Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 27, 2021

This is where metrics and real data must be used to guide your business, complementing your own vision and intuition for the pace. Personal growth and satisfaction is rarely all about business. Business leadership and success requires whole-brained satisfaction with you and the whole environment.

Technical Review 133

Technical Review Satisfaction Metrics Startup 133

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 9, 2022

Your mission, values, brand positioning, and guiding principles are invisible, unless your employees know specifically how to act them out through their day-to-day behavior. No more gamed employee satisfaction surveys. How many of your employees would say that what they think, what they say and what they do are in harmony?

Customer 123

Customer Custom Services Training 123

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 4, 2015

They emphasize, and I agree, that true success and satisfaction is most likely to happen when all your actions and choices are guided by a profound adherence to your deepest personal values, vision, purpose, and goals. You look forward to learning and contributing more. If all you see ahead is stress and pain, look for another idea.

Ideas 108

Ideas Satisfaction Entrepreneur Activity 108

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 2, 2022

Authority – the guiding light. Perceived authorities guide decision making, by investing time, resources, and activity in earning a position of influence, leading to a community of loyalists who follow their recommendations. The result is that over 60% of online shoppers are brand loyal due to other online satisfaction data.

Customer 122

Customer Custom Social Media Technical Review 122

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 16, 2022

They want to share your satisfaction in success, maybe as a reward for their own mistakes and learning earlier in life in their own businesses. Every startup needs two or three key advisors who have the domain experience, connections, and complementary skills to guide the founders through those early crises. Manage customer service.

Technical Review 147

Technical Review Software Review Entrepreneur Report 147

TechEmpower

OCTOBER 9, 2023

With Generative AI and LLMs, new avenues for improving operational efficiency and user satisfaction are emerging every day. This anticipated content then serves as a query, guiding the retrieval of pertinent documents. It's a proactive approach, ensuring that the search mechanism stays a step ahead.

Generative AI 348

Generative AI Artificial Inteligence Tool Knowledge Base 348

InfoChachkie

AUGUST 22, 2016

Near the conclusion of our discussion, I asked each CEO to name any non-obvious metrics by which they guide their businesses. Sure You Track Satisfaction, But Whose Success Are You Monitoring? These teams gauge customer satisfaction by tracking net promoter scores, customer churn, renewal rates, etc.

Customer 100

Customer Custom Cornerstone OnDemand Metrics 100

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 2, 2021

As I work with aspiring you new venture leaders, I always wish I had a definitive checklist of all the right attributes that I could share with you, encourage you to develop and highlight in your efforts with potential investors, and guide your own actions in starting the next billion dollar company.

Funding 152

Funding Startup Ideas Resource 152

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 29, 2014

Your mission, values, brand positioning, and guiding principles are invisible, unless your employees know specifically how to act them out through their day-to-day behavior. No more gamed employee satisfaction surveys. How many of your employees would say that what they think, what they say and what they do are in harmony?

Customer 106

Customer Custom Training Satisfaction 106

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 9, 2022

The challenge is that every new business needs to be innovative and different, in order to rise above the crowd, bring real change to the world, and give you the satisfaction you seek. Kerr, “ The Executive Checklist: A Guide for Setting Direction and Managing Change.”

Technology 133

Technology Cloud Computing Social Media Networking 133

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 7, 2021

I can provide you the basics in strategy and tactics, but I was impressed with the guidelines in a new book, “ Control the Narrative: The Executive's Guide to Building, Pivoting and Repairing Your Reputation ,” by Lida Citroen. Despite what anyone tells you, you can and must manage it both before and after it may turn negative.

Social Media 144

Social Media Media Summary Satisfaction 144

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 1, 2013

Your mission, values, brand positioning, and guiding principles are invisible, unless your employees know specifically how to act them out through their day-to-day behavior. No more gamed employee satisfaction surveys. How many of your employees would say that what they think, what they say and what they do are in harmony?

Customer 97

Customer Custom Training Satisfaction 97

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 21, 2013

If you are an entrepreneur contemplating a startup, and you want both success and satisfaction in business, I recommend you complete these steps before you start any business plan: Identify personal gaps. That’s the only way to enjoy both a high level of satisfaction and success in both. Determine your purpose.

