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A Few Surefire Ways to Support the UN SDGs

Entrepreneurs' Organization

In entrepreneurial circles throughout the world, there is a lot of chatter about the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (UN SDGs) —17 goals to address some of the world’s most challenging socioeconomic, environmental and lifestyle issues. And that’s due in no small part to the work of Vanderbilt Financial CEO and EO New York Chapter President Steve Distante.

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Quickly Unpacking Microsoft’s Acquisition Of GitHub

Haystack

Satya strikes again. After being installed in 2014 as Microsoft’s new CEO, Nadella has turned around the Seattle ocean liner on a new course after the Ballmer regime. With Microsoft’s stock price (and technology brand) soaring of late, Nadella and his team have not been shy, with blockbuster platform acquisitions like Minecraft and LinkedIn , innovative product scoops like Accompli for email and Sunrise for calendar, and rebranding its very active, SF-based venture arm as “ M12 ” to further its

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When You Hire an Executive, You're Hiring a Network

Tomasz Tunguz

You’ve just raised a round of financing. Your next step is to build your management team. There are several criteria for finding the right executive. Competency in the field, cultural fit, communication skills, management experience. All of those should be obvious. There is one that is often overlooked. Network. Recruiting is one of the most important responsibilities for a head of a department.

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How AI is literally helping Kiwi businesses grow

NZ Entrepreneur

The sooner we understand AI better, the sooner we can all benefit from its undeniable ability to transform businesses. This very minute, businesses have the potential to significantly change the way they operate. And it is up to us, as well as our partners and resellers, to help them understand the power of AI, and ways it can be implemented into their organisation.

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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Outdated or absent analytics won’t cut it in today’s data-driven applications – not for your end users, your development team, or your business.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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Failure is Always an Option

This is going to be BIG.

I was talking to another investor the other day about the stress that surrounds the ups and downs of the job--winning and losing deals, and having some companies succeed versus others going south on you. I shared with this VC my secret to keeping stress at bay: I concede the fact that the possibility exists that I'm not good at this. My fund performance is positive and things seem to be going in the right direction--I've been fortunate enough to back a lot of interesting companies--but there's a

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The 5 Forces Driving Startup Valuations Today

Tomasz Tunguz

There are five forces driving the startup ecosystem today. They are working together to reinforce a high valuation environment. These forces are: An infusion of capital into Startupland. There are many reasons for this. The money supply in the US has doubled in the last 10 years. A low interest rate environment means a low cost of capital, which means yield is hard to find for cash.

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An Agile Livelihood: Getting Started in the Gig Economy

Entrepreneurs' Organization

Written for EO by Lucy Reed, from GigMine. . There’s a lot to like about taking part in the gig economy. Parents love the flexibility to work around school schedules. Retirees can cash in on years of experience without re-entering the workplace. Adventurers appreciate the ability to work from anywhere in the world. The gig economy lets you establish a career on your terms.

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Learn to never handle a paper or email twice

Berkonomics

Close. We all do it… to our own detriment. So, let’s make a pact that we will try, if not succeed, to handle our incoming messages more efficiently. Personal time management helps immensely to make a better manager of you and me. All of us have time management tips and tricks to help us get through the day. I have a mantra I try to live by, and it has helped me more than you know over the years.

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If you’re not feeling “hell yeah!” then say no

Derek Sivers

Most of us have lives filled with mediocrity. We said yes to things that we felt half-hearted about. So we’re too busy to react when opportunities come our way. We miss out on the great because we’re busy with the mediocre. The solution is to say yes to less. If you’re not feeling “Hell yeah, that would be awesome!” about something, say no. It’s an easier decision.

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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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How repositioning a product allows you to 8x its price

A Smart Bear

Pricing is often more about positioning and perceived value than it is about cost-analysis and unconvincing ROI calculators. As a result, repositioning can allow you to charge many times more than you think. Here’s how. You’ve created a marketing tool called DoubleDown that doubles the cost-efficiency of AdWords campaigns. You heard that right folks — as a marketer, you can generate the same impact, the same number of conversions, the same quality of sales leads, but with half

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What Embezzlement, a Hurricane and the Financial Crash Taught Me About Business

Entrepreneurs' Organization

Written for EO by Tom Connell, president of Venetian Blind and Floor Covering Shop, Ltd. My controller closed the door behind him as he walked into my office. That usually meant he needed to talk confidentially to me about an employee or financial matter. This time he came with bad news. One of his clerks was not coming into work and, despite calls to her home and cell phone, she was nowhere to be found.

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Unlearning

Derek Sivers

Things I learned in the past are now wrong. Times have changed. Beliefs that were true are now false. They were based on old limitations that are now gone. Ways that used to work don’t work anymore. The old road collapsed. There’s a tunnel through the mountain now. When the old map is wrong, we can’t just draw a new line on it — we need to get a new map or we’ll be following closed roads.

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