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Startup Professionals Musings
JULY 8, 2013
The days when you could launch your business with a new web site, and the phone would begin to ring, are long gone. So what’s an entrepreneur to do to get his new business noticed these days? If these are not complete and consistent, your platform will always be splintered and lost in the noise.
Startup Professionals Musings
MAY 23, 2021
Anyone who works with entrepreneurs will tell you that all are different. A few years ago, I first saw an interesting step in that direction via the classic book “ Entrepreneurial DNA ,” by Joe Abraham , with his assessment web site. The Opportunist is the speculative part of the entrepreneur in all of us. Specialist.
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InfoChachkie
NOVEMBER 3, 2014
It is no secret that Pinterest and other social commerce sites have begun to dial in the commerce equation. These sites (so far) have managed to balance facilitating product discovery and purchase capabilities with users'' desires to entertain and educate themselves without feeling like they are in a marketplace.
Startup Professionals Musings
DECEMBER 30, 2020
In my role as a mentor to aspiring entrepreneurs, I find that most have the technical challenges well understood, but many are a bit short on some basic street smarts , or basic business realities. It starts with documenting and communicating a real purpose and mission in terms everyone can get excited about.
Both Sides of the Table
FEBRUARY 7, 2013
When Ethan was considering leaving Google we talked about it. And I had been telling my partners for a couple of years that I thought Ethan was one of the more talented entrepreneurs I had come across in San Francisco. What do we like about OpenTable? ” So Ethan went to work as a product manager at Google Video.
Both Sides of the Table
OCTOBER 4, 2009
Many entrepreneurs who start technology companies are product people, technologists or savvy business people who worked previously for a larger company. Most start-up entrepreneurs have little or no sales experience. This is the easiest one for most entrepreneurs. But most good entrepreneurs do this naturally.
InfoChachkie
JULY 16, 2012
Others shun translucent run-of-site Google ads, because they are distracting and monetize at extremely low rates. Skimlinks has proven effective for thousands of publishers (including, for a time, Pinterest), because its frictionless, self-serve platform automatically generates revenue from previously existing online content.
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