Reid Hoffman

MARCH 23, 2021

Despite this large impact, the techniques of decision-making are often overlooked. Entrepreneurs and executives will do all sorts of things to improve themselves, from taking a class on a particular technology, to reading a book about venture deals, to practicing intermittent fasting. This is especially true for repeat entrepreneurs.

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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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YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 3, 2019

A business plan is an essential tool for any entrepreneur looking to start their own company. You should consider hiring a lawyer to provide you with expert advice and guidance if you’re unsure of the processes to follow when setting up a company. Step 2: Understand the legal requirements. Register your business name.

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Small Business Force

JUNE 18, 2017

While all entrepreneurs want to grow their business, growth is not inevitable. Because you were successful in getting to a particular level of revenue or profit for one year doesn’t mean that beating it (or even meeting it) the following year is a given. And just as often, elusive. What got you here, won’t get you there.

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crowdSPRING Blog

NOVEMBER 23, 2012

6 Ways You Can Improve Churn Rate and Increase Revenue | KISSmetrics blog - [link]. 3 mistakes I made as a young entrepreneur – [link]. 6 Ways You Can Improve Churn Rate and Increase Revenue | KISSmetrics blog - [link]. HomeAway Co-Founder: Why I Hire Failures – [link]. And plenty of bacon for everyone!

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Hearpreneur

JANUARY 7, 2017

We asked some entrepreneurs and business owners, why they started their businesses: #1 – I Have a Dream. No matter if the business is a Goliath like Wal-Mart, or a local business owned by a couple or family, the business has roots in an idea. Each story is different though the reasons may be the same. I wish I had done this years ago.

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OnlyOnce

MARCH 14, 2011

I share the column with my colleagues Jack Sinclair and George Bilbrey and we cover how to approach the business of email marketing, thoughts on the future of email and other digital technologies, and more general articles on company-building in the online industry – all from the perspective of an entrepreneur. By George Bilbrey.

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Hearpreneur

OCTOBER 1, 2016

No matter if the business is a Goliath like Wal-Mart, or a local business owned by a couple or family, the business has roots in an idea. For each business owner, the story of their journey can range from monetary needs or the passion for a unique project. Each story is different though the reasons may remain the same. 1 – A Personal Project.

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Growthink Blog

APRIL 29, 2012

Branson, on the other hand, delegates a ton; how else could he manage nearly 50 companies at once? But a natural question arises for entrepreneurs with regards to delegating. He used to shout at employees that made mistakes. He did not delegate much, and broke all the rules I believe in. Somehow it worked for him.

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Up and Running

AUGUST 28, 2018

Financial summary: Explain your business model, startup costs, revenues, and liabilities to the company. Or maybe you hope to expand your services to underserved areas or specific populations based on your expertise. There are a few different types of business plans , depending on how you intend to use it. Mention your funding needs.

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Reid Hoffman

MAY 18, 2021

Not only do we discuss why I think games are so valuable for entrepreneurs, we take an in-depth, geeky look at the specific games that impacted my life. You’re not just handed a situation with a clear set of choices, like a Harvard Business School case study. I love games, and I love talking about them. WHY GAMES ARE SERIOUS STRATEGY.

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Startup Lessons Learned

FEBRUARY 20, 2009

There are many techniques for controlling these batches, ranging from the tiny batches needed for continuous deployment to more traditional branch-based development, where all of the code from multiple developers working for weeks or months is batched up and integrated together. For software, the easiest batch to see is code. I dont think so.

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Ben's Blog

APRIL 1, 2011

Organizational design, process design, metrics, hiring and firing were all relatively straightforward skills to master compared to keeping my mind in check. At risk of violating the sacred rule, I will attempt to describe the condition and prescribe some techniques that helped me. It’s f@#ked up when your mind’s playin’ tricks on ya.

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Startup Lessons Learned

JUNE 15, 2009

As a consumer internet company with millions of customers, it may seem to have little relevancy for an enterprise software company with only a handful of potential customers, or a computer security company whose customers demand a rigorous audit before accepting a new release. On the other hand, an extreme position is much easier to defend.

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Duct Tape Marketing

APRIL 27, 2023

02:15] What’s a typical day of turns for an entrepreneur? [03:25] He is the co-founder of McKee Wallwork, a nationally recognized marketing advisory firm that made the Inc. Whether it is a big decision or a small one, it can change the direction of our business and is crucial to reflect on past turns/decisions and learn from them.

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www.forentrepreneurs.com

FEBRUARY 2, 2010

In a follow up post, I will use this technique to walk through the design of a set of metrics for a SaaS company. The company has just missed its quarterly revenue forecast. Lets take an example, and look at how they might do this: They will be able to tell you that revenue is composed of deals.

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Reid Hoffman

MARCH 19, 2019

Tim O’Reilly’s recent article, “ The fundamental problem with Silicon Valley’s favorite growth strategy ,” makes an impassioned argument that the ideas in our book, Blitzscaling , encourage entrepreneurs to behave in ways that are irresponsible or even dangerous in the pursuit of what he characterizes as “runaway growth.”

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Up and Running

JANUARY 24, 2018

Coffee shops can be very attractive options for entrepreneurs interested in entering the competitive food service industry. After all, there seems to be at least one coffee shop on every other corner in busy urban areas, and there’s always someone walking out with a cardboard-wrapped cup of joe in hand. Hire the right people.

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A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

OCTOBER 4, 2017

By which they mean: Without stupid rules that assume employees are dumb or evil, without everything taking ten times longer than it should, without wall-to-wall meetings, without resorting to hiring anything less than the top 1% of the talent pool, and so on. Small companies operate this way by necessity, and it works!

