Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 2, 2015

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. To do it well requires a focus on several key activities and practices, including the following: Maintain a positive attitude, since startup problems are normal.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 18, 2015

I may be old fashioned, but the term consultant still conjures up an image of a self-proclaimed expert who can make great presentations, generate recommendations and leave you to do the hard work of implementation. Startups need outside experts who can do the work, as well as provide training on what needs to be done.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 6, 2015

The startup path is strewn with aspiring entrepreneurs who give up at the first tough challenge, are quick to make excuses or burn themselves out in stubborn desperation on a broken objective. They have no legacies to protect or past accomplishments to live up to. Satisfaction is not connected to money.

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Tech.Co

DECEMBER 4, 2020

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. To build trust in e-commerce with the greater public, his company came up with innovative ideas and fostered new customer behaviors.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 3, 2015

The visibility of Google, Facebook and a few others continues to propagate the myth that the ultimate objective of every entrepreneur should be to take their startups public via an initial public offering at the earliest opportunity. Facebook, for example, ended up raising almost $16 billion through its IPO.

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InfoChachkie

SEPTEMBER 21, 2015

Even entrepreneurs that already sold on SaaS should stake note of new research from the SalientGroup : SaaS gets funded - Nearly 50% of SaaS-based startups are getting successfully funded—a rate of funding success no other sector can match. Overall, according to Gartner, the SaaS market will top $22 billion by 2015. Maintenance costs.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 20, 2015

Proof of any business model starts with a finished product or solution, sold to a new customer for full price, with high satisfaction for the value received. The conundrum is that once you have really proven the business model, you no longer need the investor money you asked for to start the business.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 10, 2017

accelerator--which only inspired him to keep working on making his startup a reality and go from just an idea, to a real company. The company, which started in 2014, now has over 40 employees. I'm a CPA, and I got my start in the audit practice of Ernst & Young, and was working for years on the audit side of the table.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 2, 2016

Many people will argue that total customer satisfaction is paramount, but I’m a pragmatist who believes that treating everyone the same really means treating all of them poorly. Marty Zwilling First published on Entrepreneur.com on 12/23/2015. Playing favorites is good business and good customer service.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 21, 2015

Yet as I mentor entrepreneurs around the country, it still seems to be one of the least understood approaches to startup funding, with more myths than accredited angels and professional venture capital investors combined. The crowd gets the satisfaction of helping, with minimal risk, and no expectation of any high return. In the U.S.,

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Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 30, 2016

The London-based tech startup is introducing online dating for businesses in the form of a huge database where companies can connect with potential partners, clients and investors. In 2015 they connected more than 5000 companies to clients in over a range of industries via custom search projects.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 9, 2016

Entrepreneurs understand that every aspect of customer satisfaction and business requires a sense of urgency to win. If career growth and job satisfaction are your objectives, just pretend that you are an entrepreneur and your career is your business. Marty Zwilling First published on Entrepreneur.com on 12/30/2015.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 10, 2015

This starts with hiring the right people, and giving them the training and support they need on a regular basis. Apply the same high bar to product quality, employee satisfaction, social responsibilities and customer service. Marty Zwilling First published on Entrepreneur.com on 9/30/2015. Set the bar high on standards.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 26, 2015

Here are some specifics that I recommend as a startup advisor for maintaining a properly balanced perspective. Keep up on business issues as diligently as on technology issues. By prioritizing customer need and value first, you will more likely achieve the satisfaction of seeing your paradigm shift become reality.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 4, 2015

Whether your business is a startup or large corporation, you need at least a few superstars who can get things done, despite all the challenges and distractions in the world today. Marty Zwilling First published on Entrepreneur.com on 11/25/2015. Certainly, we've all heard the excuses of those who can't or won't perform.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 19, 2015

Since the recession, and at least partially sparked by it, I’m seeing a real resurgence of entrepreneurial spirit, and more startup activity than ever before. The rate of new entrepreneurs increased about 10 percent, from 280 out of 100,000 adults in the 2014 Startup Activity Index, to 310 out of 100,000 adults in the 2015 Index.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 17, 2016

They neither frequently use nor derive much satisfaction from social media, and would be classified at late adopters of new technology. They continue to be more strongly influenced by traditional purchase motivators, such as store discounts, recommendations, and proximity to a retailer. No-comfort consumers – 17 percent.

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Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 3, 2015

Many started out in a completely unrelated field and fell into their current profession where they discovered a passion, skill and expertise they developed over time, becoming more successful as they grew in knowledge and experience. Almost all credited their spouse, or a mentor, in helping them achieve their success.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 14, 2015

Image via Flickr by Side Wages Some entrepreneurs forget that they need an innovative business model along with an innovative solution to have a successful startup. That’s why I say “two heads are better than one” in a startup. Business work should start only after the product is done."

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 26, 2015

According to many reports , about half of startups fail in the first five years. Here are some specific recommendations to keep you on the right track: Failure is not the end, but the start of a new beginning. Don’t expect startup failures not to hurt. Startup failures are not personal condemnations.

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