Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 30, 2021

Yet I still see many companies focusing on what I believe are ineffective approaches to turning this productivity challenge around, including stricter processes, more metrics, and financial incentives to improve motivation. That’s a huge opportunity for productivity in your business, as well as your team well-being.

Satisfaction 168

Satisfaction Coach Resource Tool 168

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 28, 2020

Excellent detailed resources are everywhere, including a classic book, “ The Startup Checklist ,” by serial entrepreneur and founder of the New York Angels, David S. Before you bring on partners, develop intellectual property, raise capital, or generate revenues, you need to establish an official business entity.

Tips 161

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 16, 2023

Excellent detailed resources are everywhere, including a classic book, “ The Startup Checklist ,” by serial entrepreneur and founder of the New York Angels, David S. Before you bring on partners, develop intellectual property, raise capital, or generate revenues, you need to establish an official business entity.

Entrepreneur 104

Entrepreneur Startup Social Media News 104

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 8, 2020

Capitalize on the lessons from early adopters and competitors. Smart startups save cost and time by capitalizing on the pivots of others before them. The auto industry and others have used this model for generations, so business processes and metrics for innovation are well documented.

Startup 157

Startup Social Media Study Research 157

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 13, 2022

Also, investors from the super-hubs (Silicon Valley, New York, or Boston), probably won’t assume anyone outside their domain has the savvy and resources to make it happen. Today, Silicon Valley is the consumer and enterprise software capital of the world. Raising capital isn’t the be-all and end-all of startup success.

Technical Review 123

Technical Review Oracle Software Review Ideas 123

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 1, 2021

You never have the time and resources for International expansion, acquisitions, venture capital investors, or going public. Data – Define a handful of key metrics to free you from managing personalities, egos, subjective issues, emotions, and intangibles. Conventional strategies don’t seem to work for you.

Entrepreneur 174

Entrepreneur Search Engine Optimization Satisfaction Social Media 174

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 21, 2023

Don’t be afraid to adapt your thinking and look for just the right timing to capitalize on a business opportunity that also satisfies your purpose. These must be managed by metrics to allow you to gauge progress, recognize successes, and keep constituents motivated along the way. Focus your purpose based on experience and learning.

Satisfaction 114

Satisfaction Customer Custom Social Media 114

InfoChachkie

SEPTEMBER 23, 2013

The key to accelerating revenue generation in a phased agreement is to document the success metrics of the landing phase. Ensure that such metrics are measurable by you (not solely by your partner) and are to the greatest extent possible, under your control. However, doing so will likely impede progression to the Expansion stage.

Sales 215

Sales Outsource Development Metrics Resource 215

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 15, 2020

Implement the key business metrices you will live by. Identify the three most important metrics your business must hit every week to achieve growth goals. Don’t try to do it all – capitalize on your strengths. These are the timeless principles that must guide all hiring, marketing, and execution decisions.

Metrics 140

Metrics Entrepreneur Coach Satisfaction 140

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 18, 2023

They often show little empathy for the negative impact this can have on capacity, resources, people, and profitability. Here also the solution usually is a partner with prior experience, who has learned how and when to hire real help, and implement metrics and processes to measure results.

Startup 82

Startup Ideas Organization Entrepreneur 82

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 2, 2015

Clearly the founders and senior executives of a company are the most valuable resources and their time should be maximized on the most valuable tasks. It freed up Ophir to grow out our sales organization, to work more closely with agencies, to innovate on product and to raise capital. HR & Legal.

Outsource Development 150

Outsource Development Metrics Startup Sales 150

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 17, 2020

They often show little empathy for the negative impact this can have on capacity, resources, people, and profitability. Here also the solution usually is a partner with prior experience, who has learned how and when to hire real help, and implement metrics and processes to measure results.

Startup 131

Startup Ideas Organization Entrepreneur 131

SoCal CTO

JULY 13, 2011

This site aggregates and filters content from thought leaders who talk about topics such as Marketing , Sales , Design , Revenue , Hiring , Social Media , Business Models , Metrics , PR , Venture Capital , Angel Investors , Bootstrapping , Incubators , Agile and many others.

