2023

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Why Your Startup Needs a Fractional CTO – TechEmpower

TechEmpower

A Fractional CTO bridges the gap between founders and developers to help keep your tech strategy aligned with your business goals. This helps your startup stay agile and competitive in a fast-paced marketplace.

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6 Startup Lessons Learned By Passionate Entrepreneurs

Startup Professionals Musings

Over my many years of mentoring aspiring entrepreneurs and business professionals, I often hear a desire to start a new business, with a big hesitation while waiting for that perfect idea and perfect alignment of the stars. From my own experience and from the best entrepreneurs I know, I always offer some basic business realities, and assure you that conditions will never be perfect.

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Playing With Fire – ChatGPT

Steve Blank

The world is very different now. For man holds in his mortal hands the power to abolish all forms of human poverty and all forms of human life. John F. Kennedy Humans have mastered lots of things that have transformed our lives, created our civilizations, and might ultimately kill us all. This year we’ve invented one more. Artificial Intelligence has been the technology right around the corner for at least 50 years.

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Ecommerce Trendwatching: How To Find, Follow, and Set Trends

ReadWriteStart

Keeping up with trends is the reality show of the e-commerce world, which is constantly developing, gaining a significant market share, and driving online sales. It becomes even more interesting in the world of emerging technologies and the IoT. Trendwatching is one of the most effective ways to have a competitive advantage over rivals and become a leader in the industry.

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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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Non-Obvious tips for job seekers in 2023

VC Cafe

“If Opportunity Doesn’t Knock, Build a Door.” Milton Berle At the moment of publication of this post, over 95,508 tech employees from 308 companies were laid off since the beginning of 2023 according to Layoffs.fyi. And it’s only February. In Israel, the market I actively invest in, the number stands on 2,000. Layoffs are unfortunately likely to continue as funding for later stage companies continues to contract.

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Effective Management Techniques to Reduce Employee Turnover

The Startup Magazine

Did you know approximately 4 million Americans (2.6% of the U.S. workforce) left their job in 2022? Moreover, a Statista’s report reveals that the number of quits has now surpassed the pre-pandemic peak for 21 consecutive months. Young people playing table tennis in workplace, having fun. Perhaps it won’t be wrong to say these staggering numbers are a wake-up call for organizations to take employee retention seriously.

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29 Entrepreneurs Explain What They Love About Being an Entrepreneur

Hearpreneur

Being in love is great. Being in love with your business, when you’re an entrepreneur, is even better. Waking up each morning knowing you are getting ready to do exactly what you love is more than most people could ever say about any “job” they have had. Although there are days when tossing in your hat seems like a viable option, remembering how much you love your “job” can quickly snap an entrepreneur out of that mentality.

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Here’s How to Build a Nonprofit Cybersecurity Risk Management Framework

Board Effect

If your mission-driven organization has been adopting new tools to further your goals and you have been moving your processes to digital systems, then robust cybersecurity now has to become a priority. In this article, we explore how your organization can build a cybersecurity risk management framework based on best practices to ensure you are protecting sensitive data, safeguarding board members and other stakeholders, and mitigating risk while maintaining donor trust — as well as your own repu

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How to create a 1M+ views Instagram Reel for your startup

NZ Entrepreneur

Matt Miller, founder of BrakeAce , made a Reel for his startup that got 1M+ views in ten days. He shares his learnings for startup founders here. 1. Making a dope Reel was a good investment of time Between recording, editing and publishing I only spent one hour. There was time to develop the vision of the piece before implementing it, but that’s harder to quantify.

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Cracking the Code of Data-Driven Marketing

Duct Tape Marketing

Cracking the Code of Data-Driven Marketing written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing Marketing Podcast with Christina Inge In this episode of the Duct Tape Marketing Podcast , I interview Christina Inge. She has two decades of experience leading digital strategy and managing complex marketing technology projects. She specializes in articulating effective, efficient digital strategies for organizations using the latest channels to drive results.

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53 Questions Developers Should Ask Innovators

TechEmpower

At TechEmpower, we frequently talk to startup founders, CEOs, product leaders, and other innovators about their next big tech initiative. It’s part of our job to ask questions about their plans, challenge their assumptions, and suggest paths to success. The conversations are interesting and varied because they’re about new, exciting, different things.

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8 Strategies To Capitalize On Untapped Global Markets

Startup Professionals Musings

In my experience, the Silicon Valley startup model, focused on disrupting established industries, has treated the USA well and created some great global businesses. Yet many of you are telling me that we are all missing big opportunities by not recognizing the unique challenges faced by startups in developing countries , where infrastructure is lacking, and talent is not so concentrated.

