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The Strategy And Appeal Of Successful Brand Partnerships

YFS Magazine

Developing a strong brand partnership at the local level can give your business a real boost in brand equity. Follow these world-class examples.

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How Management Styles Are Affecting The Retention Crisis

YoungUpstarts

by Michael McCloy of Maximillion GPS Adventures. Whether you are running an organisation or managing a team, you always look for people who are committed, diligent, feel satisfied at work and are willing to stick around. But here’s the bummer. You can never recruit such employees because they are already ‘committed’ to someone else’s goals. Which leaves you with people you already have and a bunch of newbies that require a lot of training.

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6 Technology Trends Will Spawn Countless New Ventures

Startup Professionals Musings

A tidal wave of valuable data is surging from the Internet and connected devices today, and the volume is growing exponentially each year. It’s enough to drown any business which tries to fight it or ignore it, and it’s an opportunity to ride higher and faster than even the successes of Google and Facebook, for those startups that use it as their driving force.

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Local Business: Why Offline Marketing Still Matters

YFS Magazine

Local businesses can forge strong, real-world connections with their communities, using proven and affordable offline marketing strategies.

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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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22 Entrepreneurs Explain What They Love About Being An Entrepreneur

Hearpreneur

Being in love is great. Being in love with your business, when you’re an entrepreneur, is even better. Waking up each morning knowing you are getting to do exactly what you love is more than most people could ever say about any “job” they have had. Although there are days when tossing in your hat seems like a viable option, remembering how much you love your “job” can quickly snap an entrepreneur out of that mentality.

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5 Steps For Organizing Your Paperless Office

YoungUpstarts

by Farica Chang, Principal of Anderson Archival. As your company expands, safeguarding important legal and business documents becomes crucial for the well-being of your company. This process includes preserving and documenting the start, growth, and general history of your company, as well as day-to-day documentation important to work flow. Whether from serious natural disasters, crime, or cybercrime, all companies are vulnerable to some sort of data breach or loss, so it’s best to be prepared.

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When Planning A Startup, A Top Priority Is Location

Startup Professionals Musings

Even in this age of globalization and virtualization, the geographic area where you choose to live and work can still make or break your startup business. I still have to tell some entrepreneurs that even with the best idea, they have to move to Silicon Valley to find the investors they need, or they need to move to the U.S. get the attention of the market they choose.

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Why the Gig Economy is Coming for Architects, Engineers

ReadWriteStart

It’s official: The gig economy is coming to construction. While other industries have been quick to adapt to freelance employment, architects and engineers within the construction sector have lagged behind — and that is beginning to change. Here’s why the gig economy is coming for architects and engineers. The majority of all workers will be freelance within the next ten years.

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Embracing Discomfort: Why Allowing Yourself To Be Unsettled Makes You A Better Leader

YoungUpstarts

by Quint Studer, author of “ The Busy Leader’s Handbook: How To Lead People and Places That Thrive “ Disruption is inevitable in business. Marketplaces shift. Customer needs evolve. New technology emerges. Employees come and go. It’s far better for your company to disrupt itself than to let the marketplace force changes on you. If you wait and a competitor takes all the business, it will be too late.

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10 Takeaways for Israeli founders considering the UK

VC Cafe

This week brought together a few different parts of my personal and professional life. On Monday, Kevin Baxpehler and I hosted the UK Israel Business investor delegation to Tel Aviv, and today I spent the morning with the 8200 EISP startup delegation to London where I was joined by Kirsten Connell (Cylon Lab, Managing Director) Simon Menashy (MMC Ventures, General Partner).

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Why You Need Tools And Analytics For Employee Metrics

Startup Professionals Musings

Even after many years mentoring entrepreneurs and advising businesses, I continue to be surprised by the primary focus on products and processes, and the often incidental attention to hiring and nurturing the right people. Employees are still too often thought of as a commodity, to be acquired “just in time” for the lowest cost, and managed as a disposable asset.

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When’s the Right Time to Leave the App Store?

ReadWriteStart

Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference used to be the stuff of legend. We waited with bated breath for groundbreaking innovation. But… this year’s WWDC didn’t feature the significant product launches of yesteryear. Instead, the crowds watched the unveiling of Apple Arcade – the games subscription service. On the one hand, it indicates the growing importance ‘services’ business hold is for Apple.

