Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 21, 2020

I saw these addressed well in a new book, “ The Startup Community Way ,” by Brad Feld and Ian Hathaway. These guys have been building startup communities like Techstars for over 30 years, so they know what works and what doesn’t. Despite the reach of the Internet and cold calls, there is no substitute for warm introductions.

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Steve Blank

JUNE 12, 2020

I want to make my community, country or world a better place, while solving some of the toughest problems.”. Team Protocol One – Ensuring JTAC to Pilot Communication. Few consider opportunities to make the world safer with the Department of Defense, Intelligence Community or other government agencies.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 14, 2021

These perceived authoritative sources create a community who follow their lead, based on psychology. Most consumers now use their online access from smartphones and tablets to interact with social networks, product reviews, and monitor the videos of culture influencers around the world.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 11, 2020

The best are willing to share what they know, actively build partner communities, and constantly expand their realm through new learning and experiments. Too many early entrepreneurs go into stealth mode, or are unwilling to share what they know, for fear of ideas being stolen.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 20, 2021

It takes an effective team to attract and serve a community in business these days. With real-time online reviews and feedback via the Internet, and instant relationships via social media, a voice from the top that is inconsistent with what is heard from the firing line defines a dysfunctional and noncompetitive company for today’s customer.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 30, 2020

Customer feedback, including blog comments, usability reviews, and early user testimonials, build relationships and provide credible marketing to the broader customer community. Collaborate with customers to tune your solution. Your solution must have value for every customer. Minimize one-time sales in your business model.

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Rembrandt Communications

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

Think about all of the benefits you provide with your products and services, unique employee skills and hobbies, community charitable events you’re involved with, and more. Here, you’ll help others, get some positive press and stand out as a business that cares about the community. Be Creative. What makes your business unique?

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 5, 2021

Only a few years ago a humorous video or unique toy could be seeded into a couple of relevant online communities, and it would be hugely popular. Seeding is the most expensive aspect of a viral marketing campaign, with some video sites charging in excess of $10,000 to be featured on their home page for one week.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

Check for positive or negative news articles, press releases, relationships, and support of community organizations. Start by checking the profile and credentials of investor principals on LinkedIn and industry associations. Invite the investor to dinner or fun-related activity.

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Steve Blank

APRIL 16, 2020

It’s the impact you make serving God, your family, community, and country. If you’re early in your career, now is the time to consider what it would take to make a pivot. In the end, the measure of your life will not be money or time. In the end, our report-card will be whether we left the world a better place.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 12, 2022

To maximize this value, start now in taking a visible and active role in your industry and community. They look at your track record, industry leadership, marketing energy, moral values, and peer relationships.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 19, 2022

Concurrently, I am seeing an upswing in the number of entrepreneurs and startups, with the cost of entry at an all-time low, and the new focus on entrepreneurship in every university and every community development organization.

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deal architect

MARCH 14, 2021

In the 34th (today) and 35th (tomorrow) episode of the series we have Brad Feld, Founding Partner, Foundry Group and Ian Hathaway who leads the global ecosystems business at Techstars, In the episode below, they discuss their book, The Startup.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 17, 2020

Unlike traditional media, which is not interactive, social media provides for and customers expect targeted, personalized, and socially responsible communications. These become a key part of your engagement and relationship, and also define community and demographic associations.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 13, 2022

Commit to and communicate a higher-level purpose. Adopting a higher purpose, such as saving the environment or helping your community, and successfully communicating that to your team and customers is the way to make them all fans of your company and scaling the business. People respond to your purpose, not your profit.

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YoungUpstarts

JUNE 1, 2023

Chris Heivly shares the seven basic cornerstone drivers of activity with respect to startup communities and entrepreneurial ecosystems. The post 7 Drivers Of Startup Community Activity appeared first on Young Upstarts.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 26, 2023

To win in this environment, you may need to expand your leadership in industry conferences and community activities. The challenge here is that supporting infrastructure decisions are usually outside your control, and may be political or emotionally driven. Target audience may be limited or new due to price.

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Brandanew

SEPTEMBER 3, 2024

They are both ideas and actions that can feel deeply isolating, if you don’t actively seek a community. And sometimes, that community is a Zoom screen. This month we’re encouraging you to think about […] The post September Theme: The Third Place For Our Community appeared first on Peerbagh.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 8, 2021

These days I see a surge of new startups as businesses seem to be recovering from the pandemic. If you are not starting one yourself, the next best thing is joining one as a partner, or as an early employee. It takes much the same preparation to make you the best entrepreneur, or the best job candidate.

