Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 29, 2022

These days, everyone wants to be an entrepreneur, pitching their latest and greatest new idea, and looking for someone to give them money. Talk is cheap, but entrepreneurs who show you a working model of their idea know how to execute. Many ideas I hear sound great, but I have no idea if they can be implemented.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 28, 2016

I still see entrepreneurs who spend money and time for months on a new business idea without any separation of personal and business funds, and any formal accounting system for their new business. Typically some production and delivery is outsourced, requiring formal contracts and documentation. Solution development and delivery.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 10, 2018

These days, everyone wants to be an entrepreneur, pitching their latest and greatest new idea, and looking for someone to give them money. Talk is cheap, but entrepreneurs who show you a working model of their idea know how to execute. Many ideas I hear sound great, but I have no idea if they can be implemented.

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Ideas Outsource Development Tool Outsource 53

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 2, 2020

These days, everyone wants to be an entrepreneur, pitching their latest and greatest new idea, and looking for someone to give them money. Talk is cheap, but entrepreneurs who show you a working model of their idea know how to execute. Many ideas I hear sound great, but I have no idea if they can be implemented.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 24, 2022

Every startup needs a sustainable competitive advantage. With no competitive advantage, startups with new ideas gaining traction are never feared, and are usually eaten for lunch as sleeping giants wake up. Talent can also be outsourced, but surviving in the business jungle without talent is unlikely.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 24, 2015

I still see entrepreneurs who spend money and time for months on a new business idea without any separation of personal and business funds, and any formal accounting system for their new business. Typically some production and delivery is outsourced, requiring formal contracts and documentation. Solution development and delivery.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 16, 2015

That’s why all those so-called million dollar ideas I hear about as an investor don’t get me excited, and entrepreneurs find that working twenty hours a day often generates nothing more than sweat, instead of the desired sweat equity. Here are five key ones to celebrate: Enjoy the feedback from every satisfied customer.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 24, 2019

Every startup needs a sustainable competitive advantage. With no competitive advantage, startups with new ideas gaining traction are never feared, and are usually eaten for lunch as sleeping giants wake up. Talent can also be outsourced, but surviving in the business jungle without talent is unlikely.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 2, 2016

That’s why all those so-called million dollar ideas I hear about as an investor don’t get me excited, and entrepreneurs find that working twenty hours a day often generates nothing more than sweat, instead of the desired sweat equity. Here are five key ones to celebrate: Enjoy the feedback from every satisfied customer.

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Satisfaction Startup Customer Custom 61

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 16, 2014

These days, everyone wants to be an entrepreneur, pitching their latest and greatest new idea, and looking for someone to give them money. Talk is cheap, but entrepreneurs who show you a working model of their idea know how to execute. Many ideas I hear sound great, but I have no idea if they can be implemented.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 30, 2011

In the initial phases of any new market you’re developing a product (hopefully with a minimal set of features), getting feedback from customers, refining your product based on user feedback and then re-launching your product. Rinse & repeat. This benefits you, the entrepreneur. It takes options off of the table. You have a hunch.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 20, 2012

Enough detail is required so that someone else can build it without you (outsourcing). Competition analysis. Here is where you pick a few of these, characterize what they do, and position your own product to show your competitive advantage. Market research and competition. Market research. Development and rollout.

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Jason Nazar

JULY 1, 2016

Add in public company demands, lawsuit targets, & millions of customers to continually satisfy, and you have to have great respect for those doing it well. A smaller set of stakeholders should be empowered to make bolder decisions held accountable by customers instead of surveys. But those are paper & plastic symbols.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 29, 2011

Enough detail is required so that someone else can build it without you (outsourcing). Competition analysis. Here is where you pick a few of these, characterize what they do, and position your own product to show your competitive advantage. Market research and competition. Market research. Development and rollout.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 16, 2014

Every startup needs a sustainable competitive advantage. With no competitive advantage, startups with new ideas gaining traction are never feared, and are usually eaten for lunch as sleeping giants wake up. Talent can also be outsourced, but surviving in the business jungle without talent is unlikely.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 23, 2014

Customer expectations these days can be unreasonable.” Every time I try outsourcing manufacturing, I get quality problems.” “If If you as the entrepreneur are willing to embrace accountability, here is how these same statements should come out: “My idea is so big, I will bootstrap the business myself if I have to.”

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 5, 2013

The opportunity for change is huge, with everyone taking a new look at the world after the recession, but the competition is also huge, since the cost of entry is at an all-time low. Every startup needs a sustainable competitive advantage. Talent can also be outsourced, but surviving in the business jungle without talent is unlikely.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 23, 2017

Every startup needs a sustainable competitive advantage. With no competitive advantage, startups with new ideas gaining traction are never feared, and are usually eaten for lunch as sleeping giants wake up. Talent can also be outsourced, but surviving in the business jungle without talent is unlikely.

