Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 21, 2022

I also recommend the app development strategies outlined in the classic book, “ Vaporized: Solid Strategies for Success in a Dematerialized World ,” by Robert Tercek, who has lived on the digital edge for many years. But there are a wealth of other categories, new ones are constantly appearing, and the ecosystem is always shifting.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

It’s a radical power shift, which I found outlined well in a new book, “ The Metail Economy ,” by renowned international retail consultant Joel Bines. Category expert – show me that you know what I need. It’s not enough to have everything in a given category. Naturally, you then get the lion's share of that increase in demand.

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TechCrunch LA

JUNE 18, 2022

This week, we saw the interconnectedness of major institutions as crypto lending protocol Celsius stuttered and brought down Ethereum prices with it as investors feared a price collapse brought on by reportedly over-leveraged players like 3 Arrows Capital. Three Arrows Capital, Pantera Capital and Dragonfly Capital.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 23, 2022

In his classic book, “ Digital Context 2.0: His study breaks the online consumer audience into the following four categories, based on their level of comfort with sharing personal information, likes, and needs online: High-comfort consumers – 12 percent. Norton, Ph.D., Norton, Ph.D.,

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 31, 2022

If you are not sure of your best fit, like many people I know, I just found help in a new book, “ The 6 Types of Working Genius ,” by Patrick Lencioni. I find many technologists fit well into this category, but most of them are frustrated by required interfacing to real customers, managing business finances, and marketing.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 13, 2020

Cash isn’t always the scarcest resource startups have to invest – more often it’s the leadership capital of under-experienced and over-stretched entrepreneurs and co-founders. The authors define a leadership matrix of four behavioral categories and eight team member subtypes. Any other action will drive them to a lower category.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 10, 2022

Peter Andrews and Fiona Wood, in their classic book “ Überpreneurs ” have profiled 36 leading candidates for this category, to extract a set of common characteristics. All of them have created massive new capital, be it financial or technological, social or spiritual. Consistently produce results.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 2, 2022

According to the classic book by serial entrepreneur and former race car driver Tom Panaggio, “ The Risk Advantage: Embracing the Entrepreneur's Unexpected Edge ,” smart business owners embrace two essential risks to every opportunity – decision and change. My conclusion either way is that they have no market, or haven’t looked.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 26, 2020

In his classic book, “ Digital Context 2.0: His latest study breaks the online consumer audience into the following four categories, based on their level of comfort with sharing personal information, likes, and needs online: High-comfort consumers – 12 percent. Norton, Ph.D., Norton, Ph.D.,

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 24, 2020

I also recommend the app development strategies outlined in the classic book, “ Vaporized: Solid Strategies for Success in a Dematerialized World ,” by Robert Tercek, who has lived on the digital edge for many years. But there are a wealth of other categories, new ones are constantly appearing, and the ecosystem is always shifting.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 20, 2019

I saw some real guidance in the classic book by Loc de Brabandere and Alan Iny, “ Thinking in New Boxes.” Another example is seeing substitute versions of a product, like eBooks, for a low price displacing hardcover books. New entrepreneurs are notoriously great at capitalizing on new opportunities, both weak and strong.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 23, 2021

A few years ago, I first saw an interesting step in that direction via the classic book “ Entrepreneurial DNA ,” by Joe Abraham , with his assessment web site. Some might say that Elon Musk epitomizes this category. The drivers for your strategic plan come from at least four directions: World of experts (books, consultants, webinars).

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 24, 2021

The Abundance of Late-Stage Capital Benefits All A lot has been said about the negatives of the late-stage capital that has entered the VC world but the reality is that it also is incredibly important at funding “the long game” and letting many of these companies remain independent and ultimately IPO.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 6, 2013

” The local kennels were full as many people had pre-booked for vacations. She sprung into action and called the house I wanted to book directly (they obviously don’t provide phone numbers for you to call directly although a Twilio integration couldn’t hurt!). ” Booked it. “Oh s**t.”

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 10, 2022

Many smart people I know fall into the category of “idea” people. Or you may be easily bored by the needed focus on key objectives, or the day-to-day challenges of driving results that balance the books. I’m a believer in capitalizing on your strengths, and using partners or co-founders to shore up weaknesses.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 21, 2019

Successful businesses require innovative people, who have built an abundance of innovation capital, to win support and resources for their ideas. Professional investors are adept at looking for innovation capital, beyond the passionate pitch. Social capital: influencers, leaders, investor relationships.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 18, 2015

I saw some real guidance in a recent book by Loc de Brabandere and Alan Iny, “ Thinking in New Boxes.” While the focus of the book is really on business creativity, the following triggers were outlined as weak signals which should not be overlooked in your efforts to think outside the box, or think in a new box: A changing value proposition.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 30, 2017

One of the most common complaints I hear from new business owners and startups is about the pain and difficulty raising capital. The “venture capital” model is the only option they know, where they feel they get no mercy, giving up equity and control. Block out sufficient time on your calendar for raising capital.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 15, 2014

Venture Capital is a tricky industry. When the early teams: angels, lowercase capital & first round capital funded Uber they had no idea it would be one of the most revolutionary ideas of our time. When Fred Wilson funded Twitter I guarantee you it wasn’t obvious that it was a billion dollar idea. Far from it.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 22, 2015

Cash isn’t always the scarcest resource startups have to invest – more often it’s the leadership capital of under-experienced and over-stretched entrepreneurs and co-founders. The authors define a leadership matrix of four behavioral categories and eight team member subtypes. Any other action will drive them to a lower category.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 4, 2019

Peter Andrews and Fiona Wood, in their classic book “ Überpreneurs ” have profiled 36 leading candidates for this category, to extract a set of common characteristics. All of them have created massive new capital, be it financial or technological, social or spiritual. Consistently produce results.

