Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 3, 2022

Not planning ahead, and only hiring people in the crisis of an open position is a recipe for creating dysfunctional teams. Be patient when filling open positions. Having no one is better than someone who needs constant attention, or is working against you.

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ConversionXL

NOVEMBER 27, 2019

Take “Merchandise 7X,” the most guarded component of Coca-Cola’s secret recipe. Or so it would be, if the recipe were actually secret. The radio show This American Life unearthed the recipe , which had been published in 1979—down to the dram—in The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. But the secret isn’t the recipe.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

Many risks can be managed or calculated to improve growth or provide a competitive edge, while others, like skipping quality checks to save money, are recipes for failure. In reality, all risks are not the same. The challenge is to avoid the bad risks, while actively seeking and managing the smart risks.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 4, 2016

I realized a while back that creating a new company for the first time is a lot like whipping up a great dinner entrée for the first time – you need a recipe, even though it may look simple. First you work in the kitchen for a while, learning some tools of the trade, experiment with a few recipes, and test on willing clients.

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ConversionXL

NOVEMBER 27, 2019

Take “Merchandise 7X,” the most guarded component of Coca-Cola’s secret recipe. Or so it would be, if the recipe were actually secret. The radio show This American Life unearthed the recipe , which had been published in 1979—down to the dram—in The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. But the secret isn’t the recipe.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

Trade secrets, which may be recipes, formulas or processes, should only be disclosed on a need-to-know basis, even to employees, and then always accompanied by a CDA. Product details in the public domain can never be patented. Sharing trade secrets. Select a reasonable agreement duration.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 30, 2020

For certain, passionately chasing a big financial opportunity in an area you have little street experience is a recipe for disappointment. Thus I often recommend that before you kick off your own business, you join another startup or existing business to see how things really work. Even the best college degree is not a substitute.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 27, 2021

Even your best vision of the future is likely not perfect, and stubbornly following it in the face of pivot recommendations is a recipe for failure. Listen to customer feedback and tune your vision. Learn to take action quickly on feedback, diligently solve problems, and build momentum toward your objective.

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YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 27, 2020

Whether you are an expert on frugal living or you have an affinity for coming up with healthy recipes, you may be looking to share your expertise with the masses. When I first began my blog, Beauty Brite, my original intention was to share homemade beauty recipes and products I purchased on my own.

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YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 5, 2020

With the EagleOwl platform, you can access features like menu engineering, recipe costing, purchase order management, and supplier management. Whether it’s a fun recipe tutorial or a peak behind the scenes at your restaurant, video is one of the best ways to boost your credibility.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 25, 2020

Colonel Sanders started at a late age to build his chicken recipe into KFC (Kentucky Fried Chicken). Rather than expecting things to go right, entrepreneurs have to assume things will go wrong, and solutions are elusive. It took two years of persistence to get the money. The rest is history.

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SiliconHills

SEPTEMBER 26, 2013

Nate McGuire, co-founder of Recipeas, a recipe search app, recently answered a few questions about his startup, which is based at Capital Factory in downtown Austin. Recipeas is an iOS recipe app that tells you what you should cook with the ingredients you […] The post Recipeas Launches Recipe Search App appeared first on SiliconHills.

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Eric Friedman

MAY 29, 2019

I realized recently that while many are searching for the startup playbook to execute on or the recipe for success, the harsh reality is they don’t exist. Shows there’s no perfect recipe for success. There are “good ideas” (see @alexcharlie thread) and “dumb ideas” (see @andrewchen thread) – both worth a read.

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Hearpreneur

DECEMBER 28, 2022

A major pivot we are undertaking next year is transitioning our focus from recipe curation to recipe creation. Our website started as a handy resource for home bartenders looking for recipes, so we compiled recipes from other creators and sent visitors to their websites. #8- Focusing on original content.

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YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

While there's no universal recipe for a successful collaboration, thoughtfully selected metrics can maximize it. It makes it easier to evaluate the achieved results at any given time and sets the expectations for both sides at the beginning of the cooperation.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 8, 2020

Many risks can be managed or calculated to improve growth or provide a competitive edge, while others, like skipping quality checks to save money, are recipes for failure. In reality, all risks are not the same. The challenge is to avoid the bad risks, while actively seeking and managing the smart risks.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 1, 2020

It’s a recipe for disaster. For example, technologists will try to build the best high-tech product, and then somehow expect to become the low-cost high-volume provider for the non-tech market segment.

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TechEmpower

OCTOBER 9, 2023

Recipe Suggestions for Culinary Sites For culinary platforms or recipe websites, user searches can be incredibly varied, given the diverse range of ingredients and dietary preferences. This nuanced approach can cater to the most specific of viewer moods and preferences, ensuring a seamless entertainment experience.

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YoungUpstarts

JULY 30, 2019

Quitting your job and then applying for a small business loan is a recipe for disaster. This may actually be a recipe for disaster. Position Yourself With a Better Financial Portfolio. Often lenders expect borrowers to be fully collateralized. There Is No Need To Rush The Process.

