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5 Biggest Social Media Mistakes Made by Entrepreneurs

Tech Zulu Event

While social media can be a powerful way for businesses to interact with audiences, there are many costly mistakes that can be made in this area. Hardly a week goes by without hearing about a scandal or faux pas made by a company on Twitter, Facebook or Instagram. Many entrepreneurs and businesses have topics that are too broad.

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Smart Entrepreneurs Plan Multiple Rollout Iterations

Startup Professionals Musings

Don’t mistake this for a license to launch an incomplete or poor quality solution. Your strategy today should be to define and excellently prepare the absolute minimum product that will excite a selected small segment of your intended customers, and roll it out to them – as a Beta, early promotion, or even a give-away. Think about it.

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The Planned Iteration Startup Launch Minimizes Risk

Startup Professionals Musings

I strongly recommend a dramatic departure from this model, called “planned iteration” or Lean Startup methodology, where you assume you won’t get it right the first time, so you launch with a minimum viable product (MVP). Don’t mistake this for a license to launch an incomplete or poor quality solution. Think about it. Marty Zwilling.

Startup 101
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Every Startup Should Assume Pivots Will Be Required

Startup Professionals Musings

I strongly recommend a dramatic departure from this model, called “planned iteration” or Lean Startup methodology, where you assume you won’t get it right the first time, so you launch with a minimum viable product (MVP). Don’t mistake this for a license to launch an incomplete or poor quality solution. Think about it. Marty Zwilling.

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Top 40 Startup Posts for August 2010

SoCal CTO

August was a slow month in terms of traffic and I was away for a lot of the month, but there were some really great posts at the intersection of startups, technology, product and being a Startup CTO. thought it would be helpful to put some of my thoughts into a blog post and hopefully spur some conversation in the comments and over email.

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Olympic Lessons for Startup Life

InfoChachkie

It’s often said that the First Twenty Employees in a startup make the biggest difference and see the greatest success. The bigger they come…” holds true for Olympic legends and entrepreneurs alike. Survive the mistakes and get up quickly. It’s up to them, just like an Olympian, to dare to achieve greatness. Share and Enjoy.

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How Startups Can Use Metrics to Drive Success

Both Sides of the Table

I was recently talking with a startup company who wanted me to try their product. I’m a big believer in product stability & performance before adding too many features. If you have multiple versions of your product, how many are web vs. mobile? I see this mistake all the time, actually. SEO is seldom “free.”.

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