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8 things you should never, ever include in a pitch deck

Sep21
by on September 21, 2014 at 6:15 pm
Posted In: Analysis and Opinion, Around the Web, Entrepreneur, Entrepreneurship, Insider, startup, YEC, yec.co, Young Entrepreneur Council

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You have perfected your pitch and are feeling confident. But before you step into that big meeting, there are a few common stumbling blocks you should be aware of. We asked eight YEC what you should never, ever include on those slides (no matter how tempting). Their best answers are below: 1. Bells and Whistles Including too much information in your pitch deck is counterproductive. Hit the major points in a clear way. Keep your deck clean and simple: no more than 10-20 slides. Too many bells, whistles, graphics and diagrams will look like overcompensation to the investor. – Jason Grill, JGrill Media | Sock…

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14 Apple devices, one clever music video

Sep21
by on September 21, 2014 at 3:50 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Shareables, Videos

What happens when a band gets its hands on six iPhones, four iPads, one iPod and three MacBooks? Ukrainian musicians Brunettes Shoot Blondes used their collection of Apple hardware to tell a story about an adorable big-eared creature jumping around the screens to catch up with a girl who doesn’t seem to be very fond of him — at first, at least. Filmed in one take, the video doesn’t feature any real actors (except those moving the gadgets). Check it out: Don’t miss: Come on a journey to a load of ‘useless’ websites

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The marketing tools you need for any self-published book

Sep21
by on September 21, 2014 at 3:05 pm
Posted In: Analysis and Opinion, Around the Web, Insider, LifeHacks, tunein

Apple Announces Digital Textbooks Service At Guggenheim

Paul Jarvis experiments with words and design. His latest book is called The Good Creative: 18 ways to make better art.  The advice you see on blogs telling you how to get people to buy your book is all pretty much awful. Guaranteed in five easy steps! This isn’t because of bad intentions or even some sort of trickery, it’s just that there’s no one-size-fits-all solution to generating sales for your book. You can achieve success—however you define success—by doing practically anything that goes with or even against current advice online for self-published book marketing. The “self” in self-publishing means you’ve…

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Against all odds: Gaza is now home to a promising startup scene

Sep21
by on September 21, 2014 at 12:00 pm
Posted In: Analysis and Opinion, Around the Web, Asia, Entrepreneur

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This post originally appeared on Geektime. With a total population of around 1.7 million in Gaza, the startup scene is relatively small, but you would never know it from the frenzy surrounding mentorship and tech education events over there. Thanks to programs like Mercy Corps accelerator Gaza Sky Geeks, Google Developers Group in Gaza, and others, buzz is building around entrepreneurship. Gaza is a special case with many demographic, socioeconomic and geopolitical challenges. The economy is dependent on regional influences and connected to a limited and small market with many restrictions on borders, which impede free movement of people and free…

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