Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 20, 2022

I saw some real guidance in the classic book by Loc de Brabandere and Alan Iny, “ Thinking in New Boxes.” Another example is seeing substitute versions of a product, like eBooks, for a low price displacing hardcover books. The challenge is knowing what to look for, and how to react. New unmet consumer or customer needs.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 20, 2016

I’ve often wondered if anyone has quantified the implied assumption that leadership character is indeed a critical element of the success equation for startups, so I was pleased to see a recent book “ Return On Character ,” by Fred Kiel, a renowned leadership consultant.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

It’s a radical power shift, which I found outlined well in a new book, “ The Metail Economy ,” by renowned international retail consultant Joel Bines. Category expert – show me that you know what I need. It’s not enough to have everything in a given category.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 21, 2022

I also recommend the app development strategies outlined in the classic book, “ Vaporized: Solid Strategies for Success in a Dematerialized World ,” by Robert Tercek, who has lived on the digital edge for many years. But there are a wealth of other categories, new ones are constantly appearing, and the ecosystem is always shifting.

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socalTECH

MARCH 14, 2017

The company said that the app might be used for finding a hairstyle you want, and using that to book an appointment with the stylist who created that style, or also for nails, tattoos, plastic surgery, weddings, food, and other categories. READ MORE>>.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 20, 2021

Some people are good at it and some are not – independent of their IQ or their book smarts (there may even be an inverse relationship here). Here is a formula from Brian Tracy, in his classic book “ No Excuses! In many cultures, this is called “street smarts,” and it’s valued even more than “book smarts.” Marty Zwilling.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

In that context, I was pleased with the guidance and real data presented in a new book, “ Fall in Love with the Problem, Not the Solution ,” by Uri Levine. You have to cater to many different user categories. The biggest challenge is that a user from one category can’t even realize that there are other users not like them.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 17, 2018

Richard recently published a new book, The Soul Of A Deal , talking about his experience with deal making and interviewing such others as J.J.Abrams, Deepak Chopra, Peter Guber, Reid Hoffman, Penn Jillette and many others on their own experiences. We caught up with Richard to learn more about the book and deal making.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 8, 2023

I found some guidance in the classic book, “ Lead Inside the Box: How Smart Leaders Guide Their Teams to Exceptional Results ,” by Victor Prince and Mike Figliuolo, two top thought leaders in the field of leadership development. The authors define a leadership matrix of four behavioral categories and eight team member subtypes.

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socalTECH

MAY 22, 2013

The new service is a big expansion for Docstoc, which has been slowly growing out its small business resource tools, which range from online legal and other documents to business licenses, from online education courses to e-books.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 23, 2022

In his classic book, “ Digital Context 2.0: His study breaks the online consumer audience into the following four categories, based on their level of comfort with sharing personal information, likes, and needs online: High-comfort consumers – 12 percent. Norton, Ph.D., Norton, Ph.D.,

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Tech.Co

MAY 26, 2020

Since April 21, Amazon has slashed its rates across a wide range of product categories, in some cases dropping as much as 70%. Amazon started with books, so we will too. The ecommerce site Bookshop offers a book-specific affiliate program. Just about the only downside to this option is that it’s limited to books and books alone.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 31, 2022

If you are not sure of your best fit, like many people I know, I just found help in a new book, “ The 6 Types of Working Genius ,” by Patrick Lencioni. I find many technologists fit well into this category, but most of them are frustrated by required interfacing to real customers, managing business finances, and marketing.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

My challenge has always been how to get people from the second category into the first. I always thought that I must be lucky to have found so much excitement and satisfaction from my work, so I never had any really good answers to those of you who second category who wanted to move to the first.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 4, 2022

Lewis, author of the timeless book “ Why Flip A Coin? So your first test here is to see if you can decide which category of decision maker you best fit. Herein lies a key principle of decision making - “Any decision is better than no decision.” Even better than any decision is a good decision made quickly.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 24, 2020

I found some good guidance that supports my own view in this regard in a new book, “ Startup Myths and Models ,” by Rizwan Virk, who has been there and done that. Now the emergence of autonomous and driverless vehicles fits into this nascent future potential category. I don’t recommend an expectation of funding on that one just yet.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 11, 2012

The new app allows users to browse for deals via a map, lists, or by category and expiration date. The new app is a natural extension for PriceGrabber, which is used by consumers for price comparisons and searching for the best deals on all sorts of products, including electronics, cameras, computers, and books.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

I remember the classic book, “ Driven to Delight ,” by Joseph A. If you surveyed your customers today, what percent of your customers would put you in the winning category? Michelli, with inspiring stories on how one well-known company, Mercedes-Benz, made the transition and is profiting as a result. Marty Zwilling

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 7, 2023

That’s why the classic book, “ The Leader’s Mindset: How to Win In The Age Of Disruption ,” resonated strongly with me. Entrepreneurs in this category are real risk takers, such as Elon Musk. Customers have come to expect disruptive change, so yet another social network is not the way to get traction.

