Startup Professionals Musings
OCTOBER 16, 2022
One of the biggest myths in the business world is that startups are no place for Baby Boomers, that aging generation born between 1945 and 1964. They couldn’t possibly understand the new social media culture, new technologies, or have the determination to beat their younger counterparts in the market. Yet credible reports on current trends tell us just the opposite.
YoungUpstarts
OCTOBER 13, 2022
In this age of digitalization, software serves as the lifeline for healthcare industry. Look at custom software development to help. The post Why Custom Software Is A Must For The Healthcare Sector appeared first on Young Upstarts.
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ReadWriteStart
OCTOBER 12, 2022
The business environment began to change dramatically after the 2019 pandemic. PNAS surveyed 5,800 small businesses and found that 43% were temporarily closed. Since all enterprises wanted to survive in the Covid circumstances, they were looking for their own ways to hit customers and profits. The audience became whimsical, and the companies had to fight for each potential customer.
Up and Running
OCTOBER 13, 2022
When starting a new business , you’ll likely wear many hats. It isn’t unusual to act as CEO while also tackling marketing tasks and coordinating operations. As you find your footing and begin to scale, you might feel ready to hire a formal executive team. The right C-suite positions for your business will depend on your unique needs, budget, and long-term goals.
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
OCTOBER 27, 2022
In today’s world of digital transformation , it certainly pays for individuals to build a presence online. Whether you’re looking for a platform to open your blog up to the world stage, or are interested in making your business more visible, creating an engaging website that’s easy to navigate and interact with can be an essential step. However, for many of us, turning our ideas into a reality can be easier said than done. .
VC Cafe
OCTOBER 31, 2022
The top 20 tech billionaires globally have lost $480 billion on paper in the past year. Mark Zuckerberg lost a staggering $87 billion, Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos by $58 billion and the list goes on. This is largely due to several major stock market crashes and global economic uncertainties. But it’s not just billionaires who are struggling. It’s a tough time for a lot of startup founders right now.
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ConversionXL
OCTOBER 16, 2022
There’s more to ecommerce customer acquisition than increasing checkout conversion rates. For long-term, sustainable success, you must attract the right customers. The key is ongoing measurement and testing to understand which acquisition strategies work for your ecommerce business. In this article, you’ll learn how to gauge the effectiveness of any customer acquisition strategy.
Hearpreneur
OCTOBER 7, 2022
Business coaches are instrumental people in the start and growth of one’s business. Right from writing your story, attracting/retaining clients, and the survival of your business. They can help sharpen your skills and take up a lot more roles. Many entrepreneurs attribute their success to the mere factor that they had a business coach guide them through the process.
View from Seed
OCTOBER 11, 2022
While I walked away from that process with more questions than conclusions, our entire team has emerged from this period hyper-energized for the future. We continue to be committed to the core values of the firm, but also have a vision for how we want to practice our craft differently and with the ambition befitting the opportunity in front of us. To this end, we are excited to announce two big developments for NextView.
The Startup Magazine
OCTOBER 30, 2022
Modern technologies may be a real blessing for small companies lacking resources and having to promptly produce tangible outputs. A good grammar checker can easily replace several proofreaders and editors and save you hundreds of dollars or euros when you are developing your website texts or your first marketing campaigns. However, these solutions may also be a source of additional risks and challenges if you do not fully understand both the benefits and the threats associated with them.
Up and Running
OCTOBER 28, 2022
Securing investment dollars is often the number one priority for entrepreneurs when starting a business. Many will seek outside support—angel investors, personal investors, venture capitalists, and peer-to-peer lenders generally top the list. However, each “type” of investor brings a different level of risk — and, let’s be honest, not all businesses are attractive to investors.
Startup Professionals Musings
OCTOBER 2, 2022
If you are like most entrepreneurs I know, there just aren’t enough hours in a day to get all your own work done, as well as run the many one-hour meetings each team member seems to demand for decisions and mentoring. I have found it to be more productive and effective to lead with the model that no meetings will take an hour, and may be done in as little as five minutes.
ConversionXL
OCTOBER 7, 2022
Customer acquisition cost (CAC) is an important metric for any ecommerce business. It tells you how much you need to earn per customer to run a profitable company. Put simply, you need a healthy customer acquisition cost for your business to succeed. It’s up to every ecommerce business to find the middle ground between investing too little in customer acquisition and spending beyond your means.
