Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 29, 2013

Entrepreneurs often get the advice from their lawyers and friends to always get a Non-Disclosure Agreements (NDA or CDA) signed before disclosing anything about their new venture. I recommend a mutual non-disclosure, with a non-compete clause, for protection in both directions. Who is right? Prior to patent application.

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Start Up Blog

APRIL 11, 2019

Fossil fuels won’t be able to compete on cost. Climate Issues Will Re-Globalise: We will only become a truly global community when climate catastrophe demands it. Freelancers Overtake Employees: There will be more freelance workers selling their time and skills on projects for companies than people who are full-time employees.

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Up and Running

NOVEMBER 19, 2018

What’s a non-emergency medical transportation business? The demand for safe and reliable public transportation for people with medical issues and disabilities, particularly in rural communities, continues to grow at remarkable rates. Vehicle licensing is another primary element of the non-emergency medical transportation industry.

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YoungUpstarts

MARCH 29, 2016

Non-cyber security small-to-medium sized businesses are focused on creating value around their core competency, not cyber security. According to Michael Brown, CEO at Symantec , “The demand for the (cybersecurity) workforce is expected to rise to 6 million (globally) by 2019, with a projected shortfall of 1.5

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Steve Blank

APRIL 14, 2013

For the last few years, there really hasn’t been a demand to innovate on top of the ecosystem that’s been built. If you’re a software startup competing in China, the words that come to mind are “ruthless and relentless.” company setting up some subsidiary here and expecting them to compete while they were following U.S.

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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. and we were met with weak demand, slow growth and high costs.

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YoungUpstarts

MAY 4, 2016

For a firm to become truly innovative, Gary Hamel and Nancy Tennant suggest in their recent Harvard Business Review article all employees should be taught to think like innovators. Over that period of time, market forces demand innovation to ensure survival. Leveraging Embedded Competencies.

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YoungUpstarts

FEBRUARY 8, 2013

When clients, vendors, and even employees are on the other side of the world, it’s not economically feasible to hop on a plane every time a meeting is needed. Plus, visiting someone repeatedly over a period of time can also provide valuable non-verbal clues to his or her values and concerns.

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The Startup Magazine

OCTOBER 25, 2021

Much of the COVID-era survival strategy has relied on technological infrastructure, and has demanded new digital literacy across all segments of the organization. For the individual employee, the post-COVID economy can present new barriers to entry. It’s cause for consternation on two ends. Continuous Learning: A Win-Win.

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NZ Entrepreneur

SEPTEMBER 14, 2020

In the findings from our MYOB General Election Snapshot, we saw that ongoing uncertainty around COVID-19 was the leading concern of SME owners and decision-makers, followed by worries about maintaining levels of customer demand and consumer confidence, and fears about their ability to continue to operate. below the baseline.

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Technical Review Software Review Stock Non-Compete 52

Occam's Razor

APRIL 15, 2019

When business performance is non-positive, every employee, at every level, will work super-duper hard to look at every dimension of data to find any semblance of good news (no matter how small). To poke holes in the data/methodology (regardless of the Rationalizer’s analytical competence). To provide context.

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Leadership Non-Compete Analytics Software Review 79

Hearpreneur

DECEMBER 10, 2019

So for the coming year, I have as my main goal to let go and trust that my wonderful, and very competent staff will be able to deliver the same level of quality that I would. 5- Promote employee engagement. I think that the key to running a leading workforce is to ensure that your employees are happy and plan to stick around.

Entrepreneur 126

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ReadWriteStart

AUGUST 28, 2012

This being done in-house means more revenue stays with us, compared to hiring a firm or paying a employee who requires training and possible review process, slowing down the speed of business and still adding a layer of time effort to the management team. Jerry Piscitelli , Portopong LLC. Caitlin McCabe , Real Bullets Branding.

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crowdSPRING Blog

JUNE 5, 2019

The American Institute of Stress estimates that stress costs US Industry roughly $300 billion annually as a result of reduced productivity, missed work, and employee turnover and related training costs, among other factors. If your employees can’t grow, neither can your business. Choose the right employees.

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Leadership Small Business Employee Non-Compete 69

ConversionXL

FEBRUARY 10, 2021

Retailers have proven amazingly resilient in the past year, as they’ve worked through the mass shift to ecommerce and balancing the demands of lockdowns and shifting consumer behavior. There was an overwhelming demand for curbside pickup, so Paige and her team turned their tiny retail space into something closer to a fulfillment center.

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ConversionXL

MARCH 19, 2020

It can also keep your employees employed or help you retain your job—a modicum of security in uncertain times. These companies tend to over rely on reducing the number of employees. If you have the resources, competing may be less expensive during a downturn. But nothing gets better if we stand still. Progressive.

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Up and Running

JULY 26, 2017

Some, on the contrary, say that the modern user is already experiencing app fatigue and that people tend to use just three apps at most , so competing for desktop attention still remains easier. You will have to compete for customer’s attention with other businesses. No hiring or overhead costs for hiring employees.

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Mobile Application Development Web Software Review 81

YoungUpstarts

JUNE 30, 2020

Occupations such as being an insurance lawyer are part of the industry despite working in non-insurance companies. You can consider an advanced diploma or degree to compete favorably among your peers. It will be easier to start an independent insurance firm when you have been an employee in an insurance company.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 7, 2013

Later, when your venture is trying to close on financing, or even going public, that forgotten partner surfaces, demanding their original share. Then they realize that they have talked to many people without signing non-disclosure statements, precluding a patent, or someone else has now beat them to the filing docket.

