Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 4, 2021

Probably every one of you who has a business and a website have been approached through email or personal contact, and asked to spend money on paid search results (appear on the first page of search results, despite low SEO rank). Thus I recommend that you stick with organic search, and use SEO to raise your ranking.

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Steve Blank

APRIL 16, 2020

Here are the steps you can take to get started: Use the customer discovery methodology to search for new careers. Reddit – search for topics of interest. What are ways you might help to strengthen organizations that help those less able and less fortunate? MDDI+QMED – Medical Device and Diagnostic Industry.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 2, 2021

The Wal-Mart home page is customized for each shopper based on location, local weather, and the customer search and purchase history. As a simple example, the Wal-Mart website now shows shoppers more products that they may like, based on previous purchases. Algorithms and data are required to compete.

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The Startup Magazine

JUNE 24, 2025

Google uses this info to decide when to show your business in local searches. And they play a big role in how high you show up in local searches. When someone nearby searches for what you do, you should be front and center. So the more accurate and active your profile, the better your odds of showing up when it counts.

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TechEmpower

OCTOBER 9, 2023

Artificial Intelligence (AI), and particularly Large Language Models (LLMs), have significantly transformed the search engine as we’ve known it. This presents businesses with an opportunity to enhance their search functionalities for both internal and external users.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 17, 2020

Even if the idea sounds unique to you, it’s worth your time to do a few Internet searches using relevant keywords. If you find more than a dozen solutions that loosely match your idea, it may be time to skip that one and try another. Don’t forget to consider customer alternatives, like trains versus airplanes.

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The Startup Magazine

MARCH 19, 2025

It combines website development, search engine optimization, social media marketing, and online reputation management into one cohesive solution. An attorney from a full-service law firm in the Rocky Mountain region posted, “I have been so impressed with how fast Hibu has raised our reviews and gotten [us] higher on Google searches.

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The Startup Magazine

MARCH 9, 2025

They enable companies to offer comprehensive search engine optimization solutions without investing in building their own teams from the ground up. White label SEO also provides anonymity, allowing clients to retain full credit for improvements in their search rankings and online visibility.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 3, 2021

Don’t forget basic Search Engine Optimization (SEO) so search engines improve your ranking. Studies have shown that consumers gauge credibility in large part based on the appeal of the overall visual design, including layout, typography, font size, color schemes, no broken links, and correct language usage.

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The Startup Magazine

JUNE 18, 2025

Of course, one of the most powerful platforms is Google, with every company aiming to be shown on the search engine’s front page and thus maximize their online visibility. How is this achieved? There are many tactics out there, with SEO being one of the most reliable.

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View from Seed

APRIL 6, 2021

Our goal is to conduct a broad and inclusive search for this role. We make fewer investments on a per-partner basis than nearly all seed funds in the country, so we have the bandwidth to take board seats and stand shoulder-to-shoulder with founders at the seed stage to try to make the biggest possible impact. A Final Note.

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VC Cafe

MARCH 16, 2025

Gartner predicted in 2024 that traditional search engine volume could drop 25% by 2026 due to users favoring AI chatbots and virtual agents. Digiday reported conversations with media executives, with one publisher seeing a more than 50% decline in its search referral traffic since AI Overviews rolled out last year.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 25, 2021

Even a patent search won’t uncover work in progress that may be well ahead of you in the business cycle. Investors look for technologies that can spawn a family of products, rolled out over time, for continuous innovation. Experts and market research agree you are first. Truly disruptive technologies carry an extra burden.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 28, 2023

Search, combined with ratings and reviews become key in separating the useful from the rambling. When done well, an organization’s online community can become a competitive advantage. Open microphone: encouraging participation. Everyone and anyone is welcome to contribute through new collaborative tools with no preconditions.

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YoungUpstarts

JUNE 3, 2022

For all online businesses, there are so many other effective search engine optimization strategies beyond on-page SEO. The post 5 Highly Effective Search Engine Optimization Tips Beyond On-Page SEO appeared first on Young Upstarts. Ray Blakney shares some of them.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 8, 2021

With instant low price search, ordering via smart phones, and unfiltered online reviews via Yelp and Foursquare, the advantage today has shifted to companies who can make every experience positive. In the past, competitive advantage was all about economies of scale, advertising power, and service versus price.

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TechEmpower

JULY 24, 2023

Search Does the application include search? Are members contributing content or only system administrators? Dates and Time Zones Does the application need to support multiple time zones? Does it need to convert dates automatically? What content is searchable? How advanced does it need to be?

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The Startup Magazine

JANUARY 30, 2025

Organizations can save time searching for data efficiently in a central location where critical documents, like corporate records and compliance calendars, are organized and easily accessible. Let’s delve into how this innovative technology can be advantageous for enterprises aiming for growth.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 4, 2020

I’m not suggesting executive search firms for every startup position, but national recruiting organizations will get better results. Trying to save costs by seeking resumes on the Internet will result in poor quality candidates, more time required for screening and interviews, and high turnover. Poorly defined and executed hiring process.

