Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 21, 2016

Business-startup rates in America increased the most in the Midwest and South. Since entrepreneurship is a key driver of economic growth, this should bode well for America, and for world economic growth as well. The immigrant rate of entrepreneurial activity seems to be declining each year (now about.5%),

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 1, 2014

According to the most recent report from the Kauffman Foundation , the highest rate of entrepreneurship in America shifted a few years ago to the Boomer age group, compared to Gen-X (1965 to1980) and Gen-Y (1981 to 1995). Yet credible reports on current trends tell us just the opposite.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 16, 2013

A numbing 68% of all business lost in America is lost due to lack of follow-up after the sale. More customers are lost to apathy after the sale than poor service or quality. Many experts suggest it costs six times more to sell something to a new customer than to an existing customer. Professional relationships.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 26, 2022

Thus it’s clear to me that your journey from corporate America to being an entrepreneur does not begin with just an innovative idea, or an annoying dissatisfaction. By writing these goals, you add validity to each target and create a mental desire to see them fulfilled. Then accomplish one, sense the progress, and add another.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 2, 2023

A while back I found a great book, “ America's Moment: Creating Opportunity in the Connected Age ,” put together by a group of fifty current leaders from across American life, that points out well some of the tools that can help all of us learn how to learn in this rapidly changing world of new opportunities.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 3, 2023

Another good online approach is a simple Internet search for articles like the “ The top 40 startup accelerators and incubators in North America in 2023 ” But don’t expect incubators to magically convert your pre-hatched idea into a successful company.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 15, 2010

A numbing 68% of all business lost in America is lost due to lack of follow-up after the sale. More customers are lost to apathy after the sale than poor service or quality. Many experts suggest it costs six times more to sell something to a new customer than to an existing customer. Professional relationships.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 11, 2020

Another good online approach is a simple Internet search for articles like the “ The top 40 startup accelerators and incubators in North America in 2020 ” But don’t expect incubators to magically convert your pre-hatched idea into a successful company.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 22, 2022

Thankfully, most mistakes won’t be as spectacular as the America Online merger with Time Warner for $350 billion, back in 2000, engineered by then superstar entrepreneurs Stephen M. They know leadership is all about managing their own complicated, illogical, and fallible human foibles, as well as the people they depend on. Case and Gerald M.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 10, 2010

The reach is very broad, however, with 30 branches worldwide covering over 50 countries in Europe, North America, South America, Africa, Asia and Australasia, and over 60,000 members worldwide. But remember that numbers and locations are not the whole story. The challenge is to find the right angel for your, and for your situation.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 28, 2022

Even reputable organizations, supporting veterans, the police, firefighters or children, often raise eyebrows, with alarming real data like these from the America's Worst Charities report a while back on an activist website: Kids Wish Network – 2.5% distributed cash aid from $137.9 million collected Breast Cancer Relief Foundation – 2.2%

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 6, 2020

A while back I found a great book, “ America's Moment: Creating Opportunity in the Connected Age ,” put together by a group of fifty current leaders from across American life, that points out well some of the tools that can help all of us learn how to learn in this rapidly changing world of new opportunities.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 3, 2020

Thus it’s clear to me that your journey from corporate America to being an entrepreneur does not begin with just an innovative idea, or an annoying dissatisfaction. By writing these goals, you add validity to each target and create a mental desire to see them fulfilled. Then accomplish one, sense the progress, and add another.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 20, 2019

Thankfully, most mistakes won’t be as spectacular as the America Online merger with Time Warner for $350 billion, back in 2000, engineered by then superstar entrepreneurs Stephen M. They know leadership is all about managing their own complicated, illogical, and fallible human foibles, as well as the people they depend on. Case and Gerald M.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 4, 2018

Another good online approach is a simple Internet search for articles like the “ The top 40 startup accelerators and incubators in North America in 2018 ” But don’t expect incubators to magically convert your pre-hatched idea into a successful company.

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Incubator Silicon Valley North America Small Business Administration 218

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 26, 2019

Even reputable organizations, supporting veterans, the police, firefighters or children, often raise eyebrows, with alarming real data like these from the America's Worst Charities report on a popular activist news website: Kids Wish Network – 2.5% distributed cash aid from $137.9 million collected Breast Cancer Relief Foundation – 2.2%

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 5, 2018

Google places such a premium of employee happiness, with perks and benefits, that it is regularly recognized as one of the best places to work in America. Apple, for example, recently reported the use of 100% renewable energy in powering its global facilities – the first major technology company to declare and fulfill such a commitment.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 12, 2022

His focus is on entrepreneurs in America, but what he says applies to every other country as well. I agree with Sharma that it’s time to move on to a new way of thinking, living, and doing business, especially after the recent demoralizing pandemic impacts.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 9, 2014

Thankfully, most mistakes won’t be as spectacular as the America Online merger with Time Warner for $350 billion, back in 2000, engineered by then superstar entrepreneurs Stephen M. They know leadership is all about managing their own complicated, illogical, and fallible human foibles, as well as the people they depend on. Case and Gerald M.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 21, 2018

A while back I found a great book, “ America's Moment: Creating Opportunity in the Connected Age ,” put together by a group of fifty current leaders from across American life, that points out well some of the tools that can help all of us learn how to learn in this rapidly changing world of new opportunities.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 22, 2017

Thankfully, most mistakes won’t be as spectacular as the America Online merger with Time Warner for $350 billion, back in 2000, engineered by then superstar entrepreneurs Stephen M. They know leadership is all about managing their own complicated, illogical, and fallible human foibles, as well as the people they depend on. Case and Gerald M.

