Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 13, 2023

I’ve found that you can best start by asking for another perspective, whether of yourself or a team member. If you're asking someone else and wish to build that connection, be actively present during the interaction. You need both to create better outcomes and increase job satisfaction. Demonstrate the courage to take risks.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 12, 2023

As an angel investor and a mentor to aspiring entrepreneurs, I’m always disappointed to see founders who seem stressed out most of the time, and more annoyed than energized by the abundance of challenges they see in building their startup. Able to balance right-brain and left-brain activities.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 16, 2022

We are living in a new generation of business, where customers drive the experience, and highly engaged employees are required to keep up with customer expectations. Over 16 percent of workers are still actively disengaged , and half have left at least one job because they hated their boss. Tenacious: be persistent in your pursuits.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 6, 2020

It seems that most of you entrepreneurs I meet in my role as business advisor are convinced that starting a new business requires equity investors, exponential growth, and a plan to go public via IPO. This can be a key source of personal satisfaction, as well as the ultimate success factor and legacy.

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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. Disruptive office politics start to show. Startups with weak directives, poor communication, and ineffective cultures are breeding grounds for negative interpersonal dynamics. entrepreneur startup'

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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.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 31, 2022

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.

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Organization Social Media Examples Customer 126

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.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 29, 2022

In any case, it is good form to offer compensation, such as a small monthly stipend, plus expenses, and perhaps a 1% ownership in your startup, to show your commitment. Book follow-up sessions, with an agenda, rather than fill time with random discussions. Both sides need to practice active listening and thoughtful questions.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 5, 2022

You will then experience satisfaction, instead of increased pressure. Save 30 percent of your energy for outside activities. Don’t be afraid to stand up for yourself and courteously explain to bosses or colleagues why certain requests or expectations may be unreasonable. Establish boundaries and say ‘no’ more often.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 12, 2023

Leading change is even harder, trying to balance the demands of the customers against the needs and expectations of employees. Building belief is a never-ending effort, both in jump-starting a change journey, and in sustaining a long-term commitment. But you have to change to survive and thrive.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 9, 2022

A common request I get while mentoring entrepreneurs is for a copy of the startup checklist they need to follow, in order to build a successful new business. 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.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 16, 2022

Burnout occurs for many when your job demands are too many, the hours are too long, and the resources to handle them are too few. To survive, you must focus on recovery and resiliency, strive to achieve a balance between resources and demands, and set clear boundaries between work and non-work.

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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. Disruptive office politics start to show. Startups with weak directives, poor communication, and ineffective cultures are breeding grounds for negative interpersonal dynamics.

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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.

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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. New competitors can steal your market, or they can open up new markets. True entrepreneurs love change – that’s why they are starting a new venture.

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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. Disruptive office politics start to show. Startups with weak directives, poor communication, and ineffective cultures are breeding grounds for negative interpersonal dynamics.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 13, 2023

Here is my list of eight key strategies and tactics, gleaned from my own observations and feedback, which I believe will define you as a trusted leader, and will result in loyal teams to amplify your business initiatives into long-term success and satisfaction: Share your values and expectations to everyone.

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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.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 3, 2015

In any case, it is good form to offer compensation, such as a small monthly stipend, plus expenses, and perhaps a 1% ownership in your startup, to show your commitment. Book follow-up sessions, with an agenda, rather than fill time with random discussions. Both sides need to practice active listening and thoughtful questions.

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Mentor Startup Summary Satisfaction 105

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.

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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.

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Startup Organization Social Media Customer 99

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 28, 2015

A common request I get while mentoring entrepreneurs is for a copy of the startup checklist they need to follow, in order to build a successful new business. 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.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 10, 2019

Image via Pixabay After a frustrating meeting with a small business client recently who didn’t “have time” for social media, I was surprised to find evidence on the Internet that up to one quarter of small business owners are still hesitant to invest time, money, and effort into a social media strategy.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 18, 2017

A common request I get while mentoring entrepreneurs is for a copy of the startup checklist they need to follow, in order to build a successful new business. 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.

Cloud Computing 61

Cloud Computing Startup Social Media Networking 61

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 26, 2019

In any case, it is good form to offer compensation, such as a small monthly stipend, plus expenses, and perhaps a 1% ownership in your startup, to show your commitment. Book follow-up sessions, with an agenda, rather than fill time with random discussions. Both sides need to practice active listening and thoughtful questions.

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Mentor Startup Summary Satisfaction 85

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 9, 2019

We are living in a new generation of business, where customers drive the experience, and highly engaged employees are required to keep up with customer expectations. Over 16 percent of workers are still actively disengaged , and half have left at least one job because they hated their boss. Tenacious: be persistent in your pursuits.

Customer 92

Customer Custom Coach Satisfaction 92

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 11, 2018

A guiding principle for startup success, as well as the long-term health of a mature business, is a liberal dose of innovation at the beginning, with additions of the same on a regular basis. Executives should solicit new ideas from everyone at every level, both inside the organization and outside, top down and bottoms up.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 2, 2011

By John Williams Fast Company magazine recently reported that PayPal founder Paul Thiel is giving away $100,000 to twenty-four young men and women to finance startup businesses. Thiel is providing his mentees with capital to make their startups a reality. You get the personal satisfaction of making something out of almost nothing.

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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.

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InfoChachkie

JULY 4, 2011

Right from the start, Sam must endure the most painful of all forms of sales rejection, the personal attack. However, typical of an Optimistically Pessimistic entrepreneur, Sam never loses hope, and does gives up. Thus, without knowing who Sam is or what he is selling, the Prospect lashes out and tells Sam that he, “does not like him”.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 29, 2019

A common request I get while mentoring entrepreneurs is for a copy of the startup checklist they need to follow, in order to build a successful new business. 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.

Technology 86

Technology Cloud Computing Social Media Networking 86

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 31, 2019

You will then experience satisfaction, instead of increased pressure. Save 30 percent of your energy for outside activities. Don’t be afraid to stand up for yourself and courteously explain to bosses or colleagues why certain requests or expectations may be unreasonable. Establish boundaries and say ‘no’ more often.

Class 93

Class Activity Coach Satisfaction 93

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 4, 2018

Great leaders learn to listen actively to conversations, so people don’t hold up progress just to be understood. Disruptive office politics start to show. Startups with weak directives, poor communication, and ineffective cultures are breeding grounds for negative interpersonal dynamics.

Training 55

Training Coach Startup Entrepreneur 55

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

NOVEMBER 20, 2017

In any case, it is good form to offer compensation, such as a small monthly stipend, plus expenses, and perhaps a 1% ownership in your startup, to show your commitment. Book follow-up sessions, with an agenda, rather than fill time with random discussions. Both sides need to practice active listening and thoughtful questions.

Mentor 60

Mentor Startup Summary Satisfaction 60

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 10, 2013

In any case, it is good form to offer compensation, such as a small monthly stipend, plus expenses, and perhaps a 1% ownership in your startup, to show your commitment. Book follow-up sessions, with an agenda, rather than fill time with random discussions. Both sides need to practice active listening and thoughtful questions.

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Mentor Product Startup Summary 103