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Praying to the God of Valuation

Both Sides of the Table

How might our next phase of the journey seem brighter, even with more uncertain days for startups and capital markets? And then in the late 90’s money crept in, swept in to town by public markets, instant wealth and an absurd sky-rocketing of valuations based on no reasonable metrics. What happened?

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7 Practices To Enhance Accountability In Your Startup

Startup Professionals Musings

Make sure that metrics and goals are set up front, and not modified as the project progresses. Unfortunately, I often see goal misalignments with teams, such as marketing measured on sales volume, or sales measured on customer retention. The goal should always be coaching to solve problems, not blame assignment or negative feedback.

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7 Keys To Sustainably Enriching Your Customers’ Lives

Startup Professionals Musings

Happy customers quickly become your biggest advocates, today reaching far beyond friends and family, and they make traditional marketing efforts pale in comparison for growth, loyalty, and new customer acquisition costs. Use metrics to assess needs and growth economics. Marty Zwilling First published on Inc.com on 12/08/2021.

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