Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 2, 2020

Their satisfaction comes from proving nay-sayers wrong. Actively seek and learn from the counsel of smart people. Actively seek and learn from the counsel of smart people. Make sure you actively interact with and show appreciation for people smarter than you, even if they don’t always agree with you.

Startup 173

Startup Mentor Activity Entrepreneur 173

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 5, 2014

Great leaders learn to listen actively to conversations, so people don’t hold up progress just to be understood. Demand for coaching, counseling, and discipline training is high. Disruptive office politics start to show. Toxic relationships are emotional, often personal, disagreements which are counter-productive.

Demand 92

Demand Entrepreneur Startup Training 92

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 6, 2020

Once you accept equity investor money, or go public with stockholders, you won’t believe the things they demand, and the legal rules you have follow. They enjoy not being on the road most of time, and able to balance their activities and leadership roles between work and family, sports, or recreation.

Statistics 124

Statistics Equity Satisfaction Entrepreneur 124

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 13, 2023

If you're asking someone else and wish to build that connection, be actively present during the interaction. Start by getting people comfortable with what they don’t know, showing them you are open to new ideas, and don’t demand perfection in all deliverables. You need both to create better outcomes and increase job satisfaction.

Case Study 112

Case Study Study Startup Examples 112

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 16, 2022

Over 16 percent of workers are still actively disengaged , and half have left at least one job because they hated their boss. Just as importantly, every leader deserves to feel success and satisfaction from their efforts, rather than continual stress and negative feedback from employees and customers alike.

Customer 152

Customer Custom Coach Satisfaction 152

TechEmpower

OCTOBER 9, 2023

With Generative AI and LLMs, new avenues for improving operational efficiency and user satisfaction are emerging every day. In layman's terms, while conventional search mechanisms demand exact phrases or keywords to return relevant results, LLMs can understand and interpret the intent and context behind a query.

Generative AI 346

Generative AI Artificial Inteligence Tool Knowledge Base 346

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 19, 2023

In either case, you need to understand the dynamics to maximize team performance, and for your own sanity and satisfaction. For any relationship to be maximally productive, both parties must actively manage the relationship. Team members may forget you are now the boss, or anyone can make inappropriate comments or demands.

Satisfaction 88

Satisfaction Product News Startup 88

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 5, 2022

You will then experience satisfaction, instead of increased pressure. Save 30 percent of your energy for outside activities. After having assessed your environment, start healthy networking activities, such as lunch, with important people in your professional network on a weekly basis.

Class 148

Class Activity Coach Satisfaction 148

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 12, 2023

Able to balance right-brain and left-brain activities. Great entrepreneurs seek out critical customers and industry experts, and actively listen, but are not afraid to trust their own judgment as well. Don’t demand or expect immediate gratification. Investors and strategic partners look for entrepreneurs who can execute.

Entrepreneur 70

Entrepreneur Startup Activity Ideas 70

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 9, 2022

The challenge is that every new business needs to be innovative and different, in order to rise above the crowd, bring real change to the world, and give you the satisfaction you seek. I wish it was that easy. Nevertheless, there is nothing wrong with studying and learning from the wisdom and experience of others. Cloud Computing.

Technology 133

Technology Cloud Computing Social Media Networking 133

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 25, 2022

Great leaders learn to listen actively to conversations, so people don’t hold up progress just to be understood. Demand for coaching, counseling, and discipline training is high. Disruptive office politics start to show. Toxic relationships are emotional, often personal, disagreements which are counter-productive.

Training 142

Training Coach Startup Entrepreneur 142

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 13, 2019

The canvas is a visual chart with elements describing your value proposition, structure, finances, and customers, to help companies identify and align business activities. As an active angel investor, I look for this level of alignment and understanding in every funding presentation I hear. Key activities. Key resources.

Activity 100

Activity Customer Custom Resource 100

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 17, 2022

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. Yet no human body and mind can sustain the stress of constant work, with no time off for a personal life and non-business activities.

