Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 25, 2016

Note that this will require close and trusted cooperation between engineering/development and each localization group. For a startup, find an international partner, or hire a new team member who has done it before. In addition this person should report, dotted line, to product development or engineering.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 12, 2021

Every business wants their web site to appear on the first page of search engine results from a relevant search (Search Engine Optimization). Your readers will appreciate the option to view the sites you reference, and having links pointing to other sites will further improve your search engine rankings. Add content regularly.

Social Network 337

Social Network Web Search Engineer 337

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 14, 2016

Of course, their answer is that the second intends to get to market faster, but every engine has limits regardless the fuel applied. Yet it always amazes me that I can find two different startups, seemingly working on the same problem, with one having a burn rate several times higher than the other. Use social media for early marketing.

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Burn Rate Hockey Stick Startup Salary 120

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 1, 2013

Often they assume that this is only a big-company issue, having more to do with the legalities of equal opportunity, hiring minorities, and moral imperatives. So, whether you are making early strategic hires, or growing your advisory board, look for people who are smarter than you, and not just like you.

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Advisory Board Silicon Valley Startup United States 228

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 7, 2022

It’s easy to get so pre-occupied with handling the business rollout that you forget to maintain and increase your social media interactions, search engine optimization efforts, and highlighting positive customer reviews on your website. Some startups hire more people to delay automation, or spend money wildly on new tools for the future.

Startup 335

Startup Social Media Metrics Viral 335

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 1, 2023

One of the biggest in this decade was the merger of America Online (AOL) with Time Warner, engineered in the early 2000’s by Time Warner CEO Gerald Levin and AOL CEO Steve Case for a whopping $164 billion. They all forget or ignore the high-profile failures that have resulted from some single-handed business decisions.

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Merger Analytics Open Source America 275

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 27, 2021

Many aspiring entrepreneurs, especially engineers, are focused on their invention or technology, and never consider the challenges of entering the business realm until too late. The challenge is to reward questioning by your actions, culture, hiring, and the way you treat customer feedback.

Social Network 293

Social Network Engineer Metrics Government 293

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 4, 2010

Note that this will require close and trusted cooperation between engineering/development and each localization group. For a startup, find an international partner, or hire a new team member who has don it before. In addition this person should report, dotted line, to product development or engineering.

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Software Distribution Europe Database 200

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 1, 2022

To check out the Google founders, and because I still see so many business plans that are modeled after Google (more search engines, and more billion dollar growth models), I had to take a look at the classic book about them a while back, called “ Inside Larry & Sergey’s Brain ,” by Richard L. Unique business tactics.

Startup 328

Startup .Net Advertising Search 328

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 5, 2020

One of the biggest in this decade was the merger of America Online (AOL) with Time Warner, engineered in the early 2000’s by Time Warner CEO Gerald Levin and AOL CEO Steve Case for a whopping $164 billion. They all forget or ignore the high-profile failures that have resulted from some single-handed business decisions.

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Merger Analytics Open Source America 433

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 19, 2021

The fact is that you are in the people business—the business of hiring, training, and managing people to deliver the product or service you provide. If the people are the engine of your success, to be a great leader you need to attend to your people with a laser-like focus. Put your people first. Act with integrity.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 31, 2022

As a mentor for aspiring and early-stage entrepreneurs, I talk to a fair number who may have a great vision and a strong engineering background, but have a negative interest in the role of public speaking in business. In her book, Jan devotes a whole chapter to speaking to the media, as a key aspect of public speaking.

Marketing 283

Marketing Early Stage Lead Generation Hosting 283

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 27, 2019

Every business wants their web site to appear on the first page of search engine results from a relevant search (Search Engine Optimization). Your readers will appreciate the option to view the sites you reference, and having links pointing to other sites will further improve your search engine rankings. Add content regularly.

Social Network 221

Social Network Web Search Engineer 221

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 9, 2020

It’s easy to get so pre-occupied with handling the business rollout that you forget to maintain and increase your social media interactions, search engine optimization efforts, and highlighting positive customer reviews on your website. Some startups hire more people to delay automation, or spend money wildly on new tools for the future.

Social Media 329

Social Media Metrics Viral Channel 329

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 24, 2019

To check out the Google founders, and because I still see so many business plans that are modeled after Google (more search engines, and more billion dollar growth models), I had to take a look at the classic book about them a while back, called “ Inside Larry & Sergey’s Brain ,” by Richard L. Unique business tactics.

Startup 247

Startup .Net Advertising Search 247

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 16, 2018

One of the biggest in this decade was the merger of America Online (AOL) with Time Warner, engineered in the early 2000’s by Time Warner CEO Gerald Levin and AOL CEO Steve Case for a whopping $164 billion. They all forget or ignore the high-profile failures that have resulted from some single-handed business decisions.

Merger 276

Merger Analytics Open Source America 276

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 15, 2013

As your business starts up, you need marketing programs, Search Engine Optimization (SEO), Search Engine Marketing (SEM), a modern “pull” strategy based on social networks, and lead generation. I propose we standardize on the “specialist” title, which is much more meaningful and focused, and can be applied to almost any role.

Entrepreneur 267

Entrepreneur SEM Lead Generation Social Network 267

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 5, 2013

Every business wants their web site to appear on the first page of search engine results from a relevant search (Search Engine Optimization). Your readers will appreciate the option to view the sites you reference, and having links pointing to other sites will further improve your search engine rankings. Add content regularly.

Startup 238

Startup Social Network Search Web 238

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 29, 2017

Every business wants their web site to appear on the first page of search engine results from a relevant search (Search Engine Optimization). Your readers will appreciate the option to view the sites you reference, and having links pointing to other sites will further improve your search engine rankings. Add content regularly.

