Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 22, 2021

Proof of any business model starts with a finished product or solution, sold to a new customer for full price, with high satisfaction for the value received. Of course, that has be a repeatable event, with enough revenue to sustain the business. No matter how good your cause, it takes real money to sustain a business.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 27, 2023

Of course, margin and profitability are important, but must be committed to adding more value to the lives of your clients, and making the world a better place. Measure progress through metrics on sales, revenue, and penetration. Seek customer feedback on ways to improve value and satisfaction.

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Customer Custom Marketing Startup 91

Berkonomics

MARCH 31, 2016

We can invent lots of metrics to measure progress for a leader, including revenue, profit, employee satisfaction, cost containment, percentage of available market, and more. There are many roads to Rio, so they say. But there is one overwhelming method of appraising the effectiveness of a business leader.

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Resource Satisfaction Metrics Course 120

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 1, 2021

Of course, any highly emotional and unmanaged conflict can certainly lead to chaos and a dysfunctional organization. After-the-fact communication and documentation are also important, with a clearly defined resolution, follow-on action plan, and metrics to assess progress.

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Activity Organization Examples Satisfaction 145

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 18, 2023

To compensate, every visionary entrepreneur needs to find a partner who gets great satisfaction from results, and loves the discipline of making things happen on a day-to-day basis. Of course, many will argue that the visionary entrepreneurs can simply fix their shortcomings, and thus save resources by satisfying both roles.

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Startup Ideas Organization Entrepreneur 82

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 18, 2019

Of course, skills in decision-making are not enough alone to make a great entrepreneurial leader. Proactively sets metrics and track goals. Work on the right characteristics, and think hard about those five key pivotal decisions that can make or break your satisfaction and your legacy. Willing to question assumptions and adapt.

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Entrepreneur Ideas Framework Tips 122

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 17, 2020

To compensate, every visionary entrepreneur needs to find a partner who gets great satisfaction from results, and loves the discipline of making things happen on a day-to-day basis. Of course, many will argue that the visionary entrepreneurs can simply fix their shortcomings, and thus save resources by satisfying both roles.

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Startup Ideas Organization Entrepreneur 131

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 27, 2019

Of course, it’s never quite that simple, but I really like the authors outline of the six key building blocks that have driven Amazon growth since their early days, to keep their current market value hovering around a trillion dollars. Incorporate AI-powered data and metrics systems. Jeff Bezos has kept his focus on customers.

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Marketing Technical Review Customer Custom 123

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 10, 2019

Of course, nothing is totally free, and I have heard the horror stories of relatively small companies finding thirty or more employees spending most of their time scanning and using social media for promotions, or engaging high-priced consultants who never seem to be able to show any real return for all of their efforts.

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Social Media Media Tool Startup 99

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 3, 2015

The best part of being an entrepreneur is having the independence to make your own decisions, the flexibility for a better work/life balance, and personal satisfaction from driving change. Data – Define a handful of key metrics to free you from managing personalities, egos, subjective issues, emotions, and intangibles.

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Entrepreneur Search Engine Optimization Satisfaction Social Media 111

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 2, 2015

Creating an innovative new business is guaranteed to test your skills, patience and determination, and you need to derive satisfaction from the journey, as well as the destination. Make sure there are metrics for problem counts, resolution time and revenue impact. Remember the old adage that you get what you pay for. It never ends.

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Startup Entrepreneur Satisfaction Metrics 100

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 20, 2015

Proof of any business model starts with a finished product or solution, sold to a new customer for full price, with high satisfaction for the value received. Of course, that has be a repeatable event, with enough revenue to sustain the business. No matter how good your cause, it takes real money to sustain a business.

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Startup Sales Customer Custom 107

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. Things that are not measured cannot be managed. Identify team champions to drive initiatives and processes.

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Startup Organization Customer Custom 62

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 4, 2016

The best part of being an entrepreneur is having the independence to make your own decisions, the flexibility for a better work/life balance, and personal satisfaction from driving change. Data – Define a handful of key metrics to free you from managing personalities, egos, subjective issues, emotions, and intangibles.

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Search Engine Optimization Satisfaction Entrepreneur Social Media 55

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 5, 2015

Of course, skills in decision-making are not enough alone to make a great entrepreneurial leader. Proactively sets metrics and track goals. Work on the right characteristics, and think hard about those five key pivotal decisions that can make or break your satisfaction and your legacy. Willing to question assumptions and adapt.

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Entrepreneur Ideas Framework Tips 103

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 28, 2018

Of course, skills in decision-making are not enough alone to make a great entrepreneurial leader. Proactively sets metrics and track goals. Work on the right characteristics, and think hard about those five key pivotal decisions that can make or break your satisfaction and your legacy. Willing to question assumptions and adapt.

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Ideas Entrepreneur Framework Tips 66

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 1, 2014

Of course, skills in decision-making are not enough alone to make a great entrepreneurial leader. Proactively sets metrics and track goals. Work on the right characteristics, and think hard about those five key pivotal decisions that can make or break your satisfaction and your legacy. Willing to question assumptions and adapt.

Entrepreneur 111

Entrepreneur Ideas Framework Tips 111

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 17, 2015

To compensate, every visionary entrepreneur needs to find a partner who gets great satisfaction from results, and loves the discipline of making things happen on a day-to-day basis. Of course, many will argue that the visionary entrepreneurs can simply fix their shortcomings, and thus save resources by satisfying both roles.

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Startup Ideas Organization Entrepreneur 99

InfoChachkie

JANUARY 16, 2018

Semick: We’re a very metrics driven company, and we have been from the beginning. Metrics related to customer acquisition, lifetime value and churn. We’re transparent with our employees about these metrics and where the company stands with monthly marketing and sales goals. Of course there are risks.

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Venture Capital Entrepreneur Santa Barbara SaaS 115

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 18, 2016

To compensate, every visionary entrepreneur needs to find a partner who gets great satisfaction from results, and loves the discipline of making things happen on a day-to-day basis. Of course, many will argue that the visionary entrepreneurs can simply fix their shortcomings, and thus save resources by satisfying both roles.

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Startup Entrepreneur Ideas Organization 55

Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 10, 2013

And of course, product managers relay the abstract to the engineering teams to ensure the delivered product is, what it was planned to be. Jen’s list of responsibilities continues: Executive meetings, weekly sprints, bug fixes, and of course ensuring feedback is collected. They fill the roles of moraler and supervisor.

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Product Fandango Design Startup 87

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 9, 2022

Of course, at all levels of an organization or business, there are opportunities for accountability that can make or break your career or your leadership perception in the eyes of others. Setting your own metrics, and measuring yourself , will facilitate accountability. Communicate ongoing needs and changes early.

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Activity Organization Mentor Training 109

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 13, 2022

Of course, my years of experience in business gives me insights that you might not yet have, but I’ve found that the major value from coaching comes from getting you into the right mindset. Track your progress with frequent milestones, metrics, and physically checking things off the list. Change your “nots” to “not yets.”

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