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.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 29, 2021

Case studies, supporting videos, and giveaways still work well in this regard. Today’s generation of customers assign value to uniqueness, flexibility, and a perfect fit, so this is a competitive advantage you can highlight with credibility. Actively ask for feedback, and provide rewards for participation.

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Social Media Case Study Customer Custom 134

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 20, 2017

And measuring activities or output can mislead you into thinking you’re doing a great job. So they create a task list of all the marketing activities an organization can do: press releases, web site updates, customer case studies, blog posts, daily Tweets, Facebook fan page, attending conferences, etc.

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InfoChachkie

AUGUST 13, 2012

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? This is in contrast to the approach taken by most big companies, which often focuses on outperforming the same activities conducted by their rivals.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 12, 2022

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.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 5, 2022

Good managers improve focus and productivity through effective communication and coordinating disparate activities. For an in-depth study of the pros and cons of a bossless environment, I found a new book, “ Why Managers Matter ,” by management scholars Nicolai Foss and Peter Klein. Leadership and hierarchy perform strategic functions.

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Outsource Training Organization Social Media 133

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 29, 2022

Both are required to stay competitive. Classic surveys and case studies show that the more mature workers are just as productive as their younger counterparts, are just as successful in training, take less short-term time off, and offer better judgment based on years of experience. They are now actively recruited for many roles.

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Case Study Platform Yahoo Social Media 125

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

Every business I know has teams, some working collaboratively to great advantage, while others sadly operating as collections of individuals who work alone, often in competition with each other. Avoid boring and repetitive activities. Most business successes I see required great collaboration.

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socalTECH

MAY 11, 2011

There is lots of competition in this area for serving retirement homes. We felt we'd have more impact over time, if we instead focused on people who are one generation younger, still working, and are active. I studied cognitive science, the study of the brain, as an undergraduate. How did you end up starting the site?

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Study Startup Design Tips 252

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.

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Social Media News Tool Email 96

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. How is Movn different than your competition? What audience are you targeting?

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USC Southern California Activity Study 104

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 26, 2020

According to a dated but still relevant study by PricewaterhouseCoopers , companies average $3.7 On the other hand, “competitive” salaries will likely go up, and health and retirement benefits will jump to a new level. These include the following: Taking a company public is an expensive process. It takes real money to find money.

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Startup Technical Review Acquisition Study 127

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 9, 2018

According to an MIT study a while back, only about 10% of patents granted in the United States have any meaningful commercial importance and less than one percent are of seminal importance. Nearly all new businesses aspiring to reach meaningful scale require some sort of outside funding to finance a competitive growth trajectory.

Guide 95

Guide Startup Ideas Entrepreneur 95

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 4, 2015

New studies indicate that a more productive approach would be adopting new good habits and behaviors that clearly move your business forward, like good time management and implementing customer recommendations. Use both competition and camaraderie. These two approaches may sound similar, but actually require different skill sets.

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Competition Entrepreneur Examples Study 101

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.

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Activity Study Product Email 57

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 5, 2016

According to an MIT study a while back, only about 10% of patents granted in the United States have any meaningful commercial importance and less than one percent are of seminal importance. Nearly all new businesses aspiring to reach meaningful scale require some sort of outside funding to finance a competitive growth trajectory.

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Startup Ideas Entrepreneur Competition 103

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 7, 2014

New studies indicate that a more productive approach would be adopting new good habits and behaviors that clearly move your business forward, like good time management and implementing customer recommendations. Use both competition and camaraderie. These two approaches may sound similar, but actually require different skill sets.

Competition 98

Competition Entrepreneur Examples Product 98

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 12, 2019

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.

Startup 94

Startup Training Statistics Summary 94

InfoChachkie

OCTOBER 20, 2014

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. Instead of a traditional business school''s case study and textbook approach, UCSB''s Technology Management Program (TMP) emphasizes experiential learning.

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Santa Barbara Technical Review Startup Venture Capital 258

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.

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Startup Examples Mentor Activity 58

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 23, 2012

New studies indicate that a more productive approach would be adopting new good habits and behaviors that clearly move your business forward, like good time management and implementing customer recommendations. Use both competition and camaraderie. These two approaches may sound similar, but actually require different skill sets.

