Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 22, 2022

The long-standing rule of thumb that companies have ten years between significant disruptions was reset a few years ago to five years, according to experts Larry Downes and Paul Nunes. Stroh, which details the principles and metrics to follow for fostering innovation in any organization. by Patrick J.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 4, 2022

He lived the philosophy that companies must be paranoid in order to survive, and continually disrupt their own markets to prevent overrun by competition. If you find yourself being surprised by new competitor offerings and customer demands, then perhaps you are not paying attention. Demand and reward speedy analysis and execution.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 30, 2022

According to one study a decade ago, only 45% of founders plan to exit after stage one, and my guess is that less than half the remainder survive the next stage in their own company. Managing business growth is more than metrics. In his classic book, “ Second Stage Entrepreneurship ,” Daniel J. Optimize the total customer experience.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 21, 2014

And as I always assert, “Great companies are built in downturns. And it’s when mediocre companies get pulverized.” ” Case studies get done with ebullient CEO’s espousing the benefits of said software even though their organization was barely using the product. It’s when the game slows.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 25, 2020

The long-standing rule of thumb that companies have ten years between significant disruptions was reset a few years ago to five years, according to experts Larry Downes and Paul Nunes. Stroh, which details the principles and metrics to follow for fostering innovation in any organization. by Patrick J.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 12, 2022

Chris Musselwhite and Tammie Plouffe, in a classic HBR article on change readiness for large companies, define it as “the ability to continuously initiate and respond to change in ways that create advantage, minimize risk, and sustain performance.” This requires leadership, teamwork, and trust at all levels. Expedite change reaction.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 3, 2023

The current surge of working remotely, driven by the pandemic and international freelancing, has challenged our thinking on collaboration and leadership, both within teams and outside, to other organizations. Make sure you know what is really happening, through metrics and feedback from others. Start with ‘How are you?’

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 1, 2019

For example, one of the first home grocery delivery companies, Webvan, was so enamored with early traction in Silicon Valley, it raised and spent nearly a billion dollars and went public, before filing for bankruptcy three years later. Document processes and metrics for economies of scale.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 7, 2020

In a larger public company, it’s all about making your quarterly numbers, versus investing in strategic growth alternatives that may not pay off until several quarters later. Every business team becomes inwardly- focused by default, comparing themselves only emotionally to others they know within the organization.

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Berkonomics

DECEMBER 23, 2009

Now we’re getting organized. The structure combined the listing of the goal with a series of strategies and then tactics, each designed to support each other, each measurable and made public throughout the organization. Here are some example strategies from some of my companies over the recent years. Positioning.

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SoCal CTO

MARCH 11, 2013

If you do build the MVP and show it to them, they will ask you about your metrics. They really want metrics, not a product. The real question you should be asking is "When I've built this product and show you the following metrics, would you invest?" Investors demand more than that.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 1, 2019

According to one study a while back, only 45% of founders plan to exit after stage one, and my guess is that less than half the remainder survive the next stage in their own company. Managing business growth is more than metrics. In his classic book, “ Second Stage Entrepreneurship ,” Daniel J. Optimize the total customer experience.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 10, 2020

You may recognize these in your own company, and can overcome all of them with a proactive management focus and conviction: Everyone is proceeding with unreasonable expectations. You can and must fix this by communicating business goals and objectives, and establishing personal metrics which only reward success.

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TechEmpower

OCTOBER 9, 2023

In layman's terms, while conventional search mechanisms demand exact phrases or keywords to return relevant results, LLMs can understand and interpret the intent and context behind a query. Structured Data refers to information organized in a defined manner, making it easier to search and analyze. Strive for a balanced outcome.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 27, 2019

They present a convincing story that every entrepreneur has the same potential, but most get sidetracked and bogged down by their technology, competitors, and internal organization. At Amazon, Jeff Bezos leads a relentless drive to invent dramatic new ways to delight customers, not waiting for customer demands or competitors to show the way.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 27, 2011

There are very few people in Silicon Valley who have such a precise grasp on what defines success of early-stage startup companies than Eric Ries. should companies do spreadsheets / plan / have a hypothesis for success? how do you handle internal company morale? how should you organize teams in a startup? Little money.

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socalTECH

AUGUST 30, 2017

Santa Monica-based Gigmor (www.gigmor.com) is an online marketplace for musicians, and recently expanded beyond connecting musicians with each other, to connecting musicians with venues, club organizers, and others. How did you start the company? What is Gigmor? David Baird: We're a live music marketplace. It's tremendously hard.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 12, 2019

Chris Musselwhite and Tammie Plouffe, in a classic HBR article on change readiness for large companies, define it as “the ability to continuously initiate and respond to change in ways that create advantage, minimize risk, and sustain performance.” This requires leadership, teamwork, and trust at all levels. Expedite change reaction.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 31, 2020

Even if you are still in school, and never started a company before, strong entrepreneur candidates can point to projects they initiated, led, that produced significant results. He built an "activist company," and continues to lead and profit from that strategy. Give your examples of determination and problem solving.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 10, 2018

As a business advisor, one of the things I see most often as a drag to productivity and growth is employees who, despite their best efforts, can’t change things that they know are hurting the company. Yet every CEO I know believes that his team is motivated and empowered to make the business better for both customers and the company.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 14, 2017

An alternate outcome that I also unfortunately observe in some cases are companies who had extreme early success with an initial product adoption but failed in key areas that limited the growth and therefore the ultimate financial outcomes. I see many companies that don’t make this transition well.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 4, 2019

In addition to quantifying the positives of the customer lifetime value metric, they address the mistakes that I see regularly in my business advisory service relative to assessing the value of customers and value, including the following: Failing to account for current customer status and stage.

