Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 5, 2014

You can have the best technology, but if customers don’t know you exist, or they don’t know how your technology solves a real problem for them, your startup will fail. Yet I see many technology entrepreneurs that focus on the basics of marketing too little and too late. Marketing is everything these days. Marty Zwilling.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 1, 2022

You can have the best technology, but if customers don’t know you exist, or they don’t know how your technology solves a real problem for them, your startup will fail. Yet I see many technology entrepreneurs that focus on the basics of marketing too little and too late. Marketing is everything these days. Marty Zwilling.

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Marketing Startup Social Media Technical Review 141

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

Unlike the mentor, who is a coach and teacher, the advocate inspires you to be the best that you can be. The trailblazer is not overly competitive, but always is a few steps ahead and enjoys setting an example that you are inspired by, or motivated to follow. Workship - Trailblazer.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 8, 2021

It must be understandable, written down, and verifiable, with regular measurements and metrics to make it real, benchmarked against the competition. Train and coach continuously. Leaders have found that keeping everyone on top of changes in technology, competition, and customer demands is critical to success.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 1, 2022

I’m not an expert on leadership, so I am always on the lookout for specific development guidance, such as the classic book, “ Leadership Results ,” by the well-known leadership coach and business psychologist, Sebastian Salicru. If necessary, use a strengths coach, and always start a business which highlights your signature strengths.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 23, 2022

Today’s pace of change in the market and in technology is unprecedented. Priority is placed on employee mentoring and coaching. Mentoring and coaching tend to improve commitment, motivation, decision making, and creative talents, which are required for a competitive business and career.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 4, 2021

The last thing they can afford is to waste any of these, but in my mentoring and coaching activities, I see it happening all too often. Waste in a startup is any activity that burns resources, but creates no value or competitive advantage in the eyes of customers. In the startup world, this is often seen as a lack of focus.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

In my experience advising businesses, large and small, I have often been surprised by the level of complacency and general malaise I find in the ranks, with a resultant direct loss of productivity and competitiveness. You can counter positively by encouraging everyone to go home on time, managing meetings carefully, and coaching positively.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 12, 2015

Innovative technologies have no value until they are turned into solutions to real customer problems. Creating intellectual property, including patents, is the key to long-term value and a sustainable competitive advantage. Training and coaching. Your people are the key to innovation, more so than a new technology.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 31, 2022

With the multiple technologies of team videos, smartphones, email, and the pervasive Internet facilitating total communication, there is no need for the delay and information loss of multiple hierarchy levels in business. Discourage internal team competition and silos. Look for opportunities to highlight individual strengths.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 21, 2020

Unlike the mentor, who is a coach and teacher, the advocate inspires you to be the best that you can be. The trailblazer is not overly competitive, but always is a few steps ahead and enjoys setting an example that you are inspired by, or motivated to follow. Workship - Trailblazer.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 27, 2018

Editor's note: All this week, and into the start of next year, we'll be featuring reflections on 2018 from notable investors, entrepreneurs, and others from Southern California's technology community. Are there any technology innovations, gadgets, devices, software, that you found most interesting in 2018? Find her @annawbarber.

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Berkonomics

MAY 16, 2019

Email readers, continue here…] Price can become a competitive tool by creative companies where they can change the game, reducing the number of parts for example to lower manufacturing costs, or reducing the time to install a product, lowering after-sale costs. Innovation, technology, and early adapters. Using price creatively.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 18, 2018

Innovative technologies have no value until they are turned into solutions to real customer problems. 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.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 19, 2018

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. Even with all our technology, business is still people-to-people.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 2, 2021

Perhaps you need to do more to be a role model for accountability , and provide more coaching on exactly what it means. In today’s world, every organization needs to be in a constant state of change to stay competitive. For example, a couple of years ago, Starbucks' chief executive officer, Kevin R.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 4, 2019

You can have the best technology, but if customers don’t know you exist, or they don’t know how your technology solves a real problem for them, your startup will fail. Yet I see many technology entrepreneurs that focus on the basics of marketing too little and too late. Marketing is everything these days. Marty Zwilling.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 6, 2020

Elon Musk , as an example, is impressive in his broad knowledge and interest in electric vehicles, getting humans into space, and new energy technologies. Be sure to tie changes back to the “why” – customer value, business objectives, and competition. Provide the resources and training to get the job done.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 17, 2016

But they also take on issues in science, technology and management. Increasingly I find myself engaging executive coaches at companies an trying to help executive teams get 360 degree feedback. The best leaders I know encourage coaches to come in and are willing to listen to feedback about themselves. Is she feeling motivated?

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Tech.Co

MAY 25, 2018

If you’re an early-stage entrepreneur, technology has served you well. BlackTech Week was created in 2014, and in four short years, they’ve gained over 2700 participants, 150 speakers, and 3 pitch competitions. While winning pitch competitions is great, it’s not the most important thing about Startup of the Year.