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Burning Platform: The urgency of thinking about Business as Unusual

deal architect

In this special 97th episode of Burning Platform, I invited Geoff Scott, CEO of ASUG to moderate a session with Peter Maier, who heads Strategic Customer Engagements in the Office of the CEO at SAP. Geoff spends much of the.

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How Can Financial Automation Protect You from Vendor Impersonation

ReadWriteStart

In many organizations, security risks can arise from nearly any digital transaction and communication in today’s ultra-complex world of cybersecurity vulnerabilities. Hackers and fraudulent entities typically monitor an establishment’s business protocols and patterns and search for vulnerable avenues to target. It’s especially common for bad actors to pursue financial pathways to infiltrate a company.

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Benchmarking LLMs performance

VC Cafe

The battle between the various large language models (LLMs) is heating up. I previously wrote about the big tech titans battling the area of AI supremacy , mainly Google vs. Microsoft (via OpenAI) and also the past, present and future of tech wars. The market share of chatbots, and LLMs (that will later on be sold to enterprises) will be heavily influenced by user perception.

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8 Software Small Businesses Should Check Out For Efficiency

The Startup Magazine

In today’s rapidly evolving digital landscape, small businesses face the ongoing challenge of streamlining operations, maximizing productivity, and staying competitive. The key to overcoming these hurdles lies in harnessing the power of cutting-edge software solutions designed to enhance efficiency and drive growth. Image Source Gone are the days when small businesses had to rely on manual processes and spreadsheets to manage their operations.

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Lean Meets Wicked Problems

Steve Blank

This post previously appeared in Poets & Quants. I just spent a month and a half at Imperial College London co-teaching a “Wicked” Entrepreneurship class. In this case Wicked doesn’t mean morally evil, but refers to really complex problems, ones with multiple moving parts, where the solution isn’t obvious. (Understanding and solving homelessness, disinformation, climate change mitigation or an insurgency are examples of wicked problems.

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6-Figure Lunches: 3 Practices That Turn Business Lunches Into Income

YoungUpstarts

Getting intentional, curious, and aligned will take your business lunches, appointments, closings, and in-person conversations to a whole new level. The post 6-Figure Lunches: 3 Practices That Turn Business Lunches Into Income appeared first on Young Upstarts.

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The Cybersecurity Risk for Nonprofits and Fundraisers Is Increasing

Board Effect

With so much information from large corporations available to hackers, it seems ludicrous that hackers would go after nonprofit organizations and fundraisers — but that’s exactly what’s happening. Cyber risk for nonprofits is a topic your board will want to explore to protect your organization. There are also “hacktivists” — people who are so dedicated to their own causes that they’re hacking into the sites of their opposition to take them down or inhibit their voices.

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Budding entrepreneurs receive a head start with startup education scholarships

NZ Entrepreneur

A new batch of enterprising New Zealanders are being given the opportunity to fast track their ventures from idea through to startup, thanks to an online education initiative backed by Callaghan Innovation and entrepreneur education platform Startup NZ. The initiative invites New Zealanders with “scalable and high growth” business or social enterprise ideas to apply for scholarships that will see 60 successful applicants receive free admission to the Startup NZ entrepreneurs programm

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Redefining Success In Sales With The Unsold Mindset

Duct Tape Marketing

Redefining Success In Sales With The Unsold Mindset written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing Marketing Podcast with Garrett Brown and Colin Coggings In this episode of the Duct Tape Marketing Podcast , I interview Garrett Brown and Colin Coggins. They are l ongtime sales leaders, practitioners, and professors of Entrepreneurship at the University of Southern California’s Marshall School of Business.

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Is Your Press Release Hurting Your Business?

Rembrandt Communications

The secret side to publicity uncovered… You get an email every other day about a new press release service… “Your competitors are using us. Why aren’t you?” “We’ll get your news on the top media sources.” “Promote your business for just a few hundred dollars per month.” These marketing messages sound great. After all, you have a lot to do, and you could just sign up for this service and be done with the matter.

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7 Ways To Elevate Your Team Connection And Leadership

Startup Professionals Musings

Entrepreneurs need to be effective team leaders, since no one can transform an idea into a product and a business without some help. Unfortunately many founders I work with as a mentor are experts on the technical side, but have no insight into leading a team. But fortunately, team building is a skill that can be learned and practiced, for those willing to put in some effort.

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SAP BAU excerpts  – Ch. 7 – Sustainable Energy

deal architect

As part of the launch of the Business as Unusual book (click on badge on left to get to the Amazon page) by Thomas Saueressig and Peter Maier that we helped conduct interviews and research for, we will share excerpts.

