Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 3, 2021

Today, with the Internet and social media, if you aren’t visible in a positive way to everyone, including customers, your leadership efforts will be lost. In the early days of the IBM PC, I had the opportunity to know and work with Bill Gates at Microsoft. Marty Zwilling First published on Inc.com on 08/19/2021.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 23, 2018

I learned this the hard way, when I left IBM a few years ago to share what I had learned with the exciting world of startups in Silicon Valley. Use social media for more visibility. It also highlights all aspects of required customer service, satisfaction, testimonials, and referrals to friends in the business.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 21, 2015

For example, think of all the specialized social-media sites that allow the use of your Facebook or Twitter credentials, instead of forcing a new one. Why not improve your customer satisfaction by referring customers you can’t satisfy to someone who can? And growth is the lifeblood of every startup.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 20, 2018

In one of my own stints as an executive in IBM, I found that putting a high-potential employee on my own staff for a few weeks was highly motivating and taught me the realities of senior management responsibilities better than any class could. This is another aspect of capitalizing on strengths and satisfaction.

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InfoChachkie

OCTOBER 24, 2011

Marketing is free or cheap because of social media. Watson, IBM Founder. A heightened degree of thoughtfulness will reduce costly mistakes, such as bad hires, pursuing multiple, disparate markets simultaneously, crafting one-sided partnerships to gain media exposure and making excessively expensive marketing commitments.

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SoCal CTO

DECEMBER 1, 2010

Has nothing changed since the early days of IBM? Risk-takers and Strategists: Jeremiah Owyang on Long-Term Social Media Planning - ReadWriteStart , November 10, 2010 Two years ago, 93% of Americans believed companies should have a social media presence. New York, California different toilet, same s#@t. Keep going.

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