Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 10, 2023

As a startup investor, I often see business proposals looking for funding that really look like expensive hobbies looking for donations. This is the first business process that every startup needs, that I wouldn’t expect to find for a hobby. Managing to specific goals, priorities, and a plan. Solution development and delivery.

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Outsource Development Startup Competition Ideas 115

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 22, 2021

Your goal must be to make every aspect of a customer interaction a joy to both you and them, starting from the shopping experience, to the sales close, to delivery and service. 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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Customer Custom Satisfaction Metrics 114

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 21, 2023

Proof of any business model starts with a finished product or solution, sold to a new customer for full price, with high satisfaction for the value received. The conundrum is that once you have really proven the business model, you no longer need the investor money you asked for to start the business.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 7, 2020

As a startup investor, I often see business proposals looking for funding that really look like expensive hobbies looking for donations. This is the first business process that every startup needs, that I wouldn’t expect to find for a hobby. Managing to specific goals, priorities, and a plan. Solution development and delivery.

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Entrepreneur Outsource Development Startup Competition 131

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 3, 2016

As a small business and startup advisor, I find that entrepreneurs often love to talk about their latest idea, but not their execution. I believe the right attributes and habits can be recognized and learned, and here are seven key ones that I find in successful entrepreneurs: Actively recruits others and solicits win-win relationships.

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Entrepreneur Satisfaction Metrics Ideas 106

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 4, 2015

Social media is so pervasive in today’s world that every entrepreneur believes instinctively that they know how to use it for their startup. Many soon find that what you do in a personal context doesn’t necessarily translate to your business, and measuring business value is quite different from measuring personal satisfaction.

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Social Media Media Startup Tips 108

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 1, 2021

To get you started on the right foot, here are the key principles that I see most often working: Make the resolution a part of a larger process. It’s up to you as a leader to understand and be able to explain all sides of an issue. Demonstrate active listening in a neutral location.

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Activity Organization Examples Satisfaction 145

TechEmpower

OCTOBER 9, 2023

With Generative AI and LLMs, new avenues for improving operational efficiency and user satisfaction are emerging every day. These enhanced capabilities transform the search experience from a passive retrieval process into an active, dynamic interaction. Subsequently, a generative model crafts a detailed answer using the retrieved data.

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Generative AI Artificial Inteligence Tool Knowledge Base 346

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 9, 2019

But very few are talking about how to measure your results and return on investment (ROI), and the right metrics for optimizing your marketing environment. " He has one of the first books on this subject, and he breaks the process down into nine key activities, as follows: Get focused and identify goals. Project the future.

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Social Media Media Metrics Satisfaction 98

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 2, 2015

Creating an innovative new business is guaranteed to test your skills, patience and determination, and you need to derive satisfaction from the journey, as well as the destination. To do it well requires a focus on several key activities and practices, including the following: Maintain a positive attitude, since startup problems are normal.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 11, 2019

You don’t like it, millennials won’t put up with it, and current productivity levels at work continue to decline. Most workers are still rushing to retirement, where they hope to escape to more stimulating activities with a real sense of accomplishment. Only 32 percent of American workers are even engaged at work today. Sophie Wade.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 22, 2021

Proof of any business model starts with a finished product or solution, sold to a new customer for full price, with high satisfaction for the value received. The conundrum is that once you have really proven the business model, you no longer need the investor money you asked for to start the business.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 10, 2019

Image via Pixabay After a frustrating meeting with a small business client recently who didn’t “have time” for social media, I was surprised to find evidence on the Internet that up to one quarter of small business owners are still hesitant to invest time, money, and effort into a social media strategy.

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Social Media Media Tool Startup 99

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 20, 2015

Proof of any business model starts with a finished product or solution, sold to a new customer for full price, with high satisfaction for the value received. The conundrum is that once you have really proven the business model, you no longer need the investor money you asked for to start the business.

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Startup Sales Customer Custom 107

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 12, 2017

But very few are talking about how to measure your results and return on investment (ROI), and the right metrics for optimizing your marketing environment. " He has one of the first books on this subject, and he breaks the process down into nine key activities, as follows: Get focused and identify goals. Project the future.

Social Media 69

Social Media Media Metrics Satisfaction 69

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 30, 2016

Business success begins in the mind of the startup founder and the team. A winning startup is built by an entrepreneur as an embodiment of who you really are rather than an artificial façade built on the myths around Steve Jobs and Mark Zuckerberg. Sets realistic goals with milestones and metrics to gauge progress.

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Startup Satisfaction Entrepreneur Customer 58

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 24, 2015

As a startup investor, I often see business proposals looking for funding that really look like expensive hobbies looking for donations. This is the first business process that every startup needs, that I wouldn’t expect to find for a hobby. Managing to specific goals, priorities, and a plan. Solution development and delivery.

Outsource Development 99

Outsource Development Startup Competition Ideas 99

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 5, 2017

If your dream has long been to start and manage your own business, there is no time like the present to get started. Statistics show that the failure rate for new businesses within the first four years is fifty percent or greater, even with companies that have a large startup budget. Customer service is not just fixing problems.

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Social Media Search Engine Optimization Startup Customer 57

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 26, 2017

Most often, these people are the ones who keep detailed task checklists, and get great satisfaction from crossing off each item as it is completed. These are the business professionals who have a natural default mode of starting immediately on every task, with the goal of finishing early for extra credit and extra satisfaction.

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Satisfaction Startup Metrics Product 53

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 28, 2016

As a startup investor, I often see business proposals looking for funding that really look like expensive hobbies looking for donations. This is the first business process that every startup needs, that I wouldn’t expect to find for a hobby. Managing to specific goals, priorities, and a plan. Solution development and delivery.

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Ideas Outsource Development Startup Competition 62

Tech Zulu Event

MAY 10, 2011

The message was clear, beware of false prophets when dealing with your young and budding startup. This particular evening, we attended the LeanLA meet-up located at Coloft, a swank professional co-op/work space in the heart of Santa Monica, known as the epicenter of the LA startup scene. Metrics-Guided. Lean Approach.

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Startup Santa Monica Los Angeles Custom Development 86

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 9, 2022

In any business, accountability ideally starts at the top. Here are my key recommendations for how to prepare and what to do in more mundane business environments and organizations: Make sure your activities are aligned with business goals. Accountability requires that you manage your own efforts, as well as keep others up to speed.

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Activity Organization Mentor Training 109

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 14, 2016

Start each day with the highest priority task you need done that day, and leave the emails and phone calls till the end of the day, if you have time. Psychologists assert that procrastinators actually sabotage themselves by postponing key activities. Get enough sleep so you can remain active throughout the day and evening.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 8, 2015

Many startups and mature businesses have not yet accepted the fact that customer satisfaction and loyalty in this “always connected” age are about more than product and service quality. But to engender loyalty, you have to be delivering a good experience and keeping satisfaction high. Marketing-driven customer acquisition.

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Customer Custom Satisfaction Social Media 100

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 11, 2013

Many startups and mature businesses have not yet adapted to the fact that customer satisfaction in this “always connected” age is more than product and service quality. But to engender loyalty, you have to be delivering a good experience and keep satisfaction high. Customer upsell, selling more to existing customers.

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Customer Custom Satisfaction Social Media 97