Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 23, 2020

Too many entrepreneurs I meet in my role as a business advisor still seem to believe networking is all about selling and convincing everyone that what you have will change the world. Follow-up with a connection via social media or a meeting. Marty Zwilling First published on Inc.com on 03/09/2020.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 24, 2020

But customers today are fickle, instantly aware of every new alternative, due to the Internet and social media, and not afraid to change. Be responsive on social media, as well as every physical interaction, so that every customer feels a special sensitivity and connection.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 4, 2020

As an entrepreneur advisor, I am surprised at how often I hear the same or very similar proposals of an incremental innovation to an existing process, versus a really new or breakthrough solution. That integration is the breakthrough that you should be looking for as an entrepreneur.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 31, 2020

In my work with new startups, I often find people who believe that the terms “ entrepreneur ” and “ inventor ” are interchangeable. In my experience, most successful entrepreneurs have indeed created a new product, but most people who claim to be inventors have a hard time starting a business.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 4, 2020

I’m sure you have all seen entrepreneurs and startups with great ideas that never seem to live up to their potential, while others with more mundane solutions seem to take off quickly and never slow down. Too many entrepreneurs I have known started their business without any strategy or plan to make it grow.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 27, 2020

For some reason, too many aspiring entrepreneurs I know seem to focus on “actions” rather than “results.” These are not the entrepreneurs that I want to support, since I’m well aware that running a startup is far more complex, albeit more satisfying, than most conventional roles in established enterprises.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 18, 2020

As an advisor to aspiring entrepreneurs, I tell people that these platforms are an easy and low risk way to test your fit for the entrepreneur lifestyle, without jumping off the cliff. Don’t expect to rely totally on social media, word of mouth, or a personal web site.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 6, 2020

It seems that most of you entrepreneurs I meet in my role as business advisor are convinced that starting a new business requires equity investors, exponential growth, and a plan to go public via IPO. If your passion is customers, you definitely will be happier as a lifestyle entrepreneur.

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TechCrunch LA

JUNE 3, 2022

After all, Glossier’s founder and CEO Emily Weiss is very, very far from the first entrepreneur to profit off of our desire to look good. She stepped down from that company in 2020. It’s more of a mockery,” said Isa Watson , founder and CEO of social media app Squad. And who cares? It’s not a compliment.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 2, 2021

I often think of the scope of this example in my role as mentor to a struggling entrepreneur who is quick to blame his problems on employee mistakes, or even changing customer expectations. Marty Zwilling First published on Inc.com on 12/15/2020. Communication must be positive and consistent, both up and down the line.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 6, 2020

If you want to join the ranks of entrepreneurs and businesses who have a reputation for being ahead of the pack, for being an initiator rather than a follower, such as Apple and Nike , here are five key strategies and skills to develop that I recommend and practice: Develop a mindset of constant change required to thrive.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 15, 2020

This one has been around for a long time, but I still see too many entrepreneurs trying to climb the mountain alone. Believe it or not, Facebook started at Harvard and promoted its exclusivity to this school, then slowly spread to others, when rival social media platform MySpace was inviting everyone to join.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 2, 2020

That’s why I caution my aspiring entrepreneur clients against proclaiming to investors that they are a great “idea” person. Aspiring entrepreneurs are often impatient in rolling out the business, assuming the hard work was finalizing the idea, and that if you build it, customers will come. A full plan may be no more than 20 pages.

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TechCrunch LA

MAY 24, 2020

One entrepreneur who’s spent time on both sides of the business as a startup founder and an employee for one of the biggest brands in athletic wear has launched a new app to try build a bridge between the physical and virtual fashion worlds. A post shared by Marc Jacobs (@marcjacobs) on May 2, 2020 at 2:08pm PDT.

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Tech.Co

OCTOBER 28, 2020

— Savannah Sanchez | The Social Savannah (@social_savannah) October 27, 2020. But those who can offer a worthy product now have an in-road with one of social media's biggest and most engaged groups of potential shoppers. Would highly recommend downloading. Start With a Free $300.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 7, 2020

Even a million users on your social media site won’t pay the bills until you sell some advertising or a premium service. 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.

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 13, 2020

We've created a social media platform which helps you meet new people, and we're also very focused on privacy, and don't sell your data, don't spy on you, but provide an environment where you can meet other people based on shared interests and shared locations. Jo Webber: We've done a seed round of $5M, which we raised earlier in 2020.

