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Creative ways to earn money in difficult times

Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

This is an opportunity to come out stronger and more resilient — and to get creative. Here are a few creative adjustments to financial difficulties that you might consider implementing. If your business primarily exists offline, you can also get creative by exploring opportunities online to reach a broader audience.

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Why Your Team Will Need Skilled Idea Curators To Succeed in the AI Era

Entrepreneurs' Organization

In the current professional landscape, idea generation is revered as a hallmark of creativity and innovation. With generative AI models matching and even surpassing human capabilities in creative tasks , the future will demand a different set of skills—idea curation, by which I mean selecting, refining, and promoting ideas.

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Oh, go ahead and ask for $5M for your startup.  

Berkonomics

Professional investors love to see companies where the first round of financing came from the entrepreneur, showing “skin in the game” and more motivation to succeed because of money invested as well as time and creativity. A much more rational approach to starting up.

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Talk to Your Heroes: How I Built a Virtual Board That Enhances My Decision-Making

Paul G. Silva

What if you could assemble your dream team of advisors and consult them anytime, day or night, without scheduling conflicts or hefty consulting fees? I regularly consult my board while driving or walking, making productive use of time that would otherwise be spent just listening to music or podcasts. This isn’t a fantasy.

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Ayoken raises $1.4M to grow its NFT marketplace for creatives

TechCrunch

Ayoken, an NFT marketplace for creatives, has raised $1.4 NFT holders will also get other perks like access to unreleased music and exclusive live events by the creatives. Fans will get discounts for future events too,” said King, who has 14 years’ experience in strategy, growth and innovation consultancy, and entrepreneurship.

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Creative capital is the secret sauce, not venture capital

TechCrunch

Brett Lovelady is the founder of Astro Studios , now a part of PA Consulting, a design-driven company that empowers designers and strives to capture the value of design in the product, brand, experience and company creation process. Creative capital comprises the design and development assets that bring an ingenious idea to life.

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Want to Know the Difference Between a CTO and a VP Engineering?

Both Sides of the Table

Whenever I meet a team that had a consulting firm (even a great one) build their product it’s an immediate “pass&# from me. They’re highly creative. Program Manager – This title almost sounds like a consultant’s job. Every great tech startup needs one. I don’t believe it.