Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 4, 2023

I recall a good summary of how to motivate and train a team to accomplish this in the classic book, “ The Business of Creativity: How to Build the Right Team for Success ,” by Keith Granet.

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Steve Blank

OCTOBER 24, 2017

Why do these founders get to stay around? Because the balance of power has dramatically shifted from investors to founders. VCs competing for unicorn investments have given founders control of the board. A pre-IPO board usually had two founders, two VCs and one “independent” member. Technology Cycles Measured in Years.

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Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 3, 2014

Book of Five Rings. I was driving home from the BIO conference in San Diego last month and had lots of time for a phone call with Dave, an ex student and now a founder who wanted to update me on his Customer Discovery progress. His inability to attract a co-founder who could code was a troubling sign.

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Duct Tape Marketing

JANUARY 25, 2023

Growing Your Audience (And Your Revenue) With A Book written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing Marketing Podcast with Matt Briel In this episode of the Duct Tape Marketing Podcast , I interview Matt Briel. 5:12] Why would someone want to self-publish a book? [7:30] 11:42] What does it take to produce a book? [18:49]

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NZ Entrepreneur

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

Welcome to ‘500 Founders’ where we ask innovators from around New Zealand for their top insights for first time startup founders. Startup founders should connect with other founders at similar stages to them, and ones who are a few steps ahead.”. ” Marta Meszaros – Founder. Never give up.”

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The Startup Magazine

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

As part of The Startup Magazine’s Female Founder Interview series , we interviewed Adriana Rozo-Angulo, founder of international consulting firm MAS Connections and author of The Buoyant Business: How Simplicity Can Keep Organizations Afloat in a Stormy Economy. TSM: With a bit more detail, what are the main takeaways from the book?

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 1, 2013

In his book Reality Check , Guy Kawasaki summarizes some of the key issues. I challenge any startup to show me they have avoided all of these: One of the founders isn’t delivering. entrepreneur Guy Kawasaki startup founder marriage business' Remember that when the honeymoon is over, that’s when the real fun begins.

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Up and Running

SEPTEMBER 24, 2018

As fall replaces summer, I know I become tempted to curl up with a window view of the falling leaves, a cup of tea, and a good book. When that happens, I like to turn to books that are not only engaging, well-written, and interesting, but also happen to be about business. Lost and Founder by Rand Fishkin.

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Eric Friedman

FEBRUARY 3, 2021

To help teams answer this question I have collaborated with Steve Schlafman to create a product – an exercise, to be completed by those founders building a company. Today we are launching a way for co-founders and founding teams to understand themselves and each other better. Tapestry.so Tapestry is one of those answers. .

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Duct Tape Marketing

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

A Startup Journey With GrubHub Founder Mike Evans written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing. 23:25] Where can people find the book and connect with you? He's the founder of GrubHub and he founded in his spare bedroom and grew it to a multi billion dollar online food delivery. Marketing Podcast with Mike Evans.

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Up and Running

DECEMBER 28, 2017

For me, that often means stealing a few quiet moments with my book, hiding out…er…I mean, hanging out on my couch, or comfortably wedged into a window seat listening to an audiobook on a long flight. John, our marketing director, says this books helped change his perspective. “It On productivity.

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ConversionXL

AUGUST 11, 2021

When your business, book or podcast needs additional support, sponsorship can make a huge difference. Regardless of whether you’re seeking sponsorship for a product, event, book, or podcast, the overarching aim of attracting corporate sponsors remains the same: you need sponsors that engage your audience.

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The Startup Magazine

OCTOBER 5, 2018

As part of The Startup Magazine founders interviews, we sat down with Lee Thompson and Radha Vyas, the co-founders of Flash Pack , a lifestyle travel company specialising in adventure trips for solo travelers in their 30’s – 40’s. . Flash Pack’s co-founders and husband and wife team, Radha Vyas & Lee Thompson.

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Feld Thoughts

OCTOBER 2, 2017

Recently, my friend Ross Baird came out with a new book, The Innovation Blind Spot. In the book, Ross outlines and diagnoses a problem that I’ve been exploring for over a decade: our innovation economy neglects many people and ideas. Ross’s book also explores ways to build a stronger pipeline of different types people.

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Software By Rob

AUGUST 5, 2010

You’re a startup founder, whether actual or aspiring. You own a wall of books, or perhaps a Kindle or iPad bulging at the edge of its hard disk with non-fiction you’ve earmarked for future reading. Business books are a founder’s learning tool. But what about other kinds of business books?

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 19, 2018

In my role as an advisor to entrepreneurs, I often find founders who have such conviction and passion for their new idea, that they can’t believe anyone could challenge it. I like the specifics on how to do this in the classic book, “ The Agenda Mover: When Your Good Idea Is Not Enough ,” by leadership expert Samuel B.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 25, 2022

Business partners can be co-founders in a startup, multiple owners of an existing business, or a joint venture. As a former startup investor, I was often involved with due diligence on founders, and I felt that founders should do the same on co-founders, as well as investors. Their skills and interests complement yours.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 10, 2022

Thus, in my mentoring of potential technical entrepreneurs who have a real passion for their technology, I often recommend that they find a co-founder who can manage the marketing and execution elements of the new venture. I’m a believer in capitalizing on your strengths, and using partners or co-founders to shore up weaknesses.

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Brandanew

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

This season of Kitabi Qisse was incredible in that we have met with stalwarts of the South-Asian book industry. This week we met with founder of Toka Box, Preethi Chandrasekhar.

