Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 11, 2020

According to the International Business Innovation Association ( InBIA ), there are over 2,200 of these locations worldwide, and new online versions springing up all over the place, like Founders Space in Silicon Valley. I believe their competitive advantage is their top on-site leadership, exclusivity, and connections to investors.

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AUGUST 11, 2014

A version of this article previously appeared in The Wall Street Journal. If you haven''t already subscribed yet, subscribe now for free weekly JohnGreathouse.com articles! "A Founders should encourage a healthy rivalry among each other, while modulating such competition so that it does not escalate into destructive behaviors.

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What’s more, strategic locations can benefit from varying global legislation: influencing competitor clauses, user privacy data collection, and tax laws amongst other factors that can give a company a powerful competitive edge. Many Latin American businesses are weary about working with international companies and prefer a local presence.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 13, 2010

The opportunity is large, as I related in an earlier article , but there are some major challenges as well. As a follow-on to that article, here are a few examples from my personal experience: You need to translate/localize your products. Today’s article is presented by one of the founders of our Startup Professionals team, Ernst H.

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AUGUST 17, 2015

There is much discussion about this weekend’s article in the NY Times regarding Amazon’s work practices. For anybody who has never worked in a hard-charging environment I can see how this article portrays a unidimensional view of Amazon but it isn’t one I believe tells the complete story. Why should I expect less?

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AUGUST 13, 2012

If you haven't already subscribed yet, subscribe now for free weekly Infochachkie articles! As shown in the chart below, the Fosbury Flop had become the international standard by the 1980 Olympics. Startups often out-maneuver their larger rivals by changing the key parameters upon which competition has historically been based.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 31, 2020

Because the product plan is aimed internally, it can assume the reader has the relevant technology and jargon background. Opportunity segmentation and competitive environment. List key competitors and alternatives, highlighting your sustainable competitive advantages, such as patents and trademarks.

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OCTOBER 26, 2014

In that article I talked about how PR drives: recruiting, employee retention, biz dev deals, funding and even M&A and that often “attribution” to your PR activities is unknown. So you can spend $5-10k / month for a small external agency or $50-75k for an internal resource who is full time. I opt for the latter usually.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 28, 2019

In the popular press, it’s easy to find articles that will convince you that companies with a good culture, such as Google, do it by lavishing perks and benefits , including some combination of free meals, trips and parties, financial bonuses, gyms, and a dog-friendly environment. What the team feels is more important than what they know.

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JUNE 11, 2012

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DECEMBER 18, 2012

Members can also enhance their expert status by writing informative articles and position themselves as a contact person for other professionals to get information from. The English/International version of the platform was launched in January 2012. Networking on exploreB2B is based on publishing and communicating via articles.

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MAY 26, 2016

A version of this article previously appeared on Forbes. I must admit, I furthered this anti-college narrative with a provocative article about college dropout successes. If you haven't already subscribed yet, subscribe now for free weekly JohnGreathouse.com articles! Should millennial entrepreneurs go to college?

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TechCrunch LA

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

Capitalism is fundamentally about timing, since market competition is about finding opportunities before others. Anyone who has worked in a large company further knows that timing a product launch or a new marketing strategy has more to do with internal politics than reading market forces. When should you start a company?

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APRIL 12, 2015

And in international markets they care about Sina Weibo, WeChat, KakaoTalk, Line and many others. We built this specifically to allow our customers to ingest their own internal datasets (customer records, order entry trends, network outage data, whatever) and draw conclusions. The top three datasets that are requested of us?

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 4, 2018

According to the International Business Innovation Association ( InBIA ), there are over 2,200 of these locations worldwide, and new online versions springing up all over the place, like Founders Space in Silicon Valley. I believe their competitive advantage is their top on-site leadership, exclusivity, and connections to investors.

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InfoChachkie

MARCH 10, 2014

A version of this article previously appeared on Forbes. If you haven''t already subscribed yet, subscribe now for free weekly JohnGreathouse.com articles! Win without boasting, lose without excuses - internalize your failures and externalize your victories. In the Fall of 1990, H. Catch the trade winds in your sails.

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JULY 21, 2014

It’s when the noise stops and you can actually get customer attention, press articles and VC meetings. There isn’t anything mission critical to bind the organization to keep using the product, their aren’t strong internal champions and projects quickly get shut down. It’s when the game slows.

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OCTOBER 26, 2017

Fortunately, this article is your ticket to understanding the state of the industry as it stands today. Founded by Shervin Pishevar, along with Brogan BamBrogan and Josh Giegel, Hyperloop One made its entrance into the Hyperloop market on February 2015 with a Forbes article and an announcement of $11.1 Hardt Global Mobility.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 20, 2012

A simple differentiation is that a product plan is designed for internal use, to get the product out. Because it addresses an internal audience, it can use technical jargon and assume the reader understands the technology. Competition analysis. Market research and competition. Development and rollout.

