2019 Customer Networking Social Media 
Startup Professionals Musings
MARCH 8, 2019
Many notable recent successes, including Airbnb and Uber, have done it by finding disruptive customers, with essentially no new technology. They seek customers willing to decouple from accepted buying models, or are actively looking for a better total experience. Instead seek out customers they can’t or won’t serve.
Startup Professionals Musings
NOVEMBER 28, 2020
The rate of new entrepreneurs increased between 2013 and 2019, from 280 out of 100,000 to 310 out of 100,000 of the adult population. Building a minimum viable product, with customer validation. Establishing your brand with interactive social media. The cost of social media done well is low.
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Startup Professionals Musings
JUNE 17, 2019
People relationships are the key to career growth, more than results, and customer relationships build brands, rather than the other way around. Busy business professionals often tell me they are too busy to allow networking. Our social and relationship needs change as we age. Most let existing relationships decay over time.
Startup Professionals Musings
SEPTEMBER 23, 2019
David is an award-winning entrepreneur, and often described as an early revolutionary in the telecom industry, based on early innovation in fiber networks, cable TV systems, and international communications. Today every small business can look big, via a modern website, visibility on social media, and taking an active role in popular causes.
Startup Professionals Musings
APRIL 24, 2019
You too can become an influencer through social media, videos and blogs, and people will follow you on what to buy, what causes to support, and who to vote for. I still see too many aspiring business leaders highlighting their technology, product features, and price, more than customer value and usability.
Startup Professionals Musings
JUNE 21, 2019
That’s why Elon Musk, and a few others you could name, don’t have any trouble getting investor attention – they have the reputation and networks to successfully commercialize creative ideas. Social capital: influencers, leaders, investor relationships. Marty Zwilling First published on Inc.com on 06/07/2019. The cycle repeats.
Startup Professionals Musings
JANUARY 21, 2019
Especially in a small town, for credibility, you need to quantify your plan consistently to local leaders and organizations, as well as bankers and customers. For example, in a small town with no other hardware store, you may be lulled into complacency as customers flock in at any price, but soon a competitor will pounce.
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