Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 18, 2014

When you sign up remote workers, you’ll start to rely heavily on collaborative tools, Internet bandwidth, and new data security tools. Virtual teams need a lot of stability and structure, extra communication, standard protocols, and contingency plans. “My My IT budget will go down as remote users use their own tools.”

Entrepreneur 231

Entrepreneur Philippines Bandwidth Cofounder 231

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 9, 2023

With the advent of interactive social media, as well as high-bandwidth video tools, there is no excuse for not involving real customers, and prospects who fit the desired demographic. This requires people on your team who have real-world experience, as well as design training. Insist on customer engagement and user-centered evaluation.

Design 262

Design Customer Bandwidth Social Media 262

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 29, 2017

Not many people have the bandwidth to simultaneously cover all the required bases in finance, marketing, manufacturing, and operations, as well as solution development. Most new entrepreneurs work alone in developing their idea or a solution to a problem, but ultimately realize that starting and growing a business requires more.

Bandwidth 154

Bandwidth Leadership Mobile Finance 154

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 14, 2022

We all have limited bandwidth, and it’s not possible to maintain relationships with everyone. If you surround yourself with “yes” people, you may feel good for a while, but the unmentioned problems no one surfaces will hurt later. Actively and positively end relationships that are not productive.

Silicon Valley 284

Silicon Valley Bandwidth Angel Investor Equity 284

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 15, 2022

Yet most team members don’t have the bandwidth or interest to do their existing job, and well as address major innovations. Everyone can be an innovator. Ideation is everyone’s job, as are small improvements in each employee’s direct sphere of responsibility. Real innovation happens bottoms-up.

Bandwidth 338

Bandwidth Operations Entrepreneur Startup 338

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 27, 2021

Although novelty is important in our lives, good work habit building is about opening up bandwidth in our brain to attend to things that we often take for granted, or ignore because we are too emotionally bogged down, like timely and positive response to phone calls and email.

Bandwidth 398

Bandwidth Employee Restful Email 398

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 25, 2015

When you sign up remote workers, you’ll start to rely heavily on collaborative tools, Internet bandwidth, and new data security tools. Virtual teams need a lot of stability and structure, extra communication, standard protocols, and contingency plans. “My My IT budget will go down as remote users use their own tools.”

Philippines 120

Philippines Startup Bandwidth Cofounder 120

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 30, 2022

You don’t have the bandwidth to keep filling positions with more helpers. In addition to fresh products, you need people smarter than you for real help, with the right combination of skills, experience, and passion to foster and manage new growth. Switch your attention from product development to sales.

Mezzanine 368

Mezzanine Private Equity Bandwidth Metrics 368

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 23, 2020

With the advent of interactive social media, as well as high-bandwidth video tools, there is no excuse for not involving real customers, and prospects who fit the desired demographic. This requires people on your team who have real-world experience, as well as design training. Insist on customer engagement and user-centered evaluation.

Customer 376

Customer Bandwidth Design Social Media 376

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 19, 2022

Have a big bandwidth. Entrepreneurs who “get it” are emotionally attuned to peers and customers, so that their gut-level instincts become informed judgments that move the business forward. Can you talk, with equal engagement and respect, to your company’s CFO and the guy who pumps your gas?

Advisory Board 348

Advisory Board Bandwidth .Net Social Media 348

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 29, 2021

As an entrepreneur with a new venture, or a business leader in a mature one, the demands for your attention and guidance will often exceed your bandwidth. That takes less time and gives everyone greater satisfaction. For all the reasons outlined above, don’t let that be your downfall.

Bandwidth 386

Bandwidth Leadership Demand Employee 386

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 18, 2016

But in my experience, very few entrepreneurs have the bandwidth to make this work, and the adapted entrepreneur ends up doing both jobs poorly. Of course, many will argue that the visionary entrepreneurs can simply fix their shortcomings, and thus save resources by satisfying both roles.

