Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 30, 2019

In addition, the discipline of producing it, like writing a business plan, will help you immensely in understanding the key elements that drive you and your business. I often hear the excuse that writing a book takes precious time away from building and running your business, which you cannot afford.

Writing 19

Writing Technical Review Entrepreneur Advertising 19

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 15, 2022

Some entrepreneurs love to talk and produce videos, but hate to write anything down. Of course, previous successes provide more direct evidence of a network of the right people. My advice is to start your networking early with potential investors, to establish a relationship before they see you as an entrepreneur asking for money.

Entrepreneur 111

Entrepreneur Social Media Patents Mentor 111

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 13, 2020

I was most impressed with the steps he outlined for turning ideas into goals into results, which I paraphrase here for aspiring entrepreneurs: Write down your goals or your dreams. Writing something down is the first step toward moving forward and making it real. List items to achieve the goal, and network now.

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Ideas Writing Startup Entrepreneur 121

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 2, 2020

Then, he'll need to patent it and create a plan to show opportunity, competition, and financial projections. I have found that the process of writing down your idea, with a plan for implementation, and reviewing that plan with a business advisor, will force you to learn and acknowledge the real requirements for implementation.

Ideas 126

Ideas Writing Examples Outsource 126

TechEmpower

JUNE 6, 2018

Most importantly, the community has been contributing some amazing test implementations and demonstrating the fun and utility of some good-natured performance competition. In some cases, the throughput is so high that we have a new challenge from our old friend, “network saturation.” More on that later.

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Framework TechEmpower Platform Metrics 377

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 13, 2021

Use networking, the Internet, and personal contacts to really understand the ‘how’ and ‘why’ behind related success stories. Don’t be afraid to contact insiders directly, reach out through social networking, and reserve some time each day to expand your insight until you understand their story. Find your level of passion early.

Satisfaction 135

Satisfaction Entrepreneur Startup Mentor 135

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 27, 2019

Let me be clear – a product or consulting startup today without a blog, even with a static website, risks not being competitive in cost and time to reach and hold that critical mass of online customers. An informal writing style is generally recommended. Use the social networks, like Twitter, to ‘pull’ in the business.

Blogging 88

Blogging Search Engine Optimization Web Writing 88

Tech Zulu Event

APRIL 23, 2013

The fitness professional network develops business tools that make it easier for fitness professionals to run their businesses and keep their clients engaged between training sessions. Any competition in LA? We haven’t identified any competition in LA, specifically. Fitness professionals pay a monthly subscription fee.

Social Network 92

Social Network Networking Training Summary 92

Tech.Co

MAY 26, 2020

Jeff Bezos didn't get to be the world's richest man by writing a lot of checks, and one recent way to keep Amazon's profits healthy has been to cut its affiliate commissions scheme. Suddenly, every other affiliate program and network out there is looking more attractive. eBay Partner Network. commission).

Technical Review 129

Technical Review Buzzfeed News Networking 129

Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 4, 2012

Today they say its Africa’s largest and fastest growing social networking utility with over 4,000 daily new sign-ups. They also add that LAGbook ranks #2 in the city of Yaba-Lagos, where the social network was incepted, and #37 in the city of Hirtshal, Denmark. We create a social network for students of the University of Lagos.

Social Network 100

Social Network Networking Advertising Startup 100

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 13, 2020

Some entrepreneurs love to talk and produce videos, but hate to write anything down. Of course, previous successes provide more direct evidence of a network of the right people. My advice is to start your networking early with potential investors, to establish a relationship before they see you as an entrepreneur asking for money.

Entrepreneur 126

Entrepreneur Social Media Patents Mentor 126

Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 18, 2012

ExplorerB2B is a free to join exclusive network of experts who share information that matters to you and make sure you expand your professional network, interact with a relevant audience and present your expertise. The result was a social platform especially built to serve the needs of Business-to-Business interaction and networking.

