Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 11, 2020

Many passionate entrepreneurs fight to add more features into their new products and services, assuming that more function will make the solution more appealing to more customers. YouTube did it with videos, Instagram did it with photos, and Amazon did it with books. It’s tough for an elephant to be agile.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 4, 2015

The key elements of leadership in a company, both individual and organizational, are less tangible, but very critical in setting a market value for investment, acquisition, or going public. In the investment community, these leadership elements are often called “goodwill.” Execution leadership. Leadership brand development.

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Hearpreneur

NOVEMBER 29, 2018

Enter Dr. Mik Kersten’s new book, Project to Product: How to Survive and Thrive in the Age of Digital Disruption with the Flow Framework [IT Revolution Press, November 2018], based on two decades of research, spanning almost every domain of software delivery. Any advice you would give to entrepreneurs and business owners?

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Hearpreneur

DECEMBER 29, 2021

Often entrepreneurs and business owners create their New Year’s Resolutions around their business. We asked entrepreneurs to share their biggest goals and what they were looking forward to in 2021. #1- It's important to keep business agile. Thanks to Sean Kelly, Book Retreats.com ! #9- 1- Expanding skillset.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 18, 2019

As a business and entrepreneur advisor, I have no trouble getting owners and managers to agree that change is happening faster and faster in the consumer and technology world, requiring them to keep their business more agile , just to keep up. Crisis-driven agility is not enough today.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 19, 2022

As I talk to business owners and entrepreneurs, I’m surprised at how many complain about team members who feel taken for granted , or have contributions not appreciated. Building agility and timeliness are critical components of modern leadership, due to the pace and complexity of change today.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 26, 2020

It takes a team, with effective leadership, to build a business. Many aspiring entrepreneurs default to team leadership by domination and control. Yet in my experience, the best entrepreneurs quickly learn the art of people connection. Align your leadership practices with human nature, which requires empathy.

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Steve Blank

JUNE 29, 2009

But over the years I realized his comment was actually an astute observation about the mental mindset of an entrepreneur, and therein lies the purpose of this post. In fact using uncertainty as your path is an advantage entrepreneurs share. I wore it as a badge of honor. Suddenly you are in charge of making up what you do next.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 21, 2019

Thus it behooves every entrepreneur to start watching these things more carefully from the very start. In the classic book, “ Fish Can’t See Water ,” Kai Hammerich and Richard D. Incidentally, I love that book title, which seems to me applicable to most aspects of business (and even people), as well as business culture.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 11, 2020

The road to becoming an entrepreneur is a journey , and it’s not a short trip. I was pleased to find a new book, “ The Entrepreneur’s Faces, ” by Johnathan Littman and Susanna Camp, which outlines the key stages and provides examples of real people making the transformation from one stage to the next.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 17, 2014

Many passionate entrepreneurs fight to add more features into their new products and services, assuming that more function will make the solution more appealing to more customers. YouTube did it with videos, Instagram did it with photos, and Amazon did it with books. It’s tough for an elephant to be agile. Marty Zwilling.

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Hearpreneur

DECEMBER 23, 2020

So that’s why we are excited about 2021 because there will be more and more entrepreneurs and businesses. Here’s the pivot other entrepreneurs are making next year: #1- Investing my energy into speaking engagements. The first event has already started – Agile and Management 3.0 For us at CEO Blog Nation, we get it.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

Based on my years of experience mentoring and advising entrepreneurs, you need to attack problems and challenges with a mindset of success, or it is unlikely that you or your business will survive. I found that view confirmed for a wide range of leadership situations in a classic book, “ The Mindset of Success ,” by Jo Owen.

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Duct Tape Marketing

OCTOBER 24, 2018

Transcript of Building Accountable Leadership to Transform Your Business written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing. John Jantsch: You know, leadership might be the hardest job for an entrepreneur. ” What exactly is a leadership contract? Back to Podcast. Transcript. It’s not for the meek.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 2, 2017

Thus it behooves every entrepreneur to start watching these things more carefully from the very start. In the classic book, “ Fish Can’t See Water ,” Kai Hammerich and Richard D. Incidentally, I love that book title, which seems to me applicable to most aspects of business (and even people), as well as business culture.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

No company can afford to lose the agility, flexibility, and innovation of a startup. Focus on data-driven leadership versus passion. Strong creative views or even arrogance in new realms by entrepreneurs is expected and often revered, as was the case with Steve Jobs at Apple. Logic and data-driven leadership is the norm.

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Steve Blank

AUGUST 25, 2015

We were once a scrappy, agile and feared organization with a “can-do” attitude. And these hires turn the startup into a company – a Horizon 1 or 2 execution organization focused on executing and extending the current business model – with the leadership incented for repeatability and scale. ( Rebels at Work.

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YoungUpstarts

APRIL 17, 2019

His books include “ The Change Champion’s Field Guide “, “ Best Practices in Talent Management ” and “ In Great Company: How to Spark Peak Performance by Creating an Emotionally Connected Workplace ” (McGraw-Hill Education, February 21, 2019). What is the Best Practice Institute? What is its mission?

