Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 5, 2020

In my experience with entrepreneurs, there seems to a wealth of self-proclaimed “idea people” who aspire to start businesses, but only a few who are willing and able to dig in and get the job done. Only rare great entrepreneurs, like Bill Gates and Elon Musk, have proven to be both. Tailor investor proposals and term-sheets.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 8, 2020

Every new entrepreneur who has not spent years in corporate life has the advantage of an unbiased look at business opportunities, but at the same time has the disadvantage of missing critical business experiences that can cost them dearly in their first startup venture. Startups don’t come with formal training courses.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 24, 2022

The bad news is that it’s still a jungle fight for survival for entrepreneurs of all ages and demographics, with over 80 percent not having access to bank loans or venture capital. I support being socially and environmentally conscious, but you can’t help anyone else if you don’t eat. If you want to survive.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 19, 2023

Pivots and corrections are inevitable for startups in this age of rapid change, and the earlier you make them, the quicker you get to success. Entrepreneurs talk to customers and competitors talk to each other about the new trends and technologies they see. You can’t get any word-of-mouth or media activity by hiding.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 20, 2021

As I “grew up” in business in big companies, including IBM, I always wondered why the real innovations seemed to come from startups, while we had more resources and more experience. If you see yourself or your company ignoring any of these, now is the time to take action: Invest in a new market, as well as new features.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 23, 2020

Pivots and corrections are inevitable for startups in this age of rapid change, and the earlier you make them, the quicker you get to success. Entrepreneurs talk to customers and competitors talk to each other about the new trends and technologies they see. You can’t get any word-of-mouth or media activity by hiding.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 6, 2023

Many passionate entrepreneurs fight to add more features into their new products and services, assuming that more function will make the solution more appealing to more customers. Of course, once you have a brand and more resources, it can pay to expand your book selling to a full e-commerce site.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 7, 2019

Thus, in my consulting with entrepreneurs, I always encourage them to get more comfortable asking for help. I found some good guidance on this subject in a new book, “ The Leader You Want To Be ,” by Amy Jen Su, a managing partner in an executive coaching and leadership development firm.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 11, 2020

Many passionate entrepreneurs fight to add more features into their new products and services, assuming that more function will make the solution more appealing to more customers. Of course, once you have a brand and more resources, it can pay to expand your book selling to a full e-commerce site.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 11, 2020

In my experience working with entrepreneurs, once they feel they have a winning formula for their business, they are often hesitant to change or update it. Of course, it’s smart not to stray too far from your core competency for credibility and risk reduction. Remember when you were a startup?

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 3, 2011

I’m often asked the question about why there aren’t more women who are entrepreneurs. ” [it's short, you should read it]. She has a quote from literally every major VC from whom you’d want to hear. My inspiration to become an entrepreneur came from my mom, not my dad. Please watch this.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 24, 2019

The bad news is that it’s still a jungle fight for survival for entrepreneurs of all ages and demographics, with over 80 percent not having access to bank loans or venture capital. I support being socially and environmentally conscious, but you can’t help anyone else if you don’t eat. If you want to survive.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 9, 2015

In my experience with entrepreneurs, there seems to a wealth of self-proclaimed “idea people” who aspire to start businesses, but only a few who are willing and able to dig in and get the job done. Only rare great entrepreneurs, like Bill Gates and Elon Musk, have proven to be both. Tailor investor proposals and term-sheets.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 13, 2013

I know my title is a bit goofy since it talks in third person but I figured if any of you hit the Tweet button (feel free to!) And of course we talked about many of my views of building startups. It was a more intimate version than you might find in one of my speeches and I enjoyed that. It was an IBM XT.

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InfoChachkie

JANUARY 24, 2011

Messenger : Kevin O’Connor , Co-Founder of FindTheBest , former Co-Founder and CEO DoubleClick (sold to Google, $3.1B, seed investor ISS (sold to IBM, $1.3B), Co-Founder ICC (sold to DCA $25mm). If you haven’t already subscribed yet, subscribe now for. 9) Throughout your career, you have been drawn to huge opportunities.

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InfoChachkie

JANUARY 6, 2011

Messenger : Kevin O’Connor , Co-Founder of FindTheBest, former Co-Founder and CEO DoubleClick (sold to Google, $3.1B, seed investor ISS (sold to IBM, $1.3B), co-founder ICC (sold to DCA $25mm). Pull Quote: “If you are smart, competitive, hard working and passionate about what you do you will have the best experience of your life.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 17, 2014

Of course there are people who are great at getting things done, but haven’t had an original idea in their life. Great entrepreneurs, like Bill Gates, are great at both. I was with IBM in the early PC days when Bill worked with us to provide PC DOS and other software. That’s the bar you should aspire to. Time management.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 13, 2015

You will be pivoting your business in your lifetime, whether you are a new startup, or a mature company like Motorola or IBM. You can count on it and plan for it, or you wait for the next survival crisis brought your way by this rapidly changing world. Carpenter, Gary F. Gebhardt, and John F. Sherry, Jr.,

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 16, 2014

It’s a jungle fight for survival out there for aspiring entrepreneurs of all ages and demographics. I support being socially and environmentally conscious, but you can’t help anyone else if you don’t eat. If you want to survive. If you want to survive. If you want to be feared. If you want to mate.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 25, 2016

Every new entrepreneur who has not spent years in corporate life has the advantage of an unbiased look at business opportunities, but at the same time has the disadvantage of missing critical business experiences that can cost them dearly in their first startup venture. Startups don’t come with formal training courses.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 16, 2013

Of course there are people who are great at getting things done, but haven’t had an original idea in their life. Great entrepreneurs, like Bill Gates, are great at both. I was with IBM in the early PC days when Bill worked with us to provide PC DOS and other software. That’s the bar you should aspire to. Time management.

