InfoChachkie

MARCH 1, 2012

Article first published as Five Business Tips From The Beatles on Technorati. In the list below, I have compiled some of my favorite lessons from Come Together , combined them with a few of my own Beatles inspired startup tips. This part one of a two part series; you can access part two HERE. What’s Your B7?

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 15, 2019

Here are some tips on how to look at work, make some hard decisions, and keep your health and sanity: Maintain a big picture perspective. Write it down, but even then, keep it to the top ten priority items or less. Don’t let it lead to anger and frustration, or loss of productivity. Keep a written to-do list.

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Tips Startup Entrepreneur Mentor 86

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 13, 2019

If you want people to invest in your idea, then my best advice is first write a business plan, and keep it simple. This means writing at the level of an average newspaper story (about eighth-grade level). On the other end of this spectrum are entrepreneurs who present long product specifications with a few financials at the end.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 7, 2013

I never saw it go out with a “tip @techmeme” on Twitter. When I first started writing this blog several years ago I had less followers than you have right now. But the realist in me knew I couldn’t write daily nor could I convince you to think to check out my blog with regularity. I should know.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 27, 2013

In this period (less than 2 years) he has brought on incredibly talented senior execs is sales, marketing, product management, client services, finance, vp engineering and more. He did it yesterday, “Mark, I’m going to write a blog post following on from your VC’s aren’t dumb. ” I know it sounds obvious.

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InfoChachkie

FEBRUARY 20, 2012

"The best way to prepare [to be a programmer] is to write programs, and to study great programs that other people have written. I am not suggesting you spurn product excellence. However, as you develop your Minimal Viable Product , heed Voltaire, who once said, "The perfect is the enemy of the good."

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InfoChachkie

NOVEMBER 19, 2012

The ratings were poor, the writing was uninspired and Oprah did not have enough time or energy to devote to the show. However, Oprah felt she had failed to deliver a quality product. After being rejected by ABC, Oprah left WLS, formed Harpo Productions and launched a national show. If I had, I'd have done it a lot earlier.”.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 19, 2019

Everyone assumes their product or service is so great that “word-of-mouth” will carry the day for them. Even great products need great marketing “content” to fuel the ascent of their online message. If you want to connect with customers, put aside your writing formalities. Then write it down. Conversation inviting.

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Customer Custom Marketing Tips 93

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 27, 2015

Here are some tips on how to look at work, make some hard decisions, and keep your health and sanity: Maintain a big picture perspective. Write it down, but even then, keep it to the top ten priority items or less. Don’t let it lead to anger and frustration, or loss of productivity. Keep a written to-do list.

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SoCal CTO

DECEMBER 19, 2012

I was talking with an early-stage founder who has a product vision and wants to get it built. He wanted to get input from me on what he's doing, and he wants to begin to ask developers what it would take to build his product. Me : Product definition, use cases, feature list, wireframes, comps, really whatever you have.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 19, 2019

I plan to write a series of posts on the topic. Equally, I plan to write for the benefit of investors and independents, too, to offer some tips on how can you get the most out of the boards on which you sit. I’m open to lobbying via Twitter (I’m msuster ) which order to write them in and/or if you think I’m missing a topic.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 9, 2017

Assess social media relevance to your product or service. If your business is industrial B2B products, social media should be low on your list. Communication and writing skills are required. These days, video production is also a useful skill. Spend your time and money on other platforms.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 7, 2012

Here are some tips on how to look at work, make some hard decisions, and keep your health and sanity: Maintain a big picture perspective. Write it down, but even then, keep it to the top ten priority items or less. Don’t let it lead to anger and frustration, or loss of productivity. Keep a written to-do list.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 14, 2023

Patagonia , a successful outdoor products company, combines building safe high-quality products with philanthropic efforts to help the environment. I recommend his tips for creating and maintaining that sweet spot: Define a personal declaration of purpose. Deciphering one’s personal purpose should be priority one.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 19, 2022

Here are some tips on how to look at work, make some hard decisions, and keep your health and sanity: Maintain a big picture perspective. Write it down, but even then, keep it to the top ten priority items or less. Don’t let it lead to anger and frustration, or loss of productivity. Keep a written to-do list.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 5, 2010

Yet most startups I know experience the same shock of disappointment when they first open up their website to offer their “million dollar idea” product, and nobody comes. Publish a daily blog, contribute to relevant social networks, and write a “white paper” on your technology. Highlight personal and product testimonials.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 22, 2010

If you want people to invest in your idea, then my best advice is first write a business plan, and keep it simple. For minimum content, see my article “ Ten Tips to an Investment-Grade Business Plan.” This means writing at the level of an average newspaper story (about eighth-grade level). It won’t work.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 26, 2013

I will add to this as I write more in the coming weeks on the topic. In stead of doing my typical big long post with 10 PR tips (like I did there), I’m going to break them up into individual (I hope more digestible) chunks. If you believe you have a market-leading position in your product space I would worry a bit less about it.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 18, 2012

If you want people to invest in your idea, then my best advice is first write a business plan, and keep it simple. This means writing at the level of an average newspaper story (about eighth-grade level). On the other end of this spectrum are entrepreneurs who present long product specifications with a few financials at the end.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 22, 2012

It’s always more productive to focus on making your offering successful, rather than killing your competitors. Make sure you have the aptitude to run one business well, with one product line, before you start a couple more. Never write something you wouldn’t want to come back to you. High three-digit intelligence has value.

