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7 Tips For Expediting The Scaling Of Your New Venture

Startup Professionals Musings

The military has long recognized that machine guns are force multipliers for rifles, but businesses have been slow to capitalize on this concept. Sometimes all the planning in the world isn’t enough for business survival, when things change as fast as they do today. Every business, especially startups, needs all guns blazing quickly on every opportunity or insight into the market.

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Startup Funding – A Comprehensive Guide for Entrepreneurs

ReadWriteStart

I have often been asked about Startup Funding by entrepreneurs. Many myths surround the subject of startup funding. Here is Startup Funding, a Comprehensive Guide for Entrepreneurs. Pre-Requisites of Funding. Gone are the days where you can get funded based on an idea. To secure your funding, you must establish the feasibility of your idea through proper planning and implementation.

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Heartfelt Leadership: The Pandemic Has Revealed The Truth About Your Heart

YoungUpstarts

by Deb Boelkes, author of “ Heartfelt Leadership: How to Capture the Top Spot and Keep on Soaring “ A couple months ago, a crisis hit the world — one that changed almost everything about how companies operate. We all know the details, so no need to enumerate them here. But as we continue to navigate this fearful, uncertain, emotionally charged stretch of history, leaders need to ask themselves a big question: What has the pandemic taught you about the role your heart plays in your le

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17 Entrepreneurs Explain How They Leverage Networking in Business

Hearpreneur

Networking in business helps you reach more clients and more importantly, share your lessons and successes with other business owners. This ultimately improves your confidence and reminds you to push harder regardless of the obstacles you face in business. Of course, they’re various other ways you can benefit from networking. Here’s how entrepreneurs and business owners leverage networking in their businesses. #1- Begin conversations.

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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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4 Best Marketing Automation Tools

The Startup Magazine

Businesses need to effectively market their products and content if they want to gain more customers and spread their brand. However, marketing can pose many problems, so finding the best marketing automation tools for your business can help you out. If you don’t know which automation tools to pick, then we have some online tools suggestions for you to consider.

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How Entrepreneurial Planning Helps You Have Smoother Sailing

ReadWriteStart

Being an entrepreneur is a state of mind, way of living. To get started in business, you have to be rigorous and have proper methods. Even if working in entrepreneurship is not what you might call entertainment — passion is essential. Be your own ally, and make your motivation and passion the main engine of your business. Here is how entrepreneurial planning helps you have smoother sailing.

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15 Entrepreneurs Describe Their Leadership Styles

Hearpreneur

Every leading position in business requires a demonstration of diverse skills and leadership styles. Working environments differ thus requires the leader to master the best style that works in that business. For instance, an authoritative style may not suit a business in its initial stages of development. Here’s how entrepreneurs and business owners lead their teams; #1- Leading from the front.

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7 Things Your Company Should Have (Do) During a Power Outage

The Startup Magazine

It seems that power outages aren’t always directly related to how developed a nation is. The US is the country with the highest frequency of power blackouts even though it’s a major global power. With global warming and withering electricity grids, power outages are increasing in frequency and length. When it comes to businesses, there is a lot to lose when power is constantly fluctuating.

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Turning the microphone over

Startup Lessons Learned

Like so many of us, I have struggled these past few days with what to say about the heartbreaking injustice that has shaken our country. This struggle pales in comparison to what the Black community is suffering through. Silence is not an option, and I'm glad to see so many people standing up to say what we should have been saying all along. Count me among them: racism, white supremacy, and fascism should have no place in our society.

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4 Advantages Of A Virtual Data Room For Your Business

YoungUpstarts

These days you can hardly find any business that uses a physical data room. It is because technology is appreciated by entrepreneurs in various sectors. They aim to keep up with the highly competitive business environment. And to achieve that, they prefer to employ Virtual Data Rooms (VDR) that can help their companies with securing confidential data and limited access to online files.

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Google rescues TikTok, deletes over 5 million negative comments to spike up ratings

Our Own Start-up

The never ending war between YouTube and TikTok and hashtags asking users to ban TikTok, especially in India, has an abysmal impact for which ratings were dropped to 3 from 4.7, and then it suddenly plunged to 1.2, its lowest rating ever. But tech giant Google brings off the bummer and becomes a saviour of TikTok.

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New Normal: Conversation with Sridhar Vembu of Zoho

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I have been doing video interviews with a number of CIOs, software executives and practitioners about acrobatics they have been seeing in various vertical sectors during the COVID-19 crisis and the "New normal" they can expect as the economy wakes.

