Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 8, 2023

As I work with aspiring entrepreneurs and business professionals, I often hear about stress and disappointment from a great idea or innovation that failed for reasons that you don’t understand. I will summarize her recommendations here, as well as adding my own insights: Pick a problem to solve rather than an idea.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 27, 2023

With interactive social media and video everywhere, everyone needs to feel they have a relationship with their leaders, and every brand needs leader personification for customers to relate. Keeping it simple is the best course. The days of leadership without engagement are gone. Never be too busy to talk to real customers.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 17, 2020

Here are some key drivers that will likely lead you to a fundable idea: A business crisis. I hear this term every day, wrongly applied to new social media site, or a new productivity tool. Of course, there are caveats to every opportunity. So why do I see some many funding requests for products along these lines?

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 14, 2023

Of course, they may be out of money as well, but that is often more of an “excuse” than a reason. My suggestion is to morph the current business idea back into one than you can love and enjoy rather than your quitting and accepting an employee role that's not your preference. “My My idea is just too far ahead of its time.”

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 17, 2021

Social media facilitates marketing and sales. For startups, social media and color printers have essentially replaced the need for external public relations and marketing services. Of course, not all new businesses can benefit from all these recommendations, so think carefully about what you can do, and what you can’t.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 14, 2023

Of course, their answer is that the second intends to get to market faster, but every engine has limits regardless the fuel applied. Use social media for early marketing. Social media is not rocket science. It’s why most investors proclaim that they invest in people, more than the idea.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 2, 2023

I want to tell them to just start anywhere, but I realize that most have no idea where anywhere is. It takes more than passion and a course on business basics. There is no standard course for this, but the answers are accessible online, if you know how to search, follow blogs, and interact with the relevant social media groups.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 19, 2023

It’s still popular these days for startup founders to operate in stealth mode, meaning no details about the idea or progress are shared with anyone until the big reveal and rollout. The common reason given is that this prevents any competitor from stealing their idea and beating them to market. Get competitors to surface early.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 23, 2020

It’s still popular these days for startup founders to operate in stealth mode, meaning no details about the idea or progress are shared with anyone until the big reveal and rollout. The common reason given is that this prevents any competitor from stealing their idea and beating them to market. Get competitors to surface early.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 20, 2013

In today’s uber-connected, social media, everything-is-public, people tell you there’s killing it with these new features, investor & mentor whiplash – it’s hard to avoid the latest thing. In due course. Yet sadly most startups have “shiny object” obsessions. Sequentially. Thoughtfully.

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Berkonomics

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

The Ant of course “Because she showed lack of motivation and had a negative attitude.”. We build our companies with layers of management in the natural course of growth, often quoting that a manager should have no more than six direct reports, or that managers should be freed to do the important, high value work.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 6, 2020

I want to tell them to just start anywhere, but I realize that most have no idea where anywhere is. It takes more than passion and a course on business basics. There is no standard course for this, but the answers are accessible online, if you know how to search, follow blogs, and interact with the relevant social media groups.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 7, 2023

With the success of Facebook and Twitter, I still see new social media startups almost every day, with most destined to fail. Of course, there are many other common reasons for startup failure, including inexperienced teams, inadequate marketing, no intellectual property, business model doesn’t work, or just giving up too early.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 27, 2011

what is the importance of social media? what is wrong with today’s social media? 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. 35:29 Why people use social media.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 23, 2019

Of course, many would argue that more fundamental innovations, or paradigm shifts, take a long time and cost more money, but from my perspective, these are what really move our society forward. Whenever you have a great idea, ask yourself why it couldn’t be made 10 times bigger, or even 100 times. Talk to everyone and think young.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 19, 2020

Of course, their answer is that the second intends to get to market faster, but every engine has limits regardless the fuel applied. Use social media for early marketing. Social media is not rocket science. It’s why most investors proclaim that they invest in people, more than the idea.

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Berkonomics

NOVEMBER 9, 2017

Of course not. But you have no idea what to do next. Create social media posts with links to your site that drive search engine scores and increase search traffic. Why Is niche marketing important? This is easy. How to Find Your Niche? So now I hope I’ve convinced you. Think about your product or service.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 31, 2020

With interactive social media and video everywhere, everyone needs to feel they have a relationship with their leaders, and every brand needs leader personification for customers to relate. Keeping it simple is the best course. The days of leadership without engagement are gone. Never be too busy to talk to real customers.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 21, 2022

Of course, the best solution would be a new wave of so-called whole-brain thinkers, but this term is usually reserved for Einstein and Picasso, and no entrepreneurs that I can name. Be willing to take action and put yourself out there, even when you don’t feel ready and even if your idea is not yet perfect. Dream big but start small.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 25, 2021

