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Tech Study Critical Of Region's Fragmentation, Geography

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A new study, released by the Alliance for Southern California Innovation , has surprisingly come out highly critical of the region's fragmentation and "lack of a compelling geographic center", saying those factors are keeping the region from emerging as a "tech hub as robust as Silicon Valley".

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Entrepreneurs And Startups Drive Future Work Trends

Startup Professionals Musings

I have added my own insights, based on my experience advising and working with entrepreneurs and startups: Pay for results, rather than pay for work. Another study predicts this number could grow to 24 million by 2018. Alison Maitland business entrepreneur future work Peter Thomson startup trends' Marty Zwilling.

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8 Ways Entrepreneurs Can Lead With New Work Models

Startup Professionals Musings

I have added my own insights, based on my experience advising and working with entrepreneurs and startups: Pay for results, rather than pay for work. Another study predicts this number could grow to 24 million by 2018. Measuring results in itself is not new. Explore benefits of employing “mature” workers.

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Businesses Need Your Input, But Can’t Read Your Mind

Startup Professionals Musings

As an advisor to entrepreneurs and a technologist, I’m happy to report that the tide may be turning, and we are experiencing a new era of opportunity for entrepreneurs, and a new appreciation of the power of the digital world. In his classic book, “ Digital Context 2.0: Norton, Ph.D., Is your business ready to ride the wave?

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8 Organizational Cultures Boost Output And Cut Costs

Startup Professionals Musings

I have added my own insights, based on my experience advising and working with entrepreneurs and startups: Pay for results, rather than pay for work. The announcement by Yahoo way back in 2013, pulling home workers back into the office, triggered a debate on whether some new companies have gone too far.

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Taking on the Issues of the Day with Jonathan Strauss

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I like that people can watch a long-form discussion with VCs and entrepreneurs covering the issues of our day. What went wrong at Yahoo!? Jonathan Strauss is ex Yahoo!). Study channel strategies. You can watch the episode on YouTube by clicking this link. So the issues we took on this week? And here is the tl;dr version.

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Startups Need Your Data, But Consumers Are Still Wary

Startup Professionals Musings

As an advisor to entrepreneurs and a technologist, I’m happy to report that the tide may be turning, and we are experiencing a new era of opportunity for entrepreneurs, and a new appreciation of the power of the digital world. In his classic book, “ Digital Context 2.0: Norton, Ph.D., Is your business ready to ride the wave?