Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 19, 2022

To be successful starting a business, you don’t have to be a fabulous person, but it helps. In her classic book on this subject, “ The Essentials of Fabulous ,” Ellen Lubin-Sherman, who has been tracking fabulous people most of her life as a writer and journalist, tried to net it out. Be competent and confident. Have a big bandwidth.

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NOVEMBER 8, 2012

Despite every challenge he had to face he was determined to see his stunt through the end and not give up. This is where I met flourishing start ups, bankers, attorneys, local business neighbors and former Bay Area execs eager to empower one another right there in Indianapolis to achieve their dreams. Word of mouth travels far.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 6, 2020

It seems that most of you entrepreneurs I meet in my role as business advisor are convinced that starting a new business requires equity investors, exponential growth, and a plan to go public via IPO. Personal income is related to operations versus equity. With major investors, your equity and return is diluted and delayed.

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Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 10, 2010

Social Media User's Bill of Rights. TechCrunch Disrupt Startup Battlefield Gripe Pitch. TechCrunch Disrupt Start Battlefield Namesake Pitch. Net Neutrality Dies. Pre-Crime Data Mining Company Social Intelligence. Facebook Private Groups. TechCrunch Sale to AOL: [link] news/ci_16195749?source=rss&

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 22, 2021

In this age of instant and global communication via social media and the Internet, I see more and more evidence that delighted customers should be your top priority. At every Ritz-Carlton , for example, employees are authorized to spend up to $2,000 per guest to solve any guest issue and make the stay positively memorable.

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Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 21, 2014

Introducing Bitcoinference | A Decentralized Conference , hosted by illustrious startup accelerator, 500 Startups. Bitcoin has had a rough start to the year (to say the least) – with a never-ending news feed consisting of massive bankruptcy , scandal stories, and car chase media fiascos. Getting Things Started.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 26, 2016

Every startup dreams of achieving that milestone, when they can focus more on scaling the business and enjoying their earnings, rather than fighting for another investment infusion. Most modern investors still look for a business model that embodies a gross margin over 50%, and a net margin in the 20% range.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 16, 2016

Whether you are talking to peers, competitors or investors, you as an active entrepreneur will be judged on your familiarity with today’s startup and funding jargon. This term is currently applied to recent startups who profess a current valuation which exceeds $1 billion. Could your startup be the next one? Sweat equity.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 9, 2014

In a book on this subject from a while back, “ The Essentials of Fabulous ,” Ellen Lubin-Sherman, who has been tracking fabulous people most of her life as a writer and journalist, tried to net “it” out. In business, that means staying connected, showing up on time, with no signs of boredom or preoccupation. Be competent and confident.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 18, 2019

In her classic book on this subject, “ The Essentials of Fabulous ,” Ellen Lubin-Sherman, who has been tracking fabulous people most of her life as a writer and journalist, tried to net it out. In business, that means staying connected, showing up on time, with no signs of boredom or preoccupation. Be competent and confident.

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InfoChachkie

JANUARY 29, 2013

Screen First – If you believe that an introduction has a low likelihood of netting either party a substantive gain, dissuade the person requesting the introduction. Not only will this approach save everyone time, it will allow you to reserve your social capital to facilitate more impactful introductions. Indispensable Matchmaking.

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Xconomy

DECEMBER 29, 2017

Or perhaps in the case of 2017, with its litany of data security breaches, social media manipulations, and allegations of sexual harassment, to just wring out the old. It’s time to ring out the old year.

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Tech.Co

JUNE 23, 2015

In a continual effort to stay ahead of the competition in this market – which by a large stretch is mostly uncharted territory for startups – Hang w/ recently turned to the power of YouTube. This new feature in particular has been a huge hit with up-and-coming YouTube stars who are looking to profit from their broadcasts.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 17, 2017

People follow influencers on social media to find what they buy, who they vote for, and which social causes they support. Actively participating in social media is the place to start, including blogging and positively responding to customer feedback, to build a growing crowd of followers.

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Xconomy

JULY 2, 2019

Join Xconomy and World Frontiers Forum on July 16 for Net@50 , an event exploring the internet’s past and future. [ Editor’s note: This is part of a series examining the internet’s first 50 years and predicting the next half century.

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Xconomy

JULY 8, 2019

Join Xconomy and World Frontiers Forum on July 16 for Net@50 , an event exploring the internet’s past and future. [ Editor’s note: This is part of a series examining the internet’s first 50 years and predicting the next half century.

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SoCal CTO

MARCH 22, 2007

Ive not found that much use for LinkedIn to help my blogging, but Im starting to think about this. I am in the middle of writing up some of my thoughts on this and will post about it and let you know. Im very happy with the time Ive spent building up my LinkedIn network. I definitely check people out using LinkedIn.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 26, 2015

The advent of social media and real-time interactive feedback via the Internet allows every customer to build and expect a relationship with your business, rather than just touchpoints. One metric now commonly used is called the Net Promoter® Score (NPS). Remember the old adage, “If you can’t measure it, you can’t manage it.”

