Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 23, 2020

In the heat of the battle, when you have the least time and money to attract the best, it’s easy for an entrepreneur to settle for who is available, rather than who can bring real value and innovation to the business. Hire for character, competency, and compatibility. Solution and business model innovation require pushing the limits.

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Steve Blank

JANUARY 17, 2023

Venture Studios are an “idea factory” with their own employees searching for product/market fit and a repeatable and scalable business model. But these look for founders who have a technical or business model insight and a team. Firms asking for greater than 60% are actually hiring an employee rather than a founder.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 23, 2022

New entrepreneurs tend to focus only on getting the product right, and assume that the right culture and ethics will come later simply by hiring good people. Building an ethical business is more than just compliance and meeting legal requirements, and it has big paybacks. The reality is different. Marty Zwilling.

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The Startup Magazine

OCTOBER 4, 2023

Not just any carpet cleaning business, but specifically an endeavor in dry carpet cleaning services. This blog aims to guide you through the process, from the initial steps of conducting market research to operational management, hiring staff, and more. Finding the sweet spot where quality meets affordability is key.

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Start Up Blog

NOVEMBER 1, 2019

I was reminded yesterday when I had to pick up a hire car that not every industry has embraced the possible. The post Trickery as a Business Model – Rental Cars appeared first on Steve Sammartino. Customer service systems have improved so much in then past 20 years we take for granted how arduous some things used to be.

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A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

OCTOBER 17, 2011

You sign up customers faster than your ability to hire quality people, so either existing people are stretched thin or you make the more fatal error of lowering standards to fill chairs. It’s common knowledge that expanding companies have a hard time maintaining the level of service which earned them that growth.

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Hunter Walker

OCTOBER 31, 2020

Disclaimer: I’ve never been hired by a venture firm. All of these areas require real understanding of core underlying technology, not just pattern matching against a business model applied to a vertical. Hiring for many roles in SF, North Carolina or Remote. Hi, thanks for reaching out. Synthetic bio. Blockchain.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

More success has been logged with companies like Amazon, which lightly funds many business model experiments each year, and is not hesitant to pivot or learn from failures. Provide outside training opportunities and hiring to promote this culture. Look for technologies to adapt from other domains.

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Transformify

SEPTEMBER 22, 2019

The ‘’Gig Economy’’ series sheds light on the future of work and the pros and cons of hiring freelancers and gig workers. The retainer model that was so common in the past is rare nowadays. How did these industrywide changes impact your decision to hire gig workers and freelancers?

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ReadWriteStart

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

You can either hire a web development company or use a platform like WordPress to create your site. Most of your work is done if you’re simply providing online wholesale shopping sites (seebiz dotcom online wholesale shopping sites) for other businesses. Understanding The Business Model of a B2B Marketplace.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 30, 2020

Minimize one-time sales in your business model. You need a stable customer base with an automatically renewing revenue stream, such as the subscription model. Minimize permanent hiring and customized operational facilities. Every new business has unexpected pivots and adjustments, and outsourcing is easier to manage.

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Steve Blank

APRIL 1, 2020

Remember, a year from now no one wants to be the CEO of a company out of business whose lament is, “I did what the board told me to do.”. This plan has three parts: Pivots to your new business model, changes to your operating plan, and what initiatives you save for the recovery. What does your board suggest? Lessons Learned.

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Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

Rent seekers are individuals or organizations with successful existing business models who use government regulation and lawsuits to keep out new entrants that might threaten their business models. Hire/advisors from the inside industry but use them to make you smarter not just to outsource the work.

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Entrepreneurs-Journey.com by Yaro Starak

MAY 10, 2010

At the moment I’m going through the process of hiring new full time workers, plus John Reese is launching his Outsource Force program and giving away free videos on how to outsource, so this subject is a bit in focus for me right now. What Online Business Can You Start With Outsourcing?

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Women Entrepreneurs Can

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

Are you worried about dangers that could disrupt your business model and leave workers in unsafe situations? One of the biggest safety issues that can be a factor in your business model is unsafe equipment. Hire a Health and Safety Officer . Hire the Right People . Here are the options worth exploring. .

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 6, 2018

In the heat of the battle, when you have the least time and money to attract the best, it’s easy for an entrepreneur to settle for who is available, rather than who can bring real value and innovation to the business. Hire for character, competency, and compatibility. Solution and business model innovation require pushing the limits.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

Implement a modern real business model. Trying to save money by recruiting family members, or hiring only interns, is a bad risk. A smarter risk is to build a plan, with associated greater resources, that will put you in position to expand your product line and keep one step ahead of competitors.

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crowdSPRING Blog

JANUARY 27, 2013

Today I want to write briefly about a strategy we have used to very good effect when hiring new workers: outsource. I am not talking about outsourcing work to other companies, but rather finding, hiring, and developing a network of freelance vendors or contractors. This does not just apply in the world of creative services.

