Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

So here are my own top recommendations on how to think about your business aspirations, and put innovation in perspective among all the other priorities you will need to achieve success and satisfaction with your role on the road ahead. Look for technologies to adapt from other domains.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 30, 2022

In fact, it’s all about the “focus” required to get early stage technology products across the deadly chasm from early adopters to mainstream customers. There are other chasms out there just as deadly as the technology one, such as the ones below: Market requirements chasm. Marketing and sales chasm.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 29, 2019

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. I’m sure you can find some gaps, niches, or extensions for each of these technologies: Internet of Things. I wish it was that easy. Cloud Computing.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 30, 2014

It may not be as sexy, but starting a new business that builds on an existing technology or business model is usually less risky than introducing that ultimate new disruptive technology. There is always time later for your next startup, using that disruptive technology of your dreams.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 30, 2023

It may not be as sexy, but starting a new business which builds on an existing technology or business model is usually less risky than introducing that ultimate new disruptive technology. There is always time later for your next startup, using that disruptive technology of your dreams.

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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

OCTOBER 29, 2021

Studies have shown that work productivity is related to a happier work culture , and customer satisfaction and loyalty are also dependent on the culture. Use marketing, blogging, and industry conferences to get the message out. The stigma of a clunky desktop today can easily lower worker engagement and satisfaction.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 8, 2020

It may not be as sexy, but starting a new business which builds on an existing technology or business model is usually less risky than introducing that ultimate new disruptive technology. There is always time later for your next startup, using that disruptive technology of your dreams.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 18, 2020

This distrust for the scripted message has led to a new demand for unfiltered marketing, and the emergence of business credibility heroes, like Elon Musk, with his bold statements about space travel, and sometime villains, such as Mark Zuckerberg defending Facebook privacy practices. Real-time in-process updates vs after-the-fact stories.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 18, 2013

In fact, it’s all about the “focus” required to get early stage technology products across the deadly chasm from early adopters to mainstream customers. There are other chasms out there just as deadly as the technology one, such as the ones below: Market requirements chasm. Marketing and sales chasm.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 18, 2021

Explain that they may be called, and use the opportunity to check their satisfaction with your company and your product. This will cover the technology, the current state of development, and customer satisfaction. Size of the market. One of the criteria for a good investment is a large and fast growing “potential market.”

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 4, 2023

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. Constraints are the best motivators for finding new approaches to solving a problem, building a product, or crafting an effective marketing campaign.

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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. Too many entrepreneurs I know start by highlighting their new technology , and assume that it will sell itself. Every balanced leader does marketing early.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 6, 2023

Use this opportunity to validate their satisfaction and support for your company and your solution. A hard look will be taken at the technology maturity, the current development progress, and customer satisfaction with early product shipments. Visit reference customers, partners, and vendors. Status of the solution.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 18, 2021

You need to listen to customers on how to tune existing products, but most existing customers actually fear change and avoid new technologies. 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. There will be time for friends later.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 22, 2021

Proof of any business model starts with a finished product or solution, sold to a new customer for full price, with high satisfaction for the value received. Here are some basic principles from my own experience that will improve your odds and keep you on the right track: Recognize that you are not the market.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 21, 2016

It may not be as sexy, but starting a new business which builds on an existing technology or business model is usually less risky than introducing that ultimate new disruptive technology. There is always time later for your next startup, using that disruptive technology of your dreams.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 5, 2023

Market research and a business plan should be the focus at this stage. Business owners know that growth as a business versus a startup requires replicable and documented processes, a focus on marketing and sales, personnel management skills, and detailed planning. Startup and development stage.