Cofounder 120

Cofounder Founder Entrepreneur Startup 120

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 16, 2020

We all have limited bandwidth, and it’s not possible to maintain relationships with everyone. If you surround yourself with “yes” people, you may feel good for a while, but the unmentioned problems no one surfaces will hurt later. Actively and positively end relationships that are not productive.

Silicon Valley 312

Silicon Valley Bandwidth Angel Investor Equity 312

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 17, 2015

But in my experience, very few entrepreneurs have the bandwidth to make this work, and the adapted entrepreneur ends up doing both jobs poorly. Of course, many will argue that the visionary entrepreneurs can simply fix their shortcomings, and thus save resources by satisfying both roles.

Cofounder 120

Cofounder Bandwidth Matching Leadership 120

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 30, 2023

Not a single one of us has the bandwidth to build a solution and a business alone. However, by finding a partner with complementary skills, the potential was always greater than “1+1.” You need a team and relationships to run a business.

Technical Review 373

Technical Review Software Review Due Diligence Entrepreneur 373

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 14, 2019

Yet most team members don’t have the bandwidth or interest to do their existing job, and well as address major innovations. Everyone can be an innovator. Ideation is everyone’s job, as are small improvements in each employee’s direct sphere of responsibility. Real innovation happens bottoms-up.

Founder 236

Founder Bandwidth Operations Entrepreneur 236

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 18, 2019

Have a big bandwidth. Entrepreneurs who “get it” are emotionally attuned to peers and customers, so that their gut-level instincts become informed judgments that move the business forward. Can you talk, with equal engagement and respect, to your company’s CFO and the guy who pumps your gas?

Entrepreneur 257

Entrepreneur Advisory Board Bandwidth .Net 257

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 1, 2019

You don’t have the bandwidth to keep filling positions with more helpers. In addition to fresh products, you need people smarter than you for real help, with the right combination of skills, experience, and passion to foster and manage new growth. Switch your attention from product development to sales.

Mezzanine 244

Mezzanine Private Equity Startup Bandwidth 244

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 22, 2014

Yet most team members don’t have the bandwidth or interest to do their existing job, and well as address major innovations. Everyone can be an innovator. Ideation is everyone’s job, as are small improvements in each employee’s direct sphere of responsibility. Real innovation happens bottoms-up.

Startup 269

Startup Bandwidth Operations Entrepreneur 269

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 6, 2023

Your personal bandwidth is quickly exceeded. The more you try to capitalize on the breadth and depth of your solution, the more people don’t get the message at all, and settle for a competitor that focuses on their personal hot-button.

Startup 287

Startup Bandwidth Distribution Agile 287

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 21, 2013

This initial focus is usually driven by limited financial and people resources, as well as the bandwidth of the executive team. Non-organic growth would include OEM relationships, finding strategic partners, “coopetition,” as well as acquisitions. An example of a startup which used non-organic growth early and effectively was Microsoft.

Merger 243

Merger Acquisition Startup Bandwidth 243

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 23, 2013

Personal bandwidth is limited. Remember the old maxim that “you only get one chance to make a great first impression.” Customers are fickle, and good quality and good customer service is hard, even with a focused product.

Bandwidth 256

Bandwidth Startup Dilution Leadership 256

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 11, 2020

Your personal bandwidth is quickly exceeded. The more you try to capitalize on the breadth and depth of your solution, the more people don’t get the message at all, and settle for a competitor that focuses on their personal hot-button.

Startup 424

Startup Bandwidth Distribution Agile 424

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 8, 2012

Yet most team members don’t have the bandwidth or interest to do their existing job, and well as address major innovations. Everyone can be an innovator. Ideation is everyone’s job, as are small improvements in each employee’s direct sphere of responsibility. Real innovation happens bottoms-up.

Bandwidth 258

Bandwidth Operations Startup Entrepreneur 258

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 15, 2017

Yet most team members don’t have the bandwidth or interest to do their existing job, and well as address major innovations. Everyone can be an innovator. Ideation is everyone’s job, as are small improvements in each employee’s direct sphere of responsibility. Real innovation happens bottoms-up.