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Why Experimental Learning Is Becoming Popular For Business Owners

YoungUpstarts

Experiential learning is learning by example; it allows you to learn by experience. For business owners, this is an excellent way to give employees a chance to hone their skills. They don’t just learn by sitting in seminars and reading through books. But, they also learn through practical experience. It also allows them to practice effective measures in going about with their job, which also results in better productivity for employees.

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4 Common Misconceptions About Web Design & Development

The Startup Magazine

With the advancement of technology and the allure of digital marketing, every business owner is aiming at having an online presence. Having a website is the most convenient and secure way of leveraging the online ecosystem. However, many entrepreneurs have a fair share of beliefs and misconceptions about web design and development. Image source: Pixabay.com.

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10 Key Strategies For Innovation Leadership By Design

Startup Professionals Musings

As a business advisor, I strongly believe that continuous innovation and design thinking are the keys to long-term viability and success. A recent survey of design professionals shows strong agreement, but 92 percent expressed some lack of confidence in their organization’s design vision. They are always on the lookout for ways to prepare current and future design leaders.

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It’s the Company you keep

Eric Friedman

After about a year of consulting + executive coaching work as COO-As-A-Service for startups, I am happy to announce I’ll be joining the folks at www.Company.co. If I have learned anything , it’s that the people you surround yourself with are everything. Company is a great fit: they host, advise, mentor, lend a shoulder, and provide a place to founders and teams.

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What’s the Deal with Seed Funds Waiting for Traction?

View from Seed

I sent a tweet out last week that elicited quite a few responses from both founders and investors: seed funds that don’t invest pre-traction =. — Rob Go (@robgo) November 4, 2019. I could hear the internet nodding in violent agreement. I thought I’d share a few additional thoughts on what may be driving this. First – there are a lot of seed investors out there that don’t actually want to invest in seed.

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5 Best Strategies To Boost SEO Traffic in 2020

The Startup Magazine

The year is just about to end. Webpreneurs are hoping that next year will be more productive than this year. The search engines on the other hand are looking to make some changes on how businesses rank on the results pages. Regardless of the many marketing evolutions that are expected next year, SEO will still remain to be one of the most reliable digital marketing streams out there.

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Saturday Startup Spotlight: ROBOAMP

Austin Startup

Capital Factory’s Saturday Startup Spotlight series returns this week with the Founder and CEO of ROBOAMP : Roberto Inetti. ROBOAMP makes running a business on the internet easier with just a single line of code. They offer improved SEO, maximized revenue and ROI with ads and landing pages, higher performance, and richer UX— all while providing flexibility and major results.

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Salesforce's vertical journey

deal architect

As part of my series of posts on vertical solutions, I had an excellent briefing this week from Neeracha Taychakhoonavudh, EVP of Industries at Salesforce. I am also impressed at the wide range of sessions by industry that are being.

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Accelerate Innovation — With Experiential Learning

Gregg Fraley, Author of Jack's Notebook

Experiential Learning Accelerates Innovation. Innovation Session Designs Don’t Engage. New Study: Drawing is the Fastest, Most Effective Way to Learn. I read with interest an article stating that drawing accelerates learning. It does. Using experiential learning tools like drawing isn’t really new in innovation process. What’s new is the hard proof, and, using tools more deliberately.

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Why Boardroom Technology Is Necessary for Effective Succession Planning

Board Effect

As soon as a new board director gets appointed, that’s the best time to start planning for their replacement. Recruiting, nominating and appointing board directors takes time. If boards wait until they have a vacancy, it could leave them with an unbalanced, or an inefficient, board. Effective succession planning must be a continual process. Effective nominating committees are a hub of activity.

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What intellectual property (IP) steps should a startup take?

NZ Entrepreneur

IP steps for startups should be the same as for large multinationals, but within their budget. Make IP decisions and do so early. One of the main (and early) steps is to make a considered decision about what IP means to your business and what IP tools will be used to support your business model. Not doing so can cause big problems later for your business.

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Constellation Research event: Expansive, respectful vibe

deal architect

Let's face it - industry events are increasingly formulaic. Most vendor conferences are predictable - keynotes and product futures, rock bands, large partner booths. Most research firm events tend to be siloed around their category definitions and what currently excites.

