Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 5, 2022

I’ve always been looking for the specific behaviors required to make the change, so I was pleased to see some real guidance in the classic book, “ The Melting Point ,” by Dr. Christian Marcolli, a world-class expert on sustainable high performance. Only make exceptions if there is a true business emergency.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 13, 2020

I remember the classic book, “ Driven to Delight ,” by Joseph A. Your competition is global, so today’s customers are demanding world-class service. Michelli, with inspiring stories on how one well-known company, Mercedes-Benz, made the transition and is profiting as a result. Set the expectation for continuous improvement.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 20, 2021

If you are thinking of joining the rush in this direction, I found some practical insights for success in a classic book, “ Thriving in the Gig Economy ,” by Marion McGovern. The bad news is we have to think like a business, with all the implications of branding, finding customers, and competitors.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 31, 2018

Richard Wolpert is the author of A Soul Of A Deal, a book on deal making, and is also a longtime angel investor in Southern California's technology industry. On Demand).

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TechCrunch LA

DECEMBER 15, 2021

The tools that it has built include Voyage, its proprietary operating system to manage properties; a concierge app to help its guests with services before, during and after stays; its front-end booking platform; and a recently launched real estate platform. “It has always lagged hotels by a wide margin.

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InfoChachkie

OCTOBER 20, 2014

Unlike most university programs that are over architected and underfunded, the TMP evolved organically, based on the demands of its students and input from the local community. The TMP began in the late 1990''s as a single class inside the Engineering College. This allowed the curriculum to efficiently find its product / market fit.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 23, 2022

That’s why I was pleased to see the balance on people versus process in a classic book on how to fix your organization, “ The Diamond Process ,” by Mike Diamond and Christopher Harding. Customers demand more engagement and flexibility. On the other hand, I see teams with almost no process that are tremendously productive.

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TechCrunch LA

JUNE 18, 2022

Without the promise of riches or with reduced interest in blockchain-based exclusivity, where will consumer demand go? Levie explained to us how he manages to walk the fine line of being a crypto critic without landing in the bulls’ bad books. . I don’t even think digital assets [are] an asset class. follow the money.

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InfoChachkie

MARCH 2, 2015

I treat each of my classes as a product that the students are paying a lot of money to consume. For instance, I assign an Ombudsman in all my classes in order to gather anonymous feedback. Thus, diligent students leave my classes with insights and tools they can directly apply to their jobs after graduation. Challenging.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 16, 2019

In fact, I was impressed with the classic book, “ Upside: Profiting from the Profound Demographic Shifts Ahead ,” by Kenneth Gronbach, which is full of specific facts on demographic changes over the past few years, and what they mean for some of the major business segments out there today. Autos for drivers: Waning market demand.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 4, 2010

One of the most influential books of my career is The Innovator’s Dilemma by Clay Christensen. Many people bandy about the definitions of “disruptive technology&# or “the innovator’s dilemma&# without ever having read the book and almost universally misunderstand the concepts. I haven’t read it.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 2, 2019

This sharing economy is rapidly becoming the new business of sharing, with major winners already including Airbnb (rooms), Uber (rides), and Chegg (books). Community means more than supply and demand. It can mean selling through peer-to-peer e-commerce ( eBay ), renting ( HomeAway ), gifting ( yerdle ), or even swapping ( Swapz ).

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Eric Greenspan

MAY 9, 2013

I rarely see such a change in my life from simply reading a book, but this is one of those times and I had to share it. She even wrote the book “A Parent’s Playbook for Learning.” But this book I scanned extra hard. Instead of demanding he do his work, I jumped in and worked with him.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 27, 2011

And make sure to pick up a copy of his book. 22:53 Eric’s book: The Lean Startup. 57: 00 How do you rectify company mission and customer demand. 1:05:35 Middle class job of the next generation: software development! There are many in this episode. 20:42 Looking for the “Up and to the Right” charts.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 12, 2014

But being best-in-class at online marketing is also a sine qua non to standout from your peer group. Thus you end up with Demand Media that booms until Google algorithm changes (Panda) changes send it off a cliff along with many other companies overly reliant upon one “place” and one “promotional” method.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 31, 2019

I’ve always been looking for the specific behaviors required to make the change, so I was pleased to see some real guidance in a classic book, “ The Melting Point ,” by Dr. Christian Marcolli, a world-class expert on sustainable high performance. Only make exceptions if there is a true business emergency.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 5, 2018

The question is how we develop our future role and potential, while satisfying all the business and personal demands on our time today. I saw some good insights on this challenge in a new book, “ The Expertise Economy ,” by Kelly Palmer and David Blake. Don’t wait for someone else to send you back to class, or push you to change.

