Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 4, 2020

In my experience as an advisor to startups, the difference is almost always related to the founder and their execution strategy , more so than to the solution quality or the market. Initially, you may be able to do everything in your startup, including product development, marketing, and shipping orders.

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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. Help them learn more about your vision and future market goals. As I talk to early business investors, I find they put more stock in the team leadership connection than the market for the initial solution.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 21, 2016

There are a few entrepreneurs who seem to always be ahead of the rest, and are able to sense where the market is going tomorrow. Steve Jobs of Apple and Richard Branson of Virgin Group are other popular examples. His new product presentations were legendary. So what does one have to do to get on the list?

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 4, 2021

For example, billionaire entrepreneur with many diverse teams, Sir Richard Branson , once said that leaders frequently interrupt and talk rather than listen, mistakenly thinking it makes them look smart. Instead such people usually only succeed in looking foolish. Recognize diverse contributors to peers and leaders.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 31, 2018

In this age of constant market evolution and new technology, there is no such thing as a static business that is self-sustaining. Specific measures that go beyond the traditional linear thinking include the following: Develop new products for your existing segment. Too many businesses only think of new products when in crisis mode.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 5, 2023

Just like you don’t have to be a financial guru to recognize a good CFO, or a marketing genius to hire a VP of Marketing, you can find the right technical partner or team member by using the right evaluation and hiring steps, including the following: Engage a technical advisor to assist with recruiting and early interviews.

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 18, 2019

Soon thereafter, I started a division for Richard Branson and Virgin, and ran all of Virgin's digital music platforms globally for seven and a half years, while we were still in the era of megastores. How did you decide to focus on this product, versus the digital agency business? We ended up building a lot of digital music platforms.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 10, 2020

Just like you don’t have to be a financial guru to recognize a good CFO, or a marketing genius to hire a VP of Marketing, you can find the right technical partner or team member by using the right evaluation and hiring steps, including the following: Engage a technical advisor to assist with recruiting and early interviews.

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 18, 2019

Soon thereafter, I started a division for Richard Branson and Virgin, and ran all of Virgin's digital music platforms globally for seven and a half years, while we were still in the era of megastores. How did you decide to focus on this product, versus the digital agency business? We ended up building a lot of digital music platforms.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 4, 2016

We would all prefer that aspiring entrepreneurs take a hard look in the mirror early, before they assume they can step easily into the role of a Mark Zuckerberg, Richard Branson, or Bill Gates. The best ideas for a new business are solutions to a real customer problem, rather than great ideas looking for a market.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 27, 2022

Lots of people are trying to help, with new twists on the age-old model of free-market capitalism that has driven businesses for the last 500 years. In fact, there is plenty of evidence that these arrangements, such as with Whole Foods , are easy to implement, and pay big productivity, loyalty, as well as financial dividends.

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InfoChachkie

FEBRUARY 20, 2012

Other installments include: Jeff Bezos , Steve Jobs , Mark Cuban , Richard Branson , Walt Disney , Mark Zuckerberg , Michael Dell and Larry Ellison. Microsoft’s success is proof that the best technology is not required in order to dominate a market. I am not suggesting you spurn product excellence. Frugal Is As Frugal Does. "Instead

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 23, 2021

You need complementary skills for marketing, financials, and operations. Some people like the challenges of building a product and starting a company, then doing it again, while others look forward to scaling the business and driving a world-wide public enterprise. A business is never a solo operation.

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InfoChachkie

MARCH 27, 2012

Other installments include: Jeff Bezos , Steve Jobs , Mark Cuban , Richard Branson , Walt Disney , Mark Zuckerberg , Michael Dell and Larry Ellison. Dominate Your Home Market Before Going Global. Once the UK market was fully penetrated, they began touring the major cities of Europe.

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InfoChachkie

JANUARY 23, 2012

Other installments include: Jeff Bezos , Steve Jobs , Richard Branson , Walt Disney and Michael Dell. By always thinking like a newcomer, you can avoid the Innovator's Dilemma, in which the market leader eventually loses a new, disruptive solution. The value of a startup's products must be obvious and easily accessed.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 28, 2020

Sir Richard Branson, for instance, had no technical credentials, but he was able to found many technical companies, including Virgin Atlantic airlines, Virgin Galactic spaceflight corporation, and over 200 other companies. They keep their ego under control. You never gave up, and after hard work finally won that trophy you had dreamed about.

