Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 5, 2022

For an in-depth study of the pros and cons of a bossless environment, I found a new book, “ Why Managers Matter ,” by management scholars Nicolai Foss and Peter Klein. Here are a few of their key points, with my own insights added: Workers today are more educated and aware of options.

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Xconomy

SEPTEMBER 24, 2018

According to a 2015 study from Frost & Sullivan and the (ISC)² Foundation, there could be more than 1.5 Companies around the world are reevaluating their methods for recruiting and retaining top talent and, even in innovation hubs like Boston, there is serious competition for talent.

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TechCrunch LA

DECEMBER 31, 2022

Despite that apparent hunger, two scooter operators – Lyft and Spin – recently exited the Los Angeles area, blaming a lack of favorable regulations and too much competition, which apparently made it difficult to turn a profit. Most riders (72%) in the study said they shifted from walking and public transportation, not cars.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 23, 2021

Some advisors recommend that the best time for a startup is immediately after academic studies, or even earlier, but I find that real business experience, perhaps many years in business , is the best education on the realities of business, current tools, and processes. Should I start out alone, or assemble a team first?

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 8, 2022

If you are already an entrepreneur, more education, including an MBA, will only slow you down. According to other studies, attention-deficit disorder (ADD) is common, as well as host of other personality disorders. Doing your homework first is one of the best ways to get an advantage over your competition.

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Tech Zulu Event

APRIL 30, 2013

Robots, Lasers, acrobatics and Actual Reality Video Games are all planned to be used in conjunction in order to prove to children that studying and working in the fields of science doesn’t have to mean hours of sitting in a clean room wearing a lab coat.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 18, 2016

The more revolutionary the solution, the more important it is to educate customers on a solution’s existence and value. Every customer has a sense of what a solution should cost, based on competition, and the cost of doing nothing. These fears need to be offset by good marketing, education on benefits, and successful case studies.

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socalTECH

MAY 11, 2011

There is lots of competition in this area for serving retirement homes. I studied cognitive science, the study of the brain, as an undergraduate. An example of that is we have built in daily tips, which we have put together after going through 17,000 medical studies on what to do to reduce early memory loss.

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InfoChachkie

OCTOBER 20, 2014

According to a recent Forbes article , UC Santa Barbara''s Technology Management Program offers students a superior startup education over the University of Pennsylvania (home of Wharton), as well Harvard, Northwestern and even its acclaimed southern neighbor, the University of Southern California. All-Star Alumni. Am I biased?

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InfoChachkie

SEPTEMBER 27, 2018

Ventures In Which An MBA Education Is A Plus. Minimal Science / Technology – Other than the technology associated with ecommerce, most successful MBA startups do not rely on technological innovations or fundamental, scientific discoveries to achieve a competitive advantage. A nice way of saying they can be arrogant mercenaries.

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InfoChachkie

MAY 26, 2016

Learning To Learn - A sound college education includes gaining the insights into applying logic, researching data and assessing the veracity information. The same is true of a college education, which provides young people with a safe environment to learn from their mistakes.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 14, 2014

They forget that they became entrepreneurs, according to the “ DNA of an Entrepreneur ” study a while back, for just this flexibility. Other studies show that only about 30% list money as a key benefit of running their own firm. Beat the competition. Competition drives innovation, and innovation drives competition.

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InfoChachkie

OCTOBER 12, 2015

One of these bright lights is Santa Barbara-based HG Data - developers of the world's largest competitive-intelligence database. <Note: Diversity on all levels, be it ideas, education, background, gender, ethnicity or otherwise, is critical to our growth.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 11, 2015

They don’t realize that knocking competitors is assessed as a weakness and denying that you have any competition suggests there is no market for your solution. Don’t let your passion and ego overcome good business sense and common courtesy as you educate people on other alternatives in the marketplace.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 21, 2013

While I agree that successful company builders usually have a natural inclination to be entrepreneurs, a good education helps polish that apple. The entrepreneurial wunderkinds who find success without higher education "are exceptions to the rule," says Robert Litan, Vice President of Research and Policy at the Kauffman Foundation.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 27, 2015

Either they are never really ready to start, study an opportunity until it has passed, or fail with tools and techniques from a bygone business era. It requires an attitude of self-education, versus an assumption that someone else will provide the education. The Internet and the current information wave have changed everything.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 6, 2011

While I agree that successful company builders usually have a natural inclination to be entrepreneurs, a good education helps polish that apple. The entrepreneurial wunderkinds who find success without higher education "are exceptions to the rule," says Robert Litan, Vice President of Research and Policy at the Kauffman Foundation.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 8, 2019

If you are already an entrepreneur, more education, including an MBA, will only slow you down. According to other studies, attention-deficit disorder (ADD) is common, as well as host of other personality disorders. Doing your homework first is one of the best ways to get an advantage over your competition.

