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10 Keys To Real Innovation In Your Next New Business

Startup Professionals Musings

It starts with a vision, but benefits quickly from a structured process of idea generation, evaluation, prototyping, customer feedback, and success metrics. Training and coaching. Ongoing coaching from the top is essential to maintain the attitude and spirit. People are your best innovation resource. Ownership.

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8 Ways Startups Spend Resources Without Adding Value

Startup Professionals Musings

Every entrepreneur I know is short on resources, including time, money, and skills. 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. Productive processes start with a plan, and end with metrics that measure value delivered.

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8 Startup Excesses Which Will Jeopardize The Business

Startup Professionals Musings

Every entrepreneur I know is short on resources, including time, money, and skills. 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. Productive processes start with a plan, and end with metrics that measure value delivered.

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8 Ways New Ventures Burn Resources Without Thinking

Startup Professionals Musings

Every entrepreneur I know is short on resources, including time, money, and skills. 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. Productive processes start with a plan, and end with metrics that measure value delivered.

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7 Ways To Keep Your Business Working Like A Startup

Startup Professionals Musings

As companies grow, they tend to become more structured, to the point of discouraging risk by team members, and using metrics to identify mistakes and allocate bonuses. Internal metrics are great for fixing problems, but industry experts, influencers, and customers are better indicators of future change and trends. Don’t forget these.

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10 Steps To A New Venture That Can Change The World

Startup Professionals Musings

It starts with a vision, but benefits quickly from a structured process of idea generation, evaluation, prototyping, customer feedback, and success metrics. Training and coaching. Ongoing coaching from the top is essential to maintain the attitude and spirit. People are your best innovation resource. Ownership.

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7 Ways To Elevate Your Team Engagement and Happiness

Startup Professionals Musings

Yet I still see many companies focusing on what I believe are ineffective approaches to turning this productivity challenge around, including stricter processes, more metrics, and financial incentives to improve motivation. Enhance intrinsic motivation through coaching.