Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 12, 2020

A valid milestone might be closing a specific big-name customer or channel, such as Walmart, or it might mean getting your first 100,000 social-media followers, by a given target date. Tie use of funds to real traction milestones. Building a huge inventory before you have a confirmed customer is not a convincing strategy.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 2, 2020

I find the best business plans are not books, but may actually should start as a one-page “elevator pitch” that succinctly encompasses your business goals, problems and solution, opportunity, competition, and business model. Target measurements allow you to assess your business progress. A full plan may be no more than 20 pages.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 9, 2014

Highlight the problem and your concerns in industry blogs, speaking in public forums, and making yourself visible on social media and networking opportunities. Craft and hone your elevator pitch early. These days, images are especially important, as well as a tag line, and your social media links.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 21, 2018

But they can otherwise save you much time and effort, and are also safer and more productive than the old-fashioned approach of broadcast emailing or cold-calling every investor you can find in online directories, or responding to the risky spam offers you get for funding on social media. Register Internet and social media startup names.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 27, 2019

Every entrepreneur and every startup needs to have a clear “elevator pitch,” which identifies a unique strength and value they bring to the table. Today, customers and future managers put a higher value on relationships, and expect to know you from industry conferences, social media, or recommendations from peers.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 1, 2016

I still hear too many excuses for not working early on the elevator pitch, like wanting to fly under the radar, don’t have the team together yet, or can’t afford an agency. Highlight the problem and your concerns in industry blogs, speaking in public forums, and making yourself visible on social media and networking opportunities.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 10, 2019

Nevertheless, have your elevator pitch honed, and don’t be shy about giving it. Back on the positive side, I like to say, especially for us introverts, that networking is more about listening that it is about talking. Don’t forget your enthusiasm, and have fun, but remember your manners! Marty Zwilling.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 27, 2011

Social media is a huge resource for entrepreneurs. Sadly, too many entrepreneurs still think social media is only for play, rather than work. Every entrepreneur should work first on his elevator pitch. It’s our reaction to our failures that distinguishes winners from losers.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 31, 2014

A valid milestone might be closing a specific big-name customer or channel, such as Walmart, or it might mean getting your first 100,000 social-media followers, by a given target date. Tie use of funds to real traction milestones. Building a huge inventory before you have a confirmed customer is not a convincing strategy.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 5, 2018

A valid milestone might be closing a specific big-name customer or channel, such as Walmart, or it might mean getting your first 100,000 social-media followers, by a given target date. Tie use of funds to real traction milestones. Building a huge inventory before you have a confirmed customer is not a convincing strategy.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 29, 2016

I recommend making friends the first formal test of your elevator pitch, your investor slide deck, and your business plan, and earnestly ask for their advice (not money) early. But they do expect you to take them seriously, as follows: Proactively and sincerely engage each potential investor.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 25, 2017

Highly saturated domains (more than 10 existing players), such as niche social media sites, are highly risky. Make it ready to play in all media. Professional investors normally like to invest only in billion dollar opportunities, with double-digit growth rates. Are you uniquely qualified to deliver the solution?

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 8, 2016

Every entrepreneur needs a good “elevator pitch” which succinctly describes the idea, the customer value proposition, and business profit. With today’s rapid pace of change and information overload, word-of-mouth and social media alone is not a viable marketing plan. Show an aggressive marketing and sales plan.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 30, 2016

A valid milestone might be closing a specific big-name customer or channel, such as Walmart, or it might mean getting your first 100,000 social-media followers, by a given target date. Tie use of funds to real traction milestones. Building a huge inventory before you have a confirmed customer is not a convincing strategy.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 31, 2010

Finally, you will develop tactics such as building quality links to your website through social media and professional article writing to boost your rankings in the search engines. For example, assume that you have a vision of becoming the leading online retailer of picture frames. Have an exit strategy. His blog is [link].

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