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Ideas Entrepreneur Startup Technical Review 110

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 15, 2016

In my experience with entrepreneurs, there seems to a wealth of self-proclaimed “idea people” who aspire to start businesses, but only a few who are willing and able to dig in and get the job done. Only rare great entrepreneurs, like Bill Gates and Elon Musk, have proven to be both. Tailor investor proposals and term-sheets.

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Ideas Startup IBM IBM 53

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 29, 2017

You will be pivoting your business in your lifetime, whether you are a new startup, or a mature company like Motorola or IBM. You can count on it and plan for it, or you wait for the next survival crisis brought your way by this rapidly changing world. Carpenter, Gary F. Gebhardt, and John F. Sherry, Jr.,

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Course IBM IBM Social Media 59

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 13, 2015

Entrepreneurs and startups often ask if they should select only social media for marketing, or stick with digital media, or just count on traditional media. According to a recent article in Entrepreneur , 94% of small and medium businesses (SMBs) now use social media as a marketing tool, and 81% use it to drive growth.

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Social Media Media Marketing Resource 108

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 24, 2014

Of course, we all love disruptive new products, like the Pebble Smart Watch and Google Glass, but recent innovative services startups, including Uber for transportation and Airbnb for lodging, have grown much bigger and faster. Here is just a sampling to give you the idea: Software as a service (SaaS). Value-added services.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 4, 2014

You will be pivoting your business in your lifetime, whether you are a new startup, or a mature company like Motorola or IBM. You can count on it and plan for it, or you wait for the next survival crisis brought your way by this rapidly changing world. Carpenter, Gary F. Gebhardt, and John F. Sherry, Jr.,

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Entrepreneur Course IBM IBM 98

InfoChachkie

OCTOBER 24, 2011

There has recently been a common theme among the entrepreneurs I have interviewed and the conferences I have attended: despite the relatively weak state of the world economy, now is a great time to create a high-tech startup. You don’t really buy servers anymore…the tools are all open source. You can learn very little from victory.

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Company Companies Startup Study 257

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 5, 2011

Of course I have. I’m an entrepreneur at heart so I’m always inspired when I hear stories about innovation. It’s why my investment philosophy is called, “ the entrepreneur thesis.&#. There’s you and your killer CTO co-founder. Are you going to do all of this? Me: “Bullshit.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 23, 2017

It’s a jungle fight for survival for aspiring entrepreneurs of all ages and demographics. I support being socially and environmentally conscious, but you can’t help anyone else if you don’t eat. If you want to survive. If you want to survive. If you want to be feared. If you want to mate.

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Startup News Framework Entrepreneur 57

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 21, 2014

Pivots and corrections are inevitable for startups in this age of rapid change, and the earlier you make them, the quicker you get to success. Entrepreneurs talk to customers and competitors talk to each other about the new trends and technologies they see. You can’t get any word-of-mouth or media activity by hiding.

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Startup Search Engine Optimization Ideas Custom 101

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 5, 2013

Jamie Gerdsen, in his book of lessons on business change, creatively titled “ Squirrels, Boats, and Thoroughbreds ,” aims first at existing businesses, but I believe that most of his points, like his laws of the jungle, can be rewritten for startups, as follows: If you want to eat. If you want to survive. If you want to survive.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 17, 2014

Many passionate entrepreneurs fight to add more features into their new products and services, assuming that more function will make the solution more appealing to more customers. Of course, once you have a brand and more resources, it can pay to expand your book selling to a full e-commerce site.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 1, 2013

Entrepreneurs and startups often ask if they should use social media for marketing, digital media, or traditional media. The big three, which have 90 percent of everything you need, include blogging (Wordpress or Blogger), microblogging (Twitter), and social networks (Facebook or LinkedIn). You can’t manage what you don’t measure.

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Social Media Media Marketing Startup 103

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 6, 2015

In this post I advocate taking a harder stand on where your product or solution differentiates in the market – even if it means you lose some deals as a result. Inexperienced CEOs do this because often NINAs will give you lots time even if they don’t plan to buy – I guess you could call them window shoppers.

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InfoChachkie

FEBRUARY 9, 2010

If this gentleman was such a pivotal player in the early days of the PC revolution, why is he essentially unknown to most entrepreneurs under forty years old? If you haven’t already subscribed yet, subscribe now for. Few young entrepreneurs know about Mr. Kildall’s contributions because of his behavior, not Mr. Gates’.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 8, 2009

Not hard-core, just the stuff you’d do if you were in jr. My family had the very first edition of the IBM XT computer with a 10 MB hard drive. My friends were astonished that you didn’t have to swap disks all the time. I had to laugh a bit reading it. I listed on many databases – some MBA, some not.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 13, 2016

Pivots and corrections are inevitable for startups in this age of rapid change, and the earlier you make them, the quicker you get to success. Entrepreneurs talk to customers and competitors talk to each other about the new trends and technologies they see. You can’t get any word-of-mouth or media activity by hiding.

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