Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 29, 2021

As a business advisor, one of the most disheartening things I see in business today is a serious lack of engagement at all levels, consistent with Gallup’s global engagement survey from a while back, finding only 13 percent of workers fully engaged in their job. Praise alone is one of the most powerful engagement motivators.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 10, 2022

I was shocked to read an old Gallup study that indicates only 13 percent of employees worldwide are actively engaged at work, and more recent data shows only a small change in the right direction. Investors have long agreed that you invest in the team, more than the product. Don’t take yourself too seriously as well. Start today.

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TechCrunch LA

OCTOBER 7, 2021

Women have made great inroads into the tech world in recent years, but there remains a long way to go before we reach a truly equitable state of affairs in workforce numbers, remuneration and product development. Its “content arm” Entity Mag has quite interestingly gone viral on social media and has more than 1.1

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

Los Angeles-based ringDNA , which develops sales engagement software, says it has launched a new, artificial intelligence (AI) product, which it says helps recommend actions for sales reps, to increase success.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 20, 2023

Quantify the results, and avoid any fuzzy words, such as better usability, advanced technology, or more productivity. Be transparent with your team on both problems and successes, as you need to keep them engaged and trusting you. Keep your product focus narrow and messages clear. Reward team members who are advocates of change.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 3, 2020

According to the two, they will offer up customer experience, workforce engagement, Internet-of-Things (IoT), artificial intelligence, machine learning, and big data analytics based on SEW's products to enterprise customers globally. Financial details of the partnership were not announced. READ MORE>>.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 19, 2023

Entrepreneurs need to be effective team leaders, since no one can transform an idea into a product and a business without some help. But fortunately, team building is a skill that can be learned and practiced, for those willing to put in some effort. Being visible and engaged on a random part-time basis, due to other jobs, won’t do it.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 23, 2020

Today’s customers demand more than a good product; they expect a great customer experience. People love Apple’s whole customer experience, and willingly pay a premium for the product. Much has been written about product design, but designing the total experience from the front rarely happens yet.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 16, 2020

On your part, it takes a totally different focus and skill to foster a creative team, compared to designing and building that first innovative product or solution. But I believe the necessary skills can be learned, and it isn’t rocket science. With a fully engaged and passionate team, creativity and innovation makes work fun.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 26, 2022

It started with an email survey on your last stay at their hotel, but now includes requests for online product reviews, to social media input on the design of future products. They do it because engaged customers become loyal advocates and buyers. Welcome to the “Participation Age” of marketing. Adapt quickly and move on.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 27, 2022

You may have a brilliant product strategy, but your operational teams seem to fight change, as well as each other, resulting in turf battles and confusion, leading to the internal drama and problems that occupy too much of your time. Every team needs a sense of purpose to facilitate their engagement, commitment, and emotional connectivity.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 13, 2023

Yet I find in my mentoring practice that more and more team members prefer the human-centered approach and respond with more engagement and commitment. I believe that a fully engaged team is the key to both productivity and agility in the face of change. Enhance capability by helping others grow.

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socalTECH

AUGUST 14, 2019

Santa Monica-based talent management and learning software developer Cornerstone OnDemand reported this morning that it has been selected by the University of North Carolina (UNC) System, to provide its tools to 47,000 employees.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 29, 2021

It started a few years ago with the advent of email satisfaction surveys after an online purchase, but now includes interactive Internet ads, as well as custom requests for input on the design of future products and influencers on social media. Scale quickly on good feedback, and move on if you get little engagement.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 12, 2022

In my role as a mentor to entrepreneurs and an angel investor, I find that too many are stuck in this myth that a good pitch, and good marketing content, should consist of more product features, and more hype on customer benefits. We yearn for things that engage our senses, and give us hope. We need more than facts to convince.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 13, 2018

If you truly believe that you, your company and your products are exceptional and your company will be valuable then you’re actually doing them a FAVOR by helping them invest in your startup. Like any sale you first need to plan your “prospects” and qualify whether or not they’d be a good fit for your product?—?an To be clear?—?your

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 2, 2022

These are proactive things all of us can do to turn listening into understanding, strengthen relationships, facilitate engagement, and better decisions: Stay fully attentive, focused, and do not interrupt. Approach listening as an opportunity to learn. It’s not too late to learn and adapt, and bring your team with you.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

SEPTEMBER 16, 2016

Thursday, September 22, 2016 -- Drive Retention, Engagement and Growth w/ Behavioral Analytics. We are thrilled to partner with Interana for an awesome evening about products, growth and analytics. This event is for all product managers, analytics maniacs, marketers, if you call yourself a growthhacker you should join us!

