Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 4, 2017

Like Paul Graham , founder of Y-Combinator, said a long time ago, I see startups succeed or fail every day based primarily on the qualities of the founders. The economy has some effect, but as a predictor of success it’s a rounding error compared to the founders. " In reality, what matters more is who you are, not when you do it.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 12, 2010

The economy has some effect, certainly, but as a predictor of success it’s a rounding error compared to the founders. You'll be investing your time and energy into something with more potential upside in future. If you're talented and have always toyed with the idea of a startup, financially it makes sense to do it now.

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YoungUpstarts

MAY 21, 2014

But over time, they tend to become less effective because they’re not able to maximize the achievement of each person in the group. They’re more likely to think that their own ideas are the best and simply expect people to do what they’re told. Spend less time talking. and, ‘What do you need from me to help you achieve it?’.

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Reid Hoffman

JULY 27, 2021

During that conversation, we talked about some of my favorite philosophers and how I’ve applied their ideas to my own career. I was still unprepared; I had no idea that I also needed to learn about go-to-market strategy and distribution. Like many first time founders, I ran over that landmine. Philosophy and physics.

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Reid Hoffman

JULY 27, 2021

During that conversation, we talked about some of my favorite philosophers and how I’ve applied their ideas to my own career. I was still unprepared; I had no idea that I also needed to learn about go-to-market strategy and distribution. Like many first time founders, I ran over that landmine. Philosophy and physics.

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Occam's Razor

MAY 14, 2012

It is sad that we spend so little time on brand analysis, primarily because 1. Let's become BFFs with a lovely hidden gem that helps you leverage one of the largest source of data on the planet to understand the strength of your brand over time. So over time, how's your brand doing? Step 3: Click Search.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 24, 2021

With the set of cards we had at the time we sold, but what I wouldn’t give to still be working with and going long these two. The talented founder & CEO (Sean Rad) went on to create Tinder after Adly, proof that sometimes it takes the intersection of great founder + great idea + timing to produce a multi-billion outcome.

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ConversionXL

MARCH 24, 2016

Adding 7 friends in 10 days didn’t cause anything; it essentially acted as a predictor of future user behavior. For example, you may find that visitors who download a certain PDF (say on mobile optimization) eventually fill out a lead gen form at three times the rate as those that don’t. Another example could be on an eCommerce site.

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ConversionXL

MAY 16, 2018

The cars we drive, the computer or mobile device you are using to read this sentence, the Great Wall of China, Abercrombie and Fitch advertisements – all of them have gone through some form of the scientific method applied many times over a period of months, years, or even decades. You want experimentation.

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Up and Running

JUNE 22, 2021

For a demonstration of this, try making incremental improvements to the average time it takes customers to pay in a cash flow calculator to see the outsize effects. Having easy access to this information makes it easy for business leaders to intervene in the case of chronically problematic customers, to ensure timely invoice payments. .

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Up and Running

FEBRUARY 23, 2016

If you are willing to put in the time, and learn the necessary farming and business skills to become the profitable small business farmer you know you could be, there’s good news. There are of course other ways to fast track your learning, and Cindy is no stranger to setting aside reading time in order to better her business.

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Up and Running

MAY 28, 2015

Perhaps not the most desirable position to be in, but at least you have some resources to tap into: time and creativity. The good news is that there is no better time to fail! New ideas need audiences like flowers need bees. When the only resource you’re working with is time, then it is even more imperative to make it count.

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YoungUpstarts

APRIL 5, 2013

Fortunately, these exciting new possibilities are coming into focus at a time when the public seems more receptive to new ideas about brain health: A recent SharpBrains survey indicates that people are ready to be proactive about brain fitness by taking an annual assessment, even without a physician’s direct suggestion.

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Duct Tape Marketing

MARCH 9, 2023

We're doing something different and how others motivate us or demotivate us using influence to drive change, which is very much behind the catalyst. You can break down interpersonal interactions into a series of things that are more and less likely to work and to drive action, right? We're doing the same thing.

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Duct Tape Marketing

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

We're doing something different and how others motivate us or demotivate us using influence to drive change, which is very much behind the catalyst. You can break down interpersonal interactions into a series of things that are more and less likely to work and to drive action, right? We're doing the same thing.

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