YoungUpstarts
JULY 29, 2020
Did you know that roughly 75 percent of all software projects fail? If you’re looking to develop some software, you may not know how to create a software project that will be successful. Do you need to have a good spec sheet? Maybe it all comes down to hiring the best developers? Read on, and you’ll learn the basics of developing a successful software project.
VC Cafe
JULY 26, 2020
“After the crash, venture capital was scarce to non-existent. (Most of the funds that started in the late part of the boom would be underwater). Angel investment, which was small to start with, disappeared, and most corporate VCs shut down. VC’s were no longer insisting that startups spend faster, and “swing for the fences”. In fact, they were screaming at them to dramatically reduce their burn rates.
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Hearpreneur
JULY 31, 2020
When the going gets rough in business, you’ll need 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. Here are the various ways entrepreneurs and business owners stay motivated in business. #1- A morning routine of checking my daily revenue.
The Startup Magazine
JULY 31, 2020
Most factories and manufacturing processes generate wastewater. Therefore, it’s the responsibility of a corporation to understand wastewater treatability and develop an efficient treatment system. This includes startup manufacturers that need to understand the long term impacts of their business plans. Wastewater exists in two categories: greywater and blackwater.
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
JULY 28, 2020
by Rohan Thambrahalli , the Founder and President at UpstartWorks. As businesses around the world return to work, leadership teams are tasked with deciding how best to reopen for their customers, their employees, and their values. Some of these changes, like face masks and temperature checks, are sensible and often mandatory measures meant to combat the spread of the coronavirus.
ConversionXL
JULY 29, 2020
Did you know that Amazon has surpassed Google as the go-to search platform for shoppers looking for products? This may come as a surprise to many readers. (I’ve certainly never heard anyone use “Amazon” as a verb.) Yet the data backs this up. When customers have a specific product in mind, more turn to Amazon search than Google. If you’re porting over your SEO “best practices” from on-site product pages to Amazon product pages, you’ll struggle.
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The Startup Magazine
JULY 28, 2020
It is very important for businesses to properly conduct a job safety analysis. You can check out our guide here to learn more. According to official statistics , over 1,000 people die each year as a result of workplace accidents. Job safety should be of the utmost importance to business owners. Keeping the workplace hazard-free is essential for protecting the workplace safety of employees and visitors.
YoungUpstarts
JULY 29, 2020
The job outlook for web developers is better than many occupations. The Bureau of Labor Statistics expects the job market for developers to grow by 13 percent from 2018 to 2028. The average job growth is only 5 percent. Web development is a good industry to get into but what do web developers do, exactly? Let’s find out. What Is a Web Developer? A web developer is someone who writes the code that makes a website or web service do what it does.
Up and Running
JULY 27, 2020
If you’ve built a budget and forecast for your business, you’re already one big step ahead of most businesses. In fact, just by taking this step, you’ve already improved your chances of success by up to 40%. But, you can’t just rest on your laurels – you need to put that budget and forecast to work for your business. In fact, you can use your financial forecast to actively manage your business and improve your chances of success and growth.
deal architect
JULY 30, 2020
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.
The Startup Magazine
JULY 25, 2020
The coronavirus has shut down wide swathes of our economy, but that doesn’t mean that business owners can stand idly by and wait for someone to rescue them. Those commercial entities which survive this public health crisis will be those which leveraged SEO to ensure they remained popular with consumers who are now stuck within the confines of their homes.
Startup Professionals Musings
JULY 27, 2020
Many entrepreneurs are convinced that banks are not worth the effort for startups, especially early-stage ones that still don’t have a revenue stream, or collateral to back up their financing needs. A question I get from time to time is “Can I ever expect any backing from my bank for a great opportunity?” The short answer is that some banks will help, if you do your homework.
Board Effect
JULY 29, 2020
It may be tempting for boards to skip board meetings and put board business on hold during times when it’s impractical or improbable for boards to meet in person. The reality is that it may be even more important to continue tending to board business during times of crisis as we’re now dealing with due to the COVID-19 pandemic. For all organizations, a certain number of board meetings are legally required and board effectiveness in the virtual space is key.