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This is going to be BIG.

MAY 26, 2022

“Personal Branding” The term is fingernails on a chalkboard-level cringe for many of the best founders—mostly because it feels most of the people who spend time building their personal brand don’t actually have much there there behind it. Unfortunately, this has real consequences for founders. So how can founders differentiate?

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 24, 2021

If you are a young startup founder, how do you find that CEO or other executive for your “dream team” to close on funding or complement your skills to kick start your company? There are several books written on this subject. Most founders are product guys. Craft an operational plan and make it work.

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YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 21, 2021

You can turn one book into 7 or more figures in revenue for your business. Michael Shreeve, founder of Peaceful Profits, shares how you can. The post How To Turn One Book Into 7+ Figures Of Revenue For Your Company appeared first on Young Upstarts.

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The Next Web

SEPTEMBER 22, 2013

But have you ever had the opportunity to pick the brains of founders who created amazingly successful startups and companies like Envato , Backblaze , Simple , or Treehouse ? Few people like talking about their mistakes, but thankfully nine founders took some time to share some of their hard-earned knowledge with you. Find your niche.

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Up and Running

JULY 18, 2017

As a founder, you’ve probably been focused on writing your business plan , building out your financial forecasts to position yourself to get funding, and managing the day-to-day minutia of running a business. Founders of young organizations sometimes feel like they’re under a microscope. It’s not going to happen overnight.”

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OnlyOnce

JULY 1, 2014

Book Short: Culture is King. is ostensibly a book about one thing — culture — but is also full of good general advice for CEOs and senior managers. Interestingly on this comparison, Sheridan has a simple and elegant argument against working remotely in the middle of the book around innovation and collaboration.).

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Feld Thoughts

MAY 4, 2021

My long-time business partner Seth Levine has written a book with Elizabeth MacBride titled The New Builders: Face to Face with the TRUE Future of Business. For many years, Seth has been frustrated about the entrepreneurial narrative around the White male tech founder. The post Book: The New Builders appeared first on Feld Thoughts.

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ReadWriteStart

DECEMBER 19, 2010

If you are looking for some books on entrepreneurship to read, or even to gift, here are some recommended books from 2010. There were a number of great business books published this year, many of which we reviewed here as part of ReadWriteWeb's " Weekend Reading " series. You can read our review here. Photo credit: Flickr.

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Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 13, 2011

A complete list of book tour stops for the first leg of my journey is below. Many of you who pre-ordered the book -especially those of you on Kindle- have already received your copy. The Amazon.com reviews page for the book has just opened to the general public (up until now it's been limited to Amazon Vine reviewers).

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ReadWriteStart

AUGUST 28, 2012

But when it comes to core technical skills, more and more entrepreneurs are opting to partner with technical co-founders rather than hiring someone for an in-house position. I really believe that what’s most important for a founder is the ability to have a vision for the company, make sales and hire well. Laura Roeder , LKR.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 6, 2022

There are many books written about failure in startups, and I don’t recommend any of them. I prefer the more positive approach of getting you better prepared up-front, as outlined in the classic book “ It’s Your Biz ” by Susan Wilson Solovic.

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The Equity Kicker

AUGUST 20, 2014

I’m reproducing in full here because it’s a great explanation of our solo-founder hypothesis and how we work more generally. Are you a solo founder with an idea? Snaptrip started as an idea, an excel spreadsheet and a passionate founder called Matt. THE DYNAMIC BETWEEN FOUNDER AND TEAM. USER RESEARCH.

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Feld Thoughts

SEPTEMBER 2, 2020

In his praise for the book, MIT President Rafael Reif exclaims: “An entrepreneurship tornado continues to blow at MIT. The first half of the book focuses upon MIT’s history of creating from scratch what they lovingly call the “MIT Entrepreneurial Ecosystem”. The post Book: Celebrating Entrepreneurs appeared first on Feld Thoughts.

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Feld Thoughts

APRIL 20, 2021

Consequently, I’m excited about a new book called LEVERS – The Framework For Building Repeatability into Your Business, a collaboration between Amos Schwartzfarb , Trevor Boehm , Cody Simms , and Troy Henikoff. The book is a play-by-play series of frameworks that any company can use to become data and metrics-driven.

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Duct Tape Marketing

APRIL 3, 2024

” Martin Gonzalez is the creator of Google’s Effective Founders Project, a global research program that decodes the factors that enable startup founders to succeed. 10:03] Would you say that a lack of leadership training is a blindspot for most founders? [12:31] Book your call today, DTM world slash scale. (01:03):

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Feld Thoughts

JULY 8, 2020

If you are working on your first startup, this is the book for you. Hopefully, the Foreword I wrote reflects my belief in the quality and importance of this book. Over 13,000 people bought the book, it’s a 4.8-star star review book on Amazon (with 100 reviews), and it sold out.

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OnlyOnce

MARCH 17, 2014

Book Short: Internet Fiction. It’s been a long time since I read Tom Evslin’s Hackoff.com , which Tom called a “blook” since he released it serially as a blog, then when it was all done, as a bound book. But it also has a great crime/murder intrigue that is interrupted with the book’s untimely ending.

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OnlyOnce

APRIL 25, 2014

Book Short: Culture is King. is ostensibly a book about one thing — culture — but is also full of good general advice for CEOs and senior managers. Interestingly on this comparison, Sheridan has a simple and elegant argument against working remotely in the middle of the book around innovation and collaboration.).

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