Startup Professionals Musings

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6 Key Rules To Stay Competitive In The Digital World

Startup Professionals Musings

Customers today quickly get beyond these, and put a competitive priority on the experience of others, reflected in reviews and social media, and their own total experience with your sales process, delivery, returns, and support on their schedule. Algorithms and data are required to compete.

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6 Keys To New Business Growth From Global Opportunity

Startup Professionals Musings

With the availability of high-speed Internet and social media access around the world, it’s easy for entrepreneurs to assume that the world is just one big homogeneous market, and project their business will scale accordingly. But don’t look for any magic algorithmic procedure to solve the complex globalization problems.

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How To Pick Your Focus For Your Next Business Venture

Startup Professionals Musings

Highly saturated domains (more than 10 existing players), such as niche social media sites, are highly risky. Don’t try to explain your technical implementation, your patent algorithm, or your unfair competitive advantage here. Make it ready to play in all media. Are you uniquely qualified to deliver the solution?

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4 Key Questions To Size The Potential Of Your Startup

Startup Professionals Musings

Highly saturated domains (more than 10 existing players), such as niche social media sites, are highly risky. Don’t try to explain your technical implementation, your patent algorithm, or your unfair competitive advantage here. Make it ready to play in all media. Are you uniquely qualified to deliver the solution?

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6 Expansion Realities To Penetrate Worldwide Markets

Startup Professionals Musings

With the availability of high-speed Internet and social media access around the world, it’s easy for entrepreneurs to assume that the world is just one big homogeneous market, and project their business will scale accordingly. But don’t look for any magic algorithmic procedure to solve the complex globalization problems.

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8 Myths Technologists Believe That Sink Businesses

Startup Professionals Musings

In today’s world of information overload, everyone relies on marketing and social media to find solutions to match their needs. Patents can apply to innovative user interfaces, processes or a new technology algorithm. Business people know how to downplay the technology and market the value of the solution.

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7 Keys To Sustainably Enriching Your Customers’ Lives

Startup Professionals Musings

In this age of instant and global communication via social media and the Internet, I see more and more evidence that delighted customers should be your top priority. Old-fashioned surveys need help from new algorithms, data science, and digital bots. Nurture a culture of safe and relentless learning.

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