2022 Competition Mentor Metrics 
Startup Professionals Musings
MARCH 4, 2022
He lived the philosophy that companies must be paranoid in order to survive, and continually disrupt their own markets to prevent overrun by competition. That means making sure you are utilizing coaching and mentoring, as well as training to keep up with changes in technology and the marketplace.
Startup Professionals Musings
AUGUST 10, 2022
Thus, in my mentoring of potential technical entrepreneurs who have a real passion for their technology, I often recommend that they find a co-founder who can manage the marketing and execution elements of the new venture. The competition will improve, the market will change, and your customers will demand more.
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Startup Professionals Musings
NOVEMBER 30, 2022
All businesses these days are too complex to be one-person shows, so you need all the complementary held you can find to keep up with customers and competition, fill your expertise gaps, and scale the market. They mentor each other, and seek out experts in domains outside their current expertise and experience.
Both Sides of the Table
DECEMBER 11, 2022
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. It was a way to make it hard for your competition to compete. We wanted new things to exist and to solve new problems and to see our creations come to life.
Startup Professionals Musings
SEPTEMBER 22, 2022
For example , Bill Gates shared a mentoring relationship with Warren Buffett that increased the credibility of both, although their business domains were quite different. Proactively use metrics and customer feedback before a crisis hits, to recognize when a pivot or product adjustment is required.
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