Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 4, 2015

The key elements of leadership in a company, both individual and organizational, are less tangible, but very critical in setting a market value for investment, acquisition, or going public. In the investment community, these leadership elements are often called “goodwill.” Execution leadership. Leadership brand development.

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Hearpreneur

JUNE 21, 2021

Every leading position in business requires a demonstration of diverse skills and leadership styles. When I hired my first employee I made it a priority to be available, open, and transparent with company decisions, in order to give that employee the clearest guidance on their duties and responsibilities. 3- Accessible.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 31, 2022

Where do you see your fit in this leadership transformation ? If you are interested in advancing your leadership, and achieving more success in this new Internet age, here are some principles to guide your focus: Foster the trend to flat teams versus vertical organizations. Let collaborative leadership mitigate individual biases.

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Hearpreneur

JANUARY 29, 2023

1- Focus on employee well-being Photo Credit: Dr. Joyce Kahng As the digital age continues to evolve, the well-being of employees should remain at the forefront. Employee well-being is an important factor in making sure that companies are running efficiently, and it should always be a top priority.

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The Startup Magazine

JANUARY 9, 2024

Develop agility and adaptability Image credit Having agility in decision-making is a vital aspect of achieving business success. For instance, if you operate in the hospitality industry, keeping up with the latest food and drink trends can help attract more customers and lead to growth.

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The Startup Magazine

OCTOBER 23, 2018

Due to a small work environment, there is very little paperwork involved in startups, especially in agile development. Leadership Development. Leadership skills are abundant in startups since everyone has to pitch in in order for a project to succeed. Adopt an Agile Work Environment. Less Bureaucracy.

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YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 22, 2020

Recent research estimates that one in five employees will have an artificial intelligence (AI) system as their coworker by 2022. As they prepare to roll out their AI solutions, corporate leadership teams must be sure to conduct careful cost-benefit analyses. Conduct Cost-Benefit Analyses.

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YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 6, 2014

by Michael Houlihan and Bonnie Harvey, authors of “ The Entrepreneurial Culture: 23 Ways to Engage and Empower Your Peopl e “ We all know today’s companies need to be more nimble, more innovative, and more entrepreneurial, and that this shift begins with employees. We were able to do so because of their dedicated employees.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 21, 2019

A particularly critical moment is when the founders hand over the leadership to a more managerial regime. A common practice is to hire local employees who know the geographic culture, even though this may well dilute the company culture. The challenge during this phase is to stay innovative and agile. Geographic expansion.

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Steve Blank

JUNE 29, 2009

Filed under: Customer Development , ESL , Technology | Tagged: Steve Blank , Entrepreneurs , ESL « Convergent Technologies: War Story 1 – Selling with Sports Scores A Wilderness of Mirrors » 17 Responses Michael F. Agile Opportunism – Entrepreneurial DNA « Steve Blank (tags: startup) [.]

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Hearpreneur

JUNE 9, 2023

Focusing on products and services that are extremely valuable to your customers is essential as it helps them rely more on you and ensures your business weathers the tough economic times. This strategy is aimed at providing our customers with a variety of options that can accommodate different budget ranges and preferences.

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YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 11, 2020

Virtual sales presentations and customer service. 2020 has taught us that external impacts to business have a substantial effect on an organization’s ability to align employees, connect with customers, and enhance communities. Take the Strategic Leadership Team offsite to do the following. Online product sales.

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The Startup Magazine

MAY 4, 2022

They not only have to create a new product or service that is innovative and appealing to customers, but they also have to do it quickly and efficiently. Employees at all levels should be included. As a result, all employees must be included in the digital transformation process and play their role. Adopt a data-driven strategy.

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Hearpreneur

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

2- It can affect team communication Photo Credit: Andre Oentoro It's hard to qualify employees doing only bare minimum tasks into engaged employees. Their lack of enthusiasm and initiative can poorly affect team communication, achievement, customer satisfaction, and, eventually, company growth.

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Hearpreneur

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

2- It can affect team communication Photo Credit: Andre Oentoro It's hard to qualify employees doing only bare minimum tasks into engaged employees. Their lack of enthusiasm and initiative can poorly affect team communication, achievement, customer satisfaction, and, eventually, company growth.

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Occam's Razor

APRIL 15, 2019

When you do that much stuff, and you can measure almost everything… The result is that our ecosystem of data people are returning a lot more negative data when measuring performance of Marketing, Sales, User Experience and Customer Service. Four Negative Data Leadership Archetypes. Long-term…. : (. Paul Polman.

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Agile VC

JUNE 13, 2019

Embedded Growth From Existing Customers. One of the key features of Chewy’s business is the recurring nature of customer purchases. Chewy now has over 10 million customers, repeat purchases by existing customers account for approximately 90% of their revenue today. Annual Net Sales By Customer Cohort.

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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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Hearpreneur

DECEMBER 29, 2021

When you begin treating your employees as assets rather than expenses, they'll be able to tap into their real potential; this will give both parties a win-win situation because teams want the opportunity to encourage their growth and boost their performance, which means greater productivity from both those working side-by-side at any given moment.

