Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 30, 2022

Keep your eyes and mind open to free sources of innovation in every ecosystem, including open-source software, university cooperative programs, and the many incubators and accelerators supported by volunteers and communities. In addition to spreading the word internally, you need to create a dialogue externally with partners and customers.

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Steve Blank

DECEMBER 9, 2020

Some of the readings for this week included How the DOD Acquires Weapons Systems , The Planning, Programming and Budgeting Process , Acquisition Reform in the NDAA , Defense Primer on DOD Contractors , and on the Defense Industrial Base. Designing in exploitability early in programs. Facilitating technical release ability.

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Argona

JANUARY 15, 2024

Organizations can eliminate all these challenges and build a resilient business model when they partner with the top consulting firms. Argona Partners offers professional consulting services enveloping ideation, prototype designing, testing business models, and executing growth plans.

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Women Entrepreneurs Can

MARCH 13, 2024

A loyalty program allows restaurants to connect with customers and build brand trust. Loyalty programs provide data on each customer, including their dining history, dietary preferences, age, and location. Increased Revenue Loyalty programs directly impact revenue, but they also help decrease customer acquisition costs.

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Duct Tape Marketing

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

I should have gotten on the partner train. I started the agency partner program that you passed on and built that up. billion in annual revenue and 40% of that, or roughly, I don't think they shut publicly that often, but about 40% of that is coming in through partners. And here's the new program.

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Berkonomics

OCTOBER 5, 2023

There is an art to efficient management of a process, whether that is the process of bringing a product to market from R&D to production or developing a new product’s launch program. And we were able to secure that investment along with a partner from that firm joining our board. How about young or pre-revenue companies?

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Austin Startup

NOVEMBER 20, 2020

That’s where we come in, Dream Corps TECH , formerly #YesWeCode, is a national program cultivating future leaders and entrepreneurs from underrepresented backgrounds, creating a pipeline of diverse talent that will shift the culture of the tech sector. Interested in getting involved?

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Board Effect

APRIL 15, 2024

By making DE&I central to our mission, values, and daily operations, we not only enrich our own organizations but also contribute to building a more just, equitable, and inclusive society.” — Patrick Downes, Partner, Governance Ireland Inclusivity equals effectiveness and innovation. “DE&I Luckily that’s what boards do.

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The Startup Magazine

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

30 nations currently have investment-based citizenship or residency programs. Strong relationships with clients and business partners are essential for international entrepreneurs to ensure the long-term viability of their enterprises. The industry of citizenship by investment is rapidly expanding and constantly changing.

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The Startup Magazine

DECEMBER 21, 2022

For instance, top nonprofit CRMs have fundraising thermometers, donor fundraising programs, analytics, and much more. These influencers are more likely to partner with your nonprofit if they believe in your cause. Nonprofits should look to partner with entertainment venues in their communities. Social Media Marketing.

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SiliconHills

FEBRUARY 12, 2020

LiveOak Venture Partners, founded in 2013, this week announced it has added four executives to its Venture Advisors Program. The venture capital firm, which invests in early-stage companies, is adding Lynn Atchison, Peter Klante, Dave Rubin and Keith Zoellner to the program.

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Board Effect

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

You want to make sure that there’s a policy in place and there is a procedure for how to treat these tools, because it’s not intuitive.” — Dominique Shelton Leipzig, Partner, Mayer Brown “A lot of times I think we’re scared to put a policy in place because we don’t want to get it wrong. Embrace the possibilities.

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Startup Lessons Learned

AUGUST 20, 2020

The model was simple: we’d build a SMS texting tool that matched the food insecure with a free meal from a partner restaurant, all covered by donor dollars. We could build a technical backend that matched food insecure individuals with partner restaurants. The fastest way to get a system up and running was with a no-code solution.

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The Startup Magazine

SEPTEMBER 2, 2021

If you are unfamiliar, learning management systems is a software-based platform that helps with the administration, automation, and delivery of educational courses, training programs, or learning and development programs. LMS is commonly used for member training, employee onboarding , compliance training, partner training, and more.

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The Startup Magazine

JANUARY 24, 2024

Design a loyalty program Establishing a loyalty program is another amazing strategy to foster customer engagement and retention. Another idea to make your loyalty programs more effective is to incorporate tiers that users can progress through as they gain more points or purchases.

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Board Effect

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

Beyond not providing the necessary board features, team collaboration software programs carry various risks. Many team collaboration software programs use public servers, which opens up the chance of external cyberattacks and data breaches. That could result in multiple versions of documents and other inefficiencies.

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YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 9, 2020

by Karen Hayward, Chief Outsiders Managing Partner and CMO, and author of “ Stop Random Acts of Marketing: Deliberate & Practical Growth Strategies for Mid-Market CEOs “ Middle market companies are ambitious to grow, and they need the right marketing strategy that can guide the whole enterprise to new heights.

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Hunter Walker

DECEMBER 11, 2023

As I sat there I was overhearing the secretaries complain about this new computer program they had (WordPerfect, my guess is it was 5.1 Pretty weird hobby for a 15 year old kid but I had used it at my mom’s office and, sick of doing repetitive drudge work, had taught myself to program WP macros in order to automate mundane tasks for her.

