Berkonomics

OCTOBER 19, 2023

[Email readers, continue here…] It took two long years for the company to fully recover its lost reputation after the actual problem was fixed to the satisfaction of all. If the problems had been in product stability and customer service together at the same moment, there might not have been enough time and resources to recover.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 22, 2017

After some review of available resources, I’m convinced that problem solving is a learnable trait, rather than just a birthright. Listen to your customers to arrive at acceptable and marketable solutions. The best part of the entrepreneur problem-solving lifestyle is that it can bring satisfaction and happiness to your work.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 14, 2015

In reality, resource constraints should be seen by startups a competitive advantage, by forcing them to develop new markets, and to think differently and act differently than existing players. The result, called resourcefulness, allows entrepreneurs to create opportunities in the face of scarcity. Create new kinds of solutions.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 23, 2021

In reality, resource constraints should be seen by startups a competitive advantage, by forcing them to develop new markets, and to think differently and act differently than existing players. The result, called resourcefulness, allows entrepreneurs to create opportunities in the face of scarcity. Create new kinds of solutions.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 21, 2023

For your own happiness and satisfaction, I recommend you start instead working from that higher purpose and passion. All too often, business owners find the financial returns alone do not provide the long-term satisfaction and success they assumed would come with all the hard work and challenges that come with every business, large or small.

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Berkonomics

MARCH 11, 2021

Here’s the question: Sean Ellis, the marketing guru behind DropBox and other successes, advises clients that “The most important question on a survey is , ‘How would you feel if you could no longer use this product?’” He goes on to quantify the response. Using Sean again as a source, we might ask: “How did you discover our company?”

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Berkonomics

AUGUST 24, 2017

It took two long years for the company to fully recover its lost reputation after the actual problem was fixed to the satisfaction of all. If the problems had been in product stability and customer service together at the same moment, there might not have been enough time and resources to recover.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 29, 2021

Whether it be in person, on the phone, or implied in your marketing, your people and their engagement level is the key driver of customer loyalty, advocacy, and sales growth. You need their full support in today’s rapidly changing market. Un-motivated people are also a huge drain on all resources.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 12, 2021

But very few are talking about how to measure your results and return on investment (ROI), and the right metrics for optimizing your marketing environment. He suggests you begin with the “big three” business objectives of higher revenue, reduced costs, and improved customer satisfaction. Get attention and reach your audience.

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Social Media Media Metrics Satisfaction 127

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 1, 2021

The best part of being an entrepreneur is having the independence to make your own decisions, the flexibility for a better work/life balance, and personal satisfaction from driving change. You don’t have enough control over your time, investors, the market, or your startup. But nobody said it would be easy. Marty Zwilling.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 9, 2020

Each of these will help you in achieving success and satisfaction while tackling your toughest business issues: Stop attacking symptoms – dig first for the root cause. A broken process or a subtle quality issue can generate a flood of customer satisfaction problems, cost overruns, and loss of market share.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 18, 2021

Great entrepreneurs pride themselves on their ability to isolate opportunities that have minimal risk, by virtue of their trusted relationships, their own expertise, and access to resources. At some stage of your education, you realize that you can learn faster, and get more satisfaction, in the real world than in a academic environment.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 5, 2023

Typically this is done by one or more entrepreneurs with personal or family resources, with no business entity yet formed, so they would not yet be considered business owners. Market research and a business plan should be the focus at this stage. Business owners get their satisfaction from happy customers and happy stakeholders.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

The result is fewer and fewer new ideas are volunteered by prospective leaders and key team members, and the business suffers from poor customer satisfaction or loss of market share. The challenge is for leaders to really listen to their team and the market, and for every team member to anticipate pushbacks and respond effectively.

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Berkonomics

MARCH 31, 2016

We can invent lots of metrics to measure progress for a leader, including revenue, profit, employee satisfaction, cost containment, percentage of available market, and more. Yes, if you are a bad leader of people, you will lose human resources and frustrate your attempt to reach to goal.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 27, 2021

Here is my list of key principles for creating and capitalizing on a balanced focus as a business professional or an entrepreneur: Start by marketing your vision and purpose. Every balanced leader does marketing early. Personal growth and satisfaction is rarely all about business. Balance your business with your personal life.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 2, 2021

Creating and growing a business requires creativity beyond the product, in the areas of finance, marketing, and operations. Markets and industries are always more complicated than they seem. Curiosity provides the incentive and determination to learn and adapt as your market and environment changes.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 30, 2023

Market research can thus be based on real customers and a previously tested market. There is always a related market or new country. The world is now a small place, but startups usually don’t have the resources to saturate all the related markets at once. Attract investors who fear pioneers catching arrows.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 2, 2020

