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New social investment platform Follow taps influencers to mirror their investment strategies

TechCrunch

The new social investment platform enables users to subscribe to a creator’s financial feed and set up an investment portfolio that mimics that particular person’s investment strategy. Social investing is not a new concept. In addition to the 25 Leaders, Field says there are another 40 in the pipeline. equities to U.S.

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Demand Curve: How to get social proof that grows your startup

TechCrunch

Demand Curve: How to double conversions on your startup’s homepage. This is called social proof, which is a physiological effect that influences your decisions every day, whether you know it or not. We’ve found that effectively using social proof can lead to up to 400% improvement in conversion.

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Beyond compliance: How to pick winning ESG strategies that make a splash

CIO

Gone are the days when ESG was advanced from within by a band of social advocates braving the current of traditional business thinking. In many organizations, it informs every strategy, every activity, and many executives are now expected to craft plans as to how their domains will advance it. Its strategy? Its purpose?

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On the journey to Series B, strategy is more important than metrics

TechCrunch

Software founders have never had so many metrics thrown at them by VCs on how to run a business. Across social media, in newsletters and at events, it’s been hard to escape charts on measuring CAC, cash burn, growth and efficiency. We say: Don’t let the financial markets dictate your strategy. Fortune favors the brave.

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Improve Onboarding with User-Centered Design

Speaker: Dr. Kate Wolin, Founder, Circea

In the age of social distancing, digital onboarding is becoming essential to any program. Kate Wolin, founder of Circea, for an overview of behavioral science and the evidence-based strategies that can be used to support patient engagement. How to articulate behavior change techniques to be used in patient onboarding.

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TipTip uses a hyperlocal strategy to help Southeast Asian creators monetize

TechCrunch

But many of them don’t have the social media clout to attract advertisers. TipTip wants to help them build up followers in their communities using an offline/online strategy, and monetize by selling content instead of relying on advertising algorithms. TipTip also has a network of promoters to help creators sell their content. “In

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The Ultimate Guide To Social Recruiting

Hacker Earth Developers Blog

Yes, I am talking about social media, its massive reach, and one form of recruiting that has shot into the limelight – Social Recruiting. Tapping into brand new spheres of talent while adopting creative recruiting strategies is the crux of social recruiting. What is social recruiting?

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Fail Well, Pivot Fast: Product Experimentation for Continuous Discovery

Speaker: William Haas Evans - Principal Consultant, Head of Product Strategy & Design Practice, Kuroshio Consulting

Learning Objectives: Learn the fundamental principles and logic of experimentation Learn how to apply various models and experiments to various types of product risk Learn how Design Thinking and Lean collaborate to speed up the discovery and validation of new strategies, products, and functionality Key steps and practical guidance for building the (..)