Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 5, 2010

Social Networks: Past, Present & Future. The Past (1985-2002). While Facebook was built on the idea that all our information was private and shared only between friend (before they changed this after the fact), Twitter was born under the idea that most of the information shared there was open and viewable by anybody.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 28, 2023

In business, and in your personal life, the ability to anticipate and overcome criticism is one of the biggest differentiators between leaders, who make things happen, and followers, who may have great ideas but never seem to get things to go their way. The reality is that good ideas are always challenged, so you need to expect it.

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Ideas Case Study Mobile Resource 136

Berkonomics

MAY 18, 2023

But if the departing employee is even a little bit reticent to tell of his or her plans, the result is the first stage of what could become an outright war between you and a newly separated past employee, sent away that day with an escort out the door. What could you do if your company secrets are compromised?

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 30, 2016

In business, and in your personal life, the ability to anticipate and overcome criticism is one of the biggest differentiators between leaders, who make things happen, and followers, who may have great ideas but never seem to get things to go their way. A new idea is a step into the unknown, and always represents some risk.

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Ideas Case Study Mobile Resource 92

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 8, 2015

A popular approach for aspiring entrepreneurs these days seems to be to corner anyone who will listen, with a pitch on their current “million dollar idea.” In my opinion, ideas are a commodity, and are really not worth much, outside the context of a visionary leader who can execute. Elon Musk execution idea startup'

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Ideas Startup Entrepreneur Resource 115

Berkonomics

MAY 11, 2023

The quest for a great management team is not a fluke, but rather a result of backward looks at the failure rate from past investments by those same angel investors and venture capitalists. Among professional investors, almost all would rather back a great team with an average idea before backing a great idea and inexperienced team.

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Statistics Startup Ideas Entrepreneur 156

InfoChachkie

FEBRUARY 9, 2015

While creating a new course for UC Santa Barbara’s Entrepreneurial Program entitled, “The Past, Present and Future of Entrepreneurship,” I was recently blessed to come across Steven Johnson’s PBS series and accompanying book, How We Got To Now. 3. Innovations Are Networks of Ideas. 5. Slow Hunches Lead To Breakthroughs.

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Berkonomics

MAY 9, 2024

Some great ideas just can’t make money and ultimately die for lack of profit potential. The best way to protect against failure is to attract a team with members who have experienced success and failure and can recognize the ways to manage toward success and avoid the pitfalls previously experienced from past failures.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 13, 2023

This is a trap of the past to be avoided at all costs. The best leaders selectively forget the past, and are constantly on the lookout for the future’s raw material of new ideas. They need to regularly listen to a few mavericks and outsiders who routinely generate nonlinear ideas and trends. Both are always recommended.

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Framework Competition Ideas IBM 96

Berkonomics

JUNE 22, 2023

Some great ideas just can’t make money and ultimately die for lack of profit potential. The best way to protect against failure is to attract a team with members who have experienced success and failure and can recognize the ways to manage toward success and avoid the pitfalls previously experienced from past failures.

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Patents Pricing Ideas Marketing 286

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 28, 2017

Based on my own experience as a startup investor, and feedback from like-minded friends, we all get pitches for at least ten startup ideas for every one new business plan. New business founders need to remember that investors fund business implementations, not ideas. Show evidence that your solution will create a viable business.

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Ideas Social Media Startup Customer 74

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

This is a trap of the past to be avoided at all costs. The best leaders selectively forget the past, and are constantly on the lookout for the future’s raw material of new ideas. They need to regularly listen to a few mavericks and outsiders who routinely generate nonlinear ideas and trends. Both are always recommended.

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Tips Framework Competition Ideas 160

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 21, 2012

A popular approach for aspiring entrepreneurs these days seems to be to corner anyone who will listen, with a pitch on their current “million dollar idea.” In my humble opinion, ideas are a commodity, and are really not worth much, outside the context of a visionary leader and a plan. Positive inspirational communication.

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Ideas Entrepreneur Startup Resource 103

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 23, 2015

These days, everyone wants to be an entrepreneur, pitching their latest and greatest new idea, and looking for someone to give them money. Talk is cheap, but entrepreneurs who show you a working model of their idea know how to execute. Many ideas I hear sound great, but I have no idea if they can be implemented.

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Ideas Outsource Development Startup Tool 107

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 18, 2012

Myth: If the idea is good, then the money will follow. The truth about ideas is that we don’t know if they are good; only customers know that. Entrepreneurs often express surprise at funding challenges, confident that their good idea would attract money on its own merits. Myth: Be bold and decisive.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 27, 2013

A popular approach for aspiring entrepreneurs these days seems to be to corner anyone who will listen, with a pitch on their current “million dollar idea.” In my humble opinion, ideas are a commodity, and are really not worth much, outside the context of a visionary leader and a plan. Positive inspirational communication.

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Ideas Startup Entrepreneur Resource 104

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 14, 2021

One of the business ironies that many entrepreneurs have learned the hard way in the past is that ideas which are truly disruptive carry the highest risk of failure, take the longest to gain traction, and thus are the least likely to get external funding. Unpack your best ideas. Ideas without context are just a commodity.

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Startup Cloud Computing Ideas Entrepreneur 174

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 30, 2011

A popular approach for aspiring entrepreneurs these days seems to be to corner anyone who will listen, with a pitch on their current “million dollar idea.” In my humble opinion, ideas are a commodity, and are really not worth much, outside the context of a visionary leader and a plan. Positive inspirational communication.

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Ideas Startup Entrepreneur Resource 98

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 10, 2018

These days, everyone wants to be an entrepreneur, pitching their latest and greatest new idea, and looking for someone to give them money. Talk is cheap, but entrepreneurs who show you a working model of their idea know how to execute. Many ideas I hear sound great, but I have no idea if they can be implemented.

