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7 Keys To Sustainably Enriching Your Customers’ Lives

Startup Professionals Musings

In this age of instant and global communication via social media and the Internet, I see more and more evidence that delighted customers should be your top priority. Use metrics to assess needs and growth economics. A popular set of metrics for customer views is the New Promoter System ( NPS ), available from Bain & Company.

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5 Steps To Get You From Your First Idea To A Business

Startup Professionals Musings

Create a written plan, with target milestones and metrics. These days, even with the pervasive Internet and social media, it still takes time and money for your marketing and customer communication efforts to have an impact. Build your own personal brand image through blogging, industry forums, and networking.

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Technology Roles in Startups

SoCal CTO

Forms Augmenting the team can take various forms: Consulting – defining how to attack particular issues, possibly directly planning Coaching – advising on how to approach particular issues Manage – lead members Execute – take on specific activities Again, this is fairly fuzzy, but it comes down to having mutual expectations.

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Launchpad LA Receives VC Funding: $50,000 Per Startup

Both Sides of the Table

But the most important metric has been the deep and lasting relationships that have been built with startups and also between senior executives. He previously co-founded Charlie , a Los Angeles based media company and interactive agency. 23 companies have gone through Launchpad LA. where he worked on projects for Samuel L.

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8 Key Ingredients to a Profitable Consulting Business

Startup Professionals Musings

Yet, according to statistics from the Small Business Association (SBA), over half of new businesses offer something else - personal professional services, including consulting, business coaching, and advisory services. Use visibility and social media to pull clients in. They expect reviews and testimonials from other clients.

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How Future-Proof is Your Company (and Your Career)?

Startup Professionals Musings

These authors, who both have extensive credentials as executive coaches with top tier business leaders around the world, detail six factors of change that every business needs to address today to keep ahead of the wave. Due to social media and the Internet, these relationships now need to extend to customers, partners, and suppliers.

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MapMyFitness | Keeping an Eye on Health

Tech Zulu Event

Metrics are important for any fitness buff and MapMyFitness does the job well by providing necessary data such as calories burned, distance traveled, time spent on workout, etc., MapMyFitness integrates social media into its app. MapMyFitness also tracks any indoor exercises such as weight lifting and dancing. month or $29.99/year.