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 23, 2022

Becoming a totally connected business leader is a very different challenge from building a product, or defining a good strategy. Yet, I’m convinced that connected leadership can be learned proactively, as opposed to waiting for painful negative experiences. Help them learn more about your vision and future market goals.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 10, 2022

In addition, mentoring is one of the most productive roles I have found as a member of the 78 million Baby Boomers otherwise entering retirement age. Every professional I know has plenty to contribute, and enjoys the give-back as much as the learning. Those who learned from others first really enjoy paying it forward.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 22, 2022

In my many years of experience in large businesses as well as startups, a key lesson I have learned is that personal leadership is most often the differentiator between success and mediocrity or failure. The result is more confidence, more engagement, and new leadership that comes naturally. You need to be one of those leaders.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 29, 2021

Whether it be in person, on the phone, or implied in your marketing, your people and their engagement level is the key driver of customer loyalty, advocacy, and sales growth. You must learn how to share your values and goals effectively, to get buy-in for the challenges always ahead. Even process changes require people first.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 27, 2023

In my experience as a business advisor, I often see these principles followed at the highest ranks of leadership, but find them negated by low engagement at the team level. Assure team members are always fully engaged. Productivity and results are a result of personal commitment and accountability, rather than hours worked.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 23, 2022

Every business needs repeatable processes to grow and thrive, but modern business processes need the right people to make them efficient and productive. The right people make productive processes, not the other way around. On the other hand, I see teams with almost no process that are tremendously productive.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

JULY 25, 2017

Wednesday, July 26, 2017 -- Launching Your Product in the New Reality of Retail (MAKE IT). If you have a consumer product, planning and executing your launch is critical to thrive–or even just survive–in today’s repidly changing landscape of retail. Hear war stories and learn hard-earned tips from experts that are living it today.

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TechCrunch LA

OCTOBER 16, 2019

.” In practice, that has meant creating a business that sells mindfulness and general health and wellness tips and tricks to a cohort of corporations that believe increased mental and physical health can lead to greater on-the-job productivity. Meet the tech company that wants to make you even more addicted to your phone.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 16, 2021

Fortunately, the skills and behaviors required to demonstrate the confidence you need can all be learned by focusing on the following strategies: Capitalize on your strengths and never stop learning. In addition, you will be motivated to learn and communicate a broader view of your project.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 11, 2020

I was shocked to read an old Gallup study that indicates only 13 percent of employees worldwide are actively engaged at work, and more recent data shows only a small change in the right direction. Investors have long agreed that you invest in the team, more than the product. Don’t take yourself too seriously as well. Start today.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 10, 2021

Entrepreneurs often have formidable technical expertise, key to developing a new product or service, but a great naïveté in management skills. There are also many books on this subject, including this classic from the master on management, Brian Tracy, “ Full Engagement!: These are all skills you can learn. Marty Zwilling.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

Many new businesses fail at this stage because they don’t build the required team culture to keep teams engaged and committed, and founders burn out trying to do too much. Today, modern teams are engaged by a higher purpose , such as improving the environment or helping the underprivileged, more than just money and profit.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

With business teams now getting back together in the workplace after primarily working remotely during the pandemic , it’s an ideal time to implement change and make sure your team is feeling a renewed sense of satisfaction, high engagement, and maximum productivity. Put away permanently your “suck it up” voice. We’ve all been there.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 28, 2019

Don’t Buy It ,” he asserts that “earned” social engagement drives better business results than paid social exposure. Brands need influencers working on their behalf because they provide the third-party credibility and social proof that validates their products. So how do you facilitate engagement and conversation with your solution?

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 21, 2023

The program has led to significant business benefits, including more fulfilled and productive teams, and a large brand boost, promoting CVS to a list of the nation's 50 most community-centric businesses. Focus your purpose based on experience and learning. Their purpose became their passion, with a win-win for all.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 19, 2016

One of the companies at that intersection of video and e-commerce is IPSY (www.ipsy.com), a subscription beauty products company which uses video as a core piece of its monthly beauty products business. We caught up with him to learn more about IPSy and its subscription business. Or, maybe they'd learn from a magazine.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 16, 2022

Yet I find, as a mentor and outside consultant, that many of you focus only on working conditions and compensation as the key factors determining team engagement , health, and productivity. Every person requires some level of positive human interaction with co-workers and others to be satisfied and productive.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 23, 2019

Based on my own experience as a business professional, employees who are not seriously engaged in the business should be totally obvious to everyone, including the manager or CEO. Don’t be the manager who can’t be found, or is “too busy” to focus on engagement. Provide positive feedback and rewards to engaged employees.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 4, 2023

You really hearing employees also augments engagement levels and business results. You need to become aware of your own and learn from those you trust. This fosters engagement, connection, and community, as well as creating healthy, resilient, and high-performing teams. Every team member wants to be heard and contribute.

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