What is value?
What are the forms of value creation?
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30 Inspiring Quotes To Help You Get Through Your Work DayBernard Marr
The document contains a collection of 30 inspiring quotes from various notable figures. The quotes provide words of encouragement and advice about life, work, happiness, opportunity, and overcoming challenges. They address topics like making the most of one's time, embracing change, pursuing work you love, and maintaining a positive mental attitude. The document was compiled by business author and consultant Bernard Marr as inspiration for improving performance.
The document discusses key aspects of management including functions of managers, managerial competencies, and how the manager's job is changing. It provides an overview of management topics such as defining management and organizations, the universal need for management, characteristics of excellent companies that focus on productivity, effectiveness and efficiency, and whether managing is an art or science. It also summarizes the basic managerial functions of planning, organizing, leading and controlling, and Mintzberg's 10 managerial roles. In addition, it addresses how the increasing importance of customers and innovation is changing the manager's job.
The document discusses various sources of financing for new businesses. It begins by explaining bootstrapping, which involves operating frugally without external financing. It notes the advantages of bootstrapping include full control and no need to answer to investors, but the disadvantages include slower growth without investment. The document then discusses different types of investors that provide financing over the stages of a business, from friends and family and angel investors in the early stages, to venture capital, asset-based lenders, and public financing like IPOs in later stages.
Mentoring in the workplace provides benefits such as increased job satisfaction, improved teamwork, higher staff retention, and stronger professional networks. Effective mentoring programs pair less experienced employees with more experienced mentors within the company and provide training and structured activities. Some keys to implementing a successful mentoring initiative include setting clear goals, focusing on specific skills, choosing the right mentor-mentee pairs, utilizing collaboration tools, and collecting ongoing feedback to evaluate progress.
This document discusses leadership and the roles and responsibilities of team leaders. It provides definitions of leadership from Prof. Warren Bennis and describes some key responsibilities of team leaders, such as guiding team members, setting goals and objectives, and monitoring performance. The document also explores whether leaders are born or made and lists important leadership skills like intelligence, creativity, and emotional intelligence. Finally, it discusses the importance of teamwork, accountability, and goal setting for effective leadership.
This document welcomes friends to an event about women entrepreneurs. It defines a women entrepreneur as a confident and innovative woman who owns at least 51% of a business. It discusses the prospects, risks, innovations, and leadership involved in starting a business. It identifies common challenges women entrepreneurs face like limited access to finance, mobility, education, and operating in a male-dominated society. It also categorizes types of rural women entrepreneurs and discusses the types of assistance provided to them. Finally, it recommends industries for women entrepreneurs and outlines the goals of promoting women's entrepreneurship.
This document discusses entrepreneurship and provides information about Prophet Muhammad as a role model entrepreneur. It covers:
- Key characteristics of entrepreneurs like risk-taking, independence, self-confidence, and sacrifice.
- Traits that successful entrepreneurs tend to have including technical skills, managerial competence, creativity, and positioning themselves in new markets.
- Prophet Muhammad as the ideal role model due to maintaining the best characteristics in his various roles and being an excellent example to follow in striving to please Allah and prioritizing righteousness.
This document summarizes key points from Rich Dad's CASHFLOW Quadrant by Robert Kiyosaki. It discusses the four financial quadrants - E (employee), S (self-employed), B (business owner), and I (investor) - and encourages the reader to move from the left side (E and S) to the right side (B and I) for more financial freedom. It also provides tips for becoming a business owner or investor, such as understanding risk, focusing on long-term investments, and learning from mentors. The overall message is that one should work to earn money and have others work for them, rather than spending their life working hard for others.
30 Inspiring Quotes To Help You Get Through Your Work DayBernard Marr
The document contains a collection of 30 inspiring quotes from various notable figures. The quotes provide words of encouragement and advice about life, work, happiness, opportunity, and overcoming challenges. They address topics like making the most of one's time, embracing change, pursuing work you love, and maintaining a positive mental attitude. The document was compiled by business author and consultant Bernard Marr as inspiration for improving performance.
The document discusses key aspects of management including functions of managers, managerial competencies, and how the manager's job is changing. It provides an overview of management topics such as defining management and organizations, the universal need for management, characteristics of excellent companies that focus on productivity, effectiveness and efficiency, and whether managing is an art or science. It also summarizes the basic managerial functions of planning, organizing, leading and controlling, and Mintzberg's 10 managerial roles. In addition, it addresses how the increasing importance of customers and innovation is changing the manager's job.
