10 Things to Include in Your Startup Pitch Presentation
Bill Clark is the CEO of MicroAngel Capital Partners, a venture firm that gives more investors access to alternative investments. He also gives investors the ability to invest in startups online through crowdfunding. You can follow him on Twitter @austinbillc. When you pitch to investors or venture capitalists, assume that you are not going to have a lot of time. SEE ALSO: Mashable's Startup Investment Tips Series Have a presentation (a "pitch deck") prepared with which you can pitch your entire idea and business plan in less than 20 minutes. 1. The cover page should have your logo, business name and a tagline. 2. Summarize all of the information before you present it, and use this opportunity to get your audience interested in your company. 3. Investors are not only putting money toward your idea, they’re investing in your team. If applicable, emphasize that your team has worked together in the past or for a long period of time. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. Preparing the Presentation
10 Creative Social Media Resumes To Learn From
Like flowers in early spring, new social media job openings are sprouting across industries as companies of all sizes look to create or expand their social squads. The undeniable success and innovation of high-profile social media campaigns — from such brands as Old Spice, Google Chrome and Starbucks — have inspired this ongoing push for companies to hire people with social media skills. If you're seeking a gig as a community manager, public relations representative, marketing person or any other social media position, check out these resumes for inspiration on how to stand out from the crowd. Inspired yet? More Job Search Resources from Mashable: - 9 Dynamic Digital Resumes That Stand Out From the Crowd- Top 5 Tips for Creating Impressive Video Resumes- Are Cover Letters Still Relevant For Social Media and Tech Jobs? Image courtesy of iStockphoto, SchulteProductions
5 Ways To Develop a Company Culture for Remote Teams
The Digital Careers Series is supported by Elance, the world’s leading site for online work. Check out Startup Cloud for tips on how to build a remote team. Developing a company culture can be a challenge for any business, but especially for ones that employ remote workers. Despite the difficulty of distance, it is possible to grow a company culture when your staff are dotted around the world. We've spoken to two HR experts to bring you five ways to develop and sustain a company culture for remote teams. 1. It's not enough to have vague guidelines — you need to have a strong mission statement backed up by a company philosophy that outlines your entire ethos. Your mission statement should be short and memorable, and it should use your philosophy to expand and explain. Also, you should internally share company goals for the future. 2. To develop a strong company culture, every member of staff — from the CEO down to an intern — has to be on board with the philosophy. 3. 4. 5.
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@LeeHunter: I agree! I found that some good questions to ask are: Does the latest piece of news (merger, bought up, etc.) affect the department, and how? Projected growth, new position or replacement? How exactly do the first 3 months look in the job? How does your daily workday look like? I've been through the process recently (last week, that is), and was offered the job =) I knew the stuff about the synching etc., and used it in interviews.
mental_floss Blog » 10 Funny and Fabulous Flowcharts
Flow charts are wonderful for mapping processes for machines, as they lay out a sequence of binary decisions, meaning yes or no. When you think about it, most of what we do in life is also based on yes/no decisions -you just have to break the problem down into small pieces to see that clearly. In these flow charts, we see how life choices can be broken down into a set of binary decisions taken to a ridiculous degree. 1. Should I Worry? I love this chart. 2. You may be devoted to space and space travel, but if you're not cut out for the position of astronaut, you may as well focus on something else. 3. If you've ever wondered how game makers design characters, there are only a few easily-parsed rules. 4. I'm not sure if this is the best way to play the game, but it's what actually happens when people play it, illustrated by the webcomic Doghouse Diaries. 5. What a conundrum! 6. YouTube is a vast ocean consisting of almost anything that can be committed to video. 7. 8. 9. 10.
Life and Death in Car-Free Suburbia
We had been going the wrong way the whole time, that much was clear. I couldn’t get the map function on my phone to work. I don’t know exactly what the temperature was, but we were sucking hot air and our skin was growing noticeably red. Getting lost is altogether different when you’re not in a car. I needed to start planning things better. There are buses, but you can’t utilize them for grocery shopping. No distance is too far, not really, as long as there is enough time in the day. We are the only family I ever see who rides bikes to Costco, though, and when we did it during a downpour, drivers stared at us in the parking lot, nudged their passengers, smiled out at us, shaking their heads.
History
Notre Dame OpenCourseware (OCW) offers free online educational resources for courses in the History Department. The Department is committed to enhancing the knowledge and understanding of the human history, to communicating that knowledge to students and to equipping those students with both an appreciation for, and facility for a critical appraisal of lives, institutions, and events past and present. Vera totius expeditionis nauticæ. Hondius, Jodocus, 1563-1612.Image courtesy of the Library of Congress, Geography and Map Division. Gift of the estate of Robert H. About the History Department The history department is a community of teachers/scholars united by a common commitment to enhance knowledge of, and understanding of, the human past, to communicate that knowledge to students and to equip those students with both an appreciation for, and facility for a critical appraisal of lives, institutions, and events past and present.
