December, 2022

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Praying to the God of Valuation

Both Sides of the Table

Something happened in the past 7 years in the startup and venture capital world that I hadn’t experienced since the late 90’s — we all began praying to the God of Valuation. It wasn’t always like this and frankly it took a lot of joy out of the industry for me personally. What happened? How might our next phase of the journey seem brighter, even with more uncertain days for startups and capital markets?

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8 Tactics To Make You A Fearless Business Innovator

Startup Professionals Musings

Every business owner and entrepreneur I meet in my consulting rounds dreams of finding that “ disruptive ” innovation that will supercharge their business and move it into the ranks of business unicorns (billion-dollar valuations), such as SpaceX and Apple. They don’t realize that these are still rare, require a large risk, and may not be the best way to keep up with change in the market.

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Considering A Career In Web Development While Balancing A Family Life

YoungUpstarts

Are you a parent considering a change in career and becoming a web developer? For many parents the ideal situation is to have the freedom to work from home and within a sector that is urgently required. A web development career is a much needed skill, with progression and freedom. The post Considering A Career In Web Development While Balancing A Family Life appeared first on Young Upstarts.

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Organization That Failed to Innovate – Avoid Their Fate

ReadWriteStart

Gone are the days when “ innovation ” or “disruptions” were just fancy jargon thrown around without any purpose. Yesterday was the time when innovation was good and not a must-have. Gone are the days when you could overlook enterprise innovation initiatives and functions without allocating dedicated resources. Constant Digital Disruption, Innovation, and Advancement.

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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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Best practices for customer verification

The Startup Magazine

The internet is a great tool for business, transforming how companies interact with their customers and providing new channels to sell products, provide services, and make money. Unfortunately, the internet is also great for criminals looking to exploit businesses for their own gain. Global estimates for online payment fraud in 2022 reached $41 billion (USD) , more than double the figure from the previous year.

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30 Entrepreneurs Reveal the Pivots They Are Making in Their Business in 2023

Hearpreneur

Every new year brings with it a new form of excitement and anticipation. The reason is that every new year brings about a “newness” for lack of a better term when we are able to start fresh and change those things that we did bad or things we have been thinking about doing. For us at CEO Blog Nation, we get it. So, that’s why we are excited about 2023 because there will be more and more entrepreneurs and businesses.

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8 Activities To Satisfy Your Boss You Are Accountable

Startup Professionals Musings

One of the attributes that I often recommend to the business professionals and entrepreneurs I mentor is to always be totally accountable for your actions and ideas. I too often see people who are quick to make excuses, blame failures on peers or customers, or see management as the reason for their lack of productivity. Lack of accountability can permeate an entire organization.

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11 tips for reducing costs in small business

NZ Entrepreneur

With inflation reaching a 30-year high, small businesses across the country will be looking for ways to reduce costs amid cost of living and rising price pressures. According to the latest MYOB SME Snapshot, a survey of over 500 local SME operators around New Zealand, most believe the economy will decline in the next year, putting further pressure on cashflow and margins.

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Build Predictable Startup Models by Forming an Agency

ReadWriteStart

Startup studios continue to grow in popularity as incubators for new businesses. Rather than simply launching one startup, the startup studio model creates an organization whose business is launching startups. This allows the studio to develop processes, well-organized development teams, and growth plans. These can then be repeated and improved on with each successive startup.

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5 Effective Financial Management Practices Used in the Hospitality Industry

The Startup Magazine

The hospitality industry is full of opportunities, but it also has some challenges. These include high costs, competition, and shifting regulations. While hotels and other businesses in the sector need to establish sound financial management practices, it can be difficult to find time for extensive training. Source: Unsplash. According to IBIS World, the revenues generated by the hotels and motels industry in 2022 have reached $258.1 billion.

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30 Entrepreneurs Share Their Goals for 2023

Hearpreneur

It’s a new year and right after the ball drops, it’s time to go to work. Often entrepreneurs and business owners create their New Year’s Resolutions around their businesses. It could be more revenue, hiring clients, or launching a new product or service, but every new year is an exciting time because it’s ripe with opportunity. We asked 30 entrepreneurs to share their business goals and what they were looking forward to in 2023. #1- Start getting up early.

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How To Improve Your Local Marketing Strategy

Duct Tape Marketing

How To Improve Your Local Marketing Strategy written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing. Marketing Podcast with Laura Nelson. In this episode of the Duct Tape Marketing Podcast , I interview Laura Nelson. Laura has marketed, sold to, and collaborated with local businesses for over 10 years of her career as a marketer and business manager.