Content 175

Content Startup Social Media IP 175

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 2, 2021

Simple metrics and your personal knowledge of the industry can’t keep up with all the relevant competitive forces. That means that many companies are now forgoing the rush to go public (IPO), in favor of major equity investments from specialized venture capital funds, such as Japan’s SoftBank. You need to be part of a larger ecosystem.

Competition 142

Competition Software Review Social Media Customer 142

socalTECH

AUGUST 12, 2019

Vanessa Dawson: The Vinetta Project is an entreneurial ecosystem and deal flow pipeline that works with early stage, female tech founders, and helps them to access both resources and capital for their business. There are more female entrepreneurs thinking big, and raising capital, and having that venture mind set.

Entrepreneur 124

Entrepreneur Metrics Los Angeles Help 124

socalTECH

DECEMBER 11, 2017

Cloud Capital--has managed to coax those equipment rental yards into the digital age, and how the company has tackled other challenges in focusing its business. Cloud Capital. One of the mistakes that most startups make, is they get impatient, and throw lots of capital at something. Scott tells us how the company--backed by St.

Startup 174

Startup Metrics Customer Custom 174

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 16, 2013

Hamet Watt: I''ve known Mark (Suster) for five plus years now, and I like the notion of how they''re taking a different approach to venture capital. As a venture capitalist, are you seeing any of the capital issues for startups we are hearing about? That might be overused, but it''s an important metric. READ MORE>>.

Entrepreneur 191

Entrepreneur Startup Metrics Capital 191

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 19, 2016

Gather resources and skills for the journey ahead. Smart entrepreneurs prepare for their business marathon by building a support team around them, honing their skills, and assembling resources in anticipation of stretching their comfort zone beyond past limits. Define and use metrics to measure your progress.

Social Network 94

Social Network Startup Ideas Entrepreneur 94

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 9, 2019

Also, investors from the super-hubs (Silicon Valley, New York, or Boston), probably won’t assume anyone outside their domain has the savvy and resources to make it happen. Today, Silicon Valley is the consumer and enterprise software capital of the world. Raising capital isn’t the be-all and end-all of startup success.

Startup 97

Startup Technical Review Oracle Software Review 97

InfoChachkie

DECEMBER 9, 2013

Making access to capital easier for women founders is part of what inspires and motivates me to win big with Tradesy.". Don noted that, "I always believed that metrics and accomplishments can outrun bigotry, sexism, racism or any ''ism'' that might otherwise hold you back.

Customer 185

Customer Custom Study Metrics 185

SoCal CTO

JANUARY 26, 2010

What metrics are going to be the key startup metrics and how do we get those metrics without too much cost? More on the Role of the Startup CTO I actually had a fairly hard time finding good resources that describe this issue. Eric Ries, a great resource, What Does a Startup CTO actually do? Can't find one?

Fractional CTO 225

Fractional CTO CTO CTO Hire CTO Coach 225

InfoChachkie

JANUARY 16, 2018

Without taking a dime of outside capital, the company has achieved impressive success in a competitive, SaaS market segment, landing companies such as Nike, Intuit, NASA, AutoDesk and PBS. Greathouse: Did you decide to bootstrap the business from the start or did you initially plan to take in investor capital? I’ve been there.

Venture Capital 115

Venture Capital Entrepreneur Santa Barbara SaaS 115

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 3, 2018

Capitalize on the lessons from early adopters and competitors. Smart startups save cost and time by capitalizing on the pivots of others before them. The auto industry and others have used this model for generations, so business processes and metrics for innovation are well documented.

Startup 65

Startup Social Media Study Research 65

Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 14, 2017

As a startup in this phase you often raise capital, get press, hire staff and everything feels possible. The best CEOs realize that they must transition from being individual contributors to team builders and adjudicators who settle conflicts of “resource allocations.” As an early-stage VC I love this phase.

Startup 286

Startup Technical Review Customer Custom 286

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 30, 2014

Capitalize on the lessons from early adopters and competitors. Smart startups save cost and time by capitalizing on the pivots of others before them. The auto industry and others have used this model for generations, so business processes and metrics for innovation are well documented.

