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8 Strategies For Sustaining Momentum In Your Startup

Startup Professionals Musings

New entrepreneurs, especially technical ones, are excited by early adopters, and tend to focus on their feedback, which will always suggest more product features and options. Utilize outside expertise and mentoring. Your long-term success and satisfaction depends on it. Focus first on finding more of the right customers.

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Why You Should Enlist a Business Mentor, Or Be One

Startup Professionals Musings

In my experience working with startups, the best approach these days is to find and use a good mentor (been there, done that). Of course, mentoring is not new – it’s been the favored way to learn arts and crafts since way back in the middle ages. But I assert that mentoring in business is making a comeback.

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8 Keys To Improving Your Image And Career Advancement

Startup Professionals Musings

Inside the organization, it also pays to offer some of your time for coaching and mentoring to less experienced team members, as an entrée to a supportive relationship. I have seen too many careers and businesses fail due to projects that went off the rails. Stretch here also increases job satisfaction. Find what works for you.

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8 Aspects Of Team Well-Being Drive Business Results

Startup Professionals Musings

Yet I find, as a mentor and outside consultant, that many of you focus only on working conditions and compensation as the key factors determining team engagement , health, and productivity. I will summarize these here, with my insights, for your review and implementation: Physical health. Occupational satisfaction.

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How Baby Boomers Fit In The Realm Of Entrepreneurship

Startup Professionals Musings

They couldn’t possibly understand the new social media culture, new technologies, or have the determination to beat their younger counterparts in the market. In fact, they are well-qualified overall, having worked with high technology and computers for at least 20 years, are highly educated, and highly motivated.

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5 Phases of Leadership Growth Lead To Company Success

Startup Professionals Musings

Here I often find that you need to seek and work with a co-founder who can complement your technical skills with financial and marketing to start the business. You likely have hired a few helpers, such as an assistant, a social media coordinator, and a bookkeeper. Lead and mentor team members to run all business areas.

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Startups Are Not Just The Realm Of Young Generations

Startup Professionals Musings

They couldn’t possibly understand the new social media culture, new technologies, or have the determination to beat their younger counterparts in the market. In fact, they are well-qualified overall, having worked with high technology and computers for at least 20 years, are highly educated, and highly motivated.

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