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YoungUpstarts

MAY 9, 2017

Lean is a methodology that can be applied to all disciplines of knowledge work to increase business efficiency, agility, and visibility. Lean is more about aligning your organization’s skills, talents, resources, processes, and strategy with the needs of your customers. Lean Transformations. Top 10 Benefits of Lean.

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Steve Blank

MARCH 31, 2011

Over the last decade we assumed that once we found repeatable methodologies (Agile and Customer Development , Business Model Design) to build early stage ventures, entrepreneurship would become a “science,” and anyone could do it. Entrepreneurial employees are the talented performers who hear the siren song of a founder’s vision.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 23, 2022

Yet, I’m convinced that connected leadership can be learned proactively, as opposed to waiting for painful negative experiences. Here are my suggestions for focus and actions that will build and maintain your connected leadership with any team: Listen and relate to every team member as a person. Of course, listening alone isn't enough.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 18, 2022

Instead of sizing up new opportunities and actively courting every new customer, you start worrying about cutting costs, repeatable processes , and overtaking known competitors. As a consultant, I hate to see you lose that startup focus on innovation, change, and customers. Enable a positive and highly engaged leadership culture.

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Startup Lessons Learned

DECEMBER 14, 2017

Remember your customers, culture, and connections. Instead, ING has adopted a company-wide focus on three Cs: customers, culture, and connection. It’s “creating something really useful for the customer that is solving the need of the customer.” What is the impact that our customers need?

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Steve Blank

AUGUST 31, 2009

The first hint lies in its name; this is a product development model, not a marketing model, not a sales hiring model, not a customer acquisition model, not even a financing model (and we’ll also find that in most cases it’s even a poor model to use to develop a product.) Where Are the Customers? Product Development Diagram 1.

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YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 20, 2017

Rapid changes in technology, shifting customer expectations, disruptive business models, and quickly evolving regulations force organizations to innovate quickly and invest in new lines of business that will fuel future growth. You can also target niche customer groups that you can uniquely please.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

Only a few have found the leadership to continually innovate in the face of change, and the rest are still looking for the recipe or secret. Your people on the customer front lines have the input you need on institutional changes required. Synthesize empathy with customers with new trends.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 25, 2021

Most importantly, you have to deal with customers, and understand their wants and needs. Provide both thought and people leadership. First of all, this requires recognition that leadership is primarily inspiration and trust, rather than giving orders. Demonstrate agility and timeliness in all actions.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 2, 2017

A particularly critical moment is when the founders hand over the leadership to a more managerial regime. A common practice is to hire local employees who know the geographic culture, even though this may well dilute the company culture. The challenge during this phase is to stay innovative and agile. Geographic expansion.

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Hearpreneur

DECEMBER 23, 2020

As a leadership coach, going into 2021, I intend to shift how I acquire new clients to support in their leadership journey as an aspiring or first-time leader. I am looking to reopen offices in a smaller capacity when it is safe to do so and when my employees are comfortable with returning. Photo Credit: Edward Gorbis.

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Duct Tape Marketing

OCTOBER 24, 2018

Transcript of Building Accountable Leadership to Transform Your Business written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing. John Jantsch: You know, leadership might be the hardest job for an entrepreneur. ” What exactly is a leadership contract? Back to Podcast. Transcript. It’s not for the meek.

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Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

The key was the realization that start-ups are not simply smaller versions of large companies, which execute/ exploit known business models, and whose customers, problems, and necessary product features are all “knowns.” Recognizing the need for ambidexterity and building an ambidextrous organization are tests of corporate leadership.

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Hearpreneur

JANUARY 13, 2021

We have taken time as a community and leadership team to reflect and set short and long-term goals and build programs to support and grow member success over time. 2- Consider customer feedback/advice. Our relationships with our customers and their trust in our company is our strongest asset. Photo Credit: Calista Redmond.

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YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 15, 2017

Agile businesses have moved to the cloud because of its scalability, efficiency and reliability, amongst other benefits. The severity of potential damage tends to depend on the sensitivity of the data exposed – something that Equifax customers recently found out about painfully first-hand. So what can organizations do?

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Startup Lessons Learned

MAY 25, 2020

As a veteran of many disasters in which improvising in the moment to meet an immediate need led to innovative solutions, Carl has been impressed by how many businesses, small and large, have reinvented the way they serve their customers during the pandemic. 39:34) Humility in leadership and learning from the mistakes. (42:07)

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 14, 2013

A particularly critical moment is when the founders hand over the leadership to a more managerial regime. A common practice is to hire local employees who know the geographic culture, even though this may well dilute the company culture. The challenge during this phase is to stay innovative and agile. Geographic expansion.

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ConversionXL

JANUARY 18, 2022

Building that connection with customers requires a clear brand strategy to define why you exist and a solid marketing strategy to communicate that purpose with your customers. Getting your brand strategy right is critical to gaining and keeping customer attention. Understanding brand strategy vs. marketing strategy.

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