Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 1, 2017

GE made a $4 billion bet on connecting industrial equipment via the Internet of Things (IoT) and analytical software with a suite of products called the “ Predix Cloud ”. Instead of lean innovation programs, there is a mandate to cut $2 billion in expenses by the end of next year, lift profits and raise the dividend. So what happened?

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YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 26, 2020

Alternatively, according to Typelane organizations with a standardized onboarding process experience 62% greater new hire productivity. Centralizing an onboarding group across all departments of an organization will pay huge dividends when bringing on new hires. these are hiccups that stall productivity.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 21, 2019

For years software development worked on a “waterfall model” in which you did research, design, build, test, deploy and then watch how users reacted to your product. Often these projects took 12–18 months so by the time companies shipped product they often found out that the product didn’t meet customer needs.

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The Equity Kicker

DECEMBER 15, 2015

Every day I see improvements in technology helping us to live fuller lives and do more of the things we want to do but Rob and I struggle to reconcile that with the meagre growth and stagnant productivity statistics that he looks at. This is the productivity paradox.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 6, 2013

But not anal if one founder who shares equity graciously with early employees who are treated as “co-founders” My idea startup team is heaving on tech personnel but also has strong product management. Without strong PMs you build crappy products that nobody needs or that real people can’t use. For the wrong reasons.

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David Teten

JANUARY 19, 2021

Similarly, when Flexible VC structures are based off of the founder’s own compensation (often via salary or dividends), investors are specifically tying their returns to the financial success of the founder. Founder Earnings” (Founder Salaries + Dividends + Retained Earnings). Profits, Founder Salaries, and/or Dividends Declared.

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Andrew Payne

FEBRUARY 17, 2020

I don’t tell that story to brag, but to talk about the “10x developer” If you write code at all, you’ve surely heard of the idea there are programmers ten times as productive as others. They’re designing key abstractions that will pay dividends through the life of the project.

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YoungUpstarts

MAY 21, 2018

When both parties share a vision for the business and understand each other’s individual needs, it sparks productive motivation. This includes everything employees need to ensure maximum productivity. Time off decreases stress, boosts productivity and improves work performance. Employee Motivation Ideas for Small Businesses.

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YoungUpstarts

APRIL 17, 2018

Tools such as LinkedIn are obviously useful, but it can also pay dividends to use your network to find potential hires. Not sales, product development, or fundraising. Your internal team creates your external results, such as new products and increased revenues. Unfortunately, we don’t live in a world of perfect rationality.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 13, 2022

This will pay big dividends in getting your favorite project funded, or justifying your own salary, or negotiating a bonus. Maximizing Business Productivity. Productivity is much more than doing everything faster. Can you find it, and do you know how to respond? Business Budgets and Benefits. Job Hunting Basics.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 24, 2017

Most of the guidance you see for entrepreneurs is aimed at those who are selling a product (Apple, Tesla, Xiaomi), or selling a service (Uber, Airbnb, Snapchat). The “product” value is difficult to quantify, the costs are nebulous, and entrepreneurs have to clone themselves to scale the business.

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Duct Tape Marketing

MARCH 6, 2024

John (02:42): So not doing your research and not understanding if there's product market fit, that would be silly failure, right? And that is true whether you're starting a company or developing a new product in a company or going on a blind date, you mitigate the risk. No, nobody wants to fail. Amy (02:50): Right.

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YoungUpstarts

JUNE 11, 2017

Dependent on your business, these marketing efforts may pay dividends in customers remembering your brand or slogan. An effective tool in showing clients what you do or how you can help them, is creating a handy demo with an easy to understand guide on the product or service you offer. Don’t dismiss traditional marketing methods.

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Database Software Review Dividend Social Media 164

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 11, 2022

Getting investors to trust you with their money is always a challenge, and it’s even more difficult in the early stages, where you don’t have a significant revenue stream, a few customers, or maybe even a product yet. Investors are looking to buy a chunk of the business, not the product. Dysfunctional or non-functional team members.

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Agile VC

APRIL 17, 2011

Kayak was started here in my backyard of Boston… co-founder & CTO Paul English and the product/engineering team is based here in Concord MA. 5) High Productivity: Kayak had 148 employees at the end of 2010. liquidation preference, 6% accumulated dividend (1). liquidation preference, 6% accumulated dividend.

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Hearpreneur

AUGUST 20, 2023

. #1- Plan right and strategize Photo Credit: Brian David Crane One piece of advice I used to hear a lot was, “If you build it, they will come” The belief behind that statement was that if you can offer a good service or build a good product with all its bells and whistles, people will buy it. But now it is totally different.

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YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 1, 2017

Reach out to see how they are, and share any improvements you’ve made to your product or service. We always seem most productive right before leaving for a vacation, so why not treat business travel the same way? It takes some time to set up, but the investment pays for itself in dividends. Get ahead on tasks before traveling.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 27, 2022

In fact, there is plenty of evidence that these arrangements, such as with Whole Foods , are easy to implement, and pay big productivity, loyalty, as well as financial dividends. There is no rule in capitalism that employees and other stakeholders can’t equitably share in the returns. Even informal results can be your best advertising.