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ConversionXL

SEPTEMBER 28, 2017

Macro conversions are the primary goal of your website, to convert user traffic into revenue. On the other side of the coin, micro conversions are actions a user completes that are either on the path to revenue-generating macro conversions or not directly related to revenue-generation at all. Which metrics are not KPIs?

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Hearpreneur

NOVEMBER 20, 2022

Being in love with your business, when you’re an entrepreneur, is even better. Although there are days when tossing in your hat seems like a viable option, remembering how much you love your “job” can quickly snap an entrepreneur out of that mentality. Helping others is the thing I love most about being an entrepreneur.

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Reid Hoffman

JANUARY 26, 2021

One common mistake is for entrepreneurs to simply select whichever venture capital firm is offering the highest valuation. As an entrepreneur, the basic question you must ask yourself is whether the prospective board member can help you achieve the upside – and also manage the downside. HOW SHOULD I SELECT MY BOARD MEMBERS?

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Up and Running

APRIL 6, 2016

spa industry recorded more than 160 million visits, an increase of almost 16 percent from the previous year, with total revenues of $12.8 By 2013, the number of annual spa visits had increased to 164 million, with total revenues of $14.7 The reason is simple: When times get tough, the need for stress relief increases. Ear piercing.

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A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

AUGUST 28, 2012

Regretful Pricer asks: Can you recommend any good price negotiation approaches with the existing customers? My service has greatly improved as times goes, but the rate is still ~30-50% lower than other companies are charging for the same thing. Can you communicate this clearly? And if so, what will happen? ” That’s exactly why it works.

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Entrepreneurs-Journey.com by Yaro Starak

JULY 5, 2011

They really should have hired my advice and saved themselves the headache. I’m sure this is not the exact name for this technique, but it simply involves knocking a few pennies off a price to make it look cheaper. Hello there! This article is the second in the series on Maximising Profits with good pricing strategies. and the $19.87

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Entrepreneurs-Journey.com by Yaro Starak

JULY 5, 2011

They really should have hired my advice and saved themselves the headache. I’m sure this is not the exact name for this technique, but it simply involves knocking a few pennies off a price to make it look cheaper. Hello there! This article is the second in the series on Maximising Profits with good pricing strategies. and the $19.87

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SoCal CTO

DECEMBER 1, 2010

How to Take Down Facebook -- Hint: It Ain't Twitter. (aka: aka: An Open Letter to the Next Big Social Network) - 500 Hats , November 1, 2010 I've held off writing this post for a long time, because I couldn't quite get my head around all the issues. but: Something is Still Missing. Ralph Waldo Emerson. One out of ten of Americans are out of work.

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A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

NOVEMBER 21, 2011

Separate item, actually maintaining that, making sure the data never gets stale, constantly staying in sync, making sure that there are two redundant cycles on the one hand. On the other hand, you are attract activity by the CRM. Why listen? Especially if you don’t normally listen to podcasts? Noel Sequeira from Creative Riot.

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Startup Lessons Learned

JULY 15, 2020

That's why the Corona Initiative is a Public Benefit Corporation--a for-profit company dedicated to the public good that aims to fund its research with its revenues. That's why the Corona Initiative is a Public Benefit Corporation--a for-profit company dedicated to the public good that aims to fund its research with its revenues.

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Steve Blank

JULY 2, 2009

Entrepreneur-in-Residence After SuperMac I had been approached by one of our venture investors to be an entrepreneur in residence (EIR), a Silicon Valley phrase which says one thing but means another. Depending on the size of the venture firm they may have one to three EIR’s who stay an average of a year or so.

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crowdSPRING Blog

DECEMBER 13, 2018

Ramon Ray , a successful entrepreneur, speaker, best selling author, and one of the country’s top small business experts, meets with thousands of small business owners every year. This is the most comprehensive guide online to creating a strong brand identity for your business or organization in 2019. What is branding? style guide.

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Duct Tape Marketing

SEPTEMBER 20, 2017

Transcript of Tackling the Sales Aspect of Being an Entrepreneur written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing. Every business, every entrepreneur sells. I speak with Jim Brown of SalesTuners, and we talk all about how entrepreneurs can tackle the sales aspect of being an entrepreneur. Back to Podcast.

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Startup Lessons Learned

FEBRUARY 10, 2009

I can personally attest that these guys know what they are talking about; I saw them do it first-hand. It’s also not a new technique here, we’ve been practicing continuous deployment for years; far longer than I’ve been a member of this startup. I will always be full of awe and gratitude for what they accomplished.

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Startup Lessons Learned

JULY 2, 2009

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Thursday, July 2, 2009 How to conduct a Five Whys root cause analysis In the lean startup workshops , we’ve spent a lot of time discussing the technique of Five Whys. Yet it’s helpful to begin by tackling a specific class of problems. Always explicitly identify the person running the meeting.

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Startup Lessons Learned

MAY 1, 2009

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Friday, May 1, 2009 Lean Startup webcast post-game Wow, what an incredible turnout for webcast this morning, right on the heels of a phenomenal crowd at startup2startup last night. Its been a great twelve hours for the lean startup! In a future post, Ill attempt to unpack this definition in detail. What a thrill.

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A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

AUGUST 8, 2012

This is a long episode (1:20), but it’s a conversation that will resonate with a lot of early-stage startup founders. Don’t forget to sign up for the wonderful Business of Software conference to hear Jason speak in person. I think that is a pretty good one-sentence synopsis, but I can give you more information if you’d like.

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Designmantic Blog

MARCH 6, 2018

It is apparent that the United States has the highest performing entrepreneurship, but what is truly amazing is how women contribute the biggest growth in revenue, employment and financial efficiency. Rebekah Radice is an accomplished entrepreneur with a marketing experience of over 20 years. Background Image: Unsplash/Rawpixel.

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