Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 20, 2021

These teams are motivated to develop approaches to creatively explore new opportunities for growth. They value harmony among members, and measure success as a function of the number of priorities concurrently managed. Extreme teams are tightly aligned around the company’s top few priorities, while remaining open to new ideas.

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The Startup Magazine

JANUARY 30, 2025

Achieving growth requires maintaining records and ensuring compliance while efficiently managing entities involved in developing and expanding business operations. Entity management software plays a role in assisting businesses by offering tools that help streamline operations and improve the decision-making process significantly.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 14, 2023

Don’t wait until you are almost out of cash before managing every dollar spent or looking for the next refueling from investors. As a mentor to many entrepreneurs and startups, here are my best recommendations for keeping the burn rate low, planning ahead and maintaining credibility with investors: Manage cash flow personally every day.

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The Startup Magazine

DECEMBER 19, 2024

For this type of company, using AI inventory management systems can be particularly beneficial. These systems apply complex algorithms to parse sales data, forecast demand trends, and manage stock levels efficiently. Source Leverage Advanced Technologies Harnessing advanced technologies can transform how startups operate and compete.

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The Startup Magazine

JANUARY 5, 2025

Running a small business is no small featespecially when it comes to managing finances. Pro tip: Check out local economic development offices for grant leads. If youre thinking long-term, financial advisors can help you plan for growth, manage investments, and even map out your retirement. Need help setting things up?

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 24, 2023

One of the things I’ve learned in working with aspiring entrepreneurs is that managing and leading a team is a scary venture into the unknown for many people, even if they have worked as a business professional for years. Understand both leadership and management. You don’t have to be a boss to be a leader or a manager.

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The Startup Magazine

MARCH 21, 2025

Through these efforts, a mutually beneficial relationship is cultivated, enabling eager employees to grow and develop and organizations striving for agility and competitive advantage to thrive. This recognition encourages ongoing development, fostering a proactive attitude toward work and instilling greater accountability among team members.

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The Startup Magazine

JANUARY 5, 2025

Invest in Employee Development Your team is one of your most valuable assets. Investing in employee development is not only going to boost their morale but also enhance their skills and productivity at the same time. Waste Management Waste management is also something that can help to elevate your business as well.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 22, 2023

Yet many of you are telling me that we are all missing big opportunities by not recognizing the unique challenges faced by startups in developing countries , where infrastructure is lacking, and talent is not so concentrated. Manage risk – don’t just “move fast and break things.” Develop new venture models for tougher ecosystems.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 24, 2020

This is a positive in uncoupling them from a dependency on a single company or boss, but the downside is that they have to suddenly manage all facets of a business, including finances, strategy, and savings for the future. Software Development Professional. Sales Professional.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 17, 2022

If they or you find it hard to trust others, love to work alone, always have to be in control, or insist on micro-managing, it may be time for change or looking elsewhere. Neither partner needs to be managed. Look at the big picture first of development, finance, and marketing/sales. Brings complementary skills and experience.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

The problem is that professional investors (angels and venture capital) want a proven business model before they invest, ready to scale, rather than early projections and product development. Of course, we all realize that this approach will take longer, and could jeopardize both roles if not managed effectively.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

There are many books written on this subject, but this classic by Chris Ducker, “ Virtual Freedom ,” manages to pack a lot more practical guidance into a small space that many others I have seen. Contractors and freelancers, like any other business, manage their own internal processes, but they can’t manage your business.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 8, 2023

If you have a software development background like mine, I’m sure you often get questions about when to outsource, versus building the solution in-house. Outsourcing is defined as contracting the work to another company, usually located in a developing country, like India, China, or Eastern Europe.

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The Startup Magazine

DECEMBER 12, 2024

You can avoid this mistake by developing a comprehensive brand guide outlining your colors, logo, typography, tone of voice, and the key messages you want to spread. Failing to Manage Online Reputation Ignoring reviews or unaddressed feedback can quickly damage a startup’s reputation, especially if it is left unmonitored.

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TechEmpower

MARCH 4, 2024

TechEmpower has been instrumental in developing chatbots like these, utilizing generative AI to sift through internal documents and user manuals, enabling them to provide precise answers to customer service questions. It also facilitates rapid prototyping, allowing for quicker iterations and thus shorter development cycles.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 14, 2022

Leaders are judged on key elements of execution, including a focus on priorities, ensuring clear accountability, managing decision making, mobilizing others, adapting quickly, and communicating execution urgency. Leadership brand development. Modern information management tools. People relationship focus.

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The Startup Magazine

JANUARY 21, 2025

Urban areas are increasingly developing comprehensive charging networks, while rural regions may face challenges. Moreover, developing partnerships with local businesses or community organisations can amplify your impact and reach.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 16, 2022

Manage customer service. Personnel Manager. On the other hand, there are some roles in a startup where Boomers are probably not the best candidates: Constantly-on-the-road sales territory management roles. Software and hardware development architects and designers. All the learning from parenting pays big dividends here.