Bandwidth 136

Bandwidth Operations Entrepreneur Startup 136

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 17, 2012

This initial focus is usually driven by limited financial and people resources, as well as the bandwidth of the executive team. Non-organic growth would include OEM relationships, finding strategic partners, “coopetition,” as well as acquisitions. An example of a startup which used non-organic growth early and effectively was Microsoft.

Entrepreneur 249

Entrepreneur Merger Bandwidth Acquisition 249

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 24, 2017

Have a big bandwidth. Entrepreneurs who “get it” are emotionally attuned to peers and customers, so that their gut-level instincts become informed judgments that move the business forward. Can you talk, with equal engagement and respect, to your company’s CFO and the guy who pumps your gas?

Entrepreneur 165

Entrepreneur Advisory Board Bandwidth .Net 165

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 11, 2017

Although novelty is important in our lives, good work habit building is about opening up bandwidth in our brain to attend to things that we often take for granted, or ignore because we are too emotionally bogged down, like timely and positive response to phone calls and email.

Bandwidth 150

Bandwidth Employee Restful Email 150

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 14, 2012

Have a big bandwidth. Entrepreneurs who “get it” are emotionally attuned to peers and customers, so that their gut-level instincts become informed judgments that move the business forward. Can you talk, with equal engagement and respect, to your company’s CFO and the guy who pumps your gas?

Entrepreneur 282

Entrepreneur Advisory Board Bandwidth .Net 282

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 9, 2014

Have a big bandwidth. Entrepreneurs who “get it” are emotionally attuned to peers and customers, so that their gut-level instincts become informed judgments that move the business forward. Can you talk, with equal engagement and respect, to your company’s CFO and the guy who pumps your gas?

Advisory Board 253

Advisory Board Founder Bandwidth .Net 253

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 17, 2012

Personal bandwidth is limited. Remember the old maxim that “you only get one chance to make a great first impression.” Customers are fickle, and good quality and good customer service is hard, even with a focused product.

Bandwidth 235

Bandwidth Dilution Leadership Social Network 235

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 13, 2017

You don’t have the bandwidth to keep filling positions with more helpers. In addition to fresh products, you need people smarter than you for real help, with the right combination of skills, experience, and passion to foster and manage new growth. Switch your attention from product development to sales.

Mezzanine 141

Mezzanine Private Equity Startup Bandwidth 141

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 24, 2011

Yet most team members don’t have the bandwidth or interest to do their existing job, and well as address major innovations. Everyone can be an innovator. Ideation is everyone’s job, as are small improvements in each employee’s direct sphere of responsibility. Real innovation happens bottoms-up.

Bandwidth 244

Bandwidth Operations Entrepreneur Startup 244

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 6, 2012

Make sure any employees needed are a function of your “bandwidth,” not your confidence or interests. Managing employees is a whole separate discipline, and most true entrepreneurs aren’t very good at it anyway. Running a business is not rocket science, so you can learn how if you have enough passion. Build a low-budget plan.

Bootstrapping 236

Bootstrapping Bandwidth Equity Startup 236

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 2, 2012

If your bandwidth is exhausted, or you lack access to a key market segment or customer set, licensing your product, adding a strategic partner, or building an alliance with a related company will help. This often works best if you find a company similar to yours with great potential, but drowning in debt, or short on the necessary skills.

Bandwidth 246

Bandwidth Incubator .Net Global 246

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 15, 2011

This initial focus is usually driven by limited financial and people resources, as well as the bandwidth of the executive team. Non-organic growth would include OEM relationships, finding strategic partners, “coopetition,” as well as acquisitions. An example of a startup which used non-organic growth early and effectively was Microsoft.

Startup 232

Startup Merger Bandwidth Acquisition 232

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 3, 2013

You don’t have the bandwidth to keep filling positions with more helpers. In addition to fresh products, you need people smarter than you for real help, with the right combination of skills, experience, and passion to foster and manage new growth. Switch your attention from product development to sales.

Mezzanine 240

Mezzanine Private Equity Bandwidth Metrics 240