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Marc Facciotti from the University of California-Davis a strong advocate for creative work that is initiated by students or that is student-directed. MORE
But there are many more super interesting and creative campaigns. Last month our portfolio company Kickstarter invited project creators to “ break conventions, but not our rules ” and create campaigns that were different from the traditional Kickstarter campaign. There are 99 “break Kickstarter” campaigns live on the platform now and I featured one of them last week. I backed a bunch of them this week and thought I’d showcase them to all of you today. MORE
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“If Bhutan is ever to escape the economic lethargy largely attributed to our size and our geographical disposition, it must do so on the success and vitality of creative free enterprise. An economy without sufficient innovation and creative enterprise risks stagnation and decline. MORE
When you establish authentic channels for two-way dialogue with your customers, you’ll discover a pipeline for fresh, creative ideas. Written for EO by Jason McCann , a lifelong entrepreneur and experienced founder. MORE
In the theatre I earned an MBA from the school of life—learning first hand about human psychology, leadership, management, recruiting, talent development, creativity, budgets, negotiations, raising capital, hustling, marketing, pitching, contracts, politics, fraud and betrayal. MORE
Here it is: Creativity can be taught. By learning and applying creative thinking processes, we can teach creativity. . By Carley Jacobson, Techstars Innovation Coach. MORE
Encourages more innovation and promotes positive changes in both creative and noncreative jobs. A couple of weeks ago, I found myself in a conversation about startup newsletters with some of GAN’s corporate partners during our yearly Partner Summit. We’d been chatting about newsletters we loved when I went a bit negative and opened up about a newsletter I had a lot of judgments around. MORE
About Creativity Explored. Creativity Explored gives artists the space to create, and a space to show off their work. These artists have a deep relationship with Creativity Explored, as their art originates in their studio and then is seen and sold in their exhibits. MORE
Hamburg prides itself as “The Gate to the World” and is home to all branches of the economy, ranging from aviation to maritime and logistics, as well as the creative and media industry. Hamburg is Germany’s second-largest city with 1.8 million people and a metro region of about three million. The city is, of course, known for its seaport, the third-largest in Europe. It’s also among the top three locations for the aviation industry in the world. MORE
I wanted to provide her with the tools and resources she needed to express her creativity and to provide for her family.”. He is also the creative director of Oneblis, a digital marketing agency. MORE
In contrast, Apple has developed a brand associated with modern style and luxury that allow creative individuals to turn their ideas into a reality. Innovation and creativity often generate “buzz” that can be an effective way to get people talking about your brand. MORE
Kristen Harris is the co-founder and COO of Portfolio Creative , a workforce innovation firm based in Columbus, Ohio, USA. Kristen Harris is the COO and co-creator of Portfolio Creative , an award-winning recruiting and staffing firm, and a leader in the industry. . MORE
A Question of Innovation… Corporations may recognize that they could use a good dose of innovation, and some seek startups as a shortcut to creative thinking. MORE
Online marketing teams are accustomed to throwing creative things at the wall, with new technology and platforms, because that’s the day-to-day reality of their job. We all know that startups should make decisions quickly. MORE
Find creative ways to assess potential recruits. By Miranda Naiman, accidental entrepreneur, motivational speaker, member of the EO Tanzania chapter and founder of Empower Limited , a Tanzanian human capital consultancy firm. MORE
As adults we self-censor, inhibiting the natural creativity we enjoyed as children. We’ve been told that we aren’t creative or we’ve seen people reject or mock work we have created. The educational system, with its focus on preparing for standardized tests, further squelches our creative impulses. Eventually, we come to believe that creativity is something that other people do, not us. MORE
The post [Honeybook in Forbes] Martha Bitar’s Flodesk Is Making Email Marketing Easier For Creatives appeared first on OurCrowd. MORE
LaunchPad accelerates student entrepreneurs’ growth by expanding their networks and providing access to founders and other business leaders to help students think more creatively, take more calculated risks, and thrive.” MORE
Not only did I want it to include people working on the future of digital media at ABC, but I also had in mind the roll that other types of creative people have in the inspiration of a city. MORE