Technology 103

Technology Entrepreneur Study Research 103

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 2, 2019

Most people agree that leadership is primarily a set of behaviors that capitalize on relationships and a current market and customer understanding in a complex world. The best leader personality for larger organizations is one of providing help and resources, rather than extracting performance.

Tips 97

Tips Mentor Coach Metrics 97

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 16, 2015

Also, investors from the super-hubs (Silicon Valley, New York, or Boston), won’t assume anyone outside their domain has the savvy and resources to make it happen. Today, Silicon Valley is the consumer and enterprise software capital of the world. Raising capital isn’t the be all and end all of startup success.

Startup 109

Startup Technical Review Oracle Software Review 109

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 19, 2015

We all have strengths and special interests, and it always pays to capitalize on these, rather than assume all opportunities are the same. That’s why I also put major emphasis on startup traction, milestones achieved and metrics rather than listening again to how great it’s going to be.

Startup 106

Startup Incubator Entrepreneur Metrics 106

InfoChachkie

AUGUST 24, 2010

Startups consistently identify more ideas and opportunities than they have the time or resources to pursue, such as potential partnerships, new products, entering emerging markets, etc. In addition, an artist’s stature dictated the extent to which promotional resources were applied to particular songs.

Ideas 187

Ideas Resource Technical Review Startup 187

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 17, 2015

They often show little empathy for the negative impact this can have on capacity, resources, people, and profitability. Here also the solution usually is a partner with prior experience, who has learned how and when to hire real help, and implement metrics and processes to measure results.

Startup 99

Startup Ideas Organization Entrepreneur 99

Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 20, 2015

We love capital efficiency until we love land grabs until we abhor over funding until we get huge payouts and ring the bell for more funding until we attract every non-VC on the planet to invest in startups until it crashes and we start the cycle all over again none the wiser. ” I believe firmly in capital efficiency in the early days.

Funding 150

Funding Venture Capital Startup Marketing 150

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 23, 2012

Many observers of the venture capital industry have questioned whether its best days are behind it. Looking ahead at the next decade I am excited by what I believe will be viewed as one of the best and most rational investment periods for venture capital due to seven discrete factors: 1. This article originally ran on PEHub.

Venture Capital 347

Venture Capital Capital Technical Review Startup 347

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 15, 2016

This has led VC & entrepreneur bloggers alike to similar conclusions: start raising capital early and be careful about having too high of a burn rate because that lessens the amount of runway you have until you need more cash. But the hardest question to actually answer is, “What is the right burn rate for your company?

Startup 150

Startup Capital Funding Invest 150

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 3, 2015

You never have the time and resources for International expansion, acquisitions, venture capital investors, or going public. Data – Define a handful of key metrics to free you from managing personalities, egos, subjective issues, emotions, and intangibles. Conventional strategies don’t seem to work for you.

Entrepreneur 111

Entrepreneur Search Engine Optimization Satisfaction Social Media 111

Tech.Co

APRIL 30, 2018

Just across the Potomac river from our nation’s capital sits Arlington, Virginia, a beautiful city filled with bustling businesses, thriving tech startups , and an innovative vibe that is drawing founders to this growing region. . This one-stop-shop interface aims to save time, money and simplify the freight process. “We’ve

Startup 70

Startup Tool Platform Metrics 70

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 21, 2016

Capitalize on the lessons from early adopters and competitors. Smart startups save cost and time by capitalizing on the pivots of others before them. The auto industry and others have used this model for generations, so business processes and metrics for innovation are well documented.

Technology 57

Technology Startup Study Research 57

SoCal CTO

JUNE 9, 2010

Draw Your Ideas - A VC : Venture Capital and Technology , May 16, 2010 I saw Jack Dorsey give this talk at The 99% Conference last month. The Yin and Yang of Product and Engineering - A VC : Venture Capital and Technology , May 22, 2010 For a tech company, product and engineering are the heart and soul of the business. Tesla is not.

Startup 248

Startup Venture Capital Conference Social Media 248