Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 31, 2021

Cohen in his classic book, “ Just Ask Leadership: Why Great Managers Always Ask the Right Questions ,” as leaders advance, they tend to oblige by asking fewer questions and providing more answers. Entrepreneurs and business executives have to keep reign over a very broad domain. According to Gary B.

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Up and Running

AUGUST 30, 2021

The outdoor industry wasn’t helping itself, so he did what all entrepreneurs do: start a business to solve the problem. It’s difficult to be an entrepreneur — whether you’re a recent college graduate or have managed multiple companies. It’s why the average age of an entrepreneur is 42 years old. Go lean with your planning.

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ReadWriteStart

DECEMBER 15, 2022

But I recommend entrepreneurs and prospective business builders consider the Agency Builder model. So an entrepreneur forming a startup studio benefits from having experience in the industry sector they hope to serve. Following the digital agency model for a startup, studio offers significant advantages to entrepreneurs.

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Hearpreneur

DECEMBER 29, 2021

Often entrepreneurs and business owners create their New Year’s Resolutions around their business. We asked entrepreneurs to share their biggest goals and what they were looking forward to in 2021. #1- This model needs to focus on creating a positive company culture and healthy executive leadership for the long haul.

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Steve Blank

AUGUST 25, 2015

I’ve spent this year working with corporations and government agencies that are adopting and adapting Lean Methodologies. Several pockets of innovation in his agency have begun to look to startups and have tried to adopt lean methods. —– What Have We Lost? Yet today at dinner his frustration just spilled out.

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YoungUpstarts

MAY 13, 2019

There is so much good information out there about succeeding as an entrepreneur, but not enough solid facts about succeeding as a female entrepreneur in a male-dominated industry. Don’t just ‘lean in.’ Women need to take a posture of leadership and readiness, taking ownership of their own development and job advancement.

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Startup Lessons Learned

MAY 9, 2012

TLDR: Brant Cooper and Patrick Vlaskovits , authors of The Entrepreneur's Guide to Customer Development are back with a new book called The Lean Entrepreneur. Since then, Brant and Patrick have been tireless advocates for the whole Lean Startup movement. Illustrations by FAKEGRIMLOCK. You can pre-order it starting today.

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Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 29, 2016

Guest post by Jennifer Maerz, contributing editor of Lean Startup Co. The Lean Startup team has been hard at work finalizing the details of this year’s Lean Startup Week. Welcome to Lean Startup Week 2016 TL;DR: Before you dive into the details, here’s a quick look at what you can expect during your week with us: On Oct.

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YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 4, 2019

To an entrepreneur or small business owner, achieving a project management certification may seem unnecessary. Lean Six Sigma. Whereas Six Sigma is focused on achieving consistent results, Lean Six Sigma aims to increase flow by reducing wastage and shortening cycle times. What’s the point of being certified?

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Up and Running

MAY 28, 2015

We recently had Tim Berry, Palo Alto Software founder and business planning expert, present our Bplans audience with his latest advice on lean business planning. Start your lean business plan today: Download our Free Lean Plan Template one-page-pitch-download.pdf. I’m going to start with what’s a lean business plan.

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Hearpreneur

APRIL 13, 2022

We asked entrepreneurs and business owners who are their favorite disruptors and here are the responses; #1- Elon Musk. One of the most important lessons entrepreneurs can learn from Dropbox is to adopt the lean start-up methodology and start. He is a serial entrepreneur and has started several successful companies.

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Hearpreneur

DECEMBER 23, 2020

So that’s why we are excited about 2021 because there will be more and more entrepreneurs and businesses. Here’s the pivot other entrepreneurs are making next year: #1- Investing my energy into speaking engagements. 9- Focusing on lean operations. For us at CEO Blog Nation, we get it. Photo Credit: Edward Gorbis.

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Women Entrepreneurs Can

MARCH 2, 2023

Interestingly, this weight loss journey is similar to the entrepreneur’s strategy for building and growing a lean business. So, What Exactly Is the Lean Method? Fortunately, and perhaps luckily, failure is an acceptable and essential component of the lean methodology. Let me explain.

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ReadWriteStart

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

Leadership Experience. It should be no surprise that great startup leaders also have some kind of past leadership experience, but this doesn’t have to come from a startup. You can get leadership experience in any context where you’re in charge of other people. That said, entrepreneurs can’t be experts in everything.

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Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 25, 2014

. — Though I haven’t talked to Larry face-to-face for 20 years, and haven’t worked at Oracle for 30 years, he’s the yardstick I’ve used to pick entrepreneurs all of these years since. Without a doubt, Larry was the most potent entrepreneur I’ve known. Here’s what was exceptional about Larry: Potent Leadership Skill.

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Hearpreneur

FEBRUARY 26, 2019

Here’s the various ways entrepreneurs and business owners stay motivated in business. #1- As an entrepreneur, you are somewhere along a long hard, uphill climb. Thanks to Alexandra Caffery, Fresh n’ Lean ! #8- Staying motivated can be hard, but one thing as an entrepreneur that I try to do is talk to people a lot.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 5, 2017

I found this perspective validated in a new book, “ Plan Commit Win: 90 Days to Creating a Fundable Startup ,” by serial entrepreneur and strategic consultant Patrick Henry. The result is a win-win-win situation for investors, entrepreneurs, and customers alike. Leadership with general and domain knowledge.

