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how collaboration can improve entrepreneurship education

Venture Well

Tom Katona had been thinking quite a bit about a simple question. An assistant professor of innovation and entrepreneurship at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, The post how collaboration can improve entrepreneurship education appeared first on VentureWell.

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Can a Week in the Desert Make You a Better Entrepreneur?

Entrepreneurs' Organization

Every year, a group of EO members convenes in northwest Nevada, USA, at dEOxidized, one of the hundreds of theme camps at Burning Man. For the uninitiated, Burning Man—a temporary, pop-up community of 70,000 people with a commitment to decommodification and gifting —may seem like the antithesis of typical entrepreneurial pursuits. Look a little closer, though, and it makes perfect sense.

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4 Reminders for Writing a Better Email

Entrepreneurs' Organization

Written by Bailey Belmont. To write is human, to receive a letter: Divine? That may just depend on who is writing the message. In our world of texts, emojis, and abbreviations, proper writing technique in emails still matters. After all, so much of our business communication relies on emails. Clear, concise and error-free writing could ultimately save you time and money.

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Do people follow when you (think you) lead?

Berkonomics

Let’s get personal. Do you think you’re much better than a marginal leader? Well, here are a few tests for you to help come to an answer. And a few tips for you if you fall a bit short. Why do people follow their leader? Dictators are not great leaders in the long run. People follow such leaders by fear, rarely by devotion. Employees want to have a stake in their own destiny, and above all want to understand why actions are taken which affect them, even if the outcome is not in the employee

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Digitalization: 5 Tech Updates That Will Help You Survive The Recession & Thrive

Lack of digitalization decreases business competitiveness. To thrive, embracing modern solutions becomes essential. The approach to digitalization often aligns with a company's business model. This shift not only boosts productivity but also automates processes and improves security. The tech market offers a wealth of technologies tailored for management, planning, and forecasting, replacing outdated pen-and-paper methods.

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7 Things You Need for a Successful E-Commerce Business (And How Fiverr Can Deliver)

Smart Hustle Magazine

E-commerce is booming. You can even do your grocery shopping online. If there was ever a time to jump on the e-commerce bandwagon , it’s now and doing so just got even easier. A successful e-commerce business can take many forms. Businesses are selling their products on platforms like Amazon, Etsy, Shopify , and more with resounding success. The benefits of selling products online speaks for itself and include: . reducing costs. overcoming geographic limitations. streamlining operations.

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5 Disruptive Cybersecurity Startups That Are Changing the Industry

Dream It

Accelerated digital innovation has catapulted the world into unprecedented growth. But this age of disruption has also created numerous opportunities for hackers and cybercriminals. Big stories like the Cambridge Analytica fiasco and government offices getting hacked are all over the news – and that’s just the tip of the iceberg. Research from advisory firm Gartner predicts that companies are facing up to $5.2 trillion in added cost and profit loss from cyber attacks in the next 5 years.

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Assess Your Team to Effectively Implement Change

Entrepreneurs' Organization

By Kevin Bonfield, founder and managing partner at Concentre and a member of the Entrepreneurs’ Organization in Dallas, Texas. Your leadership team is truly the driving force of any change you want to bring to your organization. Leading change , thus, requires knowing how to get your executive team and managers on board. It’s easy to underestimate the number of changes that will happen to our leadership or executive team when we begin a transformation journey.

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Julian Love on Reports and Making an Impact in Your Business and Your Community

Smart Hustle Magazine

Ramon Ray caught up with Julian Love, the Chief Business Officer for St. HOPE at NetSuite’s SuiteConnect. St. HOPE is an organization, a family of nonprofits that focus on revitalizing Oak Park, Sacramento through public education and economic development. They run a K-12 charter school network, a real estate portfolio, and they invest in businesses and entrepreneurs. .

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K-12 Esports Teams Can Give Students College and Career-Readiness Skills

The Startup Blog Market Brief

The rise of esports teams at the K-12 level is highlighting the skills that these activities teach students to prepare them for life after high school. The post K-12 Esports Teams Can Give Students College and Career-Readiness Skills appeared first on Market Brief.

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The Big Payoff of Application Analytics

Outdated or absent analytics won’t cut it in today’s data-driven applications – not for your end users, your development team, or your business. That’s what drove the five companies in this e-book to change their approach to analytics. Download this e-book to learn about the unique problems each company faced and how they achieved huge returns beyond expectation by embedding analytics into applications.

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The Path to Commercialization for a Healthtech Startup

Dream It

In this #DreamitLive, Healthtech Managing Director Adam Dakin speaks with Graftworx founder and CEO David Kuraguntla about his startup’s path to commercialization. Graftworx is a healthtech startup innovating the way remote patient monitoring is done, particularly for those with chronic conditions. By giving clinicians more data on patients, doctors can spot problems earlier and improve patient care.

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Patent protection or design protection?

NZ Entrepreneur

Intellectual property (IP) may be a business’ most valuable asset. Patents, copyright, trade marks and registered designs all provide different types of IP rights that can protect an innovation. In this article we compare patent protection with design protection. What’s the difference between patent protection and design protection? PATENTS. A patent protects inventions.

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BEN FRANKLIN PORTFOLIO COMPANIES PITCH AT INVENT PENN STATE VENTURE AND IP CONFERENCE!

Ben Franklin Technology Partners

STATE COLLEGE, PA – At last week’s Invent Penn State Venture and IP Conference , more than a dozen clients in the Ben Franklin Technology Partners’ portfolio had the opportunity to showcase their company’s growth and market potential to a distinguished list of potential investors. The Invent Penn State Venture & IP Conference, which was co-sponsored in part by Ben Franklin, is one of the largest tech startup conferences in the region and typically draws hundreds of attendees along with start

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Err on the side of action, to test theories

Derek Sivers

I spend a lot time thinking of alternate ways to approach life. I re-consider my hierarchy of values. When values change, the plan of action needs to change, too. For example, if I decide that personal growth is top priority, then I plan a life pushing outside my comfort zone. But if I decide that creative output is top priority, then I plan a tranquil life without obstacles, so I can just create.

