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8 Work Trends Driven By New Ventures And Competition

Startup Professionals Musings

Both are required to stay competitive. Use of collaborative and other social media platforms. In startups, and even corporate environments, I see the spread of collaborative social platforms such as Slack and Trello. 57 million workers identified themselves as freelancers in 2019, up 4 million since 2014.

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Venture investors and startup execs say they don’t need Elizabeth Warren to defend them from big tech

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Warren’s plan called for regulators to be appointed to oversee the unwinding of several acquisitions that were critical to the development of the core technology that make Alphabet’s Google and the social media giant Facebook so profitable… and Zappos. Srinivasan (@balajis) March 8, 2019. — Balaji S.

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8 Tips For Getting Your Startup Right The First Time

Startup Professionals Musings

The rate of new entrepreneurs increased between 2013 and 2019, from 280 out of 100,000 to 310 out of 100,000 of the adult population. Of course, that’s both the good news and the bad news for aspiring entrepreneurs, since it means more competition, and the business landscape is changing faster than ever. Marty Zwilling.

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The Pros And Cons Of A Secret Business Relationship

Startup Professionals Musings

Yet the 2019 Office Romance Survey by Vault, Inc. Can be a competitive advantage. Competition over salary, promotions, and position. This can cause feelings of unfairness, and initiate emotionally competitive efforts. Success is the best antidote to emotional vulnerability. But all good things can be overdone.

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Performance marketing agency MuteSix bets on content and data to boost DTC e-commerce

TechCrunch LA

Created in 2014 and acquired by Dentsu in 2019, MuteSix was recommended to TechCrunch by Rhoda Ullmann, VP Consumer at Sense, a Boston-based startup building a home energy monitor. In today’s highly competitive ad environment, both content and data are kings. The key takeaway? What can you tell us about MuteSix as an agency?

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5 Reasons Business Leaders Are Short On Relationships

Startup Professionals Musings

That’s more than enough to put you ahead of your competition. In fact, you can get far beyond that number if you take advantage of the tools, process, and technology out there today, such as social media, text messaging, email, customer relationship systems (CRM), and discipline yourself to prioritize relationship building.

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6 Keys To Growing Your Career Through The Gig Economy

Startup Professionals Musings

To me, that means treating your career more like a business than a job – with a continual and global focus on keeping up with competition, finding customers, preparing for changes ahead, and taking responsibility for your own finances. Marty Zwilling First published on Inc.com on 06/21/2019. Market your business expertise.