Entrepreneur 97

Entrepreneur Satisfaction Guide Writing 97

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 31, 2011

If you are an entrepreneur contemplating a startup, and you want both success and satisfaction in business, I recommend you complete these steps before you start any business plan: Identify personal gaps. That’s the only way to enjoy both a high level of satisfaction and success in both. Determine your purpose.

Startup 92

Startup Satisfaction Entrepreneur Guide 92

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 15, 2020

These are the timeless principles that must guide all hiring, marketing, and execution decisions. For the business to prosper, every employee, and your customers, must know and relate to your core values, such as product excellence, care for the environment, and personal integrity. Implement the key business metrices you will live by.

Metrics 140

Metrics Entrepreneur Coach Satisfaction 140

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 18, 2020

They want to share your satisfaction in success, maybe as a reward for their own mistakes and learning earlier in life in their own businesses. Every startup needs two or three key advisors who have the domain experience, connections, and complementary skills to guide the founders through those early crises. Manage customer service.

Startup 124

Startup Technical Review Software Review Entrepreneur 124

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 6, 2021

A real business leader must have a set of guiding values and morals, which set your reputation in the mind of others, and improve your self-leadership perception. The more you use your new-found leadership ability, the greater will be your satisfaction and confidence. Solidify and demonstrate your personal values.

Entrepreneur 132

Entrepreneur Course Satisfaction Guide 132

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 29, 2014

Authority – the guiding light. Perceived authorities guide decision making, by investing time, resources, and activity in earning a position of influence, leading to a community of loyalists who follow their recommendations. The result is that 62% of online shoppers are brand loyal due to other online satisfaction data.

Entrepreneur 100

Entrepreneur Social Media Technical Review Startup 100

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 22, 2013

Authority – the guiding light. Perceived authorities guide decision making, by investing time, resources, and activity in earning a position of influence, leading to a community of loyalists who follow their recommendations. The result is that 62% of online shoppers are brand loyal due to other online satisfaction data.

Customer 100

Customer Custom Startup Social Media 100

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 24, 2020

While this approach appears to cost more on the surface, it often actually costs you less, when you consider the hidden costs of rework, poor customer satisfaction, employee management, and training required. Every new business finds it impossible to project growth and service needs, since they have no experience or history to guide them.

Outsource 123

Outsource Startup Technical Review Training 123

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 16, 2014

Experts on this subject, including Yael Zofi, in her book, “ A Manager’s Guide to Virtual Teams ,” has identified eight key characteristics of high-performing virtual teams that I have observed, and every startup founder should understand and enable: Members exhibit a global mindset – they look outward, not inward. Marty Zwilling.

Startup 101

Startup Outsource Development Outsource Satisfaction 101

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 16, 2019

Your mission, values, brand positioning, and guiding principles are invisible, unless your employees know specifically how to act them out through their day-to-day behavior. No more gamed employee satisfaction surveys. How many of your employees would say that what they think, what they say and what they do are in harmony?

Customer 84

Customer Custom Training Satisfaction 84

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 31, 2011

Experts on this subject, including Yael Zofi, in her latest book, “ A Manager’s Guide to Virtual Teams ,” has identified eight key characteristics of high-performing virtual teams, which every startup founder should understand and enable: Members exhibit a global mindset – they look outward, not inward. Marty Zwilling.

Outsource Development 99

Outsource Development Outsource Startup Satisfaction 99

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 10, 2013

Experts on this subject, including Yael Zofi, in her recent book, “ A Manager’s Guide to Virtual Teams ,” has identified eight key characteristics of high-performing virtual teams, which every startup founder should understand and enable: Members exhibit a global mindset – they look outward, not inward. Marty Zwilling.

Startup 98

Startup Outsource Development Outsource Satisfaction 98

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 3, 2022

It’s been happening for some time, but business changes, accelerated by the recent pandemic, have highlighted the need for all of us to review our positions, image, and satisfaction at work. I was pleased to see these personal branding messages highlighted and confirmed in a new book, “ The New Brand You ,” by branding guru Catherine Kaputa.