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Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 18, 2011

(That is, of course, as long as what you are selling is the absolute best in your market.) Typically entrepreneurs doubt themselves because they undervalue their offerings, but it isn’t about creating a product, setting a price and hoping people will buy. Valu e and Exp erience versus Price and Product. Friends and Family.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 8, 2019

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. Just remember that business is about people, more than products and solutions.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 21, 2021

Sir Richard Branson , who controls over 400 active companies, never appears to be even working. The result is a new level of productivity, loyalty, and personal satisfaction for you as well as everyone on your team. This means using what you have learned to anticipate market change and prepare for it.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 6, 2019

Examples include the Conscious Capitalism® movement, founded by John Mackey of Whole Foods, the B Team , founded by serial entrepreneur Sir Richard Branson, and the Benefit Corporation (B Corp) form of business now available in 33 states. This is not just sales traction, but a proper balance between resources, product, and customers.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 12, 2016

Why is it that only the most successful entrepreneurs , including Mark Zuckerberg, Bill Gates, and Richard Branson, admit to having a mentor and actually use them? They expect you to take the initiative, to ask them, and to make it a fun and productive relationship. Prepare and plan to lead each mentor session for best productivity.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 4, 2019

By most definitions of the term, an entrepreneur is someone who starts a new business, incorporating innovative changes to existing products, services, business models, and creating new markets. Yet very few achieve that great aspiration of really driving economic, social, and environmental changes on a global scale.

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InfoChachkie

JANUARY 30, 2012

Other installments include: Jeff Bezos , Steve Jobs , Richard Branson , Walt Disney and Mark Zuckerberg. Innovation is commonly associated with either the introduction of new products or new features added to existing products. Such innovations are often focused on making products stronger, faster, smaller, lighter and cheaper.

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InfoChachkie

AUGUST 27, 2012

Other installments include: Jeff Bezos , Steve Jobs , Mark Cuban , Richard Branson , Walt Disney , Mark Zuckerberg and Michael Dell. At the outset of their careers, they are forced to market themselves with little to no budget and differentiate their product so that they gain adequate attention without alienating too many potential customers.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 20, 2012

This is a statement that they are willing and able (and successful) at projecting market and technology turns, not just straight-line innovations. They have the courage to make bold decisions, often contrary to conventional market research. It gives a product structure and style, and makes it memorable and unique.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 28, 2019

Lots of people are trying to help, with new twists on the age-old model of free-market capitalism that has driven businesses for the last 500 years. In fact, there is plenty of evidence that these arrangements, such as with Whole Foods , are easy to implement, and pay big productivity, loyalty, as well as financial dividends.

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InfoChachkie

NOVEMBER 19, 2012

Other installments include: Jeff Bezos , Steve Jobs , Mark Cuban , Richard Branson , Walt Disney , Mark Zuckerberg , Michael Dell and Larry Ellison. As part of their job search efforts, one of the station’s producers created a montage tape of their work and sent it to a number of major-market stations, including WLS in Chicago.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 5, 2014

When I think about the people in our generation I most respect: Elon Musk, Larry Page, Richard Branson – they are optimists to a fault. When we ship product. But would you expect Apple to reveal its product details before launching? And I can’t wait to engage with all of you when we ship product.

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InfoChachkie

JUNE 2, 2016

The startup careers of Zuckerberg, Ellison, Disney, Gates, Jobs, Branson and Dell make it seem that the path to entrepreneurial success is enhanced by avoiding a college degree. Product / Market Fit – Have you proven that your product’s value proposition and price point resonates with your target market.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 14, 2018

Just like you don’t have to be a financial guru to recognize a good CFO, or a marketing genius to hire a VP of Marketing, you can find the right technical partner or team member by using the right evaluation and hiring steps, including the following: Engage a technical advisor to assist with recruiting and early interviews.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 6, 2018

Sir Richard Branson , who has built hundreds of companies, is quick to note that his trails and failures have taught him the most about leadership, and may even have saved his life in other endeavors. The challenge is to anticipate and meet struggles in a productive way. Make sure everyone is willing and able to pull their weight.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 30, 2013

Examples include the Conscious Capitalism® movement, led by John Mackey of Whole Foods, The B Team , led by serial entrepreneur Sir Richard Branson, and the Benefit Corporation (B Corp) form of business now available in 14 states. This is not just sales traction, but a proper balance between resources, product, and customers.

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InfoChachkie

SEPTEMBER 28, 2011

An entrepreneur, in particular, has to be likeable and trustworthy AND have a great product. An entrepreneur has to enchant people to use new products and services not simply bludgeon them, promote them or discount them. Marketing is free or cheap because of social media. That doesn’t work.”. I am just willing to grind it out.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 20, 2018

For example, entrepreneur Richard Branson, beyond his flamboyant and irreverent style, is known for seeming to viscerally understand the needs of his employees and being a conduit for fulfilling those needs. They don’t realize that great team members will leave anyway, leaving only the least productive members.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 3, 2015

By most definitions of the term, an entrepreneur is someone who starts a new business, incorporating innovative changes to existing products, services, business models, and creating new markets. Yet very few achieve that great aspiration of really driving economic, social, and environmental changes on a global scale.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 19, 2019

For example, most people don’t realize many billionaires , including Mark Cuban, Jack Ma, and Richard Branson experienced multiple business failures before becoming recognized business leaders. Test interest in a new product, before you spend money building it, by presenting it to the market in a blog or through crowd funding.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 12, 2014

By most definitions of the term, an entrepreneur is someone who starts a new business, incorporating innovative changes to existing products, services, business models, and creating new markets. Yet very few achieve that great aspiration of really driving economic, social, and environmental changes on a global scale.

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