The document discusses various sources of financing for new businesses. It begins by explaining bootstrapping, which involves operating frugally without external financing. It notes the advantages of bootstrapping include full control and no need to answer to investors, but the disadvantages include slower growth without investment. The document then discusses different types of investors that provide financing over the stages of a business, from friends and family and angel investors in the early stages, to venture capital, asset-based lenders, and public financing like IPOs in later stages.
Mentoring in the workplace provides benefits such as increased job satisfaction, improved teamwork, higher staff retention, and stronger professional networks. Effective mentoring programs pair less experienced employees with more experienced mentors within the company and provide training and structured activities. Some keys to implementing a successful mentoring initiative include setting clear goals, focusing on specific skills, choosing the right mentor-mentee pairs, utilizing collaboration tools, and collecting ongoing feedback to evaluate progress.
This document discusses leadership and the roles and responsibilities of team leaders. It provides definitions of leadership from Prof. Warren Bennis and describes some key responsibilities of team leaders, such as guiding team members, setting goals and objectives, and monitoring performance. The document also explores whether leaders are born or made and lists important leadership skills like intelligence, creativity, and emotional intelligence. Finally, it discusses the importance of teamwork, accountability, and goal setting for effective leadership.
This document welcomes friends to an event about women entrepreneurs. It defines a women entrepreneur as a confident and innovative woman who owns at least 51% of a business. It discusses the prospects, risks, innovations, and leadership involved in starting a business. It identifies common challenges women entrepreneurs face like limited access to finance, mobility, education, and operating in a male-dominated society. It also categorizes types of rural women entrepreneurs and discusses the types of assistance provided to them. Finally, it recommends industries for women entrepreneurs and outlines the goals of promoting women's entrepreneurship.
This document discusses entrepreneurship and provides information about Prophet Muhammad as a role model entrepreneur. It covers:
- Key characteristics of entrepreneurs like risk-taking, independence, self-confidence, and sacrifice.
- Traits that successful entrepreneurs tend to have including technical skills, managerial competence, creativity, and positioning themselves in new markets.
- Prophet Muhammad as the ideal role model due to maintaining the best characteristics in his various roles and being an excellent example to follow in striving to please Allah and prioritizing righteousness.
This document summarizes key points from Rich Dad's CASHFLOW Quadrant by Robert Kiyosaki. It discusses the four financial quadrants - E (employee), S (self-employed), B (business owner), and I (investor) - and encourages the reader to move from the left side (E and S) to the right side (B and I) for more financial freedom. It also provides tips for becoming a business owner or investor, such as understanding risk, focusing on long-term investments, and learning from mentors. The overall message is that one should work to earn money and have others work for them, rather than spending their life working hard for others.
The document discusses team building and effective teamwork. It provides 12 tips for successful team building, characteristics of effective teams and team members, and qualities that make a team successful. It emphasizes that teamwork does not come naturally and requires commitment from all employees. Effective team leaders develop leadership in others and value each member's contributions to achieving shared goals.
The document provides 10 tips for enhancing leadership skills presented by Maria Afzal, including getting a reality check, not using the power of your position, listening to employees, stopping providing solutions, always being constructive, judging success by team success, including humor, and letting employees know the real you.
Ratan Tata is recognized as an accomplished entrepreneur who led the Tata Group's acquisition of Corus, creating the world's fifth largest steel company. As the chairman of Tata Sons, he helped expand the company's global presence through strategic acquisitions. Entrepreneurship involves recognizing opportunities, pursuing them through innovation and risk-taking despite limited resources, and having the flexibility and resilience to adapt to challenges. Successful entrepreneurs demonstrate traits like passion, creativity, self-reliance, leadership, and a willingness to take risks.
This document outlines coaching in the workplace and its similarities to coaching in athletics. It discusses the roles of a coach including conveying information effectively, guiding employees to grow and develop, and promoting relationships and teamwork. Peer coaching and self-coaching are also described where peers mentor each other and employees assess their own strengths and weaknesses. A three-step coaching process is provided that involves preparation, discussion, and follow-up meetings between the coach and employee.
INTRODUCTION
A business plan is an important document for any business and it can be written for a variety of reasons.
Internally, it can help owners and managers crystallise their ideas, focus their efforts and monitor performance against established objectives.
Externally, the business plan can act as a medium for attracting finance for start-ups or expansion.
INTRODUCTION
For many people, the experience of raising finance is a new one.
Many opportunities presented to financiers are subsequently rejected.
It is essential, therefore, that the entrepreneur prepares a quality document.
The objective of this work-pack is to help you prepare just such a document by providing you with the headings which need to be covered.