ReadWriteStart
OCTOBER 1, 2022
Nowadays, the impact of e-commerce is being felt in nearly everybody’s life. E-commerce is changing how we do business around the world. Additionally, despite its relatively recent ascension, e-commerce has changed significantly with the passage of time. Approximately $3 trillion USD was spent online globally in 2018. That demonstrates that an astounding 15% of all retail sales are now online.
Duct Tape Marketing
OCTOBER 5, 2022
How To Use Immersion To Create Amazing Experiences written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing. Marketing Podcast with Dr. Paul J. Zak. In this episode of the Duct Tape Marketing Podcast , I interview Dr. Paul J. Zak. Dr. Zak is a Professor at Claremont Graduate University. A four-time tech entrepreneur, his most recent company Immersion Neuroscience is a software platform that allows anyone to measure what the brain loves in real-time to improve outcomes in entertainment, education
The Startup Magazine
OCTOBER 19, 2022
It’s always good to update your old product pages but it’s not always an easy process. You might be unsure how to write top-quality content writing or create eye-catching images of your products. Putting the time and effort into perfecting your product pages is important if you want to succeed as an eCommerce business. Your product pages are almost like an advert for your items and if they’re suboptimal, you’ll struggle to make sales.
Hearpreneur
OCTOBER 12, 2022
When the going gets rough in business, you’ll need the motivation to keep moving. Motivating yourself can be hard but practicing consistent habits such as reminding yourself of why you started can be a major boost. A network of friends and partners can also serve as a great assurance and reminder that you’re not walking alone. Here are the various ways entrepreneurs and business owners stay motivated in business. #1- Leverage entrepreneurial success stories.
Startup Professionals Musings
OCTOBER 26, 2022
Most small businesses have now forgotten the recent pandemic, and are back to “business as usual.” They don’t realize that business as usual is gone forever. With social media and smart phone apps, real product information spreads at astounding speeds. Entrepreneurs that are not listening, not engaging, and not changing are destined to be left behind even in the best of times.
ConversionXL
OCTOBER 4, 2022
Since 2015, clothing brand ASOS has grown revenue by an average of 22% year over year. Not for lack of competition, but as the result of a carefully designed ecommerce marketing strategy. This is what drives growth for online stores like ASOS, despite existing in a saturated market. In this article, you’ll learn how to build a powerful ecommerce marketing strategy using customer research and messaging development, and how to use it to determine which marketing tactics will best reach your target
Up and Running
OCTOBER 14, 2022
Ongoing financial planning and forecasting are critical for business growth. But as a small business owner, it can be difficult to do any of this thoroughly and efficiently. Maybe you’re not a numbers person or feel that it takes time away from you actually running your business. Now, managing and analyzing your business finances doesn’t have to be a frustrating process.
Duct Tape Marketing
OCTOBER 26, 2022
The Best Way To Communicate With And Convert Your Website Visitors written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing. Marketing Podcast with Ben Congleton. In this episode of the Duct Tape Marketing Podcast , I interview Ben Congleton. Ben is the Chief Executive Olarker (CEO) and co-founder of Olark Live Chat. For the last 13 years, he’s helped thousands of organizations communicate with visitors on their websites, including many small businesses.
The Startup Magazine
OCTOBER 3, 2022
For architects, forklifts are among the most adaptable vehicles. Forklifts are essential on every work site because they can securely carry goods that people cannot, such as huge loads that must be moved at a warehouse or a construction site. Choosing the best forklifts sale in Melbourne might be challenging due to the massive range of types and versions available.
Steve Blank
OCTOBER 25, 2022
An edited version of this article previously appeared in the Boston Consulting Group’s strategy think tank website. I spent last week at a global Fortune 50 company offsite watching them grapple with disruption. This 100+-year-old company has seven major product divisions, each with hundreds of products. Currently a market leader, they’re watching a new and relentless competitor with more money, more people and more advanced technology appear seemingly out of nowhere, attempting to grab cu
Startup Professionals Musings
OCTOBER 19, 2022
Even if you ignore all the hype around crowdfunding, there can be no doubt that it is a real alternative for entrepreneurs to achieve visibility and funding today. According to a classic article on Thrinacia , there were over 600 crowdfunding platforms in existence then, estimated to add more than $89 billion to the economy at a compound growth rate of 17% from 2019 to today.
