Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 16, 2022

It is your responsibility to facilitate regular communication between team members and all constituents via all channels, including social media, email, and video. The recent pandemic and remote team members have made the focus on social even more critical. Spiritual connections.

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Technical Review Cofounder Employee Global 353

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 20, 2019

Chain emails leading to a windfall. This is the classic pyramid scheme where you get an email with a list of names, asked to send a few dollars to the person at the top of the list, add your own name, and forward the updated list to a number of other people, resulting in a huge return to you. Delete the message. Won the lottery.

Technical Review 228

Technical Review Non-disclosure Agreement Due Diligence Term Sheet 228

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 12, 2022

So the next time you are tempted to broadcast an abstract email to me and other investors on your new “million dollar idea,” make sure you include your track record on how well you stack up against these rules for business success. Investors still tend to bet on the jockey, not the horse.

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Technical Review Angel Investor Differentiation Business Model 297

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

If you receive an email requesting details on your plan from someone you don’t know, you should respond with a CDA, as well as begin a more serious cross-check with reliable sources. These professionals value their integrity, like your therapist or financial advisor, and will not share your business details nor steal your idea.

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Non-disclosure Agreement Technical Review Due Diligence Angel Investor 399

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 23, 2021

Pleasant surprises don’t have to be big – like how fast you return a phone call or email. I’m still impressed when a package arrives a day earlier than promised, or I get a free promotion with my order. Sponsor experiments to create memorable elements. Don’t let your customer interactions go stale.

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Customer Technical Review Metrics Employee 369

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 19, 2022

Generalized email blasts and social media ads may be great for finding interest in your services, but these are not enough to close and maintain new clients. The bad news is that I still find a lot of you who don’t use these tools effectively, or haven’t learned the rules for nurturing remote relationships.

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Technical Review Social Media Metrics Media 303

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 3, 2021

Be consistent is their application, and provide contact information for both phone and email access. Offer support assistance and guarantee. Publish the terms of your support, return, and replacement policies. Follow-up for customer satisfaction. Professional user-friendly site design.

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Internet Web Affiliate Advertising 294

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 18, 2020

All of us are struggling to keep up in this age of technological acceleration, where we learn every day that we can’t trust links in our email, marketing guarantees, or phone requests from people we don’t know. I summarize the key elements of the transformation as follows: Customers are seeking control in a run-away world.

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Customer B2C Technical Review Social Media 433

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 6, 2022

They realize too late that they don’t really want to be remembered for how many hours they spent on airplanes, how many emails they produced, or even how much money they made for the business. Every entrepreneur and business leader waits too long before really working on the legacy that he wants to leave to society and his family.

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Technical Review Leadership Conversion Developer 316

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

I recommend using digital channels, including email and social media, personalized, if possible, with promotions. Now is the time to reach out to satisfied existing customers for repeat business, as it is less expensive to generate more revenue from your past customers than it is to land new ones.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 13, 2020

Others send investors email and business plans in all uppercase or no punctuation. Early in the relationship, every investor instinctively looks for some key indicators of the ability to get results, like the following: Communicates well in every business medium. Effective communication requires real listening, as well as talking.

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Intellectual Property Angel Investor Early Stage Venture Capital 316

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 15, 2020

So the next time you are tempted to broadcast an abstract email to me and other investors on your new “million dollar idea,” make sure you include your track record on how well you stack up against these rules for business success. Investors still tend to bet on the jockey, not the horse.

Technical Review 315

Technical Review Angel Investor Differentiation Business Model 315

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 21, 2011

What we all need is a digital tool that can extract data from business cards, as well as sync it with your cell phone, your email, and the social networks you use. Even email is a problem. You need to capture contact details beyond the email address from email contents, including signature blocks.

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Technical Review Technology Software Review Social Network 209

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 31, 2023

Nurturing stage email performance. That makes it easier to collect results indicators, including number of emails sent, open rate, click rate, and email bounce rates. The nurturing stage is the link between the engagement and conversion stages, and is most often the automated area of demand generation.

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Demand Metrics NPV Net Present Value 256

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 10, 2023

Yet there is more and more evidence that jumping tasks on every alert for a new email, text, or phone call actually decreases overall productivity. Consciously identify the tasks that come easy to you, such as email and texting, versus tougher tasks, maybe including customer complaints or confronting coworkers.

Social Media 242

Social Media Email Product Entrepreneur 242

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 31, 2011

A simple inquiry or response to one of these emails will get you permanently tagged as a prime scam candidate, meaning a flood of new deals. You receive an email with the offer to get amazingly low fares to some exotic destination, but you must book it today or the offer expires. Chain emails. Delete the message. exe” files.

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Technical Review Internet Startup Email 228

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 24, 2021

That means that people addicted to text messages, twitter, and email may be sending less than half the message, and receivers often misinterpret even that half. As well, email volume just continues to increase. This cultural icon is totally missing from text messages and emails. Palm-to-palm contact is important for sincerity.

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SMS Email Demand Employee 411

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 3, 2020

Nurturing stage email performance. That makes it easier to collect results indicators, including number of emails sent, open rate, click rate, and email bounce rates. The nurturing stage is the link between the engagement and conversion stages, and is most often the automated area of demand generation.

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NPV Net Present Value Conversion Ratio Marketing 436

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 19, 2019

Don’t let the current focus on emails, procedures, and message exchanges convince you that work is a mechanical process. Only by first understanding their differences can you fully appreciate that what others bring to the table, even if it is contrary to your view. Don’t assume others are intentionally being difficult.

