Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 3, 2021

Not so long ago, business leaders operated behind the scenes, and even long-time employees rarely heard from them or saw them in the news. You need to be visible in marketing efforts, viral videos, and interactions with key customer segments. Online it may be time to take a formal position via blogs and interviews.

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Board Effect

AUGUST 23, 2019

Allegations, whether they prove true or not, can quickly threaten a company’s reputation, especially with the viral speed of social media. Corporate policies make it easier for employees and others to bring forth allegations of sexual, physical and emotional harassment, which can quickly go viral and create reputational risk.

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Hearpreneur

JANUARY 5, 2022

They operate on the premise that if you don't get results, you won't get results. Specifically, I plan on putting out one study per quarter that I'll send out to reporters and hopefully get viral coverage on social media. Additionally, some employees have requested that they work remotely, which has not been possible so far.

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YoungUpstarts

MARCH 20, 2015

But suppose you, the leader, are declaring bold possibilities full of fire and optimism, but your employees are engaging in other kinds of conversations? Yet they go viral throughout an organization, kill morale, prevent engagement, and slow productivity to a crawl. Nevertheless, employees may still feel exploited. Criticisms.

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Hearpreneur

APRIL 13, 2022

Their innovation lay not just in their product, but their viral video marketing campaign involving slamming raw eggs on their mattress to show that they wouldn’t break due to their mattresses’ high-tech cushioning. The company has three large operations across the world, with 20 smaller operations across the US. 19- Bitcoin.

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View from Seed

AUGUST 30, 2016

A few stats to consider on the market opportunity in North America alone: 28 million SMBs in North America, with roughly 60 million employees. For instance: Which insurance plan should I provide for my employees in Chicago? We think that’s how Alignable can transform how business owners operate and grow their businesses.

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The Next Web

NOVEMBER 18, 2013

Tiny, unknown apps can suddenly go viral and, seemingly overnight, grow to millions of users. User grown often means negotiating a balance between providing service to users and keeping a lean operation. On average, every employee—including the CEO—supported more than 3,000,000 users.

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The Next Web

DECEMBER 2, 2013

But it’s a very challenging question to answer because what it would cost to build is a small number while operational costs are enormous.”. “If you asked me to build Facebook.com for you, I would quote you $500,000 and nine months of development and design time,” says Schippers. Others would say one million or a much bigger number.

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Hunter Walker

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

Claire got to experience, and played a large part in, Stripe’s proverbial rocketship, blossoming into thousands of employees, generating billions of dollars in revenue and valuation. For example: On her viral ‘ Working With Claire ’ guide I think that founders should write a guide to working with them.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 30, 2018

The value of such viral efforts is huge. They have negative emotional and viral reactions to people getting bonuses and raises, despite visible product and customer support shortcomings. Give key employees the freedom to practice delighting customers. Relate all compensation criteria to customer experience levels.

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SoCal CTO

NOVEMBER 10, 2009

From there, I became the first non-founder employee at an e-commerce startup called BITSource, which was the first electronic software distributor delivering electronic volume software licenses to corporations. Google is impressive in that in many ways they operate more like a startup than many smaller companies. Details coming soon!)

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reidhoffman.org

NOVEMBER 12, 2013

We are the leader in the professional domain with viral growth. What I knew that many didn’t was that a combination of curiosity and a viral game mechanic would slowly get to a million people, at which point the network becomes valuable. Here, we argue that we have a viral product that creates a network that possesses network effects.

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Mike Michalowicz

JUNE 23, 2023

Contagious: How to Build Word of Mouth in the Digital Age by Jonah Berger – Why certain ideas or products go viral and how to apply these principles to your business. Radical Candor: Be a Kick-Ass Boss Without Losing Your Humanity by Kim Scott – How to provide honest feedback and build stronger relationships with your employees.

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YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 4, 2019

It went viral — and crystallized how important culture was to Netflix’s growth and success, and revealed why people with the right values and culture fit loved working there. Deloitte found that 94% of executives and 88% of employees believe it’s important to business success. But the deck did far more. Remember your audience.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 1, 2013

Viral marketing campaigns to lure new customers will cost you big money. Maybe it’s time to outsource that call center operation, or complex manufacturing setup. Look for operations that are hogging resources without generating significant revenue. Focus on your core competency. Examine every cost center in your business.

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The Startup Magazine

OCTOBER 28, 2018

Unfortunately, a large portion of small businesses fail within their first few years of operation. These tools can save you and your employees a ton of time, can be incredibly cost-effective and can free up a ton of useful hours for more important things. Not Marketing Correctly.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 26, 2018

Word of mouth and viral marketing alone are not adequate, and a website is not all you need for credibility. New ventures requesting funding without credible operational and financial leadership will likely be declined. Don’t assume that customer-facing employees can be hired and trained at the last minute.

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David Teten

DECEMBER 3, 2019

I walk through below how progressive investors are using technology and analytics throughout all of their operations. Point Nine Capital uses 15Five for continuous employee feedback. We are also seeing technology evaluation as an increasingly important part of LP operational due diligence. 1) Manage the firm .

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Hearpreneur

JULY 3, 2019

The only blog post I had ever written went viral in 2014. Coming from over 12 years of corporate sales and over 100M+ in technology sales with the largest mobile operators in the world, I can say the daily challenges that I encounter as an entrepreneur cannot be matched. It did mean, however, that I wasn’t the right fit for Apple.

