YoungUpstarts
APRIL 24, 2020
It’s true that right now is a tough time to be in the retail industry. Due to the coronavirus pandemic, most of the United States is in a lockdown and many businesses have had to close. If you’re a retail company that gains the majority of your business from people walking into your storefront and walking out with your product, then this puts you into a tough spot.
Up and Running
APRIL 22, 2020
Maintaining your business through the coronavirus crisis has likely led you to cut costs, revise your sales projections, and potentially seek out a loan to help you stay afloat. Luckily, the SBA has created a separate COVID-19 Disaster Loan, with less stringent eligibility criteria and a streamlined application process to hopefully make more funds available for more businesses. .
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Startup Lessons Learned
APRIL 22, 2020
Over the past few weeks, I have recorded a series of conversations with people leading the way out of this mess. They range from prominent CEOs and investors to scientists and builders. Many of them I have had the privilege of working directly with on relief efforts, and their example is what has kept me going in dark times - and inspired me to take action.
The Startup Magazine
APRIL 21, 2020
Product development involves the creation or modification of a product, satisfying a market niche or newly defined customer. Now more than ever, plastics are very useful in product design because there are a lot of benefits of using plastic. high precision aluminium rubber and plastic automotive part manufacturing by casting and machining. You can create optimum plastic product designs by choosing the materials, tooling, and processes.
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
YoungUpstarts
APRIL 21, 2020
Modern businesses rely on technology to support their operations. Recent studies concluded that over 80% of business-related information and other resources are now stored in the cloud. The availability of cloud infrastructure through services like AWS and GCP means even home businesses can leverage the power of cloud computing to streamline business processes.
Austin Startup
APRIL 23, 2020
It’s easy to scare people. It’s harder to “unscare” them (in fact unscare is not a word). Customers will need more than permission to return to restaurants and other businesses that were closed because of a virus they know is still circulating. In a Gallup poll , only 20% said they would return back to normal activities immediately after restrictions are lifted.
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The Startup Magazine
APRIL 21, 2020
According to the US Small Business Administration, startups and small businesses numbered around 30.2 million in the United States in 2018. That number accounts for about 90% of the total number of businesses in the United States. For most of these businesses, there’s usually staffing problems due to limited resources, which means one has to source for alternative services at the best price.
YoungUpstarts
APRIL 20, 2020
Selecting the right Bitcoin Trading Platform or Cryptocurrency Exchange can be a challenging task. If you select the right one, you can ensure some handsome returns on your investments. If you choose the wrong one, you stand the risk of losing your money and peace of mind. If you have decided on investing in the lucrative field of Bitcoins, you might want to know how to pick out the right platform.
ConversionXL
APRIL 21, 2020
What happens when a marketing generalist asks a team of CRO experts for ideas on “low-hanging fruit” or “quick wins”? My humbling aside, the CXL Agency team did indulge my request—to a degree. Many conversion optimization efforts fall toward one end of the time-to-value and time-to-implement axes. Some, invariably, end up in the top-right quadrant: If you’re looking for wins this quarter, ones that will endure in future quarters, too, here’s what to do—and what to avoid. 1.
Version One Ventures
APRIL 21, 2020
I recently shared some thoughts about DeFi in light of recent market turmoil. While I remain extremely bullish on p2p finance in the long run, I believe there are at least 3 major questions to answer in the short term: 1) what blockchain/layer is most appropriate for DeFi scalability, 2) what use cases can DeFi power beyond speculation, and 3) how can we bring Bitcoin’s superior collateral security and liquidity to the DeFi ecosystem?
The Startup Magazine
APRIL 22, 2020
There are certain things you should know about using iCloud for business purposes. Did you know that the United States has over 30.2 million small businesses ? Without proper innovation, you could drown and go bankrupt with such a tight competition. If you’re a business looking to expand, using iCloud can be a worthwhile investment. It allows you to have a paperless storage system for your files.
Board Effect
APRIL 23, 2020
On April 2, 2020, Mitch Johnson co-presented a webinar on “Best Practices for Virtual Board Meetings During COVID-19,” along with Dottie Schindlinger, Executive Director of the Diligent Institute, and a founding team member of BoardEffect. In this blog post, Mitch shares his insights on several of the questions asked by the audience of over 700 webinar participants.