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Board Effect

MARCH 3, 2025

It is no less true for the team managing a nonprofit, school board, community college or city government. Team members need initial and ongoing training and other forms of development to succeed on and off the field. This type of development protects board members and the institution in times of crisis.

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The Startup Magazine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

This article explores the pressing challenges in nursing home safety and shines a light on the groundbreaking solutions that forward-thinking entrepreneurs are developing to protect residents and empower their families. One example is platforms designed to guide families through the reporting process.

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TechEmpower

AUGUST 14, 2023

The Tactical Technical Advisor stays on top of the development team to ensure that they’re team is building the right thing in a high-quality, efficient manner. This is especially important with outsourced development teams. Are developers following best practices in their code and life cycle?

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 17, 2021

illustrates this with humor for each of fifty dumb mistakes that smart managers don’t make. Managers who speak critically of team members, customers, friends or family members, have something going on within them that needs to be examined. Real leaders embrace and manage these feelings, rather than complain to associates.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 27, 2020

For new entrepreneurs, leadership development efforts may be more valuable for achieving startup success than business skills development. Activists are good at lifting the spirits of team members and managers, and are usually optimistic and confident. They find ways to bring people together, and ways to involve everyone.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 23, 2022

In fact, they need an early focus on developing their moral compass, as well as setting the right ethical tone. Business ethics are more about religion than management or leadership. This is usually an excuse for not developing ethical policies and practices. Ethics can’t be managed. The reality is different.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 30, 2020

One of the things I’ve learned in working with aspiring entrepreneurs is that managing and leading a team is a scary venture into the unknown for many people, even if they have worked as a business professional for years. Understand both leadership and management. You don’t have to be a boss to be a leader or a manager.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 24, 2021

For the elite startups and entrepreneurs who manage to attract the investor they dream of, and survive the term sheet negotiation, there is still one more hurdle before the money is in the bank. A hard look will be taken at the technology maturity, the current development progress, and customer satisfaction with early product shipments.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 24, 2021

The CEO must focus on key management team hires and assume a few mistakes which need to get fixed. As one company Chairman says, "The common elements I see in first time CEO's: a) they don't hire fast enough, b) they don't fire fast enough, and c) they don't manage their board and investors well." Create and sell a financial model.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

This is a positive in uncoupling them from a dependency on a single company or boss, but the downside is that they have to suddenly manage all facets of a business, including finances, strategy, and savings for the future. Software Development Professional. Sales Professional.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 15, 2022

We don’t want to compete for the largest AUM (assets under management) with the biggest firms in a race to build the “Goldman Sachs of VC” but it’s clear that this strategy has had success for some. But I thought a better way of thinking about how we manage our portfolios is to think about it as a funnel. super size or super focus.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 28, 2020

Before you bring on partners, develop intellectual property, raise capital, or generate revenues, you need to establish an official business entity. Building your public image and presence should start even before product development, through your website, logo, and blogging. Set milestones and manage to those targets.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

In my experience as an employee, up to an executive, in large companies as well as small, I’ve found that people who are consistently negative and complain are a big constraint on productivity, as well as the most difficult management problem that most business leaders face. Remove or retrain repeat offenders on a timely basis.

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VC Cafe

MARCH 31, 2025

Michael later served as a group partner, managing director, and CEO of YC. Collaboratively develop an idea focused on personal or known daily/weekly problems: Brainstorm with your co-founders, as the initial idea often comes from one person but benefits from team input. Notably, an initial idea is not a prerequisite at this stage.

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TechEmpower

AUGUST 21, 2023

We hear them explain that their current software development is expensive, deliveries are rarely on time, and random bugs appear. Common Signs You Need a Technical Review We’ve already mentioned the most common signs that you might need a technical review: Slow or late delivery: “I’ve authorized two new developers, and we’re still behind.”

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Steve Blank

DECEMBER 11, 2020

It didn’t become an innovation until it was developed and deployed at scale. If you can’t measure it you can’t manage it. If you can’t measure it, you can’t manage it. that the Nazis – who got the idea from Goddard’s papers – developed missiles and jet aircraft first. That was a great invention.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 30, 2020

In this age of the gig-economy, you can more quickly hire and manage freelancers, contract workers, and contract operations. Every new business has unexpected pivots and adjustments, and outsourcing is easier to manage. Develop a product line and add alternate channels. Take advantage of low-cost modern tools and automation.

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The Startup Magazine

MARCH 19, 2025

Many struggle to establish their online presence effectively while managing day-to-day operations. It combines website development, search engine optimization, social media marketing, and online reputation management into one cohesive solution. Hibu, a U.S.-based And the results speak for themselves.

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