Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 19, 2022

With-it”-ness takes work, like reading the right blogs every day, challenging yourself to stay abreast of the latest technology, and social media marketing. No entrepreneur is an island, so take the initiative to build an advisory board. Have a big bandwidth. I’m sorry, but there is no magic, and it doesn’t happen overnight.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 20, 2011

Add an advisory board or experienced mentor to reality-check your financial projections, timeframes, and milestones before you publish them. Instead, you need to undertake an aggressive campaign in the new media, with creative selling messages and promotions. Marketing is done in fits and starts.

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Advisory Board Startup Forecast Early Stage 232

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 4, 2020

For example, I used to regularly hear pitches for the next great social media site, usually focused on a special interest or niche , such as photography, cooking, healthy living, or a thousand others. I can tell you from personal experience that it’s easy to get blinded by daily crises, and miss key issues that gate success.

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Advisory Board Agile Social Media Metrics 308

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 18, 2019

With-it”-ness takes work, like reading the right blogs every day, challenging yourself to stay abreast of the latest technology, and social media marketing. No entrepreneur is an island, so take the initiative to build an advisory board. Have a big bandwidth. I’m sorry, but there is no magic, and it doesn’t happen overnight.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 12, 2010

Add an advisory board or experienced mentor to reality-check your financial projections, timeframes, and milestones before you publish them. Instead, you need to undertake an aggressive campaign in the new media, with creative selling messages and promotions. Marketing is done in fits and starts.

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Advisory Board Startup Forecast Early Stage 125

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 6, 2021

No matter how much energy, experience, and passion you have, there is always more you can learn from an Advisory Board of external experts or a mentor. Customers have no tolerance these days for multiple interactions, necessary support requests, poor customer service, or bureaucratic processes. Utilize outside expertise and mentoring.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 22, 2016

Build outside relationships with media and analysts. It’s never too early to build relationships with industry analysts, influential bloggers and the media, and show how these have grown over time. Build an inside advisory board of influencers and experts. Visibility increases over time are traction.

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Metrics Advisory Board Startup Lean 143

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 24, 2017

With-it”-ness takes work, like reading the right blogs every day, challenging yourself to stay abreast of the latest technology, and social media marketing. No entrepreneur is an island, so take the initiative to build an advisory board. Have a big bandwidth. I’m sorry, but there is no magic, and it doesn’t happen overnight.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 14, 2012

With-it”-ness takes work, like reading the right blogs every day, challenging yourself to stay abreast of the latest technology, and social media marketing. No entrepreneur is an island, so take the initiative to use an advisory board. Have a big bandwidth. Look for opportunities to praise and nurture the people with diversity.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 9, 2014

With-it”-ness takes work, like reading the right blogs every day, challenging yourself to stay abreast of the latest technology, and social media marketing. No entrepreneur is an island, so take the initiative to build an advisory board. Have a big bandwidth. I’m sorry, but there is no magic, and it doesn’t happen overnight.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 21, 2011

With-it”-ness takes work, like reading the right blogs every day, challenging yourself to stay abreast of the latest technology, and social media marketing. No entrepreneur is an island, so take the initiative to build and use an advisory board. Have a big bandwidth.

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Advisory Board Entrepreneur Bandwidth Social Media 271

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 19, 2016

In my role as an advisory board member for several startups, I’m always excited to see that initial surge of revenue from a great rollout campaign. Napster created the free music sharing craze back in the nineties and found great acceptance, and ignored the legal pushback by content owners, only to lose it all in the end.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 5, 2014

Sponsored by VISA Business With all the new technology available today for video conferencing, interactive social media, and webinars, you may think that travel is no longer a requirement for starting a small business. Mentoring and shared advisory board opportunities. You would be wrong. Face-to-face time is key.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 22, 2010

A couple of weeks ago I was privileged to meet Lon Safko, probably most recognized as the author of his best-selling book " The Social Media Bible.” Lon: I'm just getting ready to release my updated book " The Social Media Bible Second Edition ” and I just started a new company last week called Extreme Digital Marketing.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 17, 2018

Most great crowdfunding campaigns, for example, are the result of momentum built through social media. Count connections with experts, media, and influencers. Relationships with recognized and influential bloggers, relevant media, and industry analysts are priceless. Assemble a credible inside advisory board and partners.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 16, 2015

As a member of the advisory board for several startups and a mentor to other entrepreneurs, I’ve accumulated my own list of strategies and recommendations on where “going the extra mile” can save you from disaster or supercharge your startup for maximum growth under any circumstances. No proprietary content is death.

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