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socalTECH

JUNE 9, 2014

That''s relevant, because of our third piece, where we have been hired by traditional media companies, to basically provide them a turnkey, outsources content acquisition team. We have 25 ideas on ways to publish or package that content, and put it into clip shows on television or other formats.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 29, 2013

Customer expectations these days can be unreasonable.” Every time I try outsourcing manufacturing, I get quality problems.” “If If you as the entrepreneur are willing to embrace accountability, here is how these same statements should come out: “My idea is so big, I will bootstrap the business myself if I have to.”

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 31, 2012

I tell them that if their idea or solution is technology intensive, they clearly need technology strength on the team. Outsource your technical requirements. I often hear the qualms of business-smart but non-technical entrepreneurs, wondering if they really have a chance in this high-technology marketplace.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 4, 2014

If you are contracting or outsourcing, this is even more important. Otherwise you will find yourself a year later being no closer to a product that you were yesterday, with no idea why. Customer service and support. But having no process does not make you more competitive. Funding process.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 11, 2011

I tell them that if their idea or solution is technology intensive, they clearly need technology strength on the team. Outsource your technical requirements. I often hear the qualms of business-smart but non-technical entrepreneurs, wondering if they really have a chance in this high-technology marketplace.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 8, 2011

Customer expectations these days can be unreasonable.” Every time I try outsourcing manufacturing, I get quality problems.” “If If you as the entrepreneur are willing to embrace accountability, here is how these same statements should come out: “My idea is so big, I will bootstrap the business myself if I have to.”

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 31, 2013

If you are contracting or outsourcing, this is even more important. Otherwise you will find yourself a year later being no closer to a product that you were yesterday, with no idea why. Customer service and support. But having no process does not make you more competitive. Funding process.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 9, 2010

Enough detail is required so that someone else can build it without you (outsourcing). Competition analysis. Here is where you pick a few of these, characterize what they do, and position your own product to show your competitive advantage. Market research and competition. Market research. Development and rollout.

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Product Outsource Development Competition High Tech 48

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 7, 2011

If you are contracting or outsourcing, this is even more important. Otherwise you will find yourself a year later being no closer to a product that you were yesterday, with no idea why. Customer service and support. But having no process does not make you more competitive. Funding process.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 1, 2010

If you are contracting or outsourcing, this is even more important. Otherwise you will find yourself a year later being no closer to a product that you were yesterday, with no idea why. Customer service and support. But having no process does not make you more competitive. Funding process.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 14, 2010

Customer expectations these days can be unreasonable.” Every time I try outsourcing manufacturing, I get quality problems.” “If If you as the entrepreneur are willing to embrace accountability, here is how these same statements should come out: “My idea is so big, I will bootstrap the business myself if I have to.”

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InfoChachkie

JUNE 4, 2012

Attempt To License An Idea. Rationale: My idea is so mind-blowingly fantastic, I can sit back and collect licensing fees while someone else does all the work required to turn my idea into a successful business. Fallacy: Ideas are worthless, while skillful execution is priceless. Rely On A Public Relations Agency.

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InfoChachkie

MAY 16, 2011

Thus, you must first create the playbook by which an independent sales rep can readily sell your product, including: identifying objections and developing strategies to overcome them, creating reference accounts and establishing meaningful customer adoption. 3) Attempt To License An Idea. 3) Attempt To License An Idea.

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Frank Addante

OCTOBER 19, 2006

Outsourcing ► April (1) GoogleClick - Who owns your cash register? Ive noticed that a lot of people are afraid of getting their ideas out into the public. They are afraid of their competition finding out about the idea, a bigger company trying to steal it or some other entrepreneur doing it first. A BIG THANK YOU.

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SoCal CTO

DECEMBER 1, 2010

And I tried to evaluate the idea and figure out: What did the founder really need here? It’s 2010 and that idea has not graduated to mainstream yet. Your First Iteration of an Idea Will Be Wrong. Competing To Win Deals - A VC : Venture Capital and Technology , November 7, 2010 The venture capital business is highly competitive.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 19, 2012

An agile business listens to customers and proactively embraces change, rather than waiting for the pain of competitors’ arrows. Sustainable innovation is really the only sustainable competitive advantage. Once the decision is made, automate, and outsource functions that are not core to the business. Quick to fail.

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SoCal CTO

JULY 23, 2012

How do we need to structure the systems to get ahead and stay ahead of the competition? What do we build in-house or outsource? In addition to networking, I would suggest that formal learning is a great idea. Make sure you are continuously looking at the business and customers. How can we address this risk?

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 18, 2011

An agile business listens to customers and proactively embraces change, rather than waiting for the pain of competitors’ arrows. Sustainable innovation is really the only sustainable competitive advantage. Once the decision is made, automate, and outsource functions that are not core to the business. Quick to fail.

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Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 2, 2012

So in October 2010, I evaluated the competitive landscape and realized that there weren’t any app companies out there focused on what I thought mattered the most: the brand, the look, and the experience a client would have with an app. Cleaner, simpler, more custom and less Human Interface Guideline reliant. Refinement.

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