Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

With business teams now getting back together in the workplace after primarily working remotely during the pandemic , it’s an ideal time to implement change and make sure your team is feeling a renewed sense of satisfaction, high engagement, and maximum productivity. Develop metrics to monitor work intensity.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 29, 2017

Most business leaders today realize that smart management of scarce resources is the key to competitive success. Leaders who are able to optimize these find multipliers of 20 percent up to nine times the average productivity. Develop leaders who deliver results and inspire. That’s why they manage money so carefully.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 30, 2023

Even if you were an “A-Player” in your previous organization (top 10-percent performer, high integrity, exceeds on commitments), you had peers and executives around you to provide coaching and keep you centered. Employees can be much more productive if they fully understand strategic issues and focus correspondingly.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 9, 2020

Even if you were an “A-Player” in your previous organization (top 10-percent performer, high integrity, exceeds on commitments), you had peers and executives around you to provide coaching and keep you centered. Employees can be much more productive if they fully understand strategic issues and focus correspondingly.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 18, 2023

Any startup coach or business advisor will tell you that, on your way to being a great chef, you don't start your journey by inventing the ultimate entre. If you can’t identify customer interest, it doesn’t matter how good your product is. You know the basic ingredients, and you can visualize the results you want. Don’t stand still.

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Startup Coach Metrics Marketing 112

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 1, 2022

They skimp on the design of their website, procrastinate on the rollout to make sure the product is perfect, and get so excited about technology features that they forget about creating value for customers. I like the guidance from marketing coach David Newman’s classic book “ Do It! Don’t waste your time following up.

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Marketing Startup Social Media Technical Review 141

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 18, 2018

New product process. Business risks are not just development risks. Creating intellectual property, including patents, is the kay to long-term value and a sustainable competitive advantage. Training and coaching. Ongoing coaching from the top is essential to maintain the attitude and spirit. Value creation.

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Entrepreneur Coach Metrics Competition 64

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 25, 2022

The first electric bulb was actually invented by Sir Joseph Wilson Swan, who demonstrated the concept, but gave up trying to develop a practical product after only three attempts. She is a former Fortune 50 executive and innovation thought leader who developed her own actionable system to overcome obstacles.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 21, 2020

Any startup coach or business advisor will tell you that, on your way to being a great chef, you don't start your journey by inventing the ultimate entre. If you can’t identify customer interest, it doesn’t matter how good your product is. You know the basic ingredients, and you can visualize the results you want. Don’t stand still.

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Startup Coach Metrics Marketing 156

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 17, 2016

It is not uncommon for founders to fight amongst themselves or teams to develop silos that simple can’t stomach talking with other groups so they avoid human contact and revert to flaming wars on email or Slack. Increasingly I find myself engaging executive coaches at companies an trying to help executive teams get 360 degree feedback.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 8, 2019

Image via Wikipedia The challenge for all of us in business is to improve competitiveness by improving employee productivity and reducing costs. According to Gartner , one of the biggest drags on productivity is employee engagement, still hovering around 30 percent, and costing our businesses over $450 billion per year.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 14, 2016

New product process. Business risks are not just development risks. Creating intellectual property, including patents, is the kay to long-term value and a sustainable competitive advantage. Training and coaching. Ongoing coaching from the top is essential to maintain the attitude and spirit. Value creation.

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Coach Metrics Competition Ideas 64

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 12, 2015

New product process. Business risks are not just development risks. Creating intellectual property, including patents, is the key to long-term value and a sustainable competitive advantage. Training and coaching. Failure is the best teacher I know. Innovation is not a random walk into the unknown. Value creation.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 22, 2019

Image via Pexels Every business needs repeatable processes to grow and thrive, but modern business processes need the right people to make them efficient and productive. The right people make productive processes, not the other way around. On the other hand, I see teams with almost no process that are tremendously productive.

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Tech.Co

MAY 25, 2018

BlackTech Week was created in 2014, and in four short years, they’ve gained over 2700 participants, 150 speakers, and 3 pitch competitions. Greater Fargo Moorhead Economic Development Corporation (Fargo, ND). While winning pitch competitions is great, it’s not the most important thing about Startup of the Year.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 13, 2014

Competitive (Athlete: skier & rowed at Princeton, hates losing at everything she does). Operating experience (Helped run parts of CitySearch & UrbanSpoon, tons of product management experience, Board of Hatch Labs which helped spawn Tinder). She is a coach and mentor to team members.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 27, 2018

And a host of interesting companies in last mile have cropped up to give the Amazon ecosystem some competition, like two companies from the last Techstars LA class - Shipsi and PRZM. A certified executive coach, Anna works with her portfolio companies to build great teams, develop a sound strategy and create a strong network.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 7, 2019

I found some good guidance on this subject in a new book, “ The Leader You Want To Be ,” by Amy Jen Su, a managing partner in an executive coaching and leadership development firm. Thus, in my consulting with entrepreneurs, I always encourage them to get more comfortable asking for help.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 2, 2022

This is a tough challenge for every coach and mentor. Embrace the real you as your competitive advantage. The support currently provided by product service can become inadequate to satisfy new customers, as your growth and image becomes better known. Accept the fact that authenticity is necessary for leadership effectiveness.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 23, 2012

