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Nowadays puts its spin on plant-based nuggets

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The latest company to attract venture capital is Nowadays , a company founded in San Francisco in 2020 as a Public Benefit Corporation by Max Elder and Dominik Grabinski. In fact, he notes that consumers see less than 2% of alternative meat products that are currently being developed.

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7 Ways For Businesses To Work Less And Enjoy It More

Startup Professionals Musings

In business vernacular, targets are usually called metrics. A good metric has to be easily measurable, and directly correlated to results, rather than hours worked. For example, for a sales person, this metric number would likely measure new revenue or new customers. Marty Zwilling First published on Inc.com on 02/13/2020.

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5 Ways To Build Startup Resilience And Avoid Failure

Startup Professionals Musings

Use metrics in lieu of feelings to measure progress. Don’t forget to maintain a healthy balance between business and personal demands, including family, sleep, and time off for enjoyable activities. Marty Zwilling First published on Inc.com on 07/19/2020.

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10 Strategies For Success Long-Term As Well As Today

Startup Professionals Musings

Although his focus is naturally on bigger companies, I contend that his recommended strategies apply equally well to entrepreneurs and startups: Demand a mindset of deep thinking for the long term. Marty Zwilling First published on Inc.com on 07/23/2020. Cote, former Chairman and CEO of Honeywell.

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7 Personal Strategies That Define Great Entrepreneurs

Startup Professionals Musings

Many aspiring entrepreneurs are so focused on their technology, that they display no interest or credible understand of the financials and metrics of growing a business. They position competitors as a base for their solution advantages, and an indication of existing market demand. Demonstrate business acumen as well as technical.

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8 Business Accountability Lapses And How To Recover

Startup Professionals Musings

You can and must fix this by communicating business goals and objectives, and establishing personal metrics which only reward success. It’s easy for you to blame someone else in the organization, economic conditions outside, or even overly demanding customers, when things are not going well.

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8 Strategies For Sustaining Momentum In Your Startup

Startup Professionals Musings

Ongoing momentum requires a move to mainstream, or even late adopters, who demand simplicity in your base function. It’s important to define your growth strategy, document it, communicate it to your team, and align metrics and employee rewards to target goals. Marty Zwilling First published on Inc.com on 12/22/2020.