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Version One Ventures

JANUARY 4, 2021

Kobalt raised a $1.25M seed to accelerate SMB security programs. Lolli continues to add great partners like eBay ; you can now earn BTC while you shop on eBay’s marketplace. . And, Shippo has been selected for the Shopify Plus Certified App Program. . Jam raised a $3.5M seed to Figma-tize product collaboration.

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Board Effect

MARCH 28, 2024

Work with your solution partner to set up new groups quickly. Your partner can assist group administrators with getting new groups, permissions and training in place. Tips for choosing a board management software partner When you’re looking to form a strategic partnership , Look for an emphasis on security.

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ConversionXL

FEBRUARY 10, 2021

Not only that—they took things a step further and launched their Run Squad membership program. Soon after launching their local delivery program, they were averaging over 500 orders per week. We’re even seeing cities build out programs designed to drive local support for retailers. said Jeff Bull, Brand Manager TC Running.

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Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 11, 2022

My good friend Alexander Osterwalder , the inventor of the business model canvas (one of foundations of the Lean Methodology) has written a playbook (along with his associate partner Tendayi Viki ,) From Innovation Theater to Growth Engine to explain how to build and implement repeatable innovation processes inside a company. .

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Up and Running

OCTOBER 30, 2020

ReferralCandy helps brands set up and run customer referral programs (such as Give $10, get $10) on autopilot — that means tracking referral purchases and distributing referral rewards automatically. Their referral marketing strategy contributed to 13% of all revenue, and their referral program generated a 2,600% ROI.

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SiliconHills

SEPTEMBER 10, 2017

The RealCo Seed Fund Program, founded in January at Geekdom, is helping business to business startups succeed. “We We are vested in their success,” said Teresa Evans, a partner in the RealCo Seed Fund Program. The goal is to help the companies scale and get to a point where they can raise a Series A round […].

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ReadWriteStart

FEBRUARY 19, 2020

The government creates programs to help entrepreneurs. In 2012, the national government created the programs iNNpulsa and apps.co, both promote innovation , business, and technological developments in Colombia by providing funds and coaching programs to promising entrepreneurs. Increased foreign investment. .

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The Startup Magazine

MARCH 13, 2019

In an effort to support startups looking for capital and mentorship, The Startup Magazine is supporting American Electric Power in the launch of its IlluminationLAB global innovation program for technology entrepreneurs. The programs will enable startups to access funding from AEP and L Marks. POC PROGRAM STARTS.

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Version One Ventures

JANUARY 9, 2024

NCX launched a Learning Hub to help landowners across the US build an informed land income strategy, steward their family’s land for the next generation and understand what natural capital programs are right for them (timber, carbon, wildlife habitat, renewable energy, water…). Need banner images for your blog posts?

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Board Effect

NOVEMBER 24, 2020

The web developers determined to make the duties of the wonderful people they worked with easier by making a program to help them lead their organizations more efficiently and effectively. Together, they worked on a concept for a software program to ease nonprofit board duties, and BoardEffect was born.

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Argona

JULY 19, 2022

Get to know Argona Partners CEO, Jeremy Imlach better, as he was featured in the Entrepreneur Story series on Go Solo. " I have also participated as a Masters's Program coach & judge through the Eller College of Management business school at the University of Arizona. " My name is Jeremy Imlach.

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SiliconHills

DECEMBER 8, 2015

Hale will lead, design and execute Zilliant’s new channel program. Its channel partners will sell Zilliant data science solutions. We’re very excited […] The post Zilliant Hires VP and Launches Channel Partner Program appeared first on SiliconHills.

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Board Effect

DECEMBER 5, 2023

When used effectively, it can help your board reach wider audiences and enhance your nonprofit’s programs as you work to address complex societal challenges. Boards and leaders can extract valuable insights from that data, and use it to improve the outcomes of their programs and services.

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ReadWriteStart

JULY 20, 2023

On average, medical group partners using Collectly’s platform experienced a remarkable 75% increase in patient collections. Leveraging technology, Collectly has enabled medical group partners using its platform to achieve a remarkable 75% increase in patient collections on average.

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The Startup Magazine

OCTOBER 15, 2020

Although it looks challenging to embrace, it is worth every effort invested in it, especially when you acquire the right knowledge and suitable partners. Use and update the anti-virus software or program regularly. Such are the right partners that your business needs. What is PCI Compliance? Monitor and test networks often.

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Feld Thoughts

JUNE 11, 2020

Right now, these are philanthropic contributions to non-profit organizations or sponsorships for people going through some kind of program (non-profit and for-profit). My first of these commitments is to the Zane Access Inaugural Pre-Capital Program Cohort. Please go read The Hurt is Everywhere.

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Hearpreneur

MAY 28, 2019

We deliver a coding program intended to train people with zero to no skills in the field, in order to help them become a software developer. Our Full Stack program has been built with the purpose to graduate Junior Software Developers with the skills required in the market. One of our main strengths is our part-time program.

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Feld Thoughts

JULY 20, 2020

I recently was in an email thread where a Black founder had a powerful and clear response to the question from one of her corporate partners. The question was: How can our (the corporate partner’s) team better support diversity in our work, particularly in our sourcing, diligence, and onboarding efforts? It follows.

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ConversionXL

AUGUST 2, 2017

These are actual results a startup Ringadoc got from their partner program. Chris Samila , Partnerships Manager at Optimizely shares: “We saw building and supporting a partner ecosystem as a massive opportunity. So we started building out the partner program.”. These 3 forces are important for partner strategy.

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