Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 24, 2022

Entrepreneurs and business executives seem to be even more focused on their technology than the rest of us, and less inclined to listen to the voice of the customer, even if they remember to ask. It’s harder, but necessary, to resist the response urge and actively listen to customers, while logging their input for later analysis.

Customer 104

Customer Custom Product Social Network 104

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 12, 2014

Entrepreneurs and business executives seem to be even more focused on their technology than the rest of us, and less inclined to listen to the voice of the customer, even if they remember to ask. It’s harder, but necessary, to resist the response urge and actively listen to customers, while logging their input for later analysis.

Customer 106

Customer Custom Entrepreneur Social Network 106

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 11, 2020

I was shocked to read an old Gallup study that indicates only 13 percent of employees worldwide are actively engaged at work, and more recent data shows only a small change in the right direction. Find ways to recharge your emotional batteries, through supportive relationships and community activities. Start today.

Product 129

Product Examples Mentor Activity 129

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 29, 2021

I’m often surprised when you as an aspiring entrepreneur, looking for investors, tell me your solution is so innovative that you don’t have to worry about differentiating it from competitors, and customers will flock to it without a real marketing campaign. Case studies, supporting videos, and giveaways still work well in this regard.

Social Media 134

Social Media Case Study Customer Custom 134

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 28, 2011

Most of the entrepreneurs I know realize they have some bad habits, like maybe procrastination or not listening well, so they focus on dropping these. For example, learning to stop smoking may leave you with a gap to fill, but finding activities that remove your urge to smoke really gets you where you want to be. Change is hard.

Entrepreneur 105

Entrepreneur Competition Examples Study 105

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 24, 2014

Both are required to stay competitive. I have added my own insights, based on my experience advising and working with entrepreneurs and startups: Pay for results, rather than pay for work. They are now actively recruited for many roles. Another study predicts this number could grow to 24 million by 2018. Marty Zwilling.

Entrepreneur 104

Entrepreneur Startup Social Media Yammer 104

InfoChachkie

AUGUST 13, 2012

Successful Olympic athletes share a number of common qualities with entrepreneurs; including boundless energy, uncompromising tenacity and a willingness to innovate. However, at most startups, competitive advantages are derived from a combination of invention and innovation, as described more fully in Inventor Or Innovator – Which Are You?

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Startup Competition Activity Class 198

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 27, 2015

Both are required to stay competitive. I have added my own insights, based on my experience advising and working with entrepreneurs and startups: Pay for results, rather than pay for work. They are now actively recruited for many roles. Another study predicts this number could grow to 24 million by 2018.

Entrepreneur 102

Entrepreneur Yammer Case Study Study 102

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 29, 2022

Both are required to stay competitive. I have added my own insights, based on my experience advising and working with entrepreneurs and startups: Pay for results, rather than pay for work. They are now actively recruited for many roles. Measuring results in itself is not new. Explore benefits of employing “mature” workers.

Case Study 125

Case Study Platform Yahoo Social Media 125

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 11, 2014

The solution is to establish and maintain a culture and processes that don’t view change as a discrete event to be spotted and managed, but as an ongoing opportunity to improve competitiveness. The ultimate skills, which lead to innovation and totally new processes, usually come from experimentation and special studies. Marty Zwilling.

Entrepreneur 110

Entrepreneur Startup Training Statistics 110

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 9, 2018

Every entrepreneur has an idea for transforming a market with innovative new technology, or transforming society with a new process. Entrepreneurs who have been really transformative, like Steve Jobs and Walt Disney, seemed to know how to deal with all the right elements. Seek innovation that begets invention. Failure is an option.

Guide 95

Guide Startup Ideas Entrepreneur 95

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 4, 2015

Most of the entrepreneurs I know realize they have some bad habits, like maybe procrastination or not listening well, so they focus on dropping these. For example, learning to stop smoking may leave you with a gap to fill, but finding activities that remove your urge to smoke really gets you where you want to be. Change is hard.

Competition 101

Competition Entrepreneur Examples Study 101

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 26, 2020

Yet I believe the trend will continue at least flat as entrepreneurs become more aware of other considerations that make the IPO route less and less attractive. According to a dated but still relevant study by PricewaterhouseCoopers , companies average $3.7 These include the following: Taking a company public is an expensive process.

