Hearpreneur

JANUARY 19, 2022

We asked entrepreneurs and business owners about the pivot they are making as a result of the pandemic and here are the responses: #1- Social media marketing. While this means we'll have to take on more responsibility, it also means we'll have more financial flexibility in the event of setbacks. 11- Paying attention to metrics.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 7, 2020

Although his focus is naturally on bigger companies, I contend that his recommended strategies apply equally well to entrepreneurs and startups: Demand a mindset of deep thinking for the long term. Overtly connect every operational problem to your strategy, rather than putting strategy on a different plane and making it only an annual event.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 20, 2020

As I was watching the investor show, Shark Tank , on TV the other night, I was struck by how quickly and how extensively the sharks focused on the background and character of the entrepreneurs, compared to time spent evaluating their products. Today’s world of business is highly driven by social issues and environmental concerns.

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SoCal CTO

FEBRUARY 23, 2007

skip to main | skip to sidebar SoCal CTO Friday, February 23, 2007 Events and Networking in Los Angeles One of the issues I discussed in Innovation and Geography was that the geography and traffic in Los Angeles generally makes it more difficult for networking. He is a frequent speaker at industry and academic events.

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The Startup Magazine

MARCH 24, 2024

It is a quantified metric that focuses on the speed of turning prospects into customers. This way, B2B entrepreneurs can experience increased visibility, attract a more targeted audience, and generate high-quality leads that are more likely to convert, thereby speeding up the pipeline. rank higher in search engine results.

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Hearpreneur

FEBRUARY 13, 2022

We asked entrepreneurs and business owners about the future trends they see in their industry and here are the responses. #1- Experiential marketing campaigns, such as live streaming of events, may attract a big audience to a business. We've also seen extensive use of technology and increased remote working. Photo Credit: Shad Elia.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 3, 2020

One obvious alternative is to become an entrepreneur. As a mentor to many aspiring entrepreneurs, I’m often asked what it takes to switch and get real satisfaction from this lifestyle. In fact, Mehta focuses on a special class of entrepreneurs that he calls disruptors. Be prepared to experiment.

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SoCal CTO

NOVEMBER 10, 2009

He has a really interesting background as a product manager and now an entrepreneur. On the one hand, an entrepreneur should not be overly paranoid and should know the ropes that VCs and other professional investors generally will not sign NDAs to see the concept or a prototype--and even if they did, it would not provide much protection.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 20, 2019

Changes in your organization’s core performance metrics. If one metric changes, it may not be significant, but someone needs to monitor whole categories for fluctuations that may be a weak signal. Broad disruptive events. New entrepreneurs are notoriously great at capitalizing on new opportunities, both weak and strong.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 30, 2021

The recent pandemic was a strong signal for change, and I see most of you entrepreneurs and business owners responding to the business changes required and new opportunities presented. Establish and evaluate metrics at multiple levels. Investigate broader implications of disruptive events.

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Up and Running

MAY 12, 2020

While many traditional jobs still can’t function remotely, or have difficulty adjusting, many entrepreneurs have found success in starting a business from home. Establish milestones and metrics for your business plan. To make your business plan work for you, you’ll want to incorporate milestones and metrics from the start.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 26, 2022

One alternative is to become an entrepreneur. As a mentor to many aspiring entrepreneurs, I’m often asked what it takes to get satisfaction from this lifestyle. In fact, Mehta focuses on a special class of entrepreneurs that he calls disruptors. Put it behind you by setting your own realistic metrics for success and happiness.

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Startup Lessons Learned

JANUARY 18, 2010

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Monday, January 18, 2010 Case Study: Continuous deployment makes releases non-events The following is a case study of one entrepreneurs transition from a traditional development cycle to continuous deployment. I also identified a set of events that would indicate something terribly going wrong (e.g.

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Startup Lessons Learned

MARCH 6, 2013

Luckily, in a room full of entrepreneurs, plenty of new businesses popped up to bring people food and water. (If I've embedded the flyer for the event below, but the best way to see what we're doing is on the conference website - which we try to keep up-to-date with the inevitable flurry of last-minute changes. See you there!

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 18, 2023

Once an entrepreneur, always an entrepreneur. Although many won’t admit it, true entrepreneurs can’t wait to exit their current startup, and build a new and better one with their next great idea. New startup founders keep all the operating metrics they need in their head. Set your startup health gauges and use them.

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ReadWriteStart

JULY 7, 2021

Why is an Uber for courier app a viable business idea for entrepreneurs? The entrepreneurs can reduce their operational costs significantly – by utilizing advanced technologies like autonomous vehicles, drones, and robots for courier delivery. How can entrepreneurs launch their courier delivery business with resounding success?

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 21, 2023

Of course, that has be a repeatable event, with enough revenue to sustain the business. So what should an entrepreneur do to convince themselves, as well as potential investors, that they have a viable business model before it is totally proven? No matter how good your cause, it takes real money to sustain a business.

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Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 5, 2018

Most entrepreneurs today don’t remember the Dot-Com bubble of 1995 or the Dot-Com crash that followed in 2000. Tech IPO prices exploded and subsequent trading prices rose to dizzying heights as the stock prices became disconnected from the traditional metrics of revenue and profits. It’s the antithesis of the Lean Startup.

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Startup Lessons Learned

JULY 5, 2010

The Entrepreneur’s Guide is an easy read. While the customer development framework of Four Steps is universally relevant, The Entrepreneur’s Guide updates its practices for modern startups. Many “airport business books&# urge entrepreneurs to never give in. I think theyve succeeded. In fact, they probably will.