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 14, 2013

Thus it behooves every entrepreneur to start watching these things more carefully from the very start. In a new book, “ Fish Can’t See Water ,” Kai Hammerich and Richard D. Incidentally, I love that book title, which seems to me applicable to most aspects of business (and even people), as well as business culture.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

I agree with some excellent guidance on both fronts from a new book, “ Impact Players ,” by Liz Wiseman, an experienced advisor who teaches leadership to executives around the world: Look broadly to do the job that needs to be done. They build a reputation of being a flexible utility player, with the agility to adapt to changing needs.

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The Startup Magazine

OCTOBER 30, 2018

Entrepreneurs often focus on developing innovative ideas and creating startups. However, organizational leadership is a key skill that every entrepreneur needs to manage a successful company that grows over time. If you are interested in leading a company, then consider studying organizational leadership. Source: Pexels.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 17, 2017

I found some key ones in a new book, “ The Future-Proof Workplace ,” by Linda Sharkey, PhD, and Morag Barrett. I believe these factors are key to the future success of every new startup, as well as every mature company: Leadership must be values-based and people focused.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 15, 2017

I just finished a new book that highlights this approach, “ One Minute Mentoring ,” by the legendary business consultant Ken Blanchard, in concert with Claire Diaz-Ortiz. Each time I mentor an entrepreneur, I learn new things about their technology, customers, and business domain. Expand your network on both sides (Networking).

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 27, 2015

Many passionate entrepreneurs fight to add more features into their new products and services, assuming that more function will make the solution more appealing to more customers. YouTube did it with videos, Instagram did it with photos, and Amazon did it with books. It’s tough for an elephant to be agile.

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The Startup Magazine

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

These programs equip students with diverse skill sets ranging from strategic thinking and financial acumen, all tailored toward leadership roles. Students analyse case studies and simulations that mimic real-life challenges to ensure they’re not simply book smart but street smart as well.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 14, 2015

Thus it behooves every entrepreneur to start watching these things more carefully from the very start. In a recent book, “ Fish Can’t See Water ,” Kai Hammerich and Richard D. Incidentally, I love that book title, which seems to me applicable to most aspects of business (and even people), as well as business culture.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 16, 2016

It takes a team, with effective leadership, to build a business. Many aspiring entrepreneurs default to team leadership by domination and control. Yet in my experience, the best entrepreneurs quickly learn the art of people connection. Align your leadership practices with human nature, which requires empathy.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 16, 2020

No company can afford to lose the agility, flexibility, and innovation of a startup. Focus on data-driven leadership versus passion. Strong creative views or even arrogance in new realms by entrepreneurs is expected and often revered, as was the case with Steve Jobs at Apple. Logic and data-driven leadership is the norm.

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YoungUpstarts

MAY 23, 2013

Jubenville, co-authors of “ Zebras and Cheetahs: Look Different and Stay Agile to Survive the Business Jungle “. The concrete jungle simply doesn’t yield to the roar of the lion (in other words, a command-and-control leadership model) anymore. Fortunately, all things in the jungle gravitate toward leadership. by Micheal J.

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Steve Blank

APRIL 20, 2009

And throughout my career as an entrepreneur I kept asking questions of my VC investors and friends; Where did entrepreneurship come from? These were inspiring stories, but I realized that, no surprise, the popular press were writing books that had mass appeal. How did Silicon Valley start?

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 1, 2019

Based on my years of experience mentoring and advising entrepreneurs, you need to attack problems and challenges with a mindset of success, or it is unlikely that you or your business will survive. I found that view confirmed for a wide range of leadership situations in a classic book, “ The Mindset of Success ,” by Jo Owen.

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Duct Tape Marketing

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

Tony is a seasoned entrepreneur, business consultant, and author of the Business Scaling Blueprint. 03:00] According to your book: what are the core concepts of business scaling? [04:20] Entrepreneurs look at everything and said, who can we get to do this? Scaling for me means different things for every entrepreneur.

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Steve Blank

APRIL 10, 2009

That’s why startups are agile. Startups that are agile have mastered one other trick – and that’s Tempo – the ability to make quick decisions consistently over extended periods of time. in Entrepreneur, VC, decision making. Great startups have a tempo of 10x a large company.

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Steve Blank

JUNE 11, 2009

Agile – you may find the real opportunities for your company was somewhere else. Other Roles in a Startup Generic advice given to entrepreneurs assumes that everyone is going to be the founder/co-founder. This means you still need to have a resilient personality, and be agile. How quickly will you recover?

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OnlyOnce

JULY 27, 2020

Startup CEO is part of his Startup Revolution series, which followed me writing an essay for Do More Faster , and then writing a series of sidebars call “The Entrepreneur’s Perspective” in Venture Deals. All Brad’s books are listed here.

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Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 5, 2009

Product Development – Getting Funded as The Goal In a traditional product development model, entrepreneurs come up with an idea or concept, write a business plan and try to get funding to bring that idea to fruition. Chasing funding versus chasing customers and a repeatable and scalable business model, is one reason startups fail.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 13, 2016

No company can afford to lose the agility, flexibility, and innovation of a startup. Focus on data-driven leadership versus passion. Strong creative views or even arrogance in new realms by entrepreneurs is expected and often revered, as was the case with Steve Jobs at Apple. Logic and data-driven leadership is the norm.

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