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5 Stages In Leading Paradigm Shift Levels Of Change

Startup Professionals Musings

A refrain I often hear from technology entrepreneurs to investors is that their product or solution is so innovative that it will cause a “paradigm shift” in the industry. Due to qualms of customers and governments, he sold less than 30,000 of the devices over the next five years.

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15 Entrepreneurs Share Some of Their Best Business Development Tips

Hearpreneur

It is important to focus on what you can do for them to help serve their clients and customers. We understand that every interaction, be it with a potential client, an existing customer, or a partner, is an opportunity to build trust and establish credibility. Thanks to Vikrant Shaurya, Authors On Mission ! #6- Beam, P.A. ! #12-

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[Review] The Innovator’s Dilemma

YoungUpstarts

Backed by rigorous research, Christensen’s premise is that well-managed companies that watch competitors, listen to customers, and invest heavily in new technologies can still lose market dominance. Contrary to popular belief, a disruptive technology or innovation isn’t the latest, most cutting-edge or radical invention.

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People Management: Startup Teams Should Dip but not Skip

Both Sides of the Table

A good early-stage CEO needs to be accessible, to be accountable for producing results and should be establishing the cultural norms of the company through direct leadership at all levels. You’ll get sales information from your VP of Sales, marketing information from your VP Marketing, tech information from your CTO and so on.

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Scaling Sales: Arming & Aiming – A’s, B’s & C’s

Both Sides of the Table

In the first part of this post I talked about how sales in a startup is often evangelical , requires as consultative sale and needs constant adjustments based on customer feedback. Or the sales decks will all be customized by your “feet on the street&# and won’t resemble the way you THINK your company is being positioned.

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Lessons Learned: What does a startup CTO actually do?

Startup Lessons Learned

What does your Chief Technology Officer do all day? Often times, it seems like people are thinking its synonymous with "that guy who gets paid to sit in the corner and think technical deep thoughts" or "that guy who gets to swoop in a rearrange my project at the last minute on a whim." But along the way, something strange happened.

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This Is No Time for Scared Money

YoungUpstarts

Indeed, research conducted by MainStream Management forecasts that high unemployment will persist. The private sector’s ability to take advantage of changing workforce demographics and technology innovations, 2. Change your paradigm by taking an outside-in review of your operations. But no one ever said leadership was.