Yearly Archives: 2017

How Entrepreneurs Can Help Their Startup Communities Get Mor…

[ad_1] So you’re an entrepreneur with high-growth aspirations and you don’t live in Silicon Valley, Boston or New York City. Crazy, right? While there are perceived advantages to locating a business that needs private investment in these high-performing regions – capital concentration results in shorter fundraising cycles, deep talent pools …

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Google and H&M Will Make You a Custom Dress Based on Your Smartphone Data…

[ad_1] New York Fashion Week kicks off tomorrow, but ahead of the couture designs hitting the runways, an unlikely company is stepping into the fashion world. Google partnered with Ivyrevel, a women’s clothing brand based in Stockholm backed by H&M and Paypal, to make customized dresses using an individual’s data …

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Slack Raises $200 Million, Boosting Valuation to $3.8 Billion…

[ad_1] Slack has raised $200 million in venture capital financing, boosting its valuation to $3.8 billion, the messaging software startup said on Friday. The latest funding round comes in spite of a contraction in venture capital investing for technology startups, amid widespread concern about high valuations. The market rout among …

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Common Sense Is Key If You Want to Be a Business Innovator…

[ad_1] Reader Resource Join Entrepreneur’s The Goal Standard Challenge and make 2017 yours. Learn more » The following excerpt is from Glenn Llopis’s book The Innovation Mentality. Buy it now from Amazon | Barnes & Noble  The six characteristics of the innovation mentality are like many great ideas: deceptively simple. That’s the point: …

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Weighing a Rollout of Benefits for Employees? 4 Tips for Startups to Consider…

[ad_1] Should a startup company offer employees benefits? That question cuts to the core of any entrepreneur’s most significant challenges: cash burn, talent recruitment and company values. But founders of startups might find it wise to consider offering employees certain benefits to help build the company’s culture. Here’s why: Benefits are …

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How This Executive Learned to Empower Others…

[ad_1] Reader Resource Join Entrepreneur’s The Goal Standard Challenge and make 2017 yours. Learn more » Sentact Healthcare Solutions is a leader in on-demand software services for quality, logistics and hospitality management in the healthcare market. COO Chris Dube has worked in the hospital but transitioned over to the technology side. Although that …

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