From the moment you walk in the door at work in the morning, to the moment you switch off start ignoring your iPhone at night, your mind should be on one thing – your customers. If your mind is on anything other than your users when making business decisions, it’s likely because you are operating…
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No internship is quite alike. The same can be said for interns. This alone creates a challenge for startups looking to find the perfect match for their internship opportunities. Startup internships often top their corporate counterparts in a variety of areas. Interns have a chance to experience a one-of-a-kind company culture, interact with an extremely…
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Throughout the years, technology has created ways for people to be more productive. For startups thinking about hiring more employees, it’s important to consider this question: Is a 40-hour work week justified for your startup? With today’s technological advancements, startups can ultimately increase their productivity and decrease the number of hours worked each week. As…
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The importance of working with a Guru has been thoroughly emphasized in Hinduism. One cannot imagine salvation without a Guru. In one of the most important texts in Hinduism, Sri Bhagavad Gita, the role of a Guru is beautifully highlighted as: “Acquire the transcendental knowledge from a self-realized master by humble reverence, by sincere inquiry,…
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According to a recent survey of tech-focused hiring managers and recruiters - Java, mobile, .NET, and software developers are the most difficult technology professionals to hire. Because these tech positions are so difficult to fill, it can be a challenge for recruiters to come up with new methods of hiring. Here are seven ways for recruiters to satisfy…
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Don’t have time to read? Here’s a quick but comprehensive summary of Brian Cohen and John Kador’s “What Every Angel Investor Wants You to Know: An Insider Reveals How to Get Smart Funding for Your Billion-Dollar Idea,” released in April 2013. Who should read this: Entrepreneurs thinking about raising angel funding, or in the process….
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One-hundred percent to 150 percent: that is the estimated cost of turnover as it relates to an average employee’s base salary. So, if you hire for a position that has an annual salary of $100,000, and that person leaves, it will cost you up to $150,000 simply to replace them. It only takes seven of these…
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In late 2000, I was raising a seed-stage venture fund to commercialize innovations coming from universities and federal laboratories in the Midwestern part of the United States. During that time, I attended a function at the Union League Club in Chicago. While I was standing in line to get my coat at the coat check,…
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The following answers are provided by the Young Entrepreneur Council (YEC), an invite-only organization comprised of the world’s most promising young entrepreneurs. In partnership with Citi, the YEC recently launched #StartupLab, a free virtual mentorship program that helps millions of entrepreneurs start and grow businesses via live video chats, an expert content library and email…
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This past weekend, a room full of people became investors at Startup Jackpot, a startup event raising seed money for other startups. Fifteen local DC startups went head to head for a cold hard cash prize of $10,000 at Canvas, a quirky coworking space nestled in the heart of Dupont. Rather than the usual panel…
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Being a web application development company that specializes in building MVPs for startups, we come across lots of aspiring entrepreneurial initiatives. Every single one of these ventures is a brilliant idea and has the potential to take on the world. Funny though – and I am sure that it’s just a mere coincidence – that…
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Being a startup company, you need people who are not only efficient in their work but also stay with you for the long haul. They should help foster and build a corporate culture for your success. Finding the right people is always hard. Below are the fundamentals to help you get started in the right…
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Giving consumers access to virtually any song they’d like to hear — at any time and for free — may not sound like a business model tech startups would be quick to emulate. But the truth is that Spotify’s model is focused on more than free streaming. Startups across the board can learn from the…
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On March 20, Hubspot peeled back the veil on its company culture by posting its CultureCode on Slideshare, snapping up 300,000 views in less than three weeks. The beautiful, 150-page presentation shares the beliefs, values, and practices that make HubSpot unique – from customer focus to transparency to autonomy, from honesty to high standards to…
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Do you know how much space is left on your iPhone? Do you even know how much space it had to begin with? Cofounder Raul Mujica of Kincast, an app for sharing videos with family, realized that many of his users didn’t. In fact, 40 percent had less than 10 percent space left on their…
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The inaugural Big Kansas City, a two-and-a-half-day conference on innovation and entrepreneurship, was held recently at the National Airline History Museum in Kansas City. I was there to take part in celebrating the entrepreneurial ecosystem in the heart of the Midwest. It was a truly inspiring event, and, having listened to the event’s star-studded lineup…
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