Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 16, 2016

For example, TOMS Shoes matches every pair of shoes purchased with a new pair of shoes for a child in need, driving engagement for employees and customers. Marty Zwilling First published on Entrepreneur.com on 05/06/2016. Link your business to a higher purpose than profits. Empower employees with authority and tools to succeed.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 11, 2016

Service organizations must find effective ways to manage capacity and thereby match the supply and timeliness of services with customers’ usage of them. Marty Zwilling First published on Forbes on 07/04/2016. Services experiences cannot be inventoried. If your services business isn’t innovating with the market, it’s falling behind.

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Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

Our focus will match our motto. When we approached him about the idea of the Gordian Knot Center he reminded us, that not only did ONR sponsor Stanford in 1946, they’ve been sponsoring our Hacking for Defense class since 2016! Our focus will match our motto. Silicon Valley’s deep technology ecosystem. Steve, Joe and Raj.

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Hunter Walker

OCTOBER 19, 2017

Like many of us, the 2016 Presidential Election alarmed her, but unlike many of us, she’s doing something more than just rage tweeting. TFC brings digital and tech to down ballot political campaigns – both by building shared technical solutions and by matching our community of 3,000 tech volunteers campaigns.

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Austin Startup

OCTOBER 12, 2017

The tests expanded to New York’s JFK Airport in 2016. The project uses face matching technology to identify visa holders as they leave the country. They would have their photos taken right before boarding, to be matched with the passport-style photos provided with the visa application when they entered. So how does it work?

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YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 4, 2019

In 2016, the Amazon website was unavailable to customers for 13 to 15 minutes. Make sure to go through all product specifications and features to see if it matches your power requirements. The list can be endless. This short lapse in itself cost Amazon, $2,646,501 in revenue.

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Eric Friedman

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

I have been thinking about early stage equity and advisor grants for some time, including a post in 2016 , that I rely on and wanted to revisit. Since 2016 I have had people lean on me and my blog post for the talk. If any of these match what you are going through, you have come to the right place.

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View from Seed

AUGUST 30, 2016

TJ Parker (@tjparker) August 25, 2016. Matching Algorithms. By using connection-matching algorithms to introduce business owners based on value, as defined by them, you can solve this problem. In case it’s interesting to you, here’s a recap of Q2 2016 results. pic.twitter.com/LDrlNyH8mR. — Data Warehouse.

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Steve Blank

JUNE 12, 2020

I observed that teaching case studies and/or how to write a business plan as a capstone entrepreneurship class didn’t match the hands-on chaos of a startup. Hacking for Defense has its origins in the Lean LaunchPad class I first taught at Stanford in 2011. Our goal was to teach both theory and practice. Origins of Hacking For Defense.

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Hunter Walker

DECEMBER 25, 2016

And it’s probably one of the biggest differences in seed investing when you compare 2006 vs 2016. This is especially – perhaps even maddeningly true – when the teams pattern match – ie engineers from top companies or degrees from top schools.

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crowdSPRING Blog

JANUARY 4, 2016

Here are our top 10 tips to help you create an awesome website design in 2016: 1. Other 2016 design trends include simple animations (including cinemagraphs – live animated images/video), bigger images, illustrations, more scrolling, and bigger fonts. Keep the design simple, fresh, and unique. Your website reflects your brand.

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YoungUpstarts

APRIL 24, 2018

Homeownership has been on the rise since 2016, when it hit a 50-year low of 62.9%. Another warning sign—a mortgage applicant’s employment income filed doesn’t match the household assets or bank statements. Mortgage fraud is on the rise for multiple reasons: Rising Demand for Homeownership: U.S. Census data released in January 2018.

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YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 25, 2016

People can sense authenticity from a mile off – and the easiest way to be authentic is to match your desires and goals with theirs. Wanting your customers, clients, audience to succeed should be central to a successful business. Cat Rose Neligan of Cat Rose Design is a one-gal design and consultation agency based in London.

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ConversionXL

MARCH 6, 2019

Its targeting allows recruiters to go after specific job titles or companies that are a potential match. In 2016, Hootsuite blended entertainment into a product update by parodying Jimmy Kimmel’s popular “Mean Tweets” segment. (So link] [Video] pic.twitter.com/drV5ARcl2a — Hootsuite (@hootsuite) January 29, 2016.

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Steve Blank

APRIL 13, 2021

Pete Newell, Joe Felter and I met over coffee in 2016 to discuss our common goal – how to get students in research universities who would never consider working on national security problems engaged in keeping the country safe and secure. Here’s what we’ve done to get started. And why I did it. ————-.

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Hearpreneur

MARCH 13, 2020

In late summer of 2016 I was deep into the biggest crisis of my life. In the fall of 2016 I had an unexpected job loss. In a very practical sense, my work with institutions and corporations as a professor picked up dramatically in 2015-2016 and I was receiving requests for professional services 2-3 times a day!

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Hunter Walker

MAY 2, 2016

I’ve written before about our LP meetings – if you want to check those out before hearing about 2016’s version, here you go: Homebrew Annual Meeting 2014. If we can help them build a company that matches the vision in their head, we know the economics will follow. Homebrew Annual Meeting 2015.

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Hunter Walker

MAY 2, 2016

I’ve written before about our LP meetings – if you want to check those out before hearing about 2016’s version, here you go: Homebrew Annual Meeting 2014. If we can help them build a company that matches the vision in their head, we know the economics will follow. Homebrew Annual Meeting 2015.

