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6 Tips to Boost Workforce Engagement and Motivation

Startup Professionals Musings

Among many other recommendations, they offer some practical tips on how any organization can make their work culture more meaningful and satisfying: Match people to work that stimulates and challenges them. I loved it when my boss gave me the additional responsibility of mentoring others in solving tough problems.

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5 Tips For Attracting Female Customers

Tech.Co

In the Harvard Business Review Female Economy 2009 report, women purchasing power was predicted to control about $28 trillion in annual global consumer spending, if not more. If you’re needing some tips to jumpstart your strategy and attract female consumers, take this advice from these female startups founders. Final Thoughts.

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11 Quick Tips to Get More Value out of Your Board

Both Sides of the Table

The problem with this approach is that most of this information could be disseminated before the meeting and the time you have with what should be some of your most important mentors is wasted as they turn into an audience vs. counsellors. If you’re at that level of reporting you’re probably sub-optimizing your board’s role.

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Raising Seed Capital Now: 10 Tips

Tech Coast Venture Network

After years of cloudy skies in Startupland, the sun is peeking out, and investors are tipping their toes back into the wading pool. To help you get a jump-start with fundraising, I’ve gathered tips from active early-stage investors and entrepreneurs who managed to beat the odds by raising capital during and after the Great Recession.

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Tips on Motivating People Without Spending Money

Startup Professionals Musings

Here are a few tips derived from his first-hand discussions with some of the nation's greatest leaders that apply to every entrepreneur as we recover from tough economic times: Energize your team. Mentor your employees, encourage them, make partners out of them, and your organization is sure to benefit. Act with integrity.

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Small Business Success Doesn’t Come Without Travel

Startup Professionals Musings

According to a recent industry report on travel spending, small businesses buy 37% more airline tickets than big business travelers, and spend 24% more when on the road. Mentoring and shared advisory board opportunities. You would be wrong. Face-to-face time is key. We all need help from time to time, and some fresh inspiration.

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Go West Young Men: Winklevoss Twins Buy $18M L.A. Mansion To Dive Into SoCal Tech Scene

SoCal Delicious

Colleen Taylor is based in San Francisco where she is a reporter for TechCrunch TV. Previously she worked for GigaOM, where she reported on startups and Silicon Valley. Earlier, Colleen reported for Mergermarket, an online newswire and subsidiary of the Financial Times focused on M&A. Have a Tip, Pitch or Guest Column?

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