Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 5, 2020

In business, and in your personal life, the ability to anticipate and overcome criticism is one of the biggest differentiators between leaders, who make things happen, and followers, who may have great ideas but never seem to get things to go their way. Bacharach, Cornell Professor and cofounder of the Bacharach Leadership Group.

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Duct Tape Marketing

JANUARY 10, 2025

Solving the Marketing Leadership Gap for Small Business (Marketing Leadership as a Service) written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing Small business marketing can feel like an endless checklist: create content , run Google Ads, post on social media, and optimize for SEO. They fail because they lack marketing leadership.

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YoungUpstarts

APRIL 17, 2013

Tackling the human aspect of entrepreneurship, leadership and management, the book surmised that each of us are biased towards one of four traits – namely heart, smarts, guts, or luck – in our decision-making processes. The epicenter of its thesis revolves around an Entrepreneurial Aptitude Test (E.A.T.)

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YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 6, 2020

More specifically, tech debt can be detected internally before it escalates if leadership is paying attention to some of the early warning signs, such as: The majority of IT investments are focused on keeping the lights on vs. helping to achieve business objectives. Project are consistently delivered late and over budget.

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YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 29, 2020

Leadership Tip: Develop a hybrid talent strategy, one in which you leverage consultants from the gig economy as well as your own employees. Leadership Tip: Consider how your organization can create a hybrid plan that allows employees to continue working remotely a few days a week and one that allows some to work in the office.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 1, 2016

Having time to think about “leadership” at most startups feels like a luxury. So spending time thinking about what your leadership style is, whether it’s effective and what you could do to improve it can yield dividends. Here are some quick guidelines on what I think it takes to build a sense of leadership: 1.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 8, 2010

They still hit all of the highlights of the sales methodology (getting a champion, understanding the pain, mapping your solution, proving the ROI, finding out the competitors and differentiating and getting every department to “yes&# ) but they can’t follow the exact same process every time. They’re unmanageable.

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YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 8, 2015

Having a depth of knowledge in a selected field and the ability to shout about it allows entrepreneurs to differentiate themselves and their products. In a conventional world, respect for leadership comes when there is a demonstrated legacy of deep-rooted understanding of the industry. This quality is inherent in all great leaders.

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Board Effect

SEPTEMBER 11, 2019

Companies develop their leadership structure based on several things, including the company’s size, type of industry, geographical location, regulations and other criteria. The leadership hierarchy should be arranged so that the company has strong direction and accountability. Managing Director vs. Director: Key Differentiators.

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Genuine VC

SEPTEMBER 7, 2010

The famed business strategist Michael Porter described a set of successful general strategies which firms employ to achieve a sustainable competitive advantage: differentiation strategy and cost leadership strategy for those firms with a broad market scope, and a segmentation strategy for those with a narrow market scope.

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YoungUpstarts

MARCH 29, 2016

These kinds of services are gaps in the market that, once filled, should allow any company to use security as a differentiator when competing to supply services or goods as part of a larger supply chain. .

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 22, 2014

Smart is simply not a differentiator. EQ and Team Leadership? Summary: Team Leadership skills, operating knowhow and industry knowledge are all tremendously important. In fact, book smart can be a negative. I know many VCs who don’t have operating experience and frankly some of them are fantastic. Nail on the head.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 23, 2021

Every one of you business owners I know has worked hard to build your brand, and recognizes the critical value of instant brand recognition and leadership. Differentiate your brand based on a higher cause. Building and protecting your brand is the ultimate responsibility of every business owner and leadership team.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 26, 2018

A compelling story can make or break your ability to differentiate your solution from dozens of others. Position competitors positively around you, and continue to find ways to keep yourself ahead of the crowd, with both product offerings and thought leadership. The change must also include long-term benefits, as well as short-term.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 27, 2010

At the margin you can make yourself better at sales, product design, marketing, leadership, capital raising, etc. People who are naturally talented still differentiate themselves by having put in the effort in the areas that are important for success. So going into a startup scenario you bring these innate skills or you don’t.

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YoungUpstarts

JUNE 14, 2013

Leadership principles 101. More importantly though, Raynor and Ahmed uncovered three very simple rules that differentiated the best from the rest: 1. “Use your differentiated position to charge higher prices or appeal to more customers. Many business books take the route of dispensing advice in the form of to-do lists.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 19, 2018

In business, and in your personal life, the ability to anticipate and overcome criticism is one of the biggest differentiators between leaders, who make things happen, and followers, who may have great ideas but never seem to get things to go their way. Bacharach, Cornell Professor and cofounder of the Bacharach Leadership Group.

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Steve Blank

APRIL 10, 2009

I love the way you differentiate. Would you be interested in guest posting? Jacob Webb Everyday Entrepreneurship [link] Reply Keenan , on April 20, 2009 at 2:12 pm Said: Steve, Your Hueristics are at the core. Sometimes, it’s the failures or mistakes that lead to the successess.