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The Startup Magazine

MARCH 31, 2023

Whether you’re a new entrepreneur or a seasoned business owner, there is always time to start implementing these changes. 1. It could include financial management strategies for dealing with economic downturns, changes in market conditions, or unexpected events such as natural disasters. 4. Monitor finances.

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Startup Lessons Learned

JANUARY 15, 2010

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Friday, January 15, 2010 Two Ways to Hold Entrepreneurs Accountable (for Harvard Business Review) The next part in the series I am writing for Harvard Business Review is online. This time, Im discussing the challenge for corporate CFOs and VCs alike in holding entrepreneurs accountable. Read the rest here.

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VC Cafe

JUNE 6, 2024

It’s not a surprise, given that entrepreneurs are obsessed with data and metrics, but in the conservative VC market of 2024, it feels even more important for founders to know what ‘good’ looks like and what investors expect. Metric Unremarkable Good Excellent Outlier ARR <$500k $500k-$1.5m $1.5m-$2.5m >$2.5m

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 28, 2020

As a new business advisor, I hear facts all the time about how hard an entrepreneur is working, but often have a hard time getting them to quantify results. Even you as the entrepreneur, who may not be getting paid at all, are tricked into thinking that if you had more hours, you could get better results.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 20, 2022

Changes in your organization’s core performance metrics. If one metric changes, it may not be significant, but someone needs to monitor whole categories for fluctuations that may be a weak signal. Broad disruptive events. New entrepreneurs are notoriously great at capitalizing on new opportunities, both weak and strong.

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Startup Lessons Learned

NOVEMBER 20, 2014

Talk descriptions, speakers, workshops, evening events, Ignite, Office Hours…but we’re getting a little ahead of ourselves. Returning participants will find new speakers, fresh ideas, more options to meet other entrepreneurs, and special sessions for advanced practitioners. But other than that, it’s all there. Office Hours.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 9, 2021

Once an entrepreneur, always an entrepreneur. Although many won’t admit it, true entrepreneurs can’t wait to exit their current startup, and build a new and better one with their next great idea. New startup founders keep all the operating metrics they need in their head. Set your startup health gauges and use them.

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ConversionXL

NOVEMBER 25, 2020

Key metrics: Average View Duration, Click Through Rate, & Views 3. Refine titles, thumbnails, and content to increase those metrics — Eric Bandholz (@bandholz) November 24, 2020. Key metrics (90% of your focus). The wonderful thing about YouTube is that they have specific metrics to help you hit the above strategy.

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Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 16, 2009

I was in New York last week with my class at Columbia University and several events made me realize that the Customer Development model needs to better describe its fit with web-based businesses. What metrics do we use to see if we learned enough in Customer Discovery ?

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 22, 2021

Of course, that has be a repeatable event, with enough revenue to sustain the business. So what should an entrepreneur do to convince themselves, as well as potential investors, that they have a viable business model before it is totally proven? No matter how good your cause, it takes real money to sustain a business.

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www.forentrepreneurs.com

FEBRUARY 2, 2010

Blog About Log in Register Startup Killer: the Cost of Customer Acquisition In the many thousands of articles advising entrepreneurs on what they have to focus on to build successful startups, much has been written about three key factors: team, product and market, with particular focus on the importance of product/market fit.

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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. Don’t forget seminars and events.

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Duct Tape Marketing

AUGUST 23, 2023

He is an entrepreneur, podcast host, and community builder. He's an entrepreneur, podcast host and community builder. Lobo, Lloyed Lobo (01:38): A great entrepreneur once told me that you got to do things to stand out, right? It's as simple as that, and that is what metrics are to me. Let's get started. (00:30):

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Steve Blank

JANUARY 22, 2014

Part 1: Bend, Oregon Ecosystem and Entrepreneurs. Few entrepreneurs find this scalable and repeatable business model because it’s not easy. This has changed the way entrepreneurs think about building their startups and how investors should look at them. Part 2: Early-stage Regional Venture Funds. Here’s Part 2 of Dino’s story….

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Austin Startup

AUGUST 19, 2018

Being part of a community means lifting each other up and one easy way you can do that is with your mouse clicks… please take 5 minutes to go and vote for these other Austin entrepreneurs! The Sun Beneath Our Feet: Our Geothermal Future Take 5 minutes to help other Austin entrepreneurs and vote in the SXSW Panel Picker!

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 3, 2021

Based on my own years of experience in startups and big business, and more recently as an angel investor, I often cringe when I see one of you entrepreneurs missing a cue that I have seen work for many before you. A passionate entrepreneur I met a while back had found that a certain algae could be grown cheaply, and could end world hunger.

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Startup Lessons Learned

NOVEMBER 8, 2017

From New York, Philadelphia, and Boston to Los Angeles and San Francisco, entrepreneurs came out to share their enthusiasm -- you really are everywhere. Next stop on the book tour: London. My UK publisher has put together a packed schedule and I can’t wait to talk about The Startup Way across the pond.

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This is going to be BIG.

MAY 6, 2013

Unless you''re a well funded, growth stage company that has lots of hands on deck--tons of instrumentation that easily dumps out pretty charts and metrics, or luxury emenities like, well, time, most entrepreneurs probably feel like they could be doing more productive things than telling their investors what they did last month.

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