Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 17, 2017

I believe these factors are key to the future success of every new startup, as well as every mature company: Leadership must be values-based and people focused. The command and control leadership of the past is proving to be too inflexible, devoid of values, and not empathic to people issues – customers, employees, and partners.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 16, 2017

Good partners are people who are confident in their own abilities, and willing and able to make decisions, take responsibility for their actions, and able to provide leadership, rather than require leadership. Marty Zwilling First published on Huffington Post on 07/15/2017. All partners have compatible work styles.

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A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

JANUARY 4, 2018

That revenue is in on 75,000 customers, earned through the hard work of 500 employees across six offices on three continents. We’re less than 8 years old so you can do the math on growth rates and figure out that we’re on an elite trajectory. Period, full-stop. And everyone else at WP Engine would tell you the same thing.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 10, 2017

Employees are still too often thought of as a commodity, to be acquired “just in time” for the lowest cost, and managed as a disposable asset. Based on many years of HR leadership at SAP and elsewhere, these authors start by highlighting the risks of not leveraging data analytics. Subjectively measuring employee engagement.

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YoungUpstarts

JULY 30, 2019

For a time, Walmart was making headlines that reported their less-than-stellar treatment of employees and the negative impact their mega-brand’s presence created for small businesses across the country. Walmart’s leadership team realized that their brand was suffering and chose to make a change. Get employee buy-in on your brand.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 21, 2017

Thus I believe that business leaders and entrepreneurs need to focus first on people leadership, rather than process leadership. Process leadership focuses on repeatability and efficiency only. Priority is placed on employee mentoring and coaching. Marty Zwilling First published on Huffington Post on 04/19/2017.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 14, 2017

Sam also had a vision as early as 2012 about how MakeSpace would be a large employer of middle-income jobs: The company would hire employees rather than just have contractors and he would lead the effort to ensure they had opportunities for growth and benefits for their families. We recently added Richard Mumby to our leadership team.

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YoungUpstarts

JUNE 13, 2018

After all, the successful business magnate and investor is the second-wealthiest person in the United States with a net worth of more than $73 billion as of May 2017. Integrity is one essential personal skill Buffett has spoken of seeking out in employees. The Buffett Hiring Philosophy.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 7, 2017

We are living in a new generation of business, where customers drive the experience, and highly engaged employees are required to keep up with customer expectations. Traditional business leadership practices, including autocratic, reactive, and narcissistic, aren’t working. Benton and Kylie Wright-Ford.

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YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 11, 2017

Gaurav Bhalla, CEO of Knowledge Kinetics and author of “ Awakening a Leader’s Soul: Learnings Through Immortal Poems “ New times require new narratives… and leadership is no exception. Here’s just the tip of the iceberg as proof: The 2017 Edelman Global Trust Barometer informs us that “trust in leaders” is in tatters.

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YoungUpstarts

JULY 12, 2018

million hires in 2017. And if qualified candidates and employees request flexible schedules or time off for religious holidays, organizations are required to consider all reasonable accommodations, as long as it doesn’t cause undue hardship or expense. by Jeffrey Frankel, Vice President of Marketing for Traliant. there were 65.3

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Startup Lessons Learned

DECEMBER 14, 2017

Editor’s Note: We wrapped up the 2017 Lean Startup Week in San Francisco just a few weeks ago, and we’re excited to share with you some of the best lessons learned in entrepreneurship and corporate innovation. Instead, employees “were like, ‘Well, I don't know how to give my peer feedback. Second, don’t simply hire your buddies.

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Austin Startup

MAY 7, 2017

The Forrest Four-Cast: May 7, 2017 The strength of the Central Texas technology / startup scene helps SXSW thrive as an epicenter of innovation. Monday, May 8: Grimoire Con 2017 North America This conference shows GrimoireLab updates, use cases and practical workshop/s for developers, community managers, project managers, etc.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 20, 2017

As an angel investor in startups, I often find myself looking harder at the quality of the team and the leadership, than at the details of the product and business model. Marty Zwilling First published on Inc.com on 01/05/2017. Business is more about people than product. percent are "actively disengaged."

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 23, 2017

When the HR executive launches an employee engagement initiative, employees look past his or her shoulder to the CEO for cues that mean “business as usual” or no real commitment. If employees don’t see their leaders stand up and lead by example, employees will feel less engaged—and be less willing to do their best work.

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crowdSPRING Blog

OCTOBER 24, 2014

These posts and videos are about logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! Small Business and Startups: Number One Leadership Skill – crowdspring.co/1CKROUS. Audi has announced the 2017 A8 will be capable of being fully autonomous – crowdspring.co/1wuOYn3.

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ConversionXL

OCTOBER 4, 2017

In 2017, more than half of the world’s web traffic now comes from mobile phones. In our 2017 State of the Industry Report , we interviewed 333 conversion rate optimization professionals in a 26-question survey. We have a name for this leadership style: “HiPPO,” or Highest Paid Person’s Opinion. Paul Rouke, PRWD.

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Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 29, 2016

In an increasingly disruptive 21st century CEO succession has a major impact on a company, its employees and shareholders. However … The Sixth Plenum gave Chinese President Xi Jinping the title of “core” of the leadership. Succession planning was certainly a topic of discussion among the party leadership.

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Version One Ventures

JANUARY 4, 2017

While we’re ready to look ahead and embrace 2017, here’s a quick recap of the major activity across our portfolio last quarter. Matt Munson shared an honest and transparent account of his and Twenty20 ’s journey: How I Burned 10 Million Dollars So You Don’t Have To (An Education in Humility, Humanity, and Leadership). Welcome back!

