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

JUNE 17, 2020

To compensate, every visionary entrepreneur needs to find a partner who gets great satisfaction from results, and loves the discipline of making things happen on a day-to-day basis. They often show little empathy for the negative impact this can have on capacity, resources, people, and profitability.

Startup 131

Startup Ideas Organization Entrepreneur 131

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 3, 2015

The best part of being an entrepreneur is having the independence to make your own decisions, the flexibility for a better work/life balance, and personal satisfaction from driving change. You never have the time and resources for International expansion, acquisitions, venture capital investors, or going public.

Entrepreneur 111

Entrepreneur Search Engine Optimization Satisfaction Social Media 111

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

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

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

APRIL 4, 2015

Many soon find that what you do in a personal context doesn’t necessarily translate to your business, and measuring business value is quite different from measuring personal satisfaction. Don’t forget the metrics and analytics. Ad hoc coverage by team members in their spare time is a recipe for failure.

Social Media 108

Social Media Media Startup Tips 108

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 17, 2015

To compensate, every visionary entrepreneur needs to find a partner who gets great satisfaction from results, and loves the discipline of making things happen on a day-to-day basis. They often show little empathy for the negative impact this can have on capacity, resources, people, and profitability.

Startup 99

Startup Ideas Organization Entrepreneur 99

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 4, 2016

The best part of being an entrepreneur is having the independence to make your own decisions, the flexibility for a better work/life balance, and personal satisfaction from driving change. You never have the time and resources for International expansion, acquisitions, venture capital investors, or going public.

Search Engine Optimization 55

Search Engine Optimization Satisfaction Entrepreneur Social Media 55

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

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 30, 2016

You need metrics to show dominant penetration of the relevant customer demographic, added value over existing media, and real customer testimonials of value. Employees are the most expensive resource for most businesses, and are difficult to acquire, train, and schedule. Local businesses expect proof of value, not promises.

Advertising 63

Advertising Content Social Media Satisfaction 63

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 18, 2016

To compensate, every visionary entrepreneur needs to find a partner who gets great satisfaction from results, and loves the discipline of making things happen on a day-to-day basis. They often show little empathy for the negative impact this can have on capacity, resources, people, and profitability.

Startup 55

Startup Entrepreneur Ideas Organization 55

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 24, 2017

In an effort to learn a bit more about this phenomenon, and how to capitalize on it rather than fight it, I just completed a new book, “ Retail’s Seismic Shift ,” by Michael Dart, with Robin Lewis. Measure your agility by putting metrics on change. Many pundits are already talking about a “ retail apocalypse ” that has already started.

Customer 52

Customer Custom Technical Review Summary 52