Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 23, 2021

For example, I commonly see metrics to keep track of revenue per employee, overtime, and absenteeism, but I don’t often see measures of overall customer satisfaction with individual employees. Studies show that peer recognition programs are often more effective than bonuses or cash rewards. That approach still is meaningful today.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 24, 2020

While this approach appears to cost more on the surface, it often actually costs you less, when you consider the hidden costs of rework, poor customer satisfaction, employee management, and training required. Most freelancers are already experts and confident from previous assignments, and that image will help your business.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 8, 2022

In a famous Harvard study of 212 new ventures a few years ago, USC professor Noam Wasserman found that half the founders were no longer at the helm after three years, and over time 80% were forced out. Your great idea for the next Facebook may make you wealthy, but it probably won’t help the hungry. The founding team size dilemma.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 11, 2020

I was shocked to read an old Gallup study that indicates only 13 percent of employees worldwide are actively engaged at work, and more recent data shows only a small change in the right direction. Yet many managers unintentionally de-motivate their team by being too busy with business challenges to communicate, understand, or help people.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 6, 2020

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. Technologies are not solutions, but understanding a technology, in the context of a customer need, will result in more competitive and long-lasting solutions.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 27, 2020

Let me assure you, from personal experience, and from helping many successful as well as struggling entrepreneurs, that starting a business is hard work, and doesn’t come with any of the benefits mentioned. You are tuned into others’ emotions and want to help people. You see success as making a difference in the world around you.

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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. This indicates that lifestyle and satisfaction factors are usually more important than financial ones.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 20, 2019

They apparently ignored all conventional wisdom and advisors, and struck a deal which crashed both companies, now a case study in many business schools. A good fight in business is called healthy competition. Engagement drives performance and satisfaction. Case and Gerald M. Why does a good fight sometimes go bad?

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 10, 2019

In a famous Harvard study of 212 new ventures a few years ago, USC professor Noam Wasserman found that half the founders were no longer at the helm after three years, and over time 80% were forced out. Your great idea for the next Facebook may make you wealthy, but it probably won’t help the hungry. The founding team size dilemma.

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Startup USC Entrepreneur Statistics 97

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. Technologies are not solutions, but understanding a technology, in the context of a customer need, will result in more competitive and long-lasting solutions.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 9, 2014

They apparently ignored all conventional wisdom and advisors, and struck a deal which crashed both companies, now a case study in many business schools. A good fight in business is called healthy competition. Engagement drives performance and satisfaction. Case and Gerald M. Why does a good fight sometimes go bad?

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 15, 2015

Let me assure you, from personal experience, and from helping many successful as well as struggling entrepreneurs, that starting a business is hard work, and doesn’t come with any of the benefits mentioned. You are tuned into others’ emotions and want to help people. You see success as making a difference in the world around you.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 8, 2013

Jim Stengel, in “ Grow: How Ideals Power Growth and Profit ” chronicles a ten-year study of the world’s fifty best businesses, including Apple, and concludes that those who centered their businesses on a culture of improving people’s lives had a growth rate triple that of competitors in their categories. Get your team right and do it quickly.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 22, 2017

They apparently ignored all conventional wisdom and advisors, and struck a deal which crashed both companies, now a case study in many business schools. A good fight in business is called healthy competition. Engagement drives performance and satisfaction. Case and Gerald M. Why does a good fight sometimes go bad?

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Startup Case Study Entrepreneur Competition 63

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 10, 2018

Let me assure you, from personal experience, and from helping many successful as well as struggling entrepreneurs, that starting a business is hard work, and doesn’t come with any of the benefits mentioned. You are tuned into others’ emotions and want to help people. You see success as making a difference in the world around you.

Entrepreneur 66

Entrepreneur Organization Customer Custom 66

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 14, 2016

No matter what people may proclaim, everyone in business is looking to achieve the highest possible level of satisfaction and financial success in their career. According to many studies, entrepreneurs tend to be happier , and 80 percent of self-made millionaires are entrepreneurs. Maintain a meaningful competitive advantage.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 4, 2012

Jim Stengel, in his latest book “ Grow: How Ideals Power Growth and Profit ” chronicles a ten-year study of the world’s fifty best businesses, including Apple, and concludes that those who centered their businesses on a culture of improving people’s lives had a growth rate triple that of competitors in their categories.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 1, 2016

I was shocked to read an old Gallup study that indicates only 13 percent of employees worldwide are actively engaged at work, and more recent data shows only a small change in the right direction. Yet many managers unintentionally de-motivate their team by being too busy with business challenges to communicate, understand, or help people.

Startup 58

Startup Examples Mentor Activity 58

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 4, 2014

Let me assure you, from personal experience, and from helping many successful as well as struggling entrepreneurs, that starting a business is hard work, and doesn’t come with any of the benefits mentioned. You are tuned into others’ emotions and want to help people. You see success as making a difference in the world around you.

Entrepreneur 102

Entrepreneur Organization Customer Custom 102

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 8, 2013

They apparently ignored all conventional wisdom and advisors, and struck a deal which crashed both companies, now a case study in many business schools. A good fight in business is called healthy competition. Engagement drives performance and satisfaction. Case and Gerald M. Why does a good fight sometimes go bad?

Entrepreneur 105

Entrepreneur Startup Case Study Competition 105

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 24, 2012

But very quickly, it is becoming obvious to startups that the value and satisfaction exceeds the costs. Startups can use social responsibility as a competitive advantage. That’s a real competitive edge that you can use in your marketing and positioning. Socially responsible products typically sell at a premium price.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 14, 2014

In a famous study of 212 new ventures a few years ago, Harvard professor Noam Wasserman found that half the Founders were no longer at the helm after three years, and over time 80% were forced out. Your great idea for the next Facebook may make you wealthy, but it probably won’t help the hungry. The founding team size dilemma.

Entrepreneur 107

Entrepreneur Statistics Equity Satisfaction 107

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. 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

AUGUST 19, 2017

In a famous Harvard study of 212 new ventures a few years ago, USC professor Noam Wasserman found that half the founders were no longer at the helm after three years, and over time 80% were forced out. Your great idea for the next Facebook may make you wealthy, but it probably won’t help the hungry. The founding team size dilemma.

Entrepreneur 57

Entrepreneur USC Statistics Equity 57

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 19, 2013

In a famous study of 212 new ventures a few years ago, Harvard professor Noam Wasserman found that half the Founders were no longer at the helm after three years, and over time 80% were forced out. Your great idea for the next Facebook may make you wealthy, but it probably won’t help the hungry. The founding team size dilemma.

Startup 98

Startup Entrepreneur Statistics Equity 98

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 28, 2019

Instead, having your own business going shows initiative, leadership, wider experience, and makes you more competitive for any role available. Learn more about business by doing versus studying. Start networking for potential partners or people who can help. Every study shows that happiness does not scale up with income.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 20, 2013

They gain satisfaction and status from knowing “stuff” and one-upping other men in sharing and debating facts. Men are generally chest beaters and competitive. Several happiness studies indicate that deep-seated resentments and grudges are some of the most corrosive emotions in a relationship.”

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