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YoungUpstarts

FEBRUARY 26, 2018

If you want to be competent in the future, it is not your education, business skills, or expertise that makes you valuable at work. Digitalization and automatisation will replace a lot of employees, but they cannot replace meaningful human connection. This principle will apply at every level – customer, employee, personal, etc.

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Leadership Non-Compete Global Employee 153

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 10, 2012

Later, when your venture is trying to close on financing, or even going public, that forgotten partner surfaces, demanding their original share. Then they realize that they have talked to many people without signing non-disclosure statements, precluding a patent, or someone else has now beat them to the filing docket.

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ReadWriteStart

APRIL 16, 2020

In today’s date, we can see a lot of startups providing identical services and competing with each other, especially in the B2C domain. And here it becomes a tough job for any new player to generate demand for their services or products amidst the already existing crowd. Thus, saving up for future business expansions.

Entrepreneur 148

Entrepreneur Startup Non-Compete B2C 148

ReadWriteStart

AUGUST 28, 2012

This being done in-house means more revenue stays with us, compared to hiring a firm or paying a employee who requires training and possible review process, slowing down the speed of business and still adding a layer of time effort to the management team. Jerry Piscitelli , Portopong LLC 4. Caitlin McCabe , Real Bullets Branding 5.

Technical Review 79

Technical Review Cofounder Founder Software Review 79

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 26, 2014

Digital marketing is simply the move to the digital tools and technologies that most people depend on every day, including smartphones, search engines, tablets, video on demand, and the social media channels like Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, and YouTube. Ryan and Rob “Spider” Graham. How does this solution provide a competitive advantage?

Marketing 253

Marketing Startup Non-Compete B2C 253

YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 2, 2019

Australia is a booming market for small businesses, with many energy providers competing in the domain. They’re offering greater value for money and have a deeper focus on consumer demands. You end up using less of non-renewable energy sources while becoming more efficient in your processes.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 2, 2011

Later, when your venture is trying to close on financing, or even going public, that forgotten partner surfaces, demanding their original share. Then they realize that they have talked to many people without signing non-disclosure statements, precluding a patent, or someone else has now beat them to the filing docket.

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Hearpreneur

DECEMBER 8, 2019

So for the coming year, I have as my main goal to let go and trust that my wonderful, and very competent staff will be able to deliver the same level of quality that I would. 5- Promote employee engagement. I think that the key to running a leading workforce is to ensure that your employees are happy and plan to stick around.

Entrepreneur 62

Entrepreneur Security SEO Community 62

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 17, 2017

70–80% of the costs of most startups are employee costs so what you’re really talking about when a company is unprofitable is that they are growing their staff ahead of their revenue. They hired a biz dev team to work on deals where their product could be embedded in other people’s products as a way to increase customer demand.

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Stock Options Startup Dilution Venture Capital 227

The Startup Magazine

APRIL 23, 2021

It can make future dealings with employees from different departments a smooth ride. This includes verbal and non-verbal communication, straightforward emails, telephonic and face-to-face meetings. Consider educating yourself on these little nuances if you frequently work with non-natives. Be well-informed.

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blog.alinelerner.com

JUNE 21, 2013

As a result, candidates ranged from self-taught college dropouts or associate’s degree holders to PhD holders, ACM winners, MIT/Harvard/Stanford/Caltech students, and Microsoft, Amazon, Facebook, and Google interns and employees with a lot of people in between. What can change, however, is how they do the filtering.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 30, 2016

Believe it or not, even large and mature companies often initiate entrepreneurial efforts inside their own companies, and they look for employees who have the right attributes to make this happen. A reason on the other end of the spectrum would be to de-consolidate non-core functions to live or die on their own merits.

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Non-Compete Startup Salary Acquisition 120

YoungUpstarts

MARCH 22, 2017

Data is integral for understanding your customers, employees, and the efficacy of current and past decisions. Unstructured data – This comprises of non-numeric information, such as those acquired from emails, documents, social media posts, and other text-heavy sources. KPIs here can also include individual employee performance.

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Agile Non-Compete Analytics Social Media 113

YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 10, 2017

There’s a level of non-verbal communication that only the team understands and you can feel the love coming out of the players’ DNA. If a potential employee doesn’t have either one of those traits, we won’t make that hire. Are they ok with average or do they fight and compete to win? Do you find that on great business teams?

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Oregon Cofounder Non-Compete Hiring 150

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 2, 2016

I’m not suggesting that any startup needs to demand perfection, but I do recommend that all learn and follow common business practices from the beginning. Clarify up front the potential for a conflict of interest or violation of a non-compete clause, and confirm the answer in writing. Late surprises lead to lawsuits.

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Intellectual Property Due Diligence Non-Compete Startup 120

YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 11, 2016

Once you’ve negotiated initial prices for inventory orders, make it a point to renegotiate frequently, especially for businesses that underwent through a recent growth surge, something that allows you to demand better pricing from your business partners. This means you can give each employee more of your time and focus.

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mashable.com

NOVEMBER 30, 2010

You can deal directly with full-time or freelance/contracted employees, or you can outsource using local or offshore development firms. Each of these three concepts demands extensive consideration in the specific context of the project and the organization as a whole.

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Software Developers Software Development Software Review Software 79

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 19, 2015

Digital marketing is simply the move to the digital tools and technologies that most people depend on every day, including smartphones, search engines, tablets, video on demand, and the social media channels like Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, and YouTube. Ryan and Rob “Spider” Graham. How does this solution provide a competitive advantage?

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Marketing Non-Compete B2C B2B 120