Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 20, 2023

It’s easy for an entrepreneur or a CEO to feel like a leader when things are going well, but the challenge is to keep that confidence and drive in the face of economic downturns, business turnarounds, and stressful personnel situations. Show them what you expect, and people will follow your example.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

Unfortunately, most of us don’t have enough resources to bootstrap our own startups, so we are completely dependent on investors to help turn great ideas into great businesses. Of course, you need to show how your business will make money and provide an impressive investor return, but that should be only the beginning.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

They rarely highlight their marketing and relationship skills , even though, in my experience, these are more often the key to success in business than product skills. Here is my list of key drivers that I find critical to thriving in big businesses, as well as startups: Networking to build and maintain key relationships.

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OCTOBER 12, 2020

Santa Monica-based Invoca , which provides call tracking and analytics software, says a new study it ran shows that website experience and customer experience has become much more important in the era of COVID-19, particularly in big ticket purchases. READ MORE>>.

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TechCrunch LA

JUNE 30, 2020

In Elementary Robotics, Islam saw a company that could compete with large, publicly traded businesses like Cognex. The low complexity and ease of deployment of Elementary’s hardware was another big selling point for Islam that convinced him to invest. .

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 6, 2020

In my work with you as an entrepreneur or small business owner, I find that most understand the need try out new business models and product innovations, but trust their intuition rather than running a disciplined business experiment first. Experiments will lead to incremental, but no big changes.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 27, 2021

Based on my own experience in business, the best results come from a balance of vision and creativity, combined with a clear focus on logical problem solving and results. Recent studies indicate that less than ten percent of business leaders show this balance today. Show results with a minimal viable product (MVP).

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TechCrunch LA

AUGUST 2, 2022

Shein has grown to be too big to be easily toppled, so startups like Cider are targeting the giant’s untapped niches instead. A browse around Shein today shows the company is increasingly coming after Amazon and is unbounded by its origin in fashion. Cider’s App Store rankings over the past 90 days. Data: Data.ai.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 17, 2023

This approach only makes these important constituents question your integrity, intelligence, and your understanding of business basics. Be careful with the first-mover claim, since big competitors have deeper pockets and can accelerate to quickly eliminate this one. Develop a timeline showing continuous innovation.

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TechCrunch LA

JANUARY 27, 2022

PortalOne , which is building an immersive gaming platform that describes itself as hybrid in more ways than one — it mixes games with a game show/talk show format, and it’s designed to work across various devices from mobile through to consoles and VR headsets — has picked up $60 million.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

As a business advisor and advocate for entrepreneurs, I find myself almost always talking and writing about change. Yet there are many things about business and work that haven’t changed for a long time, and don’t need to change anytime soon. Moran seems to speak directly from my long-time personal business career.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 8, 2023

Most entrepreneurs have found by now one or more of the many popular crowdfunding sites , and have the name and contact information for at least one of the big venture capital firms. By definition, angels are accredited investors, who invest their own money for a percentage of the business. Angels prefer strong teams to big ideas.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 4, 2023

Creating the right company culture must be a top priority of every entrepreneur and business leader. Simply speaking, culture-driven businesses put their people first, and people make the business, rather than the other way around. All of these combine to determine the health and vibrancy of your overall business.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 17, 2023

I know that dates me a good bit, but it also shows that I have been hanging around startups and big companies for a long time. The honest truth is that I worked directly with him in the early days of Microsoft from my “safe” perch in big IBM, during the startup of the IBM PC. Steve came from Procter & Gamble Co.,

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Tech.Co

JUNE 22, 2021

Put simply, affiliate marketing is big business. For publishers, it offers a potentially lucrative revenue stream — especially if the publishers can manage to refer potential customers at scale on relatively big-ticket items. Is Shopify's Affiliate Program an Opportunity for Small Businesses? Anti-Amazon Sentiment.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 29, 2020

It’s easy for an entrepreneur or a CEO to feel like a leader when things are going well, but the challenge is to keep that confidence and drive in the face of economic downturns, business turnarounds, and stressful personnel situations. Show them what you expect, and people will follow your example.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 16, 2023

In my view, starting a new business has never been easier, and according to reports from the Kauffman Foundation , the numbers are here to show it. They helped create over 5 million new businesses in 2022, a forty percent increase over the previous year. Incorporating a business entity early through online services.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 27, 2022

Based on my years of experience as a new business advisor, I always find leadership to be more important to business success than any new technology or innovative solution. Thus I’m always looking for more practical guidance on the right activities to be perceived as a business leader. Kouzes and Barry Z.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 20, 2022

In reality, getting there is not a random walk, and requires an understanding of the stages that every business must navigate and the organizational characteristics necessary at each stage. Les McKeown, in his book from a while back, “ Predictable Success ” outlines these stages and characteristics for any business. Goal setting.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 9, 2021

