Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 26, 2015

Investors, customers and partners follow entrepreneurs who are honest and caring. Now you know how the market has changed, what new customers are not looking for or where competitors are not so vulnerable. Now you know some key parameters of cash flow, marketing metrics and investor expectations.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 2, 2015

Smart entrepreneurs have metrics for assessing their progress against milestones and regularly communicate new insights to the team. 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. Update your plan at least once a month.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 21, 2015

Translating vision into a plan, milestones and metrics is a key responsibility of every entrepreneur. All of these must be updated at least quarterly, based on feedback and results from customers, and communicated to the team on a regular basis. Marty Zwilling First published on Entrepreneur.com on 8/12/2015.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 12, 2015

Clear objectives and metrics are established early. Just think of your remote team members as closer to the customer, rather than farther from the team. Marty Zwilling First published on Entrepreneur.com on 9/2/2015. These must include time constraints and budgetary limitations to be tracked by the team, as well as the leader.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 6, 2015

These areas may have not just your co-founder, but also the robust ecosystem your startup needs for investors, programmers and customers. Jointly define major milestones and key metrics for the startup. Marty Zwilling First published on Entrepreneur.com on 3/27/2015. Explore candidate common interests outside of work.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 22, 2016

By default, innovation in every business decreases over time, and continuous innovation requires ongoing initiatives and measures of customer perceived value. Stroh, which details the principles and metrics to follow for fostering innovation in any organization. Recognize that customers care about the whole experience.

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socalTECH

JULY 10, 2019

At the end of the day, we help retailers make smarter recommendations to their customers, which leads to better business. Spencer Price: The customer experience with e-commerce has become less and less human, as algorithms on digital platform replace human interaction. The customer is really struggling to regain their lost humanity.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 7, 2016

Founders soon learn that customers only spend real money for solutions rather than ideas. A good execution requires a plan and the right people, combined to create operational excellence and exceptional customer value. billion in 2015. Set business goals and milestones, and use metrics to track performance.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 21, 2015

Here are key maxims that I believe indicate a growth mindset rather than a fixed mindset: A need to learn from customers, rather than educate them. Successful entrepreneurs start with a customer problem, and develop a solution, rather than the other way around. Partnering with customers, rather than acting as a supplier.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 4, 2016

The number of startups rose in 2015 for the first time in five years, with the largest year-over-year increase in two decades. Building a minimum viable product, with customer validation. Early customer feedback will position your solution, and help you make pivots before critical time and money are lost.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 11, 2022

And then in the late 90’s money crept in, swept in to town by public markets, instant wealth and an absurd sky-rocketing of valuations based on no reasonable metrics. In those years I learned to properly build product, price products, sell products and serve customers.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 14, 2015

Maybe more important, you need domain knowledge, relationships and lots of potential customers. Every startup needs a simple elevator pitch, quantifying the value of its journey, that can be communicated in less than a minute to new team members, potential investors and customers. Define metrics to keep on track for the journey.

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Berkonomics

APRIL 8, 2021

From its start in 2015, the number of registered users has “suddenly” climbed from 45 million in 2017 to a reported 300 million by the end of 2020. Well-tuned metrics are an absolute must. A pivot or product enhancement in reaction to user or customer comments will advance your chances of success. Here is my list.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 20, 2015

If one entered between 2009-2015 he or she is no doubt in the “hazard” phase where one need to be careful about thinking he know more about the industry than perhaps he do. It forces the founder to spend time in front of customers. It’s kind of a truism for life and certainly our industry. I see it in many young pups.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 19, 2015

So it behooves every aspiring entrepreneur to understand their own DNA before picking a project to bet their life on, and to facilitate effective communication with all constituents, including partners, investors, team members and customers. Marty Zwilling First published on Entrepreneur.com on 6/10/2015.

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