Kauffman Foundation – Center of KC Entrepreneur Awesome

With similar motives, Kauffman Foundation – 1 Million Cups of Kansas City  and Utah Valley Entrepreneurial Forum (UVEF) have both advanced the cause of entrepreneurs and startups.  Founded in 1989 by local tech leaders, UVEF was among the first three Utah organizations born to support the states growing startup ecosystem. Kauffman Foundation was established in the mid-1960’s by the late entrepreneur and philanthropist Ewing Marion Kauffman, founder of Marion Laboratories.

For decades, ...

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Amy Rees Anderson Headlines Winners List at UVEF Awards for Entrepreneurs

Amy Rees Anderson, REES Capital founder and managing partner, has been named the Utah Valley Entrepreneurial Forum’s (UVEF) 2013 Entrepreneur of the Year.  Rees was among five honored as winners for its 2013 Annual UVEF Awards. The annual event recognizes Utah companies and leaders for innovation, business growth and contributions to the entrepreneurial community. The room was packed for the awards luncheon held at the Zion’s Bank ...

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Entrepreneurs & Mandelbrot – Cut from Same “Outside the Box” Cloth

Entrepreneurs and Benoit Mandelbrot have a lot in common.  In my weekend work teaching UVU student entrepreneurs must think outside the box to create and execute effectively.  In creating the whole new math of fractals, Mandelbrot broke the box, replacing centuries of paradigms built by man’s best mathematical minds. Since his discovery of fractals, entrepreneurial thinkers have produced massive, society changes in the areas of business, science, space, to name a few.

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As an entrepreneurial startup business consultant, I assist ...

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Cyber Monday Sales Increase – 5 tips that increase trust

Cyber Monday topped previous records, slowed only by the consumers need to sleep. It’s robotic staff working tirelessly pushing those cyber shopping carts around each e-commerce site.

ComScore Inc, an analytics firm, said U.S. online sales rose 17.3 percent on Thanksgiving and Black Friday, outpacing sales growth at brick-and-mortar stores. ComScore forecasts a 16 percent jump in online sales for the season, helped by greater use of mobile devices.

The National Retail Federation projects overall holiday sales will grow ...

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Content Marketing -2 Winning Strategies-Any Season-Including Halloween

Great Content Marketing strategies are…

the pumpkin in pumpkin pie, the Z in Zombie, the sweet in Halloween candy, the content in content marketing. As Google and other search sites put a stake through the heart of time tested marketing methods that “game” the SEO system, the power of the written word have regained its rightful throne. So, if your job includes driving monster web traffic, you will appreciate these well-carved power PR points.

1 -Don’t pinch pennies on content creation

Many ...

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Senior Software Engineer / Computer Programmer – I found one!

Since my first days working in tech companies, there has been a shortage of great computer programmers in the U.S.  Even more so here in the Silicon Slopes of Utah.  So, the hundreds of technology companies here are on the hunt for senior programming help in every tech fishing hole.  New entrepreneur startups and investors say that a great software engineer is the hardest person to find for the A-Team.

Finding one is like catching that 10 pound large mouth bass ...

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Entrepreneurs Face Fear, Failure and Keep Going!

Entrepreneurs, like everyone else face fear on a regular basis. Domo CEO Josh James, who sold his company Omniture for $1.6 billion once confessed to being curled up on the floor at home, overcome by the magnitude of his perceived failure. With a kick in the pants from his awesome spouse, he eventually found his footing and his legendary success. So, what makes the successful entrepreneur able to face down fear of failure?

Some say an entrepreneur must develop a ...

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