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How to Make Your Lean Startup Work With Almost No Money

ReadWriteStart

Every year, new startup entrepreneurs attempt to launch a business on the leanest budget possible. It could be because they have limited access to funding, because they’re trying to maximize profitability, or another reason entirely. Whatever the case, you’ll need to make some big sacrifices and strategic managerial decisions if you want this lean startup budget to work — and it’s definitely possible.

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The future of search is being reinvented with generative AI

VC Cafe

I spent a chunk of my career as a product manager in search (Shopping.com, GLG, Ask.com, AOL and Google) so I find this particularly interesting. Until now, to succeed in search companies needed two things: 1) an index of the web 2) an algorithm to organise the results. In the early days of the web, companies like AltaVista, Excite, WebCrawler and others competed in becoming the search engine of choice.

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How To Keep Track Of Business Finances In 2023

The Startup Magazine

Business finances – a topic of conversation that often comes up nowadays. Why? Well, the state of the world right now isn’t great. Many companies across the world are still recovering from the impact of the pandemic and many households are struggling to make ends meet. With fewer people spending, it means budgets are reduced and sales are likely lacking.

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Venture Deals Spring 2023 Course

Feld Thoughts

The course is free and starts on March 21, 2022. This is the third time we are running the new version of the course (v2!) that was co-created with Techstars and Kauffman Fellows. If interested, sign up now. I hope to see you there in one of the AMAs we will host for anyone who takes the course. The post Venture Deals Spring 2023 Course appeared first on Brad Feld.

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Venture Capital: A System Built On Trust

YoungUpstarts

The venture capital system promises both founder and investor that they can be successful while getting what they want. It does this by making money the medium: Investors have money, founders need money. The post Venture Capital: A System Built On Trust appeared first on Young Upstarts.

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Assessing Board Performance: Best Practices for Community Banks

Board Effect

Behind every community bank or credit union is a hardworking board. While board members may put many hours of time and effort into their board duties , it’s fair to ask whether the board is achieving results that help fulfill its mission. Community banking organizations can only get an accurate view of board performance through annual board evaluations that incorporate best practices for board assessments , with attention to individual performances and the board as a whole.

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GEN New Zealand releases manifesto to encourage greater entrepreneurship

NZ Entrepreneur

Watch the video interview now A network of more than 140 entrepreneurial businesses and organisations warns New Zealand is in danger of being left behind due to a lack of resources and insufficient policies to progress entrepreneurship. The New Zealand chapter of the Global Entrepreneurship Network (GEN) wants to see local and central government politicians initiate policies to make entrepreneurship easier and more effective.

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How To Maximize The Power Of Newsletters

Duct Tape Marketing

How To Maximize The Power Of Newsletters written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing Marketing Podcast with Russell Henneberry In this episode of the Duct Tape Marketing Podcast , I interview Russell Heneberry. He i s a renowned digital marketing expert, digital marketing consultant, speaker, and co-author of Digital Marketing for Dummies.

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What Is Your Publicist Really Doing?!

Rembrandt Communications

What is Your Publicist Doing? (Psst. They may be hurting your brand.). You’ve done your research and found the perfect public relations person to promote your business in the new year. Then, you leave them alone to do their job… but do you know what they’re really doing? You may see some fantastic results in their monthly reports, but you may not be aware of what’s really going on.

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10 Ways To Use Social Media To Be Authentic and Open

Startup Professionals Musings

The pervasiveness of social networking and the Internet has caused a new focus and value on “openness,” which leads to a new element of leadership, called “open leadership.” The mantra of open leadership is “Be Open, Be Transparent, and Be Authentic.” This is counter to the traditional business premise of “control,” so many companies are still pushing back.

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The Twenty Year Itch: My Last VC Investment Out of Brooklyn Bridge Ventures

This is going to be BIG.

Sometime in the next few weeks, I’ll complete my next investment. It will be the 105th deal out of Brooklyn Bridge Ventures, the firm I started back in September 2012, and it will be the last deal I’ll be making out of my third fund. It will also be my last venture capital deal. I think it’s important in this era of building audiences and living in public to acknowledge that no one actually needs to explain the reasons why they’re making career moves or leaving a company.

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Flying Car Prototype Receives FAA Airworthiness Certificate

ReadWriteStart

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has granted a California startup company called Alef Automotive the first-ever airworthiness permit for a fully electric flying car that is capable of both flying and driving on roads. This milestone event marks the beginning of a new era in the transportation industry. This ground-breaking achievement not only marks a key milestone in the development of flying cars, but it also prepares the way for a new era in the history of mobility.