Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 23, 2013

Use voicemail, a world-class website, and personal customer service, with small expenses, to beat your big competitors. Simply take enough to live on, but not to the point of your detriment. Act big, behave small. Create the illusion of ‘big’ without the large building and large staff. Do it yourself.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 13, 2016

With most other classes of startups today, including smartphone apps, web services, and social media applications, early customer feedback is critical, and time to market is of the essence, so secrecy is more of an excuse than an advantage.

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InfoChachkie

MARCH 1, 2011

Growing up in working-class families, the Beatles wanted to provide their fans with as much value as possible. In such cases, a Freemium solution might be the appropriate initial market foray. To learn how to not launch a Freemium solution, see Making Freemium Customers Pay. A Valuable Brand.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 11, 2022

All must feel that they are committed to the same goals, and part of the same team – not second-class citizens. They all need the same feedback, respect for their input, and coaching to maximize their engagement. Today your talent pool is worldwide, including salary as well as contract arrangements.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 2, 2023

Psychologist Ron Friedman, in his classic book “ The Best Place To Work ,” explores this problem, and I like the summary he offers to maximize your efforts: Reward frequency is more important than size. Most experts agree that workplace happiness is hard to find, partially because we as humans are not particularly good at staying happy.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 8, 2020

Psychologist Ron Friedman, in his classic book “ The Best Place To Work ,” explores this problem, and I like the summary he offers to maximize your efforts: Reward frequency is more important than size. Most experts agree that workplace happiness is hard to find, partially because we as humans are not particularly good at staying happy.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 20, 2023

Use the 80/20 rule to maximize productivity – get 80 percent outcome from 20 percent of focused efforts. Don’t wait for anyone to pay your way to class, or give you time off for training. Select a business idea that has a longer runway. Learning is not stealing from any employer, and it prepares you for all your futures.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 24, 2020

Use the 80/20 rule to maximize productivity – get 80 percent outcome from 20 percent of focused efforts. Don’t wait for anyone to pay your way to class, or give you time off for training. Select a business idea that has a longer runway. Learning is not stealing from any employer, and it prepares you for all your futures.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 19, 2019

I recommend that you maximize the value of what you will learn on your jobs over fancy titles or arguing over compensation. then you can move into a role designed to maximize your potential income. Congratulations, Cal Poly graduating class! Your first jobs should be like this, too. My Commencement Speech?—?Life

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 11, 2019

All must feel that they are committed to the same goals, and part of the same team – not second-class citizens. They all need the same feedback, respect for their input, and coaching to maximize their engagement. Today your talent pool is worldwide, including salary as well as contract arrangements.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 16, 2017

Social contribution and sustainability are features that appeal to a whole new class of customers for any solution. B-corps are given relief from the sole directive of maximizing shareholder profits, to reduce investor suits. They look for that balance between maximizing profit and expanding the market.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 13, 2019

Most classes in college focus on a narrow area of interest, which just teach students to focus on problems through one lens. Maximizing Business Productivity. Business professionals need to analyze problems from a big picture perspective. That's how unforeseen consequences stay unforeseen, and happen repeatedly in business.

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socalTECH

AUGUST 3, 2012

How we do that, is we figure out how many pieces of content we can create out of that, how many places we can distribute that content to maximize the opportunity. We take the game content, wrap it with high quality shows, distributed that with YouTube, and utilize our sales organization to drive traffic and maximize revenue on that.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 14, 2017

Sam’s vision was to build a world-class “reverse logistics” company that could be as ambitious as Amazon has been in delivering goods to our houses. When companies get ready to add scale it’s important to bring in industry experts who bring real-world experiences from world-class companies that you aren’t inventing things for the first time.

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InfoChachkie

JULY 2, 2012

The best way to maximize the performance of a Temperamental Superstar is to make them a sole contributor, with no direct reports. Seek CALs: Players with Class, Ability And Longevity. According to Lex, “Sometimes you just can’t say no to great talent. Numerous executives have the ability to deliver value to your venture.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 28, 2019

Of course, you can always take more business classes at school, or on the side, but that’s not as cost and time effective these days as doing it, with a little help from the internet and a friendly advisor like me. Doing good, like helping society and planet sustainability, is a key to maximizing satisfaction, as well as profit.

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InfoChachkie

JANUARY 13, 2014

Tracy confided to the class that she has suffered from a lifetime of pain, due to a birth ailment which affected her back, legs and feet. What third party opinions are keeping you from maximizing your potential? The ones who win are the ones who''re adaptable. You Are The Ultimate Limiting Factor. What assumptions are holding you back?

