Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 4, 2015

Early-stage entrepreneurs rightly keep their focus on creating an innovative product or service. That’s where I see too much entrepreneur burnout, growth plateaus, and founders being replaced, to their chagrin. Of course, not every entrepreneur wants to tackle this challenge. Managing business growth is more than metrics.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 2, 2017

People who are good at solving problems for other people make great entrepreneurs. In business, the ability to solve problems is called “street smarts,” and it’s more valuable than “book smarts.” In my role as a new business advisor, I sometimes see people who are very intelligent and well-educated, but not adept at problem solving.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 23, 2015

The case for zero paid media as the new marketing model was highlighted in a recent book, “ Z.E.R.O. ” These usually provide a customer’s first impression of your offering, and should not be blatantly self-promotional, but instead informative, educational, and even entertaining. marketing is not zero marketing. Marty Zwilling.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 8, 2011

We have significant VC commitments (listed below) – every entering company will get $50,000 in funding, mentorship from top VCs and successful entrepreneurs plus free office space. But the most important metric has been the deep and lasting relationships that have been built with startups and also between senior executives.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 20, 2013

The case for zero paid media as the new marketing model was highlighted in a new book, “ Z.E.R.O. ” These usually provide a customer’s first impression of your offering, and should not be blatantly self-promotional, but instead informative, educational, and even entertaining. marketing is not zero marketing. Marty Zwilling.

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Media Marketing Startup Framework 101

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 3, 2013

Early-stage entrepreneurs rightly keep their focus on creating an innovative product or service. That’s where I see too much entrepreneur burnout, growth plateaus, and Founders being replaced, to their chagrin. Of course, not every entrepreneur wants to tackle this challenge. Managing business growth is more than metrics.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 13, 2017

Early-stage entrepreneurs rightly keep their focus on creating an innovative product or service. That’s where I see too much entrepreneur burnout, growth plateaus, and founders being replaced, to their chagrin. Of course, not every entrepreneur wants to tackle this challenge. Managing business growth is more than metrics.

Startup 56

Startup Sales Metrics Guide 56

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 6, 2014

Your values as you create a startup are the key to creating an enviable culture that attracts more customers,” says Ann Rhoades in her book Built on Values. Empowering and educating everyone to make the right decisions at every opportunity leads to happy customers and business success. culture diversity entrepreneur startup values'

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 4, 2015

Social media is so pervasive in today’s world that every entrepreneur believes instinctively that they know how to use it for their startup. You need executive buy-in, committed budgets, and education for the whole team on objectives and activities. Don’t forget the metrics and analytics. You can’t manage what you don’t measure.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 10, 2017

My job as a new business advisor is to help entrepreneurs get over this chasm early. I found some great guidance in this context in a new book, “ Lead True ,” by Jeff Thompson, MD. Most entrepreneurs find that they are their own toughest critics. The days of educating customers to sell your current solutions are gone.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 24, 2013

Your values as you create a startup are the key to creating an enviable culture that attracts more customers, according to Ann Rhoades, in her book “ Built on Values.” Empowering and educating everyone to make the right decisions at every opportunity leads to happy customers and business success. Input = output. Marty Zwilling.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 20, 2012

Your values as you create a startup are the key to creating an enviable culture that attracts more customers, according to Ann Rhoades, in her book “ Built on Values.” Empowering and educating everyone to make the right decisions at every opportunity leads to happy customers and business success. Input = output.

Startup 100

Startup Customer Custom Social Network 100

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 18, 2010

I’ll put my money on one of the originals in the social media marketing game, my friend Lon Safko, who just published his Second Edition of the bestselling book, “ The Social Media Bible.” This is the time to get creative, run pilot projects to look at ROI, and educate the whole team on objectives and activities. Marty Zwilling.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 31, 2012

As I was reminded recently by Peter Fader’s book, “ Customer Centricity ” from the Wharton School, Wal-Mart and Costco aren’t really customer centric. That means setting up operational and financial metrics, educating team members, and rewarding the right actions. If not, competitors are approaching.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 27, 2011

Your values as you create a startup are the key to creating an enviable culture that attracts more customers, according to Ann Rhoades, in her book “ Built on Values.” Empowering and educating everyone to make the right decisions at every opportunity leads to happy customers and business success. Input = output.

Startup 92

Startup Customer Custom Social Network 92

Tech Zulu Event

MAY 9, 2014

After the event, we caught up, Parker Thompson , Entrepreneur-in-Residence (EIR) charged with leading Batch 8. They’ve captured their market quickly by being the first providers of affordable luxury bookings with a business model to fill in a large amount of unused travel inventory. First, A Look Inside 500 Startups.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 3, 2013

Disruption of Education. He talked about how for centuries education had “no technological core” (meaning it was bound by physical locations) and thus disruption was very difficult. Today’s higher education is responding by making more courses online and available to people outside of physical boundaries. .

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 11, 2013

Many entrepreneurs are too focused on their dream to take notice of health warning signs, which leads them to ignore business health signs as well. If you can’t remember the last time you had a relaxing evening with the spouse, or read a book, you may be overworking and that could negatively affect your health in the long run.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 22, 2023

From my consulting with entrepreneurs in Europe and other countries, I’m convinced that we all could benefit from adapting to meet their environments. I found these challenges and opportunities outlined well in a classic book, “ Out-Innovate ,” by Alexandre Lazarow. Design the full stack, not just a new software element.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 1, 2020

From my consulting with entrepreneurs in Europe and other countries, I’m convinced that we all could benefit from adapting to meet their environments. I found these challenges and opportunities outlined well in a new book, “ Out-Innovate ,” by Alexandre Lazarow. Design the full stack, not just a new software element.

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Ideas Venture Capital Software Review Technical Review 124

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 7, 2011

As I was reminded recently by Peter Fader’s new book, “ Customer Centricity ” from the Wharton School, Wal-Mart and Costco aren’t really customer centric. That means setting up operational and financial metrics, educating team members, and rewarding the right actions. If not, competitors are approaching.

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