Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 25, 2023

New digital technologies, business models, and regulatory rulings are forcing all of us to think outside of our silos and rethink what it means to operate effectively. In many cases, I see leaders lulled into a false sense of complacency by adequate short-term returns, and the pressures of daily operations.

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Up and Running

AUGUST 19, 2021

As more remote teams transition to a hybrid structure, one question at the forefront of many business leaders’ minds is how to maintain high productivity levels both at home and in the office. But hybrid workers can still face barriers to concentration that derail their productivity. . Lead your hybrid team to maximum productivity.

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YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 25, 2018

Today, Mark Attanasio gets to flex his full range of expertise and interests as co-founder and Managing Partner of Hillcrest Merchant Partners, a Toronto-based merchant bank focused on early stage and mid market growth companies. Second, we want to know what’s different in, say, your product or your process or your price or your niche.

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ReadWriteStart

AUGUST 30, 2021

User Interface Design is the core and start of any digital product. Why should you hire a UI UX Development Partner? Therefore, it is important that your site or app can be operated from various devices simultaneously, and a designer knows exactly how to handle it. Make sure that your end product is value for time and money.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 1, 2023

The next default of waiting until later is equally bad, since partners who bow out early will still expect an equal share of that first billion you make later. Value factors include your related product breadth and depth, relationships with thought leaders, key vendors, and large potential customers. Now comes the reality check.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 22, 2021

Every entrepreneur tries to maximize his startup growth by building and selling more product and services for the widest geographic area that he can support. Add basic partner contracts or alliances. Too much reliance on growth via contracts and alliances makes you vulnerable to partners’ actions and conflicts of interest.

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Steve Blank

JANUARY 17, 2023

Three types of organizations – Incubators, Accelerators and Venture Studios – have emerged to reduce the risk of early-stage startup failure by helping teams find product/market fit and raise initial capital. He had a track record of taking small teams and growing them into successful product lines.

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ConversionXL

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

Product marketing is today’s most critical marketing function. The best way to think about it: product marketing is strategy. Product marketers work to understand the market and what motivates customers. They determine what attributes the product needs to win against the competition. Start with product features.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 2, 2015

I can’t tell you how many people have thanked me for this advice and say their productivity increased exponentially. It freed up Ophir to grow out our sales organization, to work more closely with agencies, to innovate on product and to raise capital. This is all about “leverage” which is the key to success.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 9, 2020

The next default of waiting until later is equally bad, since partners who bow out early will still expect an equal share of that first billion you make later. Value factors include your related product breadth and depth, relationships with thought leaders, key vendors, and large potential customers. Now comes the reality check.

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YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 2, 2014

Green ketchup, bottled water for pets, airport security “action figures”, yogurt shampoo – there have been some pretty epic product failures over the years. However the reality is that a significant majority of products don’t succeed. An estimated 75 to 95 percent of new products fail in the marketplace. Google Chromebook.

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The Startup Magazine

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

Having a structured approach ensures that funds are available for both day-to-day operations and long-term growth. For startups, this means being cognizant of how daily operations, from production to marketing, impact finances. It forms the backbone of financial operations, ensuring sustainability and preparedness.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

Investor due diligence on a startup is not a mysterious black art, but is nothing more than a final integrity check on all aspects of your business model, team, product, customers, and plan. Know your partner well before you get married. Marty Zwilling

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The Startup Magazine

FEBRUARY 11, 2022

Hauser Private Equity partnered with the Denver-based private equity firm Revelstoke Capital Partners to make a growth investment in DataLink Fund Solutions, a leading provider of integrated population health management applications. Digital Transformation. with whom they co-invested in the data integrity software company Precisely.

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The Startup Magazine

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

As the world of eCommerce continues to expand, eBay remains a prominent platform for individuals and businesses to sell their products online. By utilising such fulfilment services, eBay sellers can focus on growing their business while leaving the operational aspects to the experts.

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The Startup Magazine

MARCH 16, 2022

Most of them would like to: find global partners or distributors. others want to outsource part of the production process. But finding global partners can be a challenge when you don’t know where to look for them and how to reach them. Size and scope of operations. some want to break into new markets.

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View from Seed

APRIL 6, 2021

You have 4-6 years of professional experience as a technology operator, founder, or investor in New York. You have unbounded curiosity for emerging trends, a love for experimentation, and you’re always eager to dive into new products and technologies before others do. You will be based in the NYC office. About NextView.

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Steve Blank

DECEMBER 11, 2020

Joe Felter , Raj Shah and I designed a class to examine the new military systems, operational concepts and doctrines that will emerge from 21st century technologies – Space, Cyber, AI & Machine Learning and Autonomy. The second is a preference for product over strategy. Today’s topic was Organizational Design and Modern War.

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ReadWriteStart

JULY 20, 2023

Pasadena-based company, Collectly, founded by Levon Brutyan and Max Mizotin, aims to revolutionize this payment collection process, helping medical providers streamline operations and improve financial outcomes. On average, medical group partners using Collectly’s platform experienced a remarkable 75% increase in patient collections.