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Tech.Co

JULY 12, 2017

Through inspirational content, online classes, and products, Brit + Co enables their audience of over 125 million to use creativity to shape their best lives. Brit + Co is a digital media company that inspires, educates and entertains real women with a creative spirit. Epic Games.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 12, 2018

Use the 80/20 rule to maximize productivity – get 80 percent outcome from 20 percent of focused efforts. Don’t wait for anyone to pay your way to class, or give you time off for training. Select a business idea that has a longer runway. Learning is not stealing from any employer, and it prepares you for all your futures.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 6, 2017

All must feel that they are committed to the same goals, and part of the same team – not second-class citizens. They all need the same feedback, respect for their input, and coaching to maximize their engagement. Today your talent pool is worldwide, including salary as well as contract arrangements.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 12, 2015

Here are some best practices that I recommend for inexperienced entrepreneurs to maximize their odds of survival and success in dealing with grants and making the tradeoffs: Look for assistance, not experts. Otherwise find an inexpensive class on grant writing. Venturing outside the limits will lead to legal consequences.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 3, 2014

Psychologist Ron Friedman, in his new book “ The Best Place To Work ,” explores this problem in detail, and I like the insights he offers to maximize your efforts: Reward frequency is more important than size. New life experiences have more impact than reward objects. Happiness can be triggered outside of conscious awareness.

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socalTECH

MARCH 8, 2013

We are really set up to solve those problems, and deliver the hard core, enterprise class tools and applications that people need, in order for big data to go mainstream. We're trying to avoid those dynamics, and maximize the chance of a very high success rate of exits across our portfolio. READ MORE>>.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 23, 2015

Most classes in college focus on a narrow area of interest, which just teach students to focus on problems through one lens. Maximizing Business Productivity. Business professionals need to analyze problems from a big picture perspective. That''s how unforeseen consequences stay unforeseen, and happen repeatedly in business.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 5, 2013

Maximize cash flow. Reinvent yourself to meet a modern market: If you are a paid technical instructor and your classes are shrinking, offer training over the internet. Accreditations, licenses, and certification – for your business or for individual employees – can set you apart from your competition. Is your service being replaced?

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 2, 2016

Use the 80/20 rule to maximize productivity – get 80 percent outcome from 20 percent of focused efforts. Don’t wait for anyone to pay your way to class, or give you time off for training. Select a business idea that has a longer runway. Learning is not stealing from any employer, and it prepares you for all your futures.

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Startup Entrepreneur Ideas Metrics 100

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 24, 2017

Most classes in college focus on a narrow area of interest, which just teach students to focus on problems through one lens. Maximizing Business Productivity. Business professionals need to analyze problems from a big picture perspective. That's how unforeseen consequences stay unforeseen, and happen repeatedly in business.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 6, 2012

Maximize cash flow. Reinvent yourself to meet a modern market: If you are a paid technical instructor and your classes are shrinking, offer training over the internet. Accreditations, licenses, and certification – for your business or for individual employees – can set you apart from your competition. Is your service being replaced?

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 20, 2015

Psychologist Ron Friedman, in his recent book “ The Best Place To Work ,” explores this problem in detail, and I like the insights he offers to maximize your efforts: Reward frequency is more important than size. New life experiences have more impact than reward objects. Happiness can be triggered outside of conscious awareness.

Product 56

Product News Activity Examples 56

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 28, 2011

Maximize cash flow. Reinvent yourself to meet a modern market: If you are a paid technical instructor and your classes are shrinking, offer training over the internet. Accreditations, licenses, and certification – for your business or for individual employees – can set you apart from your competition. Is your service being replaced?

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 17, 2010

With modest variations on Paul’s pattern, this new class of mentors-plus-capital programs has grown to include TechStars operating in Boston, Boulder, and Seattle, Austin Capital Factory , deep in the heart of Texas, LaunchBox in the DC area, and a number of others. Paul Graham built the mold at Y Combinator , which he founded back in 2005.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 25, 2010

John gave me the book after I spoke at his entrepreneurship class at UCSB. So you need to find anchor tenants who have authority in your field and who are respected by other angel investors in order to maximize the benefits of social proof. Any SoCal entrepreneur raising early-stage money should put Rincon on their short list.

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InfoChachkie

MAY 20, 2013

While on board the Tui Tai, Tige shared with me his desire to maximize his return on life, rather than solely focus on his financial return. However, his comments resonated, because his unconventional philosophy has clearly not impacted his ability to deliver his customers a world-class adventure experience.

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InfoChachkie

MAY 20, 2013

While on board the Tui Tai, Tige shared with me his desire to maximize his return on life, rather than solely focus on his financial return. However, his comments resonated, because his unconventional philosophy has clearly not impacted his ability to deliver his customers a world-class adventure experience.

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Tech Zulu Event

JULY 8, 2011

Our global and diverse team of engineers, scientists, and researchers with world-class expertise in video conferencing, object recognition, object tracking, and augmented reality is committed to continuous innovation and fostering an entrepreneurial culture that will accelerate the commercialization of our revolutionary technologies.

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Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 21, 2011

Idealab also continues to partner with leading venture capital firms and other strategic investors to provide the resources to maximize the potential of these companies. Moving beyond the Internet, we have spawned companies with breakthrough technologies in robotics, renewable energy and automotive design and production among others.

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Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 20, 2011

Idealab also continues to partner with leading venture capital firms and other strategic investors to provide the resources to maximize the potential of these companies. Moving beyond the Internet, we have spawned companies with breakthrough technologies in robotics, renewable energy and automotive design and production among others.

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