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YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 29, 2020

It’s your recipes, your hiring practices and your bookkeeping. These are essential ingredients in the recipe for franchise success. But in most cases, there’s a lot more going on business owners don’t realize or acknowledge. Operations are the systems, policies and procedures for running a business. The human element is on you.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 19, 2019

One of these without the other is a recipe for disaster. I often recommend to technical entrepreneurs (logical) that they team with a cofounder who has a business perspective (emotional customer appeal). At the same time, each can always learn from the other. Encourage business disagreements and healthy conflict.

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VC Cafe

MAY 16, 2023

trillion token dataset that follows the LLaMA recipe) are gaining popularity due to their flexibility and affordability. Open-source LLMs, such as Meta’s LLaMa, MosaicML , Vicuna -13B (an open-source alternative to GPT-4 which reportedly achieves 90% of ChatGPT’s quality) or RedPajama (which released a 1.2

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Women Entrepreneurs Can

JULY 25, 2019

From Anthony Bourdain to Julia Child, it’s clear that a success recipe doesn’t have to include actual food ingredients, rather it can be a collection of factors that lead to an outcome. To give you a head start on achieving your milestones, Kitchen Cabinet Kings uncovered eight recipes to success from famous celebrity chefs.

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The Startup Magazine

JANUARY 27, 2021

Unfortunately, there is no recipe for success and you often hear of startups failing in the early stages after failing to hit the ground running and encountering financial issues.

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Life Beyond Code

JUNE 26, 2011

Mini Saga #100 – Recipe. Ron was in search of “that” success recipe. Role models are great for inspiration, not for imitation. Bob knew about Ron’s long quest for a “perfect” role model. That day, Bob was surprised that Ron had abandoned the search forever.

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SiliconHills

SEPTEMBER 2, 2014

Foster, the co-founder and CEO of Stretch Recipes, an Austin-based startup, is creating a mobile phone app that lets people on tight budgets make their dollars go further while still buying […] The post Stretch Recipes Wants to Help People Eat Better on a Budget appeared first on SiliconHills.

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ConversionXL

NOVEMBER 10, 2020

For Muscle & Fitness magazine, articles with titles like, “10 Tips to Grow Bigger Biceps” or “5 Recipes for Chicken Dinner this Week” fall into this category. Someone might land on tactical content like chicken recipes on Pinterest as their first touchpoint. How Atlassian used the conceptual, strategic, and tactical frameworks .

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ConversionXL

APRIL 21, 2021

Rich results for the search query “chocolate chip cookie recipe”. And here’s what the schema.org markup for that first recipe result looks like on the backend. The JSON-LD markup for a Recipe rich results. Example of “Products” rich result. Without this markup, the page would not have appeared in this prominent SERP placement.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 8, 2018

I realized a while back that creating a new company for the first time is a lot like whipping up a great dinner entrée for the first time – you need a recipe, even though it may look simple. First you work in the kitchen for a while, learning some tools of the trade, experiment with a few recipes, and test on willing clients.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 25, 2021

Everyone on the team must adopt the same culture and recipe for success. That’s a recipe for business success that I recommend to every entrepreneur and professional. Resilience is the life skill of a business. Setbacks are inevitable, but good businesses and good sales people always bounce back. Marty Zwilling.

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The Entrepreneurial Mind

NOVEMBER 6, 2015

The post Family Recipe Creates Opportunity appeared first on Dr Jeff Cornwall. The Entrepreneurial Mind : George Livingston – Sweet Meat Jerky TweetFacebookLinkedInTumblrStumbleDiggDelicious.

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YoungUpstarts

JULY 27, 2019

Sleepless night, tossing and turning because the mattress is uncomfortable or is sagging or the coils are poking you in the ribs is a recipe for a cranky person in the morning and very poor productivity during the day. One of the most popular types of mattresses is a pocket sprung dreamcloud mattress.

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The Startup Magazine

JANUARY 26, 2022

With any hardware product design, there are no easy recipes for navigating regulatory requirements when you introduce new products and features in the market. Here are best practice tips to consider to ensure your next hardware product doesn’t get delayed or worse lie dormant for years due to regulatory hold-ups.

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YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 14, 2018

Neglecting adequate investigation is a recipe for disaster no matter what. There are, of course, serious risks involved with utilizing an external service, but that is why proper due diligence is essential to success. Some seasoned public speakers refuse to deliver words other than their own and that, too, is a respectable approach.

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YoungUpstarts

JUNE 24, 2020

Ultimately, the crucial ingredient for a successful remote-working recipe is a culture of connection and creating a better team. A remote workforce culture is about establishing a virtual environment where the team feels connected, taken care of and that their opinions matter. A boom in remote work.

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The Startup Magazine

SEPTEMBER 10, 2020

Trying to apply traditional management techniques to a digital workplace is a recipe for disaster. With such a massive gap between the world returning to normal (if it ever does, that is) means that leaders will need to adapt their digital leadership skills to a more connected office.

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Up and Running

AUGUST 27, 2015

The recipe for startup marketing success: 1. And that is also a matter of defining identity, target, and business offering (IMO), plus figuring out what to actually do, as in marketing activities (also called marketing mix) such as social media, advertising, media relations, and all the rest. Set the target.

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