TechCrunch

MARCH 27, 2023

Featuring topics like green infrastructure, new mobilities, sustainable tech, urban mobility The Fintech Stage: Dive into the evolution of monetary exchanges and follow the technology that is powering new ways of capturing and distributing value and wealth. Early Bird tickets are now on sale through May 12 — book your pass here.

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This is going to be BIG.

NOVEMBER 3, 2016

This may even sacrifice top line in the short term, but I think these companies will build better, more sustainable businesses. Bizly is the easiest way to book a conference room in a nearby hotel. Now if we can only get all the VCs to think this way. Plum Print digitizes kids art and turns it into keepsakes and gifts.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JANUARY 10, 2020

I have worked inside the corporate environment and there are some aspects of the hierarchical chain that can blunt people of their creativity. As to the challenges that he faced in starting and sustaining a business , Lethlean admits these obstacles provided important lessons. Here are six lessons from his journey as a business owner.

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Smart Hustle Magazine

MAY 5, 2021

Via their Mailchimp Presents production studio, Mailchimp continues to innovate and be creative in how they spotlight and showcase creators, entrepreneurs and small business owners. Editor’s Note – Huge props to Mailchimp for always INNOVATING. Mailchimp has long been committed to uplifting creators and supporting the underdog.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 28, 2022

Tenet doesn’t actually lower an EVs sticker price, so buyers will still need to be able to afford one—a whopping $56,437 on average if they buy new, per Kelley Blue Book. “Tenet exclusively works with sustainability and ESG-focused institutional investors and capital markets,” CEO Alex Liegl told TechCrunch.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 7, 2023

Startups and VC Everyone needs some good competition to get the creativity flowing. Catch a falling iPod and put it in your pocket… Harri reports on Apple’s patent application for what looks to be a teeny, tiny iPod that can do it all: music, videos and books, no smartphone or smartwatch needed. I guess we’ll see.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 27, 2020

End-of-year wrap-ups, best books for the summer, things to do this weekend — they’re all methods to note not only the passage of time, but also to begin to set the tone for what is about to come. Seasonality is critical for the media. 5 startup theses that will transform the 2020s.

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TechCrunch

JULY 6, 2021

Business trip booking platform TravelPerk has bagged another rival — picking up UK-based Click Travel. Flexibility and sustainability. That might, ultimately, require some creative retooling of TravelPerk’s logo — which prominently features an airplane icon… ).

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StartupNation

JUNE 15, 2021

The idea of First Team was advocated by Patrick Lencioni in a number of his books, particularly in “ The Five Dysfunctions of a Team” and “ The Advantage.” A startup where CXOs are focused on their part of the business to the exclusion of the whole company is not sustainable.

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Impact Hub

AUGUST 18, 2021

“The pandemic has also provided an opportunity for entrepreneurs to think creatively and find solutions to some of the obstacles that have arisen.” Its focus on ecotourism means that sustainability is at the core of its mission. At the start of 2020, the country’s travel industry was poised to see even more growth.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 17, 2011

Creativity. So I thought I’d write a post about how I drive my personal creativity. (A As a practitioner of creativity rather than as an instructor of it I’m certain that there are many ways to get the creative juices flowing and how to release more creativity. I use tools to invoke my creative self.

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Smart Hustle Magazine

SEPTEMBER 25, 2021

I wrote a marketing book that applies to either of the above. In my book, I refer to the Three Engines of Growth; critical parts of your business that, when they are in sync, lead to consistent and sustainable sales. This is not only the title of a brilliant book but also the foundation for your success.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

Around 7,000 tech workers have joined the ranks of the Armed Forces or Territorial Defense Only last month, OneUkraine sprang up from a host of major European tech founders and investors, who plan to provide sustainable humanitarian relief for the Ukrainian people. Deus Robotics Ukrainian Startup Deus Robotics secured a $1.5M It raised €2.5

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Smart Hustle Magazine

OCTOBER 19, 2021

However, only 13% of business leaders voiced concerns over sustaining productivity. Facilitators rate teams in the following categories: Open/Closed; Focused/Scattered; Aggressive/Passive; Active/Reactive; Deductive/Creative; and Independent/Dependent. They are closest in the deductive versus creative area. A Gartner Inc.

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Impact Hub

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

Adjoaa is a curated multi-brand online marketplace that offers global consumers a selection of sustainable and accessible Black-Owned premium fashion and lifestyle products. In Africa, there are 250 million children with no access to books in English or their indigenous languages and 48 million African youth (ages 15-24) are illiterate.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 18, 2010

The concept comes from a Stephen Covey book called “ First Things First ,&# which is a worthwhile book ( Wikipedia overview here ) but if you haven’t read his seminal book “ 7 Habits of Highly Effective People &# you should start with that. We rise to the occasion as it stirs our creative juices.

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Startup Grind

AUGUST 20, 2018

In the coaching industry, it’s easy to sell inspiring audio CDs, seminar tickets, books, and other tools to clients who are hungry for change. They buy every book and CD and will do anything to come up with the money make it to your next event, but they don’t apply what they learn. These clients are your best peripheral customers.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

Software development at its best is a creative endeavor. In Daniel Pink’s book “Drive,” he covers how autonomy, mastery and purpose are the main drivers of motivation. We need to find ways to make our work sustainable for the long term and to be something we do alongside our healthy lives.

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This is going to be BIG.

