OnStartups
APRIL 5, 2021
The following is a guest post by Joe Uddeme the founder of Name Experts. Joe started the company 12 years ago and specializes in complex domain, purchases and sales. I’m a client of Joe and have used him for a number of domain purchases -- but am otherwise not affiliated. I do not make any money should you use Joe’s company. I just found his expertise useful so I am sharing it with the OnStartups community.
Entrepreneur's Handbook
APRIL 3, 2021
A veteran consultant offers some thoughts on how to break innovation down into more accurate categories Continue reading on Entrepreneur's Handbook ».
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Feedough
APRIL 8, 2021
Every business’s objective is to sustain by increasing sales and maximising its profits. These organisations employ different sales techniques for achieving the same. Some build consumer relationships and capitalise on pull marketing. While some focus on realising a transaction or sale, in a way using push marketing tactics. Transactional Marketing is one such push marketing approach that targets a large group of individuals to achieve substantial sales.
Entrepreneurs' Organization
APRIL 9, 2021
Contributed by Mike Malatesta , an entrepreneur, author, investor and podcast host who was a recent guest on the EO 360 podcast with host Dave Will. Self is a misunderstood word. Not because it’s particularly challenging to define. It’s not. It’s just a way to designate one person as an individual, apart from anyone else. It’s what goes along with self that can get tricky.
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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 The tech market offers a wealth of technologies tailored for management, planning, and forecasting, replacing outdated pen-and-paper methods.
This is going to be BIG.
APRIL 4, 2021
Recently, NYC Mayoral Candidate Andrew Yang got asked about raising income taxes on the wealthiest New Yorkers. He opposed such a measure to close the city and state’s budget gap, worrying that New Yorkers will leave because of tax increases. That’s not surprising. Yang himself left the city when the pandemic hit, moving up to his home in New Paltz.
Startup Catalyst Brief brings together the best content for the entrepreneurial ecosystem from the widest variety of industry thought leaders.
A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC
APRIL 5, 2021
I do a lot of “bulk emailing” but I hate sending bulk emails. I prefer to personalize emails and send them one by one so that the recipient understands that the email came from me. What that has meant is that I take google sheets full of email addresses and I cut and paste a message into my gmail for each and every email address. That is incredibly slow, dull, repetitive, and painful.
Entrepreneurs' Organization
APRIL 7, 2021
Annie Cheng is active in the Seattle chapter of Entrepreneurs’ Organization (EO) ‘s Accelerator programme, which empowers entrepreneurs with the tools, community and accountability necessary to aggressively grow their businesses. We asked Cheng, founder of The Table Less Traveled , which organizes boutique, small-group international culinary tours, how she made a significant pivot to save her business.
StartupNation
APRIL 5, 2021
Grant programs offering free money are hard to come by, which is why many entrepreneurs frequently end up applying for small business loans or try crowdfunding to start or expand their companies. However, many organizations have recently created grants in an effort to assist companies that have been negatively impacted by the pandemic. Some of the grants are earmarked for businesses in certain industries, others for entrepreneurs in certain cities or states, and some are grants for minority wome
Smart Hustle Magazine
APRIL 6, 2021
No entrepreneurial journey is ever easy. But for military spouses, starting a business and making it a success is an uphill battle. From moving around different parts of the world to finding tools and resources to succeed, military spouses have to overcome some additional challenges to establish their businesses. And most often, military spouse business owners are alone struggling to deal with these business obstacles.
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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.
TechCrunch
APRIL 6, 2021
Today, in a twist, New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy has announced a proposal for a $10 million allocation in the state budget to create a seed fund for Black and Latinx startups, TechCrunch has learned exclusively. The Black and Latinx Seed Fund will be administered by the New Economic Development Authority (NJEDA). NJEDA CEO Tim Sullivan said based on research conducted by the state, that New Jersey is the first state in the nation to develop this type of fund.
Feedough
APRIL 9, 2021
Advertising is one of the best tools to communicate with customers. It helps them get to know about the latest trends and developments in the market and be informed about the availability of different varieties of products and services around them. In recent years, with changing technology and increasing consumer awareness, out-of-home advertising has vastly evolved.
StartupNation
APRIL 9, 2021
The pandemic’s effect on business has been staggering: In 2020, 163,000 businesses closed on Yelp during the first six months of the pandemic alone. On the flip side, many more businesses made it through, and a lot of those actually thrived. To be successful last year (and to continue that success into 2021 and beyond) meant knowing how to pivot, be creative and find ways to stay relevant.
Smart Hustle Magazine
APRIL 5, 2021
Insights from Yara Ohashi, Head of Digital Marketing, Americas and APAC at iStock who shares how to improve your video marketing strategy. Why a Video Marketing Strategy. We’re just over one year into the pandemic — and even though we’re starting to see places open up again, small businesses face tremendous uncertainty in the months ahead. According to Yelp’s Local Economic Impact Report , more than 150,000 businesses have permanently closed due to the pandemic; and many have had to find new way
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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.
