deal architect
SEPTEMBER 26, 2020
I was invited to an analyst summit on SAP's Data and Analytics portfolio of products. What a remarkable difference from last year! I had flown to a similar event in Vancouver - first to Seattle, then taken a bus across.
Startup Professionals Musings
SEPTEMBER 19, 2020
Traditional marketing says you have to “push” your message out to customers, over and over again, to get you remembered. A more effective approach in today’s Internet and interactive culture is to use “pull” technology to bring customers and clients to your story. You pull people in by providing new content with real value on your website at least every few days.
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YoungUpstarts
SEPTEMBER 30, 2020
Even the smallest companies rely on vendors to provide them with the supplies and services they need to stay in business themselves. Strong vendor relationships can allow your company to save money and work towards business goals while mitigating risk — and all vendor relationships come with inherent risk. The more essential the vendor is to your business, the greater those risks can be, and many of them are out of your control.
View from Seed
SEPTEMBER 2, 2020
So many Americans act as caregivers for a loved one. 44 million people spend a substantial amount of their time assisting a chronically ill, disabled, or aging person. Nearly all caregivers are inexperienced family members who lack formal training and aren’t being paid for their help. These family situations aren’t merely a statistic… they’re deeply personal, and can often be challenging.
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
The Startup Magazine
SEPTEMBER 15, 2020
Many companies need venture capital funding, including startups. The process of getting venture capital funding may be difficult, but it pays off in a cash infusion for your business which may be able to make the difference between failure and success. Dan Lok explains what venture capital funding is and how to secure it for your business. What is Venture Capital Funding?
ReadWriteStart
SEPTEMBER 8, 2020
Onboarding a new remote developer is arguably one of the most important things you can add to your core competencies if you want to assure your new hires’ success. Here is how to onboard remote engineers — with a practical guide from an expert. Today, with COVID-19 making every new hire remote, excellence in onboarding has become even more crucial.
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Startup Professionals Musings
SEPTEMBER 16, 2020
For decades, efforts to satisfy customers have been built around demographics – capitalizing on race, ethnicity, gender, income, and other attributes. Today, in this age of pervasive social media and two-way communication, the focus needs to get beyond demographics into personalities. Customer personalities define customer experience, and sets what they love, and what they hate.
YoungUpstarts
SEPTEMBER 23, 2020
Surely each of us have had difficult financial situations. We urgently needed money, but there was no one to borrow it from. Now the problem can be solved through a worthy online payday loans service. All you need in this case is to issue a loan online to the card. Benefits of Online Payday Loans. Online payday loans processing is popular at the present.
Rembrandt Communications
SEPTEMBER 1, 2020
CFOs, Before You Turn Down That Public Relations’ Proposal…. Finance and PR… hmmm. Many financial executives ignore public relations’ (PR) activities and move them down on the list of priorities. After all, the expensive press releases, media relations, events, and content involved with PR offer little proof of how they will affect the overall, bottom line.
ConversionXL
SEPTEMBER 23, 2020
Consumer shopping behaviors have changed dramatically since the onset of the coronavirus pandemic, with ecommerce retailers seeing unprecedented growth in traffic and sales. While retail stores are slowly beginning to reopen, many consumers have made online shopping their new default. Some 71% of U.S. adults plan to do more than half of their holiday shopping digitally this year.
The Startup Magazine
SEPTEMBER 30, 2020
The Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) can empower enterprises to take their operations to new heights, as companies no longer have to choose between sustainability, safety and their bottom line. By, Jory Schwach, CEO Andium. New Information from IIoT. As prices for hardware and sensors continue to drop, organizations can now cost-effectively add intelligence and connectivity to their industrial infrastructure.
Hearpreneur
SEPTEMBER 18, 2020
The idea of exactly what your business is going to usually come first. Secondly, most often, is giving a title to your idea. What exactly is going to be the name of your business? Some people turn to their childhood for inspiration or a beloved family pet. It could be a made-up word you dream of one night and feel it has the right ring to it. Even still there are some people who study foreign words for the perfect meaning behind their chosen business.
Startup Professionals Musings
SEPTEMBER 7, 2020
If you aren’t willing to take some risk as an entrepreneur, then don’t expect any gain. Yet everyone has limits, and every investor implicitly has similar limits on what makes a startup investable, or one to avoid at all costs. If you need investors, it’s important that you understand their filters, and even if you are funding your own efforts, you need to recognize the red flags.
