB Academy: Up-Skilling In A New Learning Economy

YoungUpstarts

They also help students build valuable professional relationships and networks that will ease them into the industry as fresh graduates or get help from peers in middle management. Businesses that do not adopt new technology will lose their presence over time.

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How Lemming VCs Cause Venture Recessions

Mucker Lab

The expected lull between “seed” and “harvest”. So when an investment thesis becomes popular, when a new technology becomes available, when a new media consumption platform becomes dominant, if we believe in the trend, we have to “seed” an investment within the first three years and hope to “harvest” 5–10 years later.

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5 Secrets That Make Jeff Bezos The Leader Of The Pack

Startup Professionals Musings

For example, he continues to invest in space travel and energy harvesting ( Blue Origin ), even though we haven’t yet run out of energy, and we still have space for growth. Among Bezos’s strengths is his ability to stick to a strategy by being exuberantly patient and patiently exuberant.

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SXSW Startups: Boost Biomes

Austin Startup

A finalist in the Health and Wearable category , which will pitch at 5 pm Sunday, March 10, Boost Biomes is using the powerful social networks among microbes to provide novel, sustainable solutions to feed and heal people everywhere.