Up and Running
MAY 26, 2021
Ensuring that your company runs effectively and remains productive is just as important as generating revenue. In fact, providing the tools necessary for you and your team to stay productive can directly influence how well your business performs and grows. . While you may jump to providing better equipment or introducing time management systems, one area that is often overlooked is your human resources department.
View from Seed
MAY 24, 2021
With the news of our most recent $100M fund , NextView is looking to add a new member of our investment team based in New York. If you or someone that you know might be a great fit for this role, please apply here. Since we first opened our New York office back in 2015, we have steadily increased our presence over the years. Roughly 40% of our investments are in the region, including TripleLift (recent $1.4B buyout announced by Vista), Attentive (recent $470M series E), and Parsec (recent $2
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Women Entrepreneurs Can
MAY 23, 2021
As a business manager or owner, one of your key duties is to oversee employees. You want to ensure their performance rises to their potential. A good employee will have much more to offer your company. It could be their perceptions, strengths, skills, ideas, or even unique gifts. Your ultimate goal is to get the best out of your employees for maximum performance and benefit to the company.
Austin Startup
MAY 24, 2021
In the last post , we started with this chart, and we focused on RPA (the bright blue at the bottom of the bar chart), the most explosively growing enterprise software category I’ve ever seen. In this post, we’ll focus on Intelligent Process Automation?—?that middle dark blue series of data in the bar chart. I’m going to talk about the market dynamics for Intelligent Process Automation, but first let’s take a moment to understand why this software is valuable for the companies that buy them. the
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
MAY 25, 2021
Over the last few years, remote working and flexible hours have become more and more popular in companies worldwide. With the global spread of COVID-19 in 2020, however, work-from-home and remote working became the new norm, with lockdowns and restrictions forcing people to stay at home and continue working. With this immense change to the working environment came vast changes and challenges to the engagement, communication and working ethic of employees worldwide.
Startup Professionals Musings
MAY 22, 2021
It’s sad when the startup is “successful,” but the founder still feels totally unsatisfied. I see it happening all the time. The business is a winner, but the family or other relationships are broken by the stress. Or the entrepreneur started down this path to be their own boss and change the world, but find they are now answering to many more people, with nothing really changed.
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Women Entrepreneurs Can
MAY 27, 2021
The year 2020 brought about large amounts of change for the world and its economies. Not only did the coronavirus pandemic force nationwide lockdowns, but it also had a ripple effect on business and the way we as people do things. Suddenly, working remotely became the norm, and transacting online went from an occasional occurrence to almost daily. Industries that spent most of the time in the background suddenly came into the limelight, bringing about new business opportunities for entrepreneurs
YoungUpstarts
MAY 27, 2021
by Carrie Bohlig and Craig Clickner, authors of “So You Want to Start a Side Hustle“ We were not going to create the life of our dreams by focusing exclusively on our 9-5 careers. While we enjoyed being a preschool teacher and commercial banker, respectively, we did not love the limitations these jobs came with. […]. The post The DOs And DON’Ts Of Moderate Entrepreneurship (AKA Side Hustling) appeared first on Young Upstarts.
Startup Professionals Musings
MAY 26, 2021
Based on my experience with startups, trust is the most valuable asset you can have, especially when asking people to step into the unknown by funding your innovation, by joining your team, or just buying your new product as an early customer. You need to understand the unfortunate fact that, due to the realities of life struggles, trust does not come by default from anyone these days.
Cracking the Code
MAY 24, 2021
Team Salto in their Tel Aviv office Around 10 years ago, I was lucky(!) enough to have the task of configuring Salesforce for our London team. While a great tool for many organizations of all sizes and across all industries, “lightly” customizing Salesforce for Accel’s internal use cases was neither a quick nor fun experience. Far from it. Fast forward to today, and the pain point is still here, but we now have a technology team to implement and run our tech stack, which includes, Salesforce, Ne
Feld Thoughts
MAY 24, 2021
Six months ago I wrote When The Big Companies Show Up about Sony releasing their first holographic display and what I thought about that development, given my role as an investor via Foundry and board member in the 40-person purveyor of fine holographic interfaces in Brooklyn called Looking Glass. In that post, I wrote: “When I ponder my life in 2040, I am confident that I will not be spending 12 hours a day in videoconferences on a 2D display.
