Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 14, 2022

I continue to believe that most of the data gathering in the real world, and on the Internet, is done by businesses to help you find what you want, protect you, and improve your experience, rather than invade your privacy or scam you. Internet users need to start watching out for themselves, like looking both ways before you cross the street.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 22, 2021

Many aspiring entrepreneurs are looking to the Internet as an opportunity to get rich quick, instead of a place where you can start a business you love, for very little capital and minimal technical expertise. The best place to learn is by scouting around the Internet today. Use the Internet to outsource staff.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 7, 2021

Some aspiring entrepreneurs are so desperate for funding, or naïve, that they ignore the obvious signs of scams and rip-offs on the Internet, praying for a windfall. Unsolicited foreign investors that contact you on the Internet need extra scrutiny. Use the common sense suggestions to avoid the pain: Decoy investor scam.

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Technical Review Due Diligence Non-disclosure Agreement Term Sheet 371

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 13, 2022

Even if your business is purely local, growth must always be a priority, and you need to utilize all these digital channels available to you today, as well as traditional media channels and industry forums: Maintain an active current presence on the Internet.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

With the high-speed Internet, our workers can be anywhere in the world.” When you sign up remote workers, you’ll start to rely heavily on collaborative tools, Internet bandwidth, and new data security tools. Don’t over-manage remote workers, but don’t expect them to manage your business. Don’t get caught off guard.

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Cost Philippines Bandwidth Cofounder 346

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 13, 2023

Even if the idea sounds unique to you, it’s worth your time to do a few Internet searches using relevant keywords. Despite what you hear from some Internet spammers, there are no slam-dunk entrepreneur ideas that can make you rich with no risk and minimal effort.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 3, 2012

It seems like everyone has an Internet startup these days. Without a sustainable strategy, these challenges lead to the terrifying statistic that nine out of ten online businesses will fail, and lead to the current ratio of Internet failures to millionaires being thousands to one. You have to be found and favored by search engines.

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Internet Social Bookmarking Social Media Startup 241

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 5, 2019

Many aspiring entrepreneurs are looking to the Internet as an opportunity to get rich quick, instead of a place where you can start a business you love, for very little capital and minimal technical expertise. The best place to learn is by scouting around the Internet today. Use the Internet to outsource staff.

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Technical Review Software Review Internet Revenue 243

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 12, 2013

These days, if your startup does not have an Internet home base up and running, you are not ready for business or potential investors. There should be no doubt that an Internet presence is as basic to success in business today, as brick and mortar was a hundred years ago. entrepreneur startup domain name website internet business'

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 17, 2020

Even if the idea sounds unique to you, it’s worth your time to do a few Internet searches using relevant keywords. Despite what you hear from some Internet spammers, there are no slam-dunk entrepreneur ideas that can make you rich with no risk and minimal effort.

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Technical Review Due Diligence Intellectual Property Internet 434

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 3, 2019

I continue to believe that most of the data gathering in the real world, and on the Internet, is done by businesses to help you find what you want, protect you, and improve your experience, rather than invade your privacy or scam you. Internet users need to start watching out for themselves, like looking both ways before you cross the street.

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Security Technical Review Social Network Software Review 195

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 7, 2021

Some pundits argue that the E-Myth principle is now outdated, due to the instant access to information via the Internet, pervasive networking via social media, and courses on entrepreneurship at all levels of education. In the interim, I recommend you use advisors, social media, and the Internet to find your alter-ego. Hence most fail.

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Technical Review Social Media Startup Internet 341

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 11, 2019

With the high-speed Internet, our workers can be anywhere in the world.” When you sign up remote workers, you’ll start to rely heavily on collaborative tools, Internet bandwidth, and new data security tools. Don’t over-manage remote workers, but don’t expect them to manage your business. Don’t get caught off guard.

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Entrepreneur Philippines Bandwidth Cofounder 303

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 20, 2019

Image via Flickr by ivanpw Some aspiring entrepreneurs are so desperate for funding, or naïve, that they ignore the obvious signs of scams and rip-offs on the Internet, praying for a windfall. Unsolicited foreign investors that contact you on the Internet need extra scrutiny. Off-shore unsolicited investor offers.

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Technical Review Non-disclosure Agreement Due Diligence Term Sheet 228

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 26, 2023

Major leading-edge (also called bleeding-edge) products or technologies, such as artificial intelligence (AI) or the Internet of Things (IoT), involve new concepts, time for acceptance, and focus on understanding value. New offerings which build your brand will increase acceptance and sales of all solutions, not just the new one.

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Product Technical Review Artificial Inteligence Dividend 354

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 16, 2023

With the Internet and modern video communication tools, including Skype and Google Hangout, you can find the people you need, from anywhere in the world, and sign them up quickly. Rounding out the team with employees and freelancers. Successful startup teams today have a mix of remote employees, freelancers, and contractors.

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Intellectual Property Entrepreneur Angel Groups Social Media 261

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 21, 2020

Many of the entrepreneurs I advise or invest with spend considerable time on the Internet, keeping up with technology, customers, and competitors, but very few feel the need for an early personal presence. The Internet, through pictures, sound, and text, sees everything, including the good, bad, and the ugly.

