Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 9, 2020

A common pain of startups after an exhilarating first surge of early adopters is a long and frustrating plateau of slow growth, where it seems like nothing you do will get your business to profitability. This starts with multiple messages from the top that growth is now the highest job priority, and key to survival.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 5, 2013

A good many startups I know have been “successful” over a couple of years in overcoming the challenges of starting the business, including incorporation, services development, funding, and setting up operations. It’s important to stand up to competition and wear your reputation on your sleeve. Mix things up.

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Eric Greenspan

OCTOBER 22, 2018

Woke up and there it was, my book cover. I looked at it for a bit and started thinking about writing it. Because I have so much to share, but honestly, I share my thoughts and ideas every day on social media, webinars, podcasts, etc. She just made it and sent it to me. Then I did. Why did I write a book?

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InfoChachkie

JULY 26, 2010

Entrepreneurs can emulate de la Guerra’s strategy and make their adVenture appear far larger than reality and thus increasing its influence and market reach while discouraging competitive threats by creating an industry alliance. The same phenomenon is true for startups. When Does An Alliance Make Sense?

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 26, 2014

Your marketing launch is the most important element of startup success these days, to get customer attention in this world of information overload. Yet it is the one element that too many entrepreneurs focus on only as an afterthought. The message should spark a side conversation between friends, and a follow-up comment to you.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 6, 2012

A good many startups I know have been “successful” over a couple of years in overcoming the challenges of starting the business, including incorporation, services development, funding, and setting up operations. It’s important to stand up to competition and wear your reputation on your sleeve. Mix things up.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 1, 2012

Your marketing launch is the most important element of startup success these days, to get customer attention in this world of information overload. Yet it is the one element that too many entrepreneurs focus on only as an afterthought. The message should spark a side conversation between friends, and a follow-up comment to you.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 28, 2011

A good many startups I know have been “successful” over a couple of years in overcoming the challenges of starting the business, including incorporation, services development, funding, and setting up operations. It’s important to stand up to competition and wear your reputation on your sleeve. Mix things up.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 19, 2019

Image via Flickr by jardenberg Your marketing launch is the most important element of startup success these days, to get customer attention in this world of information overload. Yet it is the one element that too many entrepreneurs focus on only as an afterthought. Your language doesn’t have to be perfect. It’s pretty simple to do.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 25, 2011

Your marketing launch is the most important element of startup success these days, to get customer attention in this world of information overload. Yet it is the one element that too many entrepreneurs focus on only as an afterthought. The message should spark a side conversation between friends, and a follow-up comment to you.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 29, 2016

A common pain of startups after an exhilarating first surge of early adopters is a long and frustrating plateau of slow growth, where it seems like nothing you do will get your business to profitability. This starts with multiple messages from the top that growth is now the highest job priority, and key to survival.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 5, 2014

Sponsored by VISA Business With all the new technology available today for video conferencing, interactive social media, and webinars, you may think that travel is no longer a requirement for starting a small business. Yet I still see business plans and funding plans for startups that have minimal or no allocation for travel.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 2, 2013

Dell announced years ago that it had earned $3 million in revenue from using Twitter, and other businesses report daily on increases in web traffic up to 800%. I suspect that a good part of the problem is that startup and small business owners still don’t know where or how to start. Start social networking with peers.

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socalTECH

JUNE 8, 2011

It's the biggest portion of our revenues at our company, and our clients include the Buffalo News, Pittsburgh Post Gazette, JDate, Spark network, and many entrepreneurs. Jimmy Hendricks: We actually started two and a half years ago. So, we took that contest and crowdsourcing platform, and started ArtisticHub.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 14, 2017

Your marketing launch is the most important element of startup success these days, to get customer attention in this world of information overload. Yet it is the one element that too many entrepreneurs focus on only as an afterthought. The message should spark a side conversation between friends, and a follow-up comment to you.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 28, 2012

Dell announced years ago that it had earned $3 million in revenue from using Twitter, and other businesses report daily on increases in web traffic up to 800%. I suspect that a good part of the problem is that startup and small business owners still don’t know where or how to start. Start social networking with peers.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 7, 2010

It’s not uncommon for me to see a startup business plan “mission” to be the “premier brand” for their product, yet their marketing budget in the financials is trivial. So what are some credible marketing and promotion steps you should consider for your startup? Use social media and Search Engine Marketing (SEM) to start.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 16, 2014

It’s not uncommon for me to see a startup business plan “mission” to be the “premier brand” for their product, yet their marketing budget in the financials is trivial. So what are some credible marketing and promotion steps you should consider for your startup? Use social media and Search Engine Marketing (SEM) to start.

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Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 3, 2012

Morgan, Lewis, & Bockius, an international law firm, recently released a continued learning immigration law webinar to discuss the issue stating E visa provisions; clarifying just how difficult the process of immigration is proving to be. An E visa is meant for foreign investors looking to start a business in the U.S.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 9, 2011

Dell announced years ago that it had earned $3 million in revenue from using Twitter, and other businesses report daily on increases in web traffic up to 800%. I suspect that a good part of the problem is that startup and small business owners still don’t know where or how to start. Start social networking with peers.

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Eric Greenspan

DECEMBER 5, 2009

I’ve been engaged with social networking for some time now, starting with Myspace and Facebook and just recently (within the last 30 days), Twitter. It’s been an amazing experience so far, but the best part are the relationships I’ve built since getting started. I’ve jumped on the bandwagon, big time!

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Eric Greenspan

DECEMBER 5, 2009

I’ve been engaged with social networking for some time now, starting with Myspace and Facebook and just recently (within the last 30 days), Twitter. It’s been an amazing experience so far, but the best part are the relationships I’ve built since getting started. I’ve jumped on the bandwagon, big time!

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Tech.Co

SEPTEMBER 21, 2015

making connections, looking for jobs, staying up on news, etc.) The average cost per webinar ranges from $39-59 with longer online courses (2-8 weeks) landing somewhere between $99-799. Large studios are traditional TV networks are snapping up online content providers (e.g., Maker Studios, Fullscreen, Awesomeness TV, etc.)

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 6, 2013

Anyone who works with entrepreneurs will tell you that all are different. I’ve always wondered if there was some way that I could quickly deduce a new entrepreneur’s “sweet spot,” and optimize my mentoring to those strengths and weaknesses, maybe similar to the Myers-Briggs type indicator for business professionals. Opportunist.

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