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InfoChachkie

AUGUST 8, 2011

As I note in MBA Education and Other Oxymorons entry, my roommates and I hosted a weekly poker game while attending Wharton. Many of the entrepreneurial lessons I learned from this adjunct Wharton study group, you too can share with your children. Poker Face . “It The same is true with poker. Seven Card Entrepreneurial Stud.

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Tech Zulu Event

MAY 10, 2012

His set of studies include examining the conscious control of single neurons in humans, the ability to affect altered states of consciousness as dreams or sleep, and the ability of humans to regulate high-level emotions. Lucien’s goal is simple, to completely redesign education. Moran Cerf Ph.D. / @TwtrDtCm. 12pm: BODY.

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Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 26, 2012

Your concept clearly is more developed than any of the competition. Education, work experience. The color scheme of your pitch deck obviously will not insure you win a pitch competition. What I am saying is that you must approach a pitch competition like any other challenge or problem. Are judges blind?

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 29, 2016

Either they are never really ready to commit, study an opportunity until it has passed, or fail with tools and techniques from a bygone business era. It requires an attitude of self-education, versus an assumption that someone else will provide the education. The Internet and the current information wave have changed everything.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 1, 2013

In reality, diversity in a startup can be your big competitive advantage. Quantification studies still show more mixed results. Starbucks, led by Howard Schultz, is an example of a startup that has long actively supported a focus on diversity, and credit these efforts with their success in a very competitive industry.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 1, 2013

Experienced entrepreneurs will tell you that the initial idea is the easy part, and it’s the later implementation, and the competitive business marketing that are the real creative challenges. If you study the Amazon 1-click patent long enough, you’ll likely find something of your own worth patenting.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 26, 2012

Experienced entrepreneurs will tell you that the initial idea is the easy part, and it’s the later implementation, and the competitive business marketing that are the real creative challenges. If you study the Amazon 1-click patent long enough, you’ll likely find something of your own worth patenting.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 12, 2010

While I agree that successful company builders usually have a natural inclination to be entrepreneurs, a good education helps polish that apple. The entrepreneurial wunderkinds who find success without higher education "are exceptions to the rule," says Robert Litan, Vice President of Research and Policy at the Kauffman Foundation.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 5, 2017

If you are already an entrepreneur, more education, including an MBA, will only slow you down. According to other studies, attention-deficit disorder (ADD) is common, as well as host of other personality disorders. Doing your homework first is one of the best ways to get an advantage over your competition.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 19, 2014

If you are already an entrepreneur, more education, including an MBA, will only slow you down. According to other studies, attention-deficit disorder (ADD) is common, as well as host of other personality disorders. Doing your homework first is one of the best ways to get an advantage over your competition.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 25, 2012

Translating that into business value, a study by Wirthlin Worldwide concluded that 80% of customers still base a good portion of their buy decision on their perception of that firm’s ethics. At the base of these are moral values, but in my view most of the rest are gleaned from experience, parents, and formal education.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 12, 2013

If you are already an entrepreneur, more education, including an MBA, will only slow you down. According to other studies, attention-deficit disorder (ADD) is common, as well as host of other personality disorders. Doing your homework first is one of the best ways to get an advantage over your competition.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 17, 2011

Translating that into business value, a study by Wirthlin Worldwide concluded that 80% of customers still base a good portion of their buy decision on their perception of that firm’s ethics. At the base of these are moral values, but in my view most of the rest are gleaned from experience, parents, and formal education.

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Xconomy

DECEMBER 28, 2017

Our civic center actually had to upgrade their broadband because we needed a really good Wi-Fi with the competition being done on computers. On the final night of the competition, Visit Rapid City treated competitors, coaches, and parents to a reception at Crazy Horse Memorial. We were able to get all that accomplished.”.

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Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 28, 2012

The majority of our users are highly educated, young professionals between 25-39 years of age. While studying at university, one of the founders had a girlfriend who lived in another city. Any competition back home? The service can be accessed by computer, mobile phone ( iPhone , Android ) or social network ( Facebook ).

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InfoChachkie

JULY 14, 2011

This is especially true for companies with expensive and complex products or services that are more consultative in nature, like insurance, financial services, home services, education and travel, etc. Who do you view as your biggest competition? There’s lots more info including videos, case studies and more at www.ringrevenue.com.

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Tech Zulu Event

JULY 28, 2012

We struggled figuring out what our MVP should be as there were so many possibilities, building a cool game for developers to battle each other one-one-one, online hackathons, coding education, job list for employers, ranking system and many, many more. We were all in such a high for winning the competition!!!

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Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 13, 2010

Entrepreneurism / Monetization business, education, MBA. . Collaboration Over Competition: Competitors as Business Partners. Entrepreneurism / Monetization community, education, marketing. . In this inspirational and educational interactive hybrid presentation, we will discuss what it takes. Frank Gruber, TECH cocktail.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

Brown, who has been studying and writing about business leaders for many years for Forbes, BusinessWeek, and Inc. Find and sell your unique competitive advantages. If you don’t highlight your competitive advantages , no one else will. So how do good entrepreneurs do it, and what do they do that everyone can learn from?

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