Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 30, 2021

By definition, all of you entrepreneurs are leaders, by taking the initiative to start a new company. As you do this, you will move from critic to cheerleader, from what is wrong to what is going right, and people will line up to help you tackle tough challenges. His Virgin Group today consists of over 400 companies.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 3, 2021

As a long-time mentor to new entrepreneurs and business owners, I have noticed that many no longer associate more fulfillment and satisfaction with more money, power, and success. In fact, customers today also seem more attracted to companies with a higher purpose than profit. Assemble a complementary support team to help you.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 21, 2023

How will work productivity and quality be impacted, and what effect will it have on personal careers, job satisfaction, and work-life balance? In my experience, a great office culture will enhance every team member productivity, as well as personal satisfaction. Help your team generate team rituals and encourage networking.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 19, 2022

I was pleased to see some specific guidance on how team members can better communicate their value at work, without self-aggrandizing, in a new book, “ Influence and Impact ,” by Bill Berman and George Bradt, who speak from experience as a psychologist, and years of coaching in companies across multiple industries.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 5, 2022

All prefer more flexible hours, the chance to work from home, and the traditions of lifetime loyalty to one company no longer apply. Loyalty to a given company now has to be inspired rather than assumed. They are used to, and appreciate, relationships with older people who will help them navigate their way.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 29, 2023

The best entrepreneurs relish the challenges, and get great satisfaction from overcoming and learning from adversity. Ask for help from advisors and mentor your team. People don’t usually need to ask for help with their dreams, but no entrepreneur I know has built a successful business alone.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 29, 2021

Obviously, both are required for a company to stay healthy and growing. Helping your team motivates them to drive your business. That takes less time and gives everyone greater satisfaction. In my experience, providing people leadership is the tougher challenge, but the more critical one.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 16, 2022

We have all heard the examples of the great new company cultures, popularized by Google, Zappos, and Facebook, which seem to imply that company perks are the secret to success. Leaders today must always project confidence and help others develop confidence, courage, and curiosity. Benton and Kylie Wright-Ford.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 25, 2022

He went on to start many successful companies, including General Electric. You will learn to recognize that some friends and colleagues are always downers, and get their satisfaction from snuffing out your aspirations through negative thinking. Don’t let anyone kill your dreams and passion.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 22, 2021

A winning linked focus example is to choose a higher purpose common to all cultures, such as protecting the environment, or helping the underprivileged. Old-fashioned surveys need help from new algorithms, data science, and digital bots. Make every customer experience memorable. Inspire your teams with love and affirmation.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 8, 2019

Unfortunately, work and satisfaction have become an oxymoron in many businesses. I found many more helpful suggestions in a new book, “ The Culture Question ,” by Randy Grieser, Eric Stutzman, Wendy Loewen, and Michael Labun, who have spent years providing leadership and professional development training to companies around the world.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 24, 2019

For example, it may seem quicker and more effective to hand your service desk employees the store policy manual, and tell them to follow the rules, rather than spend time coaching them on how to really listen to customer feedback, and use their strengths to build customer loyalty. Team members want development plus satisfaction.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 5, 2022

He assures us that these apply to an external crisis that you have no control over, or an internal screwup, or just the kinds of growing pains that hit every company: Keep your focus on how to fix the problem. The challenge for many bosses is to recognize when their team should be coaching them. Provide tools and resources as required.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 10, 2023

According to the classic book, “ One Second Ahead ,” by noted authority on training the mind, Rasmus Hougaard, there are some basic rules that can really help you manage your focus and awareness in all work activities. I concur, based on my own extended career in business and mentoring entrepreneurs.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 2, 2022

They are not having the impact they expected, and they are not feeling the personal satisfaction they need for next level motivation. This is a tough challenge for every coach and mentor. Your team will quickly sense your insights and sincerity , leading to greater impact and satisfaction by everyone.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 9, 2020

The traditional model for hiring permanent employees who can grow their career with your company just doesn’t work, and can jeopardize your business before it even gets traction. By hiring contract experts, less oversight and coaching is needed. Higher worker engagement and satisfaction.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 31, 2022

I see that model changing today to one of team collaboration and decision making, per companies such as Amazon, Google, and Zoom. Modern companies like Amazon credit much of their growth and success to rewarding of change innovations, including failures. You will find improved morale and satisfaction all around as well.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 8, 2020

The best entrepreneurs relish the challenges, and get great satisfaction from overcoming and learning from adversity. Ask for help from advisors and mentor your team. People don’t usually need to ask for help with their dreams, but no entrepreneur I know has built a successful business alone.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

For many, it’s hard to make the switch from that top-down order-giving culture, and it’s hard to find the time to recruit and coach the new team members you need to scale the business to success. We all need to be humble and recognize that what we need to know about technology and the market changes daily.

