Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 28, 2011

For the business leaders I know, these priorities almost always include the following: Business agility. Implicit in agility is increased productivity on change initiatives. In today’s world of distributed data, global reach, and powerful incursion technologies, how do I protect my data and my customers’ data? Data security.

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YoungUpstarts

MARCH 9, 2020

by Leonard Callejo, Director of Online Marketing at Cisco Webex. By incorporating solutions for video conferencing and online meetings, HR teams can still conduct a rigorous hiring and training operation during the summer months. He has managed award winning, distributed, remote marketing teams spanning the globe for over 20 years.

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YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 16, 2018

They of course need to be agile and adaptable, but home businesses should still have some formalized planning and structure. A plan also helps to organize the data and ingrains accountability and transparency into the business, which is important even for solo operations. by David Zimmerman, CEO of LC Technology International .

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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. The time to start is now, with all the volatility and change in the market, and customers looking for answers.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 20, 2022

Even if your business is local, like ride sharing, think about the potential for emerging markets in new countries. A series of small market experiments is more effective in finding breakthroughs, as well as surviving the unknowns of a new market. Even if you believe your business is local today, think global for future growth.

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Steve Blank

OCTOBER 24, 2016

Microsoft left the 20 th century owning over 95% of the operating systems that ran on computers (almost all on desktops). These misses weren’t in some tangential markets – missing search, mobile and the cloud were directly where Microsoft users were heading. Yet a very smart CEO missed all of these. What’s Missing?

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Steve Blank

OCTOBER 24, 2016

Microsoft left the 20 th century owning over 95% of the operating systems that ran on computers (almost all on desktops). These misses weren’t in some tangential markets – missing search, mobile and the cloud were directly where Microsoft users were heading. Yet a very smart CEO missed all of these. What’s Missing?

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YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 23, 2018

Some startups are sceptical using cloud based solutions for their operations in the financial sector because they are concerned about security. With the cloud, students can access the information they need all in one place and teachers can distribute assignments with greater ease. Financial sector. Hospitality industry. Real Estate.

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Where to Play

FEBRUARY 5, 2019

That is exactly where the Market Opportunity Navigator comes in handy. Step 1: Generating a Market Opportunity Set. Worksheet 1 – Generating the Market Opportunity Set. It can fly or roll on any surface, and will actually be able to operate in a wide range of temperatures and pressures.

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Gust

SEPTEMBER 16, 2012

For the business leaders I know, these priorities almost always include the following: Business agility. Implicit in agility is increased productivity on change initiatives. In today’s world of distributed data, global reach, and powerful incursion technologies, how do I protect my data and my customers’ data? Data security.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 27, 2022

You may have a brilliant product strategy, but your operational teams seem to fight change, as well as each other, resulting in turf battles and confusion, leading to the internal drama and problems that occupy too much of your time. Specifying roles is seen by the team as distributing power.

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ConversionXL

MAY 22, 2017

You see, the current structure of the modern marketing stack leads to a large amount of data fragmentation. A Brief History of Marketing Technology Software. How their product leaders and CMOs embrace the change adjusting product/marketing strategies based on new technologies. All manual operations. It was 2003.

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Hearpreneur

JANUARY 13, 2021

Throughout the different phases of the pandemic, we have spent even more time with our existing customers and actively sought out their advice on how we can make our platform and services better as this distributed work environment continues. 8-Stay agile. Thanks to Ablorde Ashigbi, 4Degrees ! Photo Credit: Jimmy Chebat.

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Hearpreneur

JANUARY 26, 2022

Thanks to Nicholas Rubright, New Reach Marketing ! #4- Keep making arrangements for a rainy day because markets can flip in a matter of a few hours now. With the current labor market , 2022 is the year in which businesses are going to sink or swim based on their labor retention rates. 13- More social media marketing.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 1, 2021

Retool how your company works and operates today. Practice your agility. If you haven’t changed for several years the way you do common processes, like customer satisfaction surveys, lead generation, and marketing, it’s time to look at the new remote apps and social media platforms for more effective and relevant alternatives.

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Steve Blank

JULY 13, 2021

By the early 1920s a new dean changed the curriculum – shifting it from an industry orientation (steel, railroads, etc.) – to a functional one (marketing, factory and employment management (HR), etc.). Lean-driven (hypothesis testing/business model/customer development/agile engineering). First Case Study-General Shoe.

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Steve Blank

MARCH 31, 2014

Think about this; 7 years ago Nokia owned 50% of the handset market. In fact, it was only 7 years ago that Apple shipped its first iPhone and Google introduced its Android operating system. Fast-forward to today—Apple is the most profitable Smartphone company in the world and in Spain Android commands a market share of more than 90%.

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Steve Blank

JUNE 26, 2015

In the last five years “ Lean Startup ” methodologies have enabled entrepreneurs to efficiently build a startup by searching for product/market fit rather than blindly trying to execute. Here the company executes a known business model (known customers, product features, competitors, pricing, distribution channel, supply chain, etc.)

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YoungUpstarts

JUNE 11, 2015

Giant tech companies like Google, Amazon and Apple all started out in garages or in someone’s basement and now each boast hundreds of billions in market capitalization. These days, it’s not uncommon for companies large and small to be completely distributed, i.e., have a wholly remote workforce.

