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6 Initiatives To Prep Your Startup For The Road Ahead

Startup Professionals Musings

Change is about the only thing constant in the world of startups. Chris Musselwhite and Tammie Plouffe, in a classic HBR article on change readiness for large companies, define it as “the ability to continuously initiate and respond to change in ways that create advantage, minimize risk, and sustain performance.”

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Here’s Why a Booming Tech Market May Fool You into Thinking You’re Successful

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For what ever reason we’re wired to have amnesia during the run up and prescient memories of how we ‘knew it all along’ as soon as the slide begins. Once you understand both sides of the cycle you start to recognize signs of behavior during each phase. It’s when the game slows. ” The Lessons of Shelfware.

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Should Startups Focus on Profitability or Not?

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I find it amusing when a journalist writes an article about a prominent startup (either privately held or preparing for an IPO) and decries that, “They’re not even profitable!” Exec Summary: Most companies (98+%) in the world (even tech startups) should be very profit focused. What makes up revenue?

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Why Startups Should Raise Money at the Top End of Normal

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This article originally appeared on TechCrunch. 2 preamble issues having read the comments on TC today: 1: I know that the prices of startup companies is much great in Silicon Valley than in smaller towns / less tech focused areas in the US and the US prices higher than many foreign markets. I acknowledged this in the article.

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Increase Your Sales Velocity By Saying No To Pilots

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A version of this article previously appeared on Forbes. Startups often pursue such arrangements, hoping it will reduce the friction normally encountered during the negotiation process and lead to revenue more quickly. For this reason, startups who perform Pilots have failed the Business Development Idiot Test. More Than Syntax.

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How to Use Generative AI and LLMs to Improve Search

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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. Initial Query Refinement: Initial query is the starting point in any search process where a user provides an initial query to the system.

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6 Keys To Making Timely Changes To Save Your Business

Startup Professionals Musings

Image via Wikipedia Change is about the only thing constant in the world of startups. Chris Musselwhite and Tammie Plouffe, in a classic HBR article on change readiness for large companies, define it as “the ability to continuously initiate and respond to change in ways that create advantage, minimize risk, and sustain performance.”

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