Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 30, 2020

Actually, building and nurturing the right team is the hard part, requiring communication, hiring, and leadership. Your leadership skills do not develop without effort. Intellectual property is required for a competitive edge. That first burst of customers via word-of-mouth or a viral video won’t sustain your growth.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 17, 2021

Good business leadership begins with defining both the direction and the destination of your company. From there you need to hone a whole set of skills to survive and prosper, including effective communication, leadership under pressure, and constant adaptation to change. Word-of-mouth and viral are not long-term solutions.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 14, 2016

If you don’t yet have a hundred investors knocking on your door, it’s time to put more focus on viral marketing, closing customers, and exponential growth. Strong intellectual property and defensibility. Patents and other intellectual property are a necessary initial “barrier to entry,” but these are just the beginning.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 1, 2021

There is nothing more inspiring than seeing the results of your mentoring and leadership. Of course, never forget those ongoing perspiration items that seem to haunt you every day: Create intellectual property. Word of mouth advertising and viral marketing cost big bucks these days so budget for it.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 10, 2019

Good business leadership begins with defining both the direction and the destination of your company. From there you need to hone a whole set of skills to survive and prosper, including effective communication, leadership under pressure, and constant adaptation to change. Word-of-mouth and viral are not long-term solutions.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 13, 2017

Good business leadership begins with defining both the direction and the destination of your company. From there you need to hone a whole set of skills to survive and prosper, including effective communication, leadership under pressure, and constant adaptation to change. Word-of-mouth and viral are not long-term solutions.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 23, 2013

Good business leadership begins with defining both the direction and the destination of your company. From there you need to hone a whole set of skills to survive and prosper, including effective communication, leadership under pressure, and constant adaptation to change. Word-of-mouth and viral are not long-term solutions.

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