Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 13, 2023

I believe that a fully engaged team is the key to both productivity and agility in the face of change. In my search for guidance on modern business leadership studies, both scientific and actual case studies, I was impressed with a new book, “ Head and Heart: The Art of Modern Leadership ,” by Dr. Kirstin Ferguson.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 16, 2022

The impact is low employee engagement , low productivity, and ultimately business failure or lack of growth. Burnout occurs for many when your job demands are too many, the hours are too long, and the resources to handle them are too few. Don’t be afraid to ask your team for motivation ideas and strategies.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 21, 2022

That means that starting soon, our doctors, hospitals, eldercare, hospice and even death care systems are going to face unprecedented demand. Autos for drivers: Waning market demand. These shifts are independent of technology innovations, but certainly will drive the application of key product developments.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 30, 2022

Early-stage entrepreneurs rightly keep their focus on creating an innovative product or service. According to one study a decade ago, only 45% of founders plan to exit after stage one, and my guess is that less than half the remainder survive the next stage in their own company. Switch your attention from product development to sales.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 22, 2021

Look for real problems to solve, like losing weight, staying healthy, or gaps in a popular product line. Today it more often means a “trusted friend” who seems real, visible, and doesn’t “push” products. Even more valuable are success case studies and testimonials. Position yourself as an expert. Automate to the max.

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TechCrunch LA

OCTOBER 7, 2021

Women have made great inroads into the tech world in recent years, but there remains a long way to go before we reach a truly equitable state of affairs in workforce numbers, remuneration and product development. That number is expected to double to 500 next year, Schwab said.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 21, 2014

You’d imagine that companies selling tons of shelfware would quickly meet their deserved fate in the market, yet the spin around a category of software can fool buyers into thinking they “must have this product to compete.” ROI studies were published. How frequently they’re using the product?

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 19, 2021

One of the reasons it’s so tough is that the rules are constantly changing on what it takes to win over customers, as customer attitudes and cultures change, and competitors continually strive to “raise the bar” on product and support. Without the feedback, no change in the demand space will be noted.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

In other words, how do you recognize the challenges that really need your leadership , versus the less critical demands that seem to always bubble to the top? Meetings with your team seem to be non-productive. A healthy team culture is another key driver for growth and winning. That’s a payback you can’t afford to ignore.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 12, 2022

This contextual focus is critical to innovation and survival – the right product at the right time. Failure rates this high demand a new mindset and startups are the logical place for this to happen. The ultimate skills, which lead to innovation and totally new processes, usually come from experimentation and special studies.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 8, 2022

In a famous Harvard study of 212 new ventures a few years ago, USC professor Noam Wasserman found that half the founders were no longer at the helm after three years, and over time 80% were forced out. Don’t wait for the harsh reality of the demanding business world to start thinking about these tradeoffs.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 24, 2020

According to studies , the alternative of acquiring new customers still costs you five to seven times more than retaining existing ones. They don’t realize how much it costs in time and money to get there, and only one out of a hundred large consumer product companies around the world have ever made it.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 9, 2022

Nevertheless, there is nothing wrong with studying and learning from the wisdom and experience of others. The next phase of evolution will demand device independence, enabling an uninterrupted computing experience as we move from device to device throughout our daily lives. Cloud Computing.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 13, 2013

It’s what I call “ the evangelical phase ” of a company in which you’re out trying to persuade customers that a product you’ve designed is going to meet their needs better than other solutions on the market. Invariably your first efforts at product won’t quite hit the mark – and this is OK. question in sales.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 28, 2021

Thus I was pleased to see my own insights covered in a new book, “ Why Startups Fail ,” by Tom Eisenmann, a Harvard Business School professor, who has mentored many more entrepreneurs, and authored more than a hundred HBS case studies from real-world startups. Mergers and acquisitions also require new skills.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 19, 2022

Based on a classic study by the Wharton School of Business , in a survey of 11,000 MBA graduates over many years, those running their own businesses ranked themselves happier than all other professions, regardless of how much money they made. People see you as great for demanding customers and team bonding.

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InfoChachkie

OCTOBER 20, 2014

Instead of a traditional business school''s case study and textbook approach, UCSB''s Technology Management Program (TMP) emphasizes experiential learning. Unlike most university programs that are over architected and underfunded, the TMP evolved organically, based on the demands of its students and input from the local community.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 28, 2020

You must never stop looking for ways to get more traction with fewer personal hours, and more productivity, efficiency, and momentum from the team. In my view, it’s really unfortunate that most employees in business are still paid by the hour, regardless of their productivity. Prioritize all your time spent using the 80/20 rule.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 25, 2016

So when Sam Rosen came to me with the idea of disrupting storage with a product that is priced cheaper than existing incumbents and he could build a product that is a better service I was intrigued. The metrics were good but we wondered how much better they would be when we expanded our product.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 3, 2018