Women Entrepreneurs Can
JULY 28, 2020
Office design isn’t the most natural thing in the world. It requires a lot of planning and forethought to get it right, especially if you’re relocating to a new building. Making sure that everything works smoothly on arrival is a significant challenge. Fortunately, though, there are a bunch of hacks that you can deploy to make the transition more manageable and put a smile on your face.
The Startup Magazine
JULY 26, 2020
Conference calls play a huge role in the business world. Read on to discover the best conference call tips for smooth conversation here. In a world where working from home seems to be more and more the norm rather than the exception, one crucial business function is conference call capabilities. If your company doesn’t have the capacity to hold efficient meetings through the Internet with attendees all over the world, then it’s behind the times.
Startup Professionals Musings
JULY 25, 2020
As a startup advisor in this age of the entrepreneur, I see many more startups, but innovation is still hard to find. The most common proposals I hear are for yet another social networking site ( 200 on Wikipedia ), or another dating site/app ( over 1500 in the USA ). Startups which display real innovation, such as alternative energy sources and new medical treatments, are still rare.
Reid Hoffman
JULY 30, 2020
In the best of times, entrepreneurship is a risky proposition. It’s like jumping off a cliff and assembling an airplane on the way down. And, now, obvious to everyone, we’re living in very difficult and tumultuous times. Today’s entrepreneurs find themselves falling from the cliff and assembling a plane with tools that are on fire while being attacked by a swarm of murder hornets.
Women Entrepreneurs Can
JULY 27, 2020
Construction projects are always facing deadlines, which is why productivity on a site needs to be high. There are several tactics you can utilize in your construction projects that can ensure work gets done on schedule. For more information on how this can be done, discover the ways to improve productivity in construction ahead. Prevent Downtime. A major detractor for productivity in construction is downtime, which can happen in several instances.
YoungUpstarts
JULY 27, 2020
by Julie Potiker, author of “ Life Falls Apart, But You Don’t Have To “ It’s natural to feel overwhelmed and stressed out during these uncertain times, but numerous studies have shown that stress weakens the immune system. The emotional reality of this moment in history is putting us at risk just when we most need to protect our health.
Startup Professionals Musings
JULY 29, 2020
After you have heard a few startup success stories, like Google, Facebook, and Microsoft, you may be tempted to invest some money yourself, maybe by pooling your funds with other investors who claim to have a great track record. My advice is to leave the investing in startups to the professionals (or friends and fools). First of all, despite a few visible blowout successes, the odds of a payback from investing in startups is very low (that’s why VCs look for 10X returns to cover failures).
OnlyOnce
JULY 30, 2020
One of the new sections in the Second Edition ( order here ) that I’m excited to share is a deep dive with several chapters on selling your company. The next few blog posts will share some of my thinking on the subjects as they’re arranged into chapters in the book. For many startup CEOs the culmination of their life’s work is an exit of some kind (other than being fired!).
Transformify
JULY 26, 2020
It comes as no surprise that more than 70 percent of all working people across the globe work online from home at least once a week. The bulk of these people are engaged with online jobs that do not require them to attend an office. People working online are generally known as telecommuters or remote workers. However, this broad definition covers all kinds of workers: full-time employees, part-time experts, freelancers and consultants, among others.
YoungUpstarts
JULY 30, 2020
by Joe Curcillo , author of “ Getting to ‘US’: Discover the Ability to Lead Your Team to Any Result You Desire “ As of the end of 2019, there were over 26 million people who worked at home on an average day, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. That number jumped by millions during the pandemic, and many of those people will continue working remotely well into the future.
Startup Professionals Musings
JULY 31, 2020
As an angel investor in startups, I’m a believer that smart investors invest more in you as the entrepreneur than the next billion dollar solution you are pitching. Yet I find that most of you find it hard to make the case that you can be the next Elon Musk or Bill Gates. I’m not looking for words, but examples of how your habits and attributes have produced results, even before your startup.
