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NOVEMBER 27, 2011

Oh, and if you didn’t guess, the title, “if you don’t have a discrete hypothesis you are incapable of failing” is, of course, an Eric Ries quote. 3:35 The real entrepreneurs come out during a down economy. 19:30 A teachable moment for entrepreneurs: HAVE A HYPOTHESIS! 48:30 Vanity metrics.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 26, 2011

Many entrepreneurs are too focused on their dream to take notice of health warning signs, which leads them to ignore business health signs as well. Entrepreneurs can be so focused that they ignore the family, resulting in an unhealthy situation for everyone. These will help you unleash the creative side. Work and family balance.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 4, 2015

Early-stage entrepreneurs rightly keep their focus on creating an innovative product or service. That’s where I see too much entrepreneur burnout, growth plateaus, and founders being replaced, to their chagrin. Of course, not every entrepreneur wants to tackle this challenge. There is no free lunch. Marty Zwilling.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 3, 2013

Early-stage entrepreneurs rightly keep their focus on creating an innovative product or service. That’s where I see too much entrepreneur burnout, growth plateaus, and Founders being replaced, to their chagrin. Of course, not every entrepreneur wants to tackle this challenge. There is no free lunch. Marty Zwilling.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 13, 2017

Early-stage entrepreneurs rightly keep their focus on creating an innovative product or service. That’s where I see too much entrepreneur burnout, growth plateaus, and founders being replaced, to their chagrin. Of course, not every entrepreneur wants to tackle this challenge. There is no free lunch. Marty Zwilling.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 10, 2018

New and better technology is becoming available every day to present dashboards and metrics to show how well processes and empowerment are working, assess workload backlogs, and capture customer feedback and satisfaction. Utilize technology and tools for collaboration and sharing. Things that are not measured cannot be managed.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 19, 2015

They suffered in trying to live up to public perceptions and the demands to continue their successes. Entrepreneurs could learn about loneliness of success: nobody talks about. Of course that’s true. The Yo-Yo Life of a Tech Entrepreneur. But needed to be seen. Mark Suster (@msuster) July 19, 2015.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 11, 2013

Many entrepreneurs are too focused on their dream to take notice of health warning signs, which leads them to ignore business health signs as well. Entrepreneurs can be so focused that they ignore the family, resulting in an unhealthy situation for everyone. entrepreneur startup life balance employee health business'

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InfoChachkie

NOVEMBER 5, 2012

However, many people are not aware that prior to entering academia, Steve was a wily and creative marketing entrepreneur. He met with the editors of the three Mac magazines that his customers read and showed them metrics that confirmed that SuperMac's boards were the fastest on the market. "I A Conflict Mitigated By A Common Enemy .

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 25, 2016

In our industry we applaud the efforts for entrepreneurs to have tried and we know that today’s failure can bring the experience for tomorrow’s success. If you look at the structure of the travel industry above – of course we know that the hotel industry is fragmented while the airline industry is reasonable consolidated.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 2, 2013

Social media demands two-way communication, rather than outbound only. Define relevant metrics and measure. Of course, if you found this blog though your own initiative, I have to give you credit for being ahead of the pack. entrepreneur get started small business social media' Start social networking with peers.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 5, 2011

I have conversations with entrepreneurs and other VCs on a daily basis about fund raising, the prices of deals, how much companies should raise, etc. Well, obviously if you knew that in advance it would be big of course that would be true. And of course there are always outliers. That’s fine. Here’s the problem.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 27, 2011

” I mention journalists here because they perpetuate the myth that focusing on profits is ALWAYS the right answer and then I hear many entrepreneurs (and certainly many “normals”) repeating the same mantra. I have had this discussion with many a first-time entrepreneur. If you don’t, somebody else WILL!”

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 28, 2012

Social media demands two-way communication, rather than outbound only. Define relevant metrics and measure. Of course, if you found this blog though your own initiative, I have to give you credit for being ahead of the pack. Don’t mix your personal and business profiles or messages. Read everything you can about viral marketing.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 20, 2010

Many entrepreneurs are too focused on their dream to take notice of health warning signs, which leads them to ignore business health signs as well. Entrepreneurs can be so focused that they ignore the family, resulting in an unhealthy situation for everyone. Tags: entrepreneur startup health business. Work and family balance.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 9, 2011

Social media demands two-way communication, rather than outbound only. Define relevant metrics and measure. Of course, if you found this blog though your own initiative, I have to give you credit for being ahead of the pack. Don’t mix your personal and business profiles or messages. Read everything you can about viral marketing.

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InfoChachkie

MARCH 2, 2010

Many collectors, whose primary goal was to complete their collections, were content to have an Excellent or even a Very Good card, which ensured broader demand for lesser grade cards. The advent of investors and grading services drove up the demand for near-perfect cards while suppressing the value of all other cards.

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 27, 2013

I think that the market was, however, hotter two years ago, when companies were buying more aggressively, and there was lots of pent-up demand. For a similar company, with the same metrics and stage, valuations had been tiny. We were involved in the Gradient X deal, and that was a nice one. We don''t worry about that anymore.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 6, 2011

I was saying that I was happy it was all out in the open because I felt at least everybody could now understand the issues & opportunities from the perspectives of angels, entrepreneurs and VCs. Jody didn’t exactly have an easy time fund raising because he’s not one of the prototypical Silicon Valley funded entrepreneurs.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 27, 2015

Not the successful companies themselves but the entire b t culture of swash-buckling startups who define themselves by hitting some magical $1 billion valuation number and the financiers who back them irrespective of metrics that justify it. For a fee, of course. 10 years from now people will be embarrassed to say unicorn.

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