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TechCrunch LA

OCTOBER 26, 2021

Then fans would be tasked with writing their own stories, submitting them to the Realms of Ruin universe by minting them as NFTs on the Solana blockchain. If the authors are inviting fans to write fan fiction about a universe they created, who owns the derivative works? Another unabashed proponent of fan fiction is N.K.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 22, 2010

Here are some tips which will signal traction to investors, as well as your team: Document your business plan. If you have a product description, that’s necessary, but not sufficient. Forcing yourself to write down a plan is actually the only way to make sure you actually have a plan. Ship a minimum product now.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 14, 2013

Creating awareness for your brand and products is one of the lifebloods of technology startups yet in a world where so many companies are being created it becomes difficult to rise above the noise. Ever notice how some companies tend to be in the press all the time and your big new product launch struggled for inches?

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 20, 2013

The reason for this is that the executives who founded the company have so much tacit knowledge of how to position their product relative to the competition that they can easily win campaigns when they’re involved. If you need demo tips I’ve covered that before. But that instant product / market fit is rare.

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InfoChachkie

DECEMBER 15, 2015

Select the real software product from this list. Open-architected, workforce-neutral, productivity assimilator. All of these “products” were created with a few clicks of a buzzword generator. As Kevin points out, “Your prospects are busy people and they don’t care about the innards of your product. Still not convinced?

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 24, 2010

I’ve been loving the product even if it sucks up some of my time. 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.

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InfoChachkie

SEPTEMBER 28, 2011

An entrepreneur, in particular, has to be likeable and trustworthy AND have a great product. An entrepreneur has to enchant people to use new products and services not simply bludgeon them, promote them or discount them. Guy, how would your 2004 book, Art Of The Start , differ, if you were writing it today? That doesn’t work.”.

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Santa Barbara Technical Review Social Media Startup 262

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 26, 2010

Here are some tips on how to look at work, make some hard decisions, and keep your health and sanity: Maintain a big picture perspective. Write it down, but even then, keep it to the top ten priority items or less. Don’t let it lead to anger and frustration, or loss of productivity. Keep a written to-do list.

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Tips Startup Entrepreneur Mentor 55

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 9, 2010

Why is it that most of the business plans I see are really product plans? I define a product plan as a detailed description of your product or service, with a bit of business thrown in at the end. A business plan is a detailed description of your business, with a bit of product description thrown in near the front.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

seed and they are writing $1.25m of it you can expect them to require a board seat) The competitive landscape (If you have several sources of capital you can likely politely decline the board request or can grant them a seat but ask for it to be “common appointed” and those revokable if you need in the future). D-Rounds and on … Oh, jeez.

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TechCrunch LA

MARCH 17, 2019

Harris writes: “The figures, dating back to 2016, paint a picture of a company desperate to meet over-ambitious autonomy targets and one that is willing to spend freely, even recklessly, to get there. Got a tip or overheard something in the world of transportation? What else are we hearing? We’ll share more soon.

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Tech.Co

DECEMBER 12, 2017

Admittedly, that last part is an exaggeration but they were bad enough that I am writing this essay in the hopes that you will read it and not make these mistakes. Tip: take 2 minutes to read over the entire application before answering any questions. Tip: If you can answer the question with actual, relevant numbers, do it.

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Tech.Co

MAY 26, 2020

Jeff Bezos didn't get to be the world's richest man by writing a lot of checks, and one recent way to keep Amazon's profits healthy has been to cut its affiliate commissions scheme. Since April 21, Amazon has slashed its rates across a wide range of product categories, in some cases dropping as much as 70%. The impact?

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SoCal CTO

NOVEMBER 1, 2010

He had a partially built product. In my experience, it’s naive to think you can just “get developers to build the product” although it does sometimes work. So before you ask someone to even spend an hour of their time writing code or reviewing specs make sure you can pay them in some form (coffee, dinner, laptop, etc.),

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CTO Hire CTO Coach Equity Develop 241

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 9, 2018

Even more disappointing are other statistics that show most websites that do exist have a very low “conversion rate,” or ratio of visitors to the site versus ones who meet your goal of buying a product or signing up for a newsletter. Find your niche and highlight how your product meets the customer’s exact need, and is the best in the world.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 14, 2014

Sponsored by VISA Business If you have a unique product or service, and you are not selling it around the world on the Internet, now is the time to start. Here are the key steps for a personal home-based business website selling your consulting service or a few products (as an alternative to eBay): Go online to reserve a website domain name.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 28, 2010

So, I ended up writing that first book, and Bruce helped me with the research, and that was one way we got to know each other before we were even dating. What was the tipping point that started the firm growing? We were writing lots of books, and we'd also started the video publishing business. At the time, I got Lynda.com.

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