Networking 71

Networking Help Social Media Platform 71

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 4, 2016

Modern-society is also littered with over-networkers and over-introducers and professional conference attendees. It’s hard enough building a valuable product or service in competitive global markets without spending time on unproductive tasks. That’s why focus is critical.

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Innocal Conference Help Study 255

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 23, 2011

Obviously you should have somebody that helps you research journalists, gets you meetings, pitches stories, helps prep you for interviews & helps make sure your writing is cogent. Whether we like to admit it or not, PR drives behavior with customers, investors, employees and competition. I write on my blog how I think in my head.

Startup 349

Startup Writing Press Blogging 349

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. How do people drive SEO growth?

Marketing 379

Marketing Startup SEM SEO 379

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

Don’t be shy about networking for advisors with business experience for coaching and mentoring. Write a business plan for your desired new business. Working in a business, especially a startup , is all about predicting the future, and responding to unanticipated changes, or new entrants. You can’t keep all these in your head.

Startup 114

Startup Tips Coach Satisfaction 114

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 23, 2014

The VC market has right-sized (returned back to mid 90′s levels & less competition). Just 3 years ago there was talk of institutional investors “not being able to write small enough checks.” We’re all socially connected (so great businesses spread faster). Why is this? The iPhone was released.

Venture Capital 398

Venture Capital Technical Review Startup Seed Funding 398

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 26, 2013

I will add to this as I write more in the coming weeks on the topic. The funding rounds will also build customer confidence and they’ll help journalists feel air cover in writing your more important pieces when you brag about customers, traction, revenue or whatever. ” Funding IS the story. Funding is news.

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Startup Funding News Press 355

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 26, 2021

You must recognize that change is the new norm in business, so problems represent opportunities to learn something new, improve your productivity and competitiveness of the business. Write down your top 5 core values and review them often. Pressure and emotion in business is often an indication of core value conflicts.

Coach 137

Coach Training Satisfaction Mentor 137

TechCrunch LA

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

Capitalism is fundamentally about timing, since market competition is about finding opportunities before others. Start writing down predictions about people, companies, and markets. More importantly, start cultivating networks of friends who have a sense of pulse on the frontiers of the economy. When should you start a company?

Venture Capital 202

Venture Capital Startup Technical Review Invest 202

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 12, 2010

We had a special edition of This Week in Venture Capital this week shooting out of the Next New Networks offices in New York. We both felt that the critical reasoning skills and writing skills were critical to our career development. Metrics: 50mm users (up from 40mm in Dec 2009), -Competition includes: Spotify , Last.fm.

Venture Capital 217

Venture Capital Capital Metrics Competition 217

Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 2, 2009

On Facebook (and nearly all social networks that preceded it) the relationship was always reciprocal – if I accept your invitation to follow me then I have to follow you. Twitter, by contrast, started as an open platform where people let anybody see what they were writing. Facebook. So why is this important for businesses?

Social Network 235

Social Network Writing Tool Startup 235

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 29, 2017

Let me be clear – a product or consulting startup today without a blog, even with a static website, risks not being competitive in cost and time to reach and hold that critical mass of online customers. An informal writing style is generally recommended. Use the social networks, like Twitter, to ‘pull’ in the business.

Blogging 69

Blogging Search Engine Optimization Web Writing 69

socalTECH

APRIL 29, 2014

A number of teams have recently been looking to turn that vision into reality, as a result of the Qualcomm Tricorder Prize , a $10M competition being run by the X Prize Foundation to create a real life Tricorder. That''s essentially how the Tricoder competition was formed--it''s time for this to happen. It was announced in the 90''s.

Startup 262

Startup Competition Software Review UCLA 262

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 11, 2016

As a business advisor and advocate for entrepreneurs, I find myself almost always talking and writing about change. Anything less makes you non-competitive. Networking effectiveness is a measure of your potential. Productive networking traffic does not happen by default. Businesses only move forward on results.

