Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 2, 2023

Studies of software teams, for example, show differences as great as ten to one in productivity between working team members. Much has been written about the external influences of office environments, motivation, and personal health impacts, but I see evidence that there are personal productivity tactics that contribute just as much.

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Berkonomics

APRIL 16, 2020

Email readers, continue here… ] DURING THIS CRISIS: Having no plan is like having a bad plan. Do you still need marketing costs when there is no-one out there buying new product? It is easier to keep them off the books than increase overhead again, especially with come of your payroll lay-offs.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 1, 2012

The real solution is better productivity and less procrastination, to put you back in control of your business. Jan Yager, a recognized expert on the subject of time management, just released a new edition of her most popular book, “ Work Less, Do More: The 14-Day Productivity Makeover.” Rest makes you more productive.

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Berkonomics

NOVEMBER 19, 2015

But don’t close your eyes to the fact that your customers have grown to expect your products or services in the form of…. For those producing physical products (atoms, not bits), Amazon and a few others have set the bar of expectation that already includes one–hour delivery at a cost and for certain items in many urban areas.

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Tech.Co

MAY 31, 2023

But while competition remains fierce, the advancement and accessibility of smart solutions are making it easy than ever for startups to find their feet. Read our guide to the best VoIP desk phones to check out its competition. Launching and growing a startup is one of the biggest missions an entrepreneur can undertake. From its 4.3-inch

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 15, 2022

According to the classic book “ Data Crush ,” by Christopher Surdak, data in all formats will soon be the largest source of new opportunities for startups, or death. Look for and reward quantum changes, like cutting cycle time in half, in your processes, products, and services. Make strategic versus opportunistic decisions.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 29, 2022

Both are required to stay competitive. An exception is the classic book by Alison Maitland and Peter Thomson, “ Future Work: Changing Organizational Culture for the New World of Work ,” which offers some real insight on this subject. Reward shorter hours of high productivity. Peer pressure keeps productivity standards high.

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Berkonomics

APRIL 26, 2018

Any disruption to the tedium of daily activity from weather, disaster, revenues slowdown or product problems will stress the company infrastructure if there is not a cushion to use during such times. It seems that the first subject that comes up in such assignments is the health of the competition. Such bargains; so little time.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 25, 2013

Competitive sportswoman. She learns how to ship product, how to deal with merchants, how to hire product managers. Always meeting her product ship dates. She was always able to get into the weeds on product or biz dev discussions. She speaks about ethical sourcing of eco-friendly products. Stanford MBA.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 15, 2022

Others send investors email and business plans in all uppercase or no punctuation. From an investor perspective, understanding and acting early to establish a sustainable competitive advantage, and barrier to entry, is the best assurance of a financial return. Effective communication requires real listening, as well as talking.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 7, 2013

I’m super excited to announce that GRP Partners led the investment in Ethan Anderson’s new company MyTime (link has LA-based merchants but will give you a good feel for the product). ” So Ethan went to work as a product manager at Google Video. In the same year they won Business Insider’s Startup competition.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 16, 2023

Scott, published a classic book that I still recommend, ” The New Rules of Lead Generation ,” highlighting the changes wrought by the internet and social media. For new product startups, search engine marketing (SEM) is still one of the most cost-effective and scalable lead-generation approaches. Email marketing. Trade shows.

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Berkonomics

MARCH 25, 2012

Email readers, continue here.] Sound Idea (basic value, product risk) $1/2 million. Strategic relationships (reducing market risk and competitive risk) $1/2 million. Product Rollout or Sales (reducing financial or production risk) $1/2 million.

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Berkonomics

DECEMBER 15, 2016

Authors Jeanne Liedtka and Tim Oglivie have created a framework for creation of a new product or service – one worth spending at least a cycle of time for review. From their book, “Designing for Growth,” they iterate a four question matrix, each with steps for creation through launch. We’ll use this loosely to frame our process.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 30, 2019

What every entrepreneur needs more than anything else, after they have built an innovative new product or service, is visibility, credibility, and trust by customers, potential employees, and future business partners. Key value elements of a good book include the following: Publishing a book defines you as an influencer and authority.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 28, 2023

I always struggle with coaching along these lines, so I was pleased to see some excellent guidance on tactics in making decisions in a new book, “ The Leap To Leader ,” by Adam Bryant. I recommend that you use every vehicle at your disposal, including email and public statistics, to clarify the worst case.

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Berkonomics

FEBRUARY 9, 2017

Competitors, seeing a successful development of a niche, flock into the competitive void with products or services built with a fresh view of the current environment. Not so long ago, Basil Peters wrote his book, “Early Exits,” after analyzing 150 young companies and their exits.

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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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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 13, 2020

Others send investors email and business plans in all uppercase or no punctuation. From an investor perspective, understanding and acting early to establish a sustainable competitive advantage, and barrier to entry, is the best assurance of a financial return. Effective communication requires real listening, as well as talking.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 20, 2020

Scott, published a classic book that I recommend, ” The New Rules of Lead Generation ,” highlighting the changes wrought by the internet and social media. For new product startups, search engine marketing (SEM) is still one of the most cost-effective and scalable lead-generation approaches. Email marketing. Trade shows.

