Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 30, 2019

In my experience as a business advisor, one of the best ways to get all of these, is to publish a book on the technology, the journey, or some relevant lessons learned. Your book need not be a best-seller, and it probably won’t make you any money directly, but it’s the best business card you could ever imagine.

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InfoChachkie

JULY 23, 2012

Serial entrepreneur, venture investor and startup accelerator pioneer Brad Feld has notoriously mocked traditional marketing throughout his career. If you have amazing products, the marketing of those products is trivial. If you have $hitty products, the marketing is impossible. Trada – Guerilla Marketing In Action.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

With the enormous changes to our economies and financial markets?—?how how on Earth could the venture capital market stand still? One of the most common questions I’m asked by people intrigued by but also scared by venture capital and technology markets is some variant of, “Aren’t technology markets way overvalued?

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InfoChachkie

JUNE 3, 2013

John Lusk, along with his Co-Author Kyle Harrison, leveraged their humble company''s newsletter into The MouseDriver Chronicles , a New York Times bestselling book. I said, ''Hey, listen were going to start writing this newsletter and it''s going to highlight our trials and tribulations, our failures and our successes.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 31, 2021

There really is no excuse these days, with samples on the Internet, business-plan books in every bookstore, and dozens of apps to automate the process. A great business plan doesn’t have to be a book in length, with extensive financial statements. Don’t try to impress constituents with technical terms, jargon, and acronyms.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 2, 2018

Santa Monica-based PadX , a new startup in the real estate market, said today that it has launched a new home buying and selling marketplace in Los Angeles. The new service includes home search tools, ability to book and schedule tours, ways to connect users to a local agent, and online tools to write offers on homes.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 15, 2013

I just finished a new book on this approach, “ Beyond the Business Plan ,” by Simon Bridge and Cecilia Hegarty, which outlines tradeoffs and recommends ten principles for every new venture explorer. Market research techniques for trying to predict the market’s response to a new venture can be costly and are often unreliable.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 12, 2023

I believe the old adage that you don’t know what you don’t know until you try to write it down. The discipline of writing down your plan is the best way to make sure you understand how to transform your idea into a business, and how to communicate it. Finish the product before marketing begins.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 15, 2022

There are hundreds of consultants out there who will take your money for guidance in this area, but I recommend that you start with some free resources on the Internet, or one of the many recent books on this topic. A balance of conventional and social communication and marketing is always advised.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 1, 2022

I was happy to see this strategy expertly illustrated in a new book, “ The Innovation Mindset ,” by Lorraine H. I recommend that you always use brainstorming, or expert feedback, to define similar approaches and markets, before proceeding to produce and sell a solution that may be expensive to change later.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 17, 2020

I believe the old adage that you don’t know what you don’t know until you try to write it down. The discipline of writing down your plan is the best way to make sure you understand how to transform your idea into a business, and how to communicate it. Finish the product before marketing begins.

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Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 10, 2012

McDonald’s IPOed 46 years ago with a market cap today of over $100 billion, why? Google’s current market cap sits at just over $200 billion (Yahoo! When I was running my digital marketing firm I was constantly in corporate meetings. In most offices there would be a shelf of business books. For we live in speed.

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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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SoCal CTO

OCTOBER 14, 2009

Cliff Allen is someone I've known for quite a few years and he's a go to person for me when I'm thinking about issues around marketing, sales, technology, startups and networking. I moved into writing software to analyze audience data, and wrote a lot of computer graphics software. Maybe that would make sense as a marketing channel.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 15, 2021

The issue in these cases was usually not the technology per se, but the bigger business picture of marketable prices, ease of use, and support infrastructures. You don’t really understand a new idea, until you try to write it down and succinctly communicate it to peers and critics. At best, all they teach you in school is how to learn.

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TechCrunch LA

MAY 17, 2019

Ficto is bringing to market adaptations of bestselling books and original productions which will be released with theatrical films and has plans in the pipeline for other forms of scripted and unscripted entertainment. Jemisin’s book is another feature in the Ficto slate. Feist novels have sold over 20 million copies.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 2, 2020

His challenge is to focus on one market, with a specific design, cost, and price. Bill was initially the idea person and technologist, while Steve had the business and marketing experience from Proctor & Gamble to close the business equation. For example, I have a friend with a Ph.D. Yes, there are a lot of bridges to cross.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 30, 2022

For example, I remember a classic book by Penina Rybak, “ The NICE Reboot ,” that does a great job of outlining problem solving steps, honed from working with special needs youngsters. Listen to your customers to arrive at acceptable and marketable solutions. Verbalize the problem to fully understand it and why it’s occurring.

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InfoChachkie

SEPTEMBER 28, 2011

Guy’s latest book, Enchantment , was released in March of 2011, to overwhelmingly upbeat reviews. I enjoyed the book as well, as evidenced by the review I wrote at the time of its release, which you can read HERE. I want this book to be the equal to How To Win Friends And Influence People, by Dale Carnegie.”.

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Santa Barbara Technical Review Social Media Startup 262

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 10, 2023

In a classic book on this approach, “ Beyond the Business Plan ,” Simon Bridge and Cecilia Hegarty outline tradeoffs and recommends ten principles for every new venture explorer. Market research techniques for trying to predict the market’s response to a new venture can be costly and are often unreliable.

