Both Sides of the Table
DECEMBER 11, 2022
In those years I learned to properly build product, price products, sell products and serve customers. I had realized that I didn’t have it within me to be as good of a player as many of them did but I had the skills to help as mentor, coach, friend, sparing partner and patient capital provider. I am having fun again.
Startup Professionals Musings
AUGUST 10, 2022
Thus, in my mentoring of potential technical entrepreneurs who have a real passion for their technology, I often recommend that they find a co-founder who can manage the marketing and execution elements of the new venture. Today, customer loyalty is based on the “ total customer experience ,” as opposed to price or service alone.
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Startup Professionals Musings
JULY 8, 2022
I offer here their summary of purposes and inspirations that have motivated existing business leaders, with insights from my own mentoring and coaching experience. I urge you to assess yours, and listen to friends and mentors, to find and highlight a purpose that perhaps you didn’t even see in yourself.
Startup Professionals Musings
NOVEMBER 30, 2022
Typically this means describing interactions with customer groups, real customer feedback, and showing an understanding of price sensitivity, alternatives, and competitive offerings. They mentor each other, and seek out experts in domains outside their current expertise and experience. Maintaining an insatiable curiosity about change.
Startup Professionals Musings
JUNE 17, 2022
You need other people with skills that complement yours, are not “yes” people, and have relevant experience rather than a low price-tag. Too many business people let the daily challenges cause them to revert to emotional and autocratic demands, failure to communicate, and inability to coach and mentor team members.
Startup Professionals Musings
SEPTEMBER 22, 2022
Dig deep to get beyond the best price or best service, to find a higher cause or unique benefit that they can remember and be happy to advocate. For example , Bill Gates shared a mentoring relationship with Warren Buffett that increased the credibility of both, although their business domains were quite different.
Startup Professionals Musings
JANUARY 20, 2020
According to a recent article on Thrinacia , there are now aver 600 crowdfunding platforms in existence, currently estimated to add more than $89 billion to the economy at a compound growth rate of 17% from 2019 to 2022. With this model, a startup pre-sells their product early, at a cheaper price, in exchange for a pledge.
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