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betashop.com

OCTOBER 8, 2012

It has been awesome, flattering, and humbling to see that post went viral and has been seen by so many thousands of people — mainly aspiring entrepreneurs — and has been translated into many languages. If we don’t enjoy working with someone - an employee, a partner, whomever - we’re just not going to do it. Fire fast.?.

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ReadWriteStart

APRIL 1, 2020

It is true that larger firms tend to lay-off and/or furlough full-time W2 employees during times of uncertainty, but they also need work done. In such circumstances, many new or former employees have turned to 1099 contract relationships with new or former employers to complete such projects. Become a viral success.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 4, 2012

Viral marketing campaigns to lure new customers will cost you big money. Maybe it’s time to outsource that call center operation, or complex manufacturing setup. Look for operations that are hogging resources without generating significant revenue. Focus on your core competency. Examine every cost center in your business.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 12, 2012

Exact margins depend on the business model, but most companies at critical mass must generate a gross profit margin of at least 55%, and an operating profit margin of at least 20%, and have been doing it for a year. Low customer churn and employee turnover. High energy level everywhere for and in the company.

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Startup Lessons Learned

JULY 2, 2020

The company expanded rapidly, growing from nine employees to 150 over the course of just five weeks. Fred Turner : I think personally we've definitely had it pretty easy here, because we are testing every single employee every day and then sort of confining everybody to the building. What's your quarantine set up like? Fred had had.

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This is going to be BIG.

JUNE 19, 2012

Our current focus is on creating sticky, super viral applications that help users get more out of Facebook and other social media. In addition to operating its own applications, Buddy Media helps large media companies and marketers develop, build, manage, and promote social media applications.

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mashable.com

AUGUST 31, 2010

Incorporate on any other day and you’ll be looking at filling out two business income tax returns for that year (one for the months when you were operating as a sole proprietor, and the second for those months after your incorporation became effective). Of course, all is dependent on your particular state office.

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mashable.com

AUGUST 31, 2010

Incorporate on any other day and you’ll be looking at filling out two business income tax returns for that year (one for the months when you were operating as a sole proprietor, and the second for those months after your incorporation became effective). Of course, all is dependent on your particular state office.

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Reid Hoffman

JANUARY 19, 2021

The board members need to participate in or even facilitate a collective decision-making process which considers what’s right for the shareholders, what’s right for the employees, and what’s right for the customers. By the time the company gets to the Nation stage, it’s either public or operating much like a publicly-traded company.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 6, 2011

Exact margins depend on the business model, but most companies at critical mass must generate a gross profit margin of at least 55%, and an operating profit margin of at least 20%, and have been doing it for a year. Low customer churn and employee turnover. High energy level everywhere for and in the company.

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mashable.com

SEPTEMBER 14, 2011

If you’re a startup entrepreneur, you risk facing a competitive disadvantage if you wait too long to expand your operations. Managing employees and tasks remotely can be a recipe for disaster when you’re building a nascent operation. On the other hand, it’s important to consider the realities of today’s business environment.

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Hearpreneur

SEPTEMBER 14, 2015

Whether data come from our own analytics or an external source, we are can implement changes to the way we operate in a matter of hours. When you are an employee of a company, you are often weighed down by corporate rules, procedures and a chain of command that is never as responsive you need them to be. 8 – Worst Employee Ever.

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mashable.com

OCTOBER 27, 2010

Topics are divided into IT, marketing, sales, finance, customer service, operations and human resources sections, which makes it easy to search for the latest discussions on your interest area. Twitter Now Has 300 Employees Cloudera Secures $25M in Funding PayPal Announces Micropayment System. 10,000 Websites Integrate with Facebo.

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Steve Blank

FEBRUARY 26, 2020

Number of employees? You’ve built detailed analytics tracking into your product and you should be seeing organic and viral growth; and can provide Daily/Weekly/Monthly Active Users, 30d/90d/120d retention. Business Model: List all the parts of your business model. What are your assumptions about each part? Number of customers?

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abovethecrowd.com

OCTOBER 17, 2013

Early this year Amie Fineberg, who has been my amazing assistant for over 10 years, mentioned that she and several other employees at Benchmark had fallen in love with a new ecommerce service, and that I might want to check it out. Awareness of the service was clearly spreading virally through word of mouth.

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BeyondVC

FEBRUARY 12, 2014

Smart enterprises are analyzing all of this data to make better decisions, increase revenue, and improve operating performance. In industry terms, this means we looks for companies that have a high viral coefficient. are leveraging network effects, viral marketing, and growth hacking to ramp up their user base in the enterprise side.

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mashable.com

SEPTEMBER 12, 2011

We also soon decided that we wanted to outsource as much of our operations to hosted services as we possibly could. In fact, I encourage everyone — even my own employees — to target a business passion that will make them happy and wealthy. Sign in with Facebook or Twitter to get started!

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Reid Hoffman

MARCH 19, 2019

But in today’s world, speed-to-scale entrepreneurship is what we need to improve society, transform industries, and create massive value for customers, employees, and investors. When the market conditions are right, you should blitzscale for the benefit of all stakeholders: customers, employees, investors, and society.

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