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The Startup Magazine

DECEMBER 22, 2024

This integration ensures that everyone in the team has access to up-to-date information, reducing the time spent searching for data or transferring details between departments manually. Real-time updates are another critical advantage of ERP systems.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 11, 2022

The advantage is no time and effort is spent searching and preparing for the other alternatives, and no repayment terms or collateral are required. What options do they have available to them, since they can’t sell a share of the company (no equity investment)? Individual and institutional philanthropy.

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YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 24, 2023

The post Link Building Impact on Search Engine Rankings appeared first on Young Upstarts. When it comes to SEO, link building is an ongoing process that requires effort, resources, and patience to bear fruit.

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Steve Blank

OCTOBER 22, 2024

For example, running Grover’s algorithm on a quantum computer can search unstructured data faster than a classical computer. Grover’s algorithm) require fewer logical qubits for trivial demos but need 1000’s of logical qubits to see an advantage over linear search running on a classical computer. Some algorithms (e.g.,

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

The search for a perfect solution delays progress, hurts morale, and blinds everyone to practical quick solutions which are good enough. This requires challenging all assumptions and reverting to nature to get a root problem cause. Avoid perfectionism – no problems have a perfect solution. The result is unhappy people, making no progress.

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YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

One way to find someone's contact information is to use a people search engine like the True People Search app. The post True People Search: How To Find Someone’s Contact Information appeared first on Young Upstarts. The Internet has made it easier than ever for people to find contact information for others.

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YoungUpstarts

MARCH 3, 2022

Here are some ways to stay motivated while keeping up with the job search. The post How To Keep Up The After Grad Job Search Motivation appeared first on Young Upstarts. It is a daunting task to find a job after graduating college.

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Feld Thoughts

JUNE 13, 2025

I adored his energy, his willingness to debate and keep searching for answers, and his ability to engage deeply with people, even when they challenged every aspect of what he was doing. Oh, and his boisterous and self-depricating personality.

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VC Cafe

MAY 12, 2025

Next-Generation Search Engines with High Compute: Building search engines that leverage significantly more compute to perform deeper analysis, combine recommendation systems with LLMs, and solve problems justifying higher per-search costs.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 7, 2020

On the Internet, I am wary of one more search engine provider, clones of existing social-media sites, and yet another new dating site. Your startup is in a high-failure-rate business sector. These historically have included work-at-home, restaurants, telemarketing and social-service providers. You need a big differentiator in these arenas.

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YoungUpstarts

APRIL 22, 2022

Replace your documents with a more eco and efficient solution in the form of a search engine, says Elizabeth Thede. The post Celebrate The Earth By Replacing Your Paper Stacks With A Search Engine appeared first on Young Upstarts. Look ahead to a post-paper world?

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 29, 2022

It was Tom Peters and Bob Waterman (“ In Search of Excellence ”) who first came up with the “ready-fire-aim” go-to-market strategy. Start with a strategic plan that embodies an iterative launch cycle, with a minimum viable product to a focused and limited domain, and the cost of execution will be low.

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YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 6, 2022

The post How To Enhance The Customer’s Digital Experience From Search To Sale appeared first on Young Upstarts. The customer experience has been revolutionized and improved through digital technology. It presents a tremendous marketing opportunity, argues Christena Garduno.

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The Startup Magazine

AUGUST 26, 2024

Similarly, your website should be user-friendly, informative, and optimized for search engines to attract more potential clients. A memorable logo and a professional website are fundamental components of a strong brand. Your logo should be simple, recognizable, and reflective of your business values.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 5, 2020

It’s less about what you know (Google search will help you in seconds), and more about whether you can work with other people to solve problems. Each generation communicates differently, and has a different view of the marketplace. The one with the most connections wins. We have moved from an information economy to a social one.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 12, 2021

On the other hand, don’t forget angel investors, who fund a large number of startups, to the tune of $25 billion last year, who start their search primarily from platforms like the ones mentioned above. Since the best VCs deal primarily with known and proven entrepreneurs, it’s easy for them to say that they don’t read business plans.

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VC Cafe

JUNE 23, 2025

This shift reflects changing user behaviour: from Search (of which 90%+ is owned by Google) to the use of LLMs (primarily ChatGPT) and soon AI agents, doing actions on behalf of users. The DOJ argues that owning Chrome lets Google control one of the major access points for search engines.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

Search for customer pain rather than high margins. Purpose defines the feeling that everyone wants to have from helping others and doing good for the world. You don’t have a business until you have all of these and can communicate them well.

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