Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 19, 2023

In my opinion, great examples in today’s entrepreneur world include Elon Musk (Tesla), Jeff Bezos (Amazon), and Richard Branson (Virgin Group). Measure by relationships as well as competitiveness. Great leaders provide opportunities and personal growth assignments that go far beyond conventional training programs.

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Berkonomics

APRIL 4, 2019

When a company accepts an investment from professional or organized investment groups – such as angel groups, venture capitalists or corporations, there is usually a document signed entitled “investors rights agreement” that calls for additional financial and narrative reporting requirements due to that class of shareholder.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 9, 2021

In these days of rapid change, the pandemic, and worldwide competition, you need to make sure your entire team is customer-focused, innovative, and always looking around the corner for the next big thing. Recent articles report that companies where everyone is focused on the big picture can increase their returns by up to 400 percent.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 30, 2020

Visit the university library for access to otherwise costly business reports. Other project and research reports in their library are a rich source of new ideas, if you are still looking for a place to start. For example, I live in Arizona, home of Arizona State University and Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 3, 2022

For example, it used to be that marketing via social media meant banner ads on Facebook, buying search engine results, and sponsoring blog entries, but these don’t suffice anymore. While Pinterest and Tumbler have seen activity increases approaching 100%, The Verge reports that Facebook usage has declined in the U.S. Marty Zwilling.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 4, 2020

In my opinion, great examples in today’s entrepreneur world include Elon Musk (Tesla), Jeff Bezos (Amazon), and Richard Branson (Virgin Group). Measure by relationships as well as competitiveness. Great leaders provide opportunities and personal growth assignments that go far beyond conventional training programs.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 8, 2021

Contrary to popular belief, according to a report by A. An example would be Time Warner spinning off AOL—to end a disastrous, dot.com-era marriage. The parent company guaranteed the spin-off a revenue stream and provided incentive bonuses based on artificial objectives, rather than competitive or market driven targets.

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Berkonomics

APRIL 14, 2012

When a company accepts an investment from professional or organized investment groups – such as angel groups, venture capitalists or corporations, there is usually a document signed called an “investors rights agreement” that calls out additional financial and narrative reporting requirements due to that class of shareholder.

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Berkonomics

APRIL 8, 2021

Discord is a great example of a company going viral mostly from word of mouth. From its start in 2015, the number of registered users has “suddenly” climbed from 45 million in 2017 to a reported 300 million by the end of 2020. A pivot or product enhancement in reaction to user or customer comments will advance your chances of success.

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Berkonomics

JUNE 27, 2019

Especially in your growing company, you are drawn into daily process issues by all of your direct reports, often responding to questions and problems, leaving little time for strategic thought. FedEx, the automobile, the Internet, and many more examples, prove that there can be a significant market for ground-breaking ideas.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 30, 2023

For example , when Yvon Chouinard founded Patagonia , a successful outdoor products company, his real goal was building safe products to help the environment. Disruptive technologies require the vision and willingness to take a big leap, whereas incremental changes to existing competition must be managed with data and finesse.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 3, 2023

But there are notable examples of for-profit incubators that are thriving, including YCombinator , led by Paul Graham in Silicon Valley, and TechStars , led by David Cohen and located in several key cities around the country, that have an excellent reputation and track record.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 9, 2022

Start by reviewing current statistics, like the recent Social Media Marketing Benchmark Report 2022 , to learn which social media sites are most popular, which features drive the most impact today, and how other social media marketers have maximized their efforts and seen the greatest ROI. Marty Zwilling.

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Tech.Co

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

You can also use the Dashboard to create custom reports on productivity, which can be essential in reporting to senior leadership. It should help teammates working across different boards (scriptwriters, videographers, and editors, for example) keep on top of all the latest information relating to their joint projects.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 11, 2020

But there are notable examples of for-profit incubators that are thriving, including YCombinator , led by Paul Graham in Silicon Valley, and TechStars , led by David Cohen and located in several key cities around the country, that have an excellent reputation and track record.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 6, 2016

I actually believe being public offers a long-term competitive advantage for the best run companies (and Darwin deals with those that aren’t meant to be special long-term). Of course you should read the book so I don’t bastardize his arguments but two (of the six) guiding principles come down to competition and science.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 14, 2010

How to Interpret Analyst Reports. The stats are often quoted from the latest reports. 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. We all took that data as the basis for our reports.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 8, 2019

Image via Wikipedia The challenge for all of us in business is to improve competitiveness by improving employee productivity and reducing costs. For example, I’m a problem solver by nature, and have worked in several support organizations, but I get bored when all the answers are already known. No one likes useless work.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 18, 2019

For example, when you begin to feel overwhelmed by the stress of a heavy workload or crisis, it may be time take a long walk to think, or retire to your favorite gym for a workout to change your focus. For example, say “Oh, there’s my inner critic again!” The venerable Steve Jobs was reportedly in the same category.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 28, 2019

For example, it used to be that marketing via social media meant banner ads on Facebook, buying search engine results, and sponsoring blog entries, but these don’t suffice anymore. While Pinterest and Tumbler have seen activity increases approaching 100%, The Verge reports that Facebook usage has declined in the U.S. Marty Zwilling.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 14, 2013

If I’m covering a company can I get evidence of what the competition is doing so the story is balanced? Final example. You can imagine the press release, “New innovative model allows us to do audits differently than the competition!” Do I have data or facts to present so the story has legs?