Silje had a vision for a space that would invite interactions between unlikely allies in the name of creativity and innovation. The community here is diverse; it houses startups, established businesses, NGOs, creatives, freelancers, food entrepreneurs and more. MORE
The Coworking Out Loud Podcast is my favorite creative project right now. Here at GCUC we are immensely fortunate to cross paths and work with so many amazing people. Through our work, we’ve cultivated a global community of people we think you should know about. MORE
After struggling to balance her own successful creative content development work with the demands of school, Cllctve cofounder and Syracuse University student Kelsy Davis is developing an online marketplace to efficiently connect other young creators with companies needing talent. MORE
So, it’s natural that many of us keep everything locked away inside our own heads—leaving a fight between right and left hemispheres, pre-frontal cortex vs. amygdala, feelings vs. data, money vs. emotions, practical vs. creative, risk vs. guarantee, change vs. constant and the list could go on. MORE
Cover all the roles—Creative, Hacker, Hustler, Hero. There are 115 accelerators spread across 160 cities in the GAN Community. Their breadth, impact, and results are amazing. In 2018 alone, more than 35,000 startups applied for just 1,344 spots at those accelerators. So, this past week, I asked leaders at GAN programs one simple question: Before applying to your accelerator, what would you tell startups they need to do to prepare for your program? Here’s What They Said. MORE
I think every startup, company and business must maintain tension between creative chaos and a drive toward predictive performance. In every one of my conversations with Peter Lehrman, founder of AxialMarket, he always speaks about AxialMarket as “the business.” Never the company, the startup or any other word. MORE
The first ever CO.STARTERS pop-up book—a long-time idea of our Creative team—also made its debut at our Science Fair booth, bringing together our models and frameworks for ecosystem building in the form of a touchable, tangible story. MORE
This year’s contest challenged tech-entrepreneurs located in Northwest PA, to develop new “game-changing” products, processes, or techniques in creative spaces. MORE
These are just some of the ways to creatively raise funds without offering equity or taking on new debt. Since some entrepreneurs are completely adverse to sharing equity, and some greatly fear taking on any form of debt, creative fund-raising is certainly worth considering. MORE
His book, Creative Selection, is the first book that provides a view of the day to day environment at Apple. Ken calls this concept Creative Selection. I’ve wondered what it’s like to work at Apple. MORE
Gamechanger Audio wants to build tech and tools that fuel musicians' creativity. Real Entrepreneurs MORE
Plus, being in places where there are typically fewer resources means that teams in smaller cities are necessarily super creative. No matter where you run a company, you’re probably making trade-offs. There are pros and cons to operating anywhere, for sure. But, I know that operating your company in a smaller city can feel really, really hard. MORE
Since its early work with creative entrepreneurs beginning in 2008 and relaunch as a scalable program and brand in 2013, CO.STARTERS has equipped more than 630 leaders across 190+ communities, impacting more than 10,000 starters. MORE
In Bias Against Creativity , a team of researchers at Cornell discuss the bias against creativity they revealed in their study. It raises the question of how to evaluate creative ideas and how to engender internal incentives to support creativity. From the Cornell paper: People often reject creative ideas even when espousing creativity as a desired goal. Theoretically we all support the notion of creative ideas. MORE
This year’s contest challenged tech-entrepreneurs located in Northwest PA, to develop new “game-changing” products, processes, or techniques in creative spaces. MORE
There are a ton of fantastically creative people here. You have amazing creative talent and ridiculously sharp entrepreneurs--let 'em go on some crazy ideas that teach us what the future of technology in our lives will be. MORE
To João, the truly amazing thing about entrepreneurship is the way that it gives life to people’s creativity, and helps them use their creativity to change the world. “I He’s currently working for Darwin Startups, a Brazilian accelerator—named the best accelerator in Brazil by Associação Brasileira de Startups—where he has “freedom to use my creativity and entrepreneurship to develop new products or approaches.”. “If you don’t understand people, you don’t understand business.” MORE
The other day I had a conversation with a friend about Vine and Instagram--and the sheer amount of creativity they''ve unleashed. something that many creatives feel about technology, that for all it has given us is has also robbed us of expressiveness and the ease of making. He aims to bring the immediacy back with the goal of making more people more creative. ". The 1970''s was a boom for minicomputers. MORE
