Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 13, 2015

Entrepreneurs and startups often ask if they should select only social media for marketing, or stick with digital media, or just count on traditional media. According to a recent article in Entrepreneur , 94% of small and medium businesses (SMBs) now use social media as a marketing tool, and 81% use it to drive growth.

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JULY 24, 2009

Helping entrepreneurs succeed. An on-line community for entrepreneurs. Key Information Systems (www.keyinfo.com) Providing IBM Storage Solutions. Cox Communications - Orange County was recently ranked 2nd amongst Employers Group's, "California's Best Places to Work - 2008" in the Large Companies category. Technology.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 13, 2015

Funding sources for this stage extend from grants to large private fund incubators, such as the IBM Watson initiative. But to prevent confusion with basic R&D, these costs should never be called out the major category in your use of funds statement to investors. business entrepreneur funding research and development startup'

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 1, 2013

Entrepreneurs and startups often ask if they should use social media for marketing, digital media, or traditional media. Don’t try to tackle all 20 major categories of digital social media at once. business entrepreneur fusion Lon Safko marketing social media startup' None should be considered mutually exclusive to any other.

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socalTECH

APRIL 2, 2014

Brands across all categories are launching incentives and promotional marketing every day, every hour, every week, every month. carla bourque smartify facebook social marketing entrepreneur startup interview' That''s been a challenge of marketing agencies since the beginning of time. That promotional spending is growing exponentially.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 23, 2017

Entrepreneurs and startups often ask if they should select only social media for marketing, or stick with digital media, or just count on traditional media. Don’t try to tackle all 20 major categories of digital social media at once. None should be considered competitive mutually exclusive to any other.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 26, 2013

One or more of the following parameters are viewed by most investors as traction indicators, but good entrepreneurs are often creative and define their own to supplement these: Start with sales to-date for a priced offering. Signed contracts with big name customers, like IBM, AT&T, or Wal-Mart, is a strong indication of traction.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 20, 2018

Every business executive and entrepreneur I know believes they are good or even great leaders, but as an advisor I often hear a different story from their team. Based on my experience, there are a few key people practices that can put you too in the super boss category.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 23, 2012

Entrepreneurs and startups often ask if they should use social media for marketing, digital media, or traditional media. Don’t try to tackle all 20 major categories of digital social media at once. None should be considered mutually exclusive to any other. The tools and measurements are the same for both.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 6, 2010

If you have "the next big thing" in one of these categories, you can get money and you can get customers. Serial entrepreneurs like Rich Christiansen set themselves a “tiny” budget like $5,000, and parlayed it into success a dozen times. Tags: entrepreneur startup economic recovery business. Get creative on funding.

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SoCal CTO

MARCH 20, 2007

However, the ubiquity of the iPod including use by many folks who certainly would fall in the Time Rich category (lots of time to play with music) suggests that their product and marketing appeals to both segments. Product Manager Entrepreneur Mark Geller SEO for Startups Startup Version 1.0 in Computer Science.

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JULY 16, 2012

CallFire will continue on a strong growth trajectory throughout the remainder of the year, driving revenues for the company as we work to transform the telecom category.” Burr also serves as advisor and Board member to several technology companies and venture capital firms.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 20, 2021

Based on my experience as a business advisor, I’m convinced that most startup investors invest in the entrepreneur, as much as a solution or product. The attitude of taking nothing for granted, of disbelieving the conventional wisdom, of challenging the way things are done, is essential for a winning entrepreneur.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 19, 2021

New entrepreneurs often seem to confuse viability with fundability. Other entrepreneurs skip just a couple of the elements outlined in my original article, “ These 10 Key Elements Make a Business Plan Fundable. Investors know that first-time entrepreneurs who start a business without a good written plan almost always fail.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 13, 2010

There were the existing large consulting firms like IBM, CSC, Cap Gemini, PwC and Deloitte Consulting as well as the upstarts like Scient, Viant, Razorfish, Diamond Consulting and a host of others. There seem to be a lot of market entrants in every category where it becomes hard to differentiate them all from each other. I love that.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 5, 2011

I’m an entrepreneur at heart so I’m always inspired when I hear stories about innovation. It’s why my investment philosophy is called, “ the entrepreneur thesis.&#. Who’s going to help you with improving your marketing / positioning to become a clear platform category leader like Twilio?

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 2, 2013

New entrepreneurs often seem to confuse viability with fundability. Other entrepreneurs skip just a couple of the elements outlined in my previous article, “ These 10 Key Elements Make a Business Plan Fundable. Investors know that entrepreneurs who start a business without a good written plan almost always fail. Marty Zwilling.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 1, 2012

New entrepreneurs often seem to confuse viability with fundability. Other entrepreneurs skip just a couple of the elements outlined in my previous article, “ Investors Expect Ten Essentials in a Business Plan.” Investors know that entrepreneurs who start a business without a good written plan almost always fail.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 11, 2011

New entrepreneurs often seem to confuse viability with fundability. Other entrepreneurs skip just some of the elements in Ten Keys to an Investment-Grade Business Plan. Investors know that entrepreneurs who start a business without a written plan almost always fail. None of these get funded. Inexperienced team.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 23, 2010

New entrepreneurs often seem to confuse viability with fundability. Other entrepreneurs skip just some of the elements in Ten Keys to an Investment Grade Business Plan. Investors know that entrepreneurs who start a business without a written plan almost always fail. None of these get funded. Inexperienced team. Marty Zwilling.

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