Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 14, 2022

The key elements of leadership in a company, both individual and organizational, are less tangible, but very critical in setting a market value for investment, acquisition, or going public. In the investment community, these leadership elements are often called “goodwill.” Execution leadership. Leadership brand development.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 11, 2018

Entrepreneurs that are not listening, not engaging, and not changing are destined to be left behind even in the best of times. Business agility is defined as the ability to adapt rapidly and cost efficiently. Every entrepreneur must be alert enough to spot the change early, and agile enough to adapt quickly.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 11, 2020

Many passionate entrepreneurs fight to add more features into their new products and services, assuming that more function will make the solution more appealing to more customers. It’s tough for an elephant to be agile. Ongoing market leadership requires continuous innovation.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 15, 2022

Thus it behooves every entrepreneur to start watching these things more carefully from the very start. This business phase is where every entrepreneur starts. A particularly critical moment is when the founders hand over the leadership to a more managerial regime. The challenge during this phase is to stay innovative and agile.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 26, 2015

Entrepreneurs that are not listening, not engaging, and not changing will be left behind even in the best of times. Business agility is defined as the ability to adapt rapidly and cost efficiently. If you as an entrepreneur are not “listening” to your online reviews, and not moving quickly to make changes, you are losing ground.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 6, 2020

If you want to join the ranks of entrepreneurs and businesses who have a reputation for being ahead of the pack, for being an initiator rather than a follower, such as Apple and Nike , here are five key strategies and skills to develop that I recommend and practice: Develop a mindset of constant change required to thrive.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 4, 2015

The key elements of leadership in a company, both individual and organizational, are less tangible, but very critical in setting a market value for investment, acquisition, or going public. In the investment community, these leadership elements are often called “goodwill.” Execution leadership. Leadership brand development.

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Steve Blank

APRIL 10, 2009

That’s why startups are agile. Startups that are agile have mastered one other trick – and that’s Tempo – the ability to make quick decisions consistently over extended periods of time. in Entrepreneur, VC, decision making. Great startups have a tempo of 10x a large company. Good Enough Decision Making [.]

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 6, 2023

Many passionate entrepreneurs fight to add more features into their new products and services, assuming that more function will make the solution more appealing to more customers. It’s tough for an elephant to be agile. Ongoing market leadership requires continuous innovation.

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Hearpreneur

JANUARY 29, 2023

We asked entrepreneurs and business owners about the tough lessons they have learned in 2022. #1- It’s been the story for the last two years, but towards the end of the pandemic, entrepreneurs seemed to give slightly less importance to it. Lastly, I am reminded to show gratitude every day for all that I have, even in tough situations.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 17, 2014

Many passionate entrepreneurs fight to add more features into their new products and services, assuming that more function will make the solution more appealing to more customers. It’s tough for an elephant to be agile. Ongoing market leadership requires continuous innovation. entrepreneur focus startup' Marty Zwilling.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 19, 2022

As I talk to business owners and entrepreneurs, I’m surprised at how many complain about team members who feel taken for granted , or have contributions not appreciated. Building agility and timeliness are critical components of modern leadership, due to the pace and complexity of change today.

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Feld Thoughts

OCTOBER 7, 2013

This check is for The Community Foundation and for the Entrepreneurs Foundation of Colorado (EFCO) and results from a gift of 24,793 shares of common stock from Rally at the time of its first financing that represented approximately 1% of the equity of the company. But Ryan’s vision was always bigger than that.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 21, 2019

Thus it behooves every entrepreneur to start watching these things more carefully from the very start. This business phase is where every entrepreneur starts. A particularly critical moment is when the founders hand over the leadership to a more managerial regime. The challenge during this phase is to stay innovative and agile.

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Steve Blank

JUNE 11, 2009

Agile – you may find the real opportunities for your company was somewhere else. Other Roles in a Startup Generic advice given to entrepreneurs assumes that everyone is going to be the founder/co-founder. This means you still need to have a resilient personality, and be agile. How quickly will you recover?

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Hearpreneur

JUNE 9, 2023

We asked entrepreneurs and business owners how they deal with economic uncertainty and here are the responses. #1- Scenario planning, strategic cost management, diversification, flexibility, and agility. Whichever business it may be, predicting its future and being prepared for the same should always stay on top of the to-do list.

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Hearpreneur

DECEMBER 29, 2021

Often entrepreneurs and business owners create their New Year’s Resolutions around their business. We asked entrepreneurs to share their biggest goals and what they were looking forward to in 2021. #1- It's important to keep business agile. The post 30 Entrepreneurs Share Their #1 Goal for 2022 appeared first on Hearpreneur.

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ReadWriteStart

DECEMBER 15, 2022

But I recommend entrepreneurs and prospective business builders consider the Agency Builder model. So an entrepreneur forming a startup studio benefits from having experience in the industry sector they hope to serve. Following the digital agency model for a startup, studio offers significant advantages to entrepreneurs.

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Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 2, 2009

For those of you who have been following the discussion, a Lean Startup is Eric Ries ’s description of the intersection of Customer Development , Agile Development and if available, open platforms and open source. The Customer Development Venture Pitch At this point I often hear entrepreneurs say, “We don’t have the money to scale.

