Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 28, 2021

Entrepreneurs who require funding for their startup have long counted on self-accredited high net worth individuals (“angels”) to fill their needs, after friends and family, and before they qualify for institutional investments (“VCs”). The many crowd funding platforms on the Internet, led still by Kickstarter and IndieGoGo , were expected by many to put regular people in charge of funding new opportunities, and kill the need for angel groups.

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The Startup Magazine

JULY 2, 2021

Software-defined WAN (SD-WAN) technology is intended to redesign and optimize the corporate WAN. A clear understanding of how does SD-WAN work and its benefits and limitations is essential to organizations wanting to optimize with a new, more distributed network. How SD-WAN Works. Many of the traditional networking media that businesses use have their limitations.

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ConversionXL

JUNE 30, 2021

Your unique selling proposition (USP) is what separates you from the competition. For customers, it’s a reason to trust and choose you ahead of someone else. For you, it’s the linchpin that powers your sales and marketing efforts. But what does a USP look like? In this article, we’ll demonstrate what makes an effective USP by sharing some of the best examples from the worlds of SaaS, e-commerce, and DTC.

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Up and Running

JUNE 28, 2021

On average, employees change jobs every four years. Some are unhappy with the work conditions. Others feel like they’ve reached their full potential in that company. And of course, there are the ones that are eager for a change, feeling overwhelmed by doing the same things over and over again. Why is this happening, you might ask? Employee retention is one of the biggest and potentially expensive issues for companies.

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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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VC Adventure

JULY 1, 2021

The Kauffman Foundation published an article last week that my New Builders co-author, Elizabeth MacBride, and I wrote about the inspiration for writing the book and – related – about how our systems of finance and support need to evolve to meet the needs of today’s entrepreneurs. One of our biggest inspirations and favorite New Builders is Danaris Mazara of Sweet Grace Heavenly Cakes.

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Duct Tape Marketing

JUNE 30, 2021

The 3 Essential Ingredients For Long-Term Happy Clients written by Sara Nay read more at Duct Tape Marketing. Agency Spark Podcast with David Gersh. The Agency Spark Podcast, hosted by Sara Nay, is a collection of interviews from thought leaders in the marketing consultancy and agency space. Each episode is designed to spark ideas you can put into practice for your agency today.

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Up and Running

JUNE 28, 2021

Payroll is one of the least appreciated yet most essential functions in a business. When done well, payroll can help your organization stay safe from legal consequences and keep your employees content. However, when done incorrectly, payroll mistakes gain momentum, ripple across the company, and can become costly to fix, both in time spent and money lost.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 28, 2021

On Funding?—?The Denominator Effect I recently wrote a post about funding for investors to think about having a diversified portfolio , which I called “shots on goal.” The thesis is that before investing in an early-stage startup it is close to impossible to know which of the deals you did will break out to the upside. It’s therefore important to have enough deals in your program to allow for the 15–20% of amazing deals to emerge.

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Duct Tape Marketing

JULY 2, 2021

Helping And Inspiring Small Business Entrepreneurs All Across America written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing. Marketing Podcast with Zach Lezberg. In this episode of the Duct Tape Marketing Podcast , I interview Zach Lezberg. Zach is the Founder & CEO of The Show Producers, Small Business Expo, eComCon, ShowBiz Expo, and Small Business University.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 2, 2021

In the eyes of investors like me, to be an entrepreneur, it’s not enough to create an innovative solution – you need to convince me that you can build a profitable business. Investors expect a great return for their risk, so they look for people who can look beyond the technology and their own passion to see a customer need that perhaps even the rest of us haven’t yet envisioned.

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deal architect

JUNE 28, 2021

As we have moved to virtual briefings, I have increasingly been excerpting short video segments (with permission ), as part of my Analyst Cam series. SAP's annual event - Sapphire Now - is usually about drinking from a fire hose.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 27, 2021

On Funding?—?Shots on Goal Being great as a startup technology investor of course requires a lot of things to come together: You need to have strong insights into where technology markets are heading and where value in the future will be created and sustained You need be perfect with your market timing. Being too early is the same as being wrong. Being too late and you back an “also ran” You also need to be right about the team.

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Women Entrepreneurs Can

JULY 1, 2021

When running a business, the question always on your mind is: how can we attract more customers? Of course, there are plenty of possible answers to this question, but today let’s look at the potential a mobile app can bring to a business. A mobile app can be used for almost anything. The versatility offered means that almost any business can acquire a mobile app and use it to push their business from strength to strength.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 26, 2021

As a long-time advisor to new entrepreneurs here in the USA, I’ve long been impressed with the number that come here from other countries, and the positive traits that most of these seem to bring with them. Logically, I would expect these non native-born entrepreneurs to be at a big disadvantage, having to learn the culture here, local idiosyncrasies, and new relationships.

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deal architect

JUNE 28, 2021

I have just finished work on my eighth book. Correction - it’s NOT my book. I have narrated it for a visionary tech CEO and his incredibly innovative team. We interviewed over 50 of their customers, partners, executives and industry.

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YoungUpstarts

JUNE 29, 2021

Looking to build a powerful app? Consider outsourcing mobile app development and help bring your idea into life. The post Reasons Why Outsourcing Mobile App Development Is A Good Idea appeared first on Young Upstarts.

