Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 24, 2021

The Founder needs to remember that meetings up to this point have been primarily off-site, with staged demos, and managed personally by the CEO or a small team. Due diligence always involves on-site visits, informal discussions with any or all members of the team, vendors, and good customers as well as bad.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 29, 2023

The business world doesn’t thrive with yet another social media or dating site – it’s begging for paradigm shifts in the technology or business model. The best entrepreneurs relish the challenges, and get great satisfaction from overcoming and learning from adversity. Practice active listening, and accept reality quickly.

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Ideas Startup Entrepreneur Social Media 105

TechEmpower

OCTOBER 9, 2023

With Generative AI and LLMs, new avenues for improving operational efficiency and user satisfaction are emerging every day. Recipe Suggestions for Culinary Sites For culinary platforms or recipe websites, user searches can be incredibly varied, given the diverse range of ingredients and dietary preferences.

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Generative AI Artificial Inteligence Tool Knowledge Base 346

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 1, 2019

Solis outlines the heuristics of social psychology that are key to building positive customer experiences today. These begin with the following Cialdini’s Six Principles of Influence , which consumers use to make decisions, buttressed by results from various social media surveys he references in the book: Social proof – follow the crowd.

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Customer Custom Social Media Technical Review 85

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 2, 2019

For example, if your business is landscaping, it’s well worth your time as the owner to make one last call on every customer a week after completion, to check their satisfaction, clear up any oversights, ask for a testimonial, and probably get some follow-on work. Actively work to remove inappropriate and inaccurate data.

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Customer Custom Examples Sites 86

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 8, 2020

The business world doesn’t thrive with yet another social media or dating site – it’s begging for paradigm shifts in the technology or business model. The best entrepreneurs relish the challenges, and get great satisfaction from overcoming and learning from adversity. Practice active listening, and accept reality quickly.

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Startup Entrepreneur Social Media Coach 117

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 29, 2014

Solis outlines the heuristics of social psychology that are key to building positive customer experiences today. These begin with the following Cialdini’s Six Principles of Influence, that consumers use to make decisions, buttressed by results from various social media surveys he references in the book: Social proof – follow the crowd.

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Entrepreneur Social Media Technical Review Startup 100

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 5, 2017

In addition to legal and local requirements, you need a business name that is available as a website domain name, and a user name on key social media channels, including Facebook, YouTube, and Twitter. All marketing costs money, including viral marketing, search engine optimization, click-through, and social media support.

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Social Media Search Engine Optimization Startup Customer 57

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 18, 2015

In my view, it’s time to eliminate the term consultant , as well as focus on activities and approaches that appeal more to the growing volume of small businesses today: Join the movement to contract roles. It also highlights all aspects of required customer service, satisfaction, loyalty and referrals to peers.

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Services Startup Software Review Social Media 100

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 17, 2015

The Founder needs to remember that meetings up to this point have been primarily off-site, with staged demos, and managed personally by the CEO or a small team. Due diligence always involves on-site visits, informal discussions with any or all members of the team, vendors, and good customers as well as bad.

Technical Review 108

Technical Review Startup Satisfaction Entrepreneur 108

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 2, 2017

Solis outlines the heuristics of social psychology that are key to building positive customer experiences today. These begin with the following Cialdini’s Six Principles of Influence , which consumers use to make decisions, buttressed by results from various social media surveys he references in the book: Social proof – follow the crowd.

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Technical Review Technology Social Media Social Network 55

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 22, 2013

Solis outlines the heuristics of social psychology that are key to building positive customer experiences today. These begin with the following Cialdini’s Six Principles of Influence , that consumers use to make decisions, buttressed by results from various social media surveys he references in the book: Social proof – follow the crowd.

Customer 100

Customer Custom Startup Social Media 100

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 22, 2017

In my activities as an angel investor, and my work with new ventures seeking investment, I find the “due diligence” stage to be fraught with the most risk. Make sure everyone accurately posts their role with your startup on social media profiles, resumes, and references. Set up an interview room, stocked with current docs.

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Invest Startup Doc Slides 59

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 1, 2017

The business world doesn’t thrive with yet another social media or dating site – it’s begging for paradigm shifts in the technology or business model. The best entrepreneurs relish the challenges, and get great satisfaction from overcoming and learning from adversity. Practice active listening, and accept reality quickly.

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Startup Entrepreneur Social Media Coach 63

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 2, 2011

You get the personal satisfaction of making something out of almost nothing. Print advertising is expensive, but social media is free. But if you've spent all your money on the website for party supplies, you may not have the funds to have the site redone. You get to call the shots. Become a compelling story yourself.

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Startup Capital Blogging Ideas 92

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 20, 2019

With the current strong economy I’m seeing a continued resurgence of entrepreneurial spirit, and more startup activity than ever before. In addition, young businesses that are still active after one year continues to hover at nearly 80%. Social media is a boon for entrepreneurs and startups. Marty Zwilling.

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Startup Social Media Satisfaction Entrepreneur 128

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 19, 2015

Since the recession, and at least partially sparked by it, I’m seeing a real resurgence of entrepreneurial spirit, and more startup activity than ever before. The rate of new entrepreneurs increased about 10 percent, from 280 out of 100,000 adults in the 2014 Startup Activity Index, to 310 out of 100,000 adults in the 2015 Index.

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Startup Social Media Entrepreneur Satisfaction 108

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 26, 2013

Since the recent recession, and at least partially sparked by it, I’m seeing a real resurgence of entrepreneurial spirit, and more startup activity than ever before. According to the Kaufman Index of Entrepreneurial Activity (KIEA), the entrepreneurial rate in the U.S. Social media is a boon for entrepreneurs and startups.

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Startup Entrepreneur Social Media Satisfaction 109

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 21, 2018

With the current strong economy, and sparked by the last recession, I’m seeing a real resurgence of entrepreneurial spirit, and more startup activity than ever before. I can remember when creating a web site for eCommerce could easily require a million dollar investment. Social media is a boon for entrepreneurs and startups.

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Entrepreneur Startup Social Media Satisfaction 66

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 28, 2019

With the cost of starting an online business today at an all-time low, I can’t imagine why everyone doesn’t have a web site and an LLC to mitigate liability and minimize taxes. New tools make it easy create your own web site, and manage accounting. Keep up with modern business tools and online processes.

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Startup Tool Study Web 73

SoCal CTO

DECEMBER 1, 2010

20 Recommended Quora Threads for Startups - ReadWriteStart , November 1, 2010 The Q&A site Quora has become an indispensable trove of knowledge and expertise when it comes to the tech industry. Ask a question and get an answer - that is, after all, what all Q&A sites offer. This should not deter you. Keep going. Keep going.

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Technical Review Startup Product Technology 175