Startup 141

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 11, 2022

I was in it for the love of working with entrepreneurs on business problems and marveling at technology they had built. I had realized that I didn’t have it within me to be as good of a player as many of them did but I had the skills to help as mentor, coach, friend, sparing partner and patient capital provider.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 14, 2016

Innovative technologies have no value until they are turned into solutions to real customer problems. 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.

Coach 64

Coach Metrics Competition Ideas 64

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 12, 2019

Much has been written recently about the requirement to focus today on the total customer experience, as a competitive edge or even for survival. The latest Apple Watch utilizes this strategy by continually monitoring your heart rhythm, as well as other fitness indicators, with coaching to you on maintaining your health.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 25, 2016

According to many observers , we can thank or blame technology for these higher expectations, providing information at the speed of light, leading everyone to expect more. Some entrepreneurs are so focused on their technology, they assume their customers think the same way. Provide coaching and mentoring as well as training.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 22, 2019

Today’s pace of change in the market and in technology is unprecedented. Priority is placed on employee mentoring and coaching. Mentoring and coaching tend to improve commitment, motivation, decision making, and creative talents, which are required for a competitive business and career.

Coach 94

Coach Organization Mentor Startup 94

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 1, 2019

I’m not an expert on leadership, so I am always on the lookout for specific development guidance, such as the classic book, “ Leadership Results ,” by the well-known leadership coach and business psychologist, Sebastian Salicru. If necessary, use a strengths coach, and always start a business which highlights your signature strengths.

Coach 70

Coach Satisfaction Ideas Entrepreneur 70

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 12, 2017

You can have the best technology, but if customers don’t know you exist, or they don’t know how your technology solves a real problem for them, your startup will fail. Yet I see many technology entrepreneurs that focus on the basics of marketing too little and too late. Marketing is everything these days. Marty Zwilling.

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Tips Marketing Technical Review Startup 75

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 22, 2021

First, you as the leader must be a role model for the actions you desire – including positive communication, active coaching, rewards for results, as well as providing required tools and training. Today’s complex environments requires the use of innovative systems and technology for timely and reliable feedback from customers and colleagues.

Customer 114

Customer Custom Satisfaction Metrics 114

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 22, 2017

Success in today’s rapidly changing and highly competitive business environment requires a total alignment between the needs of each business function and the priorities of all team members. Failed strategies erode your competitive position. Update skill requirements as technology and the market changes.

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 2, 2017

Anne Fulton: Fuel50 is a career pathing startup, part of the HR technology landscape. We're a disruptor, the third wave in human resources technology. You can find a mentor, a coach, a project, or experience, to help you prepare for the role you are looking for. What is Fuel50? The whole space has been neglected.

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Help Southern California Startup Technical Review 100

InfoChachkie

FEBRUARY 20, 2012

This frugality was evidenced by the fact that everyone at Microsoft, even Gates, flew coach until well into the late 1990s. Bill’s advice reflects Microsoft’s hardnosed culture, which encourages internal competition and a ruthless pursuit of the truth. " [Tweet this quote]. Treasure it.

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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. Of course, keeping up with the technology on tools is a never-ending task, and it costs money. Many companies also promote local mentoring and coaching opportunities.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 14, 2010

The group--which was started by Richard Koffler and John Morris , two well known investors in Los Angeles--has been trying to help connect CEOs with interesting university and other technology projects. We're looking for inventors interested in commercializing and spinning out their technology into a company. Thanks for the time today.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 21, 2017

Today’s pace of change in the market and in technology is unprecedented. Priority is placed on employee mentoring and coaching. Mentoring and coaching tend to improve commitment, motivation, decision making, and creative talents, which are required for a competitive business and career.

Entrepreneur 78

Entrepreneur Coach Organization Mentor 78

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 11, 2017

I’m not an expert on leadership, so I am always on the lookout for specific development guidance, such as the new book, “ Leadership Results ,” by the well-known leadership coach and business psychologist, Sebastian Salicru. If necessary, use a strengths coach, and always start a business which highlights your signature strengths.

Coach 59

Coach Satisfaction Ideas Entrepreneur 59

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 13, 2015

The last thing they can afford is to waste any of these, but in my mentoring and coaching activities, I see it happening all too often. Waste in a startup is any activity that spends resources, but creates no value or competitive advantage in the eyes of customers. In the startup world, this is often seen as a lack of focus.

Resource 105

Resource Startup Entrepreneur Training 105

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 30, 2014

The last thing they can afford is to waste any of these, but in my mentoring and coaching activities, I see it happening all too often. Waste in a startup is any activity that absorbs resources, but creates no value or competitive advantage in the eyes of customers. In the startup world, this is often seen as a lack of focus.

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