Of course, drivers have to be backed up by some realities, like necessary resources, adequate skills, relentless determination, and a market of people interested in supporting your dream. This is the genesis of all “customer-centric” thinking and marketing. Yet I’m convinced these realities alone won’t make your dream happen.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 8, 2020

Market research can thus be based on real customers and a previously tested market. There is always a related market or new country. The world is now a small place, but startups usually don’t have the resources to saturate all the related markets at once. Attract investors who fear pioneers catching arrows.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 23, 2021

Unfortunately, these goals are often mutually exclusive, and focusing on the wrong ones won’t bring you that business success and satisfaction you crave. You need complementary skills for marketing, financials, and operations. Do I rely on my own resources of seek investors? A business is never a solo operation.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 11, 2022

Key resources. Then there is the follow-up to provide customer support and satisfaction. It takes partners to make a business work, normally including suppliers, marketing, channel, and distribution partners, as well as funding partners. Every partner has their own set of activities and required resources. Key partners.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 10, 2020

Typically this is done by one or more entrepreneurs with personal or family resources, with no business entity yet formed, so they would not yet be considered business owners. Market research and a business plan should be the focus at this stage. Business owners get their satisfaction from happy customers and happy stakeholders.

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Ideas Entrepreneur Satisfaction Summary 127

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 28, 2021

If you are the hot-shot technical innovator that invented your solution, make sure you have an equally adept business and marketing expert to complement your skills. “If Pivot early, as required, to tune your features and marketing to meet the market and technical realities. Gather your resources before scaling the business.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 29, 2023

On the product side, once you have a proven product and business model, all you need is money to build inventory, and a sales and marketing operation to drive the business. Product companies sometimes equate customer satisfaction with customer service, but it’s more than that, especially with services. Are you ready to make it happen?

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 9, 2019

But very few are talking about how to measure your results and return on investment (ROI), and the right metrics for optimizing your marketing environment. He suggests you begin with the “big three” business objectives of higher revenue, reduced costs, and improved customer satisfaction. Get attention and reach your audience.

Social Media 98

Social Media Media Metrics Satisfaction 98

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 2, 2023

We all come from the era where our society and education prepared us for the labor market, meaning working for someone else as an information professional, factory worker, or retail associate. Potential resources available to entrepreneurs are enormous, but often under-utilized. Utilize business content curators and coaches.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 30, 2023

I’m fully convinced that success is all about you rather than the market. Allocate your time and resources to customer expectations and competitor challenges. Make your mantra one of job satisfaction and delivering customer value, rather than avoiding failure today. Celebrate even small wins to keep yourself motivated.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

Respond to new market shifts and opportunities. Now is the time for those changes you have been putting off to balance resources. After all, running a business is all about maximizing your satisfaction, as well as your financial returns. The recent inflation has made every customer rethink their spending habits and needs.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 14, 2022

First you have to be clear on who you are, and who you can co-exist with, what complementary skills and resources you need, and what decisions in the business you are willing to relegate. You really need a partner who is complementary, and can tackle the operational roles, like marketing, finance, and sales.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 1, 2020

Based on my own experiences in startups, and many years of advising new business owners, I’m convinced that there are a few common frustrations that we all need to anticipate and prepare for, rather than let them be a surprise and a painful dent in your enthusiasm and personal satisfaction from living your dream. Scaling a business is hard.

Entrepreneur 122

Entrepreneur Startup Course Examples 122

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 30, 2022

After some review of available resources, I’m convinced that problem solving is a learnable trait, rather than just a birthright. Listen to your customers to arrive at acceptable and marketable solutions. The best part of the entrepreneur problem-solving lifestyle is that it can bring satisfaction and happiness to your work.

Startup 135

Startup Mentor Entrepreneur Technical Review 135

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 3, 2020

On the product side, once you have a proven product and business model, all you need is money to build inventory, and a sales and marketing operation to drive the business. Product companies sometimes equate customer satisfaction with customer service, but it’s more than that, especially with services. Are you ready to make it happen?

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 16, 2022

In my experience, a healthy team is a prerequisite for a thriving business, innovation to meet market needs, and high customer loyalty. Occupational satisfaction. Emotional stability. This one relates to every team member’s ability to manage stress, control emotions, and cope with business and personal challenges.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 11, 2021

That takes focus, resolve, resources, and problem solving to make it happen. Markets, customers, and competitors evolve, and you must continually update the business to stay ahead. Contrary to popular belief, there is no shortage of good ideas out there. Every investor I know hears the same ones over and over again.

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Entrepreneur Ideas Examples Satisfaction 171

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

Without a measurable objective, you will be constantly frustrated by not seeing progress, and you will never feel success satisfaction. Avoid fuzzy goals, like making big money or being a market leader. As Yogi Berra once said, “If you don't know where you're going, you'll end up someplace else.” Celebrate your successes.

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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. Outsourcing vendors hire, train, and manage their own employees, using their own human resources, performance, and appraisal systems.

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