Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 4, 2017

Not so long ago, every business assumed that the keys to success were the highest quality product, the best value for the buck, and the best customer service. The advent of social media and real-time interactive feedback via the Internet allows every customer to build and expect a relationship with your business, rather than just touchpoints.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 22, 2016

Techstars Healthcare in partnership with Cedars-Sinai invested in 11 startups over the summer and will run its second program in January 2017, and this fall we announced Techstars Music and the horizontally-focused Techstars LA, both of which will begin in 2017. What is the biggest lesson you learned this year?

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 27, 2016

Today's contribution is from Brad Brooks , the co-founder and CEO of TigerText , which provides clinical communication solutions for the healthcare industry, and also co-founder of anonymous social media app Whisper. Finally, what do you think will have the biggest impact on the technology industry in 2017?

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 11, 2019

exabytes per month at the end of 2017, of which more than half was video. Virtual living: the rise and growing dominance of social media. Look for and reward quantum changes, like cutting cycle time in half, in your processes, products, and services. In addition, more people now own cell phones than toothbrushes.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 11, 2018

And, if you're a social platform, is there a way to monetize all that activity happening on your service? San Diego-based Wildfire Systems , led by startup veteran Jordan Glazier , has developed software which product referrals and automatically transform them into trackable links across email, text messaging, chat, and social messaging.

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Xconomy

DECEMBER 27, 2017

Speculation is rampant about a possible sea change in consumer attitudes toward the tech industry and its products—a shift that might affect sales, the regulatory environment, and other factors important to companies. We’ve just passed a year full of news about the role of technology companies in U.S.

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TechCrunch LA

SEPTEMBER 6, 2018

Developments like live streaming, social media and more have made the stars of today more relatable and more easily reachable than those of yesteryear. They dominate the media, have accrued millions of fans on social networks and have branched into retail, fashion, production and more.

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Xconomy

JANUARY 7, 2019

Looking back over the past two years, it seems that public perceptions of tech companies have shifted, compared with the eager acceptance that often prevailed as innovations from these businesses transformed social interactions, transportation, and other aspects of life.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 28, 2017

A good social cause doesn’t always imply a viable business. With interactive social media and blogging, you have every opportunity to test and tune your idea before spending any real money. The first is for people who might buy your product, and the second is for people who might buy a chunk of your business.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 5, 2017

In addition to legal and local requirements, you need a business name that is available as a website domain name, and a user name on key social media channels, including Facebook, YouTube, and Twitter. All marketing costs money, including viral marketing, search engine optimization, click-through, and social media support.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 24, 2017

Most of the guidance you see for entrepreneurs is aimed at those who are selling a product (Apple, Tesla, Xiaomi), or selling a service (Uber, Airbnb, Snapchat). The “product” value is difficult to quantify, the costs are nebulous, and entrepreneurs have to clone themselves to scale the business.

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TechCrunch LA

JUNE 3, 2022

“We want to inspire, but we also want to be realistic and show beauty in real life,” Glossier founder and CEO Emily Weiss said in a 2017 interview with Inc, just as the brand had reached what Weiss herself described as “cult status.” It’s more of a mockery,” said Isa Watson , founder and CEO of social media app Squad.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 28, 2017

With the advent of the Internet, social media, and instant communication via texting, customer expectations for service, as part of their entire customer experience, have changed. As well as phone support, customers expect you to accept mobile messaging, and provide quick responses via social media and multiple Internet websites.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 18, 2017

This may seem intuitively obvious, but as an angel investor, I have heard hundreds of new business pitches that focus heavily on the product, but don’t tell the rest of the story. Mark Zuckerberg was not the first to build a social media platform, so he had to find investors who believed in him.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 13, 2017

Don’t hope that a miracle will happen and your products and services will sell themselves. Be passionate about what you are selling, and get the latest tools you need to work more productively and manage your workflow from anywhere. Socialize your message. Set aside fear and doubt, and stand tall with your message.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 21, 2017

Every business needs repeatable processes to grow and thrive, but modern business processes need the right people to make them efficient and productive. In addition, today’s customers judge a company by perceived people relationships through social media, phone conversations, and sales experiences.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 22, 2017

Here are some approaches that both of us recommend to get you started: Take a basic product and make it special (upgrade). Fields) are examples of what were once pedestrian products that have driven successful new businesses. Offer a no-frills version of a high-end product (downgrade). Take a broad-appeal product into a niche.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 27, 2017

You may think this is only important to your marketing and sales people, but in reality it doesn’t matter how great your product or technology might be, you won’t succeed if you don’t understand your target customer decision process. Marty Zwilling First published on Huffington Post on 02/26/2017.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 7, 2017

Entrepreneurs always work hard to create an innovative product or service, but often count on standard seller marketing for sales. Schedule and run the necessary sessions to update strategic product offerings, processes, and marketing programs. Marty Zwilling Published by Xerox Small Business Solutions on 04/06/2017.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 13, 2017

Traditionally, businesses have yearned for consistency, as a lever tor productivity and cutting costs. Seek direct customer feedback, via social media and personal interactions, rather than old market research. Seek direct customer feedback, via social media and personal interactions, rather than old market research.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 26, 2017

In my role as a mentor to entrepreneurs and an angel investor, I find that too many are stuck in this myth that a good pitch, and good marketing content, should consist of more product features, and more hype on customer benefits. Just remember that business is about people, more than products and solutions.