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ConversionXL

SEPTEMBER 18, 2019

of businesses are making CRO a priority. Hiring an agency can make sense for companies that don’t have the time or resources to build an in-house team. On the other hand, hiring a CRO agency isn’t always the best fit either. Hiring a CRO agency should create additional capacity when there’s a lack of resources.

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Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 3, 2014

As the farm fields flew by on the interstate I listened as Dave described how he translated his vision into a series of hypotheses and mapped them onto a business model canvas. Speed keeps cash burn rate down while allowing you to converge on a repeatable and scalable business model. Customer Discovery.

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Steve Blank

OCTOBER 24, 2017

Hire a CEO to Go Public. The VCs would hire a CEO with a track record who looked and acted like the type of CEO Wall Street bankers expected to see in large companies. — all great things when you are executing and scaling a known business model. People had to actually pay you for your product. Board Control.

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Transformify

AUGUST 29, 2017

But there’s one field that remains stubbornly unscientific: recruitment and hiring. Simply having administrators black out candidates’ names and addresses before they’re reviewed by hiring managers is one surprisingly effective, easy place to start. And can really bring down morale during a tough hiring process.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 13, 2014

The real milestone, proving the business model, is that first product sold for full price to a total stranger, leaving him happy. Don’t assume that only “fast talkers” are good salesmen, or that you can hire a good salesman at the last minute to sell your product. business model customer sales entrepreneur investor startup'

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Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 16, 2014

Surprisingly if you’ve filled out the business model canvas you already know who you need. She started by sketching her business model canvas on a napkin, but somehow the conversation quickly shifted to what was really on her mind. Who can I hire later? ——-. And what can I outsource?”

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Steve Blank

APRIL 23, 2014

Most large companies manage three types of innovation: process innovation (making existing products incrementally better), continuous innovation (building on the strength of the company’s current business model but creating new elements) and disruptive innovation (creating products or services that did not exist before.).

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YoungUpstarts

JUNE 6, 2019

There are even some ideas for passive income that you can turn into a profitable business model. Here are a few ideas for passive income that you can turn into a business model. If you want to turn it into a profitable business model, though, it’s best to continue publishing new works on a semi-regular basis.

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Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 5, 2018

He just hired Meg Whitman. Startups wrote business plans, generated expansive 5-year forecasts and executed (hired, spent and built) to the plan. To be fair, in the 20 th century, there really wasn’t a model for how to build startups other than write plan, raise money, and execute – the bubble was this method, on steroids.

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Startup Lessons Learned

DECEMBER 14, 2017

LESSON #1: Equip your business with a portfolio map and a 21st century org chart. With industries from banking to transportation being transformed and, in some instances, undermined by new business models and technology, executives are smart to wonder, “Are we next?” LESSON #3: Avoid these three hiring mistakes.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 29, 2019

A platform is a business model and capability that can be accessed and customized by external users. The business owner must be the leader of the team, written specs are required, and the team must be populated only with A+ people. Raise the bar to avoid the biggest hiring mistakes.

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Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 1, 2011

Small businesses are grocery stores, hairdressers, consultants, travel agents, Internet commerce storefronts, carpenters, plumbers, electricians, etc. They are anyone who runs his/her own business. They hire local employees or family. They hire the best and the brightest. Most are barely profitable.

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The Startup Magazine

MAY 31, 2022

Freed received the first scholarship created from a sustainable-business model by the collaboration of EALgreen, WW Grainger, Inc. As the organization grew over the years, what were the additional challenges to making it a sustainable business of its own? As an immigrant student from Argentina, Ms. and North Park University.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 28, 2019

New entrepreneurs tend to focus only on getting the product right, and assume that the right culture and ethics will come later simply by hiring good people. Building an ethical business is more than just compliance and meeting legal requirements, and it has big paybacks. The reality is different. Marty Zwilling.

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The Startup Magazine

DECEMBER 1, 2020

Business owners are struggling to meet targets, find new customers , and retain existing customers. You might need to consider hiring a marketing consultant. Marketing consultants are professionals with the relevant expertise to support your business and push it in the right direction. Professional outlook.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 22, 2021

How do you convince investors that your business model will really work, before you have a revenue stream that exceeds your expenses? Even if you are bootstrapping your business, and you are the only investor, you should be asking yourself the same question. Everyone must be part of the sales process. Marty Zwilling.

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The Startup Magazine

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

However, there are many other ways these portals can be customized depending on what works best for your business model. You can hire a dedicated social media manager or invest in an excellent social media management platform. Social Media Management Platform. Social media management platforms help with customer service.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 12, 2019

As you scale up the business, you realize how many people you really need, including full-timers, managers, and hourly workers. Just the process of hiring and interviewing takes critical time, recruiting fees, and expenses you never remembered. Subscription software and computer hardware.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 8, 2020

Implement a modern real business model. Trying to save money by recruiting family members, or hiring only interns, is a bad risk. A smarter risk is to build a plan, with associated greater resources, that will put you in position to expand your product line and keep one step ahead of competitors.

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