CONTENTS
The business plan should summarise the proposed activity and the prospects for success for the venture, paying particular attention to factors that are critical to success or failure.
The contents should be tailored to the particular individual requirements, circumstances or characteristics of the proposal.
In general, they have the following categories:
CONTENTS
Executive Summary
Current position
Objectives
Product/Service and Operations
Marketing and Sales Plan
Competition
Management and Staff
Financial plan
Information and control
Risk factors and mitigation
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The document defines coaching as empowering others by unlocking their potential and helping them learn rather than teaching. Coaching draws out skills and talents within individuals to solve previously unsolvable problems. The underlying belief in coaching is that the coachee has the ability to effect positive changes when their knowledge and competence are drawn out through questioning and commitment to action. Coaching benefits organizations through improved financial and operational performance as well as developing executives and talent. Core coaching skills include rapport building, deep listening, effective questioning, insightful feedback, and focus on processes and results. The GROW model provides a framework for coaching conversations focused on goals, current reality, options, and commitment.
5 Public Speaking & Presentation Skills SecretsAkash Karia
The document provides tips for effectively capturing and maintaining audience attention when presenting. It recommends opening with something intriguing like a shocking statistic to grab attention. It also suggests limiting the number of key points covered and using stories or analogies to anchor the points in the audience's memory. The conclusion should summarize points and include a clear call to action. Regular practice, getting feedback, and improvement are key to developing strong public speaking skills.
This document outlines seven steps to accomplish goals and dreams:
1. Deeply desire the goal by wanting it strongly.
2. Visualize achieving the goal and how life will be different. Keep pictures as reminders.
3. Make a plan with action steps and key milestones to reach the goal. Write this down.
4. Commit to the goal by writing it down, which motivates taking action.
5. Check progress regularly in a calendar or planner. Adjust the plan if needed.
6. Appoint someone to motivate and support progress updates.
7. Realize your dreams by following these steps.
The document discusses the qualities and skills of effective leadership. It identifies key leadership traits such as motivating followers, having initiative, communicating clearly, and problem solving abilities. The document also provides tips for developing leadership skills, such as learning to communicate effectively, organizing workflow, and recognizing individual contributions. Examples of leadership failures include an inability to organize or provide support. Overall, the document outlines the characteristics of good leaders and offers advice for improving one's leadership capabilities.
The document summarizes elements of leadership and management presented by Teresa Bidlake at Central Oregon Community College. It discusses qualities of exemplary leaders and managers such as competence, commitment, communication, and follow through. It also explores how good leadership contributes to high-functioning teams through establishing a clear vision and purpose, setting goals, and removing barriers. The presentation addresses different leadership styles and emphasizes the importance of communication, problem solving, and building trust within organizations.
A leader inspires followers to accomplish goals by developing their skills and overcoming obstacles. Leadership is influencing others' behavior to achieve objectives through motivation and guidance. Effective leadership qualities include the ability to communicate, solve problems, and adapt to change while maintaining integrity, responsibility, and knowledge. Leaders can develop these qualities by improving communication, organizing work, recognizing efforts, and encouraging teamwork and progress.
The management skills constitute a cycle of
goal creation, commitment, feedback, reward, and accomplishment,
with human interaction at every turn.
Notice that management is primarily about dealing effectively with people – being effective in leadership.
The document discusses techniques for effective team management, including understanding team dynamics, building trust and collaboration among team members, and establishing clear goals and roles. It emphasizes the importance of communication, problem solving, and adapting to change as a team. Barriers to effective team building like unclear objectives or lack of role definition are also outlined.
This document discusses leadership skills and development. It covers several key points:
1. Only three things happen naturally in an organization: friction, confusion, and underperformance. Everything else requires leadership.
2. It explores various leadership theories, styles, and levels. Theories discussed include trait, behavioral, and contingency theories. Styles examined include autocratic, democratic, visionary, affiliate, pace-setting, and coaching. Levels range from position to permission to production to people development to the pinnacle.
3. Various aspects of human nature are addressed, including needs, thought processes, and motivation. Abraham Maslow's hierarchy of needs and the ladder of inference model are summarized.
4.
Learn why trust is the foundation of great leadership and how to achieve trustworthiness for yourself. You must earn trust before you can expect others to give it. Authority levels don't grant it. Only behaviors and actions establish it.
Entrepreneurship involves recognizing business opportunities, managing risk, and mobilizing resources to create value and bring a project to fruition. An entrepreneur undertakes the formation of an organization by identifying potential demand and transforming it into supply. Successful entrepreneurs search for and exploit changes as opportunities, believing in increasing value and customer satisfaction. Entrepreneurship provides employment, increases purchasing power, and promotes regional development. However, entrepreneurs face issues in selecting and financing their business, choosing an appropriate legal structure, locating it, and finding suitable manpower.
