Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 18, 2019

The world is full of high-achievers and high expectations, but without the proper framework for turning entrepreneurial determination into real leadership accomplishment, you risk going nowhere. Of course, skills in decision-making are not enough alone to make a great entrepreneurial leader. Proactively sets metrics and track goals.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 1, 2017

They randomly churn for hours a day on a couple of their favorite social media platforms, with little thought given to goals, objectives, or metrics; and ultimately give up and fall back to traditional marketing approaches. Create an action plan with metrics. You spend the months influencing the influencers.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 18, 2013

They randomly churn for hours a day on a couple of their favorite social media platforms, with little thought given to goals, objectives, or metrics; and ultimately give up and fall back to traditional marketing approaches. Create an action plan with metrics. You spend the months influencing the influencers.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 27, 2012

They randomly churn for hours a day on a couple of their favorite social media platforms, with little though given to goals, objectives, or metrics; and ultimately give up and fall back to traditional marketing approaches. Create an action plan with metrics. You spend the months influencing the influencers.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 6, 2015

It is, of course, a very recent phenomenon. “There was no real framework for a $15 million fund at the time so I had to make one up … it was really sort of an experiment … I invested across Funds I & II in 90 companies” Jeff then raised $55 million in 2010 and $85 million in 2014.

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SoCal CTO

JANUARY 26, 2010

Of course, I have an advantage because I organize the LA CTO Forum. Of course, since you know those questions, you can just collect up the answers and provide them to your developers. What metrics are going to be the key startup metrics and how do we get those metrics without too much cost? Gap closed, right?

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 5, 2015

The world is full of high-achievers and high expectations, but without the proper framework for turning entrepreneurial determination into real leadership accomplishment, you risk going nowhere. Of course, skills in decision-making are not enough alone to make a great entrepreneurial leader. Proactively sets metrics and track goals.

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InfoChachkie

SEPTEMBER 15, 2011

If your culture rewards those who seek the truth, your team will be prone to objectively identifying tactical course corrections. But we do it anyway, because we believe that the short-term metrics probably aren’t indicative of the long term.”. Obsess About Customers, Not Colleagues Or Competitors. “We

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 28, 2018

The world is full of high-achievers and high expectations, but without the proper framework for turning entrepreneurial determination into real leadership accomplishment, you risk going nowhere. Of course, skills in decision-making are not enough alone to make a great entrepreneurial leader. Proactively sets metrics and track goals.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 21, 2013

The basic alignment framework of strategy, customers, people, and processes hasn’t changed, but the pace of technological, competitive, and social change has increased at an amazing rate. Make sure the inspiration that launched your vision isn’t lost in the course of a pivot or market change. Revisit your startup vision and values.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 24, 2012

The basic alignment framework of strategy, customers, people, and processes hasn’t changed, but the pace of technological, competitive, and social change has increased at an amazing rate. Make sure the inspiration that launched your vision isn’t lost in the course of a pivot or market change. Revisit your startup vision and values.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 1, 2014

The world is full of high-achievers and high expectations, but without the proper framework for turning entrepreneurial determination into real leadership accomplishment, you risk going nowhere. Of course, skills in decision-making are not enough alone to make a great entrepreneurial leader. Proactively sets metrics and track goals.

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TechEmpower

FEBRUARY 13, 2013

Focusing on the metrics that ultimately drive the business, often the bottom line, has provided a reality check, a counter-weight to the desire to consume all new technologies. Project needs vary, of course, so technology chemistries vary in turn. It's a fun and funny business to be in. Easy stuff should be easy.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 4, 2016

Of course, that’s both the good news and the bad news for aspiring entrepreneurs, since it means more competition, and the business landscape is changing faster than ever. Investors and partners now look only for a framework of your business essentials, within the context of your opportunity, solution, and financials.

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TechCrunch LA

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

It’s obvious that we can be too late to these decisions of course. If — and it’s a big if of course — they can do that on the cheap, then why should an LP care at all? Startups either get three dozen term sheets or none at all, since every firm is walking around with the same frameworks and metrics in their head.

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SoCal CTO

JULY 23, 2012

What existing systems will we leverage, what programming languages, software development methodologies, web application frameworks, revision control systems, etc.? What metrics are going to be the key startup metrics and how do we get those metrics without too much cost? What technology research is required? Accounting?

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SoCal CTO

APRIL 28, 2014

Of course, you probably are going to provide more of a feature list. Provide the metrics you are trying to achieve. Other Topics Covered I also covered topics that are covered more thoroughly in the following posts: Document Your MVP for a Developer. Developers rightly need a lot of detail to get at cost, timeline and impact.

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