Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 18, 2020

They outline and give some positive recommendations to counter the key organizational impediments to fast transformation that I see all too often, even in businesses with top management committed to first-mover speed and agility: Passive resistance to change from within the organization. Difficulty in securing and protecting funding.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 12, 2021

Do case studies and gather customer testimonials, as well as build relationships that lead to advocacy, loyalty, and word-of-mouth support. Network with local organizations and industry groups. Build a marketing plan with deliverables and metrics. Avoid the use of jargon, big claims, and special promotions.

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Technical Advisors Tips Marketing Case Study 154

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 25, 2023

Transforming your organization for the new global economy requires perseverance and long-term thinking. Most great business leaders, including Jeff Bezos , maintain a key internal team to study and implement the next steps. Not having a means to measure holistic impact.

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Outsource Development Outsource Startup Metrics 140

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 9, 2022

I fully support and appreciate his case studies and conclusions on specific required personal initiatives, and how these can change people, organizations, and even entire industries. Set goals based on values, that are meant to exceed, and use metrics, rather than gut feeling to assess your own progress, as well as that of your team.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 24, 2022

You must have a strong Chief Marketing Officer (CMO) with a clear strategy for spending, and metrics to gauge results. In my experience, your biggest challenge will be to rationalize the disparate input from your sales and marketing organizations, who each want more resources and more credit for ROI.

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Customer Custom Acquisition Technical Review 100

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 26, 2021

Well-articulated goals and metrics. Study their moves and engage your team for an analysis of updates. No organization, large or small, can manage more than five goals and priorities without becoming unfocused and ineffective. Build it at the start and don’t ever lose it. Focus on the few things that really matter.

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Startup Resource Entrepreneur Metrics 154

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 11, 2019

Kaplan is a leading expert in building innovation cultures, and speaks from his real-world experience with many companies, as well as academic study. Start with defining and publishing innovation goals at the company level, and then ask for specific objectives from every organization. Decide what to measure and create metrics.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 19, 2022

I still find too many service organizations that ignore or discount online reviews and satisfaction surveys. Clients need to feel comfortable that you expect quality work from your team and technology, and have metrics, modern tools, and controls in place to make it happen. Provide relevant case studies illustrating your results.

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Services Technical Review Social Media Case Study 121

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 20, 2017

Sounds simple but in practice I promise you most organization fall into the latter trap. So they create a task list of all the marketing activities an organization can do: press releases, web site updates, customer case studies, blog posts, daily Tweets, Facebook fan page, attending conferences, etc.

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Activity Conference Press Case Study 164

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 28, 2021

Thus I was pleased to see my own insights covered in a new book, “ Why Startups Fail ,” by Tom Eisenmann, a Harvard Business School professor, who has mentored many more entrepreneurs, and authored more than a hundred HBS case studies from real-world startups. A growing team needs skilled managers and an HR organization.

Technical Review 131

Technical Review Case Study Mentor Software Review 131

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 1, 2019

According to one study a while back, only 45% of founders plan to exit after stage one, and my guess is that less than half the remainder survive the next stage in their own company. Managing business growth is more than metrics. Of course, not every entrepreneur wants to tackle this challenge. Optimize the total customer experience.

Startup 97

Startup Sales Metrics Guide 97

socalTECH

AUGUST 30, 2017

Santa Monica-based Gigmor (www.gigmor.com) is an online marketplace for musicians, and recently expanded beyond connecting musicians with each other, to connecting musicians with venues, club organizers, and others. David Baird: I've been a musician since I was five, studying classical piano, and evolved into guitar like so many other people.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 11, 2019

Technology is not the solution per se , but it provides the key enablement, drivers, and support for the required flexibility, integration, communication, metrics, and affordability that are required in the workplace today. The goal must be to eliminate organization silos, flatten hierarchies, and empower employees within projects.

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Company Companies Coach Satisfaction 78

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 12, 2019

It starts at the top with the founder and CEO, but has to extend quickly to the bottom of the organization. Every organization needs to have specific mechanisms in place to facilitate change, including regular effective communication, reward systems that reinforce desired change behavior, and accountability for results.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 5, 2017

Kaplan is a leading expert in building innovation cultures, and speaks from his real-world experience with many companies, as well as academic study. Start with defining and publishing innovation goals at the company level, and then ask for specific objectives from every organization. Decide what to measure and create metrics.

Startup 81

Startup Metrics Organization Ideas 81

socalTECH

DECEMBER 27, 2017

This means organizations will require new and different external research to understand what tools they must provide in order to help their members make progress. As the new NAIS President, Donna Orem, her Board, and her team set out to build a segmented research study to profile the market of Private Schools.

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Research Organization Help Product 140

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 6, 2017

Technology is not the solution per se , but it provides the key enablement, drivers, and support for the required flexibility, integration, communication, metrics, and affordability that are required in the workplace today. The goal must be to eliminate organization silos, flatten hierarchies, and empower employees within projects.

Satisfaction 67

Satisfaction Coach Startup Organization 67

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 4, 2015

According to one study a while back, only 45% of founders plan to exit after stage one, and my guess is that less than half the remainder survive the next stage in their own company. Managing business growth is more than metrics. Of course, not every entrepreneur wants to tackle this challenge. Optimize the total customer experience.

Startup 108

Startup Sales Metrics Entrepreneur 108

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 10, 2019

I fully support and appreciate his case studies and conclusions on specific required personal initiatives, and how these can change people, organizations, and even entire industries. Set goals based on values, that are meant to exceed, and use metrics, rather than gut feeling to assess your own progress, as well as that of your team.

