Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 29, 2018

Cash flow is a basic survival metric for every startup. 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. They understand startup realities. Desperate entrepreneurs lose their leverage and die young.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 30, 2019

The “valley of death” is a common term in the startup world, referring to the difficulty of covering the negative cash flow in the early stages of a startup, before their new product or service is bringing in revenue from real customers. Join a startup incubator. Use crowd funding. Get a loan or line-of-credit.

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Intellectual Property Technical Review Startup Incubator 219

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 13, 2023

They overtly set out to create the future as a mission distinctly separate from their performance engine of today. The future needs to be treated as today by a team and a process that is insulated from interference, but empowered to draw on necessary performance engine resources. Sponsor experiments and measure like new investments.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 22, 2022

Most people I know in business begin by capitalizing on technical strength or passion for change , such as engineering, or focus on saving the environment. Luckily, you can learn needed leadership skills.

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Leadership Startup Networking Engineer 285

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 4, 2021

Paid search engine ranking (PPC) is just buying advertising for your business. This is NOT the same as or better than Search Engine Optimization (SEO). Their computers then merge your ads with search results when users search words imply an interest in your products.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 19, 2020

Cash flow is a basic survival metric for every startup. 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. They understand startup realities. Desperate entrepreneurs lose their leverage and die young.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 13, 2022

Even in this age of globalization and virtualization, the geographic area where you choose to live and work can still make or break your startup business. Of course, there are always exceptions, but how much added risk do you need for your startup? Raising capital isn’t the be-all and end-all of startup success.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

They overtly set out to create the future as a mission distinctly separate from their performance engine of today. The future needs to be treated as today by a team and a process that is insulated from interference, but empowered to draw on necessary performance engine resources. Sponsor experiments and measure like new investments.

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Framework Engineer Leadership Revenue 402

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 17, 2014

I strongly recommend a dramatic departure from this model, called “planned iteration” or Lean Startup methodology, where you assume you won’t get it right the first time, so you launch with a minimum viable product (MVP). With a minimum viable product, your startup remains much more agile. Find customers, partners and channels early.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 4, 2022

The “valley of death” is a common term in the startup world, referring to the difficulty of covering the negative cash flow in the early stages of a startup, before their new product or service is bringing in revenue from real customers. Join a startup incubator. Use crowd funding. Get a loan or line-of-credit.

Intellectual Property 261

Intellectual Property Technical Review Incubator Bootstrapping 261

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 12, 2018

The “valley of death” is a common term in the startup world, referring to the difficulty of covering the negative cash flow in the early stages of a startup, before their new product or service is bringing in revenue from real customers. Join a startup incubator. Use crowd funding to build reserves.

Intellectual Property 134

Intellectual Property Technical Review Startup Incubator 134

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 3, 2021

In the past, if your startup had a website presence, the company was credible by definition. Yet most startups I know experience the same shock of disappointment when they first open up their website to offer their “million dollar idea” product, and nobody comes. These are all minimal-cost survival marketing efforts.

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Internet Web Affiliate Advertising 294

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 19, 2013

The “valley of death” is a common term in the startup world, referring to the difficulty of covering the negative cash flow in the early stages of a startup, before their new product or service is bringing in revenue from real customers. Join a startup incubator. Use crowd funding. Get a loan or line-of-credit.

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Intellectual Property Technical Review Venture Capital Startup 309

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 26, 2019

Yet I believe that many more have benefited from this approach, especially in early startup stages. Here are the key parameters that can swing the pendulum: Engineers have an uncontrollable ability to add more features. Many good ideas never get off the ground, simply because the product or service is never “finished.”

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 2, 2017

Even in this age of globalization and virtualization, the geographic area where you choose to live and work can still make or break your startup business. Of course, there are always exceptions, but how much added risk do you need for your startup? Raising capital isn’t the be all and end all of startup success.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 7, 2013

Even in this age of globalization and virtualization, the geographic area where you choose to live and work can still make or break your startup business. Of course, there are always exceptions, but how much added risk do you need for your startup? Raising capital isn’t the be all and end all of startup success.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 9, 2013

I strongly recommend a dramatic departure from this model, called “planned iteration” or Lean Startup methodology, where you assume you won’t get it right the first time, so you launch with a minimum viable product (MVP). With a minimum viable product, your startup remains much more agile. Find customers, partners and channels early.

Agile 263

Agile Startup Social Network Software Developers 263

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 14, 2016

Cash flow is a basic survival metric for every startup. 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. They understand startup realities. Desperate entrepreneurs lose their leverage and die young.