Startup Professionals Musings
APRIL 18, 2020
Successful entrepreneurs are the ones who think the most creatively, not only in their initial product or service, but more importantly all through the stages of growth from startup to maturity. But even the best of them can easily slip into some bad decision habits that limit or hurt their business, due to natural human tendencies and the pressures of business challenges.
Women Entrepreneurs Can
APRIL 19, 2020
COVID-19 has brought doom and gloom to most business settings. Instead of wallowing in self-pity, why don’t you use this virus as an excuse to improve your office? When have you ever been given a significant amount of free time to properly look at your business and make improvements? With everyone out of the office, it also presents some other significant opportunities that were never there before.
Duct Tape Marketing
APRIL 21, 2020
How to Lead for the Future with Co-Creation written by Jenna Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing. Marketing Podcast with Keith Ferrazzi. On this episode of the Duct Tape Marketing Podcast, I speak with Founder and Chairman of Ferrazzi Greenlight and best-selling author Keith Ferrazzi. Keith Ferrazzi is recognized as a global thought leader in the relational and collaborative sciences.
NZ Entrepreneur
APRIL 22, 2020
The COVID-19 pandemic has presented more challenges than we would like to mention. But it has also provided business owners with a unique opportunity that they wouldn’t have had otherwise – reimagine their business with a clean slate. Stepping away from the day-to-day running of a business may seem impossible when business is running as usual, but with this enforced lockdown it is giving owners and managers the chance to not only reflect on their own performance, but look at key areas for
Startup Professionals Musings
APRIL 19, 2020
Investors will tell you that they love to put money into startups that are scalable, and ready to become the next unicorn. But what does that really mean? Simply stated, it means that your business has the potential to multiply revenue with minimal incremental cost. Ready to scale is when you have a proven product and a proven business model, about to expand to new geographies and markets.
YoungUpstarts
APRIL 20, 2020
There are numerous issues that you might need to contend with when you are running your business website. One of the problems that you can encounter quite early on is a high bounce rate. So what is this? A bounce rate describes the rate of users that leave your website after a short period. In other words, they don’t convert, they don’t buy and they may never return for that crucial future sale.
Feld Thoughts
APRIL 22, 2020
A wave of entrepreneurship around the world was unleashed coming out of the Global Financial crisis in 2010. Today, entrepreneurs and entrepreneurship are more important than ever. Techstars has been extremely active around content, community, and engagement around how entrepreneurs can help with Covid-19 as well as how they can navigate the challenges to their business.
Hearpreneur
APRIL 22, 2020
The idea of exactly what your business is going to usually come first. Secondly, most often, is giving a title to your idea. What exactly is going to be the name of your business? Some people turn to their childhood for inspiration or a beloved family pet. It could be a made-up word you dream of one night and feel it has the right ring to it. Even still there are some people who study foreign words for the perfect meaning behind their chosen business.
Startup Professionals Musings
APRIL 20, 2020
Most small businesses I advise still rely on traditional advertising models, assuming they can create enough media “noise” to get customers attention and sway them. You don’t realize that person-to-person noise now dominates all channels through social media, effectively hiding business marketing messages. You now need a personal context in your marketing to get results.
YoungUpstarts
APRIL 20, 2020
by Art Saxby, CEO, Founder and Principal of Chief Outsiders. While much of today’s information about the Coronavirus is centered on what companies are currently doing for themselves and for their people, not that much has been written on how to weather the storm and come out shining on the other side. It’s unclear how long this current predicament will last, but companies can be proactive and lay the groundwork for staying as healthy as possible for the next few months and be ready for new oppor
Feld Thoughts
APRIL 23, 2020
Most people, unless you work either for government or an infectious disease “organization” (non-profit, hospital, health care system) probably had not heard the phrase “contact tracing” until a month or so ago. I now hear and see the phrase “contact tracing” everywhere. About a month ago, as I started working on Covid-related stuff, the phrase came up regularly on the private side as a partial solution to the problem of “opening things back up.” It
The Startup Magazine
APRIL 23, 2020
Here’s more from The Startup Magazine Founder Interview series. We interviewed Michel Ruiz, CEO and co-founder of KaviAR Tech , an augmented reality software startup headquartered in Paris. With a 30-year history of leadership and innovation in marketing, entrepreneurship and technology, Michel’s vision is to solve problems and increase clients’ business success with the use of augmented reality.
