Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 2, 2018

The critical success factors for a product business are well known, starting with selling every unit with a gross margin of 50 percent or more, building a patent and other intellectual property, and continuous product improvement. Start with a service you know and love. Capture your “secret sauce.”

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 4, 2020

It’s no wonder that 45 percent of startups fail in the first five years, and an even smaller percentage ever see a return for their years of effort. Crisis mode hires too often get done without due consideration for strategic fit, training requirements, and cultural considerations. Don’t bother with previous employment follow-ups.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 14, 2014

The real entrepreneurs I know are good at overcoming both people problems and business obstacles, and get satisfaction from the challenge. You can definitely train yourself to be a problem solver, if you haven’t already. Put the decision in writing to prevent ambiguity. business challenges entrepreneur problem solving startup'

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 2, 2013

One of the biggest impediments to starting a new venture is the “terror barrier,” as popularized by Bob Proctor , a 75-year-old millionaire and world renowned entrepreneur. If you want to be an entrepreneur and start a new business, you must be willing and able to break through your terror barrier. Work on one step at a time.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 27, 2014

The critical success factors for a product business are well known, starting with selling every unit with a gross margin of 50 percent or more, building a patent and other intellectual property, and continuous product improvement. Start with a service you know and love. Capture your “secret sauce.”

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 15, 2018

One of the biggest impediments to starting a new venture is the “ terror barrier ,” as popularized by Bob Proctor, a 75-year-old millionaire and world renowned entrepreneur. If you want to be an entrepreneur and start a new business, you must be willing and able to break through your terror barrier. Work on one step at a time.

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InfoChachkie

JANUARY 9, 2012

"Mickey Mouse popped out of my mind onto a drawing pad 20 years ago on a train ride from Manhattan to Hollywood at a time when business fortunes of my brother Roy and myself were at lowest ebb and disaster seemed right around the corner." Friendly constituents will not sustain your startup. free weekly Infochachkie articles!

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 26, 2021

The best of you train yourselves to show emotions sparingly and strategically, while the rest are convinced that emotions cannot be controlled , and are a function of culture and genetics. Write down your top 5 core values and review them often. Take satisfaction from wins to balance against setbacks.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 13, 2016

One of the biggest impediments to starting a new venture is the “ terror barrier ,” as popularized by Bob Proctor, a 75-year-old millionaire and world renowned entrepreneur. If you want to be an entrepreneur and start a new business, you must be willing and able to break through your terror barrier. Work on one step at a time.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 27, 2019

According to a recent poll , contractors and freelancers could make up half of the American workforce within a decade. 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.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 5, 2010

One of the biggest impediments to starting a new venture is the “terror barrier,” as popularized by Bob Proctor , a 75-year-old millionaire and world renowned entrepreneur. If you want to be an entrepreneur and start a new business, you must be willing and able to break through your terror barrier. Work on one step at a time.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 1, 2013

The real entrepreneurs I know are good at overcoming both people problems and business obstacles, and get satisfaction from the challenge. You can definitely train yourself to be a problem solver, if you haven’t already. Put the decision in writing to prevent ambiguity. Your team and your customers will see right through it.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 6, 2012

One of the biggest impediments to starting a new venture is the “terror barrier,” as popularized by Bob Proctor , a 75-year-old millionaire and world renowned entrepreneur. If you want to be an entrepreneur and start a new business, you must be willing and able to break through your terror barrier. Work on one step at a time.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 4, 2012

The real entrepreneurs I know are good at overcoming both people problems and business obstacles, and get satisfaction from the challenge. You can definitely train yourself to be a problem solver, if you haven’t already. Put the decision in writing to prevent ambiguity.

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InfoChachkie

JANUARY 16, 2018

I have been watching ProductPlan for several years, as the founders are both friends and pillars of the Santa Barbara Startup Community. Greathouse: We’ve known each other for a long time but let’s start with the basics for my readers. How did you and your co-founder, Greg Goodman, get started? Had you worked together before?

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 8, 2016

It’s no wonder that half of startups fail in the first five years , and an even smaller percentage ever see a return for their years of effort. Crisis mode hires too often get done without due consideration for strategic fit, training requirements, and cultural considerations. Don’t bother with previous employment follow-ups.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 8, 2014

Recently, Ive seen a lot of discussion about bringing the work back home, since costs have gone up in less-developed countries, there are issues with intellectual property, and time zone and language differences make management difficult. Its easy to find companies in certain countries that will quote cost reductions up to 75 percent.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 7, 2011

One of the great joys of doing the web series This Week in VC every week is that I get to spend time with great people debating the issues of our day including how our industry is evolving as well as insights into how companies got started, got their initial traction and dealt with adversities. We then spoke about startups.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 17, 2010

The real entrepreneurs I know are good at overcoming both people problems and business obstacles, and get satisfaction from the challenge. You can definitely train yourself to be a problem solver, if you haven’t already. Put the decision in writing to prevent ambiguity. Your team and your customers will see right through it.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 20, 2016

Recently, I’ve seen a lot of discussion about bringing the work back home, since costs have gone up in less-developed countries, there are issues with intellectual property, and time zone and language differences make management difficult. It’s easy to find companies in certain countries that will quote cost reductions up to 75 percent.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 5, 2018

You are all frustrated when that never happens, even after years of 16-hour days, repeated efforts to hire the right people, and multiple campaigns to delegate more and sign up for less. Only then can you start to adjust your time and your company to let it run without your constant involvement. Some are just stuck.

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