Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 25, 2010

This is an updated post from my ongoing series on Startup Advice that I learned from founding two companies. . It is how I learn. I HATE LOSING. I hate it. I really, really, really hate it. It chaps my hide. It rips at my core. I don’t get over it easily. I lose sleep. I fucking hate losing. But I embrace losing.

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A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

FEBRUARY 26, 2019

I don’t like freemium ; I want to learn from people who care enough to pay, not from the 20x more who don’t. I don’t like freemium ; I want to learn from people who care enough to pay, not from the 20x more who don’t. The bad news is, you don’t know ahead of time what that thing will be.

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YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 4, 2019

It’s about quieting the ego so we’re open to learning and we’re focused on continuous improvement and growth. They know that an inflated ego can cause them to make bad decisions and lead the team down the wrong path. ” In fact, it rarely is. Humble leaders don’t assume they have all the answers.

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ConversionXL

SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

On the other, it’s been damaged by concerns over privacy (see The Cambridge Analytica and Facebook scandal ) and fake news. More people than ever are using social sites, which is good news for social media marketers. In the past, it was possible to achieve these goals through promotion and advertising. via Smart Insights ].

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OnlyOnce

SEPTEMBER 15, 2022

Layoffs are bad, but how you handle them makes all the difference in the world. Things are always worse than they look, even when the situation is bad enough to consider layoffs. Short of declaring failure and shutting down your company, laying off employees is the worst thing you may have to do as a startup CEO. It’s not their fault.

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Occam's Razor

APRIL 15, 2019

If you are in the data business – my bread, butter and tofu – you often carry the burden of being the bearer of bad news. A decade ago, data people delivered a lot less bad news because so little could be measured with any degree of confidence. The conversion rate is down 30% at launch. Intelligently analyzed.

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YoungUpstarts

JUNE 26, 2014

As a result, he could rely on his advisors and allies — and in many instances, even his opposition — to tell him the full truth, when he needed to hear it, so that he could make the best decisions for his country. Imagine you’re a pilot. You’re flying at 37,000 feet in the air when you hit some turbulence.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 1, 2016

It’s a new year – 2016. ” But the longer you’ve been around the harder it is for new comers to truly understand what that mission is and over time a sense of purpose can drift. .” Having time to think about “leadership” at most startups feels like a luxury. A Sense of Purpose.

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The Startup Magazine

OCTOBER 2, 2019

In fact, if that one person decides not to attend college on their own free will, for example, most will believe that is not the best decision in this day and age. People expect each other to make a living in the traditional fields of medicine, law, science, and technology. The side hustle is today’s entrepreneur opportunity.

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The Next Web

DECEMBER 21, 2013

So without further ado, I hereby present the three things I’ve learned (or relearned) about leadership from watching “The Walking Dead,” or “How I realized that building a startup is just like surviving a global struggle against flesh-eating zombies.”. Be decisive. During seasons 1 and 2, Rick is a real flip-flopper. Ummmm, what?

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YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 6, 2014

The good news is there are some very specific steps you can take that will start the reaction shifts in your culture. We know how to create engaged, empowered employees because we lived it. Yes, we do. It won’t happen overnight but it will happen. You just have to take the right actions. You just have to take the right actions.

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YoungUpstarts

MARCH 25, 2019

Those that work from home will understand that it’s not so straightforward to roll out of bed in the morning and get stuck into the normal nine to five workday. Working from your bed might seem like a desirable luxury to those who still have to drag themselves into an office five days a week. In reality, this habit isn’t good for you or your work.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 27, 2011

I have adopted the motto “ good judgment comes from experience, but experience comes from bad judgment. “ We need to learn from doing, by trial-and-error. The following are some lessons I learned about early-stage startup marketing. You need some guidelines to make decisions.

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YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 6, 2020

There are lessons to be learned from this current marketing environment. As people get burned out and begin to turn away from the bad news, the media will be looking for ways to change the narrative so they can hang onto their audience share. How should business owners and marketers respond?

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The Next Web

SEPTEMBER 22, 2013

Worried about things that may go wrong or making the wrong decisions? Also, it’s made so many things, like hiring and other decisions, significantly simpler for us, because we can always look to our mission for help.”. Toying around with the idea of starting a company? Alan Johnson , Co-founder of Treehouse.

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Hearpreneur

APRIL 12, 2019

In time, I learned to embrace it because of the flexibility it gives me to dedicate myself to my family and philanthropic initiatives. Being in love is great. Being in love with your business, when you’re an entrepreneur, is even better. Different business owners also have different reason why they love their business. 1- Three things.

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Hearpreneur

MARCH 15, 2019

We started the company with the aim to bring new, affordable electric vehicles to market and showcase our groundbreaking EV technologies in our more high-end, flagship vehicles. During this time, more decisions were being made by the insurance companies and more procedures that I had the expertise to perform were being denied.

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YoungUpstarts

MARCH 2, 2012

As a result, we’ve become a nation of skimmers, reading just enough of just the right amount of information to have at least a loose grasp on what’s going on in our work and personal lives. Well, the good news is that knowing you really want to cultivate this skill is half the battle. It also improves your ability to communicate.

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Hearpreneur

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

Reddit, a popular website for news and discussion, was founded in 2005 by Steve Huffman and Alexis Ohanian. Eventually, Reddit became wildly popular and was bought by Condé Nast, the owner of 20 other brands and media like Vanity Fair, Vogue, and The New Yorker. It can be an improving point for a company or mark its upward trajectory.

