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. Decide early where and when money will come from, set some milestones and metrics, and work to a plan, or be caught short. Word of mouth is not adequate for marketing and sales.

Sales 165

Sales Customer Custom Social Media 165

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 28, 2020

Instead of counting and working more hours, I believe there are better ways to improve your productivity, as well as employee satisfaction, in growing your business: Create relevant result targets for all key employees. In business vernacular, targets are usually called metrics. Evaluate where technology and training can help.

Metrics 124

Metrics Entrepreneur Satisfaction Study 124

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 7, 2020

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. Show that you have a process to hire, fire, and train others as required. Solution development and delivery.

Entrepreneur 131

Entrepreneur Outsource Development Startup Competition 131

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 22, 2021

First, you as the leader must be a role model for the actions you desire – including positive communication, active coaching, rewards for results, as well as providing required tools and training. Use metrics to assess needs and growth economics.

Customer 114

Customer Custom Satisfaction Metrics 114

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 15, 2020

Implement the key business metrices you will live by. Identify the three most important metrics your business must hit every week to achieve growth goals. Increase you focus on coaching, training, and mentoring. These are the timeless principles that must guide all hiring, marketing, and execution decisions.

Metrics 140

Metrics Entrepreneur Coach Satisfaction 140

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

Fortunately, basic leadership and entrepreneurial skills can be acquired from experience and training. Proactively sets metrics and track goals. Work on the right characteristics, and think hard about those five key pivotal decisions that can make or break your satisfaction and your legacy. Ties rewards to performance results.

Startup 141

Startup Ideas Entrepreneur Framework 141

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 21, 2023

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. Decide early where and when money will come from, set some milestones and metrics, and work to a plan, or be caught short. Word of mouth is not adequate for marketing and sales.

Customer 109

Customer Custom Satisfaction Sales 109

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

Train them fully, give them authority, make them accountable, and tie their pay to customer satisfaction. It must be understandable, written down, and verifiable, with regular measurements and metrics to make it real, benchmarked against the competition. Train and coach continuously. Know your customers intimately.

Competition 99

Competition Services Startup Training 99

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. Show that you have a process to hire, fire, and train others as required. Solution development and delivery.

Outsource Development 115

Outsource Development Startup Competition Ideas 115

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 18, 2019

Fortunately, basic leadership and entrepreneurial skills can be acquired from experience and training. Proactively sets metrics and track goals. Work on the right characteristics, and think hard about those five key pivotal decisions that can make or break your satisfaction and your legacy. Ties rewards to performance results.

Entrepreneur 122

Entrepreneur Ideas Framework Tips 122

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 9, 2022

For example, Howard Schultz at Starbucks was quick to accept accountability for a racial bias incident a few years ago in one of his stores in Philadelphia, and he shut down all his stores for an anti-bias training session, rather than try to blame a single store employee or overall cultural conditions.

Activity 109

Activity Organization Mentor Training 109

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 24, 2015

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. Show that you have a process to hire, fire, and train others as required. Solution development and delivery.

Outsource Development 99

Outsource Development Startup Competition Ideas 99

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 2, 2015

Creating an innovative new business is guaranteed to test your skills, patience and determination, and you need to derive satisfaction from the journey, as well as the destination. Make sure there are metrics for problem counts, resolution time and revenue impact. Analyze issues to prevent similar problems.

Startup 100

Startup Entrepreneur Satisfaction Metrics 100

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 20, 2015

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. Decide early where and when money will come from, set some milestones and metrics, and work to a plan, or be caught short. Word of mouth is not adequate for marketing and sales.

Startup 107

Startup Sales Customer Custom 107

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 21, 2013

Train them fully, give them authority, make them accountable, and tie their pay to customer satisfaction. It must be understandable, written down, and verifiable, with regular measurements and metrics to make it real, benchmarked against the competition. Train and coach continuously. Know your customers intimately.

Customer 92

Customer Custom Startup Services 92

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 1, 2014

Fortunately, basic leadership and entrepreneurial skills can be acquired from experience and training. Proactively sets metrics and track goals. Work on the right characteristics, and think hard about those five key pivotal decisions that can make or break your satisfaction and your legacy. Ties rewards to performance results.

Entrepreneur 111

Entrepreneur Ideas Framework Tips 111

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 5, 2015

Fortunately, basic leadership and entrepreneurial skills can be acquired from experience and training. Proactively sets metrics and track goals. Work on the right characteristics, and think hard about those five key pivotal decisions that can make or break your satisfaction and your legacy. Ties rewards to performance results.

Entrepreneur 103

Entrepreneur Ideas Framework Tips 103

InfoChachkie

JANUARY 16, 2018

Semick: We’re a very metrics driven company, and we have been from the beginning. Metrics related to customer acquisition, lifetime value and churn. We’re transparent with our employees about these metrics and where the company stands with monthly marketing and sales goals. I get enough of those from my kids.

Venture Capital 115

Venture Capital Entrepreneur Santa Barbara SaaS 115

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 27, 2023

Measure progress through metrics on sales, revenue, and penetration. Seek customer feedback on ways to improve value and satisfaction. I recommend the servant leadership style of management, rather than command and control, to make sure teams have the tools and training they need, as well as an appreciation for the mission.

Customer 91

Customer Custom Marketing Startup 91

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 28, 2016

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. Show that you have a process to hire, fire, and train others as required. Solution development and delivery.

Ideas 62

Ideas Outsource Development Startup Competition 62

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 30, 2016

You need metrics to show dominant penetration of the relevant customer demographic, added value over existing media, and real customer testimonials of value. Employees are the most expensive resource for most businesses, and are difficult to acquire, train, and schedule. Local businesses expect proof of value, not promises.

Advertising 63

Advertising Content Social Media Satisfaction 63

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 28, 2018

Fortunately, basic leadership and entrepreneurial skills can be acquired from experience and training. Proactively sets metrics and track goals. Work on the right characteristics, and think hard about those five key pivotal decisions that can make or break your satisfaction and your legacy. Ties rewards to performance results.

Ideas 66

Ideas Entrepreneur Framework Tips 66

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 26, 2017

It’s certainly not all about intelligence, skills, and training. Most often, these people are the ones who keep detailed task checklists, and get great satisfaction from crossing off each item as it is completed. Why do some people you know at work consistently get things done, while others never seem to finish anything?

Satisfaction 53

Satisfaction Startup Metrics Product 53

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 23, 2018

Adopt a project-based revenue model with metrics. It also highlights all aspects of required customer service, satisfaction, testimonials, and referrals to friends in the business. Specialists and certified professionals are already seen as experts who do the work, rather than just make recommendations for others.

Social Media 56

Social Media Software Review Customer Custom 56

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 1, 2019

Too many employees expect a raise or promotion before they accept new responsibility, rather than demonstrating their value, getting training and experience first. Quantify your results in terms of cost per transaction, higher customer satisfaction, lower prices, and profit per employee, rather than number of transactions or hours worked.

Technical Advisors 75

Technical Advisors Startup Satisfaction Customer 75