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 10, 2014

Every startup dreams of achieving that milestone, when they can focus more on scaling the business and enjoying their earnings rather than fighting for another investment infusion. Most modern investors still look for a business model that embodies a gross margin over 50 percent and a net margin in the 20 percent range.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 11, 2014

The advent of social media and real-time interactive feedback via the Internet allows every customer to build and expect a relationship with your business, rather than just touchpoints. One new metric now commonly used is called the Net Promoter® Score (NPS). business customer experience entrepreneur startup' Detractors.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 4, 2017

The advent of social media and real-time interactive feedback via the Internet allows every customer to build and expect a relationship with your business, rather than just touchpoints. One metric now commonly used is called the Net Promoter® Score (NPS). Remember the old adage, “If you can’t measure it, you can’t manage it.”

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 24, 2017

In her classic book on this subject, “ The Essentials of Fabulous ,” Ellen Lubin-Sherman, who has been tracking fabulous people most of her life as a writer and journalist, tried to net it out. In business, that means staying connected, showing up on time, with no signs of boredom or preoccupation. Be competent and confident.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 14, 2012

In a recent book on this subject, “ The Essentials of Fabulous ,” Ellen Lubin-Sherman, who has been tracking fabulous people most of her life as a writer and journalist, tried to net “it” out. In business, that means staying connected, showing up on time, with no signs of boredom or preoccupation. Be competent and confident.

Entrepreneur 112

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 10, 2019

I often recommend business networking as the most effective way for a startup founder to find investors, advisors, and even key executive candidates. But what if you are an introvert, or new to this game, and don’t know where or how to start? Another place to start is the local Chamber of Commerce. Join a local investment group.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 4, 2010

They were started in affiliation with IdeaLab and were the first-round lead in PayPal. Read more: HP Press Release , VentureBeat on P&L Sponsor Todd Bradley , TechCrunch follow-up. If this figure is accurate – it’s certainly a very large business even when you look at net revenues. Net income was around $1.4

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socalTECH

MAY 30, 2019

com, and Vivendi Universal Net USA, where he was also CEO. Richards also has been an active angel investor in local startups. I think, for the rest of my days, I will constantly get involved in what I find to be really interesting startups that can use this skill set I have, to drive them forward. What is CareerArc?

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 14, 2011

We caught up with Sam Rogoway , the firm's CEO--and the former founder of TripUp, which is now part of Kayak--to hear about how the firm is hoping to revolutionize the local business video market with its services, which just launched last month. We've also found that online video really helps with search engine optimization.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 1, 2021

Since it’s January 1st and I know many people are scrambling to put together plans for what to eat I thought I’d just start with a question I know is on many people’s minds, “what should I eat in 2021 to make it healthier than 2020?” Once your daily diet is out the window you might as well sabotage your day and start fresh tomorrow.

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InfoChachkie

FEBRUARY 29, 2016

Two hundred and fifty thousand would have netted my firm more than one billion dollars. probably not up your alley, but thought i'd mention it.”. . I'm just not sure it's gonna fly everywhere, and may end up nichey even where it does work well enough. Follow John’s startup-oriented Twitter feed here: @johngreathouse.

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Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 28, 2011

To prove that point, tonight I had the privilege of hearing him speak at Lean LA , a Los Angeles group that helps high tech start-ups build great companies on a budget. Noah completely opened up the kimono, let us peak under his Irish kilt and stood there vulnerable willing to share his honest experience growing his company.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 24, 2021

The Valley has obsessed with a quick up-and-to-right momentum story because we were thought to live in “winner take most” markets. But markets have changed and I think investors, founders and experienced executives who want to join later-stage startups can all benefit from playing the long game. It literally drove FOMO.

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Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 8, 2013

ScoreBig , an online marketplace for tickets for live sports, concert and theater events with a guaranteed savings of up to 60 percent for event hosts, February 7 announced Scott O’Neil has joined the company’s advisory board. 20 Year Experience With Top Sports Outfits. Scott O’Neil, is a former president of the Madison Square Garden.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 29, 2009

Facebook popularized the short-form “status update&# and this initially is called the “feed&# but over time starts to become known as the “ stream.&# Twitter then popularizes the idea of having only a stream (e.g. So we ended up with “real-time streams&# in Twitter, Facebook, MySpace, Blip.FM, etc.

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SoCal Delicious

MARCH 1, 2010

RSS ); Why You Should Start a Company in. Los Angeles By: Laura Rich February 26, 2010 It used to be, if you were serious about starting a tech company, you went to Silicon Valley. But emerging entrepreneurial hubs around the country are giving startup aspirants options. startup scene so hot. a great place for startups?

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Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 9, 2009

As 2010 approaches, a whole new year of exciting start-ups, tech news, gadgets, and much more is ahead. TechZulu still has a few slots open for our early 2010 events for our large diverse audience — social media users, venture capitalist, PR people, developers, bloggers, Hollywood entertainment and many more.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 17, 2011

This applies equally to VCs, startups & big company executives. When I need to give a speech and I’m writing a slide for my deck, I think up the story in my mind that I’m going to tell for this slide. It’s ironic because I believe creativity is the most important success criterion for a startup.

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Xconomy

DECEMBER 27, 2017

We’ve just passed a year full of news about the role of technology companies in U.S. elections, democracy, free speech, fairness in hiring, sexual harassment, privacy, data security, and the future job market for humans in the age of robots and artificial intelligence.

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