Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 29, 2021

I’m often surprised when you as an aspiring entrepreneur, looking for investors, tell me your solution is so innovative that you don’t have to worry about differentiating it from competitors, and customers will flock to it without a real marketing campaign. Personalization is the ultimate differentiation.

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YoungUpstarts

JULY 27, 2019

In their busy life entrepreneurs get very less time to sleep, hence it is important for them to know the right type of mattress and sleeping position. This allows us to absorb more oxygen and breathe more deeply, which means we have a restful sleep. Ensure you are sleeping on suitable mattress. There is a mattress for everyone.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 28, 2021

Entrepreneurs who require funding for their startup have long counted on self-accredited high net worth individuals (“angels”) to fill their needs, after friends and family, and before they qualify for institutional investments (“VCs”). Here again, the entrepreneur will be the one hurt most, by having fewer funding sources to access.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 4, 2022

My first advice for new entrepreneurs is to pick a domain that doesn’t have the sky-high up-front development costs, like online web sites and smart phone apps. For the rest of us, the following suggestions will help you survive the valley of death: Accumulate some resources before you start. Apply for contests and business grants.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 26, 2014

Some pundits argue that the E-Myth principle is now outdated, due to the instant access to information via the Internet, pervasive networking via social media, and courses on entrepreneurship at all levels of education. In the interim, I recommend you use social media and the Internet to find your alter-ego. Hence most fail.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 18, 2022

Here are some key insights that I and others have collected for mature company leaders, as well as serial entrepreneurs. New technologies and the power of the Internet can change things almost overnight, so do your homework from scratch on every initiative. I advise working the next one as thoroughly as the first one.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 1, 2011

The Internet has a problem. In non-geek speak this means that there is so much information out there now it’s hard to separate the good stuff from the rest. I like his tagline a lot, “Hunch personalized the Internet.&# Recommendation Slicing. It’s one you know well. Why can’t I have it? Really big.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 8, 2022

In my work with entrepreneurs, I have concluded that finding and communicating that purpose is often more important than the solution offered. You see this today on the Internet with people who dominate social media as “influencers,” leading customers to new trends and brands. Accept a challenge to share a unique gift and skill.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 6, 2019

My first advice for new entrepreneurs is to pick a domain, such as online web sites and smart phone apps, that doesn’t have the sky-high up-front development costs. For the rest of us, the following suggestions will help you survive the valley of death: Accumulate some resources before you start. Apply for contests and business grants.

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Hearpreneur

JANUARY 23, 2022

Often entrepreneurs and business owners create their New Year’s Resolutions around their business. We asked entrepreneurs to share their business goals and what they were looking forward to in 2022. As an entrepreneur, you have the opportunity to use your time and abilities to create the life of your dreams. 12- Boost revenue.

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Hearpreneur

MARCH 21, 2021

We asked some entrepreneurs and business owners, why they started their businesses: #1- To do it for myself. 2- To help entrepreneurs become financially independent. From that acquisition, I knew I needed to let out the entrepreneur spirit that was trapped in me. We met up for coffee a few days later, and the rest is history.

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Hearpreneur

OCTOBER 12, 2022

Here are the various ways entrepreneurs and business owners stay motivated in business. #1- When I step back and take a break, I return rested, recharged, and more motivated to grow my business. I think most entrepreneurs are naturally motivated people. Recalling previous successes motivates me as an entrepreneur.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 9, 2021

Some people even believe that entrepreneurs must be born with the right genes, and no element of education is relevant. In my view, the most effective entrepreneurs are those with a background of an array of real-life experiences, both positive and negative, as well as good academic and coaching activities. Marty Zwilling.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 8, 2015

My first advice for new entrepreneurs is to pick a domain, such as online web sites and smart phone apps, that doesn’t have the sky-high up-front development costs. For the rest of us, the following suggestions will help you survive the valley of death: Accumulate some resources before you start. Apply for contests and business grants.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 17, 2012

Every engineer who has invented some new technology, or is adept at creating solutions, believes that is the hard part, and it should be a short step to take that solution to market as an entrepreneur. Clearly, engineers should think twice before assuming they have an advantage over the rest of us toward being an entrepreneur.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 13, 2021

In my role as mentor to many of you aspiring entrepreneurs, I often find you convinced that all you need to start is a unique innovation or idea , and now you are ready to jump in with both feet and enjoy the ride. Remember that being an entrepreneur is all about starting and running a business, after the initial invention.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 21, 2021

I’ve always wondered if some people are just that much smarter, or what some do that the rest of us can emulate, in order that we too get the best results without working so hard. In my current role as a consultant to entrepreneurs and small business owners, I’ve accumulated my own list of insights on how some people get more done.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 30, 2019

My first advice for new entrepreneurs is to pick a domain that doesn’t have the sky-high up-front development costs, like online web sites and smart phone apps. For the rest of us, the following suggestions will help you survive the valley of death: Accumulate some resources before you start. Apply for contests and business grants.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 21, 2019

Image via Wikipedia From the advice I hear these days, if you want to be a successful entrepreneur, you need to be in Silicon Valley, Boston, New York, or one of the few other financial hubs around the world. What does that mean for the rest of us, who reside or grew up in the thousands of small towns that cover most of the landscape?