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ConversionXL

OCTOBER 18, 2018

Thorndike first demonstrated the Halo Effect in the military by showing the high correlation among soldiers’ ratings for physique, intelligence, leadership, and character. The result of these vulnerabilities is that we hire the wrong candidates, listen to the wrong people, and fail to differentiate our businesses.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 22, 2022

In my many years of experience in large businesses as well as startups, a key lesson I have learned is that personal leadership is most often the differentiator between success and mediocrity or failure. In my experience, I find that some people in leadership roles are intimidated by developing team leaders around them.

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Hearpreneur

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

While some individuals may possess innate leadership qualities, most successful leaders have honed their skills over time and continue to strive for improvement. But this is only half true – while there are those qualities that make some people better suited to leadership roles, being a successful leader also involves hard work.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 1, 2011

Mike believes the reason AltaVista didn’t become Google ( despite their market leadership position ) was because they didn’t focus on search. To differentiate themselves in the marketplace, Quigo made the pivotal move of going to publishers and saying explicitly “you’re working with Adsense. were doing. We can do better.

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YoungUpstarts

APRIL 4, 2018

A key goal should be a culture where staff trusts leadership enough to speak up. Analyze leadership roles. This is why many culture change projects fail: Leadership charts a new path, but then fails to get management on board. Promote open and honest communication. Align management with culture change.

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Up and Running

JULY 11, 2017

If you find yourself in the situation where the technology vital to creating differentiation becomes an illusion, there are better alternatives than attempting to “gut it out” with a direct attack on the target market. The new bed divisional leadership became convinced that just delivering a “better” bed (than Hill-Rom) could carry the day.

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YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

Boss vs leader: Here is an infographic listing out the key characteristics that differentiate a boss and a leader. The post [Infographic] Boss vs Leader: The Never-Ending Battle Between Power And Leadership appeared first on Young Upstarts.

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The Startup Magazine

JULY 11, 2024

This knowledge can help you differentiate your nonprofit and avoid common pitfalls. Ensure Sustainability Plan for the Future: Develop a long-term sustainability plan that includes strategies for financial stability, leadership succession, and program growth. Assess the existing services and identify gaps that your nonprofit can fill.

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ConversionXL

MAY 27, 2022

Become a trusted brand with thought leadership. Thought leadership is what growth marketer Ramli John says turns your target audience into “superheroes” by helping them hone their “superpowers.”. Thought leadership demonstrates your knowledge to help buyers overcome their problems at every stage of their journey.

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YoungUpstarts

MAY 2, 2018

There are many important lessons which can be learned from watching The Empire, including, importance of cultivating strong leadership skills, being willing to diversify business interests, knowing when you have to do things yourself and knowing when to let go. Dragon’s Den. The Apprentice.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 22, 2022

Differentiate accountability from entitlement. No tools and no data lead to total subjectivity and biased interpretations. Absolute dependence on tools leads to abdication of personal responsibility. Provide adequate tools, but trust the people. Accountability is hard, so no one is entitled to be right every time.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 30, 2016

In business, and in your personal life, the ability to anticipate and overcome criticism is one of the biggest differentiators between leaders, who make things happen, and followers, who may have great ideas but never seem to get things to go their way. Bacharach, Cornell Professor and cofounder of the Bacharach Leadership Group.

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YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 6, 2013

What differentiates a superstar CEO like Jack Welch from other less extraordinary leaders? Packed with examples from Maxwell’s own leadership journey as well as stories of legendary leaders like superstar coach John Wooden of UCLA and Southwest Airlines CEO Herb Kelleher, the book is chock full of quotable quotes and maxims.

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YoungUpstarts

MAY 11, 2016

Complementary domains” simply means differentiating the url through the top-level domain (TLD), while keeping the domain name itself static. Complementary domains give businesses the ability to maintain more control over their brands and create a better experience for their customers.

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YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 11, 2019

A good example of self-disruption is finding ways to differentiate yourself from competitors. Leadership means unsettling ourselves and others. ’ But much of a leader’s job is spent being uncomfortable and leading others through discomfort as well. This can feel uncomfortable to people.

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YoungUpstarts

APRIL 17, 2018

As with sales, these core reasons need to be compelling to candidates, while being as unique to you (competitive differentiation) as possible. An actionable tip is to prepare 3 clear reasons why a candidate should choose your company. Think of it as an elevator pitch for recruiting. cutting edge technology (WebRTC), 2.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 14, 2020

Transforming an existing culture is even harder than setting it correctly at the start, as outlined in the classic book, “ Cultural Transformations ,” by leadership experts John Mattone and Nick Vaidya. Accept the vulnerability of confronting leadership mistakes. Be sure to differentiate compensation and rewards correctly.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 23, 2015

There are many companies with phenomenal IP that is truly differentiated but where the original executive team squandered their opportunity due to inability to sell, market or service customers. We looked at the IP and realized it was highly differentiated / hard to replicate. HR Leadership Startup Lessons'

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YoungUpstarts

JULY 1, 2019

Brand Fuels Differentiation. excerpted from “ Forging An Ironclad Brand: A Leader’s Guide “ Lindsay Pedersen is the author of “ Forging An Ironclad Brand: A Leader’s Guide “ She is a brand strategist and leadership coach who views brand as a blend of science, intuition, behavioral economics, and ancient storytelling.

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