TechCrunch
APRIL 7, 2021
With 17 startups participating, Berkeley SkyDeck’s Demo Day isn’t the largest cohort we’ve seen by any stretch. The collection of companies is, however, defined by a wide range of focuses, from pioneering diabetes treatments to retrofitting autonomous trucking, curated by the SkyDeck’s small team and a number of advisors. Founded in 2012, the accelerator is focused on developing early-stage companies tied to the University of California system.
Feedough
APRIL 6, 2021
The last thing any person consuming an ice cream bar would anticipate is probably that the wooden stick turns out to be Colgate’s emulated toothbrush. It is the essence of undercover marketing, where brand awareness takes place in a way most unexpected by the consumers. Be it product placement in movies or shows, or influencers and celebrities being paid to spark buzz about a product casually, customers barely notice these subtle tricks of undercover marketing, a technique towards which mo
StartupNation
APRIL 4, 2021
Are you finally ready to follow your dreams and be your own boss? Do you have an incredible idea for a business that can really help solve a problem that you just know many consumers face? Becoming an entrepreneur is exciting and you probably want to jump right in now. However, it is important to take a moment to first think of some critical factors that can make or break your business.
Smart Hustle Magazine
APRIL 3, 2021
Insights from Curtis J. Morley is an award-winning serial entrepreneur, educator, patent holder, thought leader, innovator, and author of The Entrepreneur’s Paradox. . One of the most chronic habits of entrepreneurs is being late. Trust me, I know. I was one of them. Here’s four ways to improve your time management and be on time. If you asked any of my lifelong friends Vaughn, Mike, Dave, James, or Bryan, or any of my employees they will all tell you that I was the last person to show up
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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
TechCrunch
APRIL 8, 2021
Product-led growth is all the rage in the Valley these days, and we had two leading thinkers discuss how to incorporate it into a startup at TechCrunch Early Stage 2021. Tope Awotona is the CEO and founder of Calendly, which bootstrapped for much of its existence before raising $350 million at a $3 billion valuation from OpenView and Iconiq. And on the other side of that table and this interview sat Blake Bartlett, a partner at OpenView who has been leading enterprise deals based around the prin
Feedough
APRIL 9, 2021
On January 6, 2020, Paypal paid a whopping $4 billion to acquire Honey Science Corp., making it the largest acquisition ever made by the company. Honey had been operating under the radar since 2012, but this acquisition quickly turned the tables and exposed it to a glaring spotlight of both heightened interest and ethical scrutiny. But what makes Honey so unique?
Entrepreneur's Handbook
APRIL 4, 2021
My Fight with Breast Cancer Drove Me to Fix Primary Care What it really takes to get people obsessed with their health. Source: Unsplash I had gone in for a sonogram to check on a lump in my left breast. I was young, no family medical history?—?I didn’t think anything of it. They took a biopsy just in case. A few days later, they called to tell me it was cancer.
Smart Hustle Magazine
APRIL 8, 2021
Insights on how to have a better customer experience from Anusha Venkat, Senior Product Manager for Plivo’s , a messaging API. Businesses have worked hard to adapt to changes the pandemic brought with it. In most cases, companies have been forced to reevaluate and change their entire customer experience strategy. As life starts to return to normal, business leaders must now grapple with how to extend these changes for what will effectively be a hybrid—a mixture of remote and in-person—way of con
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
TechCrunch
APRIL 9, 2021
Shorthand , the Australian startup behind a no-code platform that allows publishers and brands to create multimedia stories, has raised $10 million Australian (just under $8 million U.S.) from Fortitude Investment Partners. CEO Ricky Robinson told me via email that this is Shorthand’s first institutional round of funding, and that the company has been profitable for the past two years. “We’ve been lucky enough to grow to where we are today through an entirely inbound, organic m
StartupNation
APRIL 9, 2021
Earlier this week, Rochester, Michigan-based OneStream Software announced that it closed on $200 million in new capital that will be used to position the company optimally for its IPO slated for the near future. Additionally, StockX announced a major round of funding in the amount of $195 million at a valuation of $3.8 billion. It’s a great week for Detroit startups!
Entrepreneur's Handbook
APRIL 8, 2021
Some call it Appropriation Art; others call it fraud Continue reading on Entrepreneur's Handbook ».
Smart Hustle Magazine
APRIL 9, 2021
If your business has a physical location or serves a particular area, you need to focus on local SEO. This will involve targeting local keywords, creating localized content, and more to catch the eye of customers in your area. . By doing this, you can build local brand awareness, attract new customers, and get more foot traffic. In this article, we’re going to guide you through the process so you can optimize your online presence!
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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.
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