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Praying to the God of Valuation

Both Sides of the Table

How might our next phase of the journey seem brighter, even with more uncertain days for startups and capital markets? And then in the late 90’s money crept in, swept in to town by public markets, instant wealth and an absurd sky-rocketing of valuations based on no reasonable metrics. What happened? People were building.

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6 Sources Of Purpose To Drive Business Success Today

Startup Professionals Musings

These authors reference real cases and real business leaders, based on their decades of experience in building companies and executive coaching. I offer here their summary of purposes and inspirations that have motivated existing business leaders, with insights from my own mentoring and coaching experience.

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7 Keys To Keeping Your Business Agile And Competitive

Startup Professionals Musings

If you aren’t yet adapting to the market and your customers, you are falling behind. In other words, change in your business has to become the accepted norm, just like it is in your market. Be proactive rather than reactive to market change. Marty Zwilling First published on Inc.com on 2/18/2022.

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7 Ways To Keep Your Business Working Like A Startup

Startup Professionals Musings

The challenge is that the future is much harder to quantify than existing competitor markets. Don’t let all the data you now have on the past keep you from listening for changes in the market. Sometimes you have to be willing to jeopardize current revenue streams to penetrate new markets or technologies.

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AKUA lands $3.2M to turn kelp into burgers

TechCrunch LA

The global meat substitute market was valued at $4.51 Former technology journalist Courtney Boyd Myers co-founded AKUA with Matthew Lebo five years ago after seeking out a career where she could leave a legacy and fulfill her mission of reversing climate change. AKUA co-founder and CEO Courtney Boyd Myers.

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7 Keys To Business Transformation To Meet Competition

Startup Professionals Musings

A question I often get is how to transform that overall team into a smooth-running machine that will keep up with the pace of market change, and competition in today’s world. I would caution you that there will always be events, such as disruptive new technologies , that cannot be predicted. You can’t do it alone.

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10 Ways To Prepare Your Team For Business Leadership

Startup Professionals Musings

With the multiple technologies of team videos, smartphones, email, and the pervasive Internet facilitating total communication, there is no need for the delay and information loss of multiple hierarchy levels in business. In this age of world-wide markets, you need all the help you can get to attract loyal customers.