Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 22, 2016

You need to quantify measurable criteria for success, using business metrics. Effective progress requires a detailed project plan, milestones, resource assignments, metrics, and status meetings on a regular schedule. In addition, you will like the exhilaration and satisfaction that comes with a successful moonshot.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 30, 2016

Sets realistic goals with milestones and metrics to gauge progress. Building a new business is essentially turning a vision into a financially self-sustaining operation that provides satisfaction and value to both the customer and the entrepreneur. Marty Zwilling First published on Entrepreneur.com on 01/20/2016.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 30, 2016

Some experts have tied this market to location detection hardware (GPS), but even that is now pervasive on all smart devices. You need metrics to show dominant penetration of the relevant customer demographic, added value over existing media, and real customer testimonials of value. Local businesses expect proof of value, not promises.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 14, 2016

In today’s market, no solution is perfect for everyone, so achieving perfection is unrealistic and unproductive. I recommend that entrepreneurs test the market with a minimum viable product (MVP), before burning resources on the ultimate solution, only to find the market has changed. Fight procrastination and fear of failure.

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