Social Media 125

Social Media Summary Startup Mentor 125

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 17, 2018

They emphasize, and I agree, that true success and satisfaction is most likely to happen when all your actions and choices are guided by a profound adherence to your deepest personal values, vision, purpose, and goals. You look forward to learning and contributing more. If all you see ahead is stress and pain, look for another idea.

Ideas 78

Ideas Startup Satisfaction Entrepreneur 78

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 5, 2011

Every startup faces a myriad of challenges that are well beyond the scope of any founder, so you need a few guiding lights to illuminate the road ahead. These should be carefully selected, with a proven track record, willing and available to help, and be completely trustworthy. Make sure they are willing to check their egos at the door.

Startup 95

Startup Technical Review Software Review High Tech 95

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 23, 2012

Every startup faces a myriad of challenges that are well beyond the scope of any founder, so you need a few guiding lights to illuminate the road ahead. These should be carefully selected, with a proven track record, willing and available to help, and be completely trustworthy. Make sure they are willing to check their egos at the door.

Startup 95

Startup Technical Review Software Review High Tech 95

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 7, 2011

Leverage a feedback platform like Get Satisfaction or UserVoice. “The Meebo MiniBar sits on the bottom of your browser and is the social layer connecting people on sites including TV Guide and TMZ. But once you launch, then you need to have a solid way to get feedback from your users. Then iterate and improve based on feedback.

Startup 286

Startup Venture Capital Web Ideas 286

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 28, 2015

The challenge is that every new business needs to be innovative and different, in order to rise above the crowd, bring real change to the world, and give you the satisfaction you seek. Kerr, “ The Executive Checklist: A Guide for Setting Direction and Managing Change.”

Startup 107

Startup Cloud Computing Social Media Entrepreneur 107

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 1, 2014

They want to share your satisfaction in success, maybe as a reward for their own mistakes and learning earlier in life in their own businesses. Every startup needs two or three key advisors who have the domain experience, connections, and complementary skills to guide the founders through those early crises. Manage customer service.

Entrepreneur 106

Entrepreneur Technical Review Software Review Report 106

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 1, 2019

Authority – the guiding light. Perceived authorities guide decision making, by investing time, resources, and activity in earning a position of influence, leading to a community of loyalists who follow their recommendations. The result is that over 60% of online shoppers are brand loyal due to other online satisfaction data.

Customer 85

Customer Custom Social Media Technical Review 85

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 2, 2014

The challenge is that every new business needs to be innovative and different, in order to rise above the crowd, bring real change to the world, and give you the satisfaction you seek. Kerr, “ The Executive Checklist: A Guide for Setting Direction and Managing Change.”

Cloud Computing 99

Cloud Computing Social Media Entrepreneur Networking 99

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 31, 2022

If you are interested in advancing your leadership, and achieving more success in this new Internet age, here are some principles to guide your focus: Foster the trend to flat teams versus vertical organizations. You will find improved morale and satisfaction all around as well. Show respect in dealing with team member changes.

Organization 105

Organization Mentor Startup Training 105

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 27, 2017

Your mission, values, brand positioning, and guiding principles are invisible, unless your employees know specifically how to act them out through their day-to-day behavior. No more gamed employee satisfaction surveys. How many of your employees would say that what they think, what they say and what they do are in harmony?

Customer 69

Customer Custom Training Satisfaction 69

Steve Reich

JUNE 11, 2012

User satisfaction shot up, and the revenue will soon be replaced either by a sponsorship from a golf vendor, or by fewer ads specifically targeted to golfers. You will see patterns in their responses that will guide you to the next innovation. With a few days consideration, they pulled the ads. Pick up the phone.

Customer 97

Customer Custom Software Review SaaS 97

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 19, 2010

Satisfaction vs. Stress. At a small company, there will be blocks of time where the intern doesn’t have someone to guide them through every step of the assignment, challenging them to take initiative. You can delegate essential tasks and projects to your intern, allowing you more time to focus on running your business.

Competition 96

Competition Startup Technical Review IBM 96