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YoungUpstarts

APRIL 8, 2015

Whatever the size of your business and whatever your industry, making it possible for your customers and marketing prospects to interact with you easily from their mobile devices is going to pay dividends. The Difference Between Apps and Mobile Friendly Sites.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 14, 2020

Getting investors to trust you with their money is always a challenge, and it’s even more difficult in the early stages, where you don’t have a significant revenue stream, a few customers, or maybe even a product yet. Investors are looking to buy a chunk of the business, not the product. Dysfunctional or non-functional team members.

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Due Diligence Intellectual Property Preferred Stock Seed Stage 308

The Startup Magazine

DECEMBER 19, 2020

Not all of us have the mathematical mindset of Newton, but that does not mean that as a nation we are unable to turn a time of quarantine and isolation into one of the most productive and transformational periods of the past decade. There are 2 main types of stocks, dividends and growth stocks.

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Affiliate Stock Dividend Portfolio 178

ConversionXL

JULY 16, 2021

Gumroad , a software that allows content creators to easily sell digital products, gets straight to the point with their unique selling proposition (USP) : They state exactly who their target audience is: creators. Figure out how your product uniquely fits into the market and drive that message home. More on this later.

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YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 1, 2015

With an impressive product lineup of new iPhones, Apple watches, iPads and an all-new Apple TV queued for shipment this week, 2015 is the most successful year of revenue growth for Apple , according to Apple’s CEO Tim Cook. by Lewis Robinson. Google’s Operating System Android.

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Hunter Walker

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Our goal is to develop innovative products and features that help make recruiters jobs easier, emphasizing the importance of humans making decisions in hiring. That third one generally means “Selling” though that can take various forms, such as exiting via IPO, paying themselves a dividend, etc.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 25, 2022

A debt repaid before it is asked for reaps a huge dividend in trust. The monks teach that trust is not a business strategy or tactic; it is the natural by-product of living for a higher purpose. If you make people hound you about a commitment, you have already lost half of your credibility. Communicate, communicate, communicate.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 5, 2020

Yet, in the interest of full disclosure, and an honest intent to save future entrepreneurs some grief and money, I would remind you that starting any business has key dependencies on at least five major elements, including product design and delivery, the right people on the team, adequate funding, a sizable market opportunity, and marketing.

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Board Effect

FEBRUARY 10, 2021

Use a balanced scorecard method to set targets for making improvements and the quality of care, financial accountability, staffing productivity, and staffing engagement. Determine how to dispose of surplus funds-dividend declaration, retained profits, etc.

Technical Review 66

Technical Review Artificial Inteligence Software Review Government 66

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 22, 2020

In the interim, there is no market for the shares, and no dividends or interest. Tie payments to your product or service revenue. Even if you passionately believe that your idea is a winner, it’s smart to remind friends of the historical facts with startups. Make sure the money is discretionary.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 8, 2019

Image via Wikipedia The challenge for all of us in business is to improve competitiveness by improving employee productivity and reducing costs. According to Gartner , one of the biggest drags on productivity is employee engagement, still hovering around 30 percent, and costing our businesses over $450 billion per year.

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Steve Blank

OCTOBER 24, 2016

They are hard to do in a company that excels at products. Visionary CEOs are product and business model centric and extremely customer focused. Visionary CEOs don’t need someone else to demo the company’s key products for them. Services (Cloud, ads, music) have a very different business model. What’s Missing?

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Steve Blank

OCTOBER 24, 2016

They are hard to do in a company that excels at products. Visionary CEOs are product and business model centric and extremely customer focused. Visionary CEOs don’t need someone else to demo the company’s key products for them. Services (Cloud, ads, music) have a very different business model. What’s Missing?

Azure 120

Azure Business Model Cloud Artificial Inteligence 120

YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 12, 2020

There are three main contributors to carbon emissions : aviation, car travel, and animal products. There is a real opportunity to include clean energy technology to capitalize and pay long-term dividends. Global carbon emissions fell by 17% in April 2020, mainly because heavy industry limited production.

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South Africa Africa Dividend Government 264

YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 24, 2020

Employees who skip care stay sicker for a longer period of time and as a result, employers lose worker productivity. Here are 4 reasons why employers need to provide a financial security benefit to their employees as part of their offering. Restore the “benefit” in your health benefit offering.

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NZ Entrepreneur

OCTOBER 30, 2019

Assess employee productivity and processes. You may find you can maximise efficiency by better matching employees’ skills to different areas of the business or increase productivity by allowing team members to have more flexibility in their role.

New Zealand 40

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Hearpreneur

AUGUST 11, 2021

Micro-influencers can recommend your services and products to your target customers, given you’ve thoroughly vetted and chosen relatable micro-influencers to your niche. Thanks to Ben Reynolds, Sure Dividend ! #3- People, not products, will be the next problem for any entrepreneur. Photo Credit: Jeanine Duval.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 28, 2019

In fact, there is plenty of evidence that these arrangements, such as with Whole Foods , are easy to implement, and pay big productivity, loyalty, as well as financial dividends. There is no rule in capitalism that employees and other stakeholders can’t equitably share in the returns. Even informal results can be your best advertising.

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Green Dividend Angel Investor Global 234

YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 21, 2019

Business owners, however small their company, need to be engaged with their remote workers to ensure they’re motivated, productive and feel valued. Are they more productive in the mornings? It’ll motivate them, and they’ll be more productive. Here are three ways you can better engage with your remote employees.

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