Burn Rate 120

Burn Rate Hockey Stick Startup Salary 120

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 20, 2013

In the past, if your startup had a website presence, the company was credible by definition. Yet most startups I know experience the same shock of disappointment when they first open up their website to offer their “million dollar idea” product, and nobody comes. entrepreneur startup website business' Marty Zwilling.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 20, 2016

Building a startup business is not the same as corporate executive experience, so prior titles in a big business may actually be seen as a negative. On the other hand, having failed in an earlier startup may be an advantage, if positioned properly, and some learning is evident. Focus on prior results, not titles.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 2, 2023

Yet everyone has limits, and every investor implicitly has similar limits on what makes a startup investable, or one to avoid at all costs. Here is my perspective on the highest risk elements, from my years of working with investors and watching startups come and go: All the co-founders are first-time entrepreneurs.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 1, 2022

Wouldn’t you like to be one of the lucky people who joined Google and Facebook when these were startups, and now be a multi-millionaire or better? So people ask me “How many shares should I ask for or expect when I join a startup today?” Advisory Board Member, 1% Senior Engineer,3 -.7% 7% Product Manager,2 -.3%

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Stock Options Advisory Board Stock Startup 343

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 6, 2019

The “valley of death” is a common term in the startup world, referring to the difficulty of covering the negative cash flow in the early stages of a startup, before their new product or service is bringing in revenue from real customers. Join a startup incubator. Use crowd funding to build reserves.

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Finance Intellectual Property Technical Review Incubator 320

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 14, 2014

Now the real work begins – promotion, marketing, blogging, and all types of search engine marketing. business ecommerce entrepreneur startup' But, don’t be fooled into expecting people to flock to your site after you tell a few friends. But even these can be done for almost no cost, if you are willing to learn and do the work yourself.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 7, 2022

A common pain of startups after an exhilarating first surge of early adopters is a long and frustrating plateau of slow growth, where it seems like nothing you do will get your business to profitability. Some startups hire more people to delay automation, or spend money wildly on new tools for the future.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

Whether you are a business professional in a big company, or an entrepreneur with a startup, innovation is a key strategy. Tesla has found that sharing many of their battery patents has expanded the market for all electric vehicle providers, as well as attracted the very best engineers to join Tesla’s team.

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Artificial Inteligence Technology Leadership Business Model 286

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 2, 2010

My introduction to startups really came when I first worked in IBM with Philip Donald Estridge back in 1981. He was an engineer, so his first act was to buy one of each of these computers, and disassemble them in his office (a practice frowned on in IBM at the time – due to lawsuits). mHz, now 3.0 Marty Zwilling.

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Software Review Startup Florida Technical Review 185

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 19, 2023

It’s still popular these days for startup founders to operate in stealth mode, meaning no details about the idea or progress are shared with anyone until the big reveal and rollout. Pivots and corrections are inevitable for startups in this age of rapid change, and the earlier you make them, the quicker you get to success.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 11, 2023

There is real value in doing the key things yourself, before your startup is even started: Demonstrate thought leadership before selling a product. You want people to see you as an evangelist for hydrogen fuel, for example, so your later auto engine will have credibility by default.

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Elevator Pitch Public Relations Social Media Startup 315

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 27, 2013

Yet I believe that many more have benefited from this approach, especially in early startup stages. Here are the key parameters that can swing the pendulum: Engineers have an uncontrolled ability to add more features. business early execution entrepreneur planning ready-fire-aim startup' Marty Zwilling.

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Startup Technical Review Cost Entrepreneur 250

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 20, 2020

Contrary to popular opinion, viral marketing has not eliminated the need for old-fashioned lead generation to bring customers to a startup. His professional background includes having held marketing-executive roles at big companies as well as startups. Social-media advertising.

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Lead Generation Customer SEM Marketing 365

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 14, 2013

These range from basic search engine optimization (SEO) tracking, like Google Analytics , to a new generation of marketing platforms, like HubSpot. business entrepreneur Kristin Zhivago revenue roadmap startup' There are multiple benefits to both you and your customer. Marty Zwilling.

Revenue 263

Revenue Startup Technical Review Business Model 263

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 1, 2013

Many entrepreneurs think that diversity on their team just makes their job harder, since startups are all about making fast decisions, and executing efficiently. In reality, diversity in a startup can be your big competitive advantage. Quantification studies still show more mixed results. Diversity will likely strengthen team culture.

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Advisory Board Silicon Valley Startup United States 228

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 17, 2022

He has helped many companies with this problem, and as an advisor to startups, I see the same common themes leading to growth slowdowns. In the early days, your product engineers could handle customer support. Power has been guiding growth companies for 25 years, and now teaches innovation at the Harvard Extension School.

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Hockey Stick Guerilla Acquisition Startup 265

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 14, 2022

Here is my summary and interpretation of the ten strategies that he outlines for driving the disruptive innovations that entrepreneurs and startups all dream about: Establish the engine of leadership.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 16, 2015

Even in this age of globalization and virtualization, the geographic area where you choose to live and work can still make or break your startup business. Of course, there are always exceptions, but how much added risk do you need for your startup? Raising capital isn’t the be all and end all of startup success.

Las Vegas 120

Las Vegas Silicon Valley Phoenix Montana 120

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 9, 2016

Yet everyone has limits, and every investor implicitly has similar limits on what makes a startup investable, or one to avoid at all costs. Here is my perspective on the highest risk elements, from my years of working with investors and watching startups come and go: All the co-founders are first-time entrepreneurs.

New York City 120

New York City Silicon Valley Startup Bootstrapping 120