Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 3, 2020

If your forte is a service, like consulting or web site design, it’s harder to find guidance on what will get you funded, and how you can scale your business. With services, scaling the business often implies cloning yourself, since you are the intellectual property and the competitive advantage. Capture your “secret sauce.”

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 12, 2020

The challenge is finding and using qualified affordable support organizations for each stage. The first step toward a business with any idea is to write it down, and build a business plan around it. Usually these will not give you money, but will provide inexpensive expert mentoring and office services.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 27, 2014

If your forte is a service, like consulting or web site design, it’s harder to find guidance on what will get you funded, and how you can scale your business. With services, scaling the business often implies cloning yourself, since you are the intellectual property and the competitive advantage. Capture your “secret sauce.”

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Services Startup Training Writing 105

Tech.Co

DECEMBER 29, 2023

Bobbie One startup that's proved to have the formula for success this year is Bobbie – the first infant formula to be certified as organic by the USDA, and the fastest-growing product of its kind to enter the US market since the 1980s. Organic milk formula product Bobbie. Writesonic Library screenshot.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 17, 2016

If your forte is a service, like consulting or web site design, it’s harder to find guidance on what will get you funded, and how you can scale your business. With services, scaling the business often implies cloning yourself, since you are the intellectual property and the competitive advantage. Capture your “secret sauce.”

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Services Startup Training Writing 61

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 23, 2013

Campaign setup and ad copy writing. If you do all these things right by displaying other people’s ads on your website or blog, you will make money from advertising – like Google and Facebook, who offer services for free, and still make millions in revenue. Popular keywords have higher costs. Marty Zwilling.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 4, 2021

Thus I recommend that you stick with organic search, and use SEO to raise your ranking. Campaign setup and ad copy writing. For credibility with investors, stick to the organic SEO model and other revenue streams until you have the high traffic to survive on PPC revenue. Popular keywords have higher costs. Marty Zwilling.

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PPC SEO Paid Search Search Engine Optimization 154

Berkonomics

MAY 8, 2014

I am chairman of a company that, as I write this, is twelve years old and has not yet taken a dollar of outside investment. email readers, continue here.] In general, grants are made to individuals, companies, businesses, organizations or institutions that are working toward serving the greater good or a greater cause.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

Hiring requirements must be anticipated and implemented with the same precision and tracking as manufacturing volumes, sales leads, and customer service. The requirements of the desired organization need to be formalized before people are hired. Hiring before organizational structure is defined.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 16, 2021

These businesses are usually run out of the home, and cover the gamut from consulting services to e-commerce. From the dollar you gave to the homeless guy on the way to meet a prospective client, to the new tie you bought to look professional, write down every single penny. Write down agreements. Record every expense.

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Entrepreneur Writing .Net Commerce 121

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 30, 2019

What every entrepreneur needs more than anything else, after they have built an innovative new product or service, is visibility, credibility, and trust by customers, potential employees, and future business partners. If you sell to other business organizations, a book is a huge asset in reducing their perceived selection risk.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 19, 2021

Small groups of consultants have now become groups of specialists – CFO Services, Marketing Services, or Management Services. In the past, consultants were taught to report only to the top executive, and to assume leadership rights in the organization. All aspects of customer service apply. Dress to fit in.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

Sources should include local startup incubators, blog owners, and government support organizations, such as SCORE. Every industry organization has regular local meetings and annual conferences for education purposes and bringing the right people together. Write a business plan for your desired new business.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 4, 2020

Hiring requirements must be anticipated and implemented with the same precision and tracking as manufacturing volumes, sales leads, and customer service. The requirements of the desired organization need to be formalized before people are hired. Hiring before organizational structure is defined.

Organization 135

Organization Satisfaction Entrepreneur Screening 135

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 22, 2019

you can sign up if you want to try the service. I believe that the fundamental nature of getting buy-in from organizations to make complex decisions involves visual storytelling. It is how sales reps talk to prospects about their products & services to try and gain buy-in for a sale.

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Startup Social Media Slides Design 191

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 28, 2018

The challenge is finding and using qualified affordable support organizations for each stage. The first step toward a business with any idea is to write it down, and build a business plan around it. Usually these will not give you money, but will provide inexpensive expert mentoring and office services.

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Funding Startup Organization Incubator 94

socalTECH

JUNE 11, 2018

For those not familiar with the writing process in Hollywood works, fill us in? We saw that there were a lot of talent discovery programs out there, such as screenwriting fellowships, labs, film festivals, workshops, and writing competitions. I had a screenwriter friend in Los Angeles, who asked me to work on a service for him.

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Technical Review Hollywood Platform Competition 100

Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 17, 2014

I’ll try to get write-ups shortly but for now here is an overview of my interview with Nanea Reeves – President and COO of textPlus. In our video we discussed leadership topics such as managing product and engineering teams, communication and company organization. Company Organization.

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Technical Review Blogging RSS Organization 315

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 16, 2023

Successful entrepreneurs often start with a “random” idea, but they quickly focus their efforts and follow a “system” to organize their startup and maximize the clout of their activities. If you can’t write it down, you probably don’t understand it. What we all need is trusted advisors who can help us decipher the clutter.

Social Media 94

Social Media Media Ideas Writing 94

socalTECH

AUGUST 1, 2011

LegalZoom had been sued by a Missouri resident who used the service for a last will and testament, and two others who used the firm to organize a remodeling business. The lawsuit, is set to go to trail on August 22nd in Jefferson City, Missouri, after a ruling by a federal district court judge last week. READ MORE>>.