Startup 143

Startup Competition Coach Satisfaction 143

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 1, 2020

In either case, you need to understand the dynamics to maximize team performance, and for your own sanity and satisfaction. For any relationship to be maximally productive, both parties must actively manage the relationship. Team members may forget you are now the boss, or anyone can make inappropriate comments or demands.

Satisfaction 150

Satisfaction Product News Startup 150

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

That means full transparency and no excuses for issues and activities that are obviously in your domain. If you demand accountability, but expect to make every decision, both of you will fail. Doing so will increase both your personal life accountability, as well as your business satisfaction.

Startup 132

Startup Training Metrics Examples 132

InfoChachkie

DECEMBER 30, 2013

Without active management on the part of the protégé, the meetings with their mentor will become less frequent and less impactful, ultimately accelerating the end of the relationship. In my exchanges with my friend and mentor, Bob Wood, we engage in a number of activities which keep our time together both fun and productive.

CTO Coach 241

CTO Coach Mentor Activity Satisfaction 241

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 29, 2022

Both sides need to practice active listening and thoughtful questions. The most common challenges involve time and accessibility demands on either side, or the level of help expected. That’s the ultimate satisfaction. But candid feedback means not pulling punches when they are deserved. Constructive conflict is good.

Mentor 101

Mentor Develop Development Startup 101

TechCrunch LA

SEPTEMBER 21, 2019

The company is actually based out of LA, too, but has completed its initial launch in Minnesota, where there’s greater demand for short-term bus travel. HappyOrNot nabs $25M for its customer satisfaction terminals . The business has closed a $3.85 Landline isn’t just a few buses with startup branding.

Services 207

Services Startup Venture Capital Redpoint 207

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 10, 2018

Most entrepreneurs see their new venture as a fun adventure, until the pressures of a cash flow crisis, or a manufacturing quality problem, or a major customer satisfaction problem hits. Fun and humor will also offset the tension in dealing with tough customer issues, resulting in higher satisfaction, loyalty, and referrals.

Startup 82

Startup Satisfaction Entrepreneur Mentor 82

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 21, 2019

Great leaders learn to listen actively to conversations, so people don’t hold up progress just to be understood. Demand for coaching, counseling, and discipline training is high. Disruptive office politics start to show. Toxic relationships are emotional, often personal, disagreements which are counter-productive.

Training 123

Training Coach Startup Entrepreneur 123

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 9, 2017

The canvas is a visual chart with elements describing your value proposition, structure, finances, and customers, to help companies identify and align business activities. As an active angel investor, I look for this level of alignment and understanding in every funding presentation I hear. Key activities. Key resources.

Funding 57

Funding Startup Activity Customer 57

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 20, 2019

These are responding to the demands of this new world for collaboration, trust, and transparency. Support and enable mutually beneficial activities inside and outside the organization. Establish vehicles, like a formal customer satisfaction program, to recognize and reward staff and customers for sharing what they can do to help you.

Organization 52

Organization Social Media Examples Customer 52

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 31, 2019

You will then experience satisfaction, instead of increased pressure. Save 30 percent of your energy for outside activities. After having assessed your environment, start healthy networking activities, such as lunch, with important people in your professional network on a weekly basis.

Class 93

Class Activity Coach Satisfaction 93

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 9, 2019

Over 16 percent of workers are still actively disengaged , and half have left at least one job because they hated their boss. Just as importantly, every leader deserves to feel success and satisfaction from their efforts, rather than continual stress and negative feedback from employees and customers alike.

Customer 92

Customer Custom Coach Satisfaction 92

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 10, 2019

More social media activity doesn’t mean a higher return on investment. Always gauge progress by business indicators, like customer acquisition cost and customer satisfaction. Demand professional business skills and customer advocacy. Use business metrics and tools to tune your efforts.

