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8 Tactics To Make You A Fearless Business Innovator

Startup Professionals Musings

I can think of many companies that waited too long to react to change, including Polaroid and Blockbuster , and were never able to recover. Don’t be lulled into a false sense of security by an initial innovation that has served your company well so far. Define realistic metrics to keep track of progress.

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8 Signals That It’s Time for Change In Your Business

Startup Professionals Musings

You are still providing conventional digital wristwatches while Apple and others are delivering high-tech new versions that sync with your smartphone. Changes in your organization’s core performance metrics. Unfulfilled business and other potential opportunities. Broad disruptive events.

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How to Profit: “Thank You Metrics” – Community First, Money Second

Tech Zulu Event

NOT because the founder of the company has an established credibility working for both Facebook and MINT when those companies were in infancy. I am a raving fan of AppSumo because the creator of the brand, Noah Kagan , leads his company focusing on community first and sales second. I am a raving fan of AppSumo.com. I resisted.

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8 Change Triggers Every Entrepreneur Must Spot Early

Startup Professionals Musings

You are still providing conventional digital wristwatches while Apple and others are delivering high-tech new versions that sync with your smartphone. Changes in your organization’s core performance metrics. Unfulfilled business and other potential opportunities. Broad disruptive events.

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Happy Customers Make Gender Bias (Nearly) Irrelevant

InfoChachkie

of privately held companies had a female founder, 6.5% In a similar vein, a 2012 study by the Kauffman Foundation noted that women account for only 10% of all the founders of high-tech startups. As more female CEOs build successful companies with great outcomes, this should change. During the period studied, only "1.3%

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8 Signs Of Change That Good Entrepreneurs See First

Startup Professionals Musings

You are still providing conventional digital wristwatches while Apple and others are delivering high-tech new versions that sync with your smartphone. Changes in your organization’s core performance metrics. Unfulfilled business and other potential opportunities. Broad disruptive events.

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How Good Is Your Business At Reading Weak Signals?

Startup Professionals Musings

You are still providing conventional digital wristwatches while a crowd-sourced new company is offering a high-tech new version that syncs with your smartphone. Changes in your organization’s core performance metrics. Unfulfilled business and other potential opportunities. Broad disruptive events.

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