If you are a new business owner or entrepreneur, you are likely to be creative and willing to take a risk , and you probably assume that most potential team members have the same mindset. Unfortunately, the reality is that not everyone has that mindset, and one of your toughest jobs is to find the right hires to make your business a success.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 16, 2022

With all the upheaval and uncertainty these days, I find many entrepreneurs and business owners are reluctant to pursue new dreams , waiting for the world to stabilize and risks to go away. As a long-time business advisor, I see things just the opposite. Perfection in business is undefined and unattainable. He then succeeded.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 28, 2020

Startups and small businesses are different worlds from big enterprises, so the qualities you need to get a job in a new venture are different. The key to success in new businesses is good communication with other people, both peers inside and customers outside. You need them to solve your toughest new business challenges.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 31, 2020

I know that dates me a good bit, but it also shows that I have been hanging around startups for a long time. The honest truth is that I worked directly with him in the early days of Microsoft from my “safe” perch in big IBM, during the startup of the IBM PC. I guess you could now say that my business experience is “well-rounded.”

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Tech.Co

JUNE 22, 2021

These changes could have big impacts on some small businesses. If you're a small bar or restaurant, for example, the drop for in-person rates over and under $10 might prove a big benefit. Buy Now, Pay Later solutions have resulted in a 15% lift in payment volume for businesses. PayPal Digital Payment Changes.

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Tech.Co

DECEMBER 29, 2023

While the market isn't short of spritely, innovative entrepreneurs, harsh economic headwinds combined with a pullback in investor spending have made it harder than ever for budding businesses to break through. Since then, the tool has amassed over 10 million users , making it a household name amongst the business community.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 5, 2023

Some entrepreneurs start polling venture capitalists for that multi-million-dollar investment before they even have a business plan. That’s like trying to sell part of something to a stranger for big money when you haven’t fully defined it yet. This is the time for you to step out on your own, find office space, and open your business.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 18, 2020

If you really want to start a business your way without a boss or professional investor hovering over you, then just fund it yourself or through friends and family, and grow it organically. According to Investopedia , over 90 percent of successful businesses currently start this way. Operate small, but show a big-company image.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 12, 2022

The same goes for business deals that fail during acquisitions or when it is time for you to retire. Quality of your technical and business teams. No matter how great your solution, or your own image, it takes a strong team to run a business. Show synergy with existing business or opportunity.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 30, 2021

Yet I have learned over the years as a startup advisor that all business leaders are not the same. Some are great product leaders and innovative technologists, others are leaders in creating new business models , a few can assemble great teams , but only the rare exception can do all three.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 15, 2021

As a long-time business advisor and mentor to entrepreneurs, I’ve always been impressed with the few who seem to always come out ahead, no matter what the challenge. You need to learn from friends who think independently, have been there and done that, and live in different business domains. Build a complementary team.

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Berkonomics

AUGUST 16, 2018

Over the years, I have often heard the complaint from CEO friends that they have become so swamped by the demands of their growing businesses that they feel themselves further and further from the center of their industry, no longer at the forefront of information and competitive development. Big bets on old business plans.

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TechCrunch LA

MARCH 30, 2021

. “We want to show how future-forward Miami can be,” Matt Lindenberger, REEF’s chief technology officer, told TechCrunch. “This is a great chance to show off the capabilities of the tech. It’s a big step just being able to do this automation.”

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 14, 2020

Creating the right company culture must be a top priority of every entrepreneur and business leader. Simply speaking, culture-driven businesses put their people first, and people make the business, rather than the other way around. All of these combine to determine the health and vibrancy of your overall business.

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socalTECH

APRIL 3, 2013

Online web conferencing provider AnyMeeting has a challenge: it believes its services are better suited for small business than both WebEx and GoToMeeting, the incumbents in the web conferencing space. To prove it? READ MORE>>.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 27, 2021

As an advisor to startups and entrepreneurs, I often hear the myth that all new businesses must start with a great idea. It takes a real selling opportunity to sustain a business idea. Fields) are examples of what were once pedestrian products that have driven successful new businesses. I have to disagree.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 16, 2023

Indeed, while the rules and technologies for lead generation have changed, Forrester and other experts still see it as the most effective way for businesses with limited budgets to maximize their return on marketing investment (ROI). Trade shows. How many of these lead generation techniques are funded in your business plan?

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Tech.Co

JULY 29, 2021

Smaller businesses across the country are considering similar rules for their own workplaces. Set your business up for success with the Best Video Conferencing Apps. These businesses are stepping in to use whatever power they have to mandate vaccinations, as the government has yet to fully enforce the vaccination countrywide.

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