Startup 142

Startup Capital Resource Research 142

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 22, 2017

For example, I remember a classic book by Penina Rybak, “ The NICE Reboot ,” that does a great job of outlining problem solving steps, honed from working with special needs youngsters. Listen to your customers to arrive at acceptable and marketable solutions. Verbalize the problem to fully understand it and why it’s occurring.

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Satisfaction Marketing Mentor Entrepreneur 53

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 3, 2019

We caught up with Amos to learn about his new book, and to gain some tips for startup entrepreneurs on how to figure out when you're actually ready to scale your sales team. What's the new book about? Amos Schwartzfarb: The book is called Sell More Faster, the Ultimate Sales Playbook For Startups. That was four years ago.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 5, 2021

John Bradberry, in his classic book “ 6 Secrets To Startup Success ” explores many of these attributes, especially passion, and defines some useful principles to help enthusiastic entrepreneurs squeeze the most out of their passion, while not being trapped by it. Attach to the market, not your idea. Ensure that your passion adds up.

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InfoChachkie

APRIL 25, 2011

As I noted in Why Most Business Books (Still) Suck , I am generally not a fan of business books. If you are a leader at a startup and you are reading a business book, you are not closing customers, raising capital, improving your product, or spending time with your loved ones. Pithy – Guy is the Steven King of business books.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 31, 2018

Amazon has razor thin profits compared to their revenue but Bezos doesn't care he just wants growth and world domination and has a market cap of $763B. The biggest news was the continued bullish market now coming on ten years even though historical cycles show markets don't usually last more than 7-8 years.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 16, 2023

If your business is to be a thought leader in the social media world, you need a system of grading how much influence you have online, much like the original Klout score, as explained in the classic book on this subject, “ Klout Matters ,” by Gina Carr and Terry Brock. If you can’t write it down, you probably don’t understand it.

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Social Media Media Ideas Writing 94

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 15, 2022

Some entrepreneurs love to talk and produce videos, but hate to write anything down. A strategy of learning and willingness to pivot, based on market feedback, is a great survival skill and attitude, cherished by investors. Many key insights to success in any business can’t be learned from books or the Internet.

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TechCrunch LA

OCTOBER 26, 2021

Then fans would be tasked with writing their own stories, submitting them to the Realms of Ruin universe by minting them as NFTs on the Solana blockchain. If the authors are inviting fans to write fan fiction about a universe they created, who owns the derivative works?

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 28, 2010

At the time, I was looking for a book to teach web design to my students, but figured out that one had never been written. So, I ended up writing that first book, and Bruce helped me with the research, and that was one way we got to know each other before we were even dating. It was going crazy. How did that change things?

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 6, 2021

This may mean attending industry conferences, taking college courses, or reading some key books. In many cases, the challenge may just be your ability to market yourself, and what you know. It may be time for you to start your own blog, write a book, or volunteer as a speaker at public events in your domain.

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InfoChachkie

APRIL 16, 2012

I recently spoke with Steve Blank, author of the new book The Startup Owner’s Manual. Steve is also a Stanford Professor and noted marketing entrepreneur. So the fact that it is a badly edited, missing sentences, complete your own and finish your own sentences (book) – basically we can blame it all on Eric.

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TechCrunch LA

NOVEMBER 4, 2019

She created and launched an overall brand and a swim collection , then came the book deal ( “This is Not a Fashion Story: Taking Chances, Breaking Rules, and Being a Boss in the Big City” is expected out May 2020). Podfund , for example, writes checks sized between $25,000 to $50,000 to emerging podcasters.

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Platform Marketing Tool Venture Capital 170

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 31, 2015

There really is no excuse these days, with samples on the Internet, business-plan books in every bookstore, and dozens of apps to automate the process. A great business plan doesn’t have to be a book in length, with extensive financial statements. Don’t try to impress constituents with technical terms, jargon, and acronyms.

Startup 109

Startup Writing Mentor Sample 109

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 22, 2020

If your business is to be a thought leader in the social media world, you need a system of grading how much influence you have online, much like the original Klout score, as explained in the classic book on this subject, “ Klout Matters ,” by Gina Carr and Terry Brock. If you can’t write it down, you probably don’t understand it.

Social Media 126

Social Media Media Ideas Writing 126

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 7, 2021

In her classic book “ Corporate Concinnity in the Boardroom ,” board expert Nancy Falls outlines the most common mistakes with boards, and I believe several of these apply to startups as well as to more mature companies as follows: Have too many or too few board members. Maintain too little diversity. Fail to establish adequate structure.

Startup 145

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 13, 2019

There are hundreds of consultants out there who will take your money for guidance in this area, but I recommend that you start with some free resources on the Internet, or one of the many recent books on this topic. A balance of conventional and social communication and marketing is always advised.

Social Media 79

Social Media Media Invest Tool 79

Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 13, 2013

Pablo joins TechZulu and talks about Proven, job markets, and the future of mobile. One of them is the idea that the fluidity of the job market where people used to have just one job. You can buy a car, book a trip, and do all your expenses on your mobile. Write descriptions that get to the heart of what you really want.

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