Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 22, 2021

Here is a summary of some key items to think about as an entrepreneur before approaching friends, family, or even fools: Don’t be afraid to ask, carefully. Be passionate about the idea. Be honest with naïve family members and friends about the inherent risks of a startup – at least 70% fail in the first five years.

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AUGUST 30, 2014

On sales I often talk about “ Why Buy Anything, Why Buy Now, Why Buy Me ” as a tool to think about a sales process. On marketing I talk about “ Arming & Aiming ” 4. How to network better ? Each is a framework for thinking about a problem. Think Critically about Your Situation.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 26, 2020

Every entrepreneur already knows that building a startup is all about experimentation, new experiences, and problem solving. Create and use new networks to tap new ideas. Avoid the network trap of sticking to the same old players for insight, motivation, and advice. It can then be exhilarating to bring these outsights back home.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 4, 2023

These days, building a new business is all about visibility and marketing, no matter how great or innovative a solution you bring to the table. I recall a good summary of how to motivate and train a team to accomplish this in the classic book, “ The Business of Creativity: How to Build the Right Team for Success ,” by Keith Granet.

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Tech Zulu Event

APRIL 23, 2013

The fitness professional network develops business tools that make it easier for fitness professionals to run their businesses and keep their clients engaged between training sessions. No summary of what we did, no easy way for me to recommend my trainer to my friends, and no way for me to easily book the next appointment.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 27, 2020

Customers think about alternatives, and investors worry about competitors. For investors, an executive summary of your plan is appropriate. It should be imbedded in the home page of your web site, the introduction section of your business plan, the heart of your executive summary, and the first slide of your investor pitch.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 21, 2020

Many of you are convinced that it’s all about finding investors, but my experience indicates that the critical resources needed go far beyond money. Network capital – relationships, connectedness. Networking events create opportunities for like-minded and supportive people to build partnerships.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 23, 2012

That they own a large piece of The Discovery Network? He also covered how “traditional media companies” think about the future and how they view disruption. Here’s the summary and on YouTube the links to skip right to these moments is below the actual video. 8:15 How do you feel about your properties?

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SoCal CTO

JANUARY 5, 2010

They talk about: 5 Trends Converging (3G + Social Networking + Video + VoIP + Impressive Mobile Devices) which is more than what I think of as mobile internet. Faster Cycles They also talk about waves lasting 10 years, but it’s a lot messier than that and the cycle times are much faster. social networking, etc.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

I’m sure that many of you have some good thoughts on how to deal with difficult situations, but I was very impressed with the summary of recommendations provided in the new book, “ Compassionate Leadership ,” by Rasmus Hougaard and Jacqueline Carter. Don’t expect any discussion or relationship to be finalized by the initial interaction.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 14, 2020

These days, building a new business is all about visibility and marketing, no matter how great or innovative a solution you bring to the table. I recall a good summary of how to motivate and train a team to accomplish this in the classic book, “ The Business of Creativity: How to Build the Right Team for Success ,” by Keith Granet.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 17, 2019

If you are a business professional or owner today, success is more and more about relationships. Yet I find in my business advisory activities that busy entrepreneurs and professionals, especially the introverts like me, find it hard to spend the necessary time networking and nurturing the relationships they need to get ahead.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 6, 2019

If you want the whole deck you can find it on SlideShare but I’ve written up a short summary with commentary below. The best way of thinking about this “value capture” accrued to VCs and not public-market investors is to look at what happened a generation ago. And this is about to grow even faster.” Want some context?

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 9, 2023

Here is a summary of their key observations, with our joint specifics on what to expect, and how to overcome these obstacles: Customers don’t buy what they don’t know and understand. These days, people worry about the liability potential, or making a dramatic move that may be very expensive to recover from.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 21, 2019

That’s why Elon Musk, and a few others you could name, don’t have any trouble getting investor attention – they have the reputation and networks to successfully commercialize creative ideas. Successful business innovators excel at networking, through both strong and weak social ties, to get the resources and support they need.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 6, 2022

These may be aggregated by an angel group up to about $1M for an angel round. Incubators are a great place to learn about potentially great startups, and participating as a mentor helps you learn which ones are a good fit for you. Successful startups are all about the execution. Marty Zwilling.

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TechEmpower

JULY 9, 2019

When we posted the previous round in late 2018, the project had processed about 3,250 pull requests. In summary: Thanks to An Tao ( @an-tao ), we clarified that the "Date" header in HTTP Responses must be accurate. Cloud tests in Azure are using Azure's accelerated networking feature. Postgres has been upgraded to version 11.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 13, 2011

I intro’d him to the COO of a growing tech company about maybe working together. I get emails all the time from people asking me on a first date and saying, “how about if I buy you dinner.” You don’t have to be sheepish about short time because you know they want to meet you. But what about lunch, Mark?

