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10 Must Read Books for Business Owners
May,12,2014
by+ Tina Courtney-Brown
Almost all of us have found deep inspiration for how to run our businesses deep inside the pages of a stellar book. But almost none of us have time to find the next great business opus.
Team building and corporate events company TravelOutThere recently took on the laborious task of identifying the top 10 books targeting small business owners, and the results are truly inspiring. Each of these books targets an integral aspect of running a business in today’s dynamic world, and they represent the true must-reads for this generation of business leaders. Some are modern classics, others are new literary forces. If you read nothing else this year, queue up these winners
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SmartBlog on Leadership
Learn to tell a good story
May,09,2014
by:+John Baldoni
All of us love a good story. So my advice to leaders is to make good use of them. Good stories can do three things: inform, involve and inspire. Good stories give use hope in times of trouble.
A leader picks the right story at the right time to drive her point home, leaving no doubt about the importance of an initiative and its effect on the organization. It’s up to a leader to use stories to dramatize urgency and humanize events — so that listeners become followers.
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The New Yorker
EPIC FAILS OF THE STARTUP WORLD
May,19,2014
by:+JAMES SUROWIECKI
We live in the age of the startup. It’s never been easier to build a product and start a company. And, thanks to the boom in angel investing and crowdfunding, it’s never been easier for startups to raise money. The analytics firm CB Insights logged more than seventeen hundred seed-investment deals in the U.S. tech industry in 2012, more than three times the number from three years earlier. But there’s a catch: starting a company may be easier, but making it a success isn’t. Competition is fierce, profits are scarce, and venture capitalists aren’t generous when it comes to later stages of funding.
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Small Business Trends
How to Strengthen Your Social Media Content Marketing Strategy
May,14,2014
by:+William Johnson
Setting up a Twitter account or a Facebook page is not a difficult task. However, fostering authentic conversation with a community through those networks without the right social media content marketing strategy – is not. Content runs the social Web. It is what gives your brand something to talk about with your customers, current and prospective. The evolution of content marketing has opened more avenues to reach your targeted audience. They can read or view your content through RSS feed, blogs, infographics, videos, and other forms of digital content.
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