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YoungUpstarts

APRIL 2, 2024

The essence of board leadership within community policing is the thoughtful, strategic, and inclusive steering of initiatives that reflect and respect community needs. The post The Vital Role Of Board Leadership In Community-Policing Relations appeared first on Young Upstarts.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

Outside connections usually come by taking a more active role in your industry and community. Building relationships with others, and effective listening, are the keys to utilizing the intelligence around you. Start by walking around and getting to know the other members of your team.

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YoungUpstarts

MARCH 17, 2023

Leaders who believe in giving back to the community stand to build better businesses, stronger communities, and more meaningful legacies. The post The Importance Of Giving Back To The Community appeared first on Young Upstarts.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 14, 2020

It also helps to create office events for family members and local community groups. They need incentives to investigate market trends and competitive actions, as well as continuous communication of the bigger picture of the business and current objectives. Encourage networking.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 20, 2020

Concurrently, I am seeing an upswing in the number of entrepreneurs and startups, with the cost of entry at an all-time low, and the new focus on entrepreneurship in every university and every community development organization.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

You must show your appreciation with a “thank you” for the business every time, offering a reward for referrals, and doing things together in the community. Maybe it’s time for you to expand online, through Amazon or similar platform, or open a new store in a new growth community. Respond to new market shifts and opportunities.

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YoungUpstarts

JUNE 8, 2022

The post 4 Content Ideas To Keep Your Social Media Community Engaged appeared first on Young Upstarts. Here is a go-to guide for four types of content that promise to engage your audience, provide value, and get them excited about your brand on social media.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 30, 2022

Keep your eyes and mind open to free sources of innovation in every ecosystem, including open-source software, university cooperative programs, and the many incubators and accelerators supported by volunteers and communities. You can provide the discipline and the resources for results. Establish a governance process to support efforts.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 3, 2021

Show your visitors some evidence of community involvement and charity efforts. Highlight interviews and reviews from recognized industry sources, and news sources. Include links to your profiles on LinkedIn, Facebook, and Twitter. Create a positive online image. Set up an award, and show winners. Link to recognized brands.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 12, 2022

That only happens if you take an active role in your community and relevant business associations with like-minded people. Constantly strengthening your network of relationships. No entrepreneur can build a business alone. Your network of connections needs to grow with you and your business. Make an honest effort to help others.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 2, 2022

Perceived authorities guide decision making, by investing time, resources, and activity in earning a position of influence, leading to a community of loyalists who follow their recommendations. Survey results show that more than 80% of consumers now receive advice through social networking sites prior to a product purchase.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 17, 2022

Your career and leadership value can be greatly enhanced, or greatly hampered, by your participation, or lack of it, in industry forums, the local community, and global issues. Use social media to show a positive presence, communicate with people in similar positions, and build relationships with people who can help you.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 5, 2020

Everyone needs to realize that whether it’s in the workplace or in the startup community, business is a new world today with new rules. Per a classic book by Dan Schawbel, “ Promote Yourself: The New Rules For Career Success ,” you can maximize these perceptions, which apply equally well to entrepreneurs as well as professionals.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 22, 2022

There is always a need for someone to take the lead in your favorite charity, community service, or family event planning. As a result, I'm convinced that many of you will never see that magic moment when you finally feel success as a leader. Accept leadership roles in safer non-business roles.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 1, 2022

Ethical behavior refers to actions consistent with personal principles and commonly held values in your business community. People judge you by what you do in your business, more than by what you say. These will define your right and wrong in business leadership and success. Build positive psychological capital to sustain your business.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

He created a culture of community and human connection that everyone still loves. For example, no one predicted that Howard Schultz could take the simple idea of a better coffee experience called Starbucks, and innovate it into a successful chain of almost 34,000 shops in 80 countries.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 17, 2023

Enlist community of support. We in IBM didn’t get it at all, and we insisted on calling the IBM PC a “workstation” which in retrospect sounds like “work” for a bunch of robots at their “stations.” Many of my friends at IBM couldn’t imagine why anyone would spend money on such toys.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 9, 2023

In the investment community, this work is called proving the business model. The founder had simply not done the work to validate a price and customer segment.

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