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Startups Selected For Siemer WaveMaker Awards

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The winners--who were announced Thursday evening at an awards event which was the culmination of the two day conference--were Silver Push (Hang Ten Award); Ninja Metrics (Impact Zone); Omaze (Party Wave); Epoxy (Point Break Award); ShipHawk (Sand Dollar) and Gsound (Switch Foot Award). READ MORE>>.

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5 Keys To Personalized Team And Customer Connections

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More meetings in your conference room won’t get to the truth as well as simply talking to people who interact with customers directly. Focus on two or three pertinent metrics in any situation. Unbundle projects into smaller elements, and personalize the top couple of metrics for each team. Keeping it simple is the best course.

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Praying to the God of Valuation

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And then in the late 90’s money crept in, swept in to town by public markets, instant wealth and an absurd sky-rocketing of valuations based on no reasonable metrics. I started my first company in 1999 and was admittedly swept up in all of this: Magazine covers, fancy conferences, artificial valuations and easy money.

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8 Tasks To Prepare You For Starting Your Own Business

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It helps to advertise your new presence with a grand opening, viral video, and traditional advertising to highlight entry into the arena. Utilize all the avenues for networking, including industry conferences, investor meetings, peer gatherings, and local civic organizations, to make your presence and value known.

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Here’s Why a Booming Tech Market May Fool You into Thinking You’re Successful

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” It helps to have seen the way down twice before to know many of the signs. People attending marquee conferences with rock bands, prominent speakers, Gartner Group prognosticators and lots of other happy customers. Create company measures for success that go beyond financial metrics. ROI studies were published.

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5 Team Engagement Principles Are Vital To Leadership

Startup Professionals Musings

More meetings in your conference room won’t get to the truth as well as simply talking to people who interact with customers directly. Focus on two or three pertinent metrics in any situation. Unbundle projects into smaller elements, and personalize the top couple of metrics for each team. Keeping it simple is the best course.

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Some Quick Things Every Founder Should Know

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" Revenue doesn't pay your bills, GM does  —  @msuster 2/ Founders obsess with revenue as a vanity metric. Founder focus is the single most important resource that needs to be spent wisely  —  @msuster 9/ Don't spend undue time at conferences.