Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 13, 2020

Customers have come to expect disruptive change, so yet another social network is not the way to get traction. It was written by Terence Mauri, who has worked extensively with Sir Richard Branson and the London Business School. Lack of accountability is a mindset that is diametrically opposed to the required leader’s mindset.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 13, 2023

Everyone knows and admires a few trusted leaders in business, for example, Richard Branson , founder of Virgin Group and Warren Buffett , founder of Berkshire Hathaway. Too many teams I know live in constant fear of unjustified reprisals and repeated demands. The rest of us are still earning the trust of our team members.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 4, 2020

In my opinion, great examples in today’s entrepreneur world include Elon Musk (Tesla), Jeff Bezos (Amazon), and Richard Branson (Virgin Group). These leaders not only recognize team members who have high potential, but they willingly and selflessly customize their coaching to what these special protégés really need.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 22, 2018

Obviously, it’s not that simple, but making the right first impression is critical for an entrepreneur, not just with investors, but also with partners, customers, and even yourself. Great entrepreneurs seek out critical customers and industry experts, and actively listen, but are not afraid to trust their own judgment as well.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 6, 2019

Examples include the Conscious Capitalism® movement, founded by John Mackey of Whole Foods, the B Team , founded by serial entrepreneur Sir Richard Branson, and the Benefit Corporation (B Corp) form of business now available in 33 states. Selling too early triggers customer defenses and drives them away.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 20, 2019

Too many customers have long felt distanced from many successful brands, seeing them as closed and mysterious environments, focused only on profits and killing competitors. These are responding to the demands of this new world for collaboration, trust, and transparency. Shared leadership (member and customer led).

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 22, 2015

Too many customers have long felt distanced from many successful brands, seeing them as closed and mysterious environments, focused only on profits and killing competitors. These are responding to the demands of this new world for collaboration, trust, and transparency. Shared leadership (member and customer led).

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 12, 2017

Too many customers have long felt distanced from many successful brands, seeing them as closed and mysterious environments, focused only on profits and killing competitors. These are responding to the demands of this new world for collaboration, trust, and transparency. Shared leadership (member and customer led).

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 11, 2018

Customers have come to expect disruptive change, so yet another social network is not the way to get traction. It was written by Terence Mauri, who has worked extensively with Sir Richard Branson and the London Business School. Lack of accountability is a mindset that is diametrically opposed to the required leader’s mindset.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 13, 2014

Too many customers have long felt distanced from many successful brands, seeing them as closed and mysterious environments, focused only on profits and killing competitors. These are responding to the demands of this new world for collaboration, trust, and transparency. Shared leadership (member and customer led).

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 7, 2014

Obviously, it’s not that simple, but making the right first impression is critical for an entrepreneur, not just with investors, but also with partners, customers and even yourself. Great entrepreneurs seek out critical customers and industry experts, and actively listen, but are not afraid to trust their own judgment as well.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 19, 2016

Customers have come to expect disruptive change, so yet another social network is not the way to get traction. It was written by Terence Mauri, who has worked extensively with Sir Richard Branson and the London Business School. Lack of accountability is a mindset that is diametrically opposed to the required leader’s mindset.

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InfoChachkie

JANUARY 23, 2012

Other installments include: Jeff Bezos , Steve Jobs , Richard Branson , Walt Disney and Michael Dell. When enhancing your value proposition, ask the same question a newcomer would ask, "what is the best way for users to interact with the new features, irrespective of the existing customer experience?" 1) Get A Mentor. "I

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 30, 2013

Examples include the Conscious Capitalism® movement, led by John Mackey of Whole Foods, The B Team , led by serial entrepreneur Sir Richard Branson, and the Benefit Corporation (B Corp) form of business now available in 14 states. Selling too early triggers customer defenses and drives them away.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 4, 2016

Obviously, it’s not that simple, but making the right first impression is critical for an entrepreneur, not just with investors, but also with partners, customers, and even yourself. Great entrepreneurs seek out critical customers and industry experts, and actively listen, but are not afraid to trust their own judgment as well.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 17, 2016

Examples include the Conscious Capitalism® movement, led by John Mackey of Whole Foods, the B Team , led by serial entrepreneur Sir Richard Branson, and the Benefit Corporation (B Corp) form of business now available in 30 states. Selling too early triggers customer defenses and drives them away.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 5, 2016

Notable examples include Bill Gates, Michael Dell and Richard Branson, who took no early outside money, and waited for confirmed initial success to go public or scale the business. Keep your focus on customers rather than investors. You don’t have to fight for your equity, and no one can slow you down in decision making.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 4, 2016

In my opinion, great examples in today’s entrepreneur world include Elon Musk (Tesla), Jeff Bezos (Amazon), and Richard Branson (Virgin Group). These leaders not only recognize team members who have high potential, but they willingly and selflessly customize their coaching to what these special protégés really need.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

In other words, how do you recognize the challenges that really need your leadership , versus the less critical demands that seem to always bubble to the top? Customer feedback in the form of online reviews and poor customer service is often rationalized as unreasonable expectations or one or two crazy individuals.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 8, 2022

Great business leaders, including Richard Branson , who oversees over 400 companies controlled by the Virgin Group, believe that poor communication can and has cost large organizations millions or more per year. A business leader’s time demands never end – it’s impossible to focus on every request with the same urgency.

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Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 9, 2011

Just like iGottaGuide, the idea was all about democratization–taking the power away from the gatekeepers and giving customers a greater range of choices at a lower price. We are posed as a nimble startup ready to shift with consumer demands. Richard Branson. How do you deal with competitors? Henry Ford. Walt Disney.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 8, 2013

In addition to being startup founders, like Richard Branson , founder of more than 400 companies and still going strong, there are several other key roles that I see Boomers taking more often these days to drive successful startups: Advisory Board. Customer service. Angel investor. Interim executive.

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