Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 23, 2021

You will usually find the Innovator entrepreneur in the “lab” of the business working on their invention, recipe, concept, system, or product that can be built into one or many businesses. The challenge with an Innovator is to focus as hard on the business realities as the product possibilities.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 7, 2020

If you are a technical entrepreneur, you can count on early adopters to be first in line for your product, and they are quick to provide feedback on quality, and suggest even more features. Unfortunately, even today many engineers and product developers believe that marketing is just for advertisements. Moore , many years ago.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 2, 2016

This is the confirmation that your product or service fills a real need in the marketplace. Similarly, it will be very satisfying to see the productivity increases from your leadership and mentoring. Watch that patent provide a real barrier to competitive entry. Note the growth of your team and your own leadership.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 31, 2012

Many writers have outlined the critical success factors for product companies, like sell every unit at a profit, patent the design, and continuous product improvement. The distinction between product companies and services companies is easy to see. Create and maintain the highest level of customer satisfaction.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 2, 2018

The critical success factors for a product business are well known, starting with selling every unit with a gross margin of 50 percent or more, building a patent and other intellectual property, and continuous product improvement. Low cost and low margin products can be winners, if the volume is high enough.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 27, 2014

The critical success factors for a product business are well known, starting with selling every unit with a gross margin of 50 percent or more, building a patent and other intellectual property, and continuous product improvement. Low cost and low margin products can be winners, if the volume is high enough.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 17, 2016

The critical success factors for a product business are well known, starting with selling every unit with a gross margin of 50 percent or more, building a patent and other intellectual property, and continuous product improvement. Low cost and low margin products can be winners, if the volume is high enough.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 8, 2014

Despite some recent advances, there are still some cultures which have less regard for patents and other intellectual property. You cant isolate your customers from language idiosyncrasies and empowerment issues, per reduced customer satisfaction highlighted a while back by the Wall Street Journal. Marty Zwilling.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 22, 2016

Patents and other intellectual property must be secured at this point. Announce and launch an operational product. Initial rollout may be a public beta or minimum viable product which demonstrates the solution and tests the market on a limited basis. Move into full project execution mode.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 20, 2016

Despite some recent advances, there are still some cultures which have less regard for patents and other intellectual property. You can’t isolate your customers from language idiosyncrasies and empowerment issues, per reduced customer satisfaction highlighted a while back by the Wall Street Journal. Marty Zwilling.

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InfoChachkie

OCTOBER 24, 2011

For instance, a product that enhances productivity can be sold as a revenue generator in an “up” market and as a cost saver in a “down” market. However, when survival becomes an immediate goal, products that help companies weather near-term economic storms become especially attractive. Phoenix Effect. “If Watson, IBM Founder.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 6, 2023

Over time, I have collected a list of new business attributes that go beyond the initial idea or solution, which often are more critical to long-term success and satisfaction. Even adding money won’t do it – you need to create a committed and engaged team and partners for marketing and sales, as well as production and distribution.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 25, 2022

As a bleeding-edge startup, you can be assured of product quality problems, missing business processes, and customer support issues. If your product is really new and disruptive, make sure you have supply to meet the demand at rollout, and a patent to prevent others from jumping in quickly. Marty Zwilling.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 11, 2020

A while back, one of my aspiring entrepreneur friends was trying to impress me with his expertise, by bragging that he had the idea for a couple of innovations before anyone else, but he just never got around to filing a patent before someone stole it from him. Rally people behind a higher purpose, not just a product.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 30, 2020

As a bleeding-edge startup, you can be assured of product quality problems, missing business processes, and customer support issues. If your product is really new and disruptive, make sure you have supply to meet the demand at rollout, and a patent to prevent others from jumping in quickly. Marty Zwilling.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 5, 2014

As a bleeding-edge startup, you can be assured of product quality problems, missing business processes, and customer support issues. If your product is really new and disruptive, make sure you have supply to meet the demand at rollout, and a patent to prevent others from jumping in quickly. Marty Zwilling.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 6, 2015

As a bleeding-edge startup, you can be assured of product quality problems, missing business processes, and customer support issues. If your product is really new and disruptive, make sure you have supply to meet the demand at rollout, and a patent to prevent others from jumping in quickly. Marty Zwilling.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 14, 2018

As a bleeding-edge startup, you can be assured of product quality problems, missing business processes, and customer support issues. If your product is really new and disruptive, make sure you have supply to meet the demand at rollout, and a patent to prevent others from jumping in quickly. Marty Zwilling.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 6, 2013

You will usually find the Innovator entrepreneur in the “lab” of the business working on their invention, recipe, concept, system, or product that can be built into one or many businesses. The challenge with an Innovator is to focus as hard on the business realities as the product possibilities.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 30, 2017

Patents and other intellectual property go to the first person who files, rather than the first person with the idea. Most new business founders find there is a big gap between them loving the idea, and buying the product or service. Thinking without action leads to lost opportunities. Time is money in business. Ideas are very fragile.

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