YoungUpstarts
SEPTEMBER 3, 2020
Starting a business from home is a dream for many due to the fact that they cannot afford the expenses that come with renting out an office. In order to keep your home business organized, here are a few tips to help you through it. Designate some space using pocket doors. It might be called working from home, but it does not mean that you should handle it like a house chore.
Up and Running
SEPTEMBER 28, 2020
The healthcare space is adapting at a rapid pace and the startup ecosystem is one of the major reasons why this is happening so quickly. . If one looks at some of the most far-reaching changes in healthcare tech over the last decade alone, they will observe a major spike in the role startups play within the healthcare niche. These surfacing organizations are flexible, lean , and determined and will continue to shape the industry on a global scale moving forward.
ConversionXL
SEPTEMBER 16, 2020
It takes one wrong word to put your foot in your mouth. We’ve all done it and, in the process, squandered an opportunity to impress someone (or some crowd). With copy, you have a chance to slip up on every homepage , product page , or ad. Copy is a bridge between your product and your customers. Design matters, too, but it’s context for the message—not the message itself.
The Startup Magazine
SEPTEMBER 18, 2020
More than ever, digital marketing is offering huge advantages to businesses around the world. COVID-19 has taught us all that the internet is used now more than ever. With people stuck in lockdowns and quarantine, more people than ever are enjoying the chance to indulge in online shopping, too. If you consider how many people are online right now, you should think about how digital marketing could be transformative for your business.
Hearpreneur
SEPTEMBER 16, 2020
Poor performance in business doesn’t always imply the failure of a business. It can be an improving point for a business or mark its upward trajectory. Hiring an expert or a coach to walk you through this stage can help you minimize the chances of failure although identifying the problem first can be a great way to create a long-lasting strategy. Whichever path works best for you, improvement should be the ultimate goal.
Startup Professionals Musings
SEPTEMBER 5, 2020
In business, and in your personal life, the ability to anticipate and overcome criticism is one of the biggest differentiators between leaders, who make things happen, and followers, who may have great ideas but never seem to get things to go their way. In fact, leaders are not remembered for their dreams, aspirations, or intentions – they are remembered because they achieved results.
YoungUpstarts
SEPTEMBER 24, 2020
by Joanna Swash, CEO of Moneypenny. In business, a crisis like COVID 19 forces us to be creative, innovate, adapt, and do things differently. It allows us to become better at what we do, whether we are a start-up and SME or a multi-national. Whatever your size, here are 5 tips to ensure you deliver exceptional customer service during these unsettling times: Use your data to make informed decisions.
Up and Running
SEPTEMBER 1, 2020
If you’re starting a business that sells a service, writing a business plan is one of the first steps you need to take. Whether you are starting a consulting business, a car repair shop, or a construction firm, a business plan will help you figure out your strategy, develop your marketing plan and figure out the all-important financial forecasts so that you can be successful.
ConversionXL
SEPTEMBER 24, 2020
In the big picture, “conversion optimization” boils down to getting more of the right people clicking on the things you want them to click. Dave McClure’s conversion metrics visualize where different conversion optimization opportunities lie—including those for acquisition. ( Image source ). Acquisition focuses on how to grab attention in a very crowded content environment.
The Startup Magazine
SEPTEMBER 21, 2020
Here’s another from The Startup Magazine Founder Interview Series. We interviewed Mr. Abraham Gin, an entrepreneur, business coach, and CEO of Gin Consulting Group , which provides unique leadership development and training platforms. Abraham serves his clients with both forward-looking business growth strategy and digital marketing through leadership applications partners.
Hearpreneur
SEPTEMBER 27, 2020
Working hard to fuel your business vision and great perseverance brings much-desired success. The idea about success remains popular but its definition means different to everyone and so is it’s measure. But is there any truth behind the business success hype? Well, to some it’s a gateway to happiness, work-life balance while to others, there’s nothing too exciting about it.
Startup Professionals Musings
SEPTEMBER 2, 2020
Out of curiosity, I often ask aspiring entrepreneurs like you, who come to me for help, what drives them to take on the workload and risk of a new startup. The most common answers I get are that they are driven by the opportunity to be their own boss, make a lot of money , and maybe fulfill a long held lifetime dream to do something they really enjoy, rather than just a more mundane job.
