Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 31, 2023

These should come as no surprise to you, since they haven’t changed in many decades, and I expect will serve you well in the current turbulent times we all face: Spend time nurturing productive work relationships. In my experience, relationships are still the key to career opportunities, new clients, and collaborative results.

Startup 121

Startup Satisfaction Technical Review Ideas 121

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 16, 2022

Yet I find, as a mentor and outside consultant, that many of you focus only on working conditions and compensation as the key factors determining team engagement , health, and productivity. Every person requires some level of positive human interaction with co-workers and others to be satisfied and productive. Spiritual connections.

Technical Review 141

Technical Review Mentor Social Media Customer 141

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 25, 2020

These holidays, with all the new technology, including smartphones and social media, many are convinced that multi-tasking is the answer. Yet there is more and more evidence that jumping tasks on every alert for a new email, text, or phone call actually decreases overall productivity. Now may be the time to increase your focus.

Email 170

Email Activity Social Media Coach 170

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 14, 2023

Yet if you already have some early adopters, that's a good indication that real marketing and education will likely bring your product or service mass acceptance. Acquiring business skills is not rocket science; they can be learned on the job, as well as supplemented by coaching from an experienced team and advisors.

Startup 135

Startup Entrepreneur Statistics Course 135

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 3, 2021

Today, with the Internet and social media, if you aren’t visible in a positive way to everyone, including customers, your leadership efforts will be lost. That means public recognition of individual achievements, providing feedback, and coaching and mentoring along the way. Build relationships with known business leaders.

Mentor 145

Mentor IBM IBM Social Media 145

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 23, 2022

Becoming a totally connected business leader is a very different challenge from building a product, or defining a good strategy. Even in today’s remote environments, you can use video sessions, social media, and email to keep up with team efforts informally and share updates, both positive and negative.

Mentor 108

Mentor Social Media Coach Customer 108

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 13, 2023

It is key to employee engagement, a positive culture , and the productivity necessary to survive and thrive in this rapidly changing worldwide economy which challenges every business today. Of course, you should always be available and willing to coach members when requested, or share your experience and skill.

Satisfaction 108

Satisfaction Social Media Coach Training 108

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 dumb it down for social media.

Marketing 97

Marketing Entrepreneur Startup Technical Review 97

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. In addition, today’s customers judge a company by perceived people relationships through social media, phone conversations, and sales experiences.

Coach 94

Coach Organization Mentor Startup 94

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 22, 2021

In this age of instant and global communication via social media and the Internet, I see more and more evidence that delighted customers should be your top priority. You need to incent and reward your leaders and teams to continuously experiment with new ways to delight customers with innovative products and services.

Customer 114

Customer Custom Satisfaction Metrics 114

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 26, 2022

in sociology, and is a coach and speaker on work issues and friendship. She outlines the potential benefits of “workships” (work relationships) evolving into friendships and romances as follows: Improve communication and productivity. One source I like is the classic book “ Who’s That Sitting At My Desk? ” by Jan Yager, who has a Ph.D.

Startup 119

Startup Course Competition Social Media 119

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 18, 2020

Yet if you already have some early adopters, that's a good indication that real marketing and education will likely bring your product or service mass acceptance. Acquiring business skills is not rocket science; they can be learned on the job, as well as supplemented by coaching from an experienced team and advisors.

Entrepreneur 121

Entrepreneur Startup Statistics Course 121

socalTECH

MAY 30, 2019

What we saw with CareerArc, was there was already a tremendous amount of investment in the middle of the market, with all of these different services and products that went into taking care of an employee when they were hired until they were let go. If you can't see it, it's hard to convince others to see it. more) READ MORE>>.

Content 193

Content Social Network Coach Help 193

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 24, 2017

Most of the guidance you see for entrepreneurs is aimed at those who are selling a product (Apple, Tesla, Xiaomi), or selling a service (Uber, Airbnb, Snapchat). The “product” value is difficult to quantify, the costs are nebulous, and entrepreneurs have to clone themselves to scale the business.

Social Media 56

Social Media Pricing Technical Review Demand 56

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 24, 2019

You too can become an influencer through social media, videos and blogs, and people will follow you on what to buy, what causes to support, and who to vote for. I still see too many aspiring business leaders highlighting their technology, product features, and price, more than customer value and usability.

Customer 93

Customer Custom IBM IBM 93

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. In addition, today’s customers judge a company by perceived people relationships through social media, phone conversations, and sales experiences.

Entrepreneur 78

Entrepreneur Coach Organization Mentor 78

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 dumb it down for social media.

Tips 75

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 dumb it down for social media.

Technical Review 103

Technical Review Tips Marketing Entrepreneur 103

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 16, 2018

It does mean that everyone on the team, from you the founder to your most introverted developer, needs to really understand and believe in the product and strategy, and when asked, doesn’t hesitate to be an advocate for you and the business. Provide cross-functional mentoring and coaching.

Marketing 71

Marketing Tips Technical Review Social Media 71

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 13, 2015

These days, with all the new technology, including smartphones and social media, many are convinced that multi-tasking is the answer. Yet there is more and more evidence that jumping tasks on every alert for a new email, text, or phone call actually decreases overall productivity. Approach every situation with a beginner’s mind.

