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5 Priorities For New Business Leader Self-Development

Startup Professionals Musings

It should convince you that no matter how much you know about technology, leading a team, as well as vendors and customers, is a whole new challenge. That means constantly seeking feedback, taking time for relevant seminars and guidance, and looking for positive changes in the organization.

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Sharpen your business vision!

Berkonomics

It serves as the rallying cry for future employees, investors, customers, and suppliers. For the rest of you who want to change the world, let me repeat using different words: vision is everything. A great vision for a new enterprise drives innovation.

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Vision for your future success is EVERYTHING!

Berkonomics

It serves as the rallying cry for future employees, investors, customers and suppliers. Years ago, as a panelist at an entrepreneurial seminar, I watched as over fifty aspiring young entrepreneurs filed past a microphone, each tasked with making a thirty second pitch to the panelists of professional investors.

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Why Your Startup Needs a Sales Methodology

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I did have the wherewithal to visit potential customers and try to understand the pain points that I thought could be solved with our solution. Steve Blank calls this “ customer development ” in which you built an initial product that is in search of “product / market fit.” This answers the question of “why buy anything?”

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6 Incentives To Master The Art Of Marketing Yourself

Startup Professionals Musings

Beyond the fear, many really don’t get the value of being willing and able to communicate effectively with team members, investors, customers, and a myriad of other support people, both one-on-one and one-to-many. As your company grows, you have to host customer seminars.

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How to Sell Your Roadmap Without Selling Your Soul

Both Sides of the Table

This post is about how to work with your largest customers when you’re an early-stage software company and about how you can increase your margins by selling your roadmap. For starters as a young enterprise software company you need to think about the customer segments you serve. One way of slicing customer segments is by size.

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6 Tips to Boost Workforce Engagement and Motivation

Startup Professionals Musings

I found many more helpful suggestions in a new book, “ The Culture Question ,” by Randy Grieser, Eric Stutzman, Wendy Loewen, and Michael Labun, who have spent years providing leadership and professional development training to companies around the world. Ask for help in eliminating useless tasks. Proactively provide support and training.

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