Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 25, 2021

The challenge of reinventing almost every aspect of a company on an ongoing basis can be overwhelming to everyone, so you are expected to provide the passion, framework, and incentives for continuous innovation. There is no more dangerous position in business than clinging to the status quo. Really listen for danger signals and bad news.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 8, 2022

Business plans should be loose frameworks to be used as guidelines rather than detailed route maps. Plan in great detail and avoid things not in the budget. Markets and needs change so quickly these days that the view we had last week can be out of date today. Budgets must be reviewed monthly for adjustments to accommodate innovations.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 6, 2021

A good plan is a written one, approved by all key players, which maps out all activities and provides a framework for leaders and team members to follow. What works is a documented change request and review process, as well as quantification of resources required as well as anticipated incremental results. What does a good plan look like?

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 3, 2022

Establish a daily framework for action. You will build discipline and get much more accomplished if you build a self-imposed schedule, and commit yourself to following that framework. Similar to the framework step, you have to build systems that get the right work done. Know your strengths, and learn some new skills.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 28, 2023

Avoid being misled by flawed decision frameworks. Find any way you can to shift the framework. Another good trick to avoid being led down the wrong path is to look at the framework from every angle, including what is the potential impact if you make a bad decision or no decision.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

Before you start collecting new data, spend some time defining the frameworks and connections you need. I suggest visual frameworks you can create today. Framing: look for patterns and context to simplify. Another approach to framing is to use structured thinking about the future, for sensitizing yourself about what is relevant.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 21, 2022

They advocate investing in their new framework, where the Z.E.R.O. As I mentioned, this framework is powerful, but none of these elements are free. In any case, reframing the conversation from paid media marketing to the new framework requires a balance, and measurements along the way to better manage return on investment.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 6, 2019

Business plans should be loose frameworks to be used as guidelines rather than detailed route maps. Plan in great detail and avoid things not in the budget. Markets and needs change so quickly these days that the view we had last week can be out of date today. Budgets must be reviewed monthly for adjustments to accommodate innovations.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 14, 2023

Porter proposed his Five Forces framework for analyzing the competitive environment which I think makes even more sense today. In reality, the business world gets tougher every day, with new entrants, new technology, and competitors more easily entering the fray from around the globe. Way back in 1979, Michael E.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 29, 2016

Govindarajan recommends a simple and practical “three box” framework for allocating time, energy, and behaviors in the proper balance to foster continuous innovation. The best leaders spend more time on their own processes, skills, and hard decisions on what to keep and what to divest.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 11, 2022

Existing business frameworks are the recipes, and great entrepreneurs creatively use new tools and strategies to hone these frameworks, just like a master chef. Artfully applies tools, and strategies for change (master chef metaphor). New entrepreneurs are really amateur chefs learning to cook a new business.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 24, 2020

Porter proposed his Five Forces framework for analyzing the competitive environment which I think makes even more sense today. In reality, the business world gets tougher every day, with new entrants, new technology, and competitors more easily entering the fray from around the globe. Way back in 1979, Michael E.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 8, 2013

I like their recommended framework for emerging firms, as well as large multinationals, to help build an optimal growth strategy for your company: Evaluate internal development versus external sourcing. Both of these qualms are wrong and shortsighted.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 24, 2019

Establish a daily framework for action. You will build discipline and get much more accomplished if you build a self-imposed schedule, and commit yourself to following that framework. Similar to the framework step, you have to build systems that get the right work done. Know your strengths, and learn some new skills.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 23, 2021

His framework seems to be picking up some traction, and is already in use informally by several entrepreneurship platforms, universities, and even high school programs. A few years ago, I first saw an interesting step in that direction via the classic book “ Entrepreneurial DNA ,” by Joe Abraham , with his assessment web site.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 1, 2012

They outline the following framework for emerging firms, as well as large multinationals, to help build an optimal growth strategy for your company: Evaluate internal development versus external sourcing. Both of these qualms are wrong and shortsighted.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 20, 2022

Remember that the lynchpin of the entire framework comes down to your own personal ownership and self-accountability. As a startup, you need to walk before you can run. That means starting early to practice and implement the techniques that will lead to predictable success. There is no room here for excuses or half-way efforts.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

The world is full of high-achievers and high expectations, but without the proper framework for turning entrepreneurial determination into real leadership accomplishment, you risk going nowhere.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 25, 2014

A good plan is a written one, approved by all key players, which maps out all activities and provides a framework for leaders and team members to follow. What works is a documented change request and review process, as well as quantification of resources required as well as anticipated incremental results. What does a good plan look like?