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10 Ways To Be More Adept At Seeing Around The Corner

Startup Professionals Musings

How is it that only a few business leaders and entrepreneurs seem to drive exceptional results and disruptive innovation in this rapidly changing market economy (marketquake)? These few seem more adept at executing market and technology turns, not just incremental evolution. They consistently take bold steps to stay ahead of the curve, often contrary to conventional wisdom.

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College Board Effectiveness Checklist

Board Effect

Just as boards expect students to reach their fullest potential with the education the college provides, board members also need to strive to perform at their peak in overseeing the institution. The role of board members in higher education has changed significantly in recent years which has prompted the board and administration to adapt in some ways from their current roles.

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Transcript of How Leaders Can Create Inclusive Cultures

Duct Tape Marketing

Transcript of How Leaders Can Create Inclusive Cultures written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing. Back to Podcast. Transcript. John Jantsch: Hello and welcome to another episode of the Duct Tape Marketing Podcast. This is John Jantsch. My guest today is Jennifer Brown. She is a leading diversity and inclusion expert, keynote speaker, author, and host of The Will To Change Podcast.

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I will see Josh's five and raise him ten!

deal architect

Josh Greenbaum has a fascinating post - how Microsoft and SAP plan to take over the enterprise software market. There is much in there I agree with. All the recent executive changes - Jen, Christian, Bill, Bob - are exciting.

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Key Reasons Women Entrepreneurs Should Consider Writing A Book

YoungUpstarts

Women entrepreneurs usually encounter gender barriers as opposed to men in their attempts to achieve industrial advancements. Potential business collaborators have always overlooked women entrepreneurs and snagged them of significant opportunities. When women entrepreneurs write books and dissertations about their innovations, they improve their founding profiles, develop expertise, gain positive perceptions, introduce female culture in business, and become competitive in entrepreneurial environ

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Giving Tuesday: Five Ways to Engage Your Board

Board Effect

The holiday season reminds us of all the reasons we love to give and receive. It all begins right after Thanksgiving, with the Black Friday sales beginning at midnight, followed by tons of sales for online shoppers on Cyber Monday. After the initial holiday shopping rush, it’s Giving Tuesday — a time for people to give back to the organizations that serve them and those they love all year long.

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Through the Looking Glass: Chapter 2

Feld Thoughts

Personal robots and replicators and instrumented humans. I like to invest in areas predicted by the mountains of science fiction I read. . Today, I’m delighted to report that another science fiction dream is becoming real. Take a look at this insane video of the Looking Glass 8K Immersive Display , which is the world’s largest and highest resolution holographic display.

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A vertical that is growing.well, like a weed

deal architect

I have been imploring software vendors to globalize and verticalize their applications for a while now - after two decades of cloud apps, less than 20% of the grid of applications across countries and operational processes is filled. I have.

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[Interview] Colin D Ellis, International Speaker, Bestselling Author And Organizational Culture Change Consultant

YoungUpstarts

Colin D Ellis is a renowned culture change and project management expert who works with organizations around the world to help them transform how they get things done. Based in Melbourne, Australia, he’s the author of four books, including his most recent, “ Culture Fix: How to Create a Great Place to Work “ We chat with Colin on workplace culture and organizational change.

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SparkCognition’s CEO Says the Magnitude of AI’s Impact on Businesses is Unignorable

SiliconHills

Technology is the instrument that can lead to a brighter future, according to Amir Husain, founder, and CEO of Austin-based SparkCognition. SparkCognition is doing significant projects with partners all over the world to build and deploy technology to shape the future, Husain said. But the biggest question he gets asked from companies is what is […].

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Laser Engraved Personalized Chocolates

Feld Thoughts

I love chocolate. I love lasers. So it would be logical that I’d love chocolates that are engraved with personalized messages with lasers. I met Jennifer, the founder of Noteworthy Chocolates , in Boston at the Authors & Innovators event. She handed me some chocolates engraved with “Authors & Innovators” we talked a while and she sent me a long story about how she figured out how to laser engrave chocolates.

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What 15 CEOs Learned Building Top Agencies

ConversionXL

I asked more than a dozen successful agency CEOs to share how they’ve navigated critical moments—getting started, landing (and keeping) clients, scaling teams, and marketing their agency. Spoiler alert: It all comes down to people. Professional networks are the starting point (and growth engine). The familiar name of an agency CEO is a proxy for trust.

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