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Eighty-three percent are planning to utilize social channels for business over the next year. Out of this group, 40 percent plan to focus their efforts on Facebook and 25 percent on LinkedIn.

There are numerous reasons why a brainstorm session can produce few great ideas or none at all. Gijs van Wulfen gives us his suggestions for the perfect brainstorm.

Entrepreneurs share core traits Entrepreneurs may be made rather than born, but our research has found that entrepreneurs will typically exhibit a combination of behaviors and attitudes. At the heart of this model is a strong internal locus of control — a belief that events result directly from an individual’s own actions or behavior. This is complemented by a mindset that sees opportunity where others see disruption, along with an acceptance of calculated risk and a tolerance of failure.

Klout Score was born in my bedroom in New York City as a way to make sense of the noise I was seeing in social media. I could share my opinion about anything, instantly, with the people who trust me and the data was available to measure my impact. Fast forward to today and we now have over 3,500 companies using the Klout Score to reward influencers with Klout Perks, give better customer service, reward loyalty, recruit, and much more.

Ignite’s catch phase is “enlighten us, but make it quick“.  One of the previous speakers described it as “speed dating for ideas“.  More specifically we’d like to keep the talks focused on entrepreneurship and/or technology.

An ambitious new program called 50 for the Future is to match promising early-stage start-ups with 50 of the leading Australians in Silicon Valley,