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TechCrunch LA

JULY 29, 2020

Heal, Desai says, also works with the digital technologies to provide more remote and persistent patient monitoring, so that doctors can have a better sense of a patient’s health over time, rather than at an acute moment of care. “You want to talk to the doctor and get continuity of care,” said Desai.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 16, 2022

They couldn’t possibly understand the new social media culture, new technologies, or have the determination to beat their younger counterparts in the market. Pew says the Boomer demographic is the largest mainstream pool of experienced talent in the market today, and will be for the foreseeable future.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 7, 2012

Too many entrepreneurs develop a new product without regard to market demand, then build an entire strategy based on creating a need, rather than acting on an existing market need. The best startups find a way to drive the market with their technology, rather than push their new technology-driven ‘solution’ on the marketplace.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 2, 2020

While these are quite reasonable, I find that the real superstars in the entrepreneurial world today, such as Bill Gates and Elon Musk, started with even bigger aspirations, including moving computer technology into every home, and establishing a human outpost on another planet. Desire to make the world a better place.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 1, 2022

This momentum is what you need for enjoyment and satisfaction, as well as for others to see you as a business leader. In any business, you need hope, confidence, resilience, and optimism to weather the daily challenges of customers, market changes, and competitors. Build your character and reputation with personal values.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 26, 2022

It is required today for new innovation strategies, analyzing markets for new opportunities, and organizational changes. Moving forward, you should expect the market volatility to increase, driven not only by customers, but by new technology, changing government regulations, and a surge in new competitors.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 13, 2011

In fact, it’s all about the “focus” required to get early stage technology products across the deadly chasm from early adopters to mainstream customers. There are other chasms out there just as deadly as the technology one, such as the ones below: Market requirements chasm. Marketing and sales chasm.

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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. Constraints are the best motivators for finding new approaches to solving a problem, building a product, or crafting an effective marketing campaign.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 13, 2022

In these days of global competition via multiple channels, you need continuous marketing to find more customers. Due to the rapid growth of influencer marketing , influencer tracking systems, such as Traackr or Pixlee have emerged as reliable tools for brands that employ influencers to track conversions from their sponsorships.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 14, 2023

In reality, the business world gets tougher every day, with new entrants, new technology, and competitors more easily entering the fray from around the globe. Startups that target profitable and growing markets with high returns should realize that these will draw many new entrants. Way back in 1979, Michael E. Either way you lose.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 26, 2022

For example, Bill Gates founded and grew Microsoft, and Michael Dell built a great technology company, both with no outside funding until they went successful enough to go public years later and sell shares to common stockholders. Very few entrepreneurs I know have the patience and time to communicate to the satisfaction of all investors.

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TechCrunch LA

OCTOBER 16, 2019

Originally called Dopamine Labs, the company was founded in 2015 to bring some of the same technologies that social media companies like Facebook used to boost engagement to a broader range of applications. “We can use technology to hook people to unhook them from unhealthy behaviors.”

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 14, 2022

The key elements of leadership in a company, both individual and organizational, are less tangible, but very critical in setting a market value for investment, acquisition, or going public. Every business and brand has unique requirements to fit into their market environment. Leadership brand development.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

As a long-time business advisor, and an investor in startups along the way, I’m always on the lookout for an entrepreneur who is responding first to a problem in the marketplace , rather than bringing a new technology to the market, assuming it will find a problem to solve. Tap into the collective intelligence around you.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 6, 2023

This required ability is aided by some supportive personal attributes, such as confidence, initiative, problem solving, and determination, but the basic learning principles must include the following: Satisfaction will come from learning something new every day. This is a key part of enjoying the journey, as well as the destination.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 21, 2016

There are a few entrepreneurs who seem to always be ahead of the rest, and are able to sense where the market is going tomorrow. Investors reverently call this the ability to “see around the next technology corner,” and fight for a place in line to put their money down. His new product presentations were legendary.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 10, 2023

Entrepreneurs need to document a process of responding to a market need, sizing opportunity, assigning a specific business model, and planning for marketing, sales, and customer satisfaction. Formalize the use of tools and information technology. Marketing, sales, support, and service operations.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 24, 2021

Use this opportunity to validate their satisfaction and support for your company and your solution. A hard look will be taken at the technology maturity, the current development progress, and customer satisfaction with early product shipments. Visit reference customers, partners, and vendors. Status of the solution.

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TechCrunch LA

NOVEMBER 7, 2019

Wrench is one of a growing number of companies that are using technology to adapt what had previously been infrastructure-heavy services closer to a more consumer-friendly, convenient business model. The company’s round was led by Vulcan Capital with additional participation from Madrona Venture Group, Tenaya Capital and Marubeni Corp.

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