Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

Today, in this age of pervasive social media and two-way communication, the focus needs to get beyond demographics into personalities. Train customer-facing team to collaborate with customers. Internal training and policies are not adequate to create great customer experiences.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 12, 2023

To rid yourself of this fear, first get training to give you confidence, then try to view failure as a badge of courage and consider failing as a training ground for success. Remove clutter and develop a system for tracking projects and managing resources. Perfectionism – redoing work to get it just right.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 3, 2022

The concept of “ force multipliers ” originally was developed in military science, but certainly applies equally well to business. Here is an outline of some key force multipliers that I have seen used effectively in the ongoing battle for business survival and success: Establish a presence on multiple social media channels.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 9, 2022

It allows startups to rent virtualized servers and associated services needed to develop, test, and run applications. Social Media. Social networks like Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn manage communities comprised of millions of people worldwide. Business Process as a Service (BPaaS).

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 9, 2023

This requires people on your team who have real-world experience, as well as design training. With the advent of interactive social media, as well as high-bandwidth video tools, there is no excuse for not involving real customers, and prospects who fit the desired demographic. Don’t assume that early input is adequate.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 28, 2020

He offers a set of seven principles and values for his ultimate win-win philosophy and harmonic balance among all stakeholders, as a roadmap for any company to develop a profitable, sustainable, and fun way of doing business. Start with only the very best people, demand excellence, and train them to stay ahead of the pack.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 13, 2019

People with the wrong tools or no training. It’s no secret that some people are more productive than others, due to skills, training, or commitment. The most cost-effective marketing approaches have changed; from catalogs to web sites, and from television commercials to social media.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 30, 2020

Offering one more social media site (over 200 already exist on Wikipedia) probably won’t work. Don’t forget to market yourself before, during, and after your initial idea, through social media, websites, and events. Develop a product line and add alternate channels. Focus on a solution that is scalable world-wide.

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TechEmpower

OCTOBER 9, 2023

Enhancing Front-End Product Search We also developed a front-end search tool that revolutionized the way users search for products. Moreover, LLMs come equipped with an extensive knowledge base derived from the vast amounts of data they've been trained on.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 20, 2022

That means they must believe in what you are trying to do, and feel they have the right tools, training, and reward system to do the job that needs to be done. Of course, even the best talent needs communication, training, and support to create the culture you need. As a result, they recently were acquired by Amazon for $13.5

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 17, 2018

Today, in this age of pervasive social media and two-way communication, the focus needs to get beyond demographics into personalities. Train customer-facing team to collaborate with customers. Internal training and policies are not adequate to create great customer experiences.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 23, 2020

This requires people on your team who have real-world experience, as well as design training. With the advent of interactive social media, as well as high-bandwidth video tools, there is no excuse for not involving real customers, and prospects who fit the desired demographic. Don’t assume that early input is adequate.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 15, 2022

There is no substitute for experience and trained skills in the business area you are attacking. In this context, investors are attracted to thought-leaders visible on social media, and people with strong technical credentials. Many key insights to success in any business can’t be learned from books or the Internet.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 6, 2023

Others schedule exhaustive training sessions for everyone on the team, including showcase customers, to make sure that everyone paints a consistent picture. Make sure everyone accurately posts their role with your startup on social media profiles, resumes, and references. My best advice is to stick to the middle ground.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 23, 2022

In addition, today’s customers judge a company by perceived people relationships through social media, phone conversations, and sales experiences. A primary focus on process leads to highly structured training classes, leaving little room for personal career development.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 7, 2019

On the other hand, if you expect your employer to push you into future training required, always have a growth opportunity waiting, and set all your work parameters, then you may find a difficult road ahead. These costs include travel, training, supplies, office space, bookkeeping, and many others. Market your business expertise.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 22, 2016

Today, in this age of pervasive social media and two-way communication, the focus needs to get beyond demographics into personalities. Train customer-facing team to collaborate with customers. Internal training and policies are not adequate to create great customer experiences.

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Customer Custom Social Media Training 97

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 17, 2022

You suddenly need to enhance your in-house social media efforts with a public relations firm. Over time, however, a continuous growth company needs a trained and dedicated support team. As the company grows, functional leaders need to build and manage larger teams, recruit and develop talent, and manage remote offices.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 13, 2020

There is no substitute for experience and trained skills in the business area you are attacking. In this context, investors are attracted to thought-leaders visible on social media, and people with strong technical credentials. Many key insights to success in any business can’t be learned from books or the Internet.

Entrepreneur 126

Entrepreneur Social Media Patents Mentor 126

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 29, 2019

It allows startups to rent virtualized servers and associated services needed to develop, test, and run applications. Social Media. Social networks like Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn manage communities comprised of millions of people worldwide. Business Process as a Service (BPaaS).

