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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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 18, 2021

What these people need is more relationships, not more experts, more blogs, or more books. Studies show that as much as 50-90% of communication is body language. They never call, they never write, and wait for you to make the first move. It should end by asking for something, to start the relationship.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 3, 2020

I found some great help in outlining the elements of this process in the classic book, “ Disruptors ,” by Kunal Mehta. Find the men and women you wish to be more like, talk to them, study them, and learn from them. Then write them down. Expand your support group and test your limits. Take action now.

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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.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 12, 2014

The starting point of product IS marketing, which is what a lot of young entrepreneurs that never studied business don’t realize. You might write a piece now and then that catches fire but there is nothing repeatable that would be useful for a business. If you publish a book, how do you get on the NY Times best seller list?

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 25, 2010

I recently read a book I’d highly recommend to every reader of this blog called “ Yes, 50 Scientifically Proven Ways to be Persuasive &# by Robert B. Cialdini who is also author of a very well received book called “ Influence &# (which I plan to read). You should, too. (no, This is all explicit decision making.

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InfoChachkie

JUNE 11, 2012

Bill Gates – “The best way to prepare [to be a programmer] is to write programs, and to study great programs that other people have written. One could broadly recast Gates’ quote by saying, “the best way to prepare to become an entrepreneur is to start a business and study how great startups succeed.”.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 8, 2017

Let me be quick to say that a plan doesn’t have be a book, and probably should start as a “pitch deck” of maybe a dozen slides which cover all the right bases. If you don’t have the time to write things down, or your writing skills leave something to be desired, don’t be afraid to get some help. The details can be added later.

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Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 2, 2014

Now, you’re handling payroll and doing writing as well. You may even discover that you enjoy writing more than crunching numbers. Piaw Na, who spent over six years at Google, writes on Quora that she recommends fresh grads to join a startup instead of big companies. Startups also usually have no playbook yet.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 6, 2015

For example, I read a recent book by Penina Rybak, “ The NICE Reboot ,” that does a great job of outlining problem solving steps, honed from working with special needs youngsters. After some review of available resources, I’m convinced that problem solving is a learnable trait, rather than just a birthright.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 27, 2010

There have been many studies done on the topic including looking at twins raised in separate families. There have been studies of adopted children to their natural parents versus the parents that raised them. I have also seen studies on “birth order.&#. There’s no question that both factors are involved.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 8, 2009

He writes with a great perspective and is well worth reading. I say this as somebody who recruited several Harvard, Wharton and similar MBAs at my first company (the one where I acknowledge that I made every mistake in the book). This is part of my ongoing series called “ Start-up Lessons.&#. I had to laugh a bit reading it.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 10, 2010

A couple of years ago I read the popular book, “The Four Hour Workweek &# by Tim Ferriss. Let me start by saying I’m a huge business book cynic. I think too many books are written by charlatans and have too much management jargon / double speak that I can’t stand. My 2 biggest negatives about the book: 1.

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Tech.Co

MARCH 9, 2020

In fact, if you don't have a regular meeting on the books, preferably over video, you could end up not seeing your employees at all. According to a study from the Harvard Business Review , remote workers have a tendency to feel left out and even ganged up on when check-ins aren't part of the typical work schedule. Click to expand.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 28, 2014

For example, I just completed a new book by Penina Rybak, “ The NICE Reboot ,” that does a great job of outlining problem solving steps, honed from working with special needs youngsters. After some review of available resources, I’m convinced that problem solving is a learnable trait, rather than just a birthright.

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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. After some review of available resources, I’m convinced that problem solving is a learnable trait, rather than just a birthright.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 31, 2014

I found some great help in outlining the elements of this process in a recent book, “ Disruptors ,” by Kunal Mehta. Find the men and women you wish to be more like, talk to them, study them, and learn from them. Then write them down. Expand your support group and test your limits. Take action now.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 10, 2017

What these people need is more relationships, not more experts, more blogs, or more books. Studies show that as much as 50-90% of communication is body language. They never call, they never write, and wait for you to make the first move. It should end by asking for something, to start the relationship.

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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. When I first discovered the concept I found it enlightening.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 30, 2015

What these people need is more relationships, not more experts, more blogs, or more books. Studies show that as much as 50-90% of communication is body language. They never call, they never write, and wait for you to make the first move. It should end by asking for something, to start the relationship.

