Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 6, 2023

Many of the business plans I have seen as an investor, like trying to integrate all the social media features of Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn into a new platform, don’t do it. It’s tough for an elephant to be agile. YouTube did it with videos, Instagram did it with photos, and Amazon did it with books.

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Up and Running

JUNE 23, 2015

Allyson attributes part of their large reach to Maternova’s strong social media presence, which she says is essential to their marketing strategy. ” She says that planning keeps them on track as goals get larger and their growth becomes more ambitious. Social media. The Lean Startup by Erik Reis.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 11, 2020

Many of the business plans I have seen as an investor, like trying to integrate all the social media features of Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn into a new platform, don’t do it. It’s tough for an elephant to be agile. YouTube did it with videos, Instagram did it with photos, and Amazon did it with books.

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Up and Running

AUGUST 23, 2016

“I had a lot of requests for freelance work,” Kinsman says, “so I decided to set up a branding and marketing business in Hong Kong.”. Thirteen years later, Kinsman is a veteran of the industry and a thought leader advocating in Forbes for an agile approach. The agile strategy is all about brand flexibility. It makes sense.

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Hearpreneur

JANUARY 21, 2017

They do a great job at building an amazing culture, and they are able to keep a small company feel in terms of speed and agility because they keep the teams small and have basically broken the company up into a whole bunch of companies. We find talking points that others may miss, and offer a unique social media angle for our clients.

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VC Cafe

JULY 26, 2020

Most principles of Lean Startup remain true, as described by Steve Blank in The Lean Startup Changes Everything : Business Plans are dead: Startups a series of hypothesis that need to be tested. Ditch the business plan and when assumptions are proven wrong, pivot Customer Development: Build a product your customers want (vs.

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crowdSPRING Blog

JANUARY 4, 2013

These posts and videos are about logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! “your business plan cannot be secret anymore.” Is Agile Marketing the Future of Search in 2013? ” | by @fraying – [link].

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Hearpreneur

JANUARY 5, 2022

My number one goal for 2022 is to increase media coverage. Specifically, I plan on putting out one study per quarter that I'll send out to reporters and hopefully get viral coverage on social media. It's important to keep business agile. My business plans for 2022 is to go for growth.

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YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 3, 2018

Look out for various online forums and social media platforms. Then, you draft your business model and plan. First you draft an executive summary of your business plan. Then you write down a brief about your company and business model. First monitor your competitor’s social media handles.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 17, 2014

Many of the business plans I have seen as an investor, like trying to integrate all the social media features of Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn into a new platform, don’t do it. It’s tough for an elephant to be agile. YouTube did it with videos, Instagram did it with photos, and Amazon did it with books.

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Up and Running

OCTOBER 1, 2014

If not, be agile enough to change direction and re-focus,” Nelson advises. This is a process she went through first hand, deciding on the fresh direction for her business as they went into development a new product. . Plan ahead. Buffer helps you with managing and scheduling your social media posts.

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Steve Blank

OCTOBER 24, 2017

It’s hard to imagine, but in the 20th century there were no startup blogs or books on startups to read, and business schools (the only places teaching entrepreneurship) believed the best thing they could teach startups was how to write a business plan. And woe to the employee who got in their way of delivering the future.

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crowdSPRING Blog

FEBRUARY 2, 2015

Just like small businesses, freelancers must engage in marketing, manage payables and receivables and other accounting tasks, perform HR functions, direct production, and plan strategy. Social Media Content Management. Sprint planning. Agile, schmagile. Online Search Ad Management. And pricing?

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 27, 2015

Many of the business plans I have seen as an investor, like trying to integrate all the social media features of Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn into a new platform, don’t do it. It’s tough for an elephant to be agile. YouTube did it with videos, Instagram did it with photos, and Amazon did it with books.

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SoCal CTO

DECEMBER 1, 2010

No Business Plan Survives First Contact With A Customer – The 5.2 Risk-takers and Strategists: Jeremiah Owyang on Long-Term Social Media Planning - ReadWriteStart , November 10, 2010 Two years ago, 93% of Americans believed companies should have a social media presence. billion dollar mistake.

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Up and Running

MAY 23, 2016

Step 1: Start with a lean plan. Instead of sitting down to write a 40-page business plan, start with a one-page pitch. It’s the fastest way to get your idea onto paper, and it’s the very first step in the lean planning process, which is much easier and more iterative than traditional business planning methods.

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Startup Lessons Learned

MARCH 13, 2009

Figuring this out takes time, and few entrepreneurs have the patience to wait it out, because the business plan does such a good job of explaining what customers are going to think. The problem is that customers dont read your business plan. We used social media to get alpha users as outlined here during Feburary.

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www.readwriteweb.com

OCTOBER 7, 2007

A Word on Strategy Every good business begins with a solid understanding of the proposition and business plan - in short, your strategy. Its worth reading Guy Kawasaki’s 10/20/30 Rule of Powerpoint ; it’ll provide you with an idea of what should be included in your business plan and strategy.

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steveblank.com

JULY 8, 2011

Github - Free public repositories, collaborator management, issue tracking, wikis, downloads, code review, graphs Pivotal Tracker – Agile project management tool that enables real time collaboration. WebSequenceDiagrams - sketch sequence diagrams. Bontq – hosted bug tracking and project management needs.

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www.vccafe.com

MARCH 11, 2013

Social Media Tracking/Marketing. analytics for social media and online. social media and email marketing. Agile project management tool that enables real time collaboration. Agile project management. agile product management. agile product management and Scrum tool. CVSDude (svn).

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