We have curated the post below from TED because we felt that it was a very interesting and an appropriate way of delivering a presentation on the topic of living passionately and because we wanted to introduce TED (an acronym for Technology, Entertainment and Design) to anyone who may not be aware of it. We feel that the presentations at TED are always good for expanding ones horizons and the topic of ... How to live passionately—no matter your age piqued our interest as a topic that applies ...
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The Entrepreneurial Opportunities in the Coming “Resource Revolution”
Author: Reid Hoffman, Entrepreneur. Product Strategist. Investor - April 03, 2014
Over the next decade and a half, 2.5 billion people in China, India, and other developing countries will join the global middle class. They are going to need skyscrapers to live in and super-stores to shop in. They are going to want smartphones, cars, flank steaks, air conditioning, pet clothing, Disneyland vacations, and probably some throw pillows.
How is a planet already straining under the pressure of tod...
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Jobs are Over: The Future is Income Generation- Part 1
Author: Heather McGowan - Academic Entrepreneur + Innovation Strategist, June 20, 2014
This is part one of a three part series on the changing shape of employment, the emergence of the collaborative economy, and the potential impacts on higher education.
The era of using education to get a job, to build a pension, to then retire is over. Not only is average is over and the world flat, but this is the end of employment, as we once knew it. The future is one of life-long learning, ser...
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How to Build a Content Calendar (Plus a Free Template for 2014)
By: Jamie Griffiths, Manifesto blog
Creating a content calendar for your company from scratch is one of those tasks that seems ridiculously complicated at the outset but which, with a systematic approach and no scruples about stealing other people’s methods, can actually be fairly straightforward.
We have no problems with other people borrowing our methods we wanted to offer a content marketer’s guide to building a content calendar along with a free template for the 2014 calendar y...
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Reinvent Your Company by Taking a Fresh Look at the Strengths in Its DNA
Strategic consistency is the hallmark of many great companies. Southwest Airlines’ decades-long strategy of “short-haul, high-frequency, point-to-point, low-fare service” produced what was not only one of the best-performing airlines in the U.S. over the last half-century, but also one of the best-performing companies in any industry. For over 50 years, Wal-Mart has pursued essentially the same strategy of “offering the lowest price so its customer can live better.” Wells Fargo has become the mo...
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Astonishing Growth for NEURS
Written by Michael Levanduski
March 2, 2014 # 4:01 pm # Industry News, Marketing Insights, Specials
NEURS is a company dedicated to helping entrepreneurs start or grow their business. As a start-up consulting firm, they are working on bringing together the largest group of entrepreneurs in the world, where everyone can network, share ideas and work together for greater success. They will be offering classes and training on a variety of topics important to new business owners in wha...
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The Short List: Your Key to Winning Customers
By: Hunter Walk ~ Partner at Homebrew VC (fmr YouTube, Google, Second Life product lead) -- March 16, 2014
“We’ve talked to 20 businesses and they’ve all told us they’d use our product.” While I guess this is better data than not talking to any potential customers, a statement like this is at best, insufficient customer development, and at worst, a false positive that will eventually run your startup aground. When I hear variations of this in pitch meetings atHomebrew it’s never convi...
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Top Tips For A Powerful Brand
By: James Caan ~ Serial Entrepreneur and Investor in People with Passion ~
One of the most important tools any business can have on its side is a powerful and instantly recognisable brand. The very best businesses are the ones that send out the message to customers that they are buying into quality. Customers have the ability to emotionally invest in their brands and will return time and again.
Top brands can take years to build, but the rewards for a business will make up for all the ef...
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When ‘Going Lean’ Goes Wrong
In recent years, the “Lean Startup” movement, championed by Eric Ries, has really caught on. This philosophy encourages companies to find winning ideas through efficient cycles of building, measuring and learning, which has led to the widespread adoption of popular concepts like “minimum viable products,” “data-driven decisions” and “failing fast.”
Today, many if not most start-ups, including mine (RJMetrics), now pride themselves on having “lean” behavior built into their DNA. As this generati...
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