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socalTECH

JUNE 19, 2019

We have highly engaging courses, taught by professional players, and where you track your progress, driven by data, and which also features an on-demand marketplace to help you find any coach you want to help you improve your play on any game. If they just want to book a coaching lesson, it costs only $5 to get started.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 3, 2018

The millions of immigrant workers who silently wash dishes in restaurants, are prep cooks, pick the agriculture that feeds us, build our houses, clean our houses, watch our kids and do our gardening are vilified as criminals by those currently in power to exploit the fears of working-class white, non-Hispanic, Americans. Invisibility.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 30, 2018

Alibaba, today the counterpart in China to Amazon, Ebay, and Google here, has demonstrated leadership in this area, and provides guidance for all of us to learn from in a new book, “ Smart Business ,” by Ming Zeng. This is a new class of software that can adapt in real time to market changes. The efficiency gain is tremendous.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 8, 2015

This new sharing economy is rapidly becoming the new business of sharing, with major winners already including Airbnb (rooms), Uber (rides), and Chegg (books). Community means more than supply and demand. It can mean selling through peer-to-peer e-commerce ( eBay ), renting ( HomeAway ), gifting ( yerdle ), or even swapping ( Swapz ).

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 14, 2017

In fact, I just finished a new book, “ Upside: Profiting from the Profound Demographic Shifts Ahead ,” by Kenneth Gronbach, which is full of specific facts on demographic changes over the past few years, and what they mean for some of the major business segments out there today. Autos for drivers: Waning market demand.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 22, 2019

That’s why I was pleased to see the balance on people versus process in a classic book on how to fix your organization, “ The Diamond Process ,” by Mike J Diamond and Christopher R Harding. Customers demand more engagement and flexibility. On the other hand, I see teams with almost no process that are tremendously productive.

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InfoChachkie

NOVEMBER 5, 2012

Number two (was) to create end-user demand and drive it into our sales channel. The videos are watched outside of class, while class time is focused on discussing each student group's progress from the prior week. In also strongly encourage emerging entrepreneurs to check out Steve's latest book, The Startup Owner’s Manual.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 28, 2011

Is it book smarts? Amy Chua, a Yale professor, wrote a book about raising children the “Chinese Mother&# way. I learned that I wasn’t the strongest kid in class but wasn’t a wimp either. The toughest or coolest kids in class often like somebody who is willing to stand up to them – but not cross them.

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Tech.Co

MAY 24, 2017

And not just the token two children, but to actually be the one who volunteered in their classes and screamed at them to stop picking flowers on the soccer field. In her book, “Lean In: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead,” Sheryl Sandberg stated, “When it comes time to settle down, find someone who wants an equal partner.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 30, 2013

Career survival today requires thinking and acting like an entrepreneur starting a business, staying nimble and resilient, willing to pivot, and supersensitive to the market realities of supply and demand. Reid Hoffman, cofounder of LinkedIn, helped me crystallize these similarities with his book “ The Start-up of You.”

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 18, 2010

The concept comes from a Stephen Covey book called “ First Things First ,&# which is a worthwhile book ( Wikipedia overview here ) but if you haven’t read his seminal book “ 7 Habits of Highly Effective People &# you should start with that. I thought through the steps: Get a class of interesting companies.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 14, 2017

Sam’s vision was to build a world-class “reverse logistics” company that could be as ambitious as Amazon has been in delivering goods to our houses. and we were met with weak demand, slow growth and high costs. MakeSpace (as he named it) would help you get your excess goods into low-cost warehouses.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 26, 2020

If your goal is a large national corporation with more than 100 investors, and multiple classes of stock, you might prefer a C-Corp or S-Corp. Don’t let your passion convince you that word-of-mouth and viral marketing will suffice against well-funded competitors and ever more demanding customers.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 2, 2017

I’ve always been looking for the specific behaviors required to make the change, so I was pleased to see some real guidance in a new book, “ The Melting Point ,” by Dr. Christian Marcolli, a world-class expert on sustainable high performance. Only make exceptions if there is a true business emergency.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 18, 2009

Kelly Tompkins: AdventureLink is a reservation network, which allows consumers and agents to book adventure travel around the world. What we're doing, is replicating what cruise agencies did in the 80's and 90's with their reservation infrastructure--allowing traditional and online buyers to shop, compare, and book trips for the first time.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 22, 2014

Most VCs are book smart. In fact, book smart can be a negative. I’ve been involved with SaaS companies with VCs who don’t understand demand generation, lead qualification, sales coverage ratios, sales forecasting or frankly when deals should be inside sales vs. outside sales. Smart is simply not a differentiator.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 11, 2016

This new sharing economy is rapidly becoming the new business of sharing, with major winners already including Airbnb (rooms), Uber (rides), and Chegg (books). Community means more than supply and demand. It can mean selling through peer-to-peer e-commerce ( eBay ), renting ( HomeAway ), gifting ( yerdle ), or even swapping ( Swapz ).

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 21, 2017

That’s why I was pleased to see the balance on people versus process in a new book on how to fix your organization, “ The Diamond Process ,” by Mike J Diamond and Christopher R Harding. Customers demand more engagement and flexibility. On the other hand, I see teams with almost no process that are tremendously productive.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 29, 2017

If you are thinking of joining the rush in this direction, I found some practical insights for success in a new book, “ Thriving in the Gig Economy ,” by Marion McGovern. The bad news is we have to think like a business, with all the implications of branding, finding customers, and competitors.

Pricing 68

Pricing Entrepreneur Mentor News 68

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 5, 2013

If you are in this category, first know that you are not alone, but then you need to take a look at the advice given by Patricia Sigmon in her book “ Six Steps to Creating Profit: A Guide for Small and Mid-Sized Service-Based Businesses.” Keep you office running lean and mean. Is your service being replaced? But don’t worry. Marty Zwilling.

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