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6 Reasons That Managers Still Add Value In Business

Startup Professionals Musings

Good managers improve focus and productivity through effective communication and coordinating disparate activities. In this age of millennials and social media, individual workers are more driven by the greater good, work-life balance, and peer culture, than by organizational pressures.

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7 Modern Day Business Strategies For Long-Term Growth

Startup Professionals Musings

I continue to be amazed that more than a quarter of new businesses don’t even have a website , and many more don’t pay attention to social media, or monitor feedback on sites like Yelp. At minimum, that requires a modern website, and visibility on relevant social media sites, likely including Facebook, YouTube, and Twitter.

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10 Ways Owners Often Jeopardize Their Business Growth

Startup Professionals Musings

The most cost-effective marketing approaches have changed; from catalogs to web sites, and from television commercials to social media. Excessive support and return activities. Outsourcing services that could be done in-house. Outsourcing is an expensive solution for poor planning.

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White-label it: Make it ‘YOU’ inside.

Berkonomics

David is an active angel investor in Texas and is a former management consultant, where he obviously plied his trade well. – Dave. But, more often, this is just the virtualization of what we used to call outsourcing. You’re used to outsourcing payroll, bookkeeping, and logistics. By David Steakley.

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5 Tips To Keep Your Startup Productive, Not Just Busy

Startup Professionals Musings

For example, you may feel you are saving money by doing all your own administrative work and monitoring social media feedback. Don’t forget the wealth of “gig” experts for outsourcing at a low cost. Yet if that leaves you with no documented business plan or unclear strategy, most investors and even customers will walk away.

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The Value of Time

Tech Coast Venture Network

When evaluating an activity that needs to be undertaken for your business (keeping the books, creating a website, social media marketing, IT, traditional marketing, administrative functions, etc.) If not, consider delegating it if you have staff or outsourcing if you do not. Are you a specialist in the area?

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Entrepreneurs Challenge The Gartner Hype Cycle

Startup Professionals Musings

New this year are application services and outsourcing, cloud application infrastructure services, cloud security, privacy and smart cities. While, in the field of social media, social monitoring and activity streams as well as shopping communities, have moved into the Peak of Inflated Expectations.