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InfoChachkie

OCTOBER 24, 2011

As Guy Kawasaki pointed out in our recent conversation , “…it is cheaper than ever to start a company. If there was ever a time to start a company, this is it.”. Determining the perfect moment to enter the startup market, whether by creating a company or joining an ongoing venture, is akin to timing the financial markets. “The

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 27, 2022

The classic book, “ Hunting in a Farmer's World: Celebrating the Mind of an Entrepreneur ,” by serial entrepreneur and business coach John F. Dini, tied together several threads I have often seen in my own experience of mentoring and helping aspiring entrepreneurs. They build businesses as their lifestyle, not as a job.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 22, 2022

They apparently ignored all conventional wisdom and advisors, and struck a deal which crashed both companies, now a case study in many business schools. Engagement drives performance and satisfaction. A good fight in business is called healthy competition. Check all your emotions at the gate. Why can ambition sabotage success?

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 15, 2020

In the spirit of helping you avoid some of our own learning experiences with startups, I will paraphrase here the nine key stages that he and I both see most businesses going through in their evolution from a startup to a successful and stable entity: You can’t sustain a business without positive cash flow. Stay in your personal sweet spot.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 25, 2020

According to the classic book, “ One Second Ahead ,” by noted authority on training the mind, Rasmus Hougaard, there are some basic rules that can really help you manage your focus and awareness in all work activities. I concur, based on my own extended career in business and mentoring entrepreneurs.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 18, 2023

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 enjoy the coaching and development role, and are able to match work assignments to people’s strengths, promoting both people and company growth.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 19, 2018

It works at all levels inside an organization, as well as outside the company. Provide and seek coach and advocate relationships. The best coaches are people who care about you as a person, without any ulterior motives, and intend to inspire you to be the best that you can be. A good coach is not a critic.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 21, 2021

Sir Richard Branson , who controls over 400 active companies, never appears to be even working. In addition, he has often stated that his first priority is serving his employees and his extended business family, through coaching, mentoring, and effective communication. Lift everyone by eliminating complexity and highlighting value.

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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 enjoy the coaching and development role, and are able to match work assignments to people’s strengths, promoting both people and company growth.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 12, 2020

For example, Blake Mycoskie, founder of shoe company Toms , donates a pair one-for-one, keeps himself and his team recharged by sending employees to travel internationally and work directly in the field where the shoes are donated. Make sure your objectives and rewards motivate employees through innovation, and desired training and coaching.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 26, 2016

Here are seven key principles that I recommend you follow as an aspiring business leader or entrepreneur, based on my own experience in large companies as well as startups: Proactively ask for input to hone your vision. Use questions to coach and develop team members. Listen actively to team member input to foster mutual trust.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 5, 2019

All prefer more flexible hours, the chance to work from home, and the traditions of lifetime loyalty to one company no longer apply. Loyalty to a given company now has to be inspired rather than assumed. They are used to, and appreciate, relationships with older people who will help them navigate their way.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 9, 2019

We have all heard the examples of the great new company cultures, popularized by Google, Zappos, and Facebook, which seem to imply that company perks are the secret to success. Leaders today must always project confidence and help others develop confidence, courage, and curiosity. Benton and Kylie Wright-Ford.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 18, 2017

Hire, coach, and train everyone on the team to focus on communication. Company and organizational values must be aligned with employee and customer personal values, or your execution won’t work, no matter what the purpose. Create a mission that helps people enjoy work more. Lead with an executable vision for the future.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 20, 2019

They apparently ignored all conventional wisdom and advisors, and struck a deal which crashed both companies, now a case study in many business schools. Engagement drives performance and satisfaction. A good fight in business is called healthy competition. Check all your emotions at the gate. Why can ambition sabotage success?

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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. Dini, tied together several threads I have often seen in my own experience of mentoring and helping aspiring entrepreneurs. They build businesses as their lifestyle, not as a job.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 30, 2017

All prefer more flexible hours, the chance to work from home, and the traditions of lifetime loyalty to one company no longer apply. Loyalty to a given company now has to be inspired rather than assumed. They are used to, and appreciate, relationships with older people who will help them navigate their way.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 14, 2014

Almost nine in ten respondents (87%) found benefits from running or working in a small company, like flexible working hours and being in control of your life. This indicates that lifestyle and satisfaction factors are usually more important than financial ones. High level of excitement. Minimal rules and regulations. Few benefits.

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