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InfoChachkie

DECEMBER 8, 2011

I recently reviewed Brad Feld and Jason Mendelson’s book Venture Deals , in THIS ENTRY. I have subsequently recommended the book to number of students as well as emerging entrepreneurs, all of whom expressed positive feedback. . Writing a book is very different from writing a blog. There were a couple motivations.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 8, 2017

I saw some real guidance in the classic book by Loc de Brabandere and Alan Iny, “ Thinking in New Boxes.” Another example is seeing substitute versions of a product, like eBooks, for a low price displacing hardcover books. New entrepreneurs are notoriously great at capitalizing on new opportunities, both weak and strong.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 15, 2013

I saw some real guidance in a new book by Loc de Brabandere and Alan Iny, “ Thinking in New Boxes.” While the focus of the book is really on business creativity, the following triggers were outlined as weak signals which should not be overlooked in your efforts to think outside the box, or think in a new box: A changing value proposition.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 30, 2019

According to the classic book by serial entrepreneur and former race car driver Tom Panaggio, “ The Risk Advantage: Embracing the Entrepreneur's Unexpected Edge ,” smart business owners embrace two essential risks to every opportunity – decision and change. My conclusion either way is that they have no market, or haven’t looked.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 23, 2019

We need more people who are willing to follow the mantra of business leader David McCourt in his new book, “ Total Rethink: Why Entrepreneurs Should Act Like Revolutionaries.” Which category do you want to be a part of? The diversity of ideas, cultures, and motivations is a powerful change agent.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 3, 2018

Cash isn’t always the scarcest resource startups have to invest – more often it’s the leadership capital of under-experienced and over-stretched entrepreneurs and co-founders. The authors define a leadership matrix of four behavioral categories and eight team member subtypes. Any other action will drive them to a lower category.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 9, 2015

I also recommend the app development strategies outlined in a new book, “ Vaporized: Solid Strategies for Success in a Dematerialized World ,” by Robert Tercek, who has lived on the digital edge for many years. But there are a wealth of other categories, new ones are constantly appearing, and the ecosystem is always shifting.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 20, 2019

The classic book, “ Hunting in a Farmer's World: Celebrating the Mind of an Entrepreneur ,” by serial entrepreneur and business coach John F. All this made more sense to me as Dini defined the types of entrepreneurs into four categories. They love the continuous hunt, for investment capital, resources, talent, and new markets.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 23, 2016

Cash isn’t always the scarcest resource startups have to invest – more often it’s the leadership capital of under-experienced and over-stretched entrepreneurs and co-founders. The authors define a leadership matrix of four behavioral categories and eight team member subtypes. Any other action will drive them to a lower category.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 27, 2011

You have to understand whether they’re likely to yield revenue growth in the near term OR whether you have access to cheap enough capital to fund your losses until your investments pay off. Have easy access to capital by investors who are committed to building businesses at Interent scale. Internet scale. Amazing growth!”

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InfoChachkie

NOVEMBER 12, 2013

Brian began his interest in the Internet in 1994, as a means of selling his publishing company''s books. He had previously placed classified ads in newspapers and then mailed the books to purchasers. There''s no business category. bring in investor capital, and. Talking To Yahoo''s Jerry Yang. In His Dorm.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 31, 2017

The classic book, “ Hunting in a Farmer's World: Celebrating the Mind of an Entrepreneur ,” by serial entrepreneur and business coach John F. All this made more sense to me as Dini defined the types of entrepreneurs into four categories. They love the continuous hunt, for investment capital, resources, talent, and new markets.

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Entrepreneur News Slides Startup 54

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 16, 2019

Most trend watchers agree that it is time for a revolutionary new category of medicine treatment devices and customized healthcare solutions. Chipotle is an example of a company that has capitalized on the benefits of supporting a higher purpose, enhancing their fast food brand reputation at the same time.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 3, 2015

Peter Andrews and Fiona Wood, in their recent book “ Überpreneurs ” have profiled 36 leading candidates for this category, to extract a set of common characteristics. All of them have created massive new capital, be it financial or technological, social or spiritual. Consistently produce results.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 27, 2019

In this context, I definitely agree with the need for new ideas and principles, as was expressed in a new book, “ Wild Thinking: 25 Unconventional Ideas to Grow Your Brand and Your Business ,” by branding though leaders Nick Liddell and Richard Buchanan. It’s time for new strategies for growth and survival.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 31, 2018

The problem, according to Tiffani Bova in her new book, “ Growth IQ ,” is that it’s never just one thing. This approach to growth, usually called “coopetition,” capitalizes on the unique strengths of close competitors for a win-win situation for both. Find ways to work with your competition.

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