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10 Creativity Mistakes Jeopardize Long-Term Survival

Startup Professionals Musings

Success in any business these days requires a constant flow of new and innovative solutions, to keep up with changes in the market, competition, and to attract new customers. Here is my summary of the ten top creativity mistakes we both still see too often: Criticize any new idea or employee suggestion.

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Looking At Startups By The Rules Of Natural Selection

Startup Professionals Musings

Talent – Every startup needs talents to give the company value. In reality, more important treasures often include intellectual property, the ability to innovate, and well-defined processes that can deliver great products and reach new customers more efficiently and effectively than competitors. The laws of the jungle apply to all.

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How to Improve Your Odds of Getting to Yes with a VC — “Land and Expand”

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You company is the product and you’re selling an equity ownership in your company but much more broadly you’re selling trust & confidence that you’re going to build something enormously valuable and that you’re going to be enjoyable to work hand-in-hand with over the coming decade of each other’s lives.

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10 Ways To Trample And Smother Business Innovation

Startup Professionals Musings

Success in any business these days requires a constant flow of new and innovative solutions, to keep up with changes in the market, competition, and to attract new customers. Here is my summary of the ten top creativity mistakes we both still see too often: Criticize any new idea or employee suggestion.

Ideas 94
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Be Careful About Being a Meddling Startup CEO

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recently wrote a post talking about how some VCs meddle in operating company decisions or some executive teams are too reliant on VCs to jump in and make hard calls for them. So operating at a higher level, helping to set the framework for decision making and then sitting down and watching the game be played, is certainly the way to go.”

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4 Laws Of Natural Selection Relate To Every Business

Startup Professionals Musings

Talent – Every startup needs talents to give the company value. In reality, more important treasures often include intellectual property, the ability to innovate, and well-defined processes that can deliver great products and reach new customers more efficiently and effectively than competitors. The laws of the jungle apply to all.

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Rustic Canyon Speaks out on GaiKai Exit, Changing Nature of VC, LA Tech & More

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Both companies were in Los Angeles. By not forcing the publisher to go through a Gaikai portal where they tried to control customers, they engendered trust from the publishers. I don’t know the company or the details first hand. 15:00 Question from the chat: Are VCs moving to be consulting companies in some parts?