YoungUpstarts
SEPTEMBER 16, 2020
Have the knowledge you need and don’t be fooled by these common marketing automation myths. Marketing automation is a valuable tool for companies of all sizes and across all industries. It allows you to eliminate the manual aspect of your day-to-day activities and free up much needed time. . By making the decision to invest in a marketing automation platform, here are just a few of the benefits you can expect to see: .
Up and Running
SEPTEMBER 2, 2020
Strategic alliances have always been a part of human history. From political to personal, and of course between businesses. Now more than ever, partnerships are a consistent part of doing business. Whether it’s sponsorships, co-branded products or exclusivity deals, for many businesses to grow a partnership is as inevitable as acquiring funding. But what if you own a small business?
ConversionXL
SEPTEMBER 1, 2020
What do Amazon’s Jeff Bezos and Costco’s Jim Sinegal from Costco have in common? They both have a history of focusing on the lifetime value of a customer rather than chasing short-term profits. And their success speaks for itself. If you want to be a leader in customer loyalty and grow your business for the long term, Customer Value Optimization is key.
The Startup Magazine
SEPTEMBER 4, 2020
If you are looking to start an E-commerce website, then this article is for you. You may or may not have heard of Magento. If you haven’t, that’s ok, a lot of people have not. You would not expect to hear about Magento if you are not in E-commerce. When we do online shopping, we do not realize that all that goes into those few clicks. Magento was developed in 2008 to allow businesses to go live on the internet.
Hearpreneur
SEPTEMBER 9, 2020
AI is powering most aspects of our lives. This explains how Lucas Koren the founder & CEO of FMRU Clothing, a luxury clothing & accessories marketplace powered by artificial intelligence uses advanced but easy to use technology to measure the bodies of consumers digitally in under 1 minute when they upload two images of themselves, a front & side profile.
Babbling VC
SEPTEMBER 27, 2020
I've had my eye on a Keychron keyboard after I saw a bunch of reviews on various tech sites over the past year or two. It seemed quite hyped and the original Kickstarter project blossomed out to a full blown company with a bunch of various keyboards on offer. I was forced to be pati ent as it took forever for them to bri ng out a German version. I contemplated getting the US layout b ut it's just too much hassle when regularly writing in German.
YoungUpstarts
SEPTEMBER 22, 2020
Many people wish they could work as a freelancer. Freelancers have full control over their professional lives; they are their own boss. If you have a marketable skill, you can provide it on a freelance basis. If you want to try and make it as a freelance lawyer, these are the steps you need to take. Decide What Kind Of Lawyer You Want To Be. Before you can start working towards obtaining the relevant qualifications and certification to practice law, you need to know what kind of lawyer you want
Up and Running
SEPTEMBER 11, 2020
A $150 llama rental for a photoshoot, $250 for a bagpipe player at a customer picnic, $5,000 for an executive’s tires — these are just some of the most questionable things people have paid for or attempted to pay for, in the name of business. But not all items that land in expense reports are blatantly over-the-top. In fact, some of the biggest company expenses start off as cost-cutting measures.
ConversionXL
SEPTEMBER 17, 2020
Most articles will tell you that poor grammar can kill sales. While not as important in blog posts as in sales copy, grammatical errors can dissolve credibility, possibly resulting in fewer sales. But what does the actual data say? On a high level, it seems to make sense. And while spelling mistakes haven’t been heavily researched in relation to revenue, optimization , or growth, there is a small amount of research that suggests spelling mistakes impact credibility in negative ways.
The Startup Magazine
SEPTEMBER 18, 2020
With the current state of the globe due to the COVID-19 pandemic, many of us have been forced to work from home. Whilst this may be wonderful for some, it is important that we do not neglect the basics of securing your home office. With countless people sadly losing their jobs entirely, we must remain vigilant if we want to have a safe and happy working environment.
Steve Blank
SEPTEMBER 24, 2020
We just had our first week of our new national security class Technology, Innovation and Modern War. Given the tech-centricity of Stanford and Silicon Valley, Joe Felter , Raj Shah and I thought it was natural to design a class to examine the new military systems, operational concepts and doctrines that will emerge from 21st century technologies – Space, Cyber, AI & Machine Learning and Autonomy.
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