Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

Develop a personal story as a visionary and learner. As you may have seen on the Shark Tank TV show, offering a tiny equity amount for a large investment will not endear you to investors. Founders who present themselves as a lone entrepreneur may develop an innovative solution, but building a business requires a team.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 21, 2021

Of course, that means a mindset willing to give up much more equity, and taking on a whole new level of risk. Switch your focus from product development to sales. Explosive growth to an enterprise normally requires a scalable sales model, a well-documented process with incentives, training, and metrics for tracking and management.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 2, 2021

Simple metrics and your personal knowledge of the industry can’t keep up with all the relevant competitive forces. Apple pulled ahead of other mobile phones in its early days largely because it cultivated an ecosystem of software developers who created iPhone apps to meet every consumer niche and need.

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