Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 23, 2023

Key strategic factors for every business should include profits, growth, and competition. Of course, if you consistently override the data, or use it negatively, you will not garner trust. Two main contributors to measurement errors include the size of the sample and the variation in the underlying population.

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Metrics Demand Statistics Sample 81

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 31, 2012

Here is a sample of the reading list for the course that gives you a flavor for just how modern and practical this course is. Jeff (also an HBS alum) co-teaches the LTV course with Professor Eisenmann about a student of theirs who had written a blog post about sales taking on some of my previous assertions.

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Startup Sales Course Competition 319

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 4, 2022

Here are ten sample considerations that I believe will reveal positive indications of your potential as an entrepreneur, and also indicate that you will select good ideas: You see creating a business as a fun challenge. Of course, you do need to consider how often that strategy has worked for you, and how often it backfired.

Entrepreneur 121

Entrepreneur Startup Ideas Sample 121

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 11, 2020

Of course you need to discount any investor competitive positioning, but local investment group leaders will quickly tell you the strengths and terms of active investors in your area. A sample of three views is adequate. If your investor is unknown, or peers offer no positive attributes, take it as a red flag.

Technical Review 124

Technical Review Funding Innocal Offshore 124

TechCrunch LA

JUNE 3, 2022

We understood the irony of the message as we sampled their sheer, almost-not-there lipgloss, then looked into a mirror decorated with white vinyl letters in the bustling pop-up shop: you look good , our reflection told us. billion company in the brutally competitive beauty industry, especially one with such broad appeal.

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Startup Netflix Los Angeles Innocal 280

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 28, 2018

Many of us learned about substitute products in undergrad economics courses. Of course branding is many things and this post doesn’t attempt a master class. We of course all instinctively know when we see a brand that is well established what it stands for?—?Warby Here are some ideas of what I believe matters.

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Product Course Customer Custom 296

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 7, 2020

Here are ten sample questions that I believe will reveal positive indications of your potential as an entrepreneur, and also indicate that you will select good ideas: You see creating a business as a fun challenge. Of course, you do need to consider how often that strategy has worked for you, and how often it backfired.

Startup 127

Startup Entrepreneur Ideas Sample 127

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 31, 2015

There really is no excuse these days, with samples on the Internet, business-plan books in every bookstore, and dozens of apps to automate the process. Of course, if you don’t yet understand all the elements, it’s time to learn. A great business plan doesn’t have to be a book in length, with extensive financial statements.

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Startup Writing Mentor Sample 109

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 9, 2012

They all offer a list of requirements that might take 50 pages to address, but of course they ask you to write concisely. Take a look at my website for the Sample Executive Summary , which shows what can be done in one page (both sides). Your competitive advantage. Don’t kill your credibility by saying you have no competition.

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Summary Writing Competition Sample 97

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 10, 2014

Of course you need to discount any investor competitive positioning, but local investment group leaders will quickly tell you the strengths and terms of active investors in your area. A sample of three views is adequate. If your investor is unknown, or peers offer no positive attributes, take it as a red flag.

Technical Review 103

Technical Review Innocal Offshore Entrepreneur 103

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 3, 2011

They all offer a list of requirements that might take 50 pages to address, but of course they ask you to write concisely. Take a look at my website for the Sample Executive Summary , which shows what can be done in one page (both sides). Your competitive advantage. Don’t kill your credibility by saying you have no competition.

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Summary Writing Competition Sample 90

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 27, 2016

Of course you need to discount any investor competitive positioning, but local investment group leaders will quickly tell you the strengths and terms of active investors in your area. A sample of three views is adequate. If your investor is unknown, or peers offer no positive attributes, take it as a red flag.

Technical Review 63

Technical Review Innocal Offshore Entrepreneur 63

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 31, 2012

Many years ago, I enjoyed one of Guy Kawasaki’s first books, “ Reality Check: The Irreverent Guide to Outsmarting, Outmanaging, and Outmarketing Your Competition.” Here is a sampling of ten themes from the book that I think are just as relevant today as they were then: The reality of starting.

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Entrepreneur Sample Guide Ideas 107

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 13, 2011

Many years ago, I enjoyed one of Guy Kawasaki’s first books, “ Reality Check: The Irreverent Guide to Outsmarting, Outmanaging, and Outmarketing Your Competition.” Here is a sampling of ten themes from the book that I think are just as relevant today as they were then: The reality of starting.

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Startup Sample Entrepreneur Guide 97

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 18, 2016

Here are ten sample questions that I believe will reveal positive indications of your potential as an entrepreneur, and also indicate that you will select good ideas: You see creating a business as a fun challenge. Of course, you do need to consider how often that strategy has worked for you, and how often it backfired.

Entrepreneur 67

Entrepreneur Startup Ideas Sample 67

Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 21, 2012

McGraw-Hill Campus has long been known for its course integration system that allows university faculty access to all of McGraw-Hill Education’s leading educational content and technology right from an institution’s very own learning management system. Apply to conference Startup Alley’s and competitions.

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Education Web 2.0 Course Platform 63

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 31, 2010

Back when he was writing to entrepreneurs, he published the book “ Reality Check: The Irreverent Guide to Outsmarting, Outmanaging, and Outmarketing Your Competition.” Here is a sampling of ten themes from the book that I think are particularly relevant today: The reality of starting. It’s not going to get better – it already is.

Entrepreneur 92

Entrepreneur Startup Writing Sample 92

socalTECH

JANUARY 26, 2010

We're testing right now with three of the four OEM guys, and hoping to make some announcements over the course of this year. It's sampling and we have customers looking at LAN on motherboard. Our competitive benchmarks are surpassed by no others. Russell Stern: We still are. So there's no issue with competing with customers?

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Networking Startup Design Customer 124

InfoChachkie

APRIL 3, 2012

Sample Personal Questions. Did you play any team or individual sports competitively? Relax; I am not suggesting that you violate fair employment practices. When I say “get personal,” I am referring to non-typical questions designed to determine who the candidate really is. Did you move around a lot as a kid? Did they enjoy their jobs?

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Entrepreneur Startup Equity Journal 219

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 2, 2021

Every investor has his own list, usually based on his own very small sample, or simply his gut feeling. Of course, we would all like to have a magic list based on more definitive tracking of many real startups over time. I’m always looking for evidence of early startup characteristics that might be predictors of long-term success.

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Startup Study Journal Sample 170

Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 22, 2014

They were a little too fierce in their competitive practices against Lyft to sign up drivers. As somebody who has to rub shoulders with big tech companies often I can tell you that there is much blood spilled in the competitive trenches of Apple, Twitter, Facebook, Google and so on. My sample is over years. Hardly “evil.”

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Press Journal Startup Competition 418

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 10, 2013

Every investor has his own list, usually based on his own very small sample, or simply his gut feeling. Of course, we would all like to have a magic list based on more definitive tracking of many real startups over time. I’m always looking for evidence of early startup characteristics that might be predictors of long-term success.

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Startup Study Journal Sample 102

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 16, 2012

Every investor has his own list, usually based on his own very small sample, or simply his gut feeling. Of course, we would all like to have a magic list based on more definitive tracking of many real startups over time. I’m always looking for evidence of early startup characteristics that might be predictors of long-term success.

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Startup Study Journal Sample 99

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 28, 2010

Every investor has his own list, usually based on his own very small sample, or simply his gut feeling. Of course, we would all like to have a magic list based on more definitive tracking of many real startups over time. I’m always looking for evidence of early startup characteristics that might be predictors of long-term success.

Startup 92

Startup Study Journal Sample 92