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Ideas Outsource Development Tool Outsource 53

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 8, 2010

A popular approach for aspiring entrepreneurs these days seems to be to corner anyone who will listen, with a dialogue on their current hot “idea.” In my humble opinion, ideas are a commodity, and are really not worth anything, outside the context of a vision and plan. What separates an idea person from a visionary leader?

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Ideas Entrepreneur Startup Resource 98

Berkonomics

MARCH 16, 2017

The quest for a great management team is not a fluke, but rather a result of backward looks at the failure rate from past investments by those same angel investors and venture capitalists. Among professional investors, almost all would rather back a great team with an average idea before a great idea and inexperienced team.

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Statistics Ideas Entrepreneur Startup 243

Berkonomics

JULY 28, 2022

In past insights, we’ve looked at leadership skills, ways to enhance effectiveness, and how to develop creative ideas that motivate and propel your organization to greatness. Here is a variation of the “tree falls in the forest” question. . Here is the ultimate question for a leader….

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Examples Email Organization Ideas 156

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 29, 2009

Facebook popularized the short-form “status update&# and this initially is called the “feed&# but over time starts to become known as the “ stream.&# Twitter then popularizes the idea of having only a stream (e.g. not all the other applications that were competing for user attention in Facebook). So did the media.

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Berkonomics

NOVEMBER 12, 2020

So, I’ve developed the three-step dance in order to help form a repeatable method of how to create a great company from an early idea. Even if you know it all – wouldn’t it be an excellent plan to try your idea out on enough actual or potential customers to measure reasonable feedback? And most of us are not Steve Jobs.

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Product Customer Custom Ideas 156

Eric Greenspan

OCTOBER 22, 2018

I published the initial draft this past weekend and it’s now available for pre-order on Amazon. All she sent was a cover, an idea, in my inbox. An idea so powerful, it made me get busy, and now I’m an author. It’s interesting how the headline mentions “mindset” as that’s what happened here.

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Pricing Writing Social Media Ideas 186

TechEmpower

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Ensure that you investigate the designers' past work, samples of their work product, and their process. tew_cta text="Do you have an idea for a software project? If you require user interface or graphic design, the selection process will differ slightly. Some of the information below will apply. Either way, we can help!"]

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Berkonomics

JANUARY 13, 2022

As you begin to focus upon the future, remember the emotions, the lessons, the lasting friendships from the past. I often advise managers, CEOs and entrepreneurs always to part on a positive note and never burn the bridges of any past relationship. Start dreaming of the next big idea. Take a long breath. Write a book.

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Writing Entrepreneur .Net Sales 156

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

Most startup ideas begin in the mind of an individual, but an idea is not a business. Seeing wonder in the future breaks the grip of the past, redeems mistakes, creates options, and ignites vitality. This is why professional investors will tell you that they invest in people, rather than ideas. Marty Zwilling.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 22, 2023

You have to get past how great the product is to address clearly what your business rationale is, why it is different from the competition's, and why it will succeed. Show focus and your understanding that your company is something more than just a good idea. What a banker is looking for is validation of your idea.

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Equity Technical Advisors Funding Ideas 121

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 29, 2022

These days, everyone wants to be an entrepreneur, pitching their latest and greatest new idea, and looking for someone to give them money. Talk is cheap, but entrepreneurs who show you a working model of their idea know how to execute. Many ideas I hear sound great, but I have no idea if they can be implemented.

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Outsource Development Ideas Tool Outsource 110

Berkonomics

JUNE 13, 2019

When a new CEO or manager is hired into a company, for a while lots of energy flows from the top and new ideas seem to be generated daily. New ideas are vetted carefully, run by a number of departments, considered from many angles and implemented with deliberation. The worrying that always precedes a change.

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Ideas Training Email Pricing 120

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 19, 2023

It’s still popular these days for startup founders to operate in stealth mode, meaning no details about the idea or progress are shared with anyone until the big reveal and rollout. The common reason given is that this prevents any competitor from stealing their idea and beating them to market. Get competitors to surface early.

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Marketing Startup Search Engine Optimization Ideas 105

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 8, 2018

The idea came from a full-day session we held last year at Upfront. He suggested an idea that comes from the NFL called “ The Rooney Rule ” enacted in 2003 in an effort to end the era of all-white football coaches in a league with > 75% African American players. We immediately realized this was a great idea.

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Venture Capital Coach Ideas Startup 284

Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 11, 2022

Something happened in the past 7 years in the startup and venture capital world that I hadn’t experienced since the late 90’s — we all began praying to the God of Valuation. In the past 7 years we built cultures of quick money, instant wealth and valuations for valuations sake. What happened? There was no money train. It was 1991.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 31, 2021

Yet I find that many entrepreneurs struggle and fail with that transition from personally developing an innovative new idea, to building all the relationships necessary to transform their idea into a successful business. Learn from reality – test new ideas and get feedback. Be solutions driven – to drive success and learning.

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Develop Development Ideas Customer 136

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 23, 2020

It’s still popular these days for startup founders to operate in stealth mode, meaning no details about the idea or progress are shared with anyone until the big reveal and rollout. The common reason given is that this prevents any competitor from stealing their idea and beating them to market. Get competitors to surface early.

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Search Engine Optimization Ideas Startup Customer 174

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 23, 2023

This point was illustrated well in the classic book, “ The Power of Positive Destruction: How to Turn a Business Idea Into a Revolution ,” by Seth Merrin. I like his approach to first making sure the idea has the potential for a unique selling proposition, by asking yourself a few key questions: Does the idea solve a painful problem?

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