Startup 127

Startup Technical Review Acquisition Study 127

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 5, 2016

Every entrepreneur has an idea for transforming a market with innovative new technology, or transforming society with a new process. Entrepreneurs who have been really transformative, like Steve Jobs and Walt Disney, seemed to know how to deal with all the right elements. Seek innovation that begets invention. Failure is an option.

Startup 103

Startup Ideas Entrepreneur Competition 103

Tech Zulu Event

JULY 22, 2014

Through simple design, extensive sensing mechanism research, and behavioral science principles, Moving Analytics is carving out its own innovative niche in a heavily competitive space by providing a simple solution for highly sedentary people. SoCal startup Moving Analytics is tackling this global problem. What audience are you targeting?

USC 104

USC Southern California Activity Study 104

InfoChachkie

OCTOBER 20, 2014

Want to be an entrepreneur? In addition, Entrepreneur Magazine recently included UCSB in its Top 50 Schools For VC Backed Entrepreneurs at number 37. As shown below, it was recently ranked as the fifth most active metropolitan area in the US, in terms of venture deals and dollars, on a per capita basis. Techpreneurs.

Santa Barbara 258

Santa Barbara Technical Review Startup Venture Capital 258

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 17, 2019

Yet I find in my business advisory activities that busy entrepreneurs and professionals, especially the introverts like me, find it hard to spend the necessary time networking and nurturing the relationships they need to get ahead. That’s more than enough to put you ahead of your competition. Make the investment today.

Social Media 96

Social Media News Tool Email 96

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 7, 2014

Most of the entrepreneurs I know realize they have some bad habits, like maybe procrastination or not listening well, so they focus on dropping these. For example, learning to stop smoking may leave you with a gap to fill, but finding activities that remove your urge to smoke really gets you where you want to be. Change is hard.

Competition 98

Competition Entrepreneur Examples Product 98

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 28, 2019

You need to have these as backup, in case the gig economy catches up to you, or you need a side hustle for extra income, or being in control of your dream role as an entrepreneur finally becomes a passion. Learn more about business by doing versus studying. Every study shows that happiness does not scale up with income.

Startup 73

Startup Tool Study Web 73

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 23, 2012

Most of the entrepreneurs I know realize they have some bad habits, like maybe procrastination or not listening well, so they focus on dropping these. For example, learning to stop smoking may leave you with a gap to fill, but finding activities that remove your urge to smoke really gets you where you want to be. Change is hard.

Competition 100

Competition Entrepreneur Examples Study 100

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 22, 2015

Entrepreneurs and business executives seem to be even more focused on their technology than the rest of us, and less inclined to listen to the voice of the customer, even if they remember to ask. It’s harder, but necessary, to resist the response urge and actively listen to customers, while logging their input for later analysis.

Customer 104

Customer Custom Startup Social Network 104

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 29, 2016

Studies of software teams, for example, show differences as great as ten to one in productivity between working team members. Define more activities as unimportant. This classification of activities requires an overt effort, but pays back in productivity. Strive for imperfection on key activities. Move away from them.

Activity 57

Activity Study Product Email 57

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 21, 2019

Conventional business wisdom tells us that entrepreneurs are today’s main source of innovation. In fact, a Wharton Business School study in this decade of the “Top 30 Innovations of the Last 30 Years,” concluded that only eight were first conceived by entrepreneurs, and twenty-two were conceived by employees.

IBM 53

IBM IBM Java Google 53

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 14, 2013

Every entrepreneur has an idea for transforming a market with innovative new technology, or transforming society with a new process. Entrepreneurs who have been really transformative, like Steve Jobs and Walt Disney, seemed to know how to deal with all the right elements. Seek innovation that begets invention. Failure is an option.

Startup 105

Startup Ideas Entrepreneur Competition 105

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 6, 2014

With the recent apparent successes of several startups in taking their company public (initial public offering) and raising billions of dollars, I’m hearing a groundswell of enthusiasm from new entrepreneurs to follow in their footsteps to fund their companies and become billionaires overnight. In the first quarter of 2014, the U.S.

