Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 26, 2022

It could be a product quality problem, or a major customer complaint on Twitter. Even the most experienced executives write down what they need to say, and practice for every event. A crisis is an event, precipitated by a specific incident, that attracts critical media attention and lasts for a definite period of time.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 27, 2013

Partly out of the fact that in 1 week I depart for England to speak at LeWeb, attend our DataSift board meeting and generally make myself available to the DataSift team to meet their customers, partners and employees. He did it yesterday, “Mark, I’m going to write a blog post following on from your VC’s aren’t dumb.

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InfoChachkie

MARCH 1, 2012

Article first published as Five Business Tips From The Beatles on Technorati. In the list below, I have compiled some of my favorite lessons from Come Together , combined them with a few of my own Beatles inspired startup tips. Your startup should strive to offer as much value to its customers as possible. What’s Your B7?

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 29, 2012

The stakes are high – you are asking an investor for money, a customer for an order, or another executive for a partnership. No one is born with business writing skills, and everyone can learn them. Before you start writing, it’s important to ask yourself what you intend the document to accomplish. Make it look good.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 11, 2011

We talked about a lot of great stuff in the video including how to do sales calls and a how a new “culture of writing&# is emerging as a critical skill set in business today. I’ll write a post on how to give feedback to employees and then I’ll get emails from people telling me they forwarded it to their whole team.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 22, 2010

. - Journalists don’t know enough about your company before the show, don’t have time for proper research, and you will be competing for their time afterward with 49+ other companies that want them to write about you. - If any journalists read this please feel free to add extra tips or disagree with anything I’ve said.

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InfoChachkie

JANUARY 9, 2012

You must convince dispassionate, objective customers that your value proposition is worthy of their cash. Accomplished entrepreneurs are curious about their customers' desires, competitors' future strategic directions and their industry's technological trends. Friendly constituents will not sustain your startup.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 12, 2021

Even with product businesses, it’s the ultimate way to build your brand credibility, bring in customer leads, and get feedback from your target market. Here are some tips I’ve gleaned from experience: Lead with your blog. An informal writing style is generally recommended. Add outgoing links.

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InfoChachkie

FEBRUARY 20, 2012

"The best way to prepare [to be a programmer] is to write programs, and to study great programs that other people have written. Along with your cash, customers and employees, a healthy startup culture will prove to be one of your most precious assets. . One Of The Most Important Startup Skills. "The " [Tweet this quote].

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 22, 2010

The stakes are high – you are asking an investor for money, a customer for an order, or another executive for a partnership. No one is born with business writing skills, and everyone can learn them. Before you start writing, it's important to ask yourself what you intend the document to accomplish. Make it look good.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 14, 2023

I recommend his tips for creating and maintaining that sweet spot: Define a personal declaration of purpose. Write it down, make it specific, expressive, yet succinct and jargon-free. Delight and deliver value to your customers. Without customers, there is no business. Create an engaging and ethical workplace.

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SoCal CTO

DECEMBER 19, 2012

You likely are writing your first one of these. This should be an iterative process with advisors and customers providing feedback on the product. Customer Development Notes I'm assuming founders are having customer development conversations. Don't stress over format. Don't stress if you are doing it right.

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TechCrunch LA

FEBRUARY 11, 2021

“The writing is on the wall and the investors have to take the time. “The short answer to your question is that the needs for capital now that we have collectively, politically, socially economically come to a consensus in terms of where we’re going and we couldn’t say that 18 months ago is going to be at a tipping point.”

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 15, 2016

While I do agree that many attributes of a good entrepreneur, such as curiosity, confidence and determination, are largely determined by early-life experiences, a good education is critical in understanding the elements of creating a business and wooing customers. Don’t forget business writing and communication.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 23, 2023

Here are some tips and rules of thumb to improve your odds and help you understand when a bank loan or line of credit is possible, and how to get it: Write a good business plan first. The most positive use of funds is to buy raw materials to build product for existing customer orders.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 9, 2017

You can jump into social media with a poor brand definition, poorly focused content, unrealistic expectations of customer service, or be killed by malware or viruses. For some customers and many investors, a heavy focus on social networks and viral marketing may be a negative, rather than a positive.

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Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 26, 2013

Here’s how to write an executive summary with impact: 1. Just as I don’t recommend you outsourcing the writing of your business plan, I wouldn’t pass on this task. With every sentence that you write, give it the test: Will this make a VC want to know more? Do it yourself. Keep it short and simple. . What makes it so?

