Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 7, 2019

An entrepreneur is literally “one who creates a new business.” In researching this question, I reviewed a classic book by Bryan Mattimore, “ Idea Stormers: How to Lead and Inspire Creative Breakthroughs ,” which details eight attributes of the most creative people, which seem to match the mindsets of some of the best entrepreneurs I know.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 25, 2015

Much has been written about product design, but designing the total experience from the front rarely happens yet. In a new book, “ X: The Experience When Business Meets Design ,” Brian Solis details how to design the whole experience, rather than just the product. Keep users engaged throughout design and development.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 4, 2017

As a business advisor, I strongly believe that continuous innovation and design thinking are the keys to long-term viability and success. Design thinking” is a methodology used to solve complex challenges, such as the ones faced by every business in today’s rapidly changing and highly competitive environment.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 10, 2022

An entrepreneur is literally “one who creates a new business.” In researching this question, I reviewed a classic book by Bryan Mattimore, “ Idea Stormers: How to Lead and Inspire Creative Breakthroughs ,” which details eight attributes of the most creative people, which seem to match the mindsets of some of the best entrepreneurs I know.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 11, 2015

An entrepreneur is literally “one who creates a new business.” In researching this question, I found a book by Bryan Mattimore, “ Idea Stormers: How to Lead and Inspire Creative Breakthroughs ,” which outlines well eight attributes of the most creative people, which seem to match the mind-sets of some of the best entrepreneurs I know.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 11, 2023

The challenge for every entrepreneur and every business is to understand the pragmatics of identifying and reacting to what their customers love and what they hate. As a popular strategist in the areas of customer experience design and innovation, Webb knows. Add the extra mile to make the experience exceptional.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 15, 2013

Most investors tell me that an A entrepreneur with a B idea is much more fundable than a B entrepreneur with an A idea. This entrepreneur gets out there and actively looks for people who can help make an idea into a business, including potential customers, suppliers, employees, investors, friends and peers. How many do you know?

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 17, 2023

In the world of entrepreneurs and startups, high level relationships are everything. Tommy Spaulding, in his classic book, “ It’s Not Just Who You Know ,” categorizes relationships into five levels, like floors of a building, and identifies the attributes of relationships at the different levels. You can’t start a business alone.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 27, 2012

An entrepreneur is literally “one who creates a new business.” Recently, I was reviewing a new book by Bryan Mattimore, “ Idea Stormers: How to Lead and Inspire Creative Breakthroughs ,” which outlines well eight attributes of the most creative people, which seem to match the mind-sets of some of the best entrepreneurs I know.

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InfoChachkie

JUNE 17, 2013

Performers Are Entrepreneurs. Mike was surprised when I identified him as an entrepreneur. Just like tech entrepreneurs, performers must create something from nothing and then package, position, promote and distribute their product to their fans. “It''s However, the title is apt. their) taxes all figured out.[LAUGHS]

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 16, 2013

For each identified action step, we identify potential candidates and then seek their commitment to produce the result that corresponds to the task. By design, you can change the conversation in the office, at board meetings, and with peers who seem to have gone off track. Conversation for commitment. Conversation for change.

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InfoChachkie

JANUARY 3, 2012

His talk was especially intriguing, as he attended UCSB, but dropped out to start a clothing design company. In this 8-minute video excerpt from his recent talk, Seth describes the practical, hands-on methodology that he uses on a day-to-day basis to identify and vet his entrepreneurial ideas. Chaos By Design. How Resolved? –

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 17, 2021

In reality, “hard work” is just a catch-all term for a list of principles that good entrepreneurs follow, allowing them to work smarter and improve their odds of success. By contrast, Edison made his own good luck and designed a working light bulb after over 1,000 failures. Perseverance on all goals.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 16, 2009

This is part of my new series on what makes an entrepreneur successful. I originally posted it on VentureHacks , one of my favorite websites for entrepreneurs. They spot opportunities that aren’t being met and the design products to meet these needs. If you haven’t spent time over there you should.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 27, 2021

As an advisor to startups and entrepreneurs, I often hear the myth that all new businesses must start with a great idea. I believe the best entrepreneurs start by finding a large opportunity, and only then use good ideas to capitalize on that opportunity. Online sites now advertise customized designs and personal fits.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

The challenge for every entrepreneur and every business is to understand the pragmatics of identifying and reacting to what their customers love and what they hate. As a popular strategist in the areas of customer experience design and innovation, Webb knows. Add the extra mile to make the experience exceptional.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 16, 2012

Most investors tell me that an A entrepreneur with a B idea is much more fundable than a B entrepreneur with an A idea. This entrepreneur gets out there and actively looks for people who can help make an idea into a business, including potential customers, suppliers, employees, investors, friends and peers.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 3, 2022

For each identified action step, we identify potential candidates and then seek their commitment to produce the result that corresponds to the task. By design, you can change the conversation in the office, at board meetings, and with peers who seem to have gone off track. Conversation for commitment. Conversation for change.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 20, 2012

In reality, “hard work” is just a catch-all term for a list of principles that good entrepreneurs follow, allowing them to work smarter and improve their odds of success. By contrast, Edison made his own good luck and designed a working light bulb after over 1,000 failures. Perseverance on all goals.