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The Startup Magazine

AUGUST 26, 2019

In late 2017 we started to hire people, and by March 2018 we had 30 people. Leadership competencies are responsible for the successful use of resources to achieve common goals. Working for an international business, employees can see the world, meet new people, and learn every aspect of the business. We grew quickly.

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Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 29, 2016

In an increasingly disruptive 21st century CEO succession has a major impact on a company, its employees and shareholders. However … The Sixth Plenum gave Chinese President Xi Jinping the title of “core” of the leadership. Succession planning was certainly a topic of discussion among the party leadership.

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Hearpreneur

JANUARY 19, 2018

Based upon the results of recent trips to key cities in the US and overseas, our data shows that business travel is critical to our continued growth and industry leadership. In the UK, we want to build on and beat the levels of growth we saw in 2017. 18- Improve from lessons learnt in 2017. Thanks to Lana Elie, Floom !

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Hearpreneur

APRIL 12, 2019

Everything had potential, but as an employee, my power to act upon the opportunities I saw was limited. I started my Marketing company in the year 2017 and it has been a challenging during the growth phase, but what I enjoy most about it is learning and development. 6- Gaining success for your employees.

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Hearpreneur

JANUARY 7, 2022

This eventually creates animosity and is the worst type of employee to have. I never desired to be that employee, and hence chose to implement my own ideas and do things my own. Then they decided to fire all of the high-paid employees. My main goal is to ensure that my employees live up to this same standard, to serve others.

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Transformify

AUGUST 1, 2019

Mallen served as the Head of Human Resources for Mary Kay Latin America, building a skillset that includes HR strategy, organization design, employee relations, recruiting, compensation and benefits, international assignment services, and employee recognition. Exela is a new brand that exists since 2017.

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YoungUpstarts

APRIL 3, 2018

But from a leadership standpoint, that’s the business equivalent of treading water. Bloomberg’s “ Startup Barometer ” found that by the end of 2017, startups were up by nearly %30 over the past 12 months. The Employees. They need like-minded, high-performing employees. Too many companies didn’t make it. The Customer.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 19, 2017

Here is my summary of the ten top creativity mistakes we both still see too often: Criticize any new idea or employee suggestion. Marty Zwilling First published on Huffington Post on 11/18/2017. A natural human reaction to any new idea is to point out potential weaknesses. Your long-term business survival depends on it.

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Hearpreneur

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

Failing at that business, terminating my employees, and shutting the doors was the most challenging thing I had done. I admire Howard Schultz for using his thinking skills in taking over a company name where he previously worked as an employee. Photo Credit: Ryan Niddel. This included health insurance and making them domestic partners.

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Startup Lessons Learned

MAY 25, 2020

7:01) The importance of both customer and employee experience, brand building, and pivoting to anticipate the new normal that's coming. (9:33) 18:08) Carl's experiences at USAA following Hurricane Harvey's devastating 2017 hit on Texas. (18:21) 39:34) Humility in leadership and learning from the mistakes. (42:07)

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YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 1, 2019

In the annual 2017 Fortune 500 listing, including ten ranked biopharmaceutical companies , not one was led by a female CEO or had a female Chairman of the Board. Employees within our company are encouraged to be themselves, speak up during meetings, and maintain confidence as valuable contributors to our team.

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Hearpreneur

JANUARY 15, 2021

So, I completed a Doctorate in Executive Leadership and combining wisdom and practices from a variety of neurological, scientific, historical, business, and therapeutic experts, I teach leaders. In 2017 we decided to create a new business that was focused on serving the care needs of seniors, we originally named it MySeniorChoices.

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Growthink Blog

JANUARY 4, 2017

A lot of optimistic energy is pulsing through the business and financial markets in these 1st few days of 2017. So let’s all make the business resolution to “try out” a new one of these tools each and every month in 2017 and see what additional marketing, sales, operational and financial efficiencies and improvements we can muster from them.

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The Startup Magazine

MAY 4, 2020

The Remote Leadership Institute reports that 70 percent of managers at Fortune 100 companies have at least one remote team member. They can’t help but conjure the image of employees sitting in front of the TV eating Fritos. One thing managers can do is award gift cards to the highest performing employees every month.

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Jeff Hilimire

SEPTEMBER 7, 2017

Last month was honored to be chosen by the Atlanta Business Chronicle as one of their Most Admired CEOs of 2017. During the process the ABC asked me to do a Q&A on leadership, and I thought I would share the interview: Atlanta Business Chronicle in July named our list of Atlanta’s Most Admired CEOs of 2017.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 8, 2018

In 2017 we began inserting an “Inclusion Clause” into our term sheets because we believe that the culture one establishes at the earliest stages of one’s business will set out the course of how it will grow and develop. We strive to invest in companies that are consciously working to create a diverse leadership team?—?one

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 6, 2017

Employee engagement is a measure of emotional commitment, leading to work focus, which translates to productivity, satisfaction and happiness. Show leadership, transparency, and empathy. The goal must be to eliminate organization silos, flatten hierarchies, and empower employees within projects.

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Scalable Startup

FEBRUARY 1, 2013

The Future of Startups 2013-2017, beginning of a series. Then from a bottoms-up standpoint what you said is exactly right, I think, which is that the new generation of employees grew up on smartphones and tablets and touch and everything, social networking and Twitter and everything else. But they don’t buy servers.

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