Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 26, 2020

leadership, mentorship, competitiveness, communications, relationship-building?—?and As with all promotions, the reality is that Kara was already acting as a senior leader at our firm and also in the industry at large. She had all of the skills and traits we sought?—?leadership, and of course a relentless pursuit of helping founders succeed.

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Berkonomics

SEPTEMBER 6, 2012

From experience and from information about the competition, a coach creates a playbook that contains detailed plans for actions or plays that the entire team must know without question and execute without pause in order to win games and advance toward the playoffs. Trained employees execute their tasks better than those who are not.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 19, 2023

Great leaders provide opportunities and personal growth assignments that go far beyond conventional training programs. Measure by relationships as well as competitiveness. They know that former direct reports can become highly valuable members of their network, and new business partners as either rise to new major roles elsewhere.

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Tech.Co

NOVEMBER 17, 2017

Panamplify is the reporting easy button for businesses. Panamplify automates and eliminates all the grunt work for marketing agencies who build reports for their brand clients. They use Intelligent Systems (AI) to assemble and represent meaningful reports providing massive cost savings. Chui (San Francisco, CA).

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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. Each of us can remember a time when we prepared a report that no one read, or filed physical documents never used, and no one seemed to care. Proactively provide support and training.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 29, 2022

I am happy to see reports that young companies are leading the way in these trends, on both the customer and the employee side. Both are required to stay competitive. Much has been written about the trends on the customer side, but I find less specific guidance on the changes which are impacting the way we interact with peers at work.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 4, 2020

Great leaders provide opportunities and personal growth assignments that go far beyond conventional training programs. Measure by relationships as well as competitiveness. They know that former direct reports can become highly valuable members of their network, and new business partners as either rise to new major roles elsewhere.

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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. It must be written down, with measurable team objectives, validated by metrics and compared against competition.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 22, 2017

Success in today’s rapidly changing and highly competitive business environment requires a total alignment between the needs of each business function and the priorities of all team members. Failed strategies erode your competitive position. Improve reporting structure support (vertical alignment).

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socalTECH

APRIL 30, 2009

Fonality, which is a venture-backed developer of PBX software used for replacing corporate phony systems, is in the midst of its own version of an employee morale-booster: training for the "Fonality Fight Club" and a competition refereed by martial arts expert Chris Reilly, who regularly trains fighters for the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC).

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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. Train every employee to be a customer service champion. Look at all systems, policies, procedures, reports and rules. Marty Zwilling.

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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. Train every employee to be a customer service champion.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 26, 2013

I think many board members (including VCs) were trained 10+ years ago when life was very different and their advice often comes from an outdated lens. The problem is that this is publicly available information that can and will be scanned by journalists and reported. When you file, you must be prepared. ” Funding IS the story.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 14, 2015

Since both skills are required in equal amounts for success, the single founder failure rate today is reported to far exceed 50 percent. Paradigm-shift solutions have no competition." The real competition to a new paradigm is the old paradigm. The first airplane faced major competition from trains and automobiles.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 20, 2010

VP’s of Engineering are essential to making sure the trains run on time. They still have the respect of their team because they’re technical by training. somebody needs to be sure that customer service is alerted to the new features and are trained in how to handle these functions with customers. -

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 18, 2019

With these tips, I’m convinced that you can train yourself and get help from the people around you to integrate your directional, social, and informational intuition with results from all the logical analysis and data tools to make better decisions in business. The venerable Steve Jobs was reportedly in the same category.

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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. Do well by doing good for others as well as yourself.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 14, 2012

Test your projections against actual published reports from similar companies. Competition. Think broadly here, like planes versus trains. Investors look for a sustainable competitive advantage. How many competitors do you have? No competitors probably means there is no market. Customers always have alternatives.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 27, 2015

I am happy to see reports that young companies are in the forefront of these trends, on both the customer trends and the employee trends. Both are required to stay competitive. Explore benefits of employing “mature” workers. They are now actively recruited for many roles. Mobility and connecting to work via the ‘cloud.’

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Entrepreneur Yammer Case Study Study 102

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 29, 2011

Test your projections against actual published reports from similar companies. Competition. Think broadly here, like planes versus trains. Investors look for a sustainable competitive advantage. How many competitors do you have? No competitors probably means there is no market. Customers always have alternatives.

Sales 98

Sales Customer Custom Outsource 98

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 3, 2018

I am happy to see reports that young companies are leading the way in these trends, on both the customer and the employee side. Both are required to stay competitive. Much has been written about the trends on the customer side, but I find less specific guidance on the changes which are impacting the way we interact with peers at work.

Startup 61

Startup Case Study Platform Yahoo 61

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 20, 2013

I am more and more convinced that it is the right founder behavior that leads to success, rather than some exceptional intelligence or training. This takes too much time in our super-competitive environment, and the result of a total buy-in is usually a watered-down version of the original decision or action they intended.