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Legalzoom Software Class Writing 160

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 14, 2023

In the name of this cause, the company donates time, services, and at least one percent of their sales to hundreds of grassroots environmental groups around the world. Write it down, make it specific, expressive, yet succinct and jargon-free. Purpose must not be perceived as just a gimmick. Then take ownership and make it happen.

Framework 95

Framework Custom Customer Tips 95

socalTECH

JANUARY 18, 2011

What that did, is it helped us to expand the service to help publishers do the following: identify what content to write, how to distribute that content to various mediums, and how to monetize that content. Right now, news organizations write off the news cycle. In the process of doing that, we discovered some things.

Marketing 232

Marketing Funding Content Writing 232

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 12, 2018

These businesses are usually run out of the home, and cover the gamut from consulting services to e-commerce. From the dollar you gave to the homeless guy on the way to meet a prospective client, to the new tie you bought to look professional, write down every single penny. Write down agreements. Record every expense.

Writing 97

Writing .Net Commerce Entrepreneur 97

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 21, 2020

In the name of this cause, the company donates time, services, and at least one percent of their sales to hundreds of grassroots environmental groups around the world. Write it down, make it specific, expressive, yet succinct and jargon-free. Purpose must not be perceived as just a gimmick. Then take ownership and make it happen.

Tips 174

Tips Framework Custom Customer 174

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 27, 2011

But should you actually write one if you’re a startup, an industry figure (lawyer, banker) or VC? This is a post to help you figure out why you should write and what you should talk about. Write out the topic and maybe even the blog title. I wanted to write about the top 10 attributes of an entrepreneur.

Blogging 373

Blogging Startup Writing Venture Capital 373

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 22, 2020

Successful entrepreneurs often start with a “random” idea, but they quickly focus their efforts and follow a “system” to organize their startup and maximize the clout of their activities. If you can’t write it down, you probably don’t understand it. What we all need is trusted advisors who can help us decipher the clutter.

Social Media 126

Social Media Media Ideas Writing 126

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 8, 2010

Define your customers, partners and other relevant people to your organization (e.g. If you’re a financial services firm blog about personal finance. Don’t just write a carbon copy of what somebody else is doing. OK, well, actually the first thing I did is come up with a list of 50 posts that I wanted to write.

Blogging 286

Blogging Startup Writing Summary 286

Berkonomics

OCTOBER 20, 2016

A Channel partner is a person or a company with a complementary service, who is knocking on the same doors as you, and who is connected. I remember during one leadership meeting, our Operations Manager brought it to our attention that we were writing $80,000 in Channel partner checks that month and what were we going to do about that?

Writing 120

Writing Sales Networking Conference 120

socalTECH

MARCH 16, 2017

We are going to write checks of between $100,000 and $500,000, and we are going to invest in what we are calling first institutional capital. That's the first time organized, institutional, managed capital is coming into a company, right after friends and family. Where are you planning making investments?

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Invest Funding Capital Startup 145

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 9, 2016

These businesses are usually run out of the home, and range the gamut from consulting services to e-commerce. From the dollar you gave to the homeless guy on the way to meet a prospective client, to the new tie you bought to look professional, write down every single penny. Write down agreements. Record every expense.

Writing 96

Writing .Net Commerce Entrepreneur 96

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 15, 2013

The challenge is finding and using qualified affordable support organizations for each stage. The first step toward a business with any idea is to write it down, and build a business plan around it. Usually these will not give you money, but will provide very inexpensive space to work and office services.

Entrepreneur 102

Entrepreneur Funding Incubator Startup 102

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 27, 2011

I attempted to do a fair balance job of an increasingly important service – AngelList – started by a friend of mine – Nivi with the feelings of a colleague who I respect – Bryce – who has opted out of the service. This is a blog post I really didn’t want to write. So why I am writing it then?

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Venture Capital Writing Blogging Startup 267

Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 24, 2010

I stumbled upon the Question, “ What-is-the-motivation-behind-writing-public-reviews-and-tips-as-on-Amazon-Yelp-Foursquare-StickyBits-etc &# and took the bait. Or let’s face it – writing lots of answers on Quora. creation of social status within the organization for having contributed. You can’t.

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Technical Review Writing Content Sites 294

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 1, 2010

We all like to think of startups as “non hierarchic&# organizations and to some extent that should be true. I never built a Google-sized business but I did build an organization from scratch that grew to 120 employees in 5 countries before we sold it. The organization gets used to it and adjusts. Skipping is insidious.

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Startup CTO Coach Technical Review CTO Hire 308

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 18, 2010

By Mahesh Raj Mohan Writing a business plan can be a difficult process. Even if you know your product/service suite down cold, understand the strengths/weaknesses of the competition, and have built pro forma financials that are sane. you still have to write the plan for a particular audience. What does that mean?

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Writing Summary Ideas Research 97

socalTECH

DECEMBER 17, 2008

John Singleton: WordHustler is a service that empowers writers to get connected with people who publish or produce their work. In their case, people write their scripts on a web site, and when they're done, they can submit them to contests with a single click. Even the most organized writers have difficulty with the process.

Writing 209

Writing Hollywood Startup Sites 209

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 12, 2019

Even in your early days, before you break even and have to pay taxes on profits, various governmental organizations will be after you for payroll taxes, sales taxes, unemployment, and a host of fees, licenses, and permits. Unanticipated pivots, quality write-offs, and shrinkage. Staffing and people-management costs.

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Startup Software Review Technical Review Social Media 105