Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 24, 2010

The best answer is the age-old wisdom that if it sounds too good to be true, it’s not true. A simple inquiry or response to one of these emails will get you permanently tagged as a prime scam candidate, meaning a flood of new deals. Tags: scams technology internet opportunity. People who fall for this one must be really greedy.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 11, 2009

It’s done partly in hopes of gaining their wisdom but it’s also done to portray the company in a positive light through association. Not enough wisdom. Tags: Start-up Advice startup technology vc venture capital. It’s mostly done by first-time entrepreneurs who want to persuade (bribe?) What do you think?

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 31, 2011

The best answer is the age-old wisdom that if it sounds too good to be true, it’s not true. A simple inquiry or response to one of these emails will get you permanently tagged as a prime scam candidate, meaning a flood of new deals. People who fall for this one must be really greedy. Delete the message. Won the lottery.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 9, 2010

Conventional wisdom is changing from startups being born a winner (execution doesn’t matter), to being made a winner (more chances and more help early on). Tags: entrepreneur startup investor super angels founder. That model doesn’t seem to work any more. Great companies are made, not born. Marty Zwilling.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 25, 2009

He has the most wisdom I’ve seen from a VC and I know I’m going to learn something with every interaction. They can tell you what the “conventional wisdom&# would be for your decisions. Tags: Start-up Advice. You’d be lucky if you got him. Yet Gus is in the minority in my opinion. They are condescending.

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crowdSPRING Blog

APRIL 25, 2019

Symbols are everywhere – you can find them on street signs, food products, sports teams, even on the laundering instructions tag inside your favorite shirt. Dragons are especially revered in Asian culture and are often used to represent strength, wisdom, good luck, and potency. Symbol examples.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 12, 2010

I tried hard, though, never to confuse my curiosity with real wisdom. Tags: Startup Advice. &# or “What would happen if we didn’t bid for 3G services and in stead built our network on 2.5G until the technology matures?&#. I wanted to push them to make and own decisions by showing them the data and the decision tree.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 8, 2010

I also got the chance to hear from and meet the founder of About.com – Scott Kurnit – who gave a lively talk that challenged much startup conventional wisdom. Tags: Entrepreneur Advice Start-up Advice Startup Advice. And market your brand, not your personality. Mostly he advocated being a strong leader and making decisions.

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ConversionXL

DECEMBER 2, 2020

Google won’t give you credit for nuance or expert takes that counter conventional wisdom. Why ask Aleyda Solis to write a playbook on hreflang tags when a freelancer could get it two-thirds of the way there? That type of content ticks all the boxes that search engines—most companies’ dominant distribution channel—reward.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 3, 2010

Don’t assume they always have more wisdom than you on this front. Tags: Startup Advice. Still, I often hear about boards pushing teams into mergers. If it is right to buy a company you should consider it. But not just because your board eggs you on.

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Steve Blank

DECEMBER 7, 2009

While the common wisdom said that our success was going to be determined by which company executed better, the common wisdom was wrong. Thanks for the wisdom. tags: business startup entrepreneurship interesting people legal plagiarism investment funding strategy) [.] Look forward to your next post a usual! Steve Blank [.]

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 29, 2010

Having the wisdom of having swung the pendulum too far in either direction I now pay close attention to this with the companies with whom I now work as an investor or advisor. Tags: Startup Advice. I’m frankly not really sure on this one but each company needs to think about what messages they send with the decisions they make.

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Growthink Blog

MAY 13, 2010

Now, as a passionate Black Swan acolyte, Thiel's investment does not offer us lessons, but it is chock full of wisdom nuggets, like: 1. Tags: Investing Jay Turo. Run With the Right Crowd. To learn more about opportunities we are following now, please click here.

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Steve Blank

OCTOBER 13, 2010

Age Means Wisdom. One of the traps of age is growing to accept the common wisdom of what’s possible and not. Tags: Family/Career Technology. (One of the common themes was the physical effort to get these projects completed – entrepreneurs staying up for days to finish a project and/or sleeping at work until it shipped.)

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crowdSPRING Blog

NOVEMBER 26, 2010

Unconventional startup wisdom by @mlevchin – [link]. Measuring startup success by head count is toxic – [link]. Most businesses… don’t need more cash, they need more brains.” – @mcuban , [link]. Products that are features are going away – [link]. Employee Equity: How Much? – [link]. I hope you enjoy these links!

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www.readwriteweb.com

AUGUST 2, 2012

Persistent rumors of a Facebook search engine, Google s efforts to integrate Google+ into its search results and Microsofts addition of Facebook tagging into Bing results. Wisdom of the Crowds. and tagged with. Social discovery will remake the Internet, or at least how we plumb it. Need evidence? You can read Part 1 here.).

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Growthink Blog

NOVEMBER 15, 2010

How shall we seek the wisdom as to what the next big thing will be? Tags: Investing Jay Turo. Cultivate Serendipity. Well, as this example shows us, as much via serendipity as anything else. From conferences, parties, chance encounters, flash and intuitive insights. To your success, Jay Turo -- Jay Turo CEO Growthink read more.

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Steve Blank

AUGUST 31, 2009

The Customer Development Manifesto: Reasons for the Revolution (part 1) « Steve Blank (tags: startups entrepreneurship) [.] The Customer Development Manifesto: Reasons for the Revolution (part 1) « Steve Blank (tags: startup business customer-development) [.] —– Part 2 of the Customer Development Manifesto to follow.