Startup Professionals Musings
APRIL 22, 2020
Successful entrepreneurs often start with a “random” idea, but they quickly focus their efforts and follow a “system” to organize their startup and maximize the clout of their activities. Too many entrepreneur “wannabes” never get past the idea stage, or strike out randomly in many directions, hoping that their passion will convince people to follow them and make their business grow.
YoungUpstarts
APRIL 21, 2020
The COVID-19 lockdown has dealt a punishing blow to businesses of all shapes and sizes around the world. It has forced them to operate in new ways, and caused them to transform their digital infrastructures to facilitate remote working. At a time when consumer confidence is at an all-time low , it seems as though businesses have to fight for every sale and every customer.
VC Cafe
APRIL 22, 2020
By Lihi Pinto-Fryman, co-founder and CRO and Gal Aga, VP of Sales at Syte.ai , a visual search startup and Remagine Ventures portfolio company. Working from home, banning travel, and limiting the movement of people. Social distancing measures are in place for an indefinite period, and sales teams have to quickly adapt to reach customers and prospects solely through virtual meetings and channels.
David Cohen
APRIL 21, 2020
Conversation: Making Elections Resilient Against Pandemics. COVID-19 is impacting everything — even elections. I’ve always been genuinely puzzled why so many people are against online and mobile voting. We protect our money online and zip secure wire transfers around the world every day using online tools. We store super sensitive business information online.
Startup Professionals Musings
APRIL 24, 2020
Every business professional and entrepreneur believes they are good communicators, but how do they know? It’s really the perception of the recipients that counts, and poor communicators are almost always poor listeners, so they don’t hear the shortcomings. Warren Buffet once told a class of business students that better communication could boost their value by fifty percent.
YoungUpstarts
APRIL 23, 2020
A registered trademark can increase the offline and online visibility and presence of your business. At the same time, establishing your trademark in your market niche can increase your sales volume and improve your profit margin. Familiarizing yourself with the trademark facts and basics is important. If you do not have the resources to do this, get the help of a trademark lawyer about establishing a legally protected trademark for your business.
The Startup Magazine
APRIL 24, 2020
Whatever type of business you want to start, there are a lot of things to consider. Apart from your staff complement, office space, payroll and other practical considerations, there are some which might seem hidden to first-time business owners : those elements which have to do with legislation, regulation and compliance in your given industry. Even in the world of tech, there are aspects that you need to examine, key among them being your business health and safety.
SiliconHills
APRIL 22, 2020
It’s a good time to be in the disinfectant and cleaning products business. Curtis Eggemeyer, CEO of Lemi Shine, has seen demand for Lemi Shine, multi-surface antibacterial cleaner, disinfectant wipes, liquid dish soap and laundry detergent, skyrocket in sales since March. “This isn’t something you can plan for,” Eggemeyer said. “Our demand is off the […].
YFS Magazine
APRIL 21, 2020
During this time of fear and uncertainty, it's time to connect on a deeper level and demonstrate that you understand and care about your customers.
YoungUpstarts
APRIL 24, 2020
by Domenic Aversa , author of “ Corporate Undertaker: Business Lessons from the Dead and Dying ”. I have worked with hundreds and hundreds of companies on the brink, and here’s what I’ve learned: weak companies have weak advisors. These three people can either ruin your business or help it flourish: your accountant, your lawyer, and your banker. What makes them weak?
The Startup Magazine
APRIL 21, 2020
No one likes to imagine failure, but if you’re in the startup game, startup failure a possibility you have to contend with. In fact, nine out of ten startups will fail , and there are plenty of reasons they do. Starting your own company is a whirlwind. It takes up your life – but what happens when it fails? There are many things that can happen, and every situation is different, but here’s a look at what you can expect in the aftermath. #1 Your Personal Finances.
SiliconHills
APRIL 24, 2020
Texas retail stores are now able to offer curbside service to customers under Governor Greg Abbott’s executive order that took effect on Friday. And startup entrepreneurs are coming up with tech solutions to make it easier for local retailers to sell and deliver their products safely during the COVID-19 pandemic. To help retailers out, Austin […].
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