An introduction to soft skills and its usage in real world.
Can be used for students and for corporate training programs.
What are soft skills and the importance of soft skills are well explained.
The document discusses creativity and innovation. It defines creativity as coming up with new, different, or unexpected ideas. It identifies some qualities of creative people as motivation, expertise, and creative thinking skills. It also discusses several theories of creativity. The document then defines innovation as new ideas that are brought to market. It outlines different types of innovation and models of innovation management. Finally, it provides references for further reading on creativity and innovation.
The document discusses team building and effective teamwork. It provides 12 tips for successful team building, characteristics of effective teams and team members, and qualities that make a team successful. It emphasizes that teamwork does not come naturally and requires commitment from all employees. Effective team leaders develop leadership in others and value each member's contributions to achieving shared goals.
The document provides 10 tips for enhancing leadership skills presented by Maria Afzal, including getting a reality check, not using the power of your position, listening to employees, stopping providing solutions, always being constructive, judging success by team success, including humor, and letting employees know the real you.
Ratan Tata is recognized as an accomplished entrepreneur who led the Tata Group's acquisition of Corus, creating the world's fifth largest steel company. As the chairman of Tata Sons, he helped expand the company's global presence through strategic acquisitions. Entrepreneurship involves recognizing opportunities, pursuing them through innovation and risk-taking despite limited resources, and having the flexibility and resilience to adapt to challenges. Successful entrepreneurs demonstrate traits like passion, creativity, self-reliance, leadership, and a willingness to take risks.
This document outlines coaching in the workplace and its similarities to coaching in athletics. It discusses the roles of a coach including conveying information effectively, guiding employees to grow and develop, and promoting relationships and teamwork. Peer coaching and self-coaching are also described where peers mentor each other and employees assess their own strengths and weaknesses. A three-step coaching process is provided that involves preparation, discussion, and follow-up meetings between the coach and employee.
INTRODUCTION
A business plan is an important document for any business and it can be written for a variety of reasons.
Internally, it can help owners and managers crystallise their ideas, focus their efforts and monitor performance against established objectives.
Externally, the business plan can act as a medium for attracting finance for start-ups or expansion.
INTRODUCTION
For many people, the experience of raising finance is a new one.
Many opportunities presented to financiers are subsequently rejected.
It is essential, therefore, that the entrepreneur prepares a quality document.
The objective of this work-pack is to help you prepare just such a document by providing you with the headings which need to be covered.
CONTENTS
The business plan should summarise the proposed activity and the prospects for success for the venture, paying particular attention to factors that are critical to success or failure.
The contents should be tailored to the particular individual requirements, circumstances or characteristics of the proposal.
In general, they have the following categories:
CONTENTS
Executive Summary
Current position
Objectives
Product/Service and Operations
Marketing and Sales Plan
Competition
Management and Staff
Financial plan
Information and control
Risk factors and mitigation
Your personality development allows you to have a better grasp of what you want out of life. For personality grooming classes, visit - https://bit.ly/3BQd5Cy
The document defines coaching as empowering others by unlocking their potential and helping them learn rather than teaching. Coaching draws out skills and talents within individuals to solve previously unsolvable problems. The underlying belief in coaching is that the coachee has the ability to effect positive changes when their knowledge and competence are drawn out through questioning and commitment to action. Coaching benefits organizations through improved financial and operational performance as well as developing executives and talent. Core coaching skills include rapport building, deep listening, effective questioning, insightful feedback, and focus on processes and results. The GROW model provides a framework for coaching conversations focused on goals, current reality, options, and commitment.
5 Public Speaking & Presentation Skills SecretsAkash Karia
The document provides tips for effectively capturing and maintaining audience attention when presenting. It recommends opening with something intriguing like a shocking statistic to grab attention. It also suggests limiting the number of key points covered and using stories or analogies to anchor the points in the audience's memory. The conclusion should summarize points and include a clear call to action. Regular practice, getting feedback, and improvement are key to developing strong public speaking skills.
