Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 3, 2021

You need to be visible in marketing efforts, viral videos, and interactions with key customer segments. In the early days of the IBM PC, I had the opportunity to know and work with Bill Gates at Microsoft. That means public recognition of individual achievements, providing feedback, and coaching and mentoring along the way.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 20, 2018

Help your employees build their individual strengths with customized coaching and special assignments. This is another aspect of capitalizing on strengths and satisfaction. We all have strengths and weaknesses, and most of us as managers focus only on weaknesses. Make the task fit the person, rather than person fit the task.

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Mentor IBM IBM Examples 52

InfoChachkie

OCTOBER 24, 2011

Marketing is free or cheap because of social media. 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. Rising with the tide requires less effort, but it seldom positions you well for the market’s inevitable vagaries.

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