Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 1, 2021

I’m fully convinced that both inspiration and perspiration are always required in a startup. There is nothing more inspiring than seeing the results of your mentoring and leadership. Reserve the same names on the leading social networks and blogs. Success is the right balance of both for fun and profit.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 4, 2013

As an Angel investor, I quickly learned that luck has very little to do with it, and I now look for some personal characteristics and leadership styles that separate the potential winners from the losers. Under the stresses of a startup, visible leadership cues can make the difference between success and failure. Marty Zwilling.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 8, 2012

As an Angel investor, I quickly learned that luck has very little to do with it, and I now look for some personal characteristics and leadership styles that separate the potential winners from the losers. Under the stresses of a startup, visible leadership cues can make the difference between success and failure.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 24, 2019

The actions required to become an influencer today are all related to traditional leadership, but key elements need to be given a much higher priority in this age of the Internet and pervasive video. After becoming a recognized influencer in that domain, he was able to quickly expand his business leadership.

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Steve Blank

APRIL 14, 2013

I just spent a few weeks in Japan and China on a book tour for the Japanese and Chinese versions of the Startup Owners Manual. This left an open playing field for Chinese software startups as they “copy to China” existing U.S. If you’re a software startup competing in China, the words that come to mind are “ruthless and relentless.”

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 10, 2016

As an angel investor, I quickly learned that luck has very little to do with it, and I now look for some personal characteristics and leadership styles that separate the potential winners from the losers. Under the stresses of a startup, visible leadership cues can make the difference between success and failure.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

Reserve some time each day for your favorite blogs and influencers, follow up with social networking and expand your personal contacts offline. You can get real leadership experience and real learning without long-term commitments and financial pressures. Find a business mentor, as well as a friend.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 19, 2023

Harris, in his classic book “ Transformative Entrepreneurs ,” provides examples of key elements of transformative ideas and leadership abilities that separate the winners from the losers. The investors I hear from want to see more innovation, and fewer “me too” startups. Innovate or die. Marty Zwilling

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 30, 2022

Very few startups are cash-rich enough to self-finance aggressive second-stage growth. Delivering a superlative experience is the only way to get truly loyal clients, repeat business, and expansion through social networks. Separate management from leadership, and provide both. Neither is effective without the other.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 31, 2020

In my work with new startups, I often find people who believe that the terms “ entrepreneur ” and “ inventor ” are interchangeable. In fact, they may fear team leadership as a burden, or a potential dilution of their ownership. Yet I find a big difference between “starting a new business” and “creating a new product.”

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 26, 2020

Harris, in his classic book “ Transformative Entrepreneurs ,” provides examples of key elements of transformative ideas and leadership abilities that separate the winners from the losers. The investors I hear from want to see more innovation, and fewer “me too” startups. Innovate or die. Marty Zwilling.

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crowdSPRING Blog

MAY 9, 2014

These posts and videos are about logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! Surprising Trends in Startup Founder Equity Stakes | by Tomasz Tunguz – crowdspring.co/1njnhbl. Here are some of the links that I’ve liked and shared this past week!

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YoungUpstarts

MAY 24, 2015

Twitter, which originated as an accidental side project of a failing Internet startup, first launched into prominence in 2007 when it landed best start-up in the blog category of the technology portion of annual festival SxSW that year.

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Steve Blank

APRIL 14, 2013

I just spent a few weeks in Japan and China on a book tour for the Japanese and Chinese versions of the Startup Owners Manual. This left an open playing field for Chinese software startups as they “copy to China” existing U.S. If you’re a software startup competing in China, the words that come to mind are “ruthless and relentless.”

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crowdSPRING Blog

MAY 24, 2013

These posts and videos are about logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! This Is Why Social Media Doesn’t Work For Your Business – [link]. Why Your Startup Needs To Obsess Over Culture | Groove Blog – [link].

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 1, 2019

Very few startups are cash-rich enough to self-finance aggressive second-stage growth. Delivering a superlative experience is the only way to get truly loyal clients, repeat business, and expansion through social networks. Separate management from leadership, and provide both. Neither is effective without the other.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 5, 2010

I recently spoke at Caltech at the Caltech / MIT Enterprise Forum on “the future of social networking,&# the 30-minute video is here and the PowerPoint presentation is here on DocStoc ). What are the big trends that will drive the next phase of social networks? And so it goes with social networking.