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TechCrunch LA

NOVEMBER 4, 2019

Next she took to Instagram, a new social media platform that quickly became the most effective tool in a blogger’s toolkit. The first phase was the rise of the media platforms: YouTube, Instagram, etcetera, that allowed creatives to build audiences. With new followers — today her account, @weworewhat , has 2.2

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 3, 2019

We caught up with Soylent VP of Marketing, Andrew Thomas , to hear how the company finally decided to embrace the nameand the frequent trolling on social mediato instead emphasize the sustainable aspects of its products, as well as the new product line, with Plants, Not People. That said, it does come with a challenge.

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socalTECH

MARCH 13, 2020

We're the first on the market, and it's completely insane that in 2020, everything is organic and this segment of the market is not. Most people don't want injectsion, radio frequency, or ultrasounds, and it helps that we can work with pregnant women. This seems very different from your background on software, how did you get into this?

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Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 9, 2013

According to Cisco the number of connected “things” will balloon to 50 billion by 2020. 2020 seems like a decade away into space, however Motreal-based reelyActive, the winner os Startup World Competition , is doing just this. Hyperlocal context. Virtual footprint. That’s where they come in.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 20, 2019

According to current Kauffman Indicators of Entrepreneurship , the share of new entrepreneurs who started businesses to pursue opportunity rather than from necessity now exceeds 86%, more than 12 percentage points higher than ten years ago at the height of the last recession. Social media is a boon for entrepreneurs and startups.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 8, 2013

Partially due to the economy, but also due to longer, healthier lives and changes in job tenure, 60% of working Boomers are now expected to stay in the labor force, with real power and influence, for at least seven more years, to 2020. One new incentive is the falling transaction costs and barriers to entry for entrepreneurs of every age.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 6, 2021

Based on my experience advising new entrepreneurs as well as more mature businesses, I recommend the following strategies for building business momentum, while still optimizing the limited resources of every small business: Find more customers that like what you do best. Marty Zwilling First published on Inc.com on 12/22/2020.

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Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 2, 2013

Splunk Fastpitch – Auto tech Entrepreneur pitch hour. How Entrepreneurs Will Change the Automotive Industry. From entertainment to social media, Airbiquity’s aim is to provide an easy and seamlessly connected network of apps to enhance the driver’s experience. Audi Press Conference.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 26, 2020

As an advisor to new hardware entrepreneurs, I often hear the myth that a business plan is no longer required to find an investor, if your idea is good enough. What you don’t realize is these famous investors only deal with entrepreneurs who sold their last company for a $100M dollars or more. Budget time and dollars for each.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 14, 2017

This data comes from sensors, social media posts, digital pictures and videos, purchase transactions, everywhere. Social media and web data. Social media postings and e-Commerce transactions are just a couple of the sources of external data that are of great interest to many companies. Marty Zwilling.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 18, 2016

This is a whole new world for small businesses seeking enterprise application opportunities, as well social media trend challenges. The challenge is to increase response rates and propagate a single view of the customer, by integrating customer data from multiple Web and social media interactions. billion by 2020.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 3, 2012

Partially due to the economy, but also due to longer, healthier lives and changes in job tenure, 62% of working Boomers are now expected to stay in the labor force, with real power and influence, for at least nine more years, to 2020. One new incentive is the falling transaction costs and barriers to entry for entrepreneurs of every age.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 8, 2011

Partially due to the economy, but also due to longer, healthier lives and changes in job tenure, 62% of working Boomers are now expected to stay in the labor force, with real power and influence, for at least nine more years, to 2020. One new incentive is the falling transaction costs and barriers to entry for entrepreneurs of every age.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 5, 2010

It was obviously a scheme set up by young entrepreneurs to line their pockets and some big-company executives who didn’t understand innovation. Products such as Sprout Social and CoTweet are emerging to help businesses better track and communicate with their their customers and leads. Enter Facebook.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 13, 2021

As a business adviser, I often see entrepreneurs practicing what Tom Peters calls the “ ready-fire-aim ” go-to-market strategy to their detriment. In this age of outspoken experts and “influencers: on social media, your new fashion or cooking solutions can likely skip the traditional market planning cycle.

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