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Steve Blank

JANUARY 21, 2015

I was in New York last week teaching my annual 5-day version of the Lean LaunchPad class at the Columbia Business School. This raises an interesting question: is the credibility of female entrepreneurs in the eyes of New York VC’s something about the venture firms, or is it about the industries they are funding? If it’s real why?

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YoungUpstarts

MARCH 11, 2019

If you lack leadership skills or poorly manage your company’s time and resources, it is likely your business will be left behind. Organizational and leadership management (Enhance your management capabilities). All aspiring entrepreneurs need to do is buy a domain name and register their new company online. Future Uncertainty.

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Startup Lessons Learned

FEBRUARY 7, 2013

Last May, I shared the news that long-time Lean Startup advocates Brant Cooper and Patrick Vlaskovits were working on a new book called The Lean Entrepreneur featuring illustrations by FAKEGRIMLOCK. LitMotors approach to using Lean Startup to create a new vehicle category. Social entrepreneurs take note!)

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Steve Blank

OCTOBER 21, 2015

Passion and fearlessness — two key ingredients the latest guests on Entrepreneurs are Everywhere , my radio show on Sirius XM Channel 111, leveraged to build their companies. Steve : I want you to know that’s one of the key characteristics of a great entrepreneur. Betsy Corcoran. And download any of the past shows here.).

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 26, 2017

Based on my years of experience as a new business advisor, I always find leadership to be more important to business success than any new technology or innovative solution. The challenge is to adequately define leadership in terms of everyday activities. The most effective and satisfying leadership comes without a title to lean on.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 3, 2023

Whether you are an entrepreneur starting a new business, or a corporate executive seeking to revitalize a mature business, the challenge is the same – to become the obvious choice within the hearts and minds of your customers, your employees, and your chosen communities. Be the disruptor, rather than a reactor and hindrance to change.

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Steve Blank

JUNE 15, 2009

Lies Entrepreneurs Tell Themselves Part of my problem was that my reality distortion field encompassed my relationships. While she stuck it out for seven years, she had no connection to the passion and excitement that was driving me; all she saw was a tired and stressed entrepreneur when I got home. The Adventure of a Lifetime.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 10, 2023

He brings over 25 years of experience with Silicon Valley leadership companies in highlighting winners and losers. In my experience, new startup businesses are initiated primarily by these standalone innovators, popularly called entrepreneurs. Lean on your neutral instincts until the right domain experts can explore them.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 17, 2023

I believe these principles, paraphrased here, should be adopted by every entrepreneur struggling to accomplish innovation in a startup in any market: Innovation can come from anywhere in the organization. Startup leadership and survival is all about execution. It’s called radical innovation versus incremental improvement.

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YoungUpstarts

APRIL 3, 2013

by Vickie Milazzo, author of “ Wicked Success Is Inside Every Woman “ The release of “ Lean In: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead “, the new book by Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg (pictured), has sparked a firestorm of attention from the media and folks around conference room tables throughout the country.

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Hearpreneur

JANUARY 19, 2018

Often entrepreneurs and business owners create their New Year’s Resolutions around their business. We asked entrepreneurs to share their business goals and what they were looking forward to in 2018. #1- It’s a new year and right after the ball drops, it’s time to go to work. 1- Efficiency. 7- Giving back to the community.

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YFS Magazine

JULY 29, 2017

It is incumbent upon women in leadership positions to capitalize on this “perfect storm” moment in the feminist movement.

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crowdSPRING Blog

OCTOBER 5, 2014

“Leadership is a matter of having people look at you and gain confidence, seeing how you react. Every so often a small business owner or a startup entrepreneur has to take a step back, breathe a deep breath, and look at your company with eyes wide open. If you’re in control, they’re in control.”

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Hearpreneur

JUNE 26, 2016

Working at a mighty mid-sized agency provides employees the unique opportunity to grow within their positions and assume leadership roles. We create a culture of leadership through our comfortable environment where everyone from a new intern to the CMO can share ideas and brainstorm with the executive team.

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Up and Running

JULY 19, 2017

Their study wasn’t specifically about entrepreneurship, but it stands to reason that women, especially millennial women, had some good reasons to lean toward forging their own path—essentially sidestepping inequalities by building their own companies. trillion in revenues.” This is significant—in 2012, there were only 8.3 Boy, was I naive!”

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Hearpreneur

OCTOBER 8, 2023

Here are the various ways entrepreneurs and business owners stay motivated in business. #1- As a fellow CEO and Chairman of several ventures, my advice is to learn to lean into your commitment, to your integrity, to your commitment to your words. This is what gets you going when the motivation dries out.

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The Startup Magazine

OCTOBER 9, 2020

From the dedicated karate student learning from his masterful teacher, to the fledgling entrepreneur looking up to the seasoned businessman, mentor and mentee relationships have the power to change lives. For entrepreneur and leading specialty pharmacy owner Raef Hamaed, mentorship is a transformative experience for all parties involved.

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crowdSPRING Blog

JUNE 6, 2013

These posts and videos are about logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! How to Turn Your Startup Into a Lean, Mean Marketing Machine – [link]. Lean Business: The Very Model of a Modern Spreadsheet – [link].

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 27, 2020

I believe these principles, paraphrased here, should be adopted by every entrepreneur struggling to accomplish innovation in a startup in any market: Innovation can come from anywhere in the organization. Startup leadership and survival is all about execution. It’s called radical innovation versus incremental improvement.

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crowdSPRING Blog

MAY 3, 2012

These posts and videos are about logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! Lean Marketing: Delivering Customer Service via Social Media - [link]. Lean Marketing: Delivering Customer Service via Social Media - [link].

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