Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 3, 2022

Of course, such actions are equally applicable to businesses at any stage. You may focus only on Facebook, and missing customers who expect to see you on Instagram and YouTube. Get interactive with online users and customer feedback. Publishing your content is positive, but responding to customers online multiplies your impact.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 16, 2022

by Donna Cutting, who is a globally-recognized guru on employee culture and optimizing customer service. In my experience, a healthy team is a prerequisite for a thriving business, innovation to meet market needs, and high customer loyalty. Of course, you as the business leader have a key role in making all this happen.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 20, 2022

Be sure to encompass all your constituents, especially including customers. Whole Foods , for example, has built their business with a commitment to natural and organic foods, and have a culture of loyal employees and customers, resulting in 500 stores worldwide. Commit to delivering a positive customer experience.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 15, 2022

Probably not and 10x (May 2022) seems more in line with the historical trend (actually 10x is still high). Of course our execution against the strategy has had to change but the strategy has remained constant. discipline & focus. In 2009 we could take a long time to review a deal.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 9, 2022

Start by reviewing current statistics, like the recent Social Media Marketing Benchmark Report 2022 , to learn which social media sites are most popular, which features drive the most impact today, and how other social media marketers have maximized their efforts and seen the greatest ROI. Pick the ones that fit your desired outcome.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 12, 2022

Of course, Jeff Bezos no longer needs investors, but he worked hard in his early days courting potential investors, building relationships and credibility that allowed him to get the money he needed to scale his company quickly. Just be aware that building your customer base first requires deep pockets, or many investors.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 23, 2022

Of course, listening alone isn't enough. Team members, as well as customers, like to feel connected and inspired by a worthy non-business objective, such as helping the disadvantaged, saving the environment, or supporting inclusivity. This created a connection with both his team and customers.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 3, 2022

Now may be the time to build new credentials is this digital age by taking time for education courses and attending digital conferences. Use the same mindset with new team members and customers. Marty Zwilling First published on Inc.com on 11/19/2022. Imagine your best future with digital credentials.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 22, 2022

They don’t realize that it takes more to succeed in business or a career – it takes leadership skills to get people to follow you, including peers, a team, business partners, and customers. Of course, you can always ride on someone’s coattail, and let them do the leadership, while you do the hard work in the shadows.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 17, 2022

Of course, how you do this effectively is critical. Businesses today include an increasing diversity of team members, as well as customers, due to remote work and a global market. Marty Zwilling First published on Inc.com on 8/2/2022. Your first priority should always be to sell yourself.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 27, 2022

The payback in team engagement, as well as customer revenue and loyalty, can be large. Of course, implementation also requires the resources to test, iterate, and prototype solutions, in a lean and agile fashion, dictated by the needs of the marketplace. Marty Zwilling First published on Inc.com on 5/11/2022.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 21, 2022

Of course, finding personal meaning also requires effort on the part of your employees. You must take the initiative to talk to customers, suppliers, other employees, and understand the process. Marty Zwilling First published on Inc.com on 1/07/2022. The key here is to adopt a “ proactive personality.”

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 18, 2022

Of course, you can be overly confident or unrealistic in your expectations, without the skills or plans to run a business. Resist the hype, rumor, and gossip that our media-saturated world provides on competitors and reluctant customers. Marty Zwilling First published on Inc.com on 2/3/2022.

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TechCrunch LA

JUNE 3, 2022

— Sophia Amoruso (@sophiaamoruso) June 1, 2022. Glossier’s management has faced well-deserved scrutiny for failing to support members of its retail staff, leaving them to endure racist treatment from customers. And of course, those startups are by no means innocent when it comes to bad management. “If

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 29, 2022

In my experience, there will always be growth challenges that you can’t predict, including new technologies, economic downturns, and political changes, but I’m talking here about changes in the market that every good business leader should anticipate, including the following: Your targeted customer segment has a limit.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 6, 2023

For example, a while back a passionate entrepreneur approached me with an innovative solution for reducing world hunger, but hadn’t focused on the fact that hungry people often don’t have any money, and governments are not easy customers. Find market evidence of customers with means who are willing to pay for a solution.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 24, 2022

Every business owner I know wishes that all team members were leaders, to proactively tackle the challenges of growth , interact effectively with customers on their needs, and eventually step into your role. Notice people who always take a customer perspective. It’s no secret today that customers are more demanding than ever.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 9, 2022

I too often see people who are quick to make excuses, blame failures on peers or customers, or see management as the reason for their lack of productivity. Of course, at all levels of an organization or business, there are opportunities for accountability that can make or break your career or your leadership perception in the eyes of others.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 8, 2022

Often it helps to ask for additional collaboration through questions, to show that you value others’ input in deciding a course of action. People in your organization, and customers, want to hear from another person, not someone hiding behind a business name or inanimate role. Marty Zwilling First published on Inc.com on 5/25/2022.

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