Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 18, 2020

You need to maintain explicit C-suite and Board buy-in for constant transformation through effective communication, highlighting the struggles of peer businesses, and establishing the right metrics. Marty Zwilling First published on Inc.com on 03/03/2020.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 9, 2020

Each of these will help you in achieving success and satisfaction while tackling your toughest business issues: Stop attacking symptoms – dig first for the root cause. A broken process or a subtle quality issue can generate a flood of customer satisfaction problems, cost overruns, and loss of market share.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 28, 2020

Instead of counting and working more hours, I believe there are better ways to improve your productivity, as well as employee satisfaction, in growing your business: Create relevant result targets for all key employees. In business vernacular, targets are usually called metrics. Provide incentives to focus everyone on real results.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 2, 2020

Their satisfaction comes from proving nay-sayers wrong. Use metrics in lieu of feelings to measure progress. Marty Zwilling First published on Inc.com on 07/19/2020. Many experts tell me that more startups fail simply because their founder gives up, than for any other reason.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 15, 2020

Implement the key business metrices you will live by. Identify the three most important metrics your business must hit every week to achieve growth goals. Marty Zwilling First published on Inc.com on 06/26/2020. These are the timeless principles that must guide all hiring, marketing, and execution decisions.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 1, 2021

After-the-fact communication and documentation are also important, with a clearly defined resolution, follow-on action plan, and metrics to assess progress. Marty Zwilling First published on Inc.com on 12/15/2020. In these difficult times, it is even more important to be part of a mature and high-functioning team.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 6, 2021

It’s important to define your growth strategy, document it, communicate it to your team, and align metrics and employee rewards to target goals. Your long-term success and satisfaction depends on it. Marty Zwilling First published on Inc.com on 12/22/2020. Build a strong employee culture focused on growth.

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