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7 Ways Investors Assess Your Focus As An Entrepreneur

Startup Professionals Musings

In my experience as a business mentor, one of the biggest challenges I see is a failure to focus. Most of you aspiring entrepreneurs have new ideas on a regular basis, and find it hard deciding which to pursue, or try to tackle several at the same time. The result is that nothing ever really gets done well, or you burn out trying to address too many opportunities, all at the same time.

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How to Create an Unbeatable Business Strategy

Women Entrepreneurs Can

Every journey needs a map. A well-drawn map sets you on the right path and helps you get to your destination as quickly and efficiently as possible. And it is just as relevant to business as it is to the great outdoors. Whatever goals and objectives your business may be working to – growth, new product development, digital transformation – you will need a roadmap to make sure you don’t get lost on the way.

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How To Have A More Efficient Small Business

YoungUpstarts

Now that you’ve put in the hard work to create your small business, you’ll want to ensure that it lasts a long time. To do so, your organization must have efficient operations. That involves changing with the times and adapting to trends, as well as adjusting how you do certain activities as your business grows. Here are ways to have a more efficient small business than your competitors.

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New Normal: Conversation with Doug Belden of Hillsborough County, FL

deal architect

I have been doing video interviews with a number of CIOs, software executives and practitioners about acrobatics they have been seeing in various vertical sectors during the COVID-19 crisis and the "New normal" they can expect as the economy wakes.

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8 Ways Your Old School Can Energize Your New Venture

Startup Professionals Musings

Most aspiring entrepreneurs look to their alma mater, or any university, as a source of classes that can help them, but neglect to think outside the box or take advantage of all the other resources to be found there. The lesson of finding help, connections, and even funding where other people may never look is one that makes all the difference in the entrepreneur lifestyle.

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Your Guide to Cyber Security: What You Should Know

Women Entrepreneurs Can

Cybersecurity can be a very nuanced topic often littered with industry jargon. With an uptick in working from home, there has also been an increase in cybercrime as hackers are taking advantage of the pandemic, exploiting and preying on people who are uneducated about best practices. The only way to protect yourself from falling victim of a cyber attack is to educate yourself on what cybersecurity is, how to recognize it, and how to prevent it.

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How To Craft The Perfect Sales Presentation For Small Businesses

YoungUpstarts

by David Duford , author of “ The Official Guide To Selling Insurance For New Agents “ If you’re a small business owner, chances are you persuade your clients on some level. . If you’re looking for a strategy to sell in an ethical, low-pressure way that produces results, then you’ve found the right article! In this article, I discuss how small businesses can craft the perfect sales presentation to convert more of your prospects into clients.

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New Normal: Conversation with Peter Maier of SAP

deal architect

I have been doing video interviews with a number of CIOs, software executives and practitioners about acrobatics they have been seeing in various vertical sectors during the COVID-19 crisis and the "New normal" they can expect as the economy wakes.

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Why Smart Entrepreneurs Build Plans For Their Startup

Startup Professionals Musings

Most technical entrepreneurs I know demand the discipline of a product specification or plan, and then assume that their great product will drive a great business. Serious investors, on the other hand, look for a professional business plan or summary first, and hardly ever look at the product plan. Is it any wonder why so few entrepreneurs ever find the professional investors they seek?

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#BlackLivesMatter and What I’m Doing

Feld Thoughts

So that I’m unambiguous about my perspective, #BlackLivesMatter. Amy and I have been philanthropically supporting Progressive Public Policy and Social Justice Organizations for over 20 years. However, just providing financial support is not nearly enough, and I’ve decided to put much more time and energy into understanding and helping eliminate racial inequity.

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Leading Through Adversity: Guiding Principles for Leadership Through COVID-19 And Beyond

YoungUpstarts

by Eric Yaverbaum, CEO of Ericho Communications. By now, it’s clear that we’ll be dealing with the massive changes caused by the COVID-19 pandemic for the foreseeable future. Experts predict periodic outbreaks, secondary and tertiary waves of disease, and lockdowns and quarantines at least through the next eighteen months. The whole world will have to redefine how we work, go to school, connect with loved ones, and really every aspect of our lives as we adapt to this new normal for the long haul

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New Normal: Conversation with Jack Barrett of First Citrus Bank

deal architect

I have been doing video interviews with a number of C level execs, VCs and practitioners about acrobatics they have been seeing in various vertical sectors during the COVID-19 crisis and the "New normal" they can expect as the economy.

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Why Blog?