Technology 86

Technology Cloud Computing Social Media Networking 86

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 2, 2019

Most of you aspiring entrepreneurs have no idea how dramatically your own role has to evolve as you develop a solution, start a business, and expect it to scale into a successful self-managed company. Thus my job as a small business advisor really is really more about getting you developed than perfecting the business.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 7, 2020

Even a million users on your social media site won’t pay the bills until you sell some advertising or a premium service. That keeps people from pushing themselves to develop the kind of new solutions that will permanently change the business for the better, versus short-term band-aids.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 24, 2021

Others schedule exhaustive training sessions for everyone on the team, including showcase customers, to make sure that everyone paints a consistent picture. Make sure everyone accurately posts their role with your startup on social media profiles, resumes, and references. My best advice is to stick to the middle ground.

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Technical Review Startup Satisfaction Invest 151

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 6, 2020

If you want to join the ranks of entrepreneurs and businesses who have a reputation for being ahead of the pack, for being an initiator rather than a follower, such as Apple and Nike , here are five key strategies and skills to develop that I recommend and practice: Develop a mindset of constant change required to thrive.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 8, 2014

He offers a set of seven principles and values for his ultimate win-win philosophy and harmonic balance among all stakeholders, as a roadmap for any company to develop a profitable, sustainable, and fun way of doing business. Start with only the very best people, demand excellence, and train them to stay ahead of the pack.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 11, 2018

He offers a set of seven principles and values for his ultimate win-win philosophy and harmonic balance among all stakeholders, as a roadmap for any company to develop a profitable, sustainable, and fun way of doing business. Start with only the very best people, demand excellence, and train them to stay ahead of the pack.

Training 61

Training Customer Custom Social Media 61

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 20, 2020

You suddenly need to enhance your in-house social media efforts with a public relations firm. Over time, however, a continuous growth company needs a trained and dedicated support team. As the company grows, functional leaders need to build and manage larger teams, recruit and develop talent, and manage remote offices.

Pricing 123

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SoCal CTO

NOVEMBER 11, 2009

I hadn't talked to her in a while and then because of a presentation I did around Social Media for Service Professionals she and I reconnected. We streamline strategy development using a Reality-Based approach, then execute cross-media programs including websites, brochures, ads, booths. Remind me about your background.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 27, 2015

In fact, for startups, it usually makes sense to announce your solution on social media and blogs even before you have built the first one. With social media and inexpensive website tools, you can build momentum in the marketplace without the need to spend money on a big-bang rollout.

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socalTECH

MARCH 1, 2013

From a marketing marketing perspective, that allows filmmakers to quickly and easily promote their films through social media and build a fan base, and incentivize fans to support their films by offering access to exclusive content, livestream video chats, and production updates, as an example. That's really the core focus for us.

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Tech Zulu Event

JULY 20, 2012

Social Media brings that to the forefront again because we’re [again] interested in the one to one interaction which was so terribly important back in the 80′s when companies were trying to optimize service.” In terms of UX, Reiss says that right now everyone is focused on social media.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 19, 2016

For example, early social media startup Friendster was so enamored with their early acceptance that they turned down a $30 million offer from Google, then quickly ran into money woes and tough competition. Too busy to focus on hiring, training, and managing employees.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 28, 2015

It allows startups to rent virtualized servers and associated services needed to develop, test, and run applications. Social Media. Social networks like Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn manage communities comprised of millions of people worldwide. Business Process as a Service (BPaaS).

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 5, 2018

For example, no one learned a couple of decades ago that the biggest opportunities ahead would include social media, ecommerce, and computers on our wrists. The question is how we develop our future role and potential, while satisfying all the business and personal demands on our time today. It’s a win-win situation for success.

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Examples Social Media Competition Guide 85

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 26, 2014

You help them on stories, act as a source, develop real relationships, read their stories and eventually when you have news they’re more willing to have a conversation. But having somebody in-house means they can do many things like help with website copy, running events, writing training manuals and even handling customer support calls.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 27, 2019

In addition, like an entrepreneur with a new business, you have to factor in all the indirect costs previously covered by employers, including training, health care, and time off for vacations. Here are some key strategies that I recommend to every worker today: Develop and highlight your competitive differentiation.

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SoCal CTO

MARCH 5, 2007

There are quite a few other Software Development Companies in Southern California working on open source and/or freemium business models. Common revenue streams are consulting, training, support, customization, upgraded versions for corporate applications, etc. Los Angeles Social Media Starters What is Visible Networking?

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