Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 15, 2022

Some entrepreneurs love to talk and produce videos, but hate to write anything down. There is no substitute for experience and trained skills in the business area you are attacking. Others send investors email and business plans in all uppercase or no punctuation. Effective communication requires real listening, as well as talking.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

Crisis mode hires too often get done without due consideration for strategic fit, training requirements, and cultural considerations. I recommend a thirty to ninety-day trial period, defined in writing, where either party can terminate the relationship without recourse. Hiring before organizational structure is defined.

Organization 104

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 2, 2010

As a tech startup grows it needs to develop more process & management if it is to scale. But to effectively scale a sales team you need to codify it, train your sales teams, monitor results, refine your messages and then refine the training / rollout to your teams. I call this “arming & aiming&# your salesforce.

Sales 289

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 26, 2013

I think many board members (including VCs) were trained 10+ years ago when life was very different and their advice often comes from an outdated lens. I will add to this as I write more in the coming weeks on the topic. Journalists don’t often write stories that talk about, “This cool new company I met at a conference.”

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Startup Funding News Press 355

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 18, 2019

Formally, that’s called developing and maintaining a strategic plan. Usually that means writing something down, since it’s hard to maintain something, or track yourself against it, if it’s not written down. Education and training roadblocks. Does your dream require additional time and money for training or academic credentials?

Startup 94

Startup Resource Training Ideas 94

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 13, 2020

If you have a software development background like mine, I’m sure you often get questions about when to outsource, versus building the solution in-house. Outsourcing is defined as contracting the work to another company, usually located in a developing country, like India, China, or Eastern Europe.

Outsource Development 122

Outsource Development Outsource Software Review Technical Review 122

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 10, 2012

When I started my first tech company in 1999 I had pretty good tech chops and had led teams but had very little exposure to many other things that matter in a startup including sales, marketing & business development. Persuading a journalist to write about you rather than the 1,000 other companies bugging them. I talked too much.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 4, 2020

Crisis mode hires too often get done without due consideration for strategic fit, training requirements, and cultural considerations. I recommend a thirty to ninety-day trial period, defined in writing, where either party can terminate the relationship without recourse. Hiring before organizational structure is defined.

Organization 135

Organization Satisfaction Entrepreneur Screening 135

Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 14, 2011

Journalists write stories that have an appeal to readers whether the accusations have merit or not. Journalists aren’t going to write about you all the time unless you’re Facebook. Use it as an excuse to get a journalist to write about you. Develop Trusted Advisors. Get Media Training. What a shame.&#.

Startup 329

Startup Press Training Media 329

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 13, 2020

Some entrepreneurs love to talk and produce videos, but hate to write anything down. There is no substitute for experience and trained skills in the business area you are attacking. Others send investors email and business plans in all uppercase or no punctuation. Effective communication requires real listening, as well as talking.

Entrepreneur 126

Entrepreneur Social Media Patents Mentor 126

Eric Greenspan

APRIL 11, 2019

Focus on the work, development, the achievements and the ride, and maybe, although unlikely, you’ll stand in one of those circles one day. Mine is writing this blog post, indirectly. Added after posting… My son Jacob just called me while I was writing this post. What’s yours? You can see it in their eyes.

Writing 179

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socalTECH

JUNE 8, 2011

Our project manager, a couple of our advisors, and a couple of our sales people, our head of business development--we're all from Active. Our clients who work with us, have access to about 15 hours of webinar-based, daily deals training. By working with us, we give them the training to execute better.

Platform 263

Platform Training Software Review Advertising 263

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 31, 2022

Thus, if you are like me, with no real background or experience in public speaking, I encourage you to start early with some traditional training, like a Dale Carnegie course, or read a good book on the subject, like the classic one by successful businesswoman and speaker Jan Yager, Ph.D., “ The Fast Track Guide to Speaking in Public.”

Marketing 113

Marketing Entrepreneur Customer Custom 113

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 21, 2016

70% Team, 30% Market I also talk often about how much the team plays a critical role in my decision backing an A-round company because so much changes as a company develops. As leaders we intuitively know that while basic skills in math, science, reading & writing are necessary — they are not sufficient.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 1, 2015

Formally, that’s called developing and maintaining a strategic plan. Usually that means writing something down, since it’s hard to maintain something, or track yourself against it, if it’s not written down. Education and training roadblocks. Does your dream require additional time and money for training or academic credentials?

Startup 109

Startup Resource Training Ideas 109

Tech Zulu Event

APRIL 23, 2013

The fitness professional network develops business tools that make it easier for fitness professionals to run their businesses and keep their clients engaged between training sessions. We knew there’s a better personal training experience to be had, so we set out to create one. We just found this hole in the fitness industry.

Social Network 92

Social Network Networking Training Summary 92

TechCrunch LA

MARCH 31, 2021

Tech companies have spent the past decade or more developing innovations that can be applied to old-world industries like agriculture, construction, energy, education, manufacturing and transportation and logistics. A Biden presidency doesn’t need a Green New Deal to make progress on climate change. ” Climate resiliency .

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TechCrunch LA

APRIL 7, 2019

Let AI write the script. The choice of audio came as a natural step given the team’s experience with natural language processing, but the startup also welcomes the chance to develop new devices for more lifelike journeys. For one, it needs a lot of technical talent to train Morpheus with screenplay data.

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socalTECH

APRIL 30, 2009

Fonality, which is a venture-backed developer of PBX software used for replacing corporate phony systems, is in the midst of its own version of an employee morale-booster: training for the "Fonality Fight Club" and a competition refereed by martial arts expert Chris Reilly, who regularly trains fighters for the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC).

