Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 30, 2020

It starts with documenting and communicating a real purpose and mission in terms everyone can get excited about. Intellectual property is required for a competitive edge. Start with a range of platforms, including social media, advertising, and a great website. Don’t under-estimate or ignore your competitors. Neither is good.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 24, 2021

That might start with the CEO giving the investor pitch to the whole organization, and distributing the current business plan document to everyone. Make sure all business processes are documented and integrated. Make sure everyone accurately posts their role with your startup on social media profiles, resumes, and references.

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Technical Review Startup Satisfaction Invest 151

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 7, 2022

It happens on the front end for startups to get traction, and then again later for every company as the economy, competition, and culture changes around them. Symbols of the new market coalition have to permeate every communication, formal process documentation, and the reward system for everyone.

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Course IBM IBM Social Media 127

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 6, 2020

The Internet is the source of data for alternative views, and social media allows direct customer interactions to test these views. Technologies are not solutions, but understanding a technology, in the context of a customer need, will result in more competitive and long-lasting solutions.

Social Media 127

Social Media Startup Education Entrepreneur 127

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 2, 2021

In today’s world, every organization needs to be in a constant state of change to stay competitive. Don’t forget to document lessons learned, so that others who may follow in your footsteps will benefit. You are in the best position to take the initiative to address growth, emerging technologies, and changing customer needs.

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Training Examples Startup Social Media 173

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 21, 2020

The first page of the business plan better be an executive summary which gives the investor a taste of the financials, as well as opportunity, competition, and key executives. “I Don’t send investors documents and notes that would be rejected by any high-school teacher. Look how many social media ‘likes’ my site has generated.”

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Technical Review Statistics Startup Social Media 124

SoCal CTO

APRIL 8, 2010

Death By Competitive Analysis - Steve Blank , March 1, 2010 Trading emails with a startup CEO building an iPhone app, I asked him why potential customers would buy his product. In response he sent me a competitive analysis. It looked like every competitive analysis I had done for 20 years, (ok maybe better.) And it made me sad.

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InfoChachkie

JANUARY 25, 2012

Tal Siach is a life-long serial entrepreneur who has mastered social media as a guerrilla marketing tool. I began our discussion by asking Tal about his use of social media to blunt Intuit’s threatening suggestion that Mint was participating in false advertising regarding the manner in which they were counting “users.”

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 5, 2018

For example, no one learned a couple of decades ago that the biggest opportunities ahead would include social media, ecommerce, and computers on our wrists. I believe these insights can and must be extended to you and your career, in line with the following guiding principles: Make your interest in learning your competitive advantage.

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Examples Social Media Competition Guide 85

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 25, 2018

The cost of rolling out a business has never been lower – it only takes a few hundred dollars to incorporate a Limited Liability Corp (LLC) online, create your own website, use social media to get attention, and you are in business. Prepare a pitch deck to document and share your plan.

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Funding Social Media Slides Platform 73

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 2, 2018

With services, scaling the business often implies cloning yourself, since you are the intellectual property and the competitive advantage. For example, both need to provide exemplary customer service, build customer loyalty, and provide real value for a competitive price. You have no shelf life, so you can’t make money while you sleep.

Services 72

Services Startup Training Writing 72

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 3, 2019

It happens on the front end for startups to get traction, and then again later for every company as the economy, competition, and culture changes around them. Symbols of the new market coalition have to permeate every communication, formal process documentation, and the reward system for everyone.

Course 85

Course IBM IBM Social Media 85

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 14, 2013

She recommends phone interviews by you, by appointment, with structured questions, and you document results. Start with a new understanding of the real customer need, their search process in finding you (referral, website, social media), and most desired payment model, like one-time payment versus subscription, or lease versus purchase.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 8, 2018

For example, I still find businesses asking you to print, sign, and return documents by mail in lieu of digital signatures or email. It takes a well-rounded and motivated team to run a competitive business today. Make sure your channels are open and responsive, through social media, websites, and easy access to executives.

Technical Review 84

Technical Review Customer Custom Startup 84

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 7, 2017

She recommends phone interviews by you, by appointment, with structured questions, and you document results. All of these processes should be documented, and should explicitly include the customer buying process and perceptions as the base. Debate and adjust your offering to better match what customers want.

Search Engine Optimization 58

Search Engine Optimization Startup SEO Customer 58

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 8, 2015

The first page of the business plan better be an executive summary which gives the investor a taste of the financials, as well as opportunity, competition, and key executives. “I Don’t send investors documents and notes that would be rejected by any high-school teacher. Look how many social media ‘likes’ my site has generated.”

Technical Review 109

Technical Review Entrepreneur Startup Statistics 109

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 4, 2016

Of course, that’s both the good news and the bad news for aspiring entrepreneurs, since it means more competition, and the business landscape is changing faster than ever. The days of lengthy, text-heavy, business plan documents prepared by expensive experts are behind us. Establishing your brand with interactive social media.

Startup 61

Startup Social Media News Tool 61

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 24, 2014

The first page of the business plan better be an executive summary which gives the investor a taste of the financials, as well as opportunity, competition, and key executives. “I Don’t send investors documents and notes that would be rejected by any high-school teacher. Look how many social media ‘likes’ my site has generated.”

Entrepreneur 119

Entrepreneur Technical Review Statistics Startup 119

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 27, 2015

The Internet is the source of data for alternative views, and social media allows direct customer interactions to test these views. Technologies are not solutions, but understanding a technology, in the context of a customer need, will result in more competitive and long-lasting solutions.

