Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 6, 2019

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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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 24, 2019

Every startup needs a sustainable competitive advantage. With no competitive advantage, startups with new ideas gaining traction are never feared, and are usually eaten for lunch as sleeping giants wake up. The jungle framework is a great one to set the right perspective. If you want to be feared.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 3, 2015

The hard part is providing the leadership required to align and motivate all the constituents and players – from engineers, to investors, vendors, and ultimately customers. Great entrepreneurs are not just idea people and then managers, they are extraordinary leaders. How many of these themes and strategies are you practicing today?

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 30, 2017

The hard part is providing the leadership required to align and motivate all the constituents and players – from engineers, to investors, vendors, and ultimately customers. Great entrepreneurs are not just idea people and then managers, they are extraordinary leaders. How many of these themes and strategies are you practicing today?

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 12, 2014

It’s building a product that is substantially differentiated, and, as Bill Gross, one of the most prolific tech entrepreneurs of our era says, “ It needs to be 10x better than the competition ” (because if you shoot for that then in competitive markets you might achieve 3x. Rebelling is simply a form of snobbery.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 23, 2013

The hard part is providing the leadership required to align and motivate all the constituents and players – from engineers, to investors, vendors, and ultimately customers. Great entrepreneurs are not just idea people and then managers, they are extraordinary leaders. How many of these themes and strategies are you practicing today?

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 17, 2011

I thought I’d try to offer a framework for thinking about the topic. So here’s my framework. For many businesses you should keep your costs low & your capital raises low until you discover whether you are really on to a big idea where there is market demand. Sometimes this pays off, other times it doesn’t.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 19, 2017

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 56

Ideas Framework Summary Organization 56

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 16, 2014

Every startup needs a sustainable competitive advantage. With no competitive advantage, startups with new ideas gaining traction are never feared, and are usually eaten for lunch as sleeping giants wake up. The jungle framework is a great one to set the right perspective. If you want to be feared.

Entrepreneur 105

Entrepreneur Startup News Framework 105

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 5, 2013

The opportunity for change is huge, with everyone taking a new look at the world after the recession, but the competition is also huge, since the cost of entry is at an all-time low. Every startup needs a sustainable competitive advantage. The jungle framework is a great one to set the right perspective.

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SoCal CTO

JUNE 9, 2010

Kathy Sierra at Business of Software 2009 - Business of Software Blog , May 4, 2010 "In the old days, getting customers was easy. Putting customers first. Legendary customer support. Guide to Evaluating Startup Ideas - Tony Wright dot com , May 27, 2010 A great developer I once worked with was kvetching at lunch one day.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 23, 2017

Every startup needs a sustainable competitive advantage. With no competitive advantage, startups with new ideas gaining traction are never feared, and are usually eaten for lunch as sleeping giants wake up. The jungle framework is a great one to set the right perspective. If you want to be feared.

Startup 57

Startup News Framework Entrepreneur 57

socalTECH

MARCH 2, 2020

The idea is pretty simple. In the real world, the idea that what you see is what I see is a central aspect of our experience. I ended up going to Lockheed Martin as Chief Innovation Officer, doing AR and VR work, creating a virtual framework used for training by the defense department. Are Android and iOS then your competition?

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 29, 2017

Most business leaders today realize that smart management of scarce resources is the key to competitive success. Like most investors in startups, I rank the credentials of the team well above the value of an idea in deciding where to put my money. That’s why they manage money so carefully.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 13, 2011

No, the ideas aren’t conflicting. And when you finish the demo you can bring in the other important components such as competition, team, customer acquisition strategy, etc. Use it as a framework for a dialog not a script. Who are your key customers? Talk about the customer problem and how you solve it.

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SoCal Delicious

JANUARY 9, 2014

Too often people dive straight into their shiny solution ideas without thinking about why they’re doing what they’re doing or considering the change they want to see in the world. I recently developed a more human framework for early-stage startups to define their startup DNA and lay some foundations for a sustainable business.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 20, 2022

“Design thinking” is a methodology used to solve complex challenges, such as the ones faced by every business in today’s rapidly changing and highly competitive environment. A design mindset is not product-focused - it’s solution focused and action oriented towards creating better customer experiences and value.

Design 106

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 13, 2019

“Design thinking” is a methodology used to solve complex challenges, such as the ones faced by every business in today’s rapidly changing and highly competitive environment. A design mindset is not product-focused - it’s solution focused and action oriented towards creating better customer experiences and value.

Design 97

Design Coach Ideas Organization 97

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 4, 2017

“Design thinking” is a methodology used to solve complex challenges, such as the ones faced by every business in today’s rapidly changing and highly competitive environment. A design mindset is not product-focused - it’s solution focused and action oriented towards creating better customer experiences and value.

Design 62

Design Coach Organization Ideas 62

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 3, 2015

The rest of our partners, principles, associates and EIRs can weigh in with commentary on their views of the quality of the entrepreneur, the market, the product, competition and so forth. I watch management team hedge by building multiple products and spreading resources too thinly versus having strong conviction in their core ideas.

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SoCal CTO

JULY 23, 2012

How do we need to structure the systems to get ahead and stay ahead of the competition? What existing systems will we leverage, what programming languages, software development methodologies, web application frameworks, revision control systems, etc.? In addition to networking, I would suggest that formal learning is a great idea.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 3, 2020

I share her view of the ten key elements of the basic framework and vocabulary of open information sharing and open decision making: Explaining: creating buy-in. Employees can share best practices with customers on social network platforms and customers can help each other. Conversing: engaging in a dialogue with others.

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Framework Social Media Software Review Social Network 159

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 28, 2023

I share her view of the ten key elements of the basic framework and vocabulary of open information sharing and open decision making: Explaining: creating buy-in. Employees can share best practices with customers on social network platforms and customers can help each other. Conversing: engaging in a dialogue with others.

Social Media 112

Social Media Media Software Review Social Network 112

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 22, 2018

I share her view of the ten key elements of the basic framework and vocabulary of open information sharing and open decision making: Explaining: creating buy-in. Employees can share best practices with customers on social network platforms and customers can help each other. Conversing: engaging in a dialogue with others.

Software Review 92

Software Review Social Media Social Network Technical Review 92

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 23, 2016

I share her view of the ten key elements of the basic framework and vocabulary of open information sharing and open decision making: Explaining: creating buy-in. Employees can share best practices with customers on social network platforms and customers can help each other. Conversing: engaging in a dialogue with others.

Software Review 90

Software Review Social Media Social Network Technical Review 90

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 19, 2013

I support her ten elements of the basic framework and vocabulary of open information sharing and open decision making: Explaining: creating buy-in. Employees can share best practices with customers on social network platforms and customers can help each other. These have the added benefit of being searchable and discoverable.

Social Media 102

Social Media Entrepreneur Software Review Social Network 102

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 17, 2012

She outlines her ten elements of the basic framework and vocabulary of open information sharing and open decision making: Explaining: creating buy-in. Employees can share best practices with customers on social network platforms and customers can help each other. These have the added benefit of being searchable and discoverable.

Entrepreneur 97

Entrepreneur Social Network Software Review Social Media 97

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 8, 2010

She outlines her ten elements of the basic framework and vocabulary of open information sharing and open decision making: Explaining: creating buy-in. Employees can share best practices with customers on social network platforms and customers can help each other. These have the added benefit of being searchable and discoverable.

Social Media 89

Social Media Startup Software Review Social Network 89