Email 100

Email Activity Product Social Media 100

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 18, 2017

This may seem intuitively obvious, but as an angel investor, I have heard hundreds of new business pitches that focus heavily on the product, but don’t tell the rest of the story. Mark Zuckerberg was not the first to build a social media platform, so he had to find investors who believed in him.

Social Media 58

Social Media Coach Invest Media 58

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 19, 2013

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 found some help from marketing coach David Newman’s new book “ Do It! Don’t dumb it down for social media.

Startup 103

Startup Marketing Social Media Technical Review 103

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 7, 2015

Yager is a real guru on this subject, having been a productivity coach, trainer, and author for many years, and still found time to squeeze out over 30 books, including five related to this subject. A realistic product deadline will motivate you, so stop setting unrealistic deadlines, which discourage you or even ‘shut you down.’

Technical Review 104

Technical Review Entrepreneur Email Social Media 104

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 23, 2015

Foster innovation in process as well as products. Technology can be used to facilitate customer support and sales, as well as enhance your product. Successful leaders are good coaches and mentors, as well as being on the lookout for personal learning opportunities. Mentoring and training programs need to be put in place early.

Entrepreneur 102

Entrepreneur Technical Review Mentor Training 102

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 22, 2019

in sociology, and is a coach and speaker on work issues and friendship. She outlines the potential benefits of “workships” (work relationships) evolving into friendships and romances as follows: Improve communication and productivity. One source I like is the classic book “ Who’s That Sitting At My Desk? ” by Jan Yager, who has a Ph.D.

Startup 94

Startup Course Competition Social Media 94

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 5, 2010

Marco Zappacosta served up an cogent, business focused and nicely demo’d pitch of their product. – and provide a way to facilitate a match between vendor and person needing service. .&# Essentially I see it as two things: 1) an aggregator of social content from multiple places including Twitter, Facebook and soon even Gmail.

Angel 254

Angel Technical Review Software Review Platform 254

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 26, 2014

Yager is a real guru on this subject, having been a productivity coach, trainer, and author for many years, and still found time to squeeze out over 30 books, including five related to this subject. A realistic product deadline will motivate you, so stop setting unrealistic deadlines, which discourage you or even ‘shut you down.’

Entrepreneur 105

Entrepreneur Technical Review Email Social Media 105

Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 9, 2014

The company manufactures products that work with consumer electronics, so unless you’re a complete luddite, chances are you and most everyone else in the developed world has used a Belkin device at one time or another. You would have found me coaching youth soccer teams on the weekends. That’s the right place for me to be.

Belkin 97

Belkin Social Media Coach Media 97

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 17, 2017

These authors, who both have extensive credentials as executive coaches with top tier business leaders around the world, detail six factors of change that every business needs to address today to keep ahead of the wave. It now means shared values and true empowerment, which is the new key to employee productivity and profitability.

Company 55

Company Companies Artificial Inteligence Technical Review 55

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 15, 2018

Yet if you already have some early adopters, that's a good indication that real marketing and education will likely bring your product or service mass acceptance. Acquiring business skills is not rocket science; they can be learned on the job, as well as supplemented by coaching from an experienced team and advisors.

Startup 56

Startup Entrepreneur Statistics Course 56

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 4, 2013

Should I trust my instincts for founders and products or should I be more focused on the market size or business plan? We are judging how well you are coached on stage. I like to see how they improve their products when there are obvious holes. What kind of deals should I be doing? What stage? What price? Do you have good quips?

Startup 361

Startup Venture Capital Pricing Technical Review 361

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 10, 2014

Yet if you already have some early adopters, that''s a good indication that real marketing and education will likely bring your product or service mass acceptance. Acquiring business skills is not rocket science; they can be learned on the job, as well as supplemented by coaching from an experienced team and advisors.

Startup 110

Startup Entrepreneur Statistics Course 110

Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 30, 2012

Jackson , “This financing round, coupled with hiring Adam Sroka as our head of technology, puts CapLinked in a position to further enhance our enterprise product offerings.”. At BigVisible, he coached teams at Capital Group as part of a large 1,400 person company-wide agile transformation. According to CEO Eric M. and Schlumberger.

Technical Review 88

Technical Review Software Review Bertelsmann Technology 88

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 25, 2013

And Coach Campbell. I’ve heard directly from top executives that Jeff Bezos (in my opinion the most talented person in the tech industry) has received his fair share of VC coaching in the early years. And I’ll know in 18 months whether we have product / market fit. I use social media. I create videos.

Venture Capital 374

Venture Capital Entrepreneur Invest Funding 374

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 20, 2018

Help your employees build their individual strengths with customized coaching and special assignments. They don’t realize that great team members will leave anyway, leaving only the least productive members. Based on my experience, there are a few key people practices that can put you too in the super boss category.

Mentor 52

Mentor IBM IBM Examples 52

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 22, 2015

in sociology, and a coach and speaker on work issues and friendship. She outlines the potential benefits of “workships” (work relationships) evolving into friendships and romances as follows: Improve communication and productivity. One source I like is the classic book “ Who’s That Sitting At My Desk? ” by Jan Yager, who is a Ph.D.

Startup 96

Startup Course Competition Social Media 96

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 3, 2016

Yet if you already have some early adopters, that's a good indication that real marketing and education will likely bring your product or service mass acceptance. Acquiring business skills is not rocket science; they can be learned on the job, as well as supplemented by coaching from an experienced team and advisors.

Startup 58

Startup Entrepreneur Statistics Course 58