Case Study 93

Case Study Customer Custom Tool 93

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 7, 2017

It starts at the top with the founder and CEO, but has to extend quickly to the bottom of the organization. Every organization needs to have specific mechanisms in place to facilitate change, including regular effective communication, reward systems that reinforce desired change behavior, and accountability for results.

Startup 56

Startup Training Statistics Summary 56

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 11, 2014

It starts at the top with the founder and CEO, but has to extend quickly to the bottom of the organization. Every organization needs to have specific mechanisms in place to facilitate change, including regular effective communication, reward systems that reinforce desired change behavior, and accountability for results.

Entrepreneur 110

Entrepreneur Startup Training Statistics 110

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 13, 2017

According to one study a while back, only 45% of founders plan to exit after stage one, and my guess is that less than half the remainder survive the next stage in their own company. Managing business growth is more than metrics. Of course, not every entrepreneur wants to tackle this challenge. Optimize the total customer experience.

Startup 56

Startup Sales Metrics Guide 56

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 2, 2019

In fact, you may have noticed in a recent study , that the business CEO turnover rate last year was the highest in 10 years, and may go even higher this year. The best leader personality for larger organizations is one of providing help and resources, rather than extracting performance. Work on being a facilitator rather than a driver.

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Tips Mentor Coach Metrics 97

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 3, 2013

According to one study , only 45% of Founders plan to exit after stage one, and my guess is that less than half the remainder survive the next stage in their own company. Managing business growth is more than metrics. Of course, not every entrepreneur wants to tackle this challenge. Optimize the total customer experience.

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Sales Metrics Startup Entrepreneur 96

socalTECH

OCTOBER 19, 2016

We take this data, and organize those into dimensions�your diabetes range, your cardiovascular system, optimal aging, nutrition, stress. In 2014, we did an IRB approved study when I was doing this for 30 to 40 percent of my time, where I learned three things. I have a passion for health and wellness.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 2, 2015

Well-articulated goals and metrics. Study their moves and engage your team for an analysis of updates. No organization, large or small, can manage more than five goals and priorities without becoming unfocused and ineffective. Build it at the start and don’t ever lose it. Focus on the few things that really matter.

Startup 109

Startup Resource Entrepreneur Metrics 109

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 29, 2012

It starts at the top with the founder and CEO, but has to extend quickly to the bottom of the organization. Every organization needs to have specific mechanisms in place to facilitate change, including regular effective communication, reward systems that reinforce desired change behavior, and accountability for results.

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Startup Training Statistics Summary 93

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 14, 2011

It starts at the top with the founder and CEO, but has to extend quickly to the bottom of the organization. Every organization needs to have specific mechanisms in place to facilitate change, including regular effective communication, reward systems that reinforce desired change behavior, and accountability for results.

Startup 94

Startup Marketing Training Statistics 94

InfoChachkie

MARCH 3, 2014

Zappos is a flat organization in which the senior executives sit in cubicles, among the other employees. As Augusta sees it, "It''s that little voice in our head, that tell us, ''Go ahead, you can study tomorrow. Clearly such programs are not suited for all organizations. It''s so amazing.". Sitting On The Throne.

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Coach Startup Study Customer 182

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 2, 2013

According to a study of 1700 CEOs last year, only 60% of companies today use social media for marketing, and only 12% of those feel that they are using it effectively. Define relevant metrics and measure. His business has since closed, but his mindset is still out there. Find out what other people are doing, and what works for them.

Social Media 106

Social Media Media Startup Social Network 106

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 10, 2017

I fully support and appreciate his case studies and conclusions on specific required personal initiatives, and how these can change people, organizations, and even entire industries. Set goals based on values, that are meant to exceed, and use metrics, rather than gut feeling to assess your own progress, as well as that of your team.

Case Study 55

Case Study Customer Custom Entrepreneur 55

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 30, 2016

Well-articulated goals and metrics. Study their moves and engage your team for an analysis of updates. No organization, large or small, can manage more than five goals and priorities without becoming unfocused and ineffective. Build it at the start and don’t ever lose it. Focus on the few things that really matter.

Startup 59

Startup Resource Entrepreneur Metrics 59

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 6, 2010

It starts at the top with the founder and CEO, but has to extend quickly to the bottom of the organization. Every organization needs to have specific mechanisms in place to facilitate change, including regular effective communication, reward systems that reinforce desired change behavior, and accountability for results.

Startup 78

Startup Training Statistics Summary 78

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 19, 2018

You are going to “study” the details before making a decision. Kai taught me that the key metric to whether a sales process is going well is “engagement.” I always ask the potential investor, “would you mind if I contacted Josephine Wright and organize for her to speak with you for 20 minutes?” Yeah, sure.

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Funding Venture Capital Startup Email 336

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 9, 2011

He is not alone, according to a recent study , which concludes that only 47% of companies use social media today for marketing, despite the fact that 78% of executives polled feel it’s critical for success. Define relevant metrics and measure. What’s the problem? Find out what other people are doing, and what works for them.

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Social Media Media Marketing Social Network 104

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 4, 2010

According to this study from last year, over 65% of existing small businesses still ignore social media for marketing, so he is still the rule rather than the exception. Define relevant metrics and measure. I have a friend who runs a nationwide “traditional” business, and business is down, like it has been for most people.

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Social Media Media Marketing Startup 88

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 17, 2010

Studies show, if you don't, people will turn to piracy. Our metrics show that when people watch chips, they increase their tendency to want to watch that feature length film. What do you offer the studios, and why would they want to work with you to make those clips available? Rich Raddon: There are two things.

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Startup Los Angeles Content Hollywood 190