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ReadWriteStart

JULY 9, 2023

Startups are romanticized, and sometimes it’s misleading for people who want to launch their own company. Mostly, stories about startups revolve around dropping out of university, from zero to hero narratives, and other quite fairytale-like ideas. A newcomer to the startup market may simply have no idea about all the nuances.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 13, 2020

Customers have come to expect disruptive change, so yet another social network is not the way to get traction. As an angel investor, I quickly look behind the idea or solution, to gauge the mindset and the leadership capabilities of the entrepreneur. For them, adapting and stretching their limits is the norm.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 25, 2019

Reserve some time each day for your favorite blogs and influencers, follow up with social networking and expand your personal contacts offline. You can get real leadership experience and real learning without long-term commitments and financial pressures. Find a business mentor, as well as a friend.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 23, 2013

It’s great to dream big, but your startup needs a laser focus in the beginning to get market and investor attention. A business plan I saw a while back to combine all the good features of several popular social networks on one site does not do it. Innovate to market leadership. Maintaining quality is key. Marty Zwilling.

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crowdSPRING Blog

JANUARY 18, 2013

These posts and videos are about logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! 17 Simple Tips On Working At A Startup | LinkedIn – [link]. Startup UX and Design Demystified | 500 Startups – [link].

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 24, 2013

Maybe it’s just another example of nature abhorring a vacuum, but I prefer to think it’s a natural evolution of the pervasive social networking communities, where people relate to and expect to interact with businesses and products they like. Startups are the only businesses able to set their culture and values from a clean slate.

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The Startup Magazine

MARCH 31, 2023

Social Media Should be Your Focus The good news is that social networks are fundamentally free and offer you the chance to increase your online visibility, have positive interactions, determine who your target audience is, and establish a reputation as you build customer trust. Therefore, give it content.

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Agile VC

MARCH 13, 2012

AGILEVC My idle thoughts on tech startups. I have some limited experience in dealing with patents though, both from my time as a VC and also back in my own startup days. owns a bunch of patents around email, IM, etc), and yes E) social networking. Regarding social networking, Yahoo! March 13, 2012.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 18, 2013

I’m fully convinced that both inspiration and perspiration are always required in a startup. There is nothing more inspiring than seeing the results of your mentoring and leadership. Reserve the same names on the leading social networks and blogs. entrepreneur startup perspiration inspiration business'

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 13, 2017

Very few startups are cash-rich enough to self-finance aggressive second-stage growth. Delivering a superlative experience is the only way to get truly loyal clients, repeat business, and expansion through social networks. Separate management from leadership, and provide both. Neither is effective without the other.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 14, 2013

Harris, in “ Transformative Entrepreneurs ,” provides examples of key elements of transformative ideas and leadership abilities that separate the winners from the losers. The investors I hear from want to see more innovation, and fewer “me too” startups. Innovate or die. Marty Zwilling.

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YoungUpstarts

JUNE 17, 2019

But for small businesses, like startups, carrying out an effective marketing strategy is critical to their very survival. It is a sobering truth that nine out of ten startups will fail , and marketing success can often be the key element for any startup’s viability. Marketing: startup style. Quiz me this.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 29, 2019

As a mentor to many aspiring entrepreneurs, I challenge them to think beyond what I call linear extensions to a current trend, such as another “easier-to-use” app for smartphones, a new dating site for pets, or another niche social network. In all cases, people management and leadership are key.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 9, 2018

Harris, in his classic book “ Transformative Entrepreneurs ,” provides examples of key elements of transformative ideas and leadership abilities that separate the winners from the losers. The investors I hear from want to see more innovation, and fewer “me too” startups. Innovate or die. Marty Zwilling.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 5, 2020

Too many entrepreneurs I know still believe that that their great idea will carry the startup, and they may even minimize their own value, especially if they have introvert tendencies. Everyone needs to realize that whether it’s in the workplace or in the startup community, business is a new world today with new rules.

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crowdSPRING Blog

JULY 21, 2011

These posts and videos are about logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! Small business and startup tips: training day! Tips On Defining The Size of a Market for a Startup Business – [link]. The video above shows actor Jim Meskimen.

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mashable.com

MAY 9, 2011

Not only do they need to have a high level of diversified technical prowess and proficiency, but they also need to possess strong leadership and project management capabilities. Leadership Abilities Are A Must It’s natural to want a tech savvy and competent CTO. Solid leadership is essential to the success of any team.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 27, 2011

Maybe it’s just another example of nature abhorring a vacuum, but I prefer to think it’s a natural evolution of the pervasive social networking communities, where people relate to and expect to interact with businesses and products they like. Startups are the only businesses able to set their culture and values from a clean slate.

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crowdSPRING Blog

JUNE 24, 2011

These posts and videos are about logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! Work and rest in a startup – [link]. A Portrait Of Who Uses Social Networks In The US (And How Social Media Affects Our Lives) – [link].

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 1, 2023

Too many entrepreneurs I know still believe that that their great idea will carry the startup, and they may even minimize their own value, especially if they have introvert tendencies. Everyone needs to realize that whether it’s in the workplace or in the startup community, business is a new world today with new rules.

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