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crowdSPRING Blog

MARCH 22, 2018

The Rubik’s Cube is a combination of simplicity (just match the colors) and complexity (42 quintillion possible permutations). As the 2016 Rio Olympics came to a close, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe welcomed the world to Tokyo dressed as Japan’s most famous ambassador – Mario Mario of the world-renowned Mario Bros.

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YoungUpstarts

APRIL 29, 2018

These are online services that match lenders directly with borrowers. According to the Daily Telegraph, £3.2bn was lent out by peer-to-peer lenders in 2016 alone. Peer To Peer. Operating entirely in the digital space, their lower overheads compared to traditional banks means they offer lower interest rates for borrowers.

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ConversionXL

MARCH 13, 2019

A Think with Google survey found that 70% of B2B buyers and researchers are watching videos throughout their buying journey, and branded video content views increased 99% on YouTube and 258% on Facebook between 2016 and 2017. Walk prospects through multiple stages of their journey. Measuring success before the sale.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 5, 2016

His top eight required skill set elements for sales don’t even mention product skills, and match my view of the right skill set for successful entrepreneurs, with only a few priority changes: Creating and sharing a vision. Marty Zwilling First published on Huffington Post on 10/04/2016.

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Board Effect

MAY 29, 2019

According to the 2016-2017 NACD Public Company Governance Survey , almost 75% of public companies reported having a formal onboarding program. Nonprofits don’t necessarily need to match the scale of public company onboarding processes. Almost 84% of the respondents described their onboarding experience as effective or very effective.

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YoungUpstarts

MARCH 11, 2020

We saw this when Zendesk a few years ago – their offerings had shifted and they needed an identity to match. Again, Zendesk’s 2016 rebrand is a great example here. As your company grows and changes, it’s vital that you take the time to ensure your brand aligns with new goals. Your brand lacks consistency.

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Duct Tape Marketing

JULY 20, 2023

He is an event strategist and entrepreneur who founded Kickass Conferences in 2016. He is an event strategist and entrepreneur who founded Kickass conferences in 2016. And then as the process goes through, we realize that it's, it doesn't match our needs. Isaac is also the co-host of the Make It Kickass podcast.

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YoungUpstarts

JUNE 12, 2017

I’m not a domain investor myself, but, after spending 10 years in Internet marketing working for companies like Expedia and Partner Fusion, a leading marketing and technology incubator, I’ve seen many signs pointing to the value of new exact-match domains. They weren’t cheap. I worked with Name.com and purchased the domains for $90,000.

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Transformify

OCTOBER 28, 2019

It’s a lot easier to do a trial run with a contractor and take stock after a month or two to decide if they’re the right match for the company. Another benefit of having freelancers work with us is that we’ve been able to test out working with different marketing professionals to see how they fit.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 24, 2016

Every entrepreneur I know starts out with a strong conviction that their solution is a perfect match for their target market, and yet almost every one later admits a need to “pivot” before finding their groove. Marty Zwilling First published on Entrepreneur.com on 06/15/2016. These two objectives are not mutually exclusive.

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Duct Tape Marketing

JUNE 27, 2017

She is the co-founder and CEO of ZipSprout dot com that is doing a very innovative take on helping organizations wherever they are matched with local nonprofit and community organizations as a way to create marketing partnerships, a very, very innovative approach, check it out. We have match makers. We do emails. We do phone calls.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 1, 2016

Google or other search engines could add image-matching or other focus to capture this market. Dating services lose customers quickly when they find a match -- or when they don’t find a match. Marty Zwilling First published on Entrepreneur.com on 03/23/2016. The best startups have real differentiation.

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YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 3, 2017

The right match – Too many organizations are on different levels when they enter into a partnership. She was elected as a TED mentor in 2016. So before entering into a partnership with another individual, business or individual it is important to take into account the following. You must be headed in the same direction.

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Duct Tape Marketing

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

But in 2016, I had to learn the hard lesson. Work better now provides outstanding talent from Latin America, hand matched to your business with over 40 roles across various industries, including marketing. In general, when I speak, I'm talking about marketing. That's how you and I got to know each other. Work better now.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 26, 2016

The best leaders strive to match decision-making with the team responsible by asking the right questions. Marty Zwilling First published on Inc.com on 12/09/2016. Push decisions down the chain to the level responsible. This results in better decisions, higher acclaim for the team and the leader, and it avoids the blame game.

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YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 18, 2017

In 2016, the corporate world continued to adapt to the increasing number of remote and mobile workers. Contrary to what you might expect, 2016 actually saw many businesses invest more time and money on commercial interior design. The challenge is determining where the traditional working environment belongs in this new hierarchy.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 9, 2016

It may seem like a perfect match to find someone who thinks like you, but these don’t broaden your perspective and generally lead to disagreement on details. Although you may have a clear view of your co-founder responsibilities, it probably doesn’t match your partner’s view. Marty Zwilling First published on Forbes on 09/02/2016.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 1, 2016

You’ve probably already made your resolutions for 2016, but if not, I suggest a renewed commitment to finding happiness and satisfaction in your chosen business lifestyle. So if reality matches expectations you will feel neutral about it. Make your resolution today to keep the long road ahead in 2016 a satisfying one.

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Steve Blank

OCTOBER 9, 2020

Despite Xie’s promise to President Obama in Jing Peng Rose garden 2015 and the international tribunal ruling by the Hauge in 2016 that its claims have no basis in international law, China continued to fortify its illegal claims building runways, radars, missile sites, storage facilities and other improvements.

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