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Women Entrepreneurs Can

JUNE 28, 2021

With cyber-attacks becoming rampant, security is the biggest concern for organizations today. Every incident is dangerous as it can cause financial losses, affect brand reputation, and even lead to possible legal liability. It makes sense to go the extra mile for assessing vulnerabilities and addressing them to make your business hack-proof. Human error is the most common source of organizational vulnerabilities, so you need to see cybersecurity as a people problem.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 27, 2021

The entrepreneurs I see are always talking about “disruptive innovation” ideas, but the plans I read are more often linear extensions of a current hot offering, like one more social network with the best of Facebook and Twitter, one more dating site dimension, or another “must-have” accessory for smartphones. Perhaps hard questions need to come before ideas, rather than after.

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deal architect

JULY 1, 2021

A few weeks ago, Cognizant invited a few of us to look at the future of world over the next few years. We considered trends that were already in motion and were accelerated by what happened over the last year.

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YoungUpstarts

JULY 2, 2021

Experiment with different technologies and a variety of habits. Find what suits your needs and those of your business to improve workflow. The post 3 Tips For Optimizing Your Workflow appeared first on Young Upstarts.

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The Startup Magazine

JULY 2, 2021

A successful user interface must accomplish a lot and still go almost unnoticed by the end-user. The best user interfaces guide end-users seamlessly to the functions they need. That puts a heavy burden on the UX designer. . Fortunately, good interfaces also share several common characteristics that you can deploy to excel in the design efforts. Here are five of the most common shared characteristics.

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Rembrandt Communications

JULY 1, 2021

Are you ready to have fun this summer? Summer is here, and that means more fun in the sun with friends and family members… unless you get stuck working long hours in front of your computer. Now is the time to create your content strategy and PR prep for the months ahead so you can avoid this nightmare. After all, your marketing and public relations’ (PR) activities are not going to stop just because the sun is calling!

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deal architect

JUNE 27, 2021

As we have moved to virtual briefings, I have increasingly been excerpting short video segments (with permission ), as part of my Analyst Cam series. SAP's annual event - Sapphire Now - is usually about drinking from a fire hose.

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YoungUpstarts

JULY 2, 2021

Taking the time to find the right lawyer to handle your car accident incident is the first step towards a successful claim. The post 5 Factors To Consider When Hiring A Car Accident Lawyer appeared first on Young Upstarts.

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The Startup Magazine

JUNE 29, 2021

Finding top talent is not easy, but it doesn’t have to be difficult either. Discovering the top talent in your industry and recruiting top talent to your startup can mean big success in your business. Source: Pixabay. With these tips, you can find the right people for your company and make sure they are happy with their roles so that all of your hard work pays off.

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Up and Running

JUNE 29, 2021

According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics , 3.3 hospitality workers out of 100 experienced workplace injury in 2019. With 13 million people working in the industry throughout the US, taking preventative measures to prevent serious injury or harm must be a priority. In fact, implementing effective workplace safety is a growing issue across the industry.

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YFS Magazine

JULY 2, 2021

The practice of risk management is an essential part of running a long-term successful business.

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YoungUpstarts

JUNE 30, 2021

Less than half of adults have created wills or living trusts. Chance are you are likely going to be subjected to the probate process. The post What Are The Most Important Questions About The Probate Process? appeared first on Young Upstarts.

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The Startup Magazine

JUNE 29, 2021

Everything has a cost. Most of us are ready to accept this in the physical world, but we tend to balk at paying for things online. So how does this work in the realm of technology and the ubiquitous “free” app offerings? For answers, we’ve turned to serial app entrepreneur Aidan Fitzpatrick, CEO of app and data company Reincubate. As the founder of a company that builds products, it’s important to Aidan that he monetizes their own products sustainably, and without relying on capture of user dat

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Hearpreneur

JULY 2, 2021

In our societies and business, there’re leaders who have demonstrated exceptionalities personalities and traits. Some of them alive and who continue to do great things while others we only read about them. We asked entrepreneurs and business owners their inspirational leaders and here’s what they had to say; #1- Winston Churchill. Photo Credit: Dan Potter.

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SiliconHills

JUNE 30, 2021

Skyrocketing health care costs is a problem Sana, a health care startup, has set out to solve since its founding in 2017. Recently, the Austin-based company took another step in that direction by announcing a partnership with Proactive MD to open a primary health care center, Sana MD in Austin. With the center, Sana and […].

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YoungUpstarts

JULY 2, 2021

Taking precautions for data security and privacy is one of the most important preparations for anyone planning an international trip. Ray Qin of SkyRoam shares some tips. The post 6 Cyber Security Tips For International Travelers appeared first on Young Upstarts.

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The Startup Magazine

JUNE 29, 2021

There are a great number of qualifications available to you within the business sphere, but perhaps the most well-known and prestigious of these is the MBA. MBA stands for Master of Business Administration, and it’s a postgraduate business degree specifically designed to provide students with a broad overview of many different key business practices and processes.

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YFS Magazine

JULY 1, 2021

Young employees crave freedom, flexibility, and work-life integration. Provide these benefits and your company will thrive in the long run.

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crowdSPRING Blog

JUNE 28, 2021

It doesn't have to cost a fortune to create a strong brand. These 5 inexpensive branding strategies will help grow your small business.

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YoungUpstarts

JUNE 30, 2021

Tight delivery schedules, keeping items fresh, and customer expectations — learn how route optimization software could improve your operations. The post What Is Route Optimization And Why Is It Important For Your Business? appeared first on Young Upstarts.

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