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8 Keys For Transforming An Innovation Into A Business

Startup Professionals Musings

As a mentor to many business professionals and owners, and aspiring entrepreneurs, I find a wealth of innovative ideas, but often less insight on what it really takes to transform ideas into an income stream that can excite new customers into long-term business success. Test your innovation with at least a hundred customers.

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8 Initiatives For Disruptive Change In Your Business

Startup Professionals Musings

By definition, new startups have to do this to even have a shot at funding from venture capitalists and survival, but I find that existing companies often rest on their laurels far too long. Marty Zwilling First published on Inc.com on 7/7/2022 You can bet some startups are already out there looking.

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Instacart Drops Its Valuation by Almost 40%

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— Fat Tail Capital (@FatTailCapital) March 25, 2022. It uses a profit-sharing model, so retailers can earn a little more while giving Instacart a new revenue stream that it definitely needs. Pandemic beneficiary with $1.8B in revs & only grew 21% in FY21. Instacart Explores Advertising. Delivery Is Evolving.

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What Is Claude AI and Anthropic? ChatGPT’s Rival Explained

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Claude is definitely one of the most impressive chatbots to be launched in the last 12 months. As part of the latter deal, Amazon employees and cloud customers will get early access to the technology. GPT-4, which is only available to ChatGPT Plus customers, has a context window of more than 32,000. What is Claude AI?

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6 Due Diligence Goals When Vetting Business Partners

Startup Professionals Musings

A co-founder who has different motivations, for example maximum profit versus great customer service, will likely undermine you, take a minimal role, or leave the business quickly. We all understand that partners, employees, and customers are people with emotions, rather than machines. The same benefits also apply to a joint venture.

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7 Key Practices for Entrepreneurs Tackling Leadership

Startup Professionals Musings

I’ve never had a definitive list of recommendations to overcome these qualms, so I was pleased to see the insights in a new book, “ Arrive and Thrive ,” by Susan MacKenty Brady, Janet Foutty, and Lynn Perry Wooten. Marty Zwilling First published on Inc.com on 4/18/2022. This is a tough challenge for every coach and mentor.

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How the myth of the ‘girlboss’ harms emerging women in tech

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— 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. There definitely have been, but the room to recover is completely limited.”. It’s not a compliment.

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