Rembrandt Communications

Do You Really Need to Have a Blog? You hear all about people posting blogs. Maybe you’ve tried blogging without success? Well, a blog (short for web log) may be the secret tool you need to boost awareness and sales fast… without spending a dime! Why blog? A blog is simply a way to provide unique content to your target market. They are shorter than articles (usually between 300 and 600 words), and there is a reason they are so popular….

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You are Not Alone

Feld Thoughts

On Wednesday 6/3 at 11am Energize Colorado will be launching our Mental Wellness initiative. While we already have a Mental Health Resource section up on the Energize Colorado , we are starting a weekly webinar series called Wellness Wednesdays. One of our goals with this initiative is to destigmatize mental health and support those in need of engaging in service during the Covid crisis.

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How To Make Sure Your Startup Appeals To Generation Z

YoungUpstarts

Move over Millennials, there are some new kids on the block, and they go by the name of Generation Z. This group of young adults are beginning to graduate college, which means they’re now picking up jobs, embarking on careers, and earning their own money. If you want to ensure that they spend their newfound cash on the services and products you have to offer from your startup, you need to go out of your way to appeal to them.

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New Normal: Conversation with Ed Abbo of C3.ai

deal architect

I have been doing video interviews with a number of C level executives, VCs and practitioners about acrobatics they have been seeing in various vertical sectors during the COVID-19 crisis and the "New normal" they can expect as the economy.

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10 Ways to Skyrocket Business Growth Using Blockchain Technology

ReadWriteStart

Blockchain technology is cementing its position in the business marketplace to help you get more customers. Gratefully, the first thing that blockchain will help with is better security. But it’s going to take some time for the business community to adopt blockchain properly. With that being said, I’m going to explain ten unique benefits that blockchain technology will offer.

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Don’t Burn Down Your Own House

Feld Thoughts

Dave Mayer pointed me at this video today. After struggling with how I was feeling all morning, during my run, and while I read the Sunday New York Times, this finally helped me put a framework around my feelings. I’m angry. I’m sad. I’m confused. I’m appalled. I’m scared. I’m upset. And this is completely independent (and on top of) of all the challenges around the Covid crisis.

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7 Reasons Press Releases Are Still Relevant

YoungUpstarts

Press releases may have been the main thing back in the day where printing was the way to pass information and before the internet became mainstream. But, does this mean that press release is irrelevant today? Granted in today’s era, it is simple to create a message or make a video and send it through various social media platforms. If it is something that would excite your followers, then the information can go viral within a very short time span.

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The Importance of Digital Marketing in the Age of COVID-19

The Startup Magazine

Building and maintaining your business’ online presence has never been more important, especially since COVID-19 has forced businesses all over the world to close their doors and move their operations to the world wide web. The virus’ impact on the business world has been undeniable: the stock market has suffered massive turmoil , jobs have been lost, and small business owners are no longer able to rely on storefront transactions or in-person customer relationship building.

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Monday Motivation: 10 Minutes To Start Your Day Best! | REWIRE YOUR MIN

Hearpreneur

This motivational video is to help CEOs, entrepreneurs and business owners start the week off on the right foot. Here are some takeaways from the video: If you dream big, you better work even harder. Comfort is the enemy of progression. Get outside of yourself. Be prepared in life for a lot of rejections so you don’t get disappointed. Life is one big gratitude test, be grateful first then you become happy.

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Most Warning Systems Do Not Warn Us That They Can No Longer Warn Us

Feld Thoughts

Since mid-March, I have received endless letters from companies and funds I’m an investor in with their thoughts on the Covid crisis. One of the best was from Paul Kedrosky and Eric Norlin of SK Ventures (one of our Partner Fund investments ). Paul and Eric have given me permission to repost it here. . ( First published May 15, 2020.). Greetings-.

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How To Make Data-Driven Marketing Decisions

YoungUpstarts

Effective digital marketing campaigns are driven by data. Traffic sources, conversions, cost per click, and many other metrics have a wide range of potential variables to analyze, so it’s essential that you are able to identify that data that is the most crucial to your business. Data-driven decisions in marketing can have a number of benefits, providing you with better, faster results, and increasing your return on investment.

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Building Assets ? 5 Ways to Increase Your Property Value

The Startup Magazine

Regardless of the property value in the market, everyone wants to get the best price for their home or business. Although you don’t have any control over the property market, still there are tips and techniques to get the maximum value for your property. Property is a large part of anyone’s net asset value. Here are a few ways you can magnify the net worth of your home or business: Get a Professional Inspection.

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