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Businesses Need Your Input, But Can’t Read Your Mind

Startup Professionals Musings

Even the best technology can’t read your mind, which is why a simple Google search often gives frustrating and irrelevant results, and online advertisers bombard you with opportunities of no interest. They neither frequently use nor derive much satisfaction from social media, and would be classified at late adopters of new technology.

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10 Ways To Get Tagged As High-Potential In A Startup

Startup Professionals Musings

Everyone knows that startups are risky, but they also expect that the job will be exciting and potentially very lucrative (think early employees at Facebook and Google). Study the resumes of managers on the next level and do your best to match or even surpass their career credentials. Educate yourself one notch up. Marty Zwilling.

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Startups Need Your Data, But Consumers Are Still Wary

Startup Professionals Musings

Even the best technology can’t read your mind, which is why a simple Google search often gives frustrating and irrelevant results, and online advertisers bombard you with opportunities of no interest. They neither frequently use nor derive much satisfaction from social media, and would be classified at late adopters of new technology.

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8 Reasons to Find Joy in Your Job

Startup Professionals Musings

Top companies today, including Google and Zappos, have found that a work culture that includes some fun, populated by happy and positive people, leads to more productivity and success for the business as well as the people. Happier workers have been shown in studies to increase their pace (productivity) without sacrificing quality.

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10 Tips For Rising Above The Crowd In Your Business

Startup Professionals Musings

Everyone knows that that startups are risky, but they also expect that the job will be exciting and potentially very lucrative (think early employees at Facebook and Google). Study the resumes of managers on the next level and do your best to match or even surpass their career credentials. Educate yourself one notch up.

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The Evolution of the App Stores

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In many ways, Apple and Google are following similar paths. At their annual developer conferences, Google I/O, held last month, and Apple’s WWDC, last week they both announced updates to their development platforms. Two customer-focused announcements stood out: the reviews API and the customer case studies.

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8 Keys To Providing Consulting Services To Startups

Startup Professionals Musings

It is not limited to the realm of the top executive or board of directors, who could bring in consultants for studies and analysis. It also highlights all aspects of required customer service, satisfaction, loyalty and referrals to peers. Google and social media have transformed the business world.

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