JANUARY 2, 2011

This is particularly acute in New York City, where you have several industries undergoing serious disruption, a critical mass of creativity from the cross pollination of ideas, and lots of capital. In today’s world, one of the bottlenecks we have to innovation is the lack of software development talent.

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StartupNation

JUNE 22, 2021

It continually surprises me that so many leaders fail to grasp how much the creation and protection of a sustainable brand is in their hands. But while Jobs was a creative genius and a celebrity, his public reputation was often described as hot-tempered, mercurial and tyrannical.

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Andreessen Horowitz

APRIL 30, 2024

So, that was a big learning and adaptation where regulation and other controls are actually very important for sustained speed of innovation. But then I learned maybe from my control theory background, which I studied in university, that you can actually use controls at your own advantage to gain velocity in the long term.

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TechCrunch

JULY 14, 2021

” “For Alfred it was some quick advice on how he could land a job at Google which he managed to do and spent almost a decade there working as a growth guy on Google Chrome and other stuff; for Sam it was how to start a company; for me it was the suggestion that I as a creative should pursue an MBA — which I ended up doing.

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NZ Entrepreneur

JUNE 5, 2019

In my opinion, companies are either far too focused on the end sale or the conversion campaign, or they’re on the other end of the spectrum and are only worried about the brand and feel-good creative. Get their free digital strategy play book at digitalmarketingstrategy.co.nz/free-book. Sales and brand. Brand builds momentum.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

The whole package: How plastics and sustainability startups achieve success. As people look to minimize the waste they produce, startups are coming up with novel solutions to help people and companies meet sustainability goals. The whole package: How plastics and sustainability startups achieve success.

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Ian Hathaway

MAY 18, 2020

That fact, combined with some conscious choices my wife and I make about how to parent, means that we have been experiencing sustained sleep deprivation for nearly four years. The problem is, they’re both terrible sleepers. I’ve probably slept as well as I did on Friday no more than a dozen times since my oldest was born in 2016.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

JULY 8, 2022

Great teamwork will be your sustainable competitive advantage Photo: Pexels Many leaders have high IQs, and some also have high EQs (Emotional Intelligence). Fun includes celebrations but also fun sustains and is sustained by team performance. But only the minority have high WeQs (Collaborative Intelligence).

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Startup Blogpost

MARCH 11, 2024

Tatiana Stepanova , Founder and Creative Director, Prznt Perfect Inc Monitor Relevant KPIs for Informed Decisions To get the most value from your financial reporting, it is critical to measure and track the correct indicators. ’ In other words, your financial reports will be garbage if you’re working with inaccurate data.

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TechCrunch

JULY 20, 2021

For example, for Airbnb that may be the number of nights booked; for Spotify, minutes listened to. Lastly, as we’ve all seen, the crisis catapulted the digitization of businesses and purchase funnels for more established businesses that now need digital growth marketing talent to help maintain their sustainability.

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StartupNation

DECEMBER 19, 2020

After the initial shock subsided, we realized we had to put our thinking caps back on, get creative and figure out how to get through this. If your business is struggling, be an open book about it. The worst thing you can do in a crisis is act distant. If your business is in a healthy position, be equally as clear.”.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

But the book of Hopin has just begun. The company says goodbye to dear teammates, rallies around its new vision as a multiproduct company, and invests in becoming a long-term sustainable business. Not only does this greatly reduce your marketing spend, it also forces the marketing team to be more creative, more generalist.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

MARCH 14, 2022

Perhaps the largest opportunity ahead is to differentiate yourself with sustainable business practices. In the past year, nearly half of customers chose to buy from brands that have a clear commitment to sustainability. Studies have shown a 71% rise in online searches for “sustainable goods” globally since 2016. Key Takeaways ??

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Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

MAY 20, 2019

I wanted to provide her with the tools and resources she needed to express her creativity and to provide for her family.”. On one visit to the city of La Esperanza, Rafael recalls stumbling upon a book of Lenca patterns. For Rafael, that motivation is sustaining and protecting traditional Honduran culture. “If

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Smart Hustle Magazine

DECEMBER 30, 2020

He has published many audiobooks and just came out with his eighth book, Transcendence. Maybe be creative enough to come up with an idea that will sustain you, transform your life and your family's life. They’ve played more board games, practiced chess more, and read more books. “I

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TechCrunch

JULY 13, 2022

The main driver for me to go into music was reading a book called ‘Empire State of Mind’ about Jay-Z,” Mr. Eazi told TechCrunch on a call. “I Ajebutter22 , a Nigerian-based music artist and rapper whose real name is Akitoye Balogun, agrees with Mr Eazi’s philosophy of investing in creatives.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 6, 2012

Chris Anderson wrote a really influential book some years ago called “ The Long Tail ” that shaped how many people think about emerging Internet markets. The book profiles markets like those for books. Now as an author you can actually publish and be able to sell only a thousand books. Even a hundred.

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AsiaTechDaily

AUGUST 22, 2023

The song went on to shatter Billboard’s 60 year history by dominating the charts for 17 straight weeks, largely sustained by a steady release of remixes on social media, propelling Lil Nas X along with the Dutch beatmaker to fame. “We were frantically looking for contacts.

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StartupNation

AUGUST 4, 2021

We’re booking out our events through 2022, making sure we have everything scheduled well in advance!”. Green Garage Detroit in Detroit is focused on hosting sustainable businesses and being sustainable itself. Green Garage Detroit. Green Garage is located in the heart of Detroit on Second Ave. SpaceLab Detroit.

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