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InfoChachkie

JUNE 25, 2012

Serial entrepreneur Seth Epstein recently gave a keynote address as part of the University of California at Santa Barbara’s Distinguished Lecture Series. During his inspirational talk, Seth shared six hands-on exercises that entrepreneurs can use to harness their fears. This article originally appeared on Forbes HERE.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 27, 2013

In the world of entrepreneurs and startups, high level relationships are everything. Tommy Spaulding, in his book, “ It’s Not Just Who You Know ,” categorizes relationships into five levels, like floors of a building, and identifies the attributes of relationships at the different levels. You can’t start a business alone.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 20, 2020

In the world of entrepreneurs and startups, high level relationships are everything. Tommy Spaulding, in his classic book, “ It’s Not Just Who You Know ,” categorizes relationships into five levels, like floors of a building, and identifies the attributes of relationships at the different levels. You can’t start a business alone.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 9, 2020

In my own business career, many years as a business advisor, and mentor to aspiring entrepreneurs, I have validated the following strategies to practice and guide you. For example, your quality problem may well have both design as well as manufacturing elements. Fixing only one of these will only lead to more frustration.

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InfoChachkie

SEPTEMBER 15, 2014

For this reason, I encourage my young entrepreneurs to fully understand what they will "make" at their venture, beyond monetary riches. Teachers, like entrepreneurs, work in a heightened emotional state. I am often asked, "John, how do I identify a great startup opportunity?" I make them question. Passionate Problems.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 15, 2011

In reality, “hard work” is just a catch-all term for a list of principles that good entrepreneurs follow, allowing them to work smarter and improve their odds of success. By contrast, Edison made his own good luck and designed a working light bulb after over 1,000 failures. Perseverance on all goals.

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InfoChachkie

JANUARY 8, 2018

Steven Johnson, author of How We Got To Now , analyzes technological breakthroughs, looking for patterns that allow entrepreneurs to identify “How We’ll Get To Tomorrow.” Modern-day entrepreneurs use Evernote, Google Keep, etc. Chaos By Design . A version of this article first appeared in Forbes. How Resolved? –

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 29, 2011

A simple differentiation is that a product plan is designed for internal use, to get the product out. Equally important, marketing and sales people should be able to identify benefits and marketing strategies, set prices, and validate a business model. Don’t get me wrong. It’s definitely positive to have a product plan.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

MARCH 4, 2012

Entrepreneurs identify problems and find ways to solve them. Saturday, March 10, 2012 -- Social Entrepreneurship: Venturing from the Bottom Up. In a typical business, the idea is to do that and make some money. What happens, though, when the problems are big and have social aspects that dont have an obvious revenue source?

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 18, 2017

An entrepreneur is literally “one who creates a new business.” In researching this question, I reviewed a classic book by Bryan Mattimore, “ Idea Stormers: How to Lead and Inspire Creative Breakthroughs ,” which details eight attributes of the most creative people, which seem to match the mindsets of some of the best entrepreneurs I know.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 2, 2016

In my role as a business advisor, I often see well-meaning entrepreneurs try to be everything to everyone, which results in many things done poorly, and few totally delighted customers. The specifics and need for an overall service experience design were driven home to me in a new book, “ Woo, Wow, and Win ,” by Thomas A.

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socalTECH

JUNE 2, 2014

Last month, Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti created a new program, aimed at growing, assisting and sustaining entrepreneurs in Los Angeles. The new "Entrepreneur-in-Residence" program has appointed its first, two, EIRs--Krisztina "Z" Holly and Amir Tehrani.--both I hope we can make some policy recommendations around this.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

APRIL 2, 2010

An understanding of intellectual property is essential to companies, universities, entrepreneurs, researchers and inventors. Anyone involved in innovation--from gene therapy treatments to surfboard designs--needs to know what their IP is and how to protect it.

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Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 18, 2014

The IoT for Cities Summit and Challenge , scheduled for March 10-11, 2015 , in San Francisco will welcome government officials, industry representatives, entrepreneurs, investors and residents to conduct a large-scale listening and idea sharing session. Wearable World, Inc. ,

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 6, 2019

For each identified action step, we identify potential candidates and then seek their commitment to produce the result that corresponds to the task. By design, you can change the conversation in the office, at board meetings, and with peers who seem to have gone off track. Conversation for commitment. Conversation for change.

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Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 15, 2016

Seemingly human chatbots , designed to make people happier in China elicit responses of love and friendship. Tasks with identifiable and measureable criteria, objectives that can be set, for automated completion using feedback techniques will be replaced. And even those you might assume to be innately human are not safe.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 17, 2018

The challenge for every entrepreneur and every business is to understand the pragmatics of identifying and reacting to what their customers love and what they hate. As a popular strategist in the areas of customer experience design and innovation, Webb knows. Add the extra mile to make the experience exceptional.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 2, 2019

A refrain I often hear from technology entrepreneurs to investors is that their product or solution is so innovative that it will cause a “paradigm shift” in the industry. Most other new vehicle designers have suffered a similar fate. Create a compelling long-term change vision with milestones and deliverables.

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