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 5, 2023

The best I can offer, based on my own experience as a business professional and a business owner, is a summary of the steps that have worked for me and others I know, for turning ideas and aspirations into results, with some measure of progress along the way. Start networking selectively to build relationships.

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socalTECH

APRIL 4, 2013

That''s what Los Angeles-based FieldLevel (www.fieldlevel.com) has been working on, making it easier for coaches to network and exchange information on athletes. We spoke with co-founder Brenton Sullivan about the company''s platform, and how it''s hoping to transform the athletic recruiting process. What''s the idea behind FieldLevel?

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 15, 2020

Here is a summary of their key observations, with our joint specifics on what to expect, and how to overcome these obstacles: Customers don’t buy what they don’t know and understand. These days, people worry about the liability potential, or making a dramatic move that may be very expensive to recover from.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 15, 2012

But for now, the summary is: You’ll extend your network. . So I thought a bit more about it. I’m not one who has subscribed to the “superman founder” narrative. So I was intrigued by Brad’s post. You should read the post in its entirety – it’s a great learning piece.

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InfoChachkie

JUNE 16, 2011

What follows is a summary which paraphrases Arnie’s responses. As much as a consumer will go to a search engine like Google to find out more information about things they have already heard about, they are going to Twitter, and to a lesser extent Facebook, to discover what’s new and exciting today. ”. partner? “We

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 20, 2022

As a technologist, I’ve always focused on the solution, but only learned the hard way about persuasion drivers, which I found summarized well in a new book, “ Amplify Your Influence ,” by Rene Rodriguez. He brings nearly 30 years of behavioral neuroscience to the table. In business, your personal brand is key.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 17, 2019

We now serve many large clients like Dish Networks, Dignity Health, and U.S. Of course everything could be replicated if a massive juggernaut like Amazon or Google wanted to pour all of their resources into it but I’m talking about technology that is hard to replicate, takes years of know-how and once adopted is significantly valuable.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 3, 2009

If you’re in the market or thinking about VC in the future the following video may be of interest to you – click here to view. Video is about 7 minutes. If you want to learn more about “Pitching a VC&# make sure to check out the entire series here. Easier to start by networking with some of our investments.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 29, 2022

The first cost is networking to find a mentor who is willing and able to give adequate focus to the relationship. I recommend one or more early discussions of mutual objectives, with a written summary of goals and expectations from the mentee to the mentor, with timeframes and milestones. Make efficient use of time for both parties.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 12, 2019

But the strangest thing about the decline in the seed stage only happened in the seed stage. The skills and networks inherent in making the early bet are consistent with the funds that play in this category. Seed investing is really about backing “the start.” What Does This All Mean for Seed Investing?

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

As a business advisor, I listen to many of you entrepreneurs talking about achieving your dreams, but too few of you have structured that dream, and can express it in a set of specific goals, with a timeline for getting there. Network to find inspiring and needed team members. Celebrate your successes.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 15, 2013

In part two I talked about how to ensure that your professional services practice doesn’t take over your software company although I’m on record that there is nothing wrong with a services company as long as you’re not VC backed. I would personally attend the summary sessions to hear directly what their major requests were.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 31, 2015

Passionate entrepreneurs tend to talk on and on about their disruptive technology, their intent to change the world and free services, but if a business can’t provide quantifiable value to real customers, the dream will likely turn into a nightmare. Investors worry about competitors more than customer features.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 24, 2010

Two days ago I wrote about Quora. What Quora has done is wrap social networking around Q&A with the more clever next-gen UX I’ve seen. But my post today is not about Quora, it’s about an answer that I wrote on Quora. Power Users – These are the people you’re likely asking about.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 7, 2013

The industry finally has one of their own at the helm of the largest YouTube network. If you want to understand my thesis behind Maker you can read this article that outlines the trend , but in summary: People watch 5.3 I had written about Mike before but hadn’t disclosed his name. This has been a very welcome addition.

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InfoChachkie

AUGUST 11, 2011

What follows is a summary which paraphrases Naval’s responses. You can cast a much wider net, the nature of the pitch can be a lot simpler, you can get funded with just an executive summary and a good conversation…without having to put together a business plan or even a deck. Talking about what you can become is almost pointless.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 23, 2014

” The pioneering fund of funds realize that their source of differentiation is much more about the latter than the former. This is a structural shift in our industry few have talked about publicly. But about that “bubble” we always hear about? The iPhone was released.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 11, 2020

If you think about it, most of the influential names in the entrepreneur world today, including Elon Musk and Richard Branson, have each started many companies, learning from each, and fully recognizing that not all are destined to be remembered. I’m now convinced that serious entrepreneurs relish the startup process more than success.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 13, 2015

Every entrepreneur already knows that building a startup is all about experimentation, new experiences, and problem solving. Create and use new networks to tap new ideas. Avoid the network trap of sticking to the same old players for insight, motivation, and advice. It can then be exhilarating to bring these outsights back home.

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