YOU-OLO

YOU-OLO is an online service which aims to promote entrepreneurship as a career choice for 16-24 year olds, by breaking down the barriers preventing them starting their own business. We help them to; develop their business idea with mentor support, access start-up capital through crowdfunding and reach their first customers via our retail service. Visit us at www.you-olo.com

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Walk a Mile in Your Customer's Shoes

If you’re going to invest money, time, and resources into your company, then you better be confident that your efforts aren’t being wasted.

Walk a mile in your customers shoes to better understand why they either buy or don’t buy from you.

Here are eight ways for you to play the role of your current customer or potential customer. Repeat the process on a regular basis — the results will be a stronger, more secure business with happy customers.

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The Top 10 Workplace Trends Of 2013

This year, ten major workplace trends focus on the generational shift, the rise of freelancing, the skills gap and more. From a professional and corporate perspective, here's the breakdown and how these trends can influence your decisions.

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Excerpt from: Dave Logan; John King; Halee Fischer-Wright. « Tribal Leadership. » HarperCollins. iBooks. Chapter 10 - Triads and Stage Four Networking

Every September, a remarkable party takes place at which people in commercial real estate discuss and close more business than perhaps on...

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Working at a startup is exciting and fast paced. This industry is full of people that care about you, but even more importantly, they care about where you are going. My recent jump into startups has been jam-packed with useful information, great networking events and fantastic speakers....

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You are thinking about starting up a new venture. You have an idea and you are all gung-ho about it. Now you have to think about who is going to use your product and actually pay you money for using it.

So when is the Right Time to think about market size?

Actually, the answer is “every moment...

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Your work is going to fill a large part of your life, and the only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work. And the only way to do great work is to love what you do. -Steve Jobs

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Bringing the Lean Startup Movement into Your Business

You are suddenly struck with a brilliant “Idea”. You think to yourself, this is a truly disruptive…

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Digital Journal is a digital media news network with thousands of Digital Journalists in 200 countries around the world. Join us!

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An interesting video about critical thinking and how it can help you turn your ideas into innovation. 

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To be succesful, a brand’s story must connect with a larger conversation that’s happening in the culture. If it doesn’t, the story seems out of sync. Marketing based on an out-of-sync story goes unnoticed and products go unsold.

- Alex Bogusky and John Winsor, “Baked in” (via brandforesight)

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So comfy.

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I think we need some of these at YOU-OLO HQ!

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Social enterprise and recent trends toward charity.

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6 Startup Lessons from Fido

Recently, I wrote an article about how dogs can be an asset to entrepreneurs and their startups. I…

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