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InfoChachkie

NOVEMBER 4, 2013

However, numerous studies have shown that habitual multitasking actually reduces productivity, rather than enhancing it. We have businesses that we would like to build, or books that we would like to write. It is an urban myth that multitasking increases one''s bandwidth.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 25, 2016

The questions that a VC mulls before writing a check are precisely the questions you should be asking yourself. For example, if you’re going to build a travel planning website (as many, many startup entrepreneurs do) your basic research would be: How much do people spend on travel books / guides today? Market Size. Competition.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 7, 2015

I found some great help in outlining the elements of this process in the classic book, “ Disruptors ,” by Kunal Mehta. Find the men and women you wish to be more like, talk to them, study them, and learn from them. Then write them down. Expand your support group and test your limits. Take action now.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 22, 2010

As a teenager he experimented with writing & producing his own rap music and received a lot of feedback from elders that he had a talent with words. He studied the errors that other people had made and tried to improve on them. He’s holding back for now, but he’s clearly studying what’s going on in technology.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 18, 2013

The future of TV will follow the rule of Deflationary Economics as I outline influenced by the book The Innovator’s Dilemma. For those who still don’t know the origins, the Harlem Shake started as a small skit from a YouTuber named Filthy Frank (10 million views as of this writing) on January 30, 2013. Harlem Shake.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 29, 2013

What these people need is more relationships, not more experts, more blogs, or more books. Studies show that as much as 50-90% of communication is body language. They never call, they never write, and wait for you to make the first move. It should end by asking for something, to start the relationship.

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InfoChachkie

APRIL 9, 2013

They often write their own material, book their gigs, arrange their travel and negotiate and collect their compensation from club owners. Studies have shown that approximately 55% of a speaker’s communication during the first few minutes of a presentation is nonverbal, while an additional 38% is tone of voice.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 5, 2010

I’ve been meaning to write this post since September of last year when Brad Feld first wrote about the The Founders Visa Movement. I commented briefly on his blog and made a mental note to write a blog post. At the time he granted me permission to write about his story. Felipe grew up in Brazil.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 8, 2013

According to the most recent study by the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation, there were approximately 514,000 new businesses created per month in the US in 2012. Be visible online and to traditional media, volunteer to lead, write guest posts for others, be responsive, give stuff away, and provide many ways to communicate.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 16, 2018

I was happy to see a real focus on preparing for tomorrow highlighted in a new book, “ Start a Successful Business ,” by Colleen DeBaise, who has made a career of studying and writing about entrepreneur challenges. Tomorrow is never mentioned in the pitch.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 8, 2012

What these people need is more relationships, not more experts, more blogs, or more books. Studies show that as much as 50-90% of communication is body language. They never call, they never write, and wait for you to make the first move. It should end by asking for something, to start the relationship.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 7, 2011

What these people need is more relationships, not more experts, more blogs, or more books. Studies show that as much as 50-90% of communication is body language. They never call, they never write, and wait for you to make the first move. It should end by asking for something, to start the relationship.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 31, 2012

According to a recent study done by the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation, there were 565,000 new businesses created per month in 2010 in the US alone, which is a 15-year high. Be visible online and to traditional media, volunteer to lead, write guest posts for others, be responsive, give stuff away, and provide many ways to communicate.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 15, 2010

Studying other people’s blogs will help you identify what you like and don’t like, and how you want yours to look and feel. An informal writing style is generally recommended. You can repurpose your posts into articles, books and reports. Conversational style. Add outgoing links.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 2, 2010

What these people need is more relationships, not more experts, more blogs, or more books. Studies show that as much as 50-90% of communication is body language. They never call, they never write, and wait for you to make the first move. It should end by asking for something, to start the relationship.

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Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 5, 2012

He attended The Ohio State University where he studied business. I am constantly reading articles, stories and books about and written by fascinating people. Many times I think that it would be awesome to have a conversation with them, but typically write off the idea because the process for access is too difficult.

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Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 18, 2011

On the card I usually write the date, where I met the person, how I met them and what value I can bring to the table. Now study the event organizer. A great example of a website displaying amazing social proof with client results is Killian’s Workshop for how to book commercials. What are their interests? Blogs and Forums.

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