Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 29, 2023

In my experience in large businesses as well as years of advising startups, I see far too much focus on product skills, and too little on people and process skills. In fact, there is much evidence that the same principles separate success from mediocrity in most of the disciplines in business. You can’t build a business or sell alone.

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L.A. Business Journal

SEPTEMBER 6, 2021

s revenue product strategy team, James Borow said he has seen firsthand the struggles that small businesses face in advertising and marketing. As an alum of social media giant Snap Inc.’s

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 17, 2023

You can’t start a business alone. There are people you only recognize on the street, business friends, and then close friends whom you can always count on to help. This is where most business relationships start and remain. Are your “close” business friends actually at the top floor, or merely at the second floor?

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

Whether you are a business professional in a big company, or an entrepreneur with a startup, innovation is a key strategy. Many people believe that new ideas are the critical element of innovation, but in my experience as a mentor and investor, long-term business success is more about implementation than ideas.

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L.A. Business Journal

APRIL 19, 2021

Over the last year, the need for software tools to aid teams of remote employees has become obvious for most businesses.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 22, 2023

Most of the entrepreneurs and aggressive business owners I meet in my consulting practice are focused on finding new disruptive solutions and killing competitors as the key to success. Not all innovations have to be as disruptive as the Netflix digital download was to Blockbuster’s DVD business. Chan Kim and Renee Mauborgne.

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L.A. Business Journal

SEPTEMBER 6, 2021

s revenue product strategy team, James Borow said he has seen firsthand the struggles that small businesses face in advertising and marketing. As an alum of social media giant Snap Inc.’s

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 26, 2022

Most small businesses have now forgotten the recent pandemic, and are back to “business as usual.” They don’t realize that business as usual is gone forever. Business agility is defined as the ability to adapt rapidly and cost efficiently. Continually watch for new opportunities. The days of the “cash cow” are gone.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 16, 2023

Most aspiring entrepreneurs understand that you can’t build a business if you won’t commit to delivering a product or service, but many are hesitant or refuse to commit to any financial forecasts. Yet every business requires revenue and volumes, as certainly as it requires a product to sell. Forecast sales-volume expectations.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 21, 2023

How do you convince investors that your business model will really work, before you have a revenue stream that exceeds your expenses? Even if you are bootstrapping your business, and you are the only investor, you should be asking yourself the same question. No matter how good your cause, it takes real money to sustain a business.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

Great marketing is required to generate revenue and grow every business, especially new businesses which have no brand recognition nor loyal customer base. Yet, as a business consultant, I still find many of you business leaders relying primarily on your technology, word-of-mouth , or location to attract necessary customers.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 26, 2023

Entrepreneurs seem more quickly frustrated these days when their “million-dollar idea” doesn’t turn into a sustainable business overnight. So why do entrepreneurs think that building a business is intuitively obvious, and should happen overnight? A random walk does not lead to business success. Staying in the present.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 4, 2023

Creating the right company culture must be a top priority of every entrepreneur and business leader. Simply speaking, culture-driven businesses put their people first, and people make the business, rather than the other way around. All of these combine to determine the health and vibrancy of your overall business.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 13, 2023

With today’s rapidly changing environment, I see many business leaders reverting to the “ command and control ” leadership model, in an effort to be more responsive, rather than leading with their heads and heart. She brings a strong background in business with her academic credentials. Build perspective by confirming context.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 16, 2022

We are living in a new generation of business, where customers drive the experience, and highly engaged employees are required to keep up with customer expectations. Traditional business leadership practices, including autocratic, reactive, and narcissistic, aren’t good enough.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

As a business owner in this age of rapid technological change, with the surge of worldwide competitors, setbacks and adversity are virtually guaranteed. In business, when growth eludes you, it may seem like you have no choice but to cut prices and people, when you could be finding better customer fits and more value.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 25, 2023

No matter how well your business seems to have worked for you up to this point, you can be certain that it will need to be heavily transformed for tomorrow’s new world-wide economy and no industry sector boundaries. Most great business leaders, including Jeff Bezos , maintain a key internal team to study and implement the next steps.