VC Cafe
JULY 31, 2020
Chances are, you’ve read or at least heard about the book “ The 7 habits of highly effective people “ First published in 1989 and with over 40 million copies sold, It’s one of the bestselling non-fiction books in history. For the 30 year anniversary, the publishers kindly sent me a copy of the new edition with fresh insights from Stephen R.
Feld Thoughts
JULY 30, 2020
Amy and I, through our Anchor Point Foundation , recently provided the seed grant to the ParentPreneur Foundation. Founded by James Oliver, the ParentPreneur Foundation empowers Black people to be the best parents and entrepreneurs possible providing them money, tools, resources, and social capital. I’ve known James for several years. After George Floyd was murdered, James was one of my Black friends who I called up and asked, “What are two things you are involved in that I can suppo
YoungUpstarts
JULY 31, 2020
When you are looking to grow your personal wealth, you have many options that you can consider. Each of these options will carry with them a certain amount of risk, as there is no such thing as a sure thing when it comes to investments. That being said, with the right guidance and consideration, you could very well stand to gain a desirable return on your investment.
ConversionXL
JULY 28, 2020
It’s summer in the UK. Two cigarette disposal bins are erected on a littered street. One bin is marked Ronaldo, the other, Messi. The bins encouraged smokers to vote for the best football player with their cigarette butts. After twelve weeks, cigarette litter dropped by 46%. In the United States, a similar experiment reduced cigarette litter by 74% in six months.
VC Cafe
JULY 29, 2020
A new report on global venture capital investment volume shows that H1 2020 investments in startups reached $129 billion (this includes all stages as well as CVC activity). It’s a 6.5% decline from H1 2019 ($138 billion), but the impact on VC funding is less than originally projected. It appears that VCs got comfortable doing deals over Zoom. Source: Crunchbase.
Feld Thoughts
JULY 28, 2020
My new book with Ian Hathaway, The Startup Community Way , is officially out. When I saw the Kindle download first thing this morning, I felt a moment of unbridled joy. Writing a book is extremely hard. I’ve now written seven of them, all about startups and entrepreneurship. My next one, which I’ve been working on for a year with Dave Jilk (my first business partner), combined entrepreneurship and philosophy.
YoungUpstarts
JULY 27, 2020
According to the survey, 59% of people choose to purchase products from brands familiar to them. As a startup business, you may be competing against big brands having unlimited marketing budgets and loyal customers. That’s why you need to build a powerful brand image. But how to create a brand image people love? Here is the quick and easy to understand guideline to develop your brand identity.
The Startup Magazine
JULY 31, 2020
Did you slip and fall at work? Click here to learn the steps you should follow and how to get an attorney if you are seriously injured. Slip and fall workplace accidents are no joke. As the Center for Disease Control and Prevention points out, such accidents even led to 798 deaths in 2014. Given the severity of the situation, it’s important to know what to do if you find yourself injured at work.
Up and Running
JULY 28, 2020
Available funding for businesses is changing, and the current state of the economy can make seeking and obtaining loans seem like a nightmare. If you’re struggling to get a bank loan, or you don’t like your current options, there are alternatives to traditional loans that are likely available to you. What is alternative funding? Simply put, alternative funding is gaining financing for your company outside of traditional bank loans to gain capital.
crowdSPRING Blog
JULY 28, 2020
Many entrepreneurs and business owners make mistakes when they rush to start a business before considering important details. A great business plan can help you anticipate important issues and possible challenges before you start your business. In fact, studies show that entrepreneurs who take the time to write a business plan are 2.5 times more likely to follow through and get their business off the ground.
YoungUpstarts
JULY 27, 2020
by Michael Sipe, author of “ The AVADA Principle ” and founder of 10x Catalyst Groups. As the coronavirus pandemic continues, small businesses have reopened across the nation but certainty and optimism are a long way from being restored. Spikes in infections in many states, double-digit unemployment, consumer and lender concerns, and steep economic challenges in the wake of a long shutdown make it difficult to forecast if and when many companies will fully recover.
YFS Magazine
JULY 31, 2020
As a startup or small business, competing with larger corporations, whose monthly marketing spend exceeds your annual revenue, can be downright scary.
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