Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 5, 2020

Customer expectations of a relationship and personalization are stretching every business today, and pervasive use and confidence in social media by customers can override all your image building and marketing messages. Supplement this feedback with more formal modern satisfaction surveys, like the Net Promoter Score.

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Customer Custom Social Media Startup 133

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 18, 2021

Begin with the end in mind - your definition of success based on your principles. You won’t be effective centering your life around someone else’s view of success, satisfaction, and happiness. Many entrepreneurs, especially technologists, relish building the product, and assume the business will build itself.

Startup 148

Startup Entrepreneur Social Media Social Network 148

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 8, 2012

For example, non-computer types should consider delegating their social media, website, and SEO activities. Set a definite task completion date and a follow-up system. It will inspire loyalty, provide real satisfaction for work done, and become the basis for mentoring and performance reviews. Listen and observe.

Entrepreneur 96

Entrepreneur Product Startup SEO 96

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 19, 2015

I believe the days of the “job work” mentality are thankfully waning, with more people looking to get satisfaction by making the world a better place, rather than just tolerating brain-numbing work to fund enjoyment elsewhere. Social media is a boon for entrepreneurs and startups. Women are a growing force as entrepreneurs.

Startup 108

Startup Social Media Entrepreneur Satisfaction 108

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 26, 2013

I believe the days of the “job work” mentality are thankfully waning, with more people looking to get satisfaction by making the world a better place, rather than just tolerating brain-numbing work to fund enjoyment elsewhere. Social media is a boon for entrepreneurs and startups. Women are a growing force as entrepreneurs.

Startup 109

Startup Entrepreneur Social Media Satisfaction 109

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 3, 2019

Start the product design process by thinking about what a historian in the future would look back on as the one big thing that changed everything. This idea helps to distill down the most important things to make or sell in a product. Amazon uses this technique internally for all new product design efforts. Marty Zwilling.

Startup 105

Startup Outsource Development Entrepreneur Ideas 105

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 21, 2018

I believe the days of the “job work” mentality are thankfully waning, with more people looking to get satisfaction by making the world a better place, rather than just tolerating brain-numbing work to fund enjoyment elsewhere. Social media is a boon for entrepreneurs and startups. Women are a growing force as entrepreneurs.

Entrepreneur 66

Entrepreneur Startup Social Media Satisfaction 66

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 17, 2015

Begin with the end in mind - your definition of success based on your principles. You won’t be effective centering your life around someone else’s view of success, satisfaction, and happiness. Many entrepreneurs, especially technologists, relish building the product, and assume the business will build itself.

Entrepreneur 117

Entrepreneur Startup Social Media Social Network 117

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 19, 2013

The confidence, energy, passion and humor that are hallmarks of Jonathan became muted in the pressures of needing to show financial successes to match one’s enormous product vision and ambitions. His vision for social analytics and tracking the conversion funnel was better than any I had heard at the time (or since).

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Startup Technical Review Product Blogging 303

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 28, 2013

Since the days of Henry Ford, mass production has been the Holy Grail of business, rather than build-to-order. In summary, all of these steps are really about rethinking the definition of “employee engagement.” These perspectives evolved through the age of mass production. Leverage the game changers to gain the speed you need.

Startup 88

Startup Cloud Computing Customer Custom 88

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 4, 2011

Since the days of Henry Ford, mass production has been the Holy Grail of business, rather than build-to-order. In summary, all of these steps are really about rethinking the definition of “employee engagement.” These perspectives evolved through the age of mass production. Leverage the game changers to gain the speed you need.

Startup 105

Startup Cloud Computing Customer Custom 105

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 29, 2018

Begin with the end in mind - your definition of success based on your principles. You won’t be effective centering your life around someone else’s view of success, satisfaction, and happiness. Many entrepreneurs, especially technologists, relish building the product, and assume the business will build itself.

Startup 51

Startup Entrepreneur Social Media Social Network 51

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 23, 2016

Start the product design process by thinking about what a historian in the future would look back on as the one big thing that changed everything. This idea helps to distill down the most important things to make or sell in a product. Amazon uses this technique internally for all new product design efforts. Marty Zwilling.

Startup 57

Startup Outsource Development Entrepreneur Ideas 57

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 20, 2016

Begin with the end in mind - your definition of success based on your principles. You won’t be effective centering your life around someone else’s view of success, satisfaction, and happiness. Many entrepreneurs, especially technologists, relish building the product, and assume the business will build itself.

Startup 61

Startup Entrepreneur Social Media Social Network 61

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 11, 2010

For example, non-computer types should consider delegating their social media, website, and SEO activities. Set a definite task completion date and a follow-up system. It will inspire loyalty, provide real satisfaction for work done, and become the basis for mentoring and performance reviews. Listen and observe.

Entrepreneur 52

Entrepreneur Startup SEO Social Media 52