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Tech.Co

JULY 29, 2020

Only about 29% of workers had the option to work from home between 2017 and 2018, according to the most recent data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Make sure your staff have the right tools to stay secure and productive when working from home by following our top tips below: . Working From Home Best Practice.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 22, 2017

It has a huge impact on productivity, as well as morale and loyalty to the company. In this age of interactive social media, your culture image quickly spreads to customers, and determines their loyalty. Trust causes the brain to release oxytocin, which stimulates productivity and raises motivation.

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InfoChachkie

AUGUST 8, 2016

Founded in 2011, Z Supply, LLC has created five women’s fashion brands with a sixth brand and extension into Men’s, launching Spring 2017. I ended up really relating to the nuance and intricacies of product supply and customer demand. That being said, we were getting inundated with inquiries regarding where to find our product.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 29, 2017

If you are approaching a recognized venture capital group, or even an accredited angel investor, a non-disclosure agreement is counter-productive. I also recommend that you practice explaining your concept in marketing terms through social media, networking opportunities, and crowdfunding.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 3, 2018

link] I’m tired of hearing people on social media speak of “virtue signaling,” a term meant to silence well-meaning people from speaking the truth about injustices done to immigrants, African Americans, the LGBTQ community or speaking up on gender inequality. She was graduated in 2017?—?the the first in her family to do so.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 6, 2017

In the entrepreneur world, most of the energy I see is focused on the current opportunity bubbles, now including anything mobile, the new sharing economy (Uber, Airbnb), or yet another social media app (Snapchat, WhatsApp). Resist the urge to integrate multiple existing products. Now is the time to float your own.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 17, 2017

It now means shared values and true empowerment, which is the new key to employee productivity and profitability. A healthy culture, with living values, is essential today for growth, adaptability, and innovation Organizing principles must include social impact. Marty Zwilling First published on Inc.com on 04/04/2017.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 5, 2017

In my own experience as an investor, I have concluded that success is more about the people than the product. Social media and other channels provide the vehicles, but everyone has to be open for the process to work. Marty Zwilling First published on Inc.com on 05/22/2017. Willingness to observe, listen, and learn.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 25, 2017

Highly saturated domains (more than 10 existing players), such as niche social media sites, are highly risky. Skip the fill words and fuzzy phrases, like better, cheaper, easier to use, or more productive. Marty Zwilling First published on Huffington Post on 01/24/2017. Are you uniquely qualified to deliver the solution?

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 15, 2017

Yet the 2017 Office Romance Survey by Vault, Inc. She outlines the potential benefits of “workships” (work relationships) evolving into friendships and romances as follows: Improve communication and productivity. in sociology, and is a coach and speaker on work issues and friendship. But all good things can be overdone.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 20, 2019

Statistica reports that almost 20 percent more companies went public in 2018 versus 2017. Social media is a boon for entrepreneurs and startups. With the key social media platforms today, an entrepreneur can tune a product, build a brand, and grow the business with very low cost and a high interactivity never before possible.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 21, 2018

According to the 2017 Kauffman Startup Activity Index , the share of new entrepreneurs who started businesses to pursue opportunity rather than from necessity reached 86 percent, more than 12 percentage points higher than in 2009 at the height of the Great Recession. Social media is a boon for entrepreneurs and startups.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 11, 2019

Select it well – marketers will tell you that you will be selling your name, more than your products. Social media accounts. Immediately go to relevant social media sites and grab the same name, even if you never plan to use the accounts. Sole proprietorships need to trademark the name to protect it.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 7, 2014

This data comes from sensors, social media posts, digital pictures and videos, purchase transactions, everywhere. It has multiple and varied stakeholders, including the pharmaceutical and medical products industries, providers, payors, and patients. Social media and web data. Every day, we create 2.5

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 27, 2013

This data comes from sensors, social media posts, digital pictures and videos, purchase transactions, everywhere. It has multiple and varied stakeholders, including the pharmaceutical and medical products industries, providers, payors, and patients. Social media and web data. Every day, we create 2.5

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 4, 2017

Select it well – marketers will tell you that you will be selling your name, more than your products. Social media accounts. Immediately go to relevant social media sites and grab the same name, even if you never plan to use the accounts. Sole proprietorships need to trademark the name to protect it.

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