He went to college to study art and design. But 10 years ago with the financial crisis he could no longer afford to study. Ramiro was demanding one thing?—?“visibility.” They brought children and demanded one thing?—?education: He started living out of his car?—?too He painted in cleaners and gardeners and nannies.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 16, 2019

That means that starting soon, our doctors, hospitals, eldercare, hospice and even death care systems are going to face unprecedented demand. Autos for drivers: Waning market demand. These shifts are independent of technology innovations, but certainly will drive the application of key product developments.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 22, 2010

He stood up, grabbed the mic and gave a heartfelt overview of his experiences in experimenting with new technologies to build relationships with his audience, get feedback on his product quality and to market his music all the way to the top of iTunes. He studied the errors that other people had made and tried to improve on them.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 5, 2019

Look for real problems to solve, like losing weight, staying healthy, or gaps in a popular product line. Today it more often means a “trusted friend” who seems real, visible, and doesn’t “push” products. Even more valuable are success case studies and testimonials. Position yourself as an expert. Automate to the max.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 27, 2020

Based on a classic study by the Wharton School of Business , in a survey of 11,000 MBA graduates over many years, those running their own businesses ranked themselves happier than all other professions, regardless of how much money they made. People see you as great for demanding customers and team bonding.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 1, 2019

Early-stage entrepreneurs rightly keep their focus on creating an innovative product or service. According to one study a while back, only 45% of founders plan to exit after stage one, and my guess is that less than half the remainder survive the next stage in their own company. Switch your attention from product development to sales.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 12, 2021

Although the major crowd funding sites today, including Kickstarter and Indiegogo , don’t technically require a business plan, they do demand essentially the same information in a project format. There is no substitute for knowing your customers first hand, and iterating on a minimum viable product to find the most marketable solution.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 24, 2020

For example, if I need help with product installation or customization, I don’t want to see someone who is clearly new to this role or inexperienced. According to a recent MIT study , the true costs of employees are typically in the 1.25 In addition, you can reduce to soft costs of mentoring, relationship building, and socializing.

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socalTECH

APRIL 15, 2019

How is this different from the many other on-demand, last mile transportation companies out there? We really think that an exciting product that riders like to ride, and getting the business model to work, and keeping vehicles out there by having swappable batteries, will drive the costs down. Josh Viner: We're different in two ways.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 4, 2010

Let me start with Professor Christensen’s definition: “An innovation that is disruptive allows a whole new population of consumers access to a product or service that was historically only accessible to consumers with a lot of money or a lot of skill.&#. They offered a product that didn’t even try to compare with Siebel.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 11, 2016

Look for real problems to solve, like losing weight, staying healthy, or gaps in a popular product line. Today it more often means a “trusted friend” who seems real, visible, and doesn’t “push” products. Even more valuable are success case studies and testimonials. Position yourself as an expert. Automate to the max.

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InfoChachkie

MARCH 21, 2019

Realizing the supportive linings represented a stand-alone product, Ida and Enid began giving away one bra for each dress purchased. Products such as the Symington Side Lacer were designed to flattened women’s breasts. Products such as the Symington Side Lacer were designed to flattened women’s breasts. Go Against The Flow.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 30, 2019

For example, if you and your company profess and live a commitment to environmental sustainability, like Patagonia, you will only add products that won’t harm the environment, even if other options appear to be available for a lower cost or quick availability. Courage is being able to live these values, and stick with them.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 10, 2019

In a famous Harvard study of 212 new ventures a few years ago, USC professor Noam Wasserman found that half the founders were no longer at the helm after three years, and over time 80% were forced out. Don’t wait for the harsh reality of the demanding business world to start thinking about these tradeoffs.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 10, 2015

The good news is that none of these need be mutually exclusive, according to recent studies of market trends. By demand, entrepreneurs are crisis managers, and can be busy reacting 24 hours a day to urgent short-term issues. Apply the same high bar to product quality, employee satisfaction, social responsibilities and customer service.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 12, 2019

This contextual focus is critical to innovation and survival – the right product at the right time. Failure rates this high demand a new mindset and startups are the logical place for this to happen. The ultimate skills, which lead to innovation and totally new processes, usually come from experimentation and special studies.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 17, 2013

So what happens when production is reduced by 99% and distribution bends to infinity? Video production & distribution is becoming much more programatic. That would be like selling physical consumer products and deciding not to sell at Walmart. That is the definition of Disruptive Technology. MSN & AOL.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 18, 2015

Successful entrepreneurs must never stop looking for ways to improve their own productivity, as well as the efficiency and momentum of the team. In fact, new studies show more results come from peer and non-cash recognition. Perfection is not an affordable target in product development, sales or customer support.

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