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 24, 2019

They advocate investing in their new framework, where the Z.E.R.O. As I mentioned, this framework is powerful, but none of these elements are free. In any case, reframing the conversation from paid media marketing to the new framework requires a balance, and measurements along the way to better manage return on investment.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 14, 2023

I remember a classic book, “ The Purpose Effect ,” by renowned author Dan Pontefract, that provides a good framework and background or doing just that. So the question is how do you find a personal purpose and a business purpose that are in sync, to be the driver of business success, as well as your own happiness?

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 17, 2021

That means identifying the few most important roles you play in the startup right now, giving a framework for balance, motivation, and fulfillment. To change the world, as envisioned by your passion, you need to achieve extraordinary results on the important things. Schedule the big rocks, don’t sort gravel.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 19, 2017

Business plans should be loose frameworks to be used as guidelines rather than detailed route maps. Plan in great detail and avoid things not in the budget. Markets and needs change so quickly these days that the view we had last week can be out of date today. Budgets must be reviewed monthly for adjustments to accommodate innovations.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 21, 2020

I remember a classic book, “ The Purpose Effect ,” by renowned author Dan Pontefract, that provides a good framework and background or doing just that. So the question is how do you find a personal purpose and a business purpose that are in sync, to be the driver of business success, as well as your own happiness?

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 21, 2023

The author defines a detailed framework and process that fits all three of these to make the best decision possible, whether it be strategic or operational. In fact, the business decision-making steps and process have to be uniquely applied to three situational states – the current state, a future state, and the transitional state in between.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 7, 2021

The basic alignment framework of strategy, customers, people, and processes hasn’t changed, but the pace of technological, competitive, and social change has increased at an amazing rate. These things change so fast these days that the primary role of the entrepreneur as CEO is to be the Master of Realignment.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 18, 2021

They outline a simple process or framework for fostering team innovation, called FourSight, which is composed of four steps, capitalizing on the leader’s and other team member’s strengths and interests, that is consistent with my own experience in big companies as well as small: Clarify the situation.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 20, 2013

A good plan is a written one, approved by all key players, which maps out all activities and provides a framework for leaders and team members to follow. What works is a documented change request and review process, as well as quantification of resources required as well as anticipated incremental results. What does a good plan look like?

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 24, 2022

The jungle framework is a great one to set the right perspective. In summary, whether you are running a startup, a family business, or a famous brand like IBM, you are all part of the jungle. You can be a small tiger with big teeth, or an aging dinosaur. The laws of the jungle apply to all. It really is a world of survival for the fittest.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 4, 2022

You now have a clear financial framework to help you make better decisions, and you will act more strategically, less impulsively. Put your risk capital into a separate checking account before you start. Once you see it moved from your savings account to an account tied to risk, it becomes real. Use personal credit cards for business.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 4, 2016

Investors and partners now look only for a framework of your business essentials, within the context of your opportunity, solution, and financials. He nails the current key startup parameters, including the following: Crafting a lean business plan as your road map. Just make sure you can fill in all the details.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 17, 2019

Existing business frameworks are the recipes, and great entrepreneurs creatively use new tools and strategies to hone these frameworks, just like a master chef. Artfully applies tools, and strategies for change (master chef metaphor). New entrepreneurs are really amateur chefs learning to cook a new business.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 21, 2022

I was impressed by a recent book, “ The Leadership Star ,” by Brian Hartzer, an experienced business executive, offering a concise leadership framework that I believe embodies the key attributes that I recommend. Thus, ever after years as an executive in IBM and other companies, I’m still looking for the magic.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 9, 2020

The author defines a detailed framework and process that fits all three of these to make the best decision possible, whether it be strategic or operational. In fact, the business decision-making steps and process have to be uniquely applied to three situational states – the current state, a future state, and the transitional state in between.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 3, 2017

They advocate investing in their new framework, where the Z.E.R.O. As I mentioned, this framework is powerful, but none of these elements are free. In any case, reframing the conversation from paid media marketing to the new framework requires a balance, and measurements along the way to better manage return on investment.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 4, 2020

But we all know that these are not solutions by themselves, but require integration into an innovative framework to solve real customer problems. Today there are a wealth of disruptive technologies available, including the Internet of Things (IoT), artificial intelligence (AI), advanced virtual reality (VR), and high-function robotics.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 17, 2014

Establish a daily framework for action. You will build discipline and get much more accomplished if you build a self-imposed schedule, and commit yourself to following that framework. Similar to the framework step, you have to build systems that get the right work done. Know your strengths, and learn some new skills.

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