Creative entrepreneurs find niches for their business that are not full of competitors fighting over the last dollar of margin, or niches that are mature and shrinking in size. Even creative entrepreneurs are often trapped inside the box of their experience. MORE
Given that, the lack of creativity and ingenuity around reaching an investor really astounds me. There are a lot of ways to reach investors by being a little more creative--without being creepy. That's not to say you should follow me home and stand outside my house, but being a little bit creative about how to reach someone goes a long way. Since I launched my fund , I've gotten around 50 offers to work with me. For some reason, everyone wants to be a VC. MORE
Aligning creativity with process: T.A.: Greg [Gottesman, Co-founder of PSL] is so creative. So it’s amazing to have creative people like Greg, and it’s amazing, especially in our world here at PSL, to have lots and lots of ideas. And so we have tension between creativity, lots and lots of new ideas, and productivity or structure by which to evaluate those ideas, know which ones to try, which ones to explore and and which ones to just put on the back burner. MORE
What we now call CO.STARTERS began in 2008 as a grassroots effort supporting local creative entrepreneurs in Chattanooga, Tennessee. By Enoch Elwell, CO.STARTERS Founder & Visionary. MORE
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. MORE
With design thinking, “you use creativity and imagination to think outside the box and solve large-scale issues,” he says. Design thinking may inspire a teacher to present the same information through more creative means, such as a class game that quizzes students. Creativity is key! MORE
I continue at Kadevjo Studio in El Salvador as its creative director. Carlos Rivas was a student in El Salvador when he competed in the 2012 EO Global Student Entrepreneur Awards (GSEA). After earning a spot as a finalist, he traveled to New York City to take part in the Global Finals. MORE
creativity Related Topics 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.
Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative
JUNE 5, 2019
With design thinking, “you use creativity and imagination to think outside the box and solve large-scale issues,” he says. Design thinking may inspire a teacher to present the same information through more creative means, such as a class game that quizzes students. Creativity is key!
Entrepreneurs' Organization
SEPTEMBER 4, 2019
Kristen Harris is the co-founder and COO of Portfolio Creative , a workforce innovation firm based in Columbus, Ohio, USA. Kristen Harris is the COO and co-creator of Portfolio Creative , an award-winning recruiting and staffing firm, and a leader in the industry. .
This is going to be BIG.
MAY 7, 2012
There are a ton of fantastically creative people here. You have amazing creative talent and ridiculously sharp entrepreneurs--let 'em go on some crazy ideas that teach us what the future of technology in our lives will be.
Tomasz Tunguz
MAY 21, 2017
In Bias Against Creativity , a team of researchers at Cornell discuss the bias against creativity they revealed in their study. It raises the question of how to evaluate creative ideas and how to engender internal incentives to support creativity. From the Cornell paper: People often reject creative ideas even when espousing creativity as a desired goal. Theoretically we all support the notion of creative ideas.
Berkonomics
MAY 1, 2014
These are just some of the ways to creatively raise funds without offering equity or taking on new debt. Since some entrepreneurs are completely adverse to sharing equity, and some greatly fear taking on any form of debt, creative fund-raising is certainly worth considering.
OurCrowd
SEPTEMBER 17, 2019
The post [Honeybook in Forbes] Martha Bitar’s Flodesk Is Making Email Marketing Easier For Creatives appeared first on OurCrowd.
Tomasz Tunguz
DECEMBER 3, 2018
His book, Creative Selection, is the first book that provides a view of the day to day environment at Apple. Ken calls this concept Creative Selection. I’ve wondered what it’s like to work at Apple.
This is going to be BIG.
FEBRUARY 21, 2012
Given that, the lack of creativity and ingenuity around reaching an investor really astounds me. There are a lot of ways to reach investors by being a little more creative--without being creepy. That's not to say you should follow me home and stand outside my house, but being a little bit creative about how to reach someone goes a long way. Since I launched my fund , I've gotten around 50 offers to work with me. For some reason, everyone wants to be a VC.
TechStars
NOVEMBER 13, 2019
After struggling to balance her own successful creative content development work with the demands of school, Cllctve cofounder and Syracuse University student Kelsy Davis is developing an online marketplace to efficiently connect other young creators with companies needing talent.
Tomasz Tunguz
AUGUST 29, 2012
I think every startup, company and business must maintain tension between creative chaos and a drive toward predictive performance. In every one of my conversations with Peter Lehrman, founder of AxialMarket, he always speaks about AxialMarket as “the business.” Never the company, the startup or any other word.
