Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 5, 2013

The best entrepreneurs work on making better time management a top objective. In the beginning, the entrepreneur has to cover all talents, which is made more possible these days by the wealth of information available on the Internet, as well as books and online courses. Treasure – Most entrepreneurs assume that treasure means funding.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 19, 2017

The best entrepreneurs, and the best executives in mature businesses, have learned how to foster both high efficiency and high creativity, in a balance that keeps their business ahead of the pack on both sides of the equation. Business plans should be loose frameworks to be used as guidelines rather than detailed route maps.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 13, 2011

I wrote the summary notes in this blog post. I talked about this in the TWiVC video but I didn’t do a good enough job of writing it up in the summary notes in the post. Use it as a framework for a dialog not a script. That notes only told part of the story. I’m usually itching to just see what you’ve built.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 12, 2014

The starting point of product IS marketing, which is what a lot of young entrepreneurs that never studied business don’t realize. Link has a summary of his argument plus a great video). But being best-in-class at online marketing is also a sine qua non to standout from your peer group.

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SoCal Delicious

JANUARY 9, 2014

Simon Sinek’s Golden Circle framework “People don’t buy what you do, they buy why you do it” Simon Sinek If your customers believe in your mission, then they’ll warm to you and listen to what you offer and how. It takes discipline to stay on track and not lose focus, but it’s a valuable trait that all successful entrepreneurs seem to have.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 29, 2012

He talked in the video about how he finds it helpful in companies to think about practical theory and frameworks for thinking about company strategy. A summary of the show with direct links to a spot you might like to watch is below: 1:00 Welcome everyone to episode 69, season 3 of This Week in Venture Capital. I agree with him.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 15, 2016

Too many entrepreneurs still believe that “if we build it, they will come.” Every entrepreneur needs a strategy, and some metrics to measure what’s working and how much it costs. Every entrepreneur needs to market a brand with something to say, something that stands out and ignites everything the brand does.

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