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 27, 2020

Here are some tips and rules of thumb to improve your odds and help you understand when a bank loan or line of credit is possible, and how to get it: Write a good business plan first. The most positive use of funds is to buy raw materials to build product for existing customer orders.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 26, 2013

I will add to this as I write more in the coming weeks on the topic. In stead of doing my typical big long post with 10 PR tips (like I did there), I’m going to break them up into individual (I hope more digestible) chunks. Is Funding a Worthy Announcement? But succinctly this press places a marker in the ground for your company.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 4, 2012

It’s a key skill for success in every business role, from accountant to customer support. Whether it’s a frustrated employee, or a dissatisfied customer, what you first hear is usually someone yelling with emotion or talking so fast the you don’t know what they are talking about. Put the decision in writing to prevent ambiguity.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 5, 2010

No name, picture, address, or business history only convinces customers that you are hiding, located in an untrustable country, or don’t have a clue. Publish a daily blog, contribute to relevant social networks, and write a “white paper” on your technology. Follow-up for customer satisfaction. They will exit quickly.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 18, 2015

Yeah, back when I was tryin’ to get a tip at Subway. There were days where I could write about what I was thinking about Apple or Twitter or Facebook. Or I could just write about life. can only point to three examples in the last 10 years of writing where I know that what I specifically said made somebody resent me.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 27, 2019

Even with product businesses, it’s the ultimate way to build your brand credibility, bring in customer leads, and get feedback from your target market. Here are some tips I’ve gleaned from experience: Lead with your blog. An informal writing style is generally recommended. Add outgoing links.

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Blogging Search Engine Optimization Web Writing 88

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 22, 2010

Here are some tips which will signal traction to investors, as well as your team: Document your business plan. Forcing yourself to write down a plan is actually the only way to make sure you actually have a plan. Get a real customer and real revenue. This is traction that will impress investors, and get you customers.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 29, 2013

You need to have business relationships with team members, investors, customers, and a myriad of other support people. They never call, they never write, and wait for you to make the first move. You can’t win as an entrepreneur working alone. That doesn’t mean you have to be a social butterfly to succeed, or introverts need not apply.

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Tech.Co

JULY 25, 2017

It integrates with OptinMonster, allows you to craft beautiful emails, and more importantly, enables you to create automated workflows without writing a single line of code. Read more tips about boosting your ecommerce site at TechCo. GetResponse fits this bill perfectly.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 20, 2013

Simply, this is identifying a customer need which has economic value to them if they can solve it. ” and if you can’t persuade enough potential customers they have some pain that needs fixing you probably should stick to your day job. Teams usually start with terminology that is very insular and less relevant to customers.

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InfoChachkie

DECEMBER 2, 2009

As noted in Pour and Stir Part I , the key to the successful execution of this strategy is managing the following equation: The cost to acquire a customer < lifetime value of a customer. Decreasing Your Customer Acquisition Costs. This is equivalent to being handed a free customer for every ten customers you acquire.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 14, 2013

.” Here’s what I mean … Let’s start with what it takes for a journalist to want to write a story. Do I have an “angle” from which to write the story (first company to do X, company does biggest X, consumer behavior is doing X)? I am a VC. I hand out money. How differentiated is that?

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InfoChachkie

SEPTEMBER 28, 2011

Of the 225 customer reviews currently posted on Amazon, over 90% are highly positive. Guy, how would your 2004 book, Art Of The Start , differ, if you were writing it today? If I were writing the book today, there would be a whole chapter or two…about how to use Facebook and Twitter. That doesn’t work.”.

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InfoChachkie

DECEMBER 15, 2015

You must also place yourself in the shoes of other uniformed and indifferent stakeholders, including: customers, partners and suppliers. Stephen King Startup Tip. In describing effective writing, the best-selling author Stephen King notes that, “Any word you have to hunt for in a thesaurus is the wrong word.” Readability Test.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

seed and they are writing $1.25m of it you can expect them to require a board seat) The competitive landscape (If you have several sources of capital you can likely politely decline the board request or can grant them a seat but ask for it to be “common appointed” and those revokable if you need in the future). And importantly?

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Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 18, 2011

Having paying “Customers” is what makes the cash register roar. An entrepreneur having low self worth is the number one deterrent for a potential customer not buying into what you are selling. Using your service or owning your product isn’t why a person buys, it’s the experience your customer will have. Second, how to get leads.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 7, 2011

You need to have business relationships with team members, investors, customers, and a myriad of other support people. They never call, they never write, and wait for you to make the first move. You can’t win as an entrepreneur working alone. That doesn’t mean you have to be a social butterfly to succeed, or introverts need not apply.

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Entrepreneur Tips Startup Social Network 96

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 8, 2012

You need to have business relationships with team members, investors, customers, and a myriad of other support people. They never call, they never write, and wait for you to make the first move. You can’t win as an entrepreneur working alone. That doesn’t mean you have to be a social butterfly to succeed, or introverts need not apply.

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Startup Tips Social Network Networking 97

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 3, 2010

For our Insights and Opinions section today, we have a piece from GRP Partners' Mark Suster , who--after watching and judging pitches at last week's Twiistup event--gives some hints and tips about how not to suck at presentations. So I thought I'd write a piece on how to not suck when you give a presentation. Show some energy!

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 29, 2017

Even with product businesses, it’s the ultimate way to build your brand credibility, bring in customer leads, and get feedback from your target market. Here are some tips I’ve gleaned from experience: Lead with your blog. An informal writing style is generally recommended. Add outgoing links.

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Blogging Search Engine Optimization Web Writing 69