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TechCrunch LA

MARCH 23, 2021

The sheer number of entrants in the category — and the capital they’ve raised — points to the opportunity for several winners if companies can walk the tightrope balancing cost at scale and quality replacements for free range food.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 20, 2019

I saw some real guidance in the classic book by Loc de Brabandere and Alan Iny, “ Thinking in New Boxes.” Another example is seeing substitute versions of a product, like eBooks, for a low price displacing hardcover books. The challenge is knowing what to look for, and how to react. New unmet consumer or customer needs.

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Entrepreneur eBook Metrics Examples 93

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 26, 2020

In his classic book, “ Digital Context 2.0: His latest study breaks the online consumer audience into the following four categories, based on their level of comfort with sharing personal information, likes, and needs online: High-comfort consumers – 12 percent. Norton, Ph.D., Norton, Ph.D.,

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socalTECH

JUNE 28, 2010

The firm said the list tracks pricing trends and provides recommendations on when and where to book vacation rentals, and can be used by consumers to decide when to book their vacation lodging, based on if prices are dropping or rising in a market. LeisureLink said it will be providing the list on its site ABetterStay.com.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 24, 2020

I also recommend the app development strategies outlined in the classic book, “ Vaporized: Solid Strategies for Success in a Dematerialized World ,” by Robert Tercek, who has lived on the digital edge for many years. But there are a wealth of other categories, new ones are constantly appearing, and the ecosystem is always shifting.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 15, 2022

There are hundreds of consultants out there who will take your money for guidance in this area, but I recommend that you start with some free resources on the Internet, or one of the many recent books on this topic. Within each of the platform categories defined above, there is a right one and a wrong one for your audience.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 31, 2021

In reality, the picture is a bit larger than this, as outlined in the classic book “ Leading with GRIT ,” by Laurie Sudbrink, a well-known business leadership coach and speaker. Entrepreneurs with the mantra “if we build it, they will come,” and executives who don’t communicate their expectations, fall into this category.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 10, 2022

Peter Andrews and Fiona Wood, in their classic book “ Überpreneurs ” have profiled 36 leading candidates for this category, to extract a set of common characteristics. One way of identifying the right characteristics and approaches is to take a hard look at entrepreneurs who have done it.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 2, 2022

According to the classic book by serial entrepreneur and former race car driver Tom Panaggio, “ The Risk Advantage: Embracing the Entrepreneur's Unexpected Edge ,” smart business owners embrace two essential risks to every opportunity – decision and change. My conclusion either way is that they have no market, or haven’t looked.

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Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 20, 2013

The CPUC’s decision, which was unanimous, boils down to creating a new transportation category called “transportation network companies” in order to oversee rideshare companies – an idea put forward last July by Commission President Michael Peevey. I like it even more now that it’s formally on the books.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 7, 2013

He had an idea for a startup that would help consumers better book service jobs and would take on Service Magic, which he believed had a business model that could be disrupted. We like that it is 1000x better than having to call restaurants on the phone, be put on hold or call during normal business hours to book appointments.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 23, 2021

A few years ago, I first saw an interesting step in that direction via the classic book “ Entrepreneurial DNA ,” by Joe Abraham , with his assessment web site. Some might say that Elon Musk epitomizes this category. The drivers for your strategic plan come from at least four directions: World of experts (books, consultants, webinars).

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 13, 2020

I found some guidance in the classic book, “ Lead Inside the Box: How Smart Leaders Guide Their Teams to Exceptional Results ,” by Victor Prince and Mike Figliuolo, two top thought leaders in the field of leadership development. The authors define a leadership matrix of four behavioral categories and eight team member subtypes.

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Entrepreneur Resource Startup Guide 126

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 28, 2022

Every company needs this focus to attract the best minds and loyalty in both categories. Employees and customers alike are looking for meaning, not simply employment and commodity prices.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 17, 2021

For insight, I recommend the details provided in the classic book “ The 5 Choices: The Path to Extraordinary Productivity, ” by Kory Kogon, Adam Merrill, and Leena Rinne. Put order into the chaos by using technology to place all incoming information into four categories: appointments, tasks, contacts, and documents.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 13, 2020

I remember the classic book, “ Driven to Delight ,” by Joseph A. If you surveyed your customers today, what percent of your customers would put you in the winning category? Michelli, with inspiring stories on how one well-known company, Mercedes-Benz, made the transition and is profiting as a result. Marty Zwilling.

Customer 168

Customer Custom Services Startup 168

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 4, 2011

comScore said the top performing categories in Q4 were computer software, consumer electronics, books and magazines, computers/peripherals/PDAs, and toys and hobbies. However, the results have not yet reached the level of Q2 and Q3 of 2007, when e-commerce saw 23 percent growth in both quarters.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 14, 2022

If you are in this second category, you probably don’t like the references behind your back that you are a “control freak” or a “micro-manager.” Jan Yager, in her classic book “ Work Less, Do More ,” has outlined eight key steps to effective delegation which I endorse: Choose what tasks you are willing to delegate.

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