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InfoChachkie

SEPTEMBER 19, 2012

After reading this book, Ben, Sid and Taylor realized they could do the same thing and become their own bosses. Once brightblu began to take off and started developing their product and technology, it was brought to their attention that there was an upcoming business contest called the UCSB New Venture Competition.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 17, 2016

He brings knowledgable experts from varying points of view but never books anybody that engages in yelling matches. I haven’t read the book nor deeply reviewed Project Aristotle but the conversation on this morning’s show really resonated with me. I have a board meeting coming up this week and I just reviewed the agenda.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 31, 2012

If you haven’t read Adam Lashinsky’s awesome new book about Apple , you should. I got an email recently from my friend & fellow VC, Jeff Bussgang from Flybridge Capital Partners in Boston. My list of excuses includes: product, pricing, competition and lack of sales support.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 11, 2019

According to the classic book “ Data Crush ,” by Christopher Surdak, data in all formats will soon be the largest source of new opportunities for startups, or death. Look for and reward quantum changes, like cutting cycle time in half, in your processes, products, and services. Make strategic versus opportunistic decisions.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 7, 2015

Effective time management skills are often the best competitive edge. I found some new insight and direction on this subject in a classic book by Jan Yager, Ph.D., “ Put More Time On Your Side.” A realistic product deadline will motivate you, so stop setting unrealistic deadlines, which discourage you or even ‘shut you down.’

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InfoChachkie

JULY 23, 2012

companies should… focus on building amazing products. If you have amazing products, the marketing of those products is trivial. If you have $hitty products, the marketing is impossible. Instead of focusing on marketing as an activity… integrate it into (your) products.”. Brad Feld, Managing Director, Foundry Group.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 27, 2013

The real solution is better productivity and less procrastination, to put you back in control of your business. Jan Yager, a recognized expert on the subject of time management, addressed this issue in the latest edition of her book, “ Work Less, Do More: The 14-Day Productivity Makeover.” Rest makes you more productive.

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TechCrunch LA

JUNE 3, 2022

billion company in the brutally competitive beauty industry, especially one with such broad appeal. Like with many consumer brands geared toward women, we buy in not just because of the marketing, but because of the product itself. Glossier’s commoditized feminism aside, it’s no easy task to launch a $1.8

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Berkonomics

JUNE 8, 2017

Email readers, continue here…] Bootstrapping: This term describes your ability to start a business with little investment and grow it using internally-generated funds. Dave’s book and ebook on raising money available on Amazon.com. More on raising money in BERKONOMICS book, also available on Amazon.com.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 26, 2014

Effective time management skills are often the best competitive edge. I found some new insight and direction on this subject in a recent book by Jan Yager, Ph.D., “ Put More Time On Your Side.” A realistic product deadline will motivate you, so stop setting unrealistic deadlines, which discourage you or even ‘shut you down.’

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 8, 2013

According to many experts, including Michael Hyatt, in his book, “ Platform: Get Noticed in a Noisy World ,” you need to build the highest platform you can, to stand out and be heard above all the rest. Building your home base with personal and product traction. Make your customers your platform.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 29, 2016

Studies of software teams, for example, show differences as great as ten to one in productivity between working team members. Much has been written about the external influences of office environments, motivation, and personal health impacts, but I see evidence that there are personal productivity tactics that contribute just as much.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 31, 2015

According to a recent book “ Data Crush ,” by Christopher Surdak, data will be the largest source of new opportunities for startups, or death. Look for and reward quantum changes, like cutting cycle time in half, in your processes, products, and services. exabytes per month at the end of the year. Marty Zwilling.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 31, 2012

According to many experts, including Michael Hyatt, in his new book, “ Platform: Get Noticed in a Noisy World ,” you need to build the highest platform you can, to stand out and be heard above all the rest. Building your home base with personal and product traction. Make your customers your platform.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 25, 2016

So when Sam Rosen came to me with the idea of disrupting storage with a product that is priced cheaper than existing incumbents and he could build a product that is a better service I was intrigued. How much money will airlines companies, hotel companies or event companies pay me as a referral or for booking?

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 27, 2015

Both are required to stay competitive. An exception is a recent book by Alison Maitland and Peter Thomson, “ Future Work: Changing Organizational Culture for the New World of Work ,” which offers some real insight on this subject. Reward shorter hours of high productivity. Peer pressure keeps productivity standards high.

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Berkonomics

NOVEMBER 4, 2016

Originally created in the mid 1990’s to help with the imprecise problem of how to value early stage companies, especially those in technology, I developed what soon became known as “The Berkus Method” when published in the popular book, “Winning Angels” by Harvard’s Amis and Stevenson with my permission in 2001.

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