Entrepreneur - Entrepreneurs Category
JULY 2, 2019
Gamechanger Audio wants to build tech and tools that fuel musicians' creativity. Real Entrepreneurs
UBI Global
MAY 6, 2019
A Question of Innovation… Corporations may recognize that they could use a good dose of innovation, and some seek startups as a shortcut to creative thinking.
Co Starters
OCTOBER 17, 2019
Since its early work with creative entrepreneurs beginning in 2008 and relaunch as a scalable program and brand in 2013, CO.STARTERS has equipped more than 630 leaders across 190+ communities, impacting more than 10,000 starters.
Smart Hustle Magazine
NOVEMBER 13, 2019
About Creativity Explored. Creativity Explored gives artists the space to create, and a space to show off their work. These artists have a deep relationship with Creativity Explored, as their art originates in their studio and then is seen and sold in their exhibits.
A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC
AUGUST 9, 2019
But there are many more super interesting and creative campaigns. Last month our portfolio company Kickstarter invited project creators to “ break conventions, but not our rules ” and create campaigns that were different from the traditional Kickstarter campaign. There are 99 “break Kickstarter” campaigns live on the platform now and I featured one of them last week. I backed a bunch of them this week and thought I’d showcase them to all of you today.
TechStars
OCTOBER 28, 2019
LaunchPad accelerates student entrepreneurs’ growth by expanding their networks and providing access to founders and other business leaders to help students think more creatively, take more calculated risks, and thrive.”
A Smart Bear
SEPTEMBER 5, 2018
Online marketing teams are accustomed to throwing creative things at the wall, with new technology and platforms, because that’s the day-to-day reality of their job. We all know that startups should make decisions quickly.
TechStars
AUGUST 26, 2019
Here it is: Creativity can be taught. By learning and applying creative thinking processes, we can teach creativity. . By Carley Jacobson, Techstars Innovation Coach.
Entrepreneurs' Organization
JUNE 14, 2019
Find creative ways to assess potential recruits. By Miranda Naiman, accidental entrepreneur, motivational speaker, member of the EO Tanzania chapter and founder of Empower Limited , a Tanzanian human capital consultancy firm.
GAN
OCTOBER 9, 2019
Plus, being in places where there are typically fewer resources means that teams in smaller cities are necessarily super creative. No matter where you run a company, you’re probably making trade-offs. There are pros and cons to operating anywhere, for sure. But, I know that operating your company in a smaller city can feel really, really hard.
Co Starters
MARCH 28, 2019
What we now call CO.STARTERS began in 2008 as a grassroots effort supporting local creative entrepreneurs in Chattanooga, Tennessee. By Enoch Elwell, CO.STARTERS Founder & Visionary.
Venture Well
AUGUST 7, 2019
Marc Facciotti from the University of California-Davis a strong advocate for creative work that is initiated by students or that is student-directed.
GAN
SEPTEMBER 8, 2019
Hamburg prides itself as “The Gate to the World” and is home to all branches of the economy, ranging from aviation to maritime and logistics, as well as the creative and media industry. Hamburg is Germany’s second-largest city with 1.8 million people and a metro region of about three million. The city is, of course, known for its seaport, the third-largest in Europe. It’s also among the top three locations for the aviation industry in the world.
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.”. He is also the creative director of Oneblis, a digital marketing agency.
Co Starters
JUNE 18, 2019
The first ever CO.STARTERS pop-up book—a long-time idea of our Creative team—also made its debut at our Science Fair booth, bringing together our models and frameworks for ecosystem building in the form of a touchable, tangible story.
Entrepreneurs' Organization
JULY 5, 2019
In the theatre I earned an MBA from the school of life—learning first hand about human psychology, leadership, management, recruiting, talent development, creativity, budgets, negotiations, raising capital, hustling, marketing, pitching, contracts, politics, fraud and betrayal.
Entrepreneurs' Organization
AUGUST 7, 2019
When you establish authentic channels for two-way dialogue with your customers, you’ll discover a pipeline for fresh, creative ideas. Written for EO by Jason McCann , a lifelong entrepreneur and experienced founder.
