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. Don’t be afraid to test your ultimate entree on customers. Make them “feel the love.”

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TechCrunch LA

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

Ultimately 1,000 customers signed up, and The Kelp Burger is now the “hero product,” Boyd Myers said. There are even startups looking into that, like Shiru, which recently raised $17 million to develop more healthier bonding agents for meat. The first wave of plant-based eating was the Boca Burger, beans and tofu,” she added.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

Develop metrics to monitor work intensity. Work intensity could be anything from number of meetings in a day, to number of production line emergencies, to number of angry customers during a shift. These metrics are also the best way to gauge when your team needs more help, and identifying strong and weak contributors.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 28, 2020

This must include metrics and tracking, with the necessary systems and resources to act, recalibrate, and iterate as required. Team members must be engaged and enabled to do the job – that means aligned, equipped, coached, supported, and valued for the work and changes ahead. The process must focus not only on the “what,” but the “how.”

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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. Don’t be afraid to test your ultimate entree on customers. Make them “feel the love.”

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 18, 2018

It starts with a vision, but benefits quickly from a structured process of idea generation, evaluation, prototyping, customer feedback, and success metrics. Business risks are not just development risks. Innovative technologies have no value until they are turned into solutions to real customer problems. Ownership.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 12, 2015

It starts with a vision, but benefits quickly from a structured process of idea generation, evaluation, prototyping, customer feedback, and success metrics. Business risks are not just development risks. Innovative technologies have no value until they are turned into solutions to real customer problems. Ownership.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 3, 2023

It’s all about contributing and being connected to team and company values for improving the lives of customers, or possibly a higher-level purpose, such as saving the environment. Another important driver of meaning at work is how the work relates to your career or personal development. Measure everything and broadcast highlights.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 15, 2020

In his classic book, “ The Leadership Capital Index ,” Dave Ulrich, a best-selling author, business consultant, and business school professor, provides some real insights and metrics on what makes up the elements of goodwill in the minds of top valuation experts. Leadership brand development. Focus on talent and people growth.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 9, 2022

I too often see people who are quick to make excuses, blame failures on peers or customers, or see management as the reason for their lack of productivity. In my experience, developers can be so committed to a technology, such as hydrogen engines for cars, such that they may be unwilling to change as the business pivots for market reasons.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 14, 2016

It starts with a vision, but benefits quickly from a structured process of idea generation, evaluation, prototyping, customer feedback, and success metrics. Business risks are not just development risks. Innovative technologies have no value until they are turned into solutions to real customer problems. Ownership.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 1, 2019

Switch your attention from product development to sales. These only come with the proper training, investment in tools, and focus on customer relationships. Managing business growth is more than metrics. Leaders are needed to coach each salesperson, keep the team on message, and spur new growth and goals.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 8, 2019

A recent high-profile one, Theranos , the blood-testing company, had no trouble getting customers, but promised more than their technology could deliver, Another, Shyp , an early on-demand delivery platform, blamed their demise on premature scaling. Focus on existing customer retention and repeat business.

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SoCal CTO

MARCH 4, 2010

And a big factor is how big is the Founder Developer Gap. There’s a funny phenomenon where often the best sounding technical people are often the worst developers. Other labels: Consultant – Take bits and pieces, possibly coach Advisor / Advisory Board Member – Often a periodic responsibility and some ad hoc activities.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 1, 2015

In reality, the picture is a bit larger than this, as outlined in a new book “ Leading with GRIT ,” by Laurie Sudbrink, a well-known business leadership coach and speaker. Usually these people think they are doing a great job, and are totally oblivious to their unhappy customers or cash drain. Wait and hope for a miracle.

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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. Don’t be afraid to test your ultimate entrée on customers. Make them “feel the love.”

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 4, 2015

Switch your attention from product development to sales. These only come with the proper training, investment in tools, and focus on customer relationships. Managing business growth is more than metrics. Leaders are needed to coach each salesperson, keep the team on message, and spur new growth and goals.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 23, 2012

New product development process. Successful innovation turns ideas into money, to enhance customer value, and thus shareholder value. Training and coaching. Ongoing coaching from the top is essential to maintain the attitude and spirit. From time to time, include customers and sales members in ideation sessions.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 4, 2015

In a new book, “ The Leadership Capital Index ,” Dave Ulrich, a best-selling author, business consultant, and business school professor, provides some real insights and metrics on what makes up the elements of goodwill in the minds of top valuation experts. Leadership brand development. Focus on talent and people growth.

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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. Don’t be afraid to test your ultimate entrée on customers. Make them “feel the love.”

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 13, 2017

Switch your attention from product development to sales. These only come with the proper training, investment in tools, and focus on customer relationships. Managing business growth is more than metrics. Leaders are needed to coach each salesperson, keep the team on message, and spur new growth and goals.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 21, 2015

Here are key maxims that I believe indicate a growth mindset rather than a fixed mindset: A need to learn from customers, rather than educate them. Successful entrepreneurs start with a customer problem, and develop a solution, rather than the other way around. Develop market insights and a growth vision far beyond today.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 3, 2013

Switch your attention from product development to sales. These only come with the proper training, investment in tools, and focus on customer relationships. Managing business growth is more than metrics. Leaders are needed to coach each salesperson, keep the team on message, and spur new growth and goals.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 7, 2016

In reality, the picture is a bit larger than this, as outlined in a recent book “ Leading with GRIT ,” by Laurie Sudbrink, a well-known business leadership coach and speaker. Usually these people think they are doing a great job, and are totally oblivious to their unhappy customers or cash drain. Wait and hope for a miracle.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 9, 2011

New product development process. Successful innovation turns ideas into money, to enhance customer value, and thus shareholder value. Training and coaching. Ongoing coaching from the top is essential to maintain the attitude and spirit. From time to time, include customers and sales members in ideation sessions.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 9, 2016

Most begin by doing the product development, marketing and sales alone, but struggle making the transition to hiring and coaching others, defining repeatable processes and focusing on future strategy. Now you have real customers who can quickly turn off hundreds of potential customers if you ignore their feedback.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 16, 2017

His 30 years of business and coaching experience bring credibility to his perspective. Develop an attitude of gratitude and humility. Some things need to be done whether we like them or not; for example, daily cash-flow analysis and business metrics. They see customer support as positive lessons to improve quality and processes.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 27, 2013

But the thing I am most proud of about Rob is that he has taken a company with a uniquely talented founder & CTO – Nick Halstead – and managed to build a very tight working relationship with Nick where we drive world-class product development without having the usual founder / CEO conflicts. Ask for short conference calls.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 15, 2010

New product development process. Successful innovation turns ideas into money, to enhance customer value, and thus shareholder value. Training and coaching. Ongoing coaching from the top is essential to maintain the attitude and spirit. From time to time, include customers and sales members in ideation sessions.

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