Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 25, 2017

Will the solution give you an “unfair competitive advantage,” meaning no competitor already has it, or can replicate your solution without your skills or intellectual property. Is there an educated marketplace waiting? Highly saturated domains (more than 10 existing players), such as niche social media sites, are highly risky.

Startup 58

Startup Education Ideas Customer 58

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 27, 2017

Focus simply means launching your first and most memorable initiative where you see a unique skill and experience fit, your best competitive positioning with the least risk, and the greatest potential return. Realistically characterize the competition. Claiming you have no competition also implies lack of focus on competition.

Entrepreneur 63

Entrepreneur Competition Customer Custom 63

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 27, 2017

Hoffman should know, as an icon in the Silicon Valley, having educated and trained hundreds of startup founders as the CEO of “ Founders Space ,” designated by Inc.com as one of the top ten incubators and accelerators in the world. Marty Zwilling First published on Inc.com on 11/14/2017.

Netflix 54

Netflix Social Media Competition Customer 54

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 5, 2017

Today’s hyper connected people through social media, and linked economies through global finance cause even tiny country woes to ripple quickly through businesses around the world. Going green is not an automatic qualification for funding and growth, but a focus or sharing of your profits can easily be a competitive advantage.

Social Media 74

Social Media Demand Customer Custom 74