Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 3, 2022

Startup investors tell me they invest in a new venture with a higher caliber of people, rather than the product or service, and I agree. Some of the companies with the best team cultures, including Zappos , even go so far as to offer new employees $2,000 to quit after the first week on the job if they don’t feel a fit with the team assigned.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 13, 2022

Also, investors from the super-hubs (Silicon Valley, New York, or Boston), probably won’t assume anyone outside their domain has the savvy and resources to make it happen. Finance has homes in New York, Hong Kong, and London. Today, Silicon Valley is the consumer and enterprise software capital of the world. The list goes on and on.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 30, 2020

Becoming an entrepreneur is actually a commitment to a new lifestyle, certainly very exciting, but also facing many unknowns and risks. This reduces the cost of customer acquisition, allows easy upgrades for service and new features, and improves customer loyalty in the face of new competitors in the market.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 2, 2023

Nevertheless, we can all benefit by understanding a collective view from investors on the high-risk elements that every new business has faced historically based on the team, as well as in the marketplace. On the Internet, I am wary of one more search engine provider, clones of existing social-media sites, and yet another new dating site.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 28, 2021

Almost every entrepreneur and new business owner I mentor is certain that his/her idea has a very high probability of success, and all find it hard to believe that ninety percent of startups ultimately fail. I realized that he and I see several common patterns that account for a large percentage of new venture failures.

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YoungUpstarts

JULY 28, 2020

Yet so many of the other adaptations companies have implemented come from a well-meaning but misguided belief in “the new normal.” Companies around the world had big plans for 2020, from Olympic sponsorships to international trade shows and new product launches that would make competitors green with envy.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 17, 2021

Overwhelm is a feeling that always precedes growth, and is a state in which your brain is developing new pathways and connections. Starting a business or a new organization will always cause self-doubt and insecurity. Real leaders are recognized as willing to look in the mirror, and learn from what they see.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 1, 2022

In fact, this article was driven by a startup press release I saw a while back, highlighting a startup’s “geo-fencing technology” as a new basis for discount coupons. Learn to speak a new customer-specific dialect based on current research and homework. How many customers will have any idea what this means to them?

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

As a long-time mentor to entrepreneurs, here is my collection of smart risks that investors and I look for in new startups: Focus on a tough customer problem rather than a fun technology. Almost always, risks are more predictable when you use coopetition for access to new customers, economies of scale, and shared resources.

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The Startup Magazine

MARCH 6, 2024

Here you can learn some areas to focus on and what to consider as a new entrepreneur. Get creative and discover new and different ways to get your message out. Investing in Technology & IT Another area you’ll want to concentrate on as a new business owner is technology and IT solutions.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 28, 2021

The many crowd funding platforms on the Internet, led still by Kickstarter and IndieGoGo , were expected by many to put regular people in charge of funding new opportunities, and kill the need for angel groups. We have a long way to go, in this new era of the entrepreneur, before angel investors aren’t needed. Neither does David S.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

Maybe it’s time to look harder at the mantra of a new breed of gurus and successful entrepreneurs, including Steve Blank and Eric Ries , called “nail it then scale it” (NISI). It’s time for a new startup model. The pace of change in the marketplace is escalating, so entrepreneurs have to improve their ability to deal with change.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

They know they need to act proactively, but still are often blindsided by a new competitor coming out of the blue with a future they never imagined. The best leaders selectively forget the past, and are constantly on the lookout for the future’s raw material of new ideas. Sponsor experiments and measure like new investments.

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The Startup Magazine

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

The plumbing landscape is continuously evolving, with new technologies, regulations, and consumer expectations shaping the way plumbing services are delivered. The post Starting a New Plumbing Business from Scratch appeared first on The Startup Magazine.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 26, 2023

For new entrepreneurs, leadership development efforts may be more valuable for achieving startup success than business skills development. Very few people know their own leadership style, or strengths and weaknesses, despite their many years of living and working in the real world.

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YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

This is understandable, since the prospect of starting any new business is daunting, and nonprofits have an extra set of rules stay apprised of when they’re established. With innovative ways to both fundraise and create email marketing campaigns, the tools Engaging Networks has crafted are incredibly beneficial to new nonprofits.

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The Startup Magazine

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

As the most populous city in the United States, New York City has busy highway roads. Image source If you are involved in a car accident in New York, then you need to read this article. This article will examine how online posts can undermine your car accident case in New York.

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The Startup Magazine

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

It’s unlike when you install a new app on your phone and start using it. Introducing new enterprise tools often requires workflows, processes, and employee role adjustments. Yes, even though it’s simply the act of using new software that any modern person is familiar with, training them on it can be a huge help.

