Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 3, 2018

It may not be as sexy, but starting a new business which builds on an existing technology or business model is usually less risky than introducing that ultimate new disruptive technology. Many of the major business successes started this way. Many of the major business successes started this way.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 1, 2021

To get you started on the right foot, here are the key principles that I see most often working: Make the resolution a part of a larger process. It’s up to you as a leader to understand and be able to explain all sides of an issue. Before you get too deep into an issue, make sure all parties understand the total process.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 24, 2015

As a startup investor, I often see business proposals looking for funding that really look like expensive hobbies looking for donations. This is the first business process that every startup needs, that I wouldn’t expect to find for a hobby. Managing to specific goals, priorities, and a plan. Solution development and delivery.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 21, 2016

It may not be as sexy, but starting a new business which builds on an existing technology or business model is usually less risky than introducing that ultimate new disruptive technology. Many of the major business successes started this way. Many of the major business successes started this way.

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Technology Startup Study Research 57

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 28, 2016

As a startup investor, I often see business proposals looking for funding that really look like expensive hobbies looking for donations. This is the first business process that every startup needs, that I wouldn’t expect to find for a hobby. Managing to specific goals, priorities, and a plan. Solution development and delivery.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 3, 2015

The best part of being an entrepreneur is having the independence to make your own decisions, the flexibility for a better work/life balance, and personal satisfaction from driving change. You don’t have enough control over your time, investors, the market, or your startup. Each must be documented clearly and refined regularly.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 10, 2018

We have all heard how messages change, when passed up or down the line, even without any politics or personal agendas. Market changes happen rapidly and regularly these days, requiring a realignment of skills, processes, and approaches to keep up. You need to hear first-hand what is working well, and what is not delighting customers.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 30, 2014

It may not be as sexy, but starting a new business that builds on an existing technology or business model is usually less risky than introducing that ultimate new disruptive technology. Many of the major business successes started this way. Don’t be intimidated by the negative image that imitation currently has in the startup world.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 4, 2016

The best part of being an entrepreneur is having the independence to make your own decisions, the flexibility for a better work/life balance, and personal satisfaction from driving change. You don’t have enough control over your time, investors, the market, or your startup. Each must be documented clearly and refined regularly.

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Search Engine Optimization Satisfaction Entrepreneur Social Media 55

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 6, 2021

It’s important to define your growth strategy, document it, communicate it to your team, and align metrics and employee rewards to target goals. Your long-term success and satisfaction depends on it. Build a strong employee culture focused on growth. Marty Zwilling First published on Inc.com on 12/22/2020.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 9, 2022

In any business, accountability ideally starts at the top. Document plans and progress, with checkpoints. Accountability requires that you manage your own efforts, as well as keep others up to speed. Setting your own metrics, and measuring yourself , will facilitate accountability. Don’t pretend or actually be the victim.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 14, 2016

Start each day with the highest priority task you need done that day, and leave the emails and phone calls till the end of the day, if you have time. Incorporate your business today, register intellectual property, document partner equity agreements, and meet real customers. Define clear goals and metrics for your productivity.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 10, 2017

In my experience advising startups, I have found that the invention is usually the easy part, and the hard part is turning the invention into a business. Too many inventors I know spend their six years or more perfecting the product, and give up in desperation if the business doesn’t then take off overnight.

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