Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 6, 2020

The pace of change to stay competitive in business today continues to increase. This type of experiment has been around a long time, and many executives have an unreasonable expectation that the cumulative business impact should be at least the sum of the results. Changing too many factors at once is never a smart risk.

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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. Practice delegation and decline unreasonable requests. Optimistic business leaders see value in every new business challenge, rather than stress and risk.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 14, 2020

Non-credible funding request or unreasonable valuation. Being first to market is not a strong competitive argument for startups, since larger existing players can easily overrun this position. Investors expect a good value proposition in every pitch. Investors are looking to buy a chunk of the business, not the product.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 23, 2014

Investors always seem to put such unreasonable restrictions of me.” “I Customer expectations these days can be unreasonable.” Exceeding customer expectations is my competitive advantage.” “I “I’ll do the best I can, but the economy is totally unpredictable right now.” I couldn’t do this job without the full support of my team.”

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 30, 2019

As an active angel investor, I still hear entrepreneurs asserting large opportunities with minimal risk and no competition. Only shortsighted leaders assume that customers have unreasonable expectations, or their demands will increase once you have a relationship. My conclusion either way is that they have no market, or haven’t looked.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 29, 2013

Investors always seem to put such unreasonable restrictions of me.” “I Customer expectations these days can be unreasonable.” Exceeding customer expectations is my competitive advantage.” “I “I’ll do the best I can, but the economy is totally unpredictable right now.” I couldn’t do this job without the full support of my team.”

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 31, 2019

Don’t be afraid to stand up for yourself and courteously explain to bosses or colleagues why certain requests or expectations may be unreasonable. The stakes are higher than ever in this competitive and rapidly changing world. The most productive and respected business people know their limits and assertively protect them.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 8, 2011

Investors always seem to put such unreasonable restrictions of me.” “I Customer expectations these days can be unreasonable.” Exceeding customer expectations is my competitive advantage.” “I “I’ll do the best I can, but the economy is totally unpredictable right now.” I couldn’t do this job without the full support of my team.”

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 30, 2015

As an active Angel investor, I still hear entrepreneurs asserting large opportunities with minimal risk and no competition. Only shortsighted leaders assume that customers have unreasonable expectations, or their demands will increase once you have a relationship. My conclusion either way is that they have no market, or haven’t looked.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 22, 2017

As an active angel investor, I still hear entrepreneurs asserting large opportunities with minimal risk and no competition. Only shortsighted leaders assume that customers have unreasonable expectations, or their demands will increase once you have a relationship. My conclusion either way is that they have no market, or haven’t looked.

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socalTECH

MARCH 21, 2011

There was a real opportunity for me to arbitrage the last decade and a half of my experience in the Internet, and apply that to a products company, and to get some real competitive advantage. Having a strong presence online and strong, positive word of mouth in a relevant audience is a real competitive advantage.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 17, 2014

As an active Angel investor, I still hear entrepreneurs asserting large opportunities with minimal risk or no competition. Only shortsighted leaders assume that customers have unreasonable expectations, or their demands will increase once you have a relationship.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 10, 2015

Rejection without giving a context implies an unreasonable request or a problem with the requestor. People making a request may not understand your budget limitations, current workload, or competitive pressures. Explain your constraints before saying no. In this context, you can also make an encouraging statement about future requests.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 1, 2016

Non-credible funding request or unreasonable valuation. Being first to market is not a strong competitive argument for startups, since larger existing players can easily overrun this position. Investors expect a good value proposition in every pitch. Investors are looking to buy a chunk of the business, not the product.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 14, 2010

Investors always seem to put such unreasonable restrictions of me.” “I Customer expectations these days can be unreasonable.” Exceeding customer expectations is my competitive advantage.” “I “I’ll do the best I can, but the economy is totally unpredictable right now.” I couldn’t do this job without the full support of my team.”

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 2, 2017

Don’t be afraid to stand up for yourself and courteously explain to bosses or colleagues why certain requests or expectations may be unreasonable. The stakes are higher than ever in this competitive and rapidly changing world. The most productive and respected business people know their limits and assertively protect them.

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Tech Zulu Event

APRIL 22, 2015

Their stated purpose is to further a policy of net neutrality by preventing Internet Service Providers from engaging in certain practices deemed anti-competitive by the agency. This change reclassifies them as a telecommunications service , which in effect means that the FCC has more regulatory control. Positive Consequences.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 17, 2010

If the expectations or the salary range are unreasonable, you won’t get good results or a happy employee. You need the very best to maintain that competitive edge. The responsibilities of every position need to be clearly defined, realistic, and appealing. Inadequate candidate sourcing.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 14, 2017

In the case of MakeSpace we had huge initial successes in New York City as Rahul led the scaling of our drivers, our trucks and our warehouses and we figured out the right price points to beat the local competition. We have been able to build deep customer insights on product, pricing, service, geography, competition, etc.

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InfoChachkie

JANUARY 5, 2015

A recurring entrepreneurial challenge is to determine the optimal price of a new product, especially absent a directly competitive alternative. Whenever we encountered a prospect who attempted to nickel-and-dime us with an unreasonable request, we referred to them as “wanting a rib.”. How Much For A Rib?

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InfoChachkie

OCTOBER 31, 2011

Relish your private status and do not hesitate to tell a Big Dumb Company (BDC), “No” when they make an unreasonable request. Despite the fact that these companies encompass wildly divergent industries, they all share the competitive advantage of a unique umbrella brand that is impossible to replicate.

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InfoChachkie

SEPTEMBER 8, 2009

However, in the world of startups, relationships that go beyond a casual acquaintance can provide your adVenture with a significant competitive advantage. In particular, never take advantage of your Bro status by making unreasonable requests. If you haven’t already subscribed yet, subscribe now for. Do not cross it.

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