This document outlines seven steps to accomplish goals and dreams:
1. Deeply desire the goal by wanting it strongly.
2. Visualize achieving the goal and how life will be different. Keep pictures as reminders.
3. Make a plan with action steps and key milestones to reach the goal. Write this down.
4. Commit to the goal by writing it down, which motivates taking action.
5. Check progress regularly in a calendar or planner. Adjust the plan if needed.
6. Appoint someone to motivate and support progress updates.
7. Realize your dreams by following these steps.
The document discusses the qualities and skills of effective leadership. It identifies key leadership traits such as motivating followers, having initiative, communicating clearly, and problem solving abilities. The document also provides tips for developing leadership skills, such as learning to communicate effectively, organizing workflow, and recognizing individual contributions. Examples of leadership failures include an inability to organize or provide support. Overall, the document outlines the characteristics of good leaders and offers advice for improving one's leadership capabilities.
The document summarizes elements of leadership and management presented by Teresa Bidlake at Central Oregon Community College. It discusses qualities of exemplary leaders and managers such as competence, commitment, communication, and follow through. It also explores how good leadership contributes to high-functioning teams through establishing a clear vision and purpose, setting goals, and removing barriers. The presentation addresses different leadership styles and emphasizes the importance of communication, problem solving, and building trust within organizations.
A leader inspires followers to accomplish goals by developing their skills and overcoming obstacles. Leadership is influencing others' behavior to achieve objectives through motivation and guidance. Effective leadership qualities include the ability to communicate, solve problems, and adapt to change while maintaining integrity, responsibility, and knowledge. Leaders can develop these qualities by improving communication, organizing work, recognizing efforts, and encouraging teamwork and progress.
The management skills constitute a cycle of
goal creation, commitment, feedback, reward, and accomplishment,
with human interaction at every turn.
Notice that management is primarily about dealing effectively with people – being effective in leadership.
The document discusses techniques for effective team management, including understanding team dynamics, building trust and collaboration among team members, and establishing clear goals and roles. It emphasizes the importance of communication, problem solving, and adapting to change as a team. Barriers to effective team building like unclear objectives or lack of role definition are also outlined.
This document discusses leadership skills and development. It covers several key points:
1. Only three things happen naturally in an organization: friction, confusion, and underperformance. Everything else requires leadership.
2. It explores various leadership theories, styles, and levels. Theories discussed include trait, behavioral, and contingency theories. Styles examined include autocratic, democratic, visionary, affiliate, pace-setting, and coaching. Levels range from position to permission to production to people development to the pinnacle.
3. Various aspects of human nature are addressed, including needs, thought processes, and motivation. Abraham Maslow's hierarchy of needs and the ladder of inference model are summarized.
4.
Learn why trust is the foundation of great leadership and how to achieve trustworthiness for yourself. You must earn trust before you can expect others to give it. Authority levels don't grant it. Only behaviors and actions establish it.
Entrepreneurship involves recognizing business opportunities, managing risk, and mobilizing resources to create value and bring a project to fruition. An entrepreneur undertakes the formation of an organization by identifying potential demand and transforming it into supply. Successful entrepreneurs search for and exploit changes as opportunities, believing in increasing value and customer satisfaction. Entrepreneurship provides employment, increases purchasing power, and promotes regional development. However, entrepreneurs face issues in selecting and financing their business, choosing an appropriate legal structure, locating it, and finding suitable manpower.
An introduction to soft skills and its usage in real world.
Can be used for students and for corporate training programs.
What are soft skills and the importance of soft skills are well explained.
The document discusses creativity and innovation. It defines creativity as coming up with new, different, or unexpected ideas. It identifies some qualities of creative people as motivation, expertise, and creative thinking skills. It also discusses several theories of creativity. The document then defines innovation as new ideas that are brought to market. It outlines different types of innovation and models of innovation management. Finally, it provides references for further reading on creativity and innovation.
What is a career?
Why does it need building?
Create your life vision!
What talents do you have?
How to build your talents?
Learn from the masters!
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Universal Crowd Funding provide you the platform in India to make your projects into any domain with creative ideas and Build a solo Moto for better tomorrow!!
The Business Plan: Strategy - For EntrepreneursMohammad Tawfik
What is a business strategy?
What are the generic strategies for business plans?
How to recognize your competitive advantage?
What is a "Blue Ocean Strategy"?
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How To Introduce Yourself In English Essential EssayMary Burg
The document summarizes the key points of the FLQ manifesto, a political manifesto released by the Front de liberation du Quebec (FLQ), a separatist organization advocating for Quebec's independence. The manifesto rejected Liberal party policies favoring big business and private investment. It outlined the FLQ's demands, including a desire to establish an independent Quebec nation. The manifesto provided insights into the views of the FLQ and broader debates taking place in Quebec society during a turbulent political period in Canada in the 1960s. The FLQ used public bombings to instill fear and push their narrative of French Canadian liberation and self-determination.