YoungUpstarts
MAY 27, 2021
by David Karandish, founder and CEO of Capacity Today’s workplace is full of distractions. The typical knowledge worker is interrupted every three minutes and takes nearly 25 minutes to get back to where they left off after just one distraction. These frequent interruptions account for 28 billion wasted hours a year, and a loss of almost $1 […].
Startup Professionals Musings
MAY 24, 2021
Whether it’s a business or personal interaction, multiple studies show that as much as 70-93% of the communication is nonverbal. That means that people addicted to text messages, twitter, and email may be sending less than half the message, and receivers often misinterpret even that half. Yet the use of SMS text messaging for all purposes, including business, has grown consistently worldwide since it was introduced 25 years ago, to an estimated 2.5 trillion/year for business alone, according to
Women Entrepreneurs Can
MAY 27, 2021
It is crucial to secure your business , no matter its size. Business security will secure your belongings, data, and private information that you cannot afford to be misplaced or stolen. For small businesses, it can be difficult to implement all security measures due to budget and team size. But, it is important to protect your business. Thus, here are the most affordable and necessary measures your small business should take to protect itself.
Steve Blank
MAY 24, 2021
Register Here. In 2020 over 1,000 educators joined us online to learn and share how to teach during the pandemic. Now we’re heading back into the classroom and the world has changed. What is the “new normal” for Lean Education? Will using video to “get out of the building” still play a role? What roles do diversity, equity and inclusion play in future syllabi?
YoungUpstarts
MAY 23, 2021
This article looks at the best financial services marketing strategies to help your financial app get into the spotlight. The post Best Marketing Strategies For Financial Services In 2021 appeared first on Young Upstarts.
Startup Professionals Musings
MAY 28, 2021
Most entrepreneurs expect to face the “normal” challenges of starting a business, which include finding the right opportunity, building and executing a winning plan, and financing their venture. But many forget the pitfalls associated with traditional business jobs which can apply even to the smartest and most dedicated people running their own business.
Women Entrepreneurs Can
MAY 26, 2021
Targeting the right audience plays a significant role in expanding your market share. The main objective of marketing is to portray relevant information to the right potential customers. Using the best strategies to reach your potential buyers will increase traffic. Concurrently, you’ll attain a competitive advantage, thus maximizing your profits.
deal architect
MAY 24, 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. Ben Pring of Cognizant makes a repeat appearance, this time giving us a sneak preview.
YoungUpstarts
MAY 28, 2021
How do you prepare for the unexpected and avoid the common strategy-to-execution disconnects that stand as an obstacle between where you are and where you want to be? The post Assessing Growth Disconnects: Why 90 Percent Of Startups Fail appeared first on Young Upstarts.
Startup Professionals Musings
MAY 23, 2021
Anyone who works with entrepreneurs will tell you that all are different. Some are really inventors, who view the challenges of building a business as a necessary evil. Others are really marketers out to make money fast, and believe that they can entice customers to any offering. Some just want to change the world and make it a better place. But none have any lock on success.
Women Entrepreneurs Can
MAY 25, 2021
As society becomes increasingly dependant on technology to perform daily tasks from the moment they wake up each day, companies have become reliant on this same technology to reach their clientele. Businesses need the internet to reach audiences and have, therefore, increased the demand for digital marketing experts to get the word out about everything they can offer to their target audiences.
Feld Thoughts
MAY 26, 2021
Most of the quotes we discuss in The Entrepreneur’s Weekly Nietzsche we found by reading his work, but a few are well-known lines that you may have heard before. This is one, used in our chapter “Monsters”: He who fights with monsters should be careful lest he thereby become a monster. And if thou gaze long into an abyss, the abyss will also gaze into thee.
YoungUpstarts
MAY 27, 2021
Law firms, just like any other business sector, need proper promotion for exposure in the marketplace. Digital marketing can help promote your law firm. The post 6 Amazing Ways To Promote Your Law Firm Through Digital Marketing appeared first on Young Upstarts.