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Berkonomics

NOVEMBER 4, 2016

For example, $500,000 maximum value to each element yields either a maximum pre-money enterprise valuation of $$2 million or $2.5 Yet, the current HALO Report from the Angel Capital Association containing average pre-money valuations for angel investors demonstrates that the US average, at least for the moment, is higher than this amount.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 25, 2016

In case you don’t understand the urgency, just be aware that according to a recent Forrester report , nearly 95 percent of your competitors are saying that providing a good customer experience is their top strategic priority. Promote by example a superior customer experience mindset. Lost customers provide the best input.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 5, 2018

Rather than leave your customer focus at the delivery stage, and technology in the front, customer needs and expectations must be the beginning of your journey via requirements, and remembered all along the way in times of crisis and confusion, competition, growth, failure, and success.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 23, 2017

None should be considered competitive mutually exclusive to any other. According to a recent social media industry report , 92 percent said that social media is important to their businesses, and more than half report it helped them improve sales. Social media as a marketing tool is here to stay, and is now widely accepted.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 1, 2016

Visit the university library for access to otherwise costly business reports. Other project and research reports in their library are a rich source of new ideas, if you are still looking for a place to start. For example, I live in the Phoenix area, home of Arizona State University and the Thunderbird School of Global Management.

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Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 11, 2012

Tech Reporters: These individuals will write and edit informative and practical articles on a range of topics including Startups/Entrepreneurs, Gadgets, Mobile Tech, Tech in Entertainment, Gaming, Apps & Software, productivity, and cover breaking tech news. Will also report on local tech events in their respected area.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 14, 2012

There are no “overrides” – for example, businesses don’t thrive just because they offer the latest technology, or because everyone wants to be “green, or because their goal is to reduce world hunger. Test your projections against actual published reports from similar companies. Competition. How many competitors do you have?

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 4, 2010

A while back, I wrote about the importance of a “ sustainable competitive advantage ,” and outlined the business plan value and limitations of patents and competitor feature comparisons. Look at all systems, policies, procedures, reports and rules. Destroy barriers to delivering superior service. Use it, and don’t lose it.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 28, 2012

A while back, I wrote about the value of Michael Porter’s Five Forces framework for analyzing the competitive environment, and using every opportunity to highlight and emphasize your relative advantages, whether they be price, features, or bargaining power. Look at all systems, policies, procedures, reports and rules.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 20, 2014

Last year at this time I spoke at VidCon and gave this presentation in which I said YouTube was “the Walmart of Online Video” but I also commented that I felt YouTube was vulnerable to competition because their rev share to MCNs wasn’t high enough to allow MCNs to build a profitable business inside of YouTube.

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socalTECH

JUNE 19, 2013

The way we go about that is different than the competition. For example, if you''re just a major crash on an iPad in Japan. In that example, we can let you know you''re seeing iPad mini crashes in Japan, and start tracking those. The big one is crash reporting. But, the needs they have are still very basic.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 29, 2011

There are no “overrides” – for example, businesses don’t thrive just because they offer the latest technology, or because everyone wants to be “green, or because their goal is to reduce world hunger. Test your projections against actual published reports from similar companies. Competition. How many competitors do you have?

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 30, 2013

For example, it used to be that marketing via social media meant buying banner ads on Facebook, or buying a position on search engine results, or sponsoring some blog entries, but these doesn’t work anymore. Teens fueled that growth when in 2011 12% of teens reported using Twitter. That won’t build any competitive advantage.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 13, 2015

None should be considered competitive mutually exclusive to any other. This integration, or fusion with traditional marketing, is discussed in detail, with examples, in “ The Fusion Marketing Bible ,” by Lon Safko, author of bestseller “ The Social Media Bible.”

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 28, 2012

BUT … I’ve talked to a number of eCommerce sites that also report much higher conversion rates than standard web. But that product is the perfect example of perfectly suited for the web given the real estate available. For example, everybody should easily be able to follow Holger’s top sushi spots in San Francisco.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 4, 2016

In my opinion, great examples in today’s entrepreneur world include Elon Musk (Tesla), Jeff Bezos (Amazon), and Richard Branson (Virgin Group). Measure by relationships as well as competitiveness. Great leaders provide opportunities and personal growth assignments that go far beyond conventional training programs.

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