Entrepreneurs' Organization
JUNE 10, 2019
So, it’s natural that many of us keep everything locked away inside our own heads—leaving a fight between right and left hemispheres, pre-frontal cortex vs. amygdala, feelings vs. data, money vs. emotions, practical vs. creative, risk vs. guarantee, change vs. constant and the list could go on.
TechStars
JUNE 11, 2019
Aligning creativity with process: T.A.: Greg [Gottesman, Co-founder of PSL] is so creative. So it’s amazing to have creative people like Greg, and it’s amazing, especially in our world here at PSL, to have lots and lots of ideas. And so we have tension between creativity, lots and lots of new ideas, and productivity or structure by which to evaluate those ideas, know which ones to try, which ones to explore and and which ones to just put on the back burner.
Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative
MAY 26, 2019
In contrast, Apple has developed a brand associated with modern style and luxury that allow creative individuals to turn their ideas into a reality. Innovation and creativity often generate “buzz” that can be an effective way to get people talking about your brand.
TechStars
SEPTEMBER 18, 2019
“If Bhutan is ever to escape the economic lethargy largely attributed to our size and our geographical disposition, it must do so on the success and vitality of creative free enterprise. An economy without sufficient innovation and creative enterprise risks stagnation and decline.
This is going to be BIG.
MARCH 25, 2013
Not only did I want it to include people working on the future of digital media at ABC, but I also had in mind the roll that other types of creative people have in the inspiration of a city.
Entrepreneurs' Organization
JULY 22, 2019
I continue at Kadevjo Studio in El Salvador as its creative director. Carlos Rivas was a student in El Salvador when he competed in the 2012 EO Global Student Entrepreneur Awards (GSEA). After earning a spot as a finalist, he traveled to New York City to take part in the Global Finals.
Impact Hub
APRIL 16, 2019
Silje had a vision for a space that would invite interactions between unlikely allies in the name of creativity and innovation. The community here is diverse; it houses startups, established businesses, NGOs, creatives, freelancers, food entrepreneurs and more.
Ben Franklin Technology Partners
MAY 10, 2019
This year’s contest challenged tech-entrepreneurs located in Northwest PA, to develop new “game-changing” products, processes, or techniques in creative spaces.
This is going to be BIG.
JUNE 19, 2014
The other day I had a conversation with a friend about Vine and Instagram--and the sheer amount of creativity they''ve unleashed. something that many creatives feel about technology, that for all it has given us is has also robbed us of expressiveness and the ease of making. He aims to bring the immediacy back with the goal of making more people more creative. ". The 1970''s was a boom for minicomputers.
GAN
AUGUST 28, 2019
Encourages more innovation and promotes positive changes in both creative and noncreative jobs. A couple of weeks ago, I found myself in a conversation about startup newsletters with some of GAN’s corporate partners during our yearly Partner Summit. We’d been chatting about newsletters we loved when I went a bit negative and opened up about a newsletter I had a lot of judgments around.
Berkonomics
MAY 2, 2019
Creative entrepreneurs find niches for their business that are not full of competitors fighting over the last dollar of margin, or niches that are mature and shrinking in size. Even creative entrepreneurs are often trapped inside the box of their experience.
GAN
MAY 8, 2019
Cover all the roles—Creative, Hacker, Hustler, Hero. There are 115 accelerators spread across 160 cities in the GAN Community. Their breadth, impact, and results are amazing. In 2018 alone, more than 35,000 startups applied for just 1,344 spots at those accelerators. So, this past week, I asked leaders at GAN programs one simple question: Before applying to your accelerator, what would you tell startups they need to do to prepare for your program? Here’s What They Said.
Continuations
MARCH 25, 2019
As adults we self-censor, inhibiting the natural creativity we enjoyed as children. We’ve been told that we aren’t creative or we’ve seen people reject or mock work we have created. The educational system, with its focus on preparing for standardized tests, further squelches our creative impulses. Eventually, we come to believe that creativity is something that other people do, not us.
Ben Franklin Technology Partners
JUNE 21, 2019
This year’s contest challenged tech-entrepreneurs located in Northwest PA, to develop new “game-changing” products, processes, or techniques in creative spaces.
GCUC
SEPTEMBER 24, 2019
The Coworking Out Loud Podcast is my favorite creative project right now. Here at GCUC we are immensely fortunate to cross paths and work with so many amazing people. Through our work, we’ve cultivated a global community of people we think you should know about.
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