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10 Quotes You Should Never Use Around A Business Plan

Startup Professionals Musings

Many new entrepreneurs are so excited by their latest idea that they can’t resist contacting every investor they know, assuming the investor will be equally excited and want to contribute immediately. Others will work hard on a business plan, and then mail it indiscriminately to every potential investor they can find on the Internet. Both of these approaches are a waste of your time and theirs.

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SAP "Business as Unusual" excerpts

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The Business as Unusual book authored by Thomas Saueressig and Peter Maier that we helped interview a wide range of SAP, customer and partner executives for is being released on Amazon in two weeks – see book page at [link].

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4 Critical Steps to Create an Effective Fulfillment Department for Your Online Business

Women Entrepreneurs Can

The success of any online business is mainly dependent on the efficiency of its order fulfillment process, and a well-managed fulfillment department plays a major role in that. If you’re looking to create an effective fulfillment department for your own eCommerce business, you should take some key steps. Here we outline four critical steps to creating an efficient and effective order fulfillment team.

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Pros and Cons of the Offshore Company for Software Development

The Startup Magazine

Almost all businesses today, regardless of size or industry, are using offshore development to build and enhance their own software. The most significant advantages of offshore development, such as lower costs, access to a larger pool of qualified development companies, resource management, flexibility, etc., will be discussed next. Offshore Development: What Is It?

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30 Entrepreneurs Share Their Tips and Tricks of Staying Motivated

Hearpreneur

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- Seeing growth and positive reviews.

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The Power Of Scarcity

Duct Tape Marketing

The Power Of Scarcity written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing. Marketing Podcast with Mindy Weinstein. In this episode of the Duct Tape Marketing Podcast , I interview Mindy Weinstein. Dr. Weinstein is a leading expert in digital marketing and has been named one of the top women in the industry globally. She is the founder of the digital marketing firm Market MindShift.

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10 Practices To Avoid When Running Your First Startup

Startup Professionals Musings

Unfortunately, many entrepreneurs seem to prefer to fail their way to the top, rather than do some research and learn from the successes and mistakes of others. It seems to be part of the “fail fast, fail often” mantra often heard in Silicon Valley. As an advisor to many startups, I’m convinced it’s an expensive and painful approach, but I do see it used all too often.

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SAP BAU Videos: Ch.1 - The End of Business as Usual

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The SAP Business as Unusual book by Thomas Saueressig and Peter Maier is being released this week. (click on badge on left to link to the Amazon page). The book relies heavily on conversations with SAP, customer, partner, research firm.

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4 Workforce Planning Models for Your Nonprofit to Consider

Board Effect

Is your nonprofit struggling with having too few or too many workers during peak and non-peak periods? Selecting the right workforce planning model can help solve these problems for many nonprofits as it is not cost-effective to have employees standing idle during a shift, and employees who feel overworked may lose their enthusiasm for the job. It may be worth exploring various workforce planning models to ensure you have the right people in the right positions at the right times.

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Popular Types of Clothing Startups That You Can Launch in 2023

The Startup Magazine

Setting up a company has never been easier, as all you need is a computer, an internet connection, and your own website. Once you know who your target audience is, you can start creating and buying in stock to please that demographic. To help you figure out what’s popular at the moment, we have a couple of clothing store types to give you inspiration, along with their clothing startup success stories.

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30 Entrepreneurs Explain Their Major Accomplishments in 2022

Hearpreneur

The end of every year is the opportunity to reflect on a 365-day journey. 2022 may have been a bad year for some; to others, it was a great one. Many businesses were launched and others were closed. Pivots were made and goals were shattered. In the last few days of 2022, we asked a few entrepreneurs and businesses what their biggest business accomplishments were. #1- Everything.

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How Modern Marketers Earn Trust Today

Duct Tape Marketing

How Modern Marketers Earn Trust Today written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing. Marketing Podcast with Melanie Deziel. In this episode of the Duct Tape Marketing Podcast , I interview Melanie Deziel. Melanie is a keynote speaker, award-winning branded content creator, and the author of both “ The Content Fuel Framework: How to Generate Unlimited Story Ideas ” and “ Prove It: Exactly How Modern Marketers Earn Trust.” Melanie is also the Co-Founder of The Convoy and GroupUps,

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5 Keys To Satisfaction When Starting A New Business

Startup Professionals Musings

According to a classic Gallup survey , job satisfaction for employees has reached an all-time low. Only 13 percent of workers are fully engaged in their job. The sad part is that it seems to be getting worse, rather than better. One alternative is to become an entrepreneur. As a mentor to many aspiring entrepreneurs, I’m often asked what it takes to get satisfaction from this lifestyle.