Culver City 140

Culver City Startup Training Class 140

socalTECH

MARCH 2, 2020

Croquet is developing software for collaborative applications, which has applications in virtual worlds and augmented and virtual reality. The big win is, first of all, since it looks like a single computer to the developer, they just have to program their software as a single computer. It's all on the client side.

Platform 168

Platform Startup Examples Web 168

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 18, 2019

When those megastores started closing, I saw the writing on the wall, and handed Branson back his keys, and set up a digital agency to do for other companies, what we had been doing for Branson. Cricket Wireless had us design, develop, and operate that platform, which was one of the first subscription music services built into your home.

Startup 113

Startup Artificial Inteligence Content Platform 113

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 30, 2017

Formally, that’s called developing and maintaining a strategic plan. Usually that means writing something down, since it’s hard to maintain something, or track yourself against it, if it’s not written down. Education and training roadblocks. Does your dream require additional time and money for training or academic credentials?

Startup 57

Startup Resource Training Ideas 57

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 4, 2014

Develop your business plan. Write down the key elements of your business plan very early, and keep it current as things evolve. Product development process. At this stage, you should start recruiting, hiring, paying, and training others to help you run your business. Manage human resources. Customer service and support.

Startup 107

Startup Outsource Development Training Outsource 107

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 27, 2019

In addition, like an entrepreneur with a new business, you have to factor in all the indirect costs previously covered by employers, including training, health care, and time off for vacations. Here are some key strategies that I recommend to every worker today: Develop and highlight your competitive differentiation.

Startup 98

Startup Outsource Development Competition Social Media 98

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 18, 2019

When those megastores started closing, I saw the writing on the wall, and handed Branson back his keys, and set up a digital agency to do for other companies, what we had been doing for Branson. Cricket Wireless had us design, develop, and operate that platform, which was one of the first subscription music services built into your home.

Startup 100

Startup Content Platform Artificial Inteligence 100

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 4, 2013

Formally, that’s called developing and maintaining a strategic plan. Usually that means writing something down, since it’s hard to maintain something, or track yourself against it, if it’s not written down. Education and training roadblocks. Does your dream require additional time and money for training or academic credentials?

Entrepreneur 97

Entrepreneur Startup Resource Training 97

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 7, 2011

Even when your startup is a one-man show, you will soon find that you are “out of control,” unless you start organizing and writing down how and when key things need to get done. Develop your business plan. Write down the key elements of your business plan very early, and keep it current as things evolve. Manage human resources.

Startup 102

Startup Outsource Development Writing Training 102

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 5, 2012

Formally, that’s called developing and maintaining a strategic plan. Usually that means writing something down, since it’s hard to maintain something, or track yourself against it, if it’s not written down. Education and training roadblocks. Does your dream require additional time and money for training or academic credentials?

Entrepreneur 106

Entrepreneur Startup Resource Training 106

Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 22, 2012

It also distributed over 800,000 training and certification vouchers in the US as part of Elevate America – a program providing Americans with free technology training and certification to help them find jobs. Microsoft donated over $504 million worth of software to 43,650 organizations worldwide in 2010.

Writing 88

Writing Training Email .Net 88

InfoChachkie

FEBRUARY 8, 2011

We have never been in a hurry to make something happen more quickly than it was supposed to – there has been no reason to take on investors or enter new markets that we can’t develop on our own profits and initiative.”. 1) I know that one of lynda.com’s current initiatives is corporate-wide training.

Entrepreneur 245

Entrepreneur Training Startup Web 245

InfoChachkie

FEBRUARY 8, 2011

We have never been in a hurry to make something happen more quickly than it was supposed to – there has been no reason to take on investors or enter new markets that we can’t develop on our own profits and initiative.”. 1) I know that one of lynda.com’s current initiatives is corporate-wide training.

Entrepreneur 245

Entrepreneur Training Startup Web 245

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 1, 2010

Even when your startup is a one-man show, you will soon find that you are “out of control,” unless you start organizing and writing down how and when key things need to get done. Develop your business plan. Write down the key elements of your business plan very early, and keep it current as things evolve. Manage human resources.

Startup 95

Startup Outsource Development Writing Training 95

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 30, 2012

In all cases, don’t skip the basic training. then you can start writing a recipe. Develop metrics with which to measure yourself and use these to incrementally expand and improve your offering as fast as the market and capital will allow. validate your business model) Continuous improvement. Don’t stand still.

Startup 96

Startup Writing Metrics Marketing 96

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 5, 2011

I had never had any sales training so everything we did for the first couple of years was instinctual. I’ve started writing up some of those sales & marketing lessons and I plan to continue to build that section out over time. We focused together on improving our sales methodology, our training and our comp plans.

Sales 316

Sales Startup Pricing Customer 316

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 31, 2013

Develop your business plan. Write down the key elements of your business plan very early, and keep it current as things evolve. Product development process. At this stage, you should start recruiting, hiring, paying, and training others to help you run your business. Manage human resources. Customer service and support.

Outsource Development 92

Outsource Development Training Outsource Metrics 92

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 8, 2014

If you have a software development background like mine, Im sure you often get questions about when to outsource, versus building the solution in-house. Outsourcing is defined as contracting the work to another company, usually located in a developing country, like India, China, or Eastern Europe.

Outsource Development 95

Outsource Development Outsource Offshore Software Review 95

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 28, 2019

Thus, if you are like me, with no real background or experience in public speaking, I encourage you to start early with some traditional training, like a Dale Carnegie course, or read a good book on the subject, like the classic one by successful businesswoman and speaker Jan Yager, Ph.D., “ The Fast Track Guide to Speaking in Public.”

Entrepreneur 87

Entrepreneur Customer Custom Guide 87