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.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 1, 2019

In his classic book, “ Second Stage Entrepreneurship ,” Daniel J. Managing business growth is more than metrics. You can hire the best salespeople, have great products and define good metrics, but without decisive and innovative managers, the sales organization will not reach its full potential.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 12, 2015

Overall I like the principles in the classic book “ Robert’s Rules of Innovation: A 10-Step Program for Corporate Survival ,” by Robert F. It starts with a vision, but benefits quickly from a structured process of idea generation, evaluation, prototyping, customer feedback, and success metrics. Set milestones and meet them. Ownership.

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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.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 2, 2017

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. Establish metrics to assure solution and prevent recurrence.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 8, 2011

But the most important metric has been the deep and lasting relationships that have been built with startups and also between senior executives. The first two years of the program focused on education & mentorship. This education will continue. Cramster – Acquired by Chegg the leading online book rental company.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 10, 2019

I found some great guidance in this context in the classic book, “ Lead True ,” by Jeff Thompson, MD. Set goals based on values, that are meant to exceed, and use metrics, rather than gut feeling to assess your own progress, as well as that of your team. The days of educating customers to sell your current solutions are gone.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 4, 2015

In his recent book, “ Second Stage Entrepreneurship ,” Daniel J. Managing business growth is more than metrics. You can hire the best salespeople, have great products and define good metrics, but without decisive and innovative managers, the sales organization will not reach its full potential.

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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. Success is doing the right things the right way.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 13, 2017

In his classic book, “ Second Stage Entrepreneurship ,” Daniel J. Managing business growth is more than metrics. You can hire the best salespeople, have great products and define good metrics, but without decisive and innovative managers, the sales organization will not reach its full potential.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 4, 2015

I agree with my friend Lon Safko, and his classic book “ The Social Media Bible ,” which asserts your team can be successful at social without the cost of an expensive expert or agency, by following these five basic steps: Start with the dominant players. Don’t forget the metrics and analytics. You can’t manage what you don’t measure.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 3, 2013

I just finished a new book, “ Second Stage Entrepreneurship ,” by Daniel J. Managing business growth is more than metrics. You can hire the best salespeople, have great products and define good metrics, but without decisive and innovative managers, the sales organization will not reach its full potential.

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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.

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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

JUNE 10, 2017

I found some great guidance in this context in a new book, “ Lead True ,” by Jeff Thompson, MD. Set goals based on values, that are meant to exceed, and use metrics, rather than gut feeling to assess your own progress, as well as that of your team. The days of educating customers to sell your current solutions are gone.

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Case Study Customer Custom Entrepreneur 55

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.

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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.

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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.

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Tech Zulu Event

MAY 9, 2014

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. We know language education is a huge market, with 1/7 of people around the world learning a new language. About $37B worth of lost sales a year, worldwide.

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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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Tech Zulu Event

JULY 7, 2015

It has also improved the everyday services that we usually encounter—from banking, booking plane tickets, and even conducting business and the bigger picture of retail marketing. In 1995, Amazon launched an online book seller. Some call it the Amazon era but this period has really shook the entire retail industry.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 12, 2010

BookRenter – plus a discussion about Chegg … what is going on in the university book market? We talked about the analogies between what NetFlix achieved in movies and whether this is relevant to the book market. Online text book rental service. Metrics: 2.5mm members, 1,000 brands, 2,500 sale events to-date.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 11, 2013

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. On a regular basis, at least once a quarter, you need to take a hard look at all your key metrics. Quarterly business reviews. Quality improvements.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 22, 2023

I found these challenges and opportunities outlined well in a classic book, “ Out-Innovate ,” by Alexandre Lazarow. Silicon Valley is focused on disrupting established industries, but in many parts of the world, innovators must create new sectors, such as education, health care, financial services, and energy.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 1, 2020

I found these challenges and opportunities outlined well in a new book, “ Out-Innovate ,” by Alexandre Lazarow. Silicon Valley is focused on disrupting established industries, but in many parts of the world, innovators must create new sectors, such as education, health care, financial services, and energy.

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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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Customer Custom Services Pricing 90