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blog.alinelerner.com

JUNE 21, 2013

While interviewing such a wide cross section of people, I realized that I had a golden opportunity to test some of the prevalent folk wisdom about hiring. XHTML: You can use these tags: Notify me of follow-up comments by email. The results were pretty surprising, so I thought it would be cool to share them. Leave a Reply.

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VC Cafe

DECEMBER 1, 2015

Drug discovery is expensive and risky, so goes the prevailing wisdom. EyeEm has incorporated machine leaning in to its photography marketplace to enable search for attributes such as ‘cheerful’ and ‘rainy London’, without tagging, whilst Cortexica and Sentient Technologies / Shoes.com use similarity to refine product searches.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 7, 2010

Business wisdom. Prized angel investors not only contribute money to an opportunity, but also important wisdom acquired from prior experience in areas such as stakeholder relations, employee hiring, and strategic planning. Tags: angel investor entrepreneur process trophy business.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 25, 2010

I suppose you could call this “ The Wisdom of the Crowds &# (another great book). Tags: Raising Venture Capital Startup Advice. The very first thing I do when deciding which movie I want to see next is check its rating on RottenTomatoes and if the film is North of 80% then it’s a “no brainer&# for me to go and see.

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YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 3, 2012

The difference is that craft breweries have been quick to embrace the idea of creating specialized seasonal beer in limited quantities – that come with a bigger price tag – instead of barraging customers with price discounts of the same-old, same-old.

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Up and Running

SEPTEMBER 20, 2017

But why would somebody with poignant wisdom share it for free? It pays for hosts to offer advice worthy of a price tag, which leaves us, the listeners, with free and valuable insight that can really make a difference. The costs of their seminars do not inherently make the information they give out more valuable. Optimize your time.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 1, 2009

It was “wisdom of the crowds&# meets “product development.&# We got great ideas from our customers and if some features got tons of votes we knew that many people (or at least vocal people!) Tags: Startup Advice. If you’re a startup – fix this.

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ReadWriteStart

SEPTEMBER 10, 2010

Again, here is a piece of wisdom for all of you who are blogging and doing e-commerce simultaneously: you need to build up SEO leverage ON your e-commerce site, so be sure to bring the blog onto the main site, not leave it off someplace else by itself. Tags: StartUp 101. Photo by takatuka.

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ReadWriteStart

OCTOBER 19, 2010

Conventional wisdom dictates that existing customers are valuable, but sometimes that wisdom becomes the baby tossed out with its bathwater when customer acquisition hikes its way up the priority list. Tags: Analysis. Flowtown's findings seem to back this up. The Value of an Existing Customer (flowtown.com).

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Steve Blank

MAY 6, 2010

As an entrepreneur one of the most satisfying feelings was having an idea that few thought was rational, viable, or the common wisdom and building it into a profitable company. Tags: Customer Development. Though it’s over a decade since I’ve done a startup, I had that feeling again over the last few weeks. You Actually Did This?

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BeyondVC

MAY 15, 2007

The next step in this evolution of commerce will be social shopping or companies leveraging Citizen’s Media (blogs, podcasts, videocasts, tagging) to drive commerce. " I believe this is an interesting area that has not been fully tapped yet.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 14, 2009

They are full of wisdom. Tags: Pitching VCs Start-up Advice. Their time is too valuable to call you every day wondering if you spent their $20-$100k wisely. They know all the VCs for intros. Their name alone is enough to get meetings set up. They are calling cards. Find out how to meet them in the next section. They are your best bet.

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Occam's Razor

DECEMBER 20, 2010

Trust me, it takes just 5 minutes and, like with Google Analytics, you won't need to update your JavaScript tags or have to do extra work with IT or buy other expensive versions of their products just to do segmentation. Check with your vendor and tag appropriately.]. to auto-tag all my links. Web Analytics or WebTrends or.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 26, 2010

The conventional wisdom is that “early adopters” are the ideal target for startups, to get business rolling. Tags: entrepreneur startup early adopters market size business. The term “early adopters” relates to the people who are eager to try almost any new technology products, and originates from Everett M. Marty Zwilling.

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Duct Tape Marketing

OCTOBER 4, 2023

Join us on this enlightening journey to enhance your writing and marketing prowess, armed with the wisdom Anne shares from her extensive experience as a nonfiction book coach and author. Title tags, go for it. Questions I ask [00:40] What made you fascinated with the idea of voice in writing? [02:56] Ann (20:48): Please, please.

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Growthink Blog

NOVEMBER 8, 2010

And where does The Black Swan point us to find the wisdom as to what to do? Tags: Investing Jay Turo. The Black Swan teaches us that what we have done to date, what has worked to date, is probably NOT what we will be doing, what will be working in the future. As Taleb says, from conferences, from parties. From chance encounters.

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Feld Thoughts

OCTOBER 4, 2010

While I’m not able to attend because I’ll be out of town, I was intrigued by the invite to the Wisdom 2.0 Instead, I went and bought Soren’s book Wisdom 2.0: Tags: Conferences Work-Life Balance. Boulder conference that I got last week. Ancient Teachings for the Creative and Constantly Connected.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 8, 2010

People with a real vision can communicate ideas with almost a spiritual charisma that energizes people around them to go a step beyond normal boundaries, to solve a technical problem, sign on as a team member, or invest resources, when conventional wisdom would suggest otherwise. Tags: entrepreneur vision startup ideas business.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 2, 2010

If you don’t arm sales people with the knowledge of how to overcome these obvious hurdles then each one will be competing without the collective wisdom of your company’s years of experience. Tags: Start-up Advice. The next post will talk about more of the munitions your sales reps need.

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