This document summarizes information provided by Cool Creative Concepts, a UK branding and marketing firm, about their business and international expansion efforts. Some key points:
- Cool Creative Concepts works with customers to redefine their brands, build brand equity, and create integrated digital marketing campaigns.
- They have expanded internationally by partnering with firms in other countries, such as a joint venture in the US and projects in Russia and Colombia.
- UK Trade & Investment (UKTI) has provided support through services like market research, mentoring, and a marketing scholarship program that helped Cool Creative reposition their offering for the US market.
- Cool Creative advocates an "adaptive channel marketing" approach of sharing resources
The Art of Content Monetization: Successful Crowdfunding for YouTube Creators...Josef Holm
Presentation for Social Media Week with a general overview of crowdfunding from industry experts, as well as, tips and insights towards monetizing YouTube beyond AdSense.
If you want to 2x your SaaS business, you can't rely on A/B testing (and we tell you why). Copy Hackers presents 19 well-researched techniques for doubling your revenue.
Transforming Lives Personally And Professionally - An Overview of goldMind gr...goldmindgroup
The document advertises an opportunity to join a multi-level marketing company called GoldMind Group that offers personal and professional development products. It promotes the opportunity to achieve financial freedom and lifestyle flexibility through a turn-key business model with training and support systems already in place. Representatives can earn high commissions of 64-65% by sharing products they believe in and by building a team of other representatives.
Transforming Lives Personally And Professionalgoldmindgroup
The document advertises an opportunity to join a multi-level marketing company called GoldMind Group that offers personal and professional development products. It promotes the opportunity to achieve financial freedom and lifestyle flexibility through a turn-key business model with training and support systems already in place. Representatives can earn high commissions of 64-65% by sharing products they believe in and by building a team of other representatives.
Description about Grow VC Group, crowd investing and p2p finance, and how to manage global de-centralized organization and keep people motivated. Also some points about business vs military strategy.
This document provides information and advice about obtaining venture capital investment in Silicon Valley. It discusses questions venture capitalists will ask founders, such as whether they have a great management team, a product addressing a big profitable market, and a clear exit strategy. It also covers topics like the customer development cycle, building a lean startup, and how the venture capital world is changing with more angels and super angels funding earlier stages. References are provided for learning more about startups that have been funded and trends in startup funding.
Crowdfunding: Financing Your Small BusinessPatch of Land
Crowdfunding: Financing Your Small Business was a presentation given by Manolis Sfinarolakis, the Founder of Reality Crowd TV Media Corporation, at the University of Hartford.
In this interactive workshop, learn practical strategies for using Crowdfunding to finance your small business. We’ll review examples of companies that have successfully implemented campaigns as well as brainstorm ways for participants to use Crowdfunding as a financing resource. This workshop will benefit small businesses selling products and/or services, as well as non-profits.
Instructor: Manolis Sfinarolakis, Reality Crowd TV Media Corporation
1) Brad Burnham discussed his career path from AT&T to venture capital, noting his early experience taught him about how large organizations work.
2) He described Union Square Ventures' thesis-driven investment process and sourcing deals by identifying opportunities, like Indeed.com, that implement existing business models in innovative 2.0 ways.
3) Burnham highlighted Indeed.com as a home run investment that was acquired for over $1 billion, while Wesabe, an overly complex personal finance tool, was a failure due to sub-optimized founder economics and too much self-building.
1) The interview discusses Brad Burnham's career path from AT&T to venture capital, focusing on his role at Union Square Ventures.
2) Burnham describes Union Square's thesis-driven investment process and cites Indeed.com as a major success story, while noting failures like Wesabe taught lessons about user adoption.
3) When asked about Airbnb, Burnham acknowledges USV's mistake in not understanding the business model and thinking as customers rather than investors.
4) He explains that venture-backed companies are typically acquired rather than sold based on timing, and that network effects are crucial for many modern technology businesses and their exits.
5) Burnham believes technologies like blockchain that enable shared data
Future of funding & the virtual Silicon ValleyGrow VC Group
The Next10 Conference in Berlin took place on May 11th and 12th. The theme for the conference was Game Changers.
This is Jouko’s presentation from his workshop at the event. The presentation illustrates the fundamental problems in the funding market and our shared futures. Enjoy!
Supply Chain Management for Engineers - INDE073Mohammad Tawfik
Zeco Cafe has a simple supply chain where it buys components from suppliers, mixes and serves drinks, collects money and complaints, pays suppliers for more supplies, and informs suppliers about complaints. The document discusses Zeco's supply chain risks and how it transfers risks to customers and suppliers. It also explains how Zeco adds value through food and entertainment services. Key aspects of supply chain management discussed include inventory management, forecasting, and strategies to improve distribution networks and establish information channels.