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Analyst Cam: Workday Verticals Planning and Analytics: Part 3 – Healthcare

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As we have moved to virtual briefings, I have increasingly been excerpting short video segments (with permission) as part of my Analyst Cam series. We are running a series of posts on Workday’s Industries. Tom Peff in Product Marketing kicked.

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BoardEffect’s Year-End Review and 4 Hot Topics for 2023

Board Effect

2022 has been a tumultuous year again. Organizations have been tested in many ways. The pandemic ended, or did it? People changed jobs at an unprecedented rate. The economy became less predictable. Information security was challenged. And the speed of all of these changes has only accelerated. Many of these issues ended up on boards’ agendas throughout the year, and will continue to do so in 2023. 5 Top Topics in 2022.

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3 Key Steps for a Successful Backup Strategy

The Startup Magazine

The digital world has made keeping data simple, but it has also introduced new risks, like cyberattacks and the potential loss of information as a result of manmade and natural disasters. Invoices, company finances, employee information, and customer details are just some examples of the sensitive data that modern businesses deal with every day and must secure.

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Looking to Improve Your Business Physical Security: Here’s 5 Ways to Get Started

Women Entrepreneurs Can

Businesses of all sizes can benefit from a well-executed physical security plan. From retail stores to office buildings, ensuring the safety and security of your employees and property is essential for a successful business. This blog post will look at four important aspects of physical business security that should not be overlooked. Access Control.

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The Definitive Guide To Instagram Marketing

Duct Tape Marketing

The Definitive Guide To Instagram Marketing written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing. Marketing Podcast with Jenn Herman. In this episode of the Duct Tape Marketing Podcast , I interview Jenn Herman. Jenn is a social media consultant, speaker, and globally recognized Instagram expert. She is a sought-after international speaker providing tips, resources, and training for organizations of all sizes that need to structure their social media strategies.

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7 Keys To Heightening Your Business Team Engagement

Startup Professionals Musings

I was shocked to read an old Gallup study that indicates only 13 percent of employees worldwide are actively engaged at work, and more recent data shows only a small change in the right direction. In my own experience as a startup advisor and mentor, I find that entrepreneurs who can’t attract and maintain a highly motivated team rarely even get off the ground.

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Analyst Cam: Workday Verticals Planning and Analytics: Part 1 – Across Service Sectors  

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As we have moved to virtual briefings, I have increasingly been excerpting short video segments (with permission) as part of my Analyst Cam series. Over the next few days, we will profile a series of posts on Workday’s Industries. Kicking.

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NZ Universities are spinning out market-ready ventures – what investors should know

NZ Entrepreneur

Investors looking for the Next Big Thing are often drawn to universities. Afterall, some of the world’s most exciting and influential companies have started on campuses (think BioNTech and Google). Universities attract smart people who want to change the world and give them the support they need to make it happen. They equip academics with state-of-the-art equipment and an expert workforce to bring an idea forward, while on-campus commercialisation offices help academics protect their innovation

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5 Tips for Responsible Borrowing in Your Business

The Startup Magazine

There comes a time in every business journey when financing is the best option for growth and stability. Some business owners require financing to get started while others revisit this option regularly throughout their entrepreneurial journey. Source: Pexels.com. The key to finding success in credit and financing is to be a responsible borrower. Here are five tips for responsible borrowing in your business. 1.

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3 Childcare Business Ideas to Pursue Today

Women Entrepreneurs Can

Looking after children can be such a rewarding job to pursue, so it’s unsurprising that you might have an interest in building your own childcare business that allows you to generate a healthy income while pursuing your passion. Fortunately this guide aims to make such a project as achievable as possible, as below are 3 of the best childcare business options that you can make the most of to start generating a respectable income today.

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Finding Your Voice And Using It To Make Ridiculously Good Content

Duct Tape Marketing

Finding Your Voice And Using It To Make Ridiculously Good Content written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing. Marketing Podcast with Ann Handley. In this episode of the Duct Tape Marketing Podcast , I interview Ann Handley. Ann is a Wall Street Journal bestselling author focused on helping businesses worldwide escape marketing mediocrity to ignite tangible results.