Leadership 158

Leadership Merger Affiliate America 158

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 25, 2017

Even reputable organizations, supporting veterans, the police, firefighters or children, often raise eyebrows, with alarming real data like these from the America's Worst Charities report on a popular activist news website: Kids Wish Network – 2.5% distributed cash aid from $137.9 million collected Breast Cancer Relief Foundation – 2.2%

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Distribution Africa United States Salary 140

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 8, 2013

Thankfully, most mistakes won’t be as spectacular as the America Online merger with Time Warner for $350 billion, back in 2000, engineered by then superstar entrepreneurs Stephen M. They know leadership is all about managing their own complicated, illogical, and fallible human variables, as well as the people they depend on.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 8, 2013

Business-startup rates in America increased the most in the Midwest and South. Since entrepreneurship is a key driver of economic growth, this should bode well for America, and for world economic growth as well. The immigrant rate of entrepreneurial activity seems to be declining each year (now about.5%),

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 20, 2019

Crowd funding is setting new records worldwide, with $17 billion from North America alone, and VCs poured another $100 billion more into small growth companies last year. Last year 300,000+ American angels invested an estimated $25 billion in more than 70,000 startup deals. Cost of entry for a startup is at an all-time low.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 15, 2016

I recently found an interesting book, “ America's Moment: Creating Opportunity in the Connected Age ,” put together by a group of fifty current leaders from across American life, that points out well some of the tools that can help all of us learn how to learn in this rapidly changing world of new opportunities.

Entrepreneur 120

Entrepreneur Curation Angel Investor Incubator 120

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 7, 2015

Thus it’s clear to me that your journey from corporate America to being an entrepreneur does not begin with just an innovative idea, or an annoying dissatisfaction. By writing these goals, you add validity to each target and create a mental desire to see them fulfilled. Then accomplish one, sense the progress, and add another.

America 120

America Metrics Entrepreneur Leadership 120

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 12, 2015

I just finished a new book, “ America's Moment: Creating Opportunity in the Connected Age ,” put together by a group of fifty current leaders from across American life, that points out well some of the tools and navigators that can help all of us learn how to learn in this rapidly changing world of new opportunities.

Entrepreneur 120

Entrepreneur Curation Angel Investor Incubator 120

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 3, 2012

Business-startup rates in America increased the most in the Midwest and South. Since entrepreneurship is a key driver of economic growth, this should bode well for America, and for world economic growth as well. Social networking penetration by Boomers has now caught up with the other age groups, reaching about 80% across the board.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 8, 2011

For our subsidiary, in one of the key countries of South America, these internal regulations dramatically complicated the task of obtaining various permissions from local authorities. All distributors are obliged to sign documents stating that they would not use any of their commissions for payments to foreign officials.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 9, 2019

His focus is on entrepreneurs in America, but what he says applies to every other country as well. I agree with Sharma that it’s time to move on to a new way of thinking, living, and doing business, especially after the relatively recent demoralizing recessionary times.

Engineer 219

Engineer Entrepreneur Offshore Merger 219

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 10, 2010

For our subsidiary, in one of the key countries of South America, these internal regulations dramatically complicated the task of obtaining various permissions from local authorities. All distributors are obliged to sign documents stating that they would not use any of their commissions for payments to foreign officials.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 10, 2011

Even though we had agreed to provide her an equal opportunity to pursue her goals, we could not protect her from the different perspective on comments and advances in Latin America. Thus, hiring decisions should be made carefully, after fully understanding local practices.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 16, 2022

The ACA is the angel industry alliance, which now includes a directory to more than 250 angel groups and 14,000 individual angels across North America. Of course, there are many more angel investors, often called “super angels,” that have a large following and large reach, so they don’t need any of these organizations to be found.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 8, 2011

Business-startup rates in America increased the most in the Midwest and South. Since entrepreneurship is a key driver of economic growth, this should bode well for America, and for world economic growth as well. In terms of job creation, innovation, and productivity, entrepreneurs drive growth.

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Technical Review United States America Technical Support 237

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 13, 2011

The $30 billion trade surplus in advanced technology products that America enjoyed just one decade ago has now become a $56 billion deficit. Nothhaft, in his new book “ Great Again: Revitalizing America's Entrepreneurial Leadership ” are already calling these last ten years the “Lost Decade.” The innovation engine that powered the U.S.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 1, 2023

One of the biggest in this decade was the merger of America Online (AOL) with Time Warner, engineered in the early 2000’s by Time Warner CEO Gerald Levin and AOL CEO Steve Case for a whopping $164 billion. We’ve all worked with autocratic leaders in large companies who seem to thrive in this mode.

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