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InfoChachkie

FEBRUARY 20, 2012

free weekly Infochachkie articles! They also internalize their professional failures while externalizing their team’s successes. Bill’s advice reflects Microsoft’s hardnosed culture, which encourages internal competition and a ruthless pursuit of the truth. If you haven't already subscribed yet, subscribe now for.

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JANUARY 16, 2012

free weekly Infochachkie articles! Competitive Rivalry. Internal Dissent And External Cohesion. Competitive Rivalry. Even though the internal competition was strenuous, it was not until the twilight of the group’s career that it eroded the band’s cohesion. Internal Dissent And External Cohesion.

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Berkonomics

AUGUST 27, 2015

Dave’s note: We are privileged this week to host a post by Arthur Lipper, a well-respected member of the international financial community since 1954. He has written numerous books and articles for entrepreneurs and investors, and was the publisher and editor-in-chief of Venture Magazine.

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JANUARY 23, 2011

There is obviously no black-or-white answer, but I’ve tried everything from working a large international agency, to hiring in-house people to doing it myself. At almost every portfolio company I work with I encourage them to think hard about hiring internal PR staff. This post is a short guide to what I’ve learned: 1.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 27, 2016

For a software startup, a patent can be the intellectual property providing the key competitive advantage, or it can be an expensive non-defensible bureaucratic nightmare -- or both. patent reform legislation and an international Patent Cooperation Treaty to mitigate the challenges. There is no such thing as a world-wide patent.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 29, 2011

A simple differentiation is that a product plan is designed for internal use, to get the product out. Because it addresses an internal audience, it can use technical jargon and assume the reader understands the technology. Competition analysis. Market research and competition. Development and rollout.

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MARCH 14, 2013

This article originally appeared on TechCrunch. If I’m covering a company can I get evidence of what the competition is doing so the story is balanced? If you start with a POV rather than product features / functions or your own internal news story you’re already a long way down the track of answering the above questions.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 27, 2017

Cyber & nuclear threats, disruptive innovation, and increasing competition for market share will continue to reshape how members view their memberships. Improve internal resource allocation. Strategy alignment (internally/externally). Congress, federal agencies, and international regulatory authorities.

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AUGUST 28, 2009

We went through the euphoria of massive exposure at the time of our launch due to an article that ran in the Financial Times. They’re masking their internal flaws. You need to stop comparing our internal issues with their press releases. No news from you strengthens their internal morale. We were unprepared.

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InfoChachkie

NOVEMBER 15, 2011

Article first published as Why Selling To The Government Can Downgrade Your Startup on Technorati. free weekly Infochachkie articles! Many of the factors which make governments disadvantageous startup customers also act as competitive barriers, once a relationship is established. First Greece, now Spain and Italy.

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JANUARY 3, 2016

They offer leadership conferences, regular content articles on leadership, board pack templates and the like. And there is often competition over marketing activities, fund raising ownership and the like. We also run internal events often where we connect entrepreneurs to share knowledge. Internal Operations.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 18, 2014

Because the product plan is aimed internally, it can assume the reader has the relevant technology and jargon background. Opportunity segmentation and competitive environment. List key competitors and alternatives, highlighting your sustainable competitive advantages, such as patents and trademarks.

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JANUARY 26, 2013

Over the past couple of years I’ve written down some of my thoughts and it’s started to add up enough that I’ve now created a new tab on this blog with PR related articles on the topic. I will add to this as I write more in the coming weeks on the topic. They help create confidence amongst your staff in your future.

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JANUARY 31, 2010

TechCrunch ran my article yesterday as a guest post but I wanted to have a copy here for anybody who missed it and for future readers of this blog. We were immediately thrust into a globally competitive market for B2B collaboration tools. This is a slightly longer version and also has an update at the end. But now I’m nearly 42.

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AUGUST 4, 2014

A version of this article previously appeared on Forbes. In fact, for the past 27-years, he has specialized in bringing exotic travel destinations to those of us who are healthy and active but whose competitive sporting days are long behind us. Given crowded nature of your space, what are your thoughts on your competition? .

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 22, 2012

The term, introduced by entrepreneur and venture advisor Eric Ries in an article on Lessons Learned a couple of years ago, is properly used to describe smart startups that change direction quickly, but stay grounded in what they've learned. A good internal data point or early-warning is a chronically frustrated solution team.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 8, 2016

Because the product plan is aimed internally, it can assume the reader has the relevant technology and jargon background. Opportunity segmentation and competitive environment. List key competitors and alternatives, highlighting your sustainable competitive advantages, such as patents and trademarks.

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JULY 16, 2013

I remember just a decade ago in 2003 when we all laughed at how dumb people in the 90′s were talking about the race to “capture as many eyeballs as possible” before your competition. You would figure out how to monetize later. I say ring the freaking cash register. I have said so for years. Let’s see.

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