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PE Mastery: CAPTARGET's Playbook for Quality Lead Flow

CAPTARGET presents a masterclass in M&A deal sourcing. Learn to cast a wide net, embracing seller self-identification. Consistency is the linchpin: keep the origination process steady for a reliable flow of opportunities. Diversify your tactics, employing various tools and vendors. Tech matters! Understand DNS settings, domain authority, and brand presence for optimal outreach.

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Smart Hustle Magazine

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What do investors look for in a business plan?

NZ Entrepreneur

What do investors want to see in a business plan? Scalability, a complementary team, evidence of a well thought out idea – and all this at a glance. Market. Early stage business investors such as angel investors or venture capital companies are generally only interested in companies with great potential for success and a high return on investment.

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La esencia de un líder ético eficaz

Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

Este artículo fue adaptado de un artículo publicado por primera vez en la revista Association of Corporate Counsel por Jim Nortz. . Por difícil que se nos haga a cada uno de nosotros mirarnos en el espejo y evaluar honestamente nuestras fortalezas y debilidades, hacerlo es un ejercicio esencial para quien se esfuerza por ser un líder ético , por no hablar de esforzarse por desarrollar las destrezas del liderazgo ético en los demás.

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BrainCheck Raised $8M in Series A Funding to Help Doctors Assess the Cognitive Health of Patients

Dream It

BrainCheck (Dreamit Healthtech Fall 2016) raised $8M in funding. The startup helps physicians assess and track the mental health of their patients. TechCrunch covered the funding news : All over the globe, the population of people who are aged 65 and older is growing faster than every other age group. According to United Nations data, by 2050, one in six people in the world will be over age 65, up from one in 11 right now.

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How to Stay Competitive in the Evolving State of Martech

Marketing technology is essential for B2B marketers to stay competitive in a rapidly changing digital landscape — and with 53% of marketers experiencing legacy technology issues and limitations, they’re researching innovations to expand and refine their technology stacks. To help practitioners keep up with the rapidly evolving martech landscape, this special report will discuss: How practitioners are integrating technologies and systems to encourage information-sharing between departments and pr

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Featured Thumb Teaser

Smart Hustle Magazine

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In the News: The sector that nearly tripled investments over 5 years ??

OurCrowd

Parabéns! We reached a new milestone in São Paulo, Brazil, this month at our first ever OurCrowd Sync Conference, our biggest event outside of the OurCrowd Global Investor Summit. The event was maxed out and saw major players from the Latam tech ecosystem interacting face-to-face with industry leaders and decision-makers from the region and beyond. We also announced the launch of OurCrowd’s office in São Paulo , which we believe to be a key region for innovation.

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Cross Laminated Timber

A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

Cross Laminated Timber (or CLT for short) is a structural building material that can replace concrete and steel in new building construction. I wrote about CLT back in April and mentioned that the Gotham Gal and I are in the process of making two CLT buildings right now. The paper version of the New York Times has an excellent op-ed today that explains why making buildings out of wood is much better for our climate than making them out of concrete and steel.

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Capturing Luck with “or” instead of “and”

A Smart Bear

I won a fake stock market competition in elementary school. I put all my money in a few penny stocks — where prices are less than a dollar, and because of their small denomination, their value (as a percentage) fluctuates wildly. Some days I had the worst portfolio, other days I had the best. The competition happened to end on an up-day. This was an example of “high risk, high reward.

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Statement of Cash Flows vs. Cash Flow Statement

Speaker: Wayne Spivak - President and Chief Financial Officer of SBA * Consulting LTD, Industry Writer, and Public Speaker

The old adages that "cash is king" and "you can’t spend profits" still hold true today. But however well-known these sayings might be, it requires a change in mindset to properly implement a cash flow management system that predicts your business's runaway as accurately as possible. Key to this new mindset is understanding the difference between the Statement of Cash Flows, a historical look at the source and uses of cash, and the Cash Flow Statement, which uses transaction history and forward-l

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Smart Hustle Magazine

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Desarrollar una cultura ética

Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

Esta publicación de blog apareció originalmente en el blog Negocios con Integridad del Centro para la Empresa Privada International (CIPE). . Para que cualquier empresa alcance su pleno potencial, es necesario un cambio dirigido hacia una cultura de cumplimiento y ética. Este cambio debe comenzar desde arriba, con la dirección liderando el camino. No obstante, para fomentar realmente un ambiente de cumplimiento y ética, todos en la organización deben trabajar hacia el mismo objetivo.

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Cards

A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

I played cards all through college and on and off since then. I don’t have a regular card game right now and I miss playing cards. I was talking to a friend of mine recently and she complained that her son was more interested in playing poker than going to college. I told her that I thought he could learn more from poker than some schools and many majors.

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[Engie in Financial Review] Interventions push up power bills: Engie

OurCrowd

The chief executive of French-owned energy group Engie has warned that an increasing amount of ”ad-hoc” intervention by the federal government is a bad sign for investors sizing up energy investments in Australia and will also lead to higher power bills. Read more here. The post [Engie in Financial Review] Interventions push up power bills: Engie appeared first on OurCrowd.

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Monetizing Analytics Features

Think your customers will pay more for data visualizations in your application? Five years ago, they may have. But today, dashboards and visualizations have become table stakes. Turning analytics into a source of revenue means integrating advanced features in unique, hard-to-steal ways. Download this white paper to discover which features will differentiate your application and maximize the ROI of your analytics.