Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 3, 2018

It may not be as sexy, but starting a new business which builds on an existing technology or business model is usually less risky than introducing that ultimate new disruptive technology. There are many levels of innovation that go beyond copying someone else’s idea, but stop short of pushing the leading edge (bleeding edge). Many of the major business successes started this way.

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YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 3, 2018

by Jeb Blount, author of “ Objections: The Ultimate Guide for Mastering The Art and Science of Getting Past No “ No may be a tiny word, but for salespeople it’s the most dreaded word in the English language. Nothing causes your heart to sink quite like an objection from a prospective customer. This is true not just because it presages a negative impact on your income, but also because it’s incredibly painful to hear.

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Haystack

SEPTEMBER 3, 2018

Sometime within the last 48 hours, I tweeted about a potential test for an investor’s true conviction in a company he or she invests in. Specifically, I wrote: Investment “conviction” is a really overused term. If you want to test it, most investors’ LPAs permit them to invest 10%, in some cases 20%, and for some funds, no restriction, into one startup.

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Hearpreneur

SEPTEMBER 3, 2018

This motivational video is to help CEOs, entrepreneurs and business owners start the week off on the right foot. This world reflects back to you what you expect from it. If you feel this world is against you, it will be against you. Never stop believing. Be open to miracles. We all have the power to become so much than we are. Be on the lookout for new opportunities.

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Speaker: Nick Noreña, Innovation Coach and Advisor, Kromatic

Every startup and innovation project exists within an ecosystem that either helps or hurts that project. As innovation managers, we need to keep a pulse of that ecosystem and make sure we're helping those innovation projects we're managing every step of the way. In this webinar, Nick Noreña will walk through an Innovation Ecosystem Model that he and his team at Kromatic have developed to help investors, heads of product, teachers, and executives understand how they can best support innovation in

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Entrepreneurs-Journey.com by Yaro Starak

SEPTEMBER 3, 2018

Have you ever had these thoughts?… I’m not an expert. I have no formal qualifications. I’ve never studied any official course about this subject. How am I meant to go out there and charge money for my coaching or training products without being an expert? I’ve thought these thoughts too. I remember the first time […]. The post How I Overcame My Fear Of Failure appeared first on Yaro.Blog.

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Scott Edward Walker

SEPTEMBER 3, 2018

To Our Clients & Friends: Welcome to our series “ Helping Entrepreneurs Succeed.” Each week (or two), we share a favorite video clip of a successful entrepreneur, investor or business leader on a variety of topics. This week, we present Sam Altman , the President of Y Combinator and co-chairman of OpenAI. In this interesting recent presentation at Startup School 2018, Sam shares some words of wisdom with respect to how to succeed with a startup, including the following nuggets: “If you ca

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