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Product Technical Review Entrepreneur Reputation 319

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 13, 2010

The Internet has changed the world. But certainly the Internet doesn’t do the job for you. Tags: entrepreneur expertise internet consultant business. Even consultants don’t like their job, since they don’t often get to see results, and too much of their time is spent looking for the next gig. Marty Zwilling.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

If your offering is exciting enough, you may get millions in small amounts from other people on the Internet to help you fly high over the valley of death. The hottest new way of funding startups is to use online sites, like Kickstarter , to request donations, pre-order, get a reward, or even give equity.

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Intellectual Property Technical Review Startup Incubator 341

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 19, 2022

Other popular sites for startups, including StartupNation and Startups.co m are not for crowdfunding, but actually are matchmaking sites between entrepreneurs and professional investors or banks, or incubators.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 8, 2023

Use all available search platforms, including Internet search engines, social media, and discussions with experts to find and evaluate these alternatives. Evaluate alternatives that are now available. Most real problems have workarounds, or solutions that you may not be aware of.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

In addition, as every business becomes instantly global via the Internet, it’s virtually impossible for you to touch every customer personally. Thus services experiences and relationships tend to be based more and more on new media and technology.

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Technical Review Social Media Media Matching 247

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 20, 2021

With real-time online reviews and feedback via the Internet, and instant relationships via social media, a voice from the top that is inconsistent with what is heard from the firing line defines a dysfunctional and noncompetitive company for today’s customer. It takes an effective team to attract and serve a community in business these days.

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Developer Startup Social Media Internet 387

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 22, 2014

I must be the only one who believes that most of the data gathering in the real world, and on the Internet, is done by businesses to help you find what you want, protect you, and improve your experience, rather than invade your privacy or scam you. In addition, there is a real business opportunity here for startups.

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Security Technical Review Entrepreneur Social Network 251

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 15, 2022

Many key insights to success in any business can’t be learned from books or the Internet. Rather than hide seemingly non-productive gaps in your work to-date, investors look for logical actions, and iterative small steps that could be quick to market or quick to fail. Expert in your chosen domain.

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Intellectual Property Angel Investor Early Stage Venture Capital 278

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 3, 2022

But these days with all the resources on the Internet and elsewhere, there is no excuse for not keeping up on the latest insights, best practices, and technology in the area of hiring, motivating, and training.

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Hiring Technical Cofounder Cofounder Retention 337

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 5, 2021

We have all heard of a few cases where viral marketing resulted in a message “spread through the Internet like a cold in a kindergarten,” but counting on this can just as quickly lead to the death of your startup. That’s a double death wish.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

Trying to save costs by seeking resumes on the Internet will result in poor quality candidates, more time required for screening and interviews, and high turnover. My recommendation is to hire core executives, and have them define, justify, and build their organizations. Utilizing unprofessional sources for candidates.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 8, 2022

You see this today on the Internet with people who dominate social media as “influencers,” leading customers to new trends and brands. Many of the most successful fashion and even dating organizations were built around a leader with a purpose of personal dedication to a more fulfilling lifestyle.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 24, 2022

With the internet at our fingertips, even B2B customers research and compare solutions, completing 50-90% of the work before a sales rep is contacted. Long sales cycles obscure beginning and end of costs. More empowered buyers have resulted in longer sales cycles. People no longer go straight to the source to make purchase decisions.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 25, 2021

Yet truly disruptive innovations, like the smartphone from Apple and the rise of the Internet, are very rare, and are generally unpredicted. Every entrepreneur with a new technology tells me that his innovation will be industry-disrupting, meaning that it will render the existing technology obsolete, and create a new market.

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Non-Compete Technical Review Forecast Social Media 394

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 12, 2022

In any business domain, there is no substitute for skills acquired by personal experience to supplement any academic training and the Internet. Can demonstrate domain expertise and experience. You have to lead by example, setting a personal standard for competence for all to follow if you intend to lead your competitors and customers.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 4, 2017

I must be the only one who believes that most of the data gathering in the real world, and on the Internet, is done by businesses to help you find what you want, protect you, and improve your experience, rather than invade your privacy or scam you. In addition, there is a real business opportunity here for startups.

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Technical Review Entrepreneur Social Network Software Review 136

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 12, 2022

With today’s worldwide Internet and social media, your brand impact is not set by what you say, but by numbers of followers, influencers, and satisfied customers. In my view, that was their key to the early goodwill they needed. Brand recognition and market influencer support.

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Valuation Technical Review Due Diligence Angel Investor 368

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 2, 2023

On the Internet, I am wary of one more search engine provider, clones of existing social-media sites, and yet another new dating site. The challenges are as different for them as a jewelry store owner now building medical devices. Your startup is in a high-failure-rate business sector. You need a big differentiator in these arenas.

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New York City Silicon Valley Bootstrapping Technical Review 246

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 29, 2022

Personal branding is how we market ourselves to others, and is very important in this Internet age. Motivation and recognition are usually tied to increasing our status, and people around you will unconsciously look for and react to your status. The days are gone when you could hide behind the company brand.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 17, 2022

With today’s pervasive Internet and social networks, people can see how you act outside of work, as well as inside. Focus on always sitting up straight, making eye contact, keeping arms uncrossed, offer a firm handshake, and avoid talking with your hands excessively. Manage your whole image, both private and public.

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