Startup Professionals Musings
NOVEMBER 5, 2022
We have all heard about the successes of flattened management organizations in the last decade at Facebook, Valve, Zappos, and others. Most experts agree that the key to worker productivity, decision making, and satisfaction, is raising their level of engagement from the currently low thirty percent range.
Startup Professionals Musings
OCTOBER 19, 2022
The crowd gets the satisfaction of helping, with minimal risk, and no expectation of any high return. No startup ownership or financial return should be expected, but contributors can enjoy the satisfaction of furthering non-profits or causes with a passion to change the world. Product pre-order model. Interest on debt model.
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Startup Professionals Musings
JULY 13, 2022
Trade shows and conferences can produce hundreds of new qualified leads for your business, as well as build relationships with industry leaders, outsourcing vendors, and potential partners. Effective scaling and growth often requires more investment than is available from early organic returns.
Startup Professionals Musings
NOVEMBER 5, 2021
You can’t outsource that one. When the organization changes, be the first to help the new organization work, even when it costs extra hours and sweat. The satisfaction of creating jobs is a lot greater than keeping this one. Very few people are willing and able to take on any challenge, and make it work.
Startup Professionals Musings
APRIL 29, 2023
Customers won’t pay to see your new employees learning on the job, and outsourcing the real work to a cheap labor source is a recipe for disaster. Product companies sometimes equate customer satisfaction with customer service, but it’s more than that, especially with services. Recruit only the best people, with the right base skills.
Startup Professionals Musings
MARCH 10, 2023
I’m not suggesting that you model your startup after the complex corporate organizations you hated in your last job, but there are at least eight key functions and activities that every investor expects to find in a startup proposal with any real potential to change the world. Solution development and delivery.
Startup Professionals Musings
JANUARY 20, 2020
The crowd gets the satisfaction of helping, with minimal risk, and no expectation of any high return. No startup ownership or financial return should be expected, but contributors can enjoy the satisfaction of furthering non-profits or causes with a passion to change the world. Product pre-order model. Interest on debt model.
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