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L.A. Business Journal

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

While the global pandemic has disrupted almost every industry, some businesses are experiencing accelerated growth during the crisis.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 1, 2022

As a mentor to many business professionals and owners, and aspiring entrepreneurs, I find a wealth of innovative ideas, but often less insight on what it really takes to transform ideas into an income stream that can excite new customers into long-term business success. Write down your business model and five-year plan.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 2, 2023

In business, the only thing that counts is results, not how hard people work or how many hours they put in. Have you noticed in your startup or around your office that some people are always at work and busy, but others seems to consistently get more done? All business tasks are not created equal. Reduce procrastination.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 9, 2023

Many business owners and professionals I know claim they are too busy in their jobs and not interested in taking part in any networking events. They don’t realize that success in business and their career is dependent on the right relationships as well as hard work. Quickly seek common interests from new relationships.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 7, 2023

With the availability of high-speed Internet and social media access around the world, it’s easy for entrepreneurs to assume that the world is just one big homogeneous market, and project their business will scale accordingly. These components can totally change your customer value proposition, or the business model that you have honed.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 31, 2022

They may not have noticed the wave of “open businesses,” spawned by the Internet and social media. I especially like Cushman’s outline of the ten principles which distinguish the organization and operation of an open business from the more traditional closed model. Offer equity in future projects to people outside your business.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 1, 2023

Every business communication you initiate, both internal and external, involves some risk to your credibility, has legal implications, and may impact your relationship with peers. Unforeseen challenges in business usually prevent things from going exactly as you visualize, so be gentle with yourself and others. Don’t share confidences.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 11, 2023

As a business advisor and advocate for entrepreneurs, I find myself almost always talking and writing about change. Yet there are many things about business and work that haven’t changed for a long time, and don’t need to change anytime soon. Moran seems to speak directly from my long-time personal business career.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 4, 2023

It allows them turn resource constraints into stunning new businesses. How many times have you actually made up work to keep an idle person busy? The fastest way to grow your business is to find partners who can amplify or sell what you already have, and you can sell what they have. Rethink or reframe the challenge.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 12, 2023

You can’t build your business alone, and networking is the best way to open doors, professionally and personally. Try to find common ground outside of business. In business networking settings, it’s not very memorable to talk only about business. Never be intimidated by business titles and wealth.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 4, 2022

I know some entrepreneurs with successful businesses, and others who seem to have a great relationship with their family, but I can’t think of many who have both. Assuming a person wants both a family and a business, the challenge is to achieve a balance that can satisfy both. Find fun things in and out of work that are high priority.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 28, 2022

Many entrepreneurs still don’t understand that building a business culture today of doing good, like helping people (society) and planet (sustainability), is also a key to maximizing profit. Highlight leaders with business acumen as well as purpose as role models. Doing business is a human process.

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Tech.Co

MARCH 24, 2021

The leasing website builder has announced an expanded partnership with Google to integrate Google My Business into the platform. To say Google is important when it comes to keeping your business relevant would be something of an understatement. But, local Google searches are among the most important of all for small business owners.

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Tech.Co

JUNE 3, 2022

The rent crisis is getting worse, according to a new report that found a full third of all small and medium-sized businesses are behind on their rent for the month of May. Small and Mid-Size Businesses Can't Make Rent. Surviving as a Small Business. What's driving the crisis? Subscribe.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 23, 2022

In business, you need positive relationships with others to do your job, further your career, and manage your business. In my own experience networking as a startup investor and business executive, I always gave extra consideration to someone who didn’t immediately pitch me about their great idea or background.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 21, 2023

Commonly, I find that business owners and entrepreneurs look first at solutions which solve painful problems, or have high profit margins, regardless of their own commitment to a higher purpose, such as saving the environment or helping the underserved. Build a business plan with specific deliverables and timing. It takes hard work.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 8, 2022

Today more than ever, the evidence is clear that business people need to find and communicate a purpose that goes beyond making a profit, in order to ensure customer engagement, as well as your own, and drive results in the marketplace. Perhaps a more important legacy to your team is how you treat them in the business.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 5, 2022

Every new entrepreneur who has not spent years in corporate life has the advantage of an unbiased look at business opportunities, but at the same time has the disadvantage of missing critical business experiences that can cost them dearly in their first startup venture. A successful business is a long-term effort.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 13, 2022

They have the ability to recognize a market need, the skills to design and implement a solution, and the drive to start a business from that solution. A business leader does the same thing and more, through the people around them. It enables them to change the business, the world, and themselves, for the better. Provide proof.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 13, 2022

I’m sure that every one of us who has been out in the business world for a few years can look back with perfect hindsight and name a few college courses that we should have taken. But on the business side, here is my list of useful courses that we wish existed, but as far as I know, still aren’t generally available: Basic Office Politics.

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