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InfoChachkie

NOVEMBER 5, 2012

During the late 1980's, Steve accepted a senior executive role at SuperMac, a Macintosh graphics card company that Steve jokes was, “Fifth in a group of three.". Despite these abundant resources, the team's ineffectiveness was reflected by the company's dismal 11% market share. the VP of Sales the richest person in the company.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 4, 2015

According to one study a while back, only 45% of founders plan to exit after stage one, and my guess is that less than half the remainder survive the next stage in their own company. Managing business growth is more than metrics. In his recent book, “ Second Stage Entrepreneurship ,” Daniel J. Optimize the total customer experience.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 22, 2016

The old rule of thumb that most companies have ten years between significant disruptions has already been reset to five years, according to many experts like Larry Downes and Paul Nunes. Stroh, which details the principles and metrics to follow for fostering innovation in any organization. by Patrick J.

Startup 58

Startup Organization Demand Customer 58

socalTECH

JANUARY 14, 2011

MarketShare recently launched a rebranding effort for the company, and is in the midst of a major hiring and expansion phase. Wes Nichols: MarketShare is an analytics company. Its primary goal is to focus on identifying what is truly driving demand, analytically, so that our customers can optimize their activities.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 7, 2017

Chris Musselwhite and Tammie Plouffe, in a classic HBR article on change readiness for large companies, define it as “the ability to continuously initiate and respond to change in ways that create advantage, minimize risk, and sustain performance.” This requires leadership, teamwork, and trust at all levels. Expedite change reaction.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 2, 2019

Leaders in new companies who have had to do much of the work themselves sometimes find it hard to now find time for the people who are now critical to their future. Building new relationships, inside and outside the company, and nurturing old ones, is a key to long-term leadership. Work on being a facilitator rather than a driver.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 11, 2014

Chris Musselwhite and Tammie Plouffe, in an HBR article a couple of years ago on change readiness for large companies, define it as “the ability to continuously initiate and respond to change in ways that create advantage, minimize risk, and sustain performance.” This requires leadership, teamwork, and trust at all levels.

Entrepreneur 110

Entrepreneur Startup Training Statistics 110

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 13, 2017

According to one study a while back, only 45% of founders plan to exit after stage one, and my guess is that less than half the remainder survive the next stage in their own company. Managing business growth is more than metrics. In his classic book, “ Second Stage Entrepreneurship ,” Daniel J. Optimize the total customer experience.

Startup 56

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 3, 2013

According to one study , only 45% of Founders plan to exit after stage one, and my guess is that less than half the remainder survive the next stage in their own company. Weinfurter, who has made the leap a couple of times himself, and spent many years consulting with other companies who have done the same.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 29, 2012

Chris Musselwhite and Tammie Plouffe, in an HBR article a couple of years ago on change readiness for large companies, define it as “the ability to continuously initiate and respond to change in ways that create advantage, minimize risk, and sustain performance.” This requires leadership, teamwork, and trust at all levels.

Startup 93

Startup Training Statistics Summary 93

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 14, 2011

Chris Musselwhite and Tammie Plouffe, in an HBR article last year on change readiness for large companies, define it as “the ability to continuously initiate and respond to change in ways that create advantage, minimize risk, and sustain performance.” This requires leadership, teamwork, and trust at all levels. Expedite change reaction.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 2, 2013

According to a study of 1700 CEOs last year, only 60% of companies today use social media for marketing, and only 12% of those feel that they are using it effectively. A business profile starts with a business account using your company logo as your picture (avatar), rather than your photo or a picture of your cat.

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LATechDigest

MAY 12, 2016

The company also added two new dashboards to Cornerstone Insights , its predictive and prescriptive analytics solution that equips business leaders with the intelligence to better recruit, train, manage and develop their people. Cornerstone View. Cornerstone Planning. Cornerstone Insights.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 28, 2012

According to a recent Harvard Business Review article , only 60% of companies today use social media for marketing, and only 12% of those feel that they are using it effectively. A business profile starts with a business account using your company logo as your picture (avatar), rather than your photo or a picture of your cat.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 6, 2010

Chris Musselwhite and Tammie Plouffe, in a recent HBR article on change readiness for large companies, define it as “the ability to continuously initiate and respond to change in ways that create advantage, minimize risk, and sustain performance.” This requires leadership, teamwork, and trust at all levels. Expedite change reaction.

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