Social Media 99

Social Media Media Tool Startup 99

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 22, 2015

These are responding to the demands of this new world for collaboration, trust, and transparency. Support and enable mutually beneficial activities inside and outside the organization. Establish vehicles, like a formal customer satisfaction program, to recognize and reward staff and customers for sharing what they can do to help you.

Startup 99

Startup Organization Social Media Customer 99

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 29, 2019

The challenge is that every new business needs to be innovative and different, in order to rise above the crowd, bring real change to the world, and give you the satisfaction you seek. I wish it was that easy. Nevertheless, there is nothing wrong with studying and learning from the wisdom and experience of others. Cloud Computing.

Technology 86

Technology Cloud Computing Social Media Networking 86

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 11, 2018

I believe these basic practices of innovation, paraphrased here, should be adopted by every new venture owner, and every business executive, as the keys to long-term health and success in every market served: Demand and reward innovation from all business elements. Let customer value be the driver, rather than cost savings.

Satisfaction 53

Satisfaction Startup Competition Customer 53

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 12, 2017

These are responding to the demands of this new world for collaboration, trust, and transparency. Support and enable mutually beneficial activities inside and outside the organization. Establish vehicles, like a formal customer satisfaction program, to recognize and reward staff and customers for sharing what they can do to help you.

Organization 57

Organization Social Media Customer Custom 57

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 26, 2019

Both sides need to practice active listening and thoughtful questions. The most common challenges involve time and accessibility demands on either side, or the level of help expected. That’s the ultimate satisfaction. But candid feedback means not pulling punches when they are deserved. Constructive conflict is good.

Mentor 85

Mentor Startup Summary Satisfaction 85

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 13, 2014

These are responding to the demands of this new world for collaboration, trust, and transparency. Support and enable mutually beneficial activities inside and outside the organization. Establish vehicles, like a formal customer satisfaction program, to recognize and reward staff and customers for sharing what they can do to help you.

Organization 93

Organization Social Media Customer Custom 93

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 22, 2012

They actively listen and don’t put themselves ahead of others. Startup businesses are very demanding. This will reduce stress and increase satisfaction. The current economic recovery demands a transformation of business processes and cultures, beginning at the startup level. They allow others to be the best they can be.

Entrepreneur 97

Entrepreneur Demand Outsource Satisfaction 97

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 28, 2015

The challenge is that every new business needs to be innovative and different, in order to rise above the crowd, bring real change to the world, and give you the satisfaction you seek. I wish it was that easy. Nevertheless, there is nothing wrong with studying and learning from the wisdom and experience of others. Cloud Computing.

Startup 107

Startup Cloud Computing Social Media Entrepreneur 107

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 15, 2015

Great leaders learn to listen actively to conversations, so people don’t hold up progress just to be understood. Demand for coaching, counseling, and discipline training is high. Disruptive office politics start to show. Toxic relationships are emotional, often personal, disagreements which are counter-productive.

Startup 103

Startup Training Coach Entrepreneur 103

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 11, 2017

In either case, you need to understand the dynamics to maximize team performance, and for your own sanity and satisfaction. For any relationship to be maximally productive, both parties must actively manage the relationship. Team members may forget you are now the boss, or anyone can make inappropriate comments or demands.

Satisfaction 58

Satisfaction Startup Product News 58

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 18, 2017

The challenge is that every new business needs to be innovative and different, in order to rise above the crowd, bring real change to the world, and give you the satisfaction you seek. I wish it was that easy. Nevertheless, there is nothing wrong with studying and learning from the wisdom and experience of others. Cloud Computing.

Cloud Computing 61

Cloud Computing Startup Social Media Networking 61

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 3, 2015

Both sides need to practice active listening and thoughtful questions. The most common challenges involve time and accessibility demands on either side, or the level of help expected. That’s the ultimate satisfaction. But candid feedback means not pulling punches when they are deserved. Constructive conflict is good.

Mentor 105

Mentor Startup Summary Satisfaction 105