The document discusses Mohammad Tawfik's supply chain management course. It introduces Tawfik and his qualifications, then outlines the course topics, requisites, and story approach using the example of Zeco Cafe. The course will use Zeco's business problems to teach supply chain and logistics concepts. It will cover topics like logistics, transportation, warehousing and inventory management.
This document discusses concepts in supply chain management. It begins with an introduction to logistics and transportation, including different modes of transportation like ground, air, and sea. It then covers topics like warehousing, intermodal transportation, and strategies for improving supply chain performance. Throughout, different contributors provide comments and suggestions. The document also includes an assignment on designing a logistics network for a cafe business and references various sources for further information.
The document discusses inventory management and supply chain management concepts. It defines inventories as goods or materials held for future sale. It describes different types of inventories like raw materials, work-in-process, and finished goods. It also discusses inventory related to reasons like transactional efficiency, speculation, and hedging. The document also covers inventory management objectives, metrics, costs, and the economic order quantity formula.
This document outlines a course on creative problem solving and decision making. The course objectives are to identify challenges facing decision makers, recognize fundamentals of creativity skills, and apply creativity to problem solving. Topics covered include problem identification and causation, creativity and problem solving, and decision making. The document provides definitions of problems and the general problem solving framework. It also discusses techniques for problem identification like polling employees, and techniques for cause identification like five whys and fishbone diagrams. Finally, it covers creativity and innovation for problem solving, defining creativity, discussing creative people and using creativity as a business tool.
This document outlines a course for teachers on using digital content and online tools for lesson planning. It discusses identifying different resources for finding content, creating original content, and curating content from various sources while adhering to copyright restrictions. Teachers will learn how to utilize content available under creative commons licenses and incorporate curated material into their lessons.
This document outlines the content of a training of trainers course. The course aims to teach participants how to prepare training lessons, deliver training sessions, use training resources, and manage training sessions. It covers topics like learning principles, the ADDIE model of instructional design, lesson planning, preparing content, and using teaching resources. Participants will complete activities, group work and assessments including peer evaluations. The document provides learning objectives, topics, activities and instructions for various parts of the course.
The document discusses effective delegation skills. It defines delegation as assigning responsibility or authority to another person to carry out specific activities. Delegation helps develop people, allows managers to get more done, and reduces work stress. However, tasks involving highly confidential information or those delegated simply because they are disliked should not be delegated. Effective delegation requires understanding leadership, motivation, and applying the right degree of delegation based on the subordinate's skills and the task.
Why would a company hire a trainer? To produce a change. The trainer by default is
an agent for change. Regardless of any results a trainer may accomplish, the bottom line is a
measurable change in employees’ performance.
What is marketing?
How to find out about customers?
How to reach them?
How to get them to know about you?
What is a product life cycle?
How about Marketing strategies?
Learn more ...
http://AcademyOfKnowledge.org
The document discusses the process of project integration management in project management. It describes the seven major processes involved in project integration management: (1) developing the project charter, (2) obtaining project charter approval, (3) developing the project management plan, (4) directing and managing project execution, (5) monitoring and controlling project work, (6) performing integrated change control, and (7) performing project closure. It provides an overview of the inputs, tools and techniques, and outputs for each major process.
This document provides an introduction to project management. It defines a project as a temporary endeavor with a defined beginning and end, undertaken to create a unique product or service. A project manager is responsible for achieving the project's objectives and requires technical, project management, and leadership skills. Project management is the application of processes like planning, scheduling, managing, coordinating, leading, communicating, and controlling project activities to meet requirements. The document outlines some key aspects of project management like procurement, risk, quality, communication, human resources, cost, time, and scope.
Brief description of current state of drones and some future challenges.
The presentation is prepared for delivery in the "Interact with Today's World" conference held in Bibliotica Alexandria 5-6 August 2016
This document discusses vibration absorbers for damping vibrations in structures. It presents the equations of motion for a 2-degree of freedom system with an absorber and goes through the process of obtaining the solution. It is shown that for the primary system to be stationary, the excitation frequency must match the natural frequency of the absorber mass-spring system. Homework problems are assigned to further analyze systems with different excitation frequencies using the presented approach and modal decomposition.
How to Fix the Import Error in the Odoo 17Celine George
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LAND USE LAND COVER AND NDVI OF MIRZAPUR DISTRICT, UPRAHUL
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Chapter wise All Notes of First year Basic Civil Engineering.pptxDenish Jangid
Chapter wise All Notes of First year Basic Civil Engineering
Syllabus
Chapter-1
Introduction to objective, scope and outcome the subject
Chapter 2
Introduction: Scope and Specialization of Civil Engineering, Role of civil Engineer in Society, Impact of infrastructural development on economy of country.