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The Startup Magazine

JANUARY 31, 2024

Shin mentioned Dbt, Fivetran, Snowflake, and Looker as some of the new data management technologies implemented at Fundrise. Furthermore, the integration of SQL with cloud computing has opened up new possibilities for data storage and access.

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The Startup Magazine

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

To find lucrative and rewarding Philippine jobs in a new field, entailing new responsibilities, here’s what you should do: 1) Assess Yourself The first step you should take towards transitioning to a new career is to assess yourself thoroughly. What do you need to work on to fulfill a new role in a certain field?

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The Startup Magazine

JANUARY 20, 2022

Starting and running a new graphic design business is exciting. If you’re the owner of a new graphic design business – big or small – then you’re going to need some help. This way, when you have new designs and products you want to share with your audience, you’ll be able to have automated posts ready and prepared for them.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 16, 2021

Richard Branson’s adventurer escapades are legendary, and Steve Jobs made new product presentations an experience, as well as a sales pitch and an education. For real entrepreneurs, crazy is a compliment, and the new market may be just around the corner. Believe there is no such thing as a crazy idea. Not afraid to kill the cash cow.

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NZ Entrepreneur

AUGUST 22, 2023

Watch the video interview now A network of more than 140 entrepreneurial businesses and organisations warns New Zealand is in danger of being left behind due to a lack of resources and insufficient policies to progress entrepreneurship. They collaborated to produce the manifesto, reflecting the views of network members.

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YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

Suzanne Wertheim, PhD shares six key principles that will help you build a whole new toolkit for inclusive language. The post A New Framework To Inclusive Language appeared first on Young Upstarts.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

After many years in business, working in large companies as well as startups, I’m no longer surprised at why mature and successful companies struggle with introducing innovative new ventures as the market and environment changes. A documented business plan for the new venture is critical here.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

You have proven that you can create an innovative product, but creating a business is a whole new challenge. There are many business types that don’t assume any new invention or service, such as franchising, multi-level marketing (MLM) or freelancing. With new products and services, you can hit the jackpot, but many struggle or fail.

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YoungUpstarts

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

The post New To The SEO Game? Increasing your Google rank and showing up in searches is a top priority for any business owner. Learn to increase your SEO now. Here’s Where To Start. appeared first on Young Upstarts.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 2, 2022

Visionary entrepreneurs tend to identify and map strategic new opportunities, rather than grow existing current ones, based on market insights emerging technology. Grow too fast, and risk quality and delivery ability, or go slowly only to be overtaken by your competitors or a new technology. Find the balance.

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Duct Tape Marketing

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

How to Navigate the New Era of Customer Expectations written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing Marketing Podcast with Jay Baer In this episode of the Duct Tape Marketing Podcast , I interview Jay Baer, a business growth and customer experience author, researcher, and advisor. This is John Jantsch. My guest today is Jay Bayer.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 10, 2023

If you are one of the new age of entrepreneurs who hates the thought of doing a business plan as a first step in starting your new venture you will love this message. Market research techniques for trying to predict the market’s response to a new venture can be costly and are often unreliable. Get started and get some momentum.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 18, 2023

There has long been a big debate about the best approach to starting a new business. I very much respect the passion and enthusiasm of a new entrepreneur, but I’m seen enough as a startup advisor to know that more time and effort is often required as a reality check. I’m definitely a proponent of this latter approach.

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deal architect

JULY 9, 2022

I don’t like to play favorites across my books, but many readers say they really liked my 2010 book, The New Polymath. The book bio read “A Polymath—the Greek word for Renaissance Man—is one who excels in many disciplines.

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The Startup Magazine

MARCH 20, 2024

It’s never too late to find a new career or pivot from what you’re already doing to one that better suits you as you are now. So before you start planning your new career, determine what exactly you want to get from your working life, what you want to aim for, and what you expect in return.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

While new equity owners always have to get it from someone, actual re-allocation of existing shares should be based on a formula to maximize the value of your remaining founder shares. If new investors want to replace you as the founder early, make sure this action triggers an accelerated vesting clause as well.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 7, 2023

The challenge is to know what to look for when stepping outside your native market, be able to quantify the downside risk, and implement the required strategy in each of the new markets. Uber and Airbnb are current examples of entrepreneurial efforts that are struggling with government regulations in new markets.

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deal architect

AUGUST 21, 2021

The New Florence. New Renaissance innovation blog was born in March 2005. Facebook had a different name then. No one had heard of the iPhone. Honestly, I thought I would run out of material in a.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 21, 2023

Startups which display real innovation, such as alternative energy sources and new medical treatments, are still rare. New product process. Once a new product is launched, a key metric is the ratio of new product sales to overall sales. An entrepreneur looking for a sure thing will never innovate. Net result and reward.

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