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Hearpreneur

OCTOBER 23, 2020

Being an entrepreneur or business owner has its share of ups and downs. While the downs can be pretty low the ups always seem to triumph for a true entrepreneur at heart. Milestones are what entrepreneurs and business owners work towards. To be a successful entrepreneur, one can never standstill. 1- Freedom with my time.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 14, 2013

Thus it behooves every entrepreneur to start watching these things more carefully from the very start. This business phase is where every entrepreneur starts. A particularly critical moment is when the founders hand over the leadership to a more managerial regime. The challenge during this phase is to stay innovative and agile.

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Hearpreneur

AUGUST 11, 2021

Some entrepreneurs will say the future is definitely bright but to others, some of these changes are meant to work against their expansion and business operations. We asked entrepreneurs their thoughts on the future of entrepreneurship and here’s what they had to say; #1- It's like freelancing. Photo Credit: Richard Burner.

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Startup Lessons Learned

OCTOBER 4, 2008

In 2007, BusinessWeek named Ries one of the Best Young Entrepreneurs of Tech and in 2009 he was honored with a TechFellow award in the category of Engineering Leadership. we're fairly new, just launched our platform OCT 31st, but we are advent entrepreneurs and truly believe in a connected, lean startup. Expo SF (May.

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Hearpreneur

DECEMBER 23, 2020

So that’s why we are excited about 2021 because there will be more and more entrepreneurs and businesses. Here’s the pivot other entrepreneurs are making next year: #1- Investing my energy into speaking engagements. The first event has already started – Agile and Management 3.0 For us at CEO Blog Nation, we get it.

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Hearpreneur

JANUARY 13, 2021

We asked entrepreneurs and business owners about the tough lessons they have learned in 2020. #1- We have taken time as a community and leadership team to reflect and set short and long-term goals and build programs to support and grow member success over time. 8-Stay agile. 1- Balance is key. Photo Credit: Calista Redmond.

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YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 17, 2011

It’s time for the nation’s education leaders to start operating like scrappy entrepreneurs. Entrepreneurs create success by being agile and by making effective but quick decisions based on what they have in front of them. This will require that they use the creative thinking of an entrepreneur. Learn to do more with less.

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YoungUpstarts

APRIL 14, 2014

As companies strive to stay agile and innovative, they’ve discovered that units of 8 to 12 people work best as the natural size of high-performance teams. This is the magic number for leadership teams, product teams, research teams, design teams, and more. People in small teams trust each other.

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Hearpreneur

NOVEMBER 29, 2018

Most large organizations are aware that they need to undergo digital transforms, and are adopting new software delivery practices such as Agile and DevOps. Any advice you would give to entrepreneurs and business owners? Tell us about your products and services. How do you help clients?

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Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 30, 2008

If youre trying to design an architecture to maximize agility, how can that work if some people are working in TDD and others not? My answer to that was to be part of the team whose whole is better that its individual parts as its mentioned in the article, a team leadership rather that a point leadership. Expo SF (May.

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Hearpreneur

JANUARY 15, 2021

So, I completed a Doctorate in Executive Leadership and combining wisdom and practices from a variety of neurological, scientific, historical, business, and therapeutic experts, I teach leaders. The post 26 Entrepreneurs Explain How They Came Up With Their Business Names appeared first on Hearpreneur. 12- Expresses my focus.

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The Startup Magazine

DECEMBER 18, 2023

Understanding the Entrepreneurial Roller Coaster Entrepreneurs often find themselves on an emotional roller coaster, experiencing a wide spectrum of feelings – from the euphoria of triumphs to the dismay of failures. Acknowledging these swings, entrepreneurs can prepare themselves mentally to handle the challenges that come their way.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

It takes a team, with effective leadership, to build a business. Many aspiring entrepreneurs default to team leadership by domination and control. Yet in my experience, the best entrepreneurs quickly learn the art of people connection. Align your leadership practices with human nature, which requires empathy.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 26, 2020

It takes a team, with effective leadership, to build a business. Many aspiring entrepreneurs default to team leadership by domination and control. Yet in my experience, the best entrepreneurs quickly learn the art of people connection. Align your leadership practices with human nature, which requires empathy.

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Steve Blank

JANUARY 21, 2010

To get to this Transition stage, the company needed passionate visionaries who can articulate a compelling vision, agile enough to learn and discover in real time, resilient enough to deal with countless failures, and responsive enough to capitalize on what they learned in order to secure early customers. What’s Next.

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YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 4, 2019

To an entrepreneur or small business owner, achieving a project management certification may seem unnecessary. Agile is widely using in software development and is especially suitable for projects where requirements are uncertain at the start. What’s the point of being certified? Why not just fly by the seat of your pants?

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 18, 2019

As a business and entrepreneur advisor, I have no trouble getting owners and managers to agree that change is happening faster and faster in the consumer and technology world, requiring them to keep their business more agile , just to keep up. Crisis-driven agility is not enough today.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 18, 2011

Smart entrepreneurs are making changes now, to be more agile in defining strategy, making organizational changes, and analyzing markets for change. These volatile markets are already creating unexpected opportunities and risks – you must be alert and agile enough to spot them and adapt quickly to survive and prosper.

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