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Technical Cofounder Technical Review Cofounder Cloud 244

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 25, 2020

Yet there is more and more evidence that jumping tasks on every alert for a new email, text, or phone call actually decreases overall productivity. Consciously identify the tasks that come easy to you, such as email and texting, versus tougher tasks, maybe including customer complaints or confronting coworkers.

Social Media 425

Social Media Email Entrepreneur Product 425

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

Be consistent is their application, and provide contact information for both phone and email access. Offer support assistance and guarantee. Publish the terms of your support, return, and replacement policies. Follow-up for customer satisfaction. Professional user-friendly site design.

Affiliate 221

Affiliate Advertising Technical Review Social Network 221

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 24, 2010

A simple inquiry or response to one of these emails will get you permanently tagged as a prime scam candidate, meaning a flood of new deals. You receive an email with the offer to get amazingly low fares to some exotic destination, but you must book it today or the offer expires. Chain emails. Delete the message. exe” files.

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Internet Technical Review Reputation Email 222

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

On the top of my list is a focus on minimizing multitasking, a result of continuous smartphone and email alerts, as well as an instant gratification mentality. Another alternative is to switch often to less demanding tasks, such as email or managing by walking around. Avoid extended internal battles with tough problems.

Demand 257

Demand Cloud Email Management 257

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 18, 2017

Chain emails leading to a windfall. This is the classic pyramid scheme where you get an email with a list of names, asked to send a few dollars to the person at the top of the list, add your own name, and forward the updated list to a number of other people, resulting in a huge return to you. Delete the message. Won the lottery.

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Technical Review Non-disclosure Agreement Due Diligence Entrepreneur 120

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 3, 2019

Here are a few specifics on how to be part of the solution, without the costs, rather than part of the problem: Put a personal face and address on your site; don’t hide behind an “info” email address. Make your company visible, reachable and responsive through social networks.

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Security Technical Review Social Network Software Review 195

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 26, 2013

Chain emails leading to a windfall. This is the classic pyramid scheme where you get an email with a list of names, asked to send a few dollars to the person at the top of the list, add your own name, and forward the updated list to a number of other people, resulting in a huge return to you. Delete the message. Won the lottery.

Technical Review 202

Technical Review Non-disclosure Agreement Due Diligence Entrepreneur 202

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 26, 2014

Determine where email and social media add value. If email is your preference, communicate that to your team and contacts, perhaps minimizing office interruptions. One of the greatest benefits of improved time management is that it allows you recognize and follow-up on unexpected opportunities or pivots that could come your way.

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Management Entrepreneur Technical Review Social Media 263

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 22, 2021

Every business I know is intimately familiar with outbound marketing, or pushing your message out to customers through email, newspaper, and television advertising. Only a few really understand the process and value of inbound marketing, for pulling customers to your brand. Inbound marketing data is more easily measured for ROI.

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Customer Marketing Social Media Channel 431

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. Enduring – add permanent positive changes every day.

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Bandwidth Employee Restful Email 398

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 13, 2022

Don’t you wish that someone had prepped you on how to read the body language, interpret office gossip, and when to hit the delete key on your email rather than the send key? Business Email and Texting. Office politics involves the complex network of power and status that exists within every business, large and small.

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Dividend Salary Social Network Finance 352

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 8, 2018

For example, I still find businesses asking you to print, sign, and return documents by mail in lieu of digital signatures or email. In my mind, these are killing their businesses. Others still routinely have phone hold queues for customer contact that can last up to an hour, with no alternative options.

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Technical Review Channel Social Media Metrics 211

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 19, 2021

When your customer phones or emails you, his timer starts, so it behooves you to return his call or email quickly. A "client" implies that the consultant is in charge, while "customer" suggests that the service provider is beholden. All aspects of customer service apply. Be exceptionally easy to find.

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Semantic Startup Leadership Internet 376

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 4, 2021

This is the pain of the endless stream of email, phone calls, and daily crises which prevent any really important accomplishments, like closing customers. Start each day with the highest priority task you need done that day, and leave the emails and phone calls till the end of the day, if you have time.

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Product Database Restful Email 384

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 6, 2010

What we all need is a digital tool that can extract data from business cards, as well as sync it with your cell phone, your email, and the social networks you use. Even email is a problem. You need to capture contact details beyond the email address from email contents, including signature blocks.

Technical Review 120

Technical Review Technology Software Review Social Network 120

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 16, 2013

How many people do you know who have a thousand emails in their inbox, or just a few awaiting follow-up for over a week from people who matter? A numbing 68% of all business lost in America is lost due to lack of follow-up after the sale. Professional relationships. These procrastinations jeopardize your integrity and your relationships.

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Entrepreneur Technical Review Software Review Retention 275

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 6, 2014

Others send investors email and business plans in all uppercase or no punctuation. Early in the relationship, every investor instinctively looks for some key indicators of the ability to get results, like the following: Communicates well in every business medium. Effective communication requires real listening, as well as talking.

Angel Investor 268

Angel Investor Intellectual Property Entrepreneur Early Stage 268

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 2, 2019

They realize too late that they don’t really want to be remembered for how many hours they spent on airplanes, how many emails they produced, or even how much money they made for the business. Every entrepreneur and business leader waits too long before really working on the legacy that he wants to leave to society and his family.

Technical Review 161

Technical Review Leadership Conversion Developer 161