ReadWriteStart
MAY 24, 2021
If you are thirsty enough to set up your food delivery business, this blog will quench your thirst with essential insights. Firstly, you must understand the need to enter the food delivery industry. Though many business ideas are on par with the food delivery business, the scope and profit involved in food delivery services are unmatchable. Create an App Like UberEats.
Women Entrepreneurs Can
MAY 25, 2021
If you wish to run a healthcare business, it is always beneficial to be prepared for the landscape to change at short notice. Between governmental changes and technological advances, it is possible to find that you will suddenly have more, or less, regulation to deal with. You may find that some practices which were lauded as “the future” not so long ago are now obsolete due to a breakthrough in medical science.
The Startup Magazine
MAY 26, 2021
If you think you have a perfect website, but you’ve never invested in a professional SEO audit, you’re probably wrong. And it’s not that a perfect site doesn’t exist. The reason is that without a thorough diagnosis of its performance, technical issues, content, UX elements, keywords, and a clear marketing plan, it’s rather improbable. A well conducted audit helps achieve business goals providing a set of recommendations that have to be incorporated to the website.
YoungUpstarts
MAY 26, 2021
Life and working in the business world can be hard at times. If you wish to thrive in life and in your career then you should consider applying these tips and focusing on the right areas that will have the biggest impact on the outcome. The post How To Thrive In Life And In Business appeared first on Young Upstarts.
Version One Ventures
MAY 28, 2021
We are very happy to announce our seed investment into Defined , a programmable data platform for decentralized finance (DeFi). We led the $2.5m round with participation from Mark Cuban, Balaji Srinivasan, Tiny Capital, Compound, Inflection, Portico Ventures, Capital 6, Rasool Rayani, and Kamunting Street Capital. We have been active investors in DeFi for almost three years now, with investments in Uniswap , Opyn and Nexus Mutual , and are thrilled to be adding Defined to our portfolio. .
Up and Running
MAY 24, 2021
You’ve come up with an innovative idea that has the potential to transform your industry. Maybe you have already landed VC funding or other types of investment and you have some runway. But then again, you could still be building out the fundamentals of your business and aren’t at that point yet. Either way, you will need a budget-friendly office that accommodates your team size while still helping to drive the business forward. .
The Startup Magazine
MAY 25, 2021
Owning your own business is financially rewarding if you do it correctly. Getting started is one of the hard parts. You can take out a personal loan , but do you really want to start a business by going into debt? There are plenty of other financing options to launch your new venture. Before you look into alternative financing, it’s important to have the right mindset.
YoungUpstarts
MAY 26, 2021
Whether you’re redesigning your office space or building your startup office from scratch, use these tips and ideas as a guide for creating the best workspace design for your startup. The post 6 Tips For Designing A Startup Office appeared first on Young Upstarts.
VC Adventure
MAY 25, 2021
Nietzsche has so many famous quotes it’s sometimes hard to choose just one (most have heard that which doesn’t kill you makes you stronger although I suppose few realize that it was the German philosopher who first penned it). My favorite, perhaps, is: t here are no beautiful surfaces without a terrible depth. I like it in particular because in many ways it describes Nietzsche himself.
Up and Running
MAY 24, 2021
According to the Association for Information and Image Management International , document management is: “The use of a computer system and software to store, manage and track electronic documents and electronic images of paper-based information captured through the use of a document scanner.”. In short, document management is a digital method of scanning, storing, and tracking all necessary business documentation.
The Startup Magazine
MAY 24, 2021
If you are in charge of importing and exporting products for your company, you have probably noticed that it is not cheap to get things from one place to another these days. If a country you are shipping to has high tariffs, it can greatly increase shipping costs to the point where it may not make economic sense to sell your product there. . Fortunately, there are a few ways you can reduce your freight forward shipping costs.
YoungUpstarts
MAY 26, 2021
While the real reason behind pre-teen and teenage students’ lack of conversational skills may never be truly identified, here are 5 tips for teaching them how to communicate better. The post 5 Tips For Teaching Students How To Converse With One Another appeared first on Young Upstarts.
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