Startup 104

Startup Entrepreneur Training News 104

Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 13, 2015

Many companies decide to sell when they believe they have reached a strategic pinnacle and will need substantial capital to reach the next level to remain competitive and grow. As reported by Reuters in the article, Bain to buy Blue Coat for about $2.4 just as rising concerns over security breaches started to peak. Conclusion.

Startup 40

Startup Acquisition Outsource Development Outsource 40

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 24, 2014

I am happy to see reports that young companies are in the forefront of these trends, on both the customer trends and the employee trends. Both are required to stay competitive. Explore benefits of employing “mature” workers. They are now actively recruited for many roles. Mobility and connecting to work via the ‘cloud.’

Entrepreneur 104

Entrepreneur Startup Social Media Yammer 104

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 4, 2016

Great leaders provide opportunities and personal growth assignments that go far beyond conventional training programs. Measure by relationships as well as competitiveness. They know that former direct reports can become highly valuable members of their network, and new business partners as either rises to major new roles elsewhere.

Oracle 53

Oracle Organization Entrepreneur Examples 53

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 20, 2017

These will provide the competitive edge you need with customers and less-focused team members. While there are encouraging signs that the work ethic in many businesses is improving, the latest Gallup poll still reports that almost 50 percent of employees are "not engaged" and 16.5 Demonstrates an ability to listen and learn.

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Funding Satisfaction Customer Custom 55

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 1, 2010

As your organization grows and you hire senior staff where you are no longer managing every employee directly the issue of how to manage people that are not your “direct&# reports arises. Dipping: As a decision maker you rely on information being passed to you by the people who report to you.

Startup 308

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 28, 2015

I am more and more convinced that it is the right business behavior that leads to success, rather than some exceptional intelligence or training. This takes too much time in our super-competitive environment, and the result of a total buy-in is usually a watered-down version of the original decision or action they intended.

Startup 61

Startup Entrepreneur Training News 61

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 16, 2012

I am more and more convinced that it is the right founder behavior that leads to success, rather than some exceptional intelligence or training. This takes too much time in our super-competitive environment, and the result of a total buy-in is usually a watered-down version of the original decision or action they intended.

Entrepreneur 99

Entrepreneur Startup Training News 99

InfoChachkie

JANUARY 9, 2012

"Mickey Mouse popped out of my mind onto a drawing pad 20 years ago on a train ride from Manhattan to Hollywood at a time when business fortunes of my brother Roy and myself were at lowest ebb and disaster seemed right around the corner." Other installments include: Jeff Bezos , Steve Jobs and Richard Branson. Just Start. "The

Tips 277

Tips Startup Entrepreneur Entertainment 277

TechCrunch LA

MARCH 31, 2021

Companies like Cornea , Emergency Reporting , Zonehaven are trying to solve different facets of the fire problem; while flood prediction and weather monitoring startups are floating up their services too. As with most of Biden’s big infrastructure initiatives, there are startups tackling these issues.

Startup 229

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 4, 2011

I am more and more convinced that it is the right founder behavior that leads to success, rather than some exceptional intelligence or training. This takes too much time in our super-competitive environment, and the result of a total buy-in is usually a watered-down version of the original decision or action they intended.

Startup 105

Startup Training News Resource 105

Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 4, 2015

The industry’s competitive dynamics. evidenced by a written report that takes into account the relevant factors prescribed for valuations generally under these regulations.”. The government’s goal was to ensure that federal income taxes are paid on stock issued as a part of deferred compensation plans. Strategic partnerships.

IP 40

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 7, 2009

With FitOrbit, we bring real, one-to-one, human-based personal training and meal planning to the Internet for the first time. He pioneered personal training in America, and developed and sold Fit TV, and runs Exercise TV, of which Comcast is a shareholder. You have to go three times a week at 4pm, and most people can't do that.

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Media Pricing Sites Training 168

socalTECH

AUGUST 24, 2009

You have complete visibility on exactly what is happening in their pipeline, and make necessary changes to the health of the organization, whether that is giving more training, or terminating the person. Can you talk a bit more about how this is different from running a report in Salesforce? With us, you can see it all in one screen.

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AeA Los Angeles Council

JULY 22, 2008

The AeA just released its third Competitiveness Series report endorsing eHealth, arguing that it will lower costs and enhance the safety, reliability, convenience, and delivery of healthcare. The report, entitled eHealth 301: Electronic Prescriptions , builds on two earlier reports analyzing electronic medical records and telemedicine.

Web 2.0 40

Web 2.0 Web AeA Journal 40

Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 13, 2014

Attendees were treated to 20 characters to choose and beat senselessly, while more than 30 characters are reported to show up in the final game. The 3 rd -person splatter debuted at E3 and provides gamer a kid-friendly and colorful approach to competitive gameplay. Excitement Level: Very High. Nintendo | Super Smash Bros.

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