Social Network 120

Social Network Web Search Engineer 120

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 28, 2019

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Early Stage 218

Early Stage Lead Generation Hosting Entrepreneur 218

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 10, 2012

Every business wants their web site to appear on the first page of search engine results from a relevant search (Search Engine Optimization). Your readers will appreciate the option to view the sites you reference, and having links pointing to other sites will further improve your search engine rankings. Add content regularly.

Social Network 241

Social Network Search Web Engineer 241

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 9, 2017

Many aspiring entrepreneurs, especially engineers, are focused on their invention or technology, and never consider the challenges of entering the business realm until too late. The challenge is to reward questioning by your actions, culture, hiring, and the way you treat customer feedback.

Social Network 147

Social Network Engineer Metrics Government 147

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 26, 2017

As a mentor for aspiring and early-stage entrepreneurs, I talk to a fair number who may have a great vision and a strong engineering background, but have a negative interest in the role of public speaking in business. In her book, Jan devotes a whole chapter to speaking to the media, as a key aspect of public speaking.

Early Stage 242

Early Stage Lead Generation Hosting Entrepreneur 242

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 11, 2014

Many aspiring entrepreneurs, especially engineers, are focused on their invention or technology, and never consider the challenges of entering the business realm until too late. The challenge is to reward questioning by your actions, culture, hiring, and the way you treat customer feedback.

Social Network 235

Social Network Engineer Metrics Government 235

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 12, 2011

Your foreign market website will be more successful in local search engines if it uses the appropriate country domain and is hosted on servers within your target region. This will allow more effective search engine optimization within foreign markets. For example, a website aimed at the German market should have a.de domain name (e.g.

Affiliate 223

Affiliate Marketing Social Media Germany 223

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 27, 2011

Every business wants their web site to appear on the first page of search engine results from a relevant search (Search Engine Optimization). Your readers will appreciate the option to view the sites you reference, and having links pointing to other sites will further improve your search engine rankings. Add content regularly.

Social Network 229

Social Network Search Web Engineer 229

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 6, 2012

To check out the Google founders, and because I still see so many business plans that are modeled after Google (more search engines, and more billion dollar growth models), I had to take a look at the definitive book about them, called “ Inside Larry & Sergey’s Brain ,” by Richard L. It didn’t disappoint me. Unique business tactics.

Founder 225

Founder Search Advertising Engineer 225

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 21, 2011

As your business starts up, you need marketing programs, Search Engine Optimization (SEO), Search Engine Marketing (SEM), a modern “pull” strategy based on social networks, and lead generation. I propose we standardize on the “specialist” title, which is much more meaningful and focused, and can be applied to almost any role.

Product 223

Product Entrepreneur SEM Lead Generation 223

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 13, 2013

To check out the Google founders, and because I still see so many business plans that are modeled after Google (more search engines, and more billion dollar growth models), I had to take a look at the definitive book about them, called “ Inside Larry & Sergey’s Brain ,” by Richard L. It didn’t disappoint me. Unique business tactics.

Entrepreneur 232

Entrepreneur .Net Founder Advertising 232

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 21, 2013

But a depth of knowledge in a specific discipline, like computer science or engineering, allows you to understand that business as well as run it. But these won’t help you much finding investors, key executive hires, and pitfalls to avoid in the real world. " Study entrepreneurship, but major in something else.

Entrepreneur 264

Entrepreneur Seed Money Social Network Business Plan 264

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 24, 2012

As a mentor for aspiring and early-stage entrepreneurs, I talk to a fair number who may have a great vision and a strong engineering background, but have a negative interest in the role of public speaking in business. In her book, Jan devotes a whole chapter to speaking to the media, as a key aspect of public speaking.

Entrepreneur 315

Entrepreneur Early Stage Lead Generation Media 315

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 29, 2013

As a mentor for aspiring and early-stage entrepreneurs, I talk to a fair number who may have a great vision and a strong engineering background, but have a negative interest in the role of public speaking in business. In her book, Jan devotes a whole chapter to speaking to the media, as a key aspect of public speaking.

Startup 291

Startup Early Stage Lead Generation Hosting 291

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 23, 2015

Many aspiring entrepreneurs, especially engineers, are focused on their invention or technology, and never consider the challenges of entering the business realm until too late. The challenge is to reward questioning by your actions, culture, hiring, and the way you treat customer feedback.

Startup 120

Startup Social Network Engineer Metrics 120

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 26, 2017

To check out the Google founders, and because I still see so many business plans that are modeled after Google (more search engines, and more billion dollar growth models), I had to take a look at the classic book about them, called “ Inside Larry & Sergey’s Brain ,” by Richard L. It didn’t disappoint me. Unique business tactics.

.Net 120

.Net Advertising Search Internet 120

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 14, 2015

Don’t assume that you need to rent an office to start a business or hire an accountant to track expenses and assets. You no longer need to travel to China or hire an expensive prototyping expert to mock up your new design. Find do-it-yourself facilities for hardware prototypes.

Intellectual Property 120

Intellectual Property LLC Social Media China 120

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 4, 2011

People hire people they know, so nurture your relationship with friends already active in startups. Every area has networking events, like the NYC Tech Meetup , and organizations like the Silicon Valley Association of Startup Engineers. Personalities are strong, and the hiring process for good ones is tougher than big corporations.

Silicon Valley 227

Silicon Valley Burn Rate Startup Stock Options 227

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 7, 2013

The fact is that you are in the people business—the business of hiring, training, and managing people to deliver the product or service you provide. If the people are the engine of your success, to be a great leader you need to attend to your people with a laser-like focus. Put your people first. Act with integrity.

Entrepreneur 247

Entrepreneur Non-Compete Leadership Employee 247