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Celebrating the Life and Work of Tony Hsieh

Tech.Co

It’s with profound sadness we mourn the loss of a true visionary, author, mentor, thought-leader, investor, and friend, Tony Hsieh. Under Hsieh’s leadership, Zappos revolutionized the apparel industry, and e-commerce in general, by being one of the first to prioritize customer satisfaction and service. co-founders.

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7 Guidelines For Entrepreneurs To Do The Right Thing

Startup Professionals Musings

Does it mean the right thing from a customer perspective, societal impact, maximizing business returns or personal benefit? Another article indicates that 80 percent of customers continue to base some portion of their buying decisions on their perceptions of the company’s ethics. Set the bar high on standards.

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8 Problem-Solving Practices Give Startups Success

Startup Professionals Musings

Creating an innovative new business is guaranteed to test your skills, patience and determination, and you need to derive satisfaction from the journey, as well as the destination. That means practicing non-defensive listening to key advisors, team members and customers. You can’t solve a problem if you don’t see one.

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5 Unpleasant Startup Surprises and How To Recover

Startup Professionals Musings

Bring in expert advisors and mentors to set initial goals, and build recovery plans. Don’t allow your startup to “fail by success,” meaning too many orders delivered and inventory required for big customers, before their long payment cycle kicks in. Marty Zwilling First published on Entrepreneur.com on 9/23/2015.

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6 Keys To Make Sure Your Product Fits Today's World

Startup Professionals Musings

Most successful entrepreneurs, including Bill Gates and Mark Zuckerberg, maintain mentor relationships with key advisors that they highly respect. By prioritizing customer need and value first, you will more likely achieve the satisfaction of seeing your paradigm shift become reality.