Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 14, 2015

It’s a new age for aspiring entrepreneurs, where anyone with a dream or a hobby should be turning it into a business. Too many entrepreneurs still think plans are for investors, and investors are required to build a startup. Take advantage of social media and free websites for marketing. Both are wrong.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 18, 2015

To build a startup, entrepreneurs need a laser focus on providing an innovative solution to a real problem. Most entrepreneurs dream of achieving the exponential expansion of a Google or Amazon, but few investor pitches I see outline any strategy beyond simple marketing to make this happen. Diamandis and Steven Kotler. Marty Zwilling.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 5, 2017

Here are some key ones that I recommend, based on my experience in business, and my many years as an advisor to entrepreneurs: Choose a name that works across the Internet and the world. Having a website won’t help if customers can’t find it. Use social media to actively engage with your customers.

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socalTECH

APRIL 14, 2010

Obviously, some of this is just about technology--such as search engine optimization--and I think lots of readers are initially finding us through social media and search--but I also think that as the find a channel they are most interested in, they are coming back. Also, we have lots of content.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 14, 2013

Entrepreneurs always work hard to create an innovative product or service, but often count on standard seller marketing for sales. It has to be managed and sold internally as a culture change, requiring everyone’s help. business entrepreneur Kristin Zhivago revenue roadmap startup' Don’t start from how you want to sell.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 7, 2017

Entrepreneurs always work hard to create an innovative product or service, but often count on standard seller marketing for sales. It has to be managed and sold internally as a culture change, requiring everyone’s help. That sounds to me like the recipe for business success that every entrepreneur and investor is looking for.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 21, 2014

Entrepreneurs talk to customers and competitors talk to each other about the new trends and technologies they see. This can help you get in the door when you are ready, and asking questions early will give you insights on investor priorities. Optimize your web history and presence. Pivots can be done gracefully at this point.

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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. The road to business success is filled with challenges and frustrations that most aspiring entrepreneurs never even imagined.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 3, 2012

Entrepreneurs always work hard to create an innovative product or service, but often count on standard seller marketing for sales. It has to be managed and sold internally as a culture change, requiring everyone’s help. But the reality is that sellers are no longer in charge of the customer buying process.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 13, 2016

Entrepreneurs talk to customers and competitors talk to each other about the new trends and technologies they see. This can help you get in the door when you are ready, and asking questions early will give you insights on investor priorities. Optimize your web history and presence. Pivots can be done gracefully at this point.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 27, 2011

Many of the businesses and entrepreneurs I know still don’t realize that they need to use and understand the Internet, even if their interest is not e-commerce. If you have heard the lingo, but most of these are not in your startup business plan, you are already in jeopardy as an entrepreneur: Blogging. Social media marketing.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 25, 2011

Entrepreneurs always work hard to create an innovative product or service, but often count on standard seller marketing for sales. It has to be managed and sold internally as a culture change, requiring everyone’s help. But the reality is that sellers are no longer in charge of the customer buying process.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 12, 2011

This will allow more effective search engine optimization within foreign markets. Use local social media Many businesses benefit greatly from well run social media campaigns within their domestic markets and this success can be exported to foreign markets. domain name (e.g.

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Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 8, 2012

Being an entrepreneur is about, “The journey through the ‘NO’ to get to the YES’ ” said by Ryan Caldbeck, CEO of CircleUp , on a panel at the Connections Conference in Indianapolis. Being an entrepreneur is about making a commitment no matter how painfully difficult it is to keep it. image EPA/Andrew Gombert.

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Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 18, 2011

An entrepreneur having low self worth is the number one deterrent for a potential customer not buying into what you are selling. Typically entrepreneurs doubt themselves because they undervalue their offerings, but it isn’t about creating a product, setting a price and hoping people will buy. Help a Reporter Out (HARO).

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