Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

While I recognize that there continues to be a shortage of venture capital for new entrepreneurs, compared to the demand, don’t succumb to the temptation to take funds from investors that you are not totally comfortable with.

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TechEmpower

MARCH 4, 2024

By processing and analyzing large datasets, AI can identify emerging trends, enabling companies to align their product strategies with future market demands. It also facilitates rapid prototyping, allowing for quicker iterations and thus shorter development cycles.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 22, 2023

Even consumers here in the US are demanding a more responsible approach. Managing risk is about determining upfront which risks are acceptable and which are non-negotiable. Many global ecosystems don’t have the tolerance for legal negotiations and recovering from mistakes.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 25, 2021

Manage the conflicting demands of leadership. True leaders are expected to be optimistic, yet realistic; compassionate, yet demanding; create freedom with structure, and make unpopular calls, while keeping your ego in check.

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The Startup Magazine

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

The rise of startups in the pet care space A recent analysis of veterinary services in the US showed that the number of graduates from existing vet colleges will be enough to meet demand through 2035. This on-demand hydration method ensures plants receive adequate moisture for up to two weeks without the risk of overwatering.

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The Startup Magazine

JANUARY 19, 2025

A pop-up message demanding payment to unlock your computer most definitely is. So establish a clear escalation path and rotation schedule for the holiday period. Define what constitutes a true emergency. For example, forgetting your password is not an emergency. Consider it your technical disaster advent calendar.

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The Startup Magazine

FEBRUARY 7, 2025

Brokers may improve their services and quickly adjust to shifting market demands by staying up to date with emerging technological advancements, which guarantees their continued competitiveness and operational effectiveness. Technology also facilitates better communication with carriers and clients, offering portals for updates and feedback.

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Developer Technical Review Software Review Reputation 130

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 14, 2022

There seems to be an insatiable demand from consumers for a better shopping experience, meaning they will pay a premium to a company that can present them a better match in products to their interests, without jeopardizing their good name.

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Technical Review Customer Social Network Software Review 342

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 28, 2021

You need the funding and support, but venture capitalists can be very demanding, and set high targets. The focus of key leaders has to change from driving innovative initiatives to replicating repeatable processes and tuning the overall product cycle. Mergers and acquisitions also require new skills. Needed help can be your biggest burden.

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Technical Review Merger Software Review Acquisition 329

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 12, 2021

Smart entrepreneurs in any given industry, like publishing, recognize the appearance of new technologies which threaten their survival, including digital publishing and print-on-demand. The best immerse themselves in these technologies, and invent new businesses, rather than fight in the old one to the death.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 18, 2020

This distrust for the scripted message has led to a new demand for unfiltered marketing, and the emergence of business credibility heroes, like Elon Musk, with his bold statements about space travel, and sometime villains, such as Mark Zuckerberg defending Facebook privacy practices. They want the raw data versus a polished message.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 22, 2021

With a stable base of subscribers, this can mean a continuing revenue stream from newsletters, support, or advice on demand. A great way to make more money more easily online is to replace one-time sales with automatically renewing subscriptions. Even with all this, don’t expect it to be easy.

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Technical Review Software Review Internet Revenue 312

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 4, 2022

Many entrepreneurs, especially women, gravitate to entrepreneurship because they see it as the way to balance work and family demands. Be realistic about what brings happiness to you. That could mean they are forgoing happiness on the business side. Some men want a family relationship, but the business is what makes them happy.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 2, 2022

If you are like most entrepreneurs I know, there just aren’t enough hours in a day to get all your own work done, as well as run the many one-hour meetings each team member seems to demand for decisions and mentoring.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 8, 2021

Leaders have found that keeping everyone on top of changes in technology, competition, and customer demands is critical to success. Companies with great service routinely spend 3% to 5% of salaries training team members – experienced as well as new. Service people need this as required team support. Involve, empower, and inspire.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 30, 2020

The most productive people get things done by working in concert with others, not demanding actions and results, but by orchestrating win-win relationships. Effective relationships, inside your business and outside, are critical in every professional, management, and leadership role. Learn to deal effectively with people who disappoint you.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 26, 2023

It seems that today’s worker generation is more demanding, and less willing to accept guidance and direction from anyone with a leadership title. Today’s world demands that you lead up, down, and across, to get your constituents to follow. They want a role in every leadership decision.