Startup 94

Startup Entrepreneur Activity Acquisition 94

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 1, 2016

I was shocked to read an old Gallup study that indicates only 13 percent of employees worldwide are actively engaged at work, and more recent data shows only a small change in the right direction. Find ways to recharge your emotional batteries, through supportive relationships and community activities. Start today.

Startup 58

Startup Examples Mentor Activity 58

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 7, 2018

Entrepreneurs and business executives seem to be even more focused on their technology than the rest of us, and less inclined to listen to the voice of the customer, even if they remember to ask. It’s harder, but necessary, to resist the response urge and actively listen to customers, while logging their input for later analysis.

Customer 53

Customer Custom Social Network Study 53

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 30, 2012

Every entrepreneur has an idea for transforming a market with innovative new technology, or transforming society with a new process. Entrepreneurs who have been really transformative, like Steve Jobs and Walt Disney, seemed to know how to deal with all the right elements. Seek innovation that begets invention. Failure is an option.

Entrepreneur 94

Entrepreneur Startup Ideas Competition 94

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 1, 2013

Many entrepreneurs think that diversity on their team just makes their job harder, since startups are all about making fast decisions, and executing efficiently. In reality, diversity in a startup can be your big competitive advantage. In reality, diversity in a startup can be your big competitive advantage.

Startup 91

Startup Tips Competition Entrepreneur 91

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 26, 2018

Yet I believe the trend will continue flat as entrepreneurs become more aware of other considerations that make the IPO route less and less attractive. According to a dated but still relevant study by PricewaterhouseCoopers , companies average $3.7 These include the following: Taking a company public is an expensive process.

Acquisition 51

Acquisition Study Marketing Startup 51

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 13, 2018

As a VC I of course want you to come see only me because that means I have no competition and have time to properly get to know you. Remember, I was an entrepreneur for 10 years before a VC). Most entrepreneurs don’t put enough effort into these phases. friendly, but direct in my thoughts.

Venture Capital 332

Venture Capital Funding Startup Sales 332

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 4, 2012

Remember that up to this point, the investor has primarily seen and talked to the founder and CEO, and studied written documents. All private equity groups go about due diligence in their own way, but there are a few key areas of focus that entrepreneurs should always expect: Team strength and health. Sustainable competitive advantage.

Technical Review 94

Technical Review Startup Writing Competition 94

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 3, 2018

Both are required to stay competitive. I have added my own insights, based on my experience advising and working with entrepreneurs and startups: Pay for results, rather than pay for work. They are now actively recruited for many roles. Measuring results in itself is not new. Explore benefits of employing “mature” workers.

Startup 61

Startup Case Study Platform Yahoo 61

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 7, 2016

Yet I believe the trend will continue down as entrepreneurs become more aware of other considerations that make the IPO route less and less attractive. According to a dated but still relevant study by PricewaterhouseCoopers , companies average $3.7 These include the following: Taking a company public is an expensive process.

Company 55

Company Companies Acquisition Entrepreneur 55

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 22, 2010

Remember that up to this point, the investor has primarily seen and talked to the founder and CEO, and studied written documents. All private equity groups go about due diligence in their own way, but there are a few key areas of focus that entrepreneurs should always expect: Team strength and health. Sustainable competitive advantage.

Technical Review 90

Technical Review Writing Competition Tips 90

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 18, 2018

If you find yourself in this category, you need to focus on techniques to improve your productivity On software teams, for example, a detailed study published years ago shows differences as great as ten to one in productivity between comparable team members. If there is no deadline, it pays to impose one on yourself.

Coach 56

Coach Paramount Software Review Product 56

SoCal CTO

AUGUST 3, 2010

Welcome to the Lost Decade (for Entrepreneurs, IPO’s and VC’s) - Steve Blank , July 15, 2010 If you take funding from a venture capital firm or angel investor and want to build a large, enduring company (rather than sell it to the highest bidder), this isn’t the decade to do it. Customer Validation needs to have the CEO actively involved.

Startup 217

Startup Venture Capital Blogging Software Review 217