New product development process. Longer-term, enhanced product value begets superior company valuation through your organization’s intellectual property (IP) portfolio. Training and coaching. Ongoing coaching from the top is essential to maintain the attitude and spirit. Without risk, there can be no innovation.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 3, 2014

Most technology startups seem to be funded by product people or business people. ” So I did want any rational person who wants to improve does – I hired a coach. They like a solid product, well defined pricing, good references to sell against, a clear quota and well defined competitors.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 7, 2013

I’m super excited to announce that GRP Partners led the investment in Ethan Anderson’s new company MyTime (link has LA-based merchants but will give you a good feel for the product). ” So Ethan went to work as a product manager at Google Video. I acted as the occasional mentor, advisor and coach to Ethan.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 21, 2017

Every business needs repeatable processes to grow and thrive, but modern business processes need the right people to make them efficient and productive. The right people make productive processes, not the other way around. On the other hand, I see teams with almost no process that are tremendously productive.

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InfoChachkie

FEBRUARY 20, 2012

Mark noted that even if an entrepreneur does not become a master developer, by simply understanding the software development process, they will be a more effective startup leader. This frugality was evidenced by the fact that everyone at Microsoft, even Gates, flew coach until well into the late 1990s. " [Tweet this quote].

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 9, 2011

New product development process. Longer-term, enhanced product value begets superior company valuation through your organization’s intellectual property (IP) portfolio. Training and coaching. Ongoing coaching from the top is essential to maintain the attitude and spirit. Without risk, there can be no innovation.

Coach 93

Coach Ideas IP Sales 93

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 4, 2019

They skimp on the design of their website, procrastinate on the rollout to make sure the product is perfect, and get so excited about technology features that they forget about creating value for customers. I like the guidance from marketing coach David Newman’s classic book “ Do It! Don’t waste your time following up.

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Marketing Entrepreneur Startup Technical Review 97

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 22, 2014

It’s insanely competitive to get into our industry so most have degrees from institutions like Stanford, Harvard, Wharton and University of Chicago (blatant plug ;-). VCs should be more of a coach than proscriptively telling you what to do. I think of VCs as coaches. VCs, how to select a VC, etc.) Most VCs are book smart.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 8, 2016

In reality, their effectiveness is usually more related to how well they develop their work relationships with peers and business leaders. More importantly, we all need to develop the right relationships, and actively avoid those types that are not right for the business, or not right for our career at a particular point in time.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 27, 2017

Team members seem to be spending more and more time venting to anyone who will listen about the motives and actions of others, and less time introspectively focused on their own productivity and accountability. We all have a human tendency, developed in our childhood, to make up stories which paint us as a victim rather than the problem.

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Satisfaction Coach Mentor Training 55

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 4, 2013

In reality, their effectiveness is usually more related to how well they develop their work relationships with peers and business leaders. Too many relationships never advance beyond this stage, resulting in poor communication, no cooperation, low trust, and low shared productivity. Workship - Mentor. Workship - Trailblazer.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 8, 2018

Any startup coach or business advisor will tell you that, on your way to being a great chef, you don't start your journey by inventing the ultimate entre. If you can’t identify customer interest, it doesn’t matter how good your product is. You know the basic ingredients, and you can visualize the results you want. Don’t stand still.

Startup 81

Startup Coach Metrics Marketing 81

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 5, 2011

Most technology startups seem to be funded by product people or business people. So I did want any rational person who wants to improve does – I hired a coach. They like a solid product, well defined pricing, good references to sell against, a clear quota and well defined competitors. Sales people often blame the product.

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Sales Startup Pricing Customer 316

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 4, 2016

Any startup coach or business advisor will tell you that, on your way to being a great chef, you don't start your journey by inventing the ultimate entre. If you can’t identify customer interest, it doesn’t matter how good your product is. You know the basic ingredients, and you can visualize the results you want. Don’t stand still.

Entrepreneur 93

Entrepreneur Startup Coach Metrics 93

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 12, 2017

They skimp on the design of their website, procrastinate on the rollout to make sure the product is perfect, and get so excited about technology features that they forget about creating value for customers. I like the guidance from marketing coach David Newman’s classic book “ Do It! Don’t waste your time following up.

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Tips Marketing Technical Review Startup 75

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 5, 2014

They skimp on the design of their website, procrastinate on the rollout to make sure the product is perfect, and get so excited about technology features that they forget about creating value for customers. I like the guidance from marketing coach David Newman’s recent book “ Do It! Don’t waste your time following up. Marty Zwilling.

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Technical Review Tips Marketing Entrepreneur 103

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 22, 2017

Even if you were an “A-Player” in your previous organization (top 10-percent performer, high integrity, exceeds on commitments), you had peers and executives around you to provide coaching and keep you centered. Employees can be much more productive if they fully understand strategic issues and focus correspondingly.

Entrepreneur 54

Entrepreneur Customer Custom Competition 54

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 15, 2010

New product development process. Longer-term, enhanced product value begets superior company valuation through your organization’s intellectual property (IP) portfolio. Training and coaching. Ongoing coaching from the top is essential to maintain the attitude and spirit. Without risk, there can be no innovation.

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Coach Ideas IP Sales 49