The Insider: Tools & Tips

How Do You Make Time for Social Media?

As a founder, you don’t have time to monitor every social mention. How do you balance engagement with time constraints?

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10 Tools That Simplify Startup Collaboration

Whether you work remotely or just like to collaborate with your team in the cloud, these 10 tools make brainstorming and sharing ideas 10x simpler.

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5 Ways to Get Fewer Emails (Finally)

Social media marketing expert Laura Roeder shares 5 ways to tame your inbox — not with labels or priority mailboxes, but by simply getting fewer emails in the first place.

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9 Low-Tech Ways to Manage Your Time More Wisely

You don’t need fancy software to get better about managing your time at work. You just need a good head on your shoulders — and a clearly defined set of priorities.

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5 Pieces of Advice for Entrepreneurial MBAs

Getting a Harvard MBA should prepare you for entrepreneurship…right? While MBAs certainly have advantages (like analytical training), they may have to work a little harder on some other qualities first.

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5 Steps to Set — and Achieve — Your Business Goals

No mega-successful entrepreneur has ever achieved success without clearly defining his or her business goals and purpose first. Here are 5 steps to do that in your own business, starting today.

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Find Your Dream Job Yet? 5 Reasons Why You Should Look Now

In spite of the dire financial straits so many of us are in, today — at this moment — you have the best chance of finding your dream job. Here’s why.

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3 Key Lessons for Tech Founders

Neil Thanedar, founder of LabDoor, encourages tech startup founders to do more than just create the next mobile app if they want to succeed.

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13 Ways to Manage Your (Hectic) Schedule and Stay on Task

In a startup, there’s a lot of multitasking, a lot of changing priorities, and big pressure to execute quickly. How do you wear multiple hats and manage your time without dropping the ball?

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14 Simple Tricks and Tools to Keep Your Team Organized

From a Kanban whiteboard to chalk walls, 14 YEC’ers share their favorite gadgets for keeping the office — and their teams’ brains — uncluttered.

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15 Tips to Do More Focused Work (Even When You’re On the Go)

Entrepreneurs spend a lot of time in potentially distracting places — co-working spaces, airports, buses, trains, conferences. How do you get real work done when there’s no office door?

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YEC Member Spotlight: Eddy Badrina, Co-Founder of BuzzShift

Entrepreneur and YEC member Eddy Badrina (of Buzzshift) shares his best pointers for other aspiring entrepreneurs — among them, get a mentor as soon as you can to sound off on big decisions.

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11 Tips to Cut Through the Noise and Maximize Productivity

When everything in your business is a priority, how do you cut through the noise and focus on what’s important? Eleven entrepreneurs share their best tricks.

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How to Set Goals You’ll Actually Achieve: Self-Talk

Researchers are finding that instructional self-talk can be very useful in work situations, when we need to regulate emotions and make important decisions.

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3 Pieces of Advice to Help Entrepreneurs to Stay Focused

Antonio Neves spent years working in live television, only to find out that the lessons he learned were even more useful as an entrepreneur.

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20 Productivity Tools We Can’t Live Without

Twenty members of the YEC chime in on the productivity tools and systems they can’t live without, from Trello and Dropbox to the good old Pomodoro Technique.

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14 Tips for Controlling Email Chaos in Your Business

How does work email get so out of control so quickly? 14 YECers share their favorite techniques for keeping their inboxes — and schedules — under control.

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My 8 Favorite “Ninja” Productivity Tools and Strategies

Productivity doesn’t mean doing it all — it means getting laser-focused on priorities. Erica Dhawan reveals the 8 tools and strategies that help her get through the work day smarter.

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12 Twitter Users to Follow for Tech Trends and Tips

Following tech trends is tricky when you barely have time to answer emails and hang out with friends. Successful young entrepreneurs share who they follow on Twitter for quick tech tips.

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15 Warning Signs of Entrepreneurial Burnout

Yes, entrepreneurs work hard. But how hard is too hard? Beware these telltale signs of burnout — and take a 15-minute break if they sound familiar!

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