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7 Ways Your Message May Be Lost On People That Matter

Startup Professionals Musings

Evidence continues to mount that companies with trusted leaders, such as Zappos , tend to outperform others in financial results, as well as team satisfaction, by as much as three to one. Effective communication always requires consideration of language barriers, gender and age norms, and media protocols.

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10 Business Constants Flourish In This Age Of Change

Startup Professionals Musings

In this age of constant change, I usually find myself writing about what has changed. Today there are many more ways to make contact, including email, social media, and web site queries, yet a common complaint I still hear is that no one ever responds. No one wants to hear that you are too busy for them.

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10 Reasons Why Capital Shouldn't Make Or Break Your Startup

Startup Professionals Musings

You get the personal satisfaction of making something out of almost nothing. An inflated sense of financial well-being can result in sloppy budgeting and accounting as you write checks here and there without pause. Print advertising is expensive, but social media is free. You get to call the shots.

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7 Startup Leadership Keys To Ramp Up Team Commitment

Startup Professionals Musings

Even in this age of more remote teams, it’s possible and necessary, through phones, email, and social media to have individual conversations about individual interests and drivers. A business and a team is more about relationships than roles. Take the initiative to build personal connections with key members.

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Top 57 Online Startups Meets Technology Meets Product Posts for November 2010

SoCal CTO

aka: An Open Letter to the Next Big Social Network) - 500 Hats , November 1, 2010 I've held off writing this post for a long time, because I couldn't quite get my head around all the issues. We had several emails back and forth where he provided basic details on the concept. But I didn’t write it for you; I wrote it for myself.