Startup 93

Startup Writing Entrepreneur Screening 93

socalTECH

OCTOBER 11, 2016

There are a lot of other competition shows and reality show, which are much more predatory and cut-throat, and it's nice for our entrepreneurs to not only get a real investment, but get great feedback. Anyone can write a check, but not everyone can provide intellectual capital. With partners like HSN, we reach 95 million homes.

Startup 100

Startup Entrepreneur Invest Competition 100

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 14, 2016

I was most impressed with the steps he outlined for turning ideas into goals into results, which I paraphrase here for aspiring entrepreneurs: Write down your goals or your dreams. Writing something down is the first step toward moving forward and making it real. List items to achieve the goal, and network now.

Writing 100

Writing Ideas Startup Entrepreneur 100

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 5, 2013

Let me be clear – a product or consulting startup today without a blog, even with a static website, risks not being competitive in cost and time to reach and hold that critical mass of online customers. An informal writing style is generally recommended. Use the social networks, like Twitter, to ‘pull’ in the business.

Blogging 95

Blogging Startup Search Engine Optimization Writing 95

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 25, 2013

Competitive sportswoman. And still able to make it out to LA networking events. Kara on one side of the table showing me market sizes, competitive dynamics, product roadmaps, pricing plans for physical products with COGS and gross margins. She helps write press releases. Remember, it’s about Lines, Not Dots.

Startup 398

Startup Design Downey Activity 398

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 21, 2013

If offered at your college, don’t forget the practical business skills like “Critical Thinking”, “Business Writing” and even “Dress for Success.” There is nothing like writing and pitching a business plan that makes you realize what you don’t know. Most schools have business plan competitions, and even give out seed money to winners.

Entrepreneur 105

Entrepreneur Startup Course Education 105

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 10, 2012

Let me be clear – a product or consulting startup today without a blog, even with a static website, risks not being competitive in cost and time to reach and hold that critical mass of online customers. An informal writing style is generally recommended. Use the social networks, like Twitter, to ‘pull’ in the business.

Blogging 96

Blogging Search Engine Optimization Writing Social Network 96

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 16, 2014

Competition is fierce. VCs will spend over a year networking just to position around one founder or one deal, and if they lose it, it’s gone.” I’ve seen you write a $10 million check before. .” Semil Shah wrote in this absolutely spot on post. ” That’s precisely it. But I always ask.

Venture Capital 333

Venture Capital Startup Technical Review Email 333

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 6, 2011

If offered at your college, don’t forget the practical business skills like “Critical Thinking”, “Business Writing” and even “Dress for Success.” There is nothing like writing and pitching a business plan that makes you realize what you don’t know. Most schools have business plan competitions, and even give out seed money to winners.

Entrepreneur 105

Entrepreneur Startup Course Education 105

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 4, 2019

Investor and customer attention spans are short, and both will write you off quickly. This statement leaves no confusion in the minds of investors, or customers, of what the company does and how it is different (and better) than the competition. A new easier to use social network may not get anyone excited.

.Net 73

.Net Examples Customer Custom 73

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 29, 2013

If you know, VCs end up writing sizable checks into their own funds, which is important in better aligning interests. Therefore of course they need to be more selection when writing checks and can’t spread their bets across 75 deals. million round I might write $1.8 – 2.2 Angels have additional networks.

Venture Capital 356

Venture Capital Invest Course Technical Review 356

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 6, 2014

Some entrepreneurs love to talk and produce videos, but hate to write anything down. Of course, previous successes provide more direct evidence of a network of the right people. My advice is to start your networking early with potential investors, to establish a relationship before they see you as an entrepreneur asking for money.

Entrepreneur 107

Entrepreneur Angel Social Media Patents 107

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 27, 2011

Let me be clear – a product or consulting startup today without a blog, even with a static website, risks not being competitive in cost and time to reach and hold that critical mass of online customers. An informal writing style is generally recommended. Use the social networks, like Twitter, to ‘pull’ in the business.

Blogging 91

Blogging Search Engine Optimization Services Writing 91