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Duct Tape Marketing

JUNE 1, 2023

Strategies For Successful Product Launches written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing Marketing Podcast with Mary Sheehan In this episode of the Duct Tape Marketing Podcast , I interview Mary Sheehan. She is an accomplished product marketing leader who has held marketing leadership roles at Adobe, Google, and many startups.

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ReadWriteStart

DECEMBER 15, 2022

Industry-specific domain experience becomes critical when identifying operational pain points ripe for transformation. This outside work provides a valuable source of revenue able to be used to fund operations. This provides both valuable experience and an understanding of the operational issues within each sector.

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YoungUpstarts

MAY 7, 2017

Jonmichael Moy (Jon Michael Moy) may be a seasoned veteran of Silicon Valley, but this accomplished, dedicated technology executive with more than seventeen years of experience in management and operations, product and business development and marketing has now brought his talents to Toronto.

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ReadWriteStart

JANUARY 31, 2023

You may have already known about the Shopify marketplace and how it is one of the best platforms to make money by selling your products and services online. Shopify is an ecommerce platform where you can sell products and services to customers and store owners. What’s a Shopify Expert? The marketplace is known as Shopify Experts.

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The Startup Magazine

JANUARY 22, 2024

Similarly, rugged frames and sturdy landing gear reduce risk of breaking during routine operation or minor crashes. Select Globally Renowned Brands Sticking with drone part manufacturers boasting hard-earned global reputations provides the greatest assurance of receiving well-engineered products worth the premium investment.

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The Startup Magazine

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

We engage intimately with businesses and their assets, understanding their operations, aspirations, and the hurdles they face. We recently worked with a retailer who was struggling due to operational inefficiencies, an overly broad and outdated product line, and a burdensome debt structure. ARIF BHALWANI: Sure.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 30, 2020

Get support from credible industry groups and partners. Products that can be easily produced and sold via multiple channels, including the Internet, are more easily scaled world-wide. Minimize permanent hiring and customized operational facilities. Develop a product line and add alternate channels.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

He gives a wealth of practical advice on building a successful technical startup, including some specifics that I like on what constitutes a dream team of partners: The technical guru. You need to have a technical genius on the team to get your startup product off the ground. The operations superstar.

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View from Seed

JULY 6, 2020

You have 4-6 years of professional experience as a technology operator, founder, or investor in New York. You have unbounded curiosity for emerging trends, a love for experimentation, and you’re always eager to dive into new products and technologies before others do. You will be based in the NYC office. About NextView.

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Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

In a regulated market, the government controls how products and services are allowed to enter the market, what prices may be charged, what features the product/service must have, safety of the product, environmental regulations, labor laws, domestic/foreign content, etc. In the U.S. In the U.S. will move the needle.

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Berkonomics

OCTOBER 5, 2023

Since this number is budgeted and pre-authorized, managers tend to focus upon other things such as sales, marketing and product development issues. There is an art to efficient management of a process, whether that is the process of bringing a product to market from R&D to production or developing a new product’s launch program.

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YoungUpstarts

JUNE 16, 2016

These five productivity tools will give you precise, reliable ways to save time daily, for all of your entrepreneurial needs: 1. Host instant conference calls throughout the day as you need; no pre-scheduling or operator assistance is required. Remember having to send countless email attachments to team members, clients and partners?

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ReadWriteStart

JULY 13, 2023

With this new round of funding, Simbe will be able to reach out to more retail partners around the world and spread its message of how AI and robotics can improve the shopping experience for consumers. When compared to rival inventory robot manufacturers, Simbe Robotics stands out for its emphasis on front-of-store operations.

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YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 24, 2020

Make sure there will be a demand for your product. Focus on how your product can help mitigate economic shocks. In 2006, Rustam Gilfanov, together with his partners, opened an international outsourcing IT company in Kyiv. This is what Rustam Gilfanov advises newcomers to pay attention to when preparing a business plan.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 17, 2020

Let’s take a hard look at the key potential weaknesses of a visionary, and the value of an execution-oriented partner, which the authors call an integrator : Staying focused and following through. The organization can’t keep up the pace of change, and soon loses motivation, productivity, and all sense of where they are headed.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 13, 2014

After years of trying to persuade Kara Nortman to become a partner at Upfront Ventures I can officially announce now that she’s joined us effective immediately. It is rare to find somebody who matches exactly what I’m looking for in a partner so when you find it you act: Academic rigor (Princeton undergrad, Stanford MBA).

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YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

by Dr. Debbie Qaqish, ForbesBook author of “From Backroom To Boardroom: Earn Your Seat With Strategic Marketing Operations” and Partner/Chief Strategy Officer of The Pedowitz Group Companies that focus on being customer-centric can position themselves better for success than companies that don’t.

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YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 2, 2020

Starting a profitable video production company business is not a walk in the park; you must win the clients’ trust. Today video production company owners can only earn their clients’ trust by making sure their video production company adheres to some crucial yet straightforward practices. Good Customer Service.

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