ConversionXL
OCTOBER 1, 2022
95% of B2B buyers are not ready to buy your product right now. They’re having conversations with colleagues, researching on social media, and listening to podcasts about the product or industry and learning where your brand fits in. Demand generation helps you influence buyers where they’re having those conversations and in those unattributable spaces.
Board Effect
OCTOBER 13, 2022
About Ellen Glasgow. Management is doing the things right; leadership is doing the right things: This Peter Drucker quote is one of Ellen Glasgow’s greatest inspirations. It is a reminder that leading with purpose differs from other kinds of leadership. What is your WHY: The word lead comes from the Gaelic word meaning path. Glasgow finds cohesion when considering leadership as a path to walk alongside your team.
Duct Tape Marketing
OCTOBER 6, 2022
Why Virtual Offices Are The Future Of Remote Working written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing. Marketing Podcast with Brett Martin. In this episode of the Duct Tape Marketing Podcast , I interview Brett Martin. Brett is cofounder of Kumospace, the virtual HQ for remote teams, and Charge Ventures, a pre/seed VC based in Brooklyn, NY.
The Startup Magazine
OCTOBER 3, 2022
A compost bin is a container designed to recycle organic matter (carbon compounds formed by living organisms, e.g. garden and food waste) by turning it into compost, which is a mixture of ingredients that improves the condition of soil. Composting has benefits beyond minimizing trash buildup. Its impact is also felt beyond sustainability. What are the benefits of composting?
deal architect
OCTOBER 18, 2022
Oracle has its CloudWorld event this week. Gartner has its annual Symposium. I am at neither. I was not invited and I did not ask to be. Have missed both events for years now. I am taking a calculated risk.
Startup Professionals Musings
OCTOBER 9, 2022
Based on many years of experience in business as an executive and consultant, I have long been convinced that emotional intelligence (EQ or EI) in leadership wins over logical intelligence (IQ) every time. The experts define emotional intelligence as a leader's ability to recognize individual and team emotions, to understand their effect, and manage your own to guide your next move.
YoungUpstarts
OCTOBER 11, 2022
To build a more inclusive and equitable future, leaders in positions of power and influence must play an active role in disrupting the status quo, says Jennifer Brown. The post Finding Your Role As An Inclusive Leader appeared first on Young Upstarts.
Board Effect
OCTOBER 18, 2022
When we think of diversity in the nonprofit realm, we tend to think about it in terms of race, ethnicity, culture, religion, etc. However, not everyone considers the benefits of age diversity. Nonprofit boards are not well known for recruiting young people to serve on their boards. Yet, young people bring in fresh ideas and perspectives to everything they do.
Duct Tape Marketing
OCTOBER 19, 2022
The Fastest And Least Expensive Way To Double Your Sales written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing. Marketing Podcast with Amanda Holmes. In this episode of the Duct Tape Marketing Podcast , I interview Amanda Holmes. Amanda is the CEO of Chet Holmes International (CHI) which has worked with over 250,000 businesses worldwide. At age 24, she inherited her father’s multi-million dollar enterprise, which specializes in helping companies double their sales.
Women Entrepreneurs Can
OCTOBER 30, 2022
Businesses face many different threats. You always have the physical threat of your premises being broken into or damaged in some way. You have threats in terms of litigations and lawsuits filed against you. There are online threats from cyberattacks and malware, etc., and many more. All these things can not only cost you money, but they can damage your reputation and cause your business to close instead of grow.
deal architect
OCTOBER 20, 2022
In the 78th episode of Burning Platform, we host Raju Vegesna, Chief Evangelist at Zoho, a repeat guest in this series Zoho One – also branded as “the Operating System for Business” - is a suite of 50 and growing.
Startup Professionals Musings
OCTOBER 12, 2022
People who have been followers too long as an employee don’t realize how hard it is to be a leader. Every new entrepreneur has to initiate the right actions to be perceived as a leader in their chosen business domain by their team and by their customers, or the road to success and satisfaction will be lost along the way. Driving these actions are some basic principles that entrepreneurial leaders, such as Airbnb CEO Brain Chesky and LinkedIn CEO Jeff Weiner, seem to have learned early.
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