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 22, 2010

On why you should be an entrepreneur, “A lot of people do what they have to do. It sort of reminds me of the new generation of innovation that is happening around user-controlled terrestrial & Internet station Jelli.]. The most potent entrepreneur is the one that doesn’t NEED your money.

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Hearpreneur

NOVEMBER 15, 2019

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. We asked some entrepreneurs what they loved about “being their own boss.”. #1-The

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 31, 2020

Most technical entrepreneurs I know demand the discipline of a product specification or plan, and then assume that their great product will drive a great business. Is it any wonder why so few entrepreneurs ever find the professional investors they seek? Yet I’m still often approached by aspiring entrepreneurs who have neither.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 23, 2019

The realm of an entrepreneur is all about change, but in my experience as a mentor to business founders, I hear too much about incremental change, and not enough about revolutionary change. Great entrepreneurs cross industry boundaries to find synergies, and are constantly in learn mode on several fronts.

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Software By Rob

APRIL 13, 2010

Join nearly 6,000 startup entrepreneurs by subscribing to my RSS feed. It’s called Startups for the Rest of Us. I subscribe to about 20 startup podcasts in iTunes, and about 10% of them provide real, practical advice from experienced entrepreneurs. Follow me Startups for the Rest of Us. Regards #2 Rob on 04.26.10

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The Next Web

SEPTEMBER 12, 2013

In the first of a new series talking to tech industry leaders about what shaped them as entrepreneurs and the lessons they’ve learned in their careers, we speak to Netflix co-founder and CEO, Reed Hastings. RH: Well, I never planned to be an entrepreneur. As a kid I never said ‘I want to become an entrepreneur’.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 16, 2017

Entrepreneurs who require funding for their startup have long counted on self-accredited high net worth individuals (“angels”) to fill their needs, after friends and family, and before they qualify for institutional investments (“VCs”). Here again, the entrepreneur will be the one hurt most, by having fewer funding sources to access.

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Up and Running

MARCH 21, 2018

When it comes to being an entrepreneur, establishing a personal brand through a website is critical to success. Everybody and their mom uses the internet to discover new brands, influencers and ultimately to buy new products and services. Here’s the entrepreneur’s guide to getting your first website off the ground.

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Steve Blank

JANUARY 21, 2016

You must also understand the value the product provides customers (along with the rest of your business model.). These topics were the focus of interviews with the latest guests on Entrepreneurs are Everywhere , my radio show on SiriusXM Channel 111 (airing weekly Thursdays at 1 pm Pacific, 4 pm Eastern). Tiffani Bell.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 9, 2021

Every startup fears that one angry and unfair customer who can jeopardize the business by a negative post on Ripoff Report , Yelp , or one of the hundreds of other consumer complaint and review sites on the Internet. You may assert that monitoring the entire Internet space is an impossible problem.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 14, 2023

But, for the rest of us, don’t believe the Silicon Valley myth that all you have to do is sketch your million-dollar idea on the back of a napkin, and investors will line up to give you money. An entrepreneur who can’t manage a plan, probably won’t be able to manage the new business.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 9, 2014

Entrepreneurs who require funding for their startup have long counted on self-accredited high net worth individuals (“angels”) to fill their needs, after friends and family, and before they qualify for institutional investments (“VCs”). Here again, the entrepreneur will be the one hurt most, by having fewer funding sources to access.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 26, 2013

Some pundits argue that the E-Myth principle is now out-dated, due to the instant access to information via the Internet, pervasive networking via social media, and courses on entrepreneurship at all levels of education. In the interim, I recommend you use social media and the Internet to find your alter-ego. Hence most fail.

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The Next Web

JULY 20, 2013

They speak about how they love to help entrepreneurs build successful companies, yet when I ask them to give me feedback on my business plan or idea, they usually don’t even bother writing me back. Yes, it is true that some entrepreneurs either don’t receive a response or get a pre-made template. VCs are arrogant. VCs are cowards.

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Austin Startup

AUGUST 7, 2017

The Dallas Entrepreneur Center (The DEC) is welcoming us to Dallas at the West End and soon the other locations such as Addison and Denton. By leveraging the strengths of different entrepreneurial ecosystems, we can make Texas the best state for startups and entrepreneurs in the US.”

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Startup Lessons Learned

JULY 5, 2010

The Entrepreneur’s Guide is an easy read. You can easily take from it whatever makes sense for your business, and leave the rest. While the customer development framework of Four Steps is universally relevant, The Entrepreneur’s Guide updates its practices for modern startups. I think theyve succeeded.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 25, 2013

Every engineer who has invented some new technology, or is adept at creating solutions, believes that is the hard part, and it should be a short step to take that solution to market as an entrepreneur. Clearly, engineers should think twice before assuming they have an advantage over the rest of us toward being an entrepreneur.

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Steve Blank

MAY 29, 2011

A big piece of the solution lies in the scalable impact of entrepreneurship and an increase of successful entrepreneurs. Max continued, “That’s why I’m really interested in ways of optimizing the entrepreneurship ecosystem to allow more entrepreneurs to go from idea to reality. I was feeling pretty old.

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