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Hearpreneur

JANUARY 27, 2021

The thing is, businesses will start to have curated content and feeds to attract more consumers, and introduce their services or product to a larger market. As the world turns into a more digital landscape, being a digital marketer leads me to create more innovative projects that come to life. Being agile, nimble, and quick.

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ConversionXL

MAY 1, 2017

One of the greatest threats to long-term success is when companies aren’t vigilant enough about responding to the changes in their market—whether it’s by failing to spot product or channel fatigue, acknowledge new competition, make needed updates to products or marketing adjustments in a timely fashion, or embrace new technology coming online.

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Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 15, 2008

But by taking advantage of open source, agile software, and iterative development, lean startups can operate with much less waste. So far, I have found "lean startup" works better with the entrepreneurs Ive talked to than "agile startup" or even "extreme startup.") The lean startup is an application of Lean Thinking.

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YoungUpstarts

APRIL 8, 2020

by Leonard Callejo, Director of Online Marketing at Cisco Webex. However, there are a variety of powerful systems available to bridge that gap and ensure you remain connected to the heart of your company’s operations. He has managed award winning, distributed, remote marketing teams spanning the globe for over 20 years.

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Startup Lessons Learned

NOVEMBER 4, 2008

Boyd emphasized the importance of agility in combat: "the key to victory is to be able to create situations wherein one can make appropriate decisions more quickly than ones opponent." Lean startups have the ability to use this commodity stack to lower costs and, more importantly, reduce time to market. Agile software development.

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Steve Blank

MARCH 18, 2011

Dot.com Bubble ( 1995-2000): “ Anything goes” as public markets clamor for ideas, vague promises of future growth, and IPOs happen absent regard for history or profitability. They taught you about customers, markets and profits. With Netscape’s IPO , there was suddenly a public market for companies with limited revenue and no profit.

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Agile VC

APRIL 17, 2011

Last week ZipCar began trading and has a market cap of about $1 billion. 2010 Operating Income: $16 million. Distribution revenue is CPC and CPA. . Kayak generates both distribution (i.e. Quinstreet priced at $15.00/sh sh and debuted on 2/10/10, today they’re at $20.53 (close 4/13/11) an increase of nearly 40%.

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The Startup Magazine

MAY 16, 2019

Many established businesses and startups are embracing this new technology to strengthen their position in the market. Generally, enterprise mobility relies on cloud computing to allow distributed employees to accomplish job tasks regardless of their physical location. Lowered Costs for Operation. Empowered Employees.

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YoungUpstarts

APRIL 25, 2019

It starts with assembling the right team of developers and IT operations into a collaborative DevOps operation. Adding the right tools and automation, teams can design, test, build, and deploy software more agilely. Matt is a seasoned marketer and technologist working with technology powerhouses like SAP and Campaign Monitor.

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YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 14, 2019

Imagine if this sector continued to operate with mom-and-pop stores, where each store served a specific need and sold a specific product? Today, retail is dominated by international giants with powerful supply chains and increasingly digitized distribution systems. Consider the retail industry for comparison.

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YoungUpstarts

JUNE 10, 2018

For manufacturers, this means having the capability to establish fully connected and digitized supply chains where product development, marketing, production, and distribution are all fully connected, thus increasing efficiency and output. One way to do this is to start using digital marketing tools now. Be Updated. Conclusion.

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YoungUpstarts

FEBRUARY 12, 2020

by Leonard Callejo, Director of Online Marketing at Cisco Webex. Marketing automation software. In today’s market, businesses need to employ a combination of inbound and outbound marketing techniques to attract qualified buyers across all channels. Customer relationship management software. Project management tools.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 27, 2010

For the business leaders I know, these priorities almost always include the following: Business agility. Implicit in agility is increased productivity on change initiatives. In today’s world of distributed data, global reach, and powerful incursion technologies, how do I protect my data and my customers’ data? Data security.

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ConversionXL

OCTOBER 14, 2021

You work tirelessly to understand your customer, market, and competition so you can differentiate. Voice-of-customer (VoC) research, user research, competitor research, and insights on jobs-to-be-done (JTBD) can inform your marketing strategy. . Market share. Brand tracking is how you measure if those efforts are paying off.

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Steve Blank

AUGUST 5, 2010

I think you can blame Customer and Agile Development for a small part of it. While individual VC’s inside venture firms specialized in particular domains (PC’s, peripherals, semiconductors, test equipment, operating systems, applications, etc.,) Lean VC’s are expert in on-line distribution, Agile and Customer Development.

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Startup Lessons Learned

JULY 9, 2010

In management jobs related to operations – that is, the people tasked with actually making and distributing physical products – this kind of thinking is now considered ludicrous, thanks to a century of progress. Probably not; it’s much easier to blame the particular person who made the mistakes. Expo SF (May.

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Steve Blank

FEBRUARY 3, 2015

in the snack food market. He believed that he could use the “go-to-market” strategies of other food/beverage disrupters– companies like Pete’s Brewing Company, Boston Beer and Kettle Chips. Their sales had given them some real data on three potential distribution channels: direct to consumer, brick and mortar retail, retailers.

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Startup Lessons Learned

APRIL 14, 2009

Compared to the million-dollar startup, they are operating at micro-scale. Because they have no presence in the market, they have to find distribution channels to bring in customers. Over time, they have found a formula for acquiring, qualifying, and selling customers in the market segments they have targeted.

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