83 percent of online users aged 50-64 use social media now, and the growth rate continues to increase. Social networking penetration by Boomers is now catching up with the other age groups, reaching nearly 90 percent across the board. In terms of job creation, innovation, and productivity, entrepreneurs drive growth.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 5, 2023

Of course, if you want to be in that number, or you want that number to go up, you have to know how to locate potential investors who fit your profile, requirements, and expectations. Friends and family are key at the idea and early development stages, when you have minimal business valuation.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 18, 2020

Of course, they may be out of money as well, but that is often more of an “excuse” than a reason. My suggestion is to morph the current business idea back into one than you can love and enjoy rather than your quitting and accepting an employee role that's not your preference. “My My idea is just too far ahead of its time.”

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 26, 2022

In fact, most employee training courses recommend the distance if the work relationship crosses management levels, and most management policies strictly forbid fraternizing with the team. Of course there can be negative consequences to close friendships and romances at work as well: Work-related betrayal. More vulnerable emotionally.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 20, 2022

He is always open to the ideas of his team, and even if he doesn't agree that an idea will work, he'll say so, but he often supports and funds it anyway. Of course, even the best talent needs communication, training, and support to create the culture you need. Always maintain the very best talent for your team.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 22, 2020

Of course, if you want to be in that number, or you want that number to go up, you have to know how to locate potential investors who fit your profile, requirements, and expectations. Friends and family are key at the idea and early development stages, when you have minimal business valuation.

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Eric Greenspan

DECEMBER 5, 2009

Our Director of Flow, Heather Burlesci will be attending these courses as she is looking to build up her skills in this area. We will collaborate on ideas and projects. We created Superfriends, a group of local entrepreneurs that will gather to share ideas and help each other grow personally and professionally. A great trade!

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 2, 2021

Accountability starts with sharing your ideas and expectations with everyone involved, rather than just assuming that others will see things the same way, and understand the big picture, as well as the details. Of course, talking and giving orders is no substitute for doing. Don’t wait for a crisis to test accountability.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 25, 2019

I find that some founders are insecure and hate the idea of his or her board members talking without them present. During the dinner I do half of it casual (chit chat with your neighbors) and half of it group “table topics” where we share ideas. The founders of a company are fighting. Can we help them get along?

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 12, 2020

With the success of Facebook and Twitter, I still see new social media startups almost every day, with most destined to fail. Of course, there are many other common reasons for startup failure, including inexperienced teams, inadequate marketing, no intellectual property, business model doesn’t work, or just giving up too early.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 21, 2019

Having a breakthrough idea or technology alone does not assure business success. “ Successful businesses require innovative people, who have built an abundance of innovation capital, to win support and resources for their ideas. Of course, the best evidence is you have done it before, and succeeded more often than you failed.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 29, 2019

Market your ideas and expertise early for customer feedback. After a few blogs about your idea, you will know from reader feedback, positive and negative, whether you really have something to offer, before you spend big money on it. Blogging is a good hub for all your social media outreach.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 28, 2018

Many of us learned about substitute products in undergrad economics courses. My partner Greg Bettinelli gave me the idea for the title of this post because he ran a breakout session at the Upfront Summit titled “How to Out Amazon, Amazon.” Here are some ideas of what I believe matters. What is it, really?

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 29, 2018

Of course, their answer is that the second intends to get to market faster, but every engine has limits regardless the fuel applied. Use social media for early marketing. Social media is not rocket science. It’s why most investors proclaim that they invest in people, more than the idea.

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Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 22, 2013

The mobile app and website that allows people to capture and share images and videos of events through social media. One of our teachers was teaching new media and it was really inspiring. We came up with an idea for an app and around that time we met with Chris. The idea is great and has been working very well.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 7, 2019

65 percent of online users aged 50-64 use social media now, and the growth rate continues to increase. Social networking penetration by Boomers has now caught up with the other age groups, reaching about 80% across the board. In terms of job creation, innovation, and productivity, entrepreneurs drive growth.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 14, 2018

With interactive social media and video everywhere, everyone needs to feel they have a relationship with their leaders, and every brand needs leader personification for customers to relate. Keeping it simple is the best course. The days of leadership without engagement are gone. Never be too busy to talk to real customers.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 4, 2020

I’m sure you have all seen entrepreneurs and startups with great ideas that never seem to live up to their potential, while others with more mundane solutions seem to take off quickly and never slow down. We all need to see progress toward a goal to keep us motived and focused.

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