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Competition Entrepreneur Examples Study 100

Tech Zulu Event

APRIL 30, 2013

Robots, Lasers, acrobatics and Actual Reality Video Games are all planned to be used in conjunction in order to prove to children that studying and working in the fields of science doesn’t have to mean hours of sitting in a clean room wearing a lab coat. starting in Spring of 2014.

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High Tech Entertainment Education Startup 108

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 27, 2015

Both are required to stay competitive. New research and case studies show that the more mature workers are just as productive as their younger counterparts, are just as successful in training, take less short-term time off, and offer better judgment based on years of experience. They are now actively recruited for many roles.

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Entrepreneur Yammer Case Study Study 102

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 28, 2011

New studies indicate that a more productive approach would be adopting new good habits and behaviors that clearly move your business forward, like good time management and implementing customer recommendations. Use both competition and camaraderie. These two approaches may sound similar, but actually require different skill sets.

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Entrepreneur Competition Examples Study 105

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 6, 2020

What we are pursuing actively, is creating a curated, merchandising and transaction platform, which takes inventory from dealers so that consumers see a wide swath of inventory, all prioritized around value. As we studied that Gen 1 and Gen 2 of the company, a few things popped out at us. There's real competition in this area.

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Startup Pricing Platform Study 124

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 6, 2014

" Current IPO activity feedback seems to support their excitement. IPO market showed more activity than any other first quarter since 2000, with 64 companies raising $10.6 According to a 2012 study by PricewaterhouseCoopers , companies average $3.7 "If Facebook, Yelp and Twitter can do it, then why not me?"

Startup 94

Startup Entrepreneur Activity Acquisition 94

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 14, 2013

According to a recent MIT study , only about 10% of patents granted in the United States have any meaningful commercial importance and less than one percent are of seminal importance. Nearly all new businesses aspiring to reach meaningful scale require some sort of outside funding to finance a competitive growth trajectory.

Startup 105

Startup Ideas Entrepreneur Competition 105

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 24, 2014

Both are required to stay competitive. New research and case studies show that the more mature workers are just as productive as their younger counterparts, are just as successful in training, take less short-term time off, and offer better judgment based on years of experience. They are now actively recruited for many roles.

Entrepreneur 104

Entrepreneur Startup Social Media Yammer 104

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 21, 2019

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. All you have to do is nurture this activity, rather than kill it. any organization, no matter what the size.

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IBM IBM Java Google 53

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

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 7, 2017

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.

Startup 56

Startup Training Statistics Summary 56

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 1, 2013

In reality, diversity in a startup can be your big competitive advantage. Quantification studies still show more mixed results. Starbucks, led by Howard Schultz, is an example of a startup that has long actively supported a focus on diversity, and credit these efforts with their success in a very competitive industry.

Startup 91

Startup Tips Competition Entrepreneur 91

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.

Entrepreneur 110

Entrepreneur Startup Training Statistics 110

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. Sustainable competitive advantage. The kiss of death is for investors to find unanticipated competition you neglected to mention. No validated pain, no deal.

Technical Review 94

Technical Review Startup Writing Competition 94

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 30, 2012

According to a recent MIT study , only about 10% of patents granted in the United States have any meaningful commercial importance and less than one percent are of seminal importance. Nearly all new businesses aspiring to reach meaningful scale require some sort of outside funding to finance a competitive growth trajectory.

Entrepreneur 94

Entrepreneur Startup Ideas Competition 94

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 26, 2018

According to a dated but still relevant study by PricewaterhouseCoopers , companies average $3.7 On the other hand, “competitive” salaries will likely go up, and health and retirement benefits will jump to a new level. These include the following: Taking a company public is an expensive process. It takes real money to find money.

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Acquisition Study Marketing Startup 51

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 3, 2018

Both are required to stay competitive. New surveys and case studies show that the more mature workers are just as productive as their younger counterparts, are just as successful in training, take less short-term time off, and offer better judgment based on years of experience. They are now actively recruited for many roles.

Startup 61

Startup Case Study Platform Yahoo 61