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Up and Running

JANUARY 31, 2014

The very top leaders drive bottom-line results for a company because they improve the lives of their employees. The good news is that there are many things you can do to develop an environment that makes people feel genuinely happy and productive. Empower people to make decisions. How do you get your people to perform?

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Hearpreneur

DECEMBER 11, 2020

Every new year brings with it a new form of excitement and anticipation. The reason is that every new year brings about a “newness” for lack of a better term when we are able to start fresh and erase those things that we did bad or things we have been thinking about doing. For us at CEO Blog Nation, we get it.

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Steve Blank

APRIL 4, 2011

Many of them had heard the phrase “product/market fit” before, but now they were living it. The news from customers was not good. The news from customers was not good. Let the real learning begin. The good news was that customers said that their minimum viable product (easily organizing research papers) was correct.

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Start Up Blog

APRIL 11, 2019

It makes sense to think about these now, so that we can consider longer-term career, financial and corporate strategy decisions today. The Energy Internet Emerges: We will be trading energy with each other through a new type of distributed energy grid. So I thought I’d provide some predictions for the world by 2030.

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VC Cafe

DECEMBER 1, 2015

This is a guest post by Libby Kinsey , a former VC with an Msc in Machine Learning from UCL (bio below). Machine Learning and AI are fast becoming ubiquitous in data driven businesses, that is to say, an awful lot of businesses. It’s not uncharted territory? It’s not uncharted territory?—?if Pick and Shovel’ plays.

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Duct Tape Marketing

FEBRUARY 2, 2022

He also has a new book: Brand Naming: The Complete Guide to Creating a Name for Your Company, Product, or Service. He also has a new book: Brand Naming: The Complete Guide to Creating a Name for Your Company, Product, or Service. Look, if you work in sales, wanna learn how to sell or just peek at the latest sales news.

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Startup Lessons Learned

DECEMBER 23, 2009

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Wednesday, December 23, 2009 Why vanity metrics are dangerous In a previous post, I defined two kinds of metrics: vanity metrics and actionable metrics. In that post, I took it for granted that vanity metrics are bad for you, and focused on techniques for creating and learning from actionable metrics.

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Steve Blank

APRIL 12, 2010

At a board meeting last week I watched as the young startup CEO delivered bad news. A few investors suggested he add new product features, others suggested firing the VP of Sales. Startups are the search to find order in chaos. Steve Blank. Our current plan isn’t working. We can’t scale the company. And a lot more interesting.

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YoungUpstarts

APRIL 7, 2020

Don’t make rash decisions — but also don’t leave things to chance. They’d rather hear the truth, even if it’s bad news, than live in uncertainty. Everyone is feeling more than a little fear and anxiety about the future. We have employees, coworkers, and customers to consider as well.

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ConversionXL

MARCH 19, 2020

A focus on cost cutting—every decision is viewed through a loss-minimization lens. It can also keep your employees employed or help you retain your job—a modicum of security in uncertain times. We don’t have to go back far to find another period of economic disarray. Still, no one knows how this one will play out. Promotion. Pragmatic.

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YoungUpstarts

APRIL 6, 2020

by Howard Tiersky, co-author of “ Impactful Online Meetings: How to Run Polished Virtual Working Sessions That are Engaging and Effective “ Working from home (or WFH) is quickly becoming “the new normal.” The good news is that well-run online meetings can be extremely powerful. Make it easy to participate.

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The Startup Magazine

OCTOBER 25, 2021

This article will feature five best banking tips for young investors to get started in making wise financial decisions. For others who have difficulty holding themselves back from spending more than what they should, it’s time to learn the art of delayed gratification. Learn Where Your Money Goes. Practice Self-Control.

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YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 16, 2013

Sure, I’m learning a lot in business school, but I don’t think I have the “entrepreneurship gene.”. Sure, I’m learning a lot in business school, but I don’t think I have the “entrepreneurship gene.”. I could never do what they did , you think. Maybe it will sell; maybe it won’t! Always ask yourself, How would I like this?

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YoungUpstarts

MAY 23, 2013

Yes, the inhabitants of your corner of the concrete jungle might be confusing activity with productivity — but the good news is, you can help them adapt. They prevent best-practice ideas from getting to decision makers, and they rarely align performances with expectations. This place is a jungle. Meetings are happening.

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Hearpreneur

JUNE 11, 2021

Thanks to Christine Franklyn, The Good Living Network ! #2-Recognizing When the going gets rough in business, you’ll need motivation to keep moving. Motivating yourself can be hard but practicing consistent habits such as reminding yourself of why you started can be a major boost. 1- Gratitude. 2-Recognizing the blessings. 5- Two tips.

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ConversionXL

MARCH 29, 2017

Yet, marketing teams continue to make decisions based on what has worked in the past, what has worked for other people and what appears to be working for competitors. Decisions about what actions to take, when to take them, and how much money to spend are made in the blind or based on what may have worked historically.” (via

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YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 2, 2018

New technology makes its way into our lives and businesses faster every year. These four areas have been in conversations – and the news – recently and will continue to be hot topics in the coming months. Any organization with customers or members in the EU will need to be compliant with the new rules.

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ConversionXL

MARCH 31, 2021

Customer interviews allow you to uncover: Why they decided to do business with you; Why they love working with you; What other challenges they have in their business; Where they go for new information. Your customers can provide you with pain-points to write about, as well as success stories to attract new clients.

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