Chapter 3
Surveying: Object Principles & Types of Surveying; Site Plans, Plans & Maps; Scales & Unit of different Measurements.
Linear Measurements: Instruments used. Linear Measurement by Tape, Ranging out Survey Lines and overcoming Obstructions; Measurements on sloping ground; Tape corrections, conventional symbols. Angular Measurements: Instruments used; Introduction to Compass Surveying, Bearings and Longitude & Latitude of a Line, Introduction to total station.
Levelling: Instrument used Object of levelling, Methods of levelling in brief, and Contour maps.
Chapter 4
Buildings: Selection of site for Buildings, Layout of Building Plan, Types of buildings, Plinth area, carpet area, floor space index, Introduction to building byelaws, concept of sun light & ventilation. Components of Buildings & their functions, Basic concept of R.C.C., Introduction to types of foundation
Chapter 5
Transportation: Introduction to Transportation Engineering; Traffic and Road Safety: Types and Characteristics of Various Modes of Transportation; Various Road Traffic Signs, Causes of Accidents and Road Safety Measures.
Chapter 6
Environmental Engineering: Environmental Pollution, Environmental Acts and Regulations, Functional Concepts of Ecology, Basics of Species, Biodiversity, Ecosystem, Hydrological Cycle; Chemical Cycles: Carbon, Nitrogen & Phosphorus; Energy Flow in Ecosystems.
Water Pollution: Water Quality standards, Introduction to Treatment & Disposal of Waste Water. Reuse and Saving of Water, Rain Water Harvesting. Solid Waste Management: Classification of Solid Waste, Collection, Transportation and Disposal of Solid. Recycling of Solid Waste: Energy Recovery, Sanitary Landfill, On-Site Sanitation. Air & Noise Pollution: Primary and Secondary air pollutants, Harmful effects of Air Pollution, Control of Air Pollution. . Noise Pollution Harmful Effects of noise pollution, control of noise pollution, Global warming & Climate Change, Ozone depletion, Greenhouse effect
Text Books:
1. Palancharmy, Basic Civil Engineering, McGraw Hill publishers.
2. Satheesh Gopi, Basic Civil Engineering, Pearson Publishers.
3. Ketki Rangwala Dalal, Essentials of Civil Engineering, Charotar Publishing House.
4. BCP, Surveying volume 1
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Make something people want . . . There’s
nothing more valuable than an unmet
need that is just becoming fixable. If you
find something broken that you can fix for
a lot of people, you’ve found a gold mine.
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A venture that doesn’t create value for others is a hobby.
A venture that doesn’t attract attention is a flop.
A venture that doesn’t sell the value it creates is a nonproit.
A venture that doesn’t deliver what it promises is a scam.
A venture that doesn’t bring in enough money to keep
operating will inevitably close.
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1. Get Feedback from real potential customers
instead of friends and family.
Your inner circle typically wants you to succeed
and wants to maintain a good relationship with
you, so it’s likely that they’ll unintentionally
sugarcoat their Feedback.
For best results, be sure to get plenty of Feedback
from people who aren’t personally invested in you
or your project.
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2. Ask open-ended questions.
When collecting Feedback, you should be
listening more than you talk. Have a few open-
ended questions prepared to give the
conversation a bit of structure, but otherwise
encourage the other person to do most of the
talking.
Short who/what/when/where/why/how questions
typically work best.
Watch what they do, and compare their actions
with what they say
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3. Steady yourself, and keep calm.
Asking for genuine Feedback (the only useful
kind) requires thick skin—no one likes hearing
their baby is ugly.
Try not to get ofended or defensive if someone
doesn’t like what you’ve created; they’re doing
you a great service.
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4. Take what you hear with a grain of salt.
Even the most discouraging Feedback contains
crucial pieces of information that can help you
make your offering better.
The worst response you can get when asking for
Feedback isn’t emphatic dislike: it’s total apathy.
If no one seems to care about what you’ve
created, you don’t have a viable business idea.
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5. Give potential customers the opportunity to
preorder.
One of the most important pieces of Feedback
you can receive during the iteration process is the
other person’s willingness to actually purchase
what you’re creating.
It’s one thing for a person to say that they’d
purchase something and quite another for them to
be willing to pull out their wallet or credit card and
place a real order. You can do this even if the ofer
isn’t ready yet—a tactic called Shadow Testing