Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 23, 2021

Unfortunately, these goals are often mutually exclusive, and focusing on the wrong ones won’t bring you that business success and satisfaction you crave. Do I rely on my own resources of seek investors? Should I start out alone, or assemble a team first? The return was far greater than the cost of donated shoes.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 6, 2020

We all come from the era where our society and education prepared us for the labor market, meaning working for someone else as an information professional, factory worker, or retail associate. We know now that people learn from a younger age, and keep coming back for more, from sources that are entertaining and educational ( edutainment ).

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 31, 2022

Bring focus on your core competencies and expertise by educating and helping others, who can then return the favor by helping you or buying from you. Establish vehicles, like a formal customer satisfaction program, to recognize and reward staff and customers for sharing what they can do to help you.

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TechCrunch LA

MARCH 3, 2020

Cornerstone, which led the Talespin Series B round, will also be partnering with the company to develop human resources training tools in virtual reality. “We

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 26, 2014

Some pundits argue that the E-Myth principle is now outdated, due to the instant access to information via the Internet, pervasive networking via social media, and courses on entrepreneurship at all levels of education. Perhaps an innate business savvy is no longer a requirement for starting a successful business.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 12, 2015

We all come from the era where our society and education prepared us for the labor market, meaning working for someone else as an information professional, factory worker, or retail associate. We know now that people learn from a younger age, and keep coming back for more, from sources that are entertaining and educational ( edutainment ).

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 21, 2018

We all come from the era where our society and education prepared us for the labor market, meaning working for someone else as an information professional, factory worker, or retail associate. We know now that people learn from a younger age, and keep coming back for more, from sources that are entertaining and educational ( edutainment ).

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Startup Education Entrepreneur Tool 51

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 18, 2014

Resources. A team that doesn’t have the resources to do their job will lose their motivation rapidly. In a startup, key resources include funding, facilities and tools, and the time to get the job done. The most important resource may be your help and support. Show by your words and actions that you value their role.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 26, 2013

Some pundits argue that the E-Myth principle is now out-dated, due to the instant access to information via the Internet, pervasive networking via social media, and courses on entrepreneurship at all levels of education. Perhaps an innate business savvy is no longer a requirement for starting a successful business.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 15, 2016

We all come from the era where our society and education prepared us for the labor market, meaning working for someone else as an information professional, factory worker, or retail associate. We know now that people learn from a younger age, and keep coming back for more, from sources that are entertaining and educational ( edutainment ).

Entrepreneur 58

Entrepreneur Startup Education Tool 58

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 6, 2014

Ann outlines six fundamental principles that are key to building this culture, or changing an existing culture to improve financial return, customer satisfaction, and employee performance: You can’t force culture, you can only create environment. Success is doing the right things the right way. People do exactly what they are incented to do.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 14, 2014

This indicates that lifestyle and satisfaction factors are usually more important than financial ones. Entrepreneurs love the continuous challenges of a startup, and the satisfaction of tackling them. Related benefits cited include the ability to influence the direction of the business (45%), and greater pride in your work (43%).

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 4, 2015

Many soon find that what you do in a personal context doesn’t necessarily translate to your business, and measuring business value is quite different from measuring personal satisfaction. You need executive buy-in, committed budgets, and education for the whole team on objectives and activities. Don’t forget the metrics and analytics.

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Social Media Media Startup Tips 108

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 20, 2019

Bring focus on your core competencies and expertise by educating and helping others, who can then return the favor by helping you or buying from you. Establish vehicles, like a formal customer satisfaction program, to recognize and reward staff and customers for sharing what they can do to help you.

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Organization Social Media Examples Customer 52

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 22, 2015

Bring focus on your core competencies and expertise by educating and helping others, who can then return the favor by helping you or buying from you. Establish vehicles, like a formal customer satisfaction program, to recognize and reward staff and customers for sharing what they can do to help you.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 12, 2017

Bring focus on your core competencies and expertise by educating and helping others, who can then return the favor by helping you or buying from you. Establish vehicles, like a formal customer satisfaction program, to recognize and reward staff and customers for sharing what they can do to help you.

Organization 57

Organization Social Media Customer Custom 57

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 13, 2014

Bring focus on your core competencies and expertise by educating and helping others, who can then return the favor by helping you or buying from you. Establish vehicles, like a formal customer satisfaction program, to recognize and reward staff and customers for sharing what they can do to help you.

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Organization Social Media Customer Custom 93

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 7, 2012

Only people and organizations with their own big resources will survive. To build a new market, you have to educate people on the concept, create the “need” in their mind, and solidify it by constant repetition. Investors are looking for a big return in five years. Creating a need is much more costly than marketing to an existing need.

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InfoChachkie

OCTOBER 24, 2011

It may sound counterintuitive, but the greater constraint investors place on their financial resources during a downturn, the better your chances of success, given (of course) that your adVenture is able to either secure funding or generate adequate revenue from customers, as described below in reason #7 – Customer Dollars Taste Great.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 17, 2010

Only people and organizations with their own big resources will survive. To build a new market, you have to educate people on the concept, create the “need” in their mind, and solidify it by constant repetition. Investors are looking for a big return in five years. Creating a need is much more costly than marketing to an existing need.

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InfoChachkie

JUNE 27, 2011

One simple step parents can take to encourage their children to become creative and resourceful is to not give them an allowance, which is akin to a paycheck. As the story illustrates, entrepreneurs manifest their ideas by rallying a motivated team and supplying them with the necessary resources. No Paychecks.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 2, 2011

This move is indicative of the possibility that the traditional ways of going about making a living through a college education, an entry-level position at a firm, and steady promotion through the ranks is a dead model. You get the personal satisfaction of making something out of almost nothing. You get to call the shots.

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Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 10, 2013

When you spend large chunks of time (and resources) looking at data, you begin to wonder what you’re watching and what information is really worth gathering. They help professionals achieve their goals of transforming themselves from thinkers into creators through education in technology, business, and design.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 6, 2023

Over time, I have collected a list of new business attributes that go beyond the initial idea or solution, which often are more critical to long-term success and satisfaction. Assemble the resources needed for the business. Solutions and inventions alone do not make a business. Commit to a higher purpose than just financial success.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 30, 2023

Then pursue the people and education you need to build a winning business. Most aspiring entrepreneurs don’t have the resources alone to “bootstrap” or fund their new business alone. None of us has the skills and interests for all aspects of developing an idea, as well as growing a new business.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 19, 2010

Satisfaction vs. Stress. In return, the intern benefits immensely from the experiential education. He has worked for large corporations as well as Internet startups, and speaks from years of experience in human resources. Startups are typically project oriented, and the intern is expected (and expects!) to pull their weight.

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