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TechEmpower

AUGUST 7, 2023

What does the role demand? What does it mean to be a CTO for a startup? Should a startup CTO spend their time programming? Exploring new technologies? Increasing competitive advantage? The answer is: it depends. The role of a CTO varies as the company matures.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

Success demands testing the solution early and quickly in the market, then iterating to get it right. Neither breakthrough technology nor maximum features will assure that “if we build it, they will come.” In fact, NISI recommends starting with the minimum focused set of features and technology that will drive a customer purchase.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

A positive result of being a recognized category expert is that it gives you the credibility to broaden demand and start new trends, instead of waiting for outside influencers and other customers. Naturally, you then get the lion's share of that increase in demand. Customization – convince me it was made-for-me.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 5, 2021

People are more demanding and have more choices than ever before. It’s harder than it looks to exploit people’s propensity to share humorous, enjoyable or useful information - jokes, special offers, and games. Seed viral activity. This means spending more money on search marketing (SEM) to make it look like the buzz is working.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 25, 2020

According to National Venture Capital Association statistics , only 16% of venture-backed startups recently used this alternative, due to high liability concerns, demanding shareholders, and high costs. IPO – public company initial public stock offering. Most experts don’t recommend this approach as your default strategy anymore.

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Exit Strategy Startup Private Equity Equity 376

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 6, 2021

I see entrepreneurs every day who are trying to change the world with a new idea, and startups that are trying to survive their hyper-growth phase by changing processes to meet demand.

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Metrics Technical Review Leadership Framework 387

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 8, 2021

Even if a board member won’t work for equity, and demands a monthly stipend, the value of their contacts can easily make the difference between a successful rollout, versus an expensive pivot. Unless you have a co-founder or two with the business skills to complement your technical ones, you need a friendly Advisory Board.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 1, 2022

Many entrepreneurs fear giving away their very best insights, strategies, or tools via social media – it might diminish the demand and the profit. They will call you back. Don’t dumb it down for social media. Don’t put all your faith in passion.

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Marketing Technical Review Social Media Technology 353

Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

The goal is to meet its local chip demand by 2030. China’s roadmap for building an indigenous semiconductor industry and accelerating chip manufacturing is the National Integrated Circuit Plan. is dependent on TSMC , located in Taiwan, for its most advanced logic chips. China claims Taiwan is a province of China.

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Technical Review Taiwan Technology Silicon Valley 407

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 23, 2022

Again, you get what you demand and reward. There is new evidence that people want to understand the bigger picture, and business growth financial incentives will increase productivity, rather than lower it. Sales will be the organization’s sole focus.” Motivate for a spectrum of entrepreneurial behaviors, and you will see results.

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Startup Technical Review Employee Hiring 337

The Startup Magazine

DECEMBER 22, 2024

By integrating AI into your system, you can take efficiency to the next level to reduce delays: AI can analyze patterns in your data to forecast demand, identify potential bottlenecks, and optimize workflows. AI Integration to ERP: The Future of Smart Startups Artificial intelligence is revolutionizing how startups approach ERP solutions.

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Artificial Inteligence Customer Technical Review Operations 144

The Startup Magazine

MARCH 9, 2025

White label SEO services can be customized to fit client demands, including local SEO, technical audits, content marketing, and link building. It converts fixed labor costs into variable costs that can be scaled based on client demands and project sizes.

SEO 88

SEO Search Engineer Retention 88

Duct Tape Marketing

SEPTEMBER 18, 2024

Key Takeaways The senior living industry is booming: With the aging population driving demand, senior living marketers must differentiate themselves from the crowded market. You know, I think the industry is really fortunate that we don't have to create any demand for ourselves. John Jantsch (04:56.018) Hmm.

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Marketing Technical Review Differentiation Sales 90

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 19, 2023

Self-demanding beats boss-demanding every time. Creativity requires constructive conflict, a willingness to collaborate, dealing with failure, and boundless iteration. Solution and business model innovation require pushing the limits. Startup successes are never perfect.

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Technical Review Due Diligence Business Model Demand 229

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 12, 2022

Customers today demand products and services personalized or tailored to local needs with embedded quality of life services. Government bail-outs do not promote innovation. These companies usually end up going extinct, like Lehman Brothers, WorldCom, and Enron. The new corporate model is a distributed entrepreneurial model.

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Artificial Inteligence Offshore Merger Technical Review 315

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 26, 2020

Don’t let your passion convince you that word-of-mouth and viral marketing will suffice against well-funded competitors and ever more demanding customers. Include marketing, sales, and customer rollout plans.

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VC Cafe

MARCH 16, 2025

Below are a few characteristics that we look for when evaluating consumer tech investments at Remagine Ventures: Strong Team with focus on execution: The consumer space is highly competitive, demanding excellence in all aspects, including design, marketing, community building, PR, and growth.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

In other words, how do you recognize the challenges that really need your leadership , versus the less critical demands that seem to always bubble to the top?

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Leadership Founder Salary Demand 301

View from Seed

NOVEMBER 18, 2020

Airbnb’s availability as a marketplace and its aggregation of substantial consumer demand has actually meant certain forms of lodging have been newly built or converted into rooms for the primary purpose of listing on Airbnb.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 31, 2023

Successful people are able to find enough personal time off to balance personal needs against the constant barrage of work demands. Maintain a work-life balance for health and rejuvenation. Constant attention to work devices, location, and travel is not humanly sustainable without loss of quality, satisfaction, and productivity.

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