Entrepreneur 102

Entrepreneur Social Media Startup Education 102

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 27, 2014

With services, scaling the business often implies cloning yourself, since you are the intellectual property and the competitive advantage. For example, both need to provide exemplary customer service, build customer loyalty, and provide real value for a competitive price. You have no shelf life, so you can’t make money while you sleep.

Services 105

Services Startup Training Writing 105

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 17, 2015

That might start with the CEO giving the investor pitch to the whole organization, and distributing the current business plan document to everyone. Make sure all business processes are documented and integrated. Make sure everyone accurately posts their role with your startup on social media profiles, resumes, and references.

Technical Review 108

Technical Review Startup Satisfaction Entrepreneur 108

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 11, 2014

In essence Muhammad thinks the “growth hacking” is a charlatan term for online marketing that consists of a bunch of everyday tasks that all online businesses should be doing: SEO, SEM, Content Marketing, Social Media, Referral Marketing, etc. “How many legs does a dog have if you call the tail a leg?

Technical Review 384

Technical Review SEM SEO Marketing 384

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 5, 2018

The first page of the business plan better be an executive summary which gives the investor a taste of the financials, as well as opportunity, competition, and key executives. “I Don’t send investors documents and notes that would be rejected by any high-school teacher. Look how many social media ‘likes’ my site has generated.”

Funding 62

Funding Technical Review Entrepreneur Startup 62

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 3, 2012

She recommends phone interviews by you, by appointment, with structured questions, and you document results. Start with a new understanding of the real customer need, their search process in finding you (referral, website, social media), and most desired payment model, like one-time payment versus subscription, or lease versus purchase.

Tips 93

Tips Search Engine Optimization Summary Startup 93

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 17, 2016

With services, scaling the business often implies cloning yourself, since you are the intellectual property and the competitive advantage. For example, both need to provide exemplary customer service, build customer loyalty, and provide real value for a competitive price. You have no shelf life, so you can’t make money while you sleep.

Services 61

Services Startup Training Writing 61

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 25, 2011

She recommends phone interviews by you, by appointment, with structured questions, and you document results. Start with a new understanding of the real customer need, their search process in finding you (referral, website, social media), and most desired payment model, like one-time payment versus subscription, or lease versus purchase.

Customer 96

Customer Custom Search Engine Optimization Summary 96

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 29, 2016

The Internet is the source of data for alternative views, and social media allows direct customer interactions to test these views. Technologies are not solutions, but understanding a technology, in the context of a customer need, will result in more competitive and long-lasting solutions.

Entrepreneur 61

Entrepreneur Social Media Startup Education 61

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 13, 2015

It happens on the front end for startups to get traction, and then again later for every company as the economy, competition, and culture changes around them. Symbols of the new market coalition have to permeate every communication, formal process documentation, and the reward system for everyone.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 18, 2010

Structured data asset creation works in on demand in real-time across multiple data sets Including web, e-mail, internal databases, documents, and media. FTC is considering an investigation into Apple’s anti-competitive practices. Independents: Millennial Media , Greystripe , Medialets , JumpTap , Mojiva.

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Venture Capital Google Web Sites 225

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 29, 2017

It happens on the front end for startups to get traction, and then again later for every company as the economy, competition, and culture changes around them. Symbols of the new market coalition have to permeate every communication, formal process documentation, and the reward system for everyone.

Course 59

Course IBM IBM Social Media 59

socalTECH

MARCH 31, 2014

We''re rolling it out to finance and Wall Street, monitoring thousands of sources of continuously changing information, such as news, social media, internal email systems, and analyzing specific, material conditions that our customers are looking for. All of our documents were done for raising money, and it was a very simple transaction.

Orange County 245

Orange County Startup News IBM 245

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 4, 2014

It happens on the front end for startups to get traction, and then again later for every company as the economy, competition, and culture changes around them. Symbols of the new market coalition have to permeate every communication, formal process documentation, and the reward system for everyone.

Entrepreneur 98

Entrepreneur Course IBM IBM 98

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 11, 2016

It helps to document a total business plan rather than rely on your total recollection of all essential elements. Use social media and live customers to eliminate any reality distortion in your internal perception of value. Buffer your resource estimates by at least 20 percent.

Startup 62

Startup Ideas Entrepreneur Statistics 62

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 16, 2018

Of course, you may not have the time or desire to read through every document in your space, but it’s not so hard to find and follow some key influencer blogs on social media. Regularly follow reviews and influencers in your industry. Use tools and analytics to identify trends and directions.

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Customer Custom Technical Review Software Review 57

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 19, 2016

For example, early social media startup Friendster was so enamored with their early acceptance that they turned down a $30 million offer from Google, then quickly ran into money woes and tough competition. Continue to operate without documented and repeatable processes.

Startup 57

Startup Training Entrepreneur Customer 57

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 14, 2010

The headlines in the media are filled with that latest stats. One of our core tasks was “market analysis,&# which consistent of: market sizing, market forecasts, competitive analysis and then instructing customers on which direction to take. 18% of all errors come from people using the wrong documents. Stats sell.

Statistics 415

Statistics Startup Report Research 415

InfoChachkie

MAY 16, 2011

Fallacy: Third-party, OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturing) representatives succeed once the sales process is defined, proven and documented. Fallacy: The sad reality is that PR Firms value their relationships with media and industry gatekeepers more than the value their relationship with any single client.

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