Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 2, 2021

The old approaches of controlling distribution channels, saturating retail, and methodically scaling your brand awareness don’t protect you anymore. Select new hires with attention to values. The real challenge is to win massive consumer preference repeatedly. Jeff Bezos at Amazon credits much of his success to this approach.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 1, 2014

But while Amazon blew away existing physical distribution channels to deliver products to you, we are blowing away existing physical infrastructure to help you store the things you want to keep – just not at your home. I wrote about that experience here without giving away the details of the business.

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Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 25, 2014

Being distributed/network ready (even though Ethernet was just barely coming into use in the enterprise). Hired the Smartest People. The old adage “A players hire A players, and B players hire C players ” applies here. Hire the smartest people. Back then he advocated for. It was neat to be in the room.

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The Startup Magazine

DECEMBER 4, 2024

Use Contracts to Your Advantage Whether you’re hiring employees, working with vendors, or entering into agreements with partners, contracts are essential. Copyrights: Protect original works of authorship, such as writings, artwork, and software, from unauthorized copying or distribution.

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YoungUpstarts

MARCH 9, 2020

Recruiting and hiring employees is challenging, if only because the stakes for making the right choice are so high. Say you had to replace a worker who had been hired only recently, since they turned out to be a poor cultural fit. On top of the normal difficulties of the hiring process, HR also has to deal with its high seasonality.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 14, 2017

As a startup in this phase you often raise capital, get press, hire staff and everything feels possible. I always push companies to hire “an operationally focused CFO” during this phase because in order to systematize you need somebody who brings economic rigor to decision making. were more distributed.

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Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 5, 2018

He just hired Meg Whitman. NewTV will depend on partners like telcos to distribute the content. Given Verizon just shut down Go90 , its short form content video service, it will be interesting to see if Verizon distributes Katzenberg’s offerings.). the ex-CEO of HP and eBay, as CEO of NewTV.

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Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 16, 2014

Who can I hire later? Or if you’re building consumer electronics the key activities might be: low cost hardware design, high volume manufacturing, user interface design, consumer branding and retail distribution. But what about for us, a consumer hardware hardware company? How do I decide who I need to have on board on day one?

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 6, 2023

Every aspect of every product requires development, testing, manufacturing, marketing, and distribution. Perhaps the focus should be on a single distribution channel, better customer service, or a simplified pricing structure. In all cases, hiring the best people is likely more important than adding a few features to your solution.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 17, 2014

Every aspect of every product requires development, testing, manufacturing, marketing, and distribution. Perhaps the focus should be on a single distribution channel, better customer service, or a simplified pricing structure. In all cases, hiring the best people is likely more important than adding a few features to your solution.

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Up and Running

DECEMBER 25, 2021

Startups in their infancy often face a problem when it comes to hiring. This is a problem that most startups face when hiring. If you have raised the capital that you need, you need to hire quickly to execute your plans. Questions to ask before hiring. Why is it taking so long to hire someone?

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 5, 2023

That means every entrepreneur needs to learn how to attract, hire, and manage technical people for their team. You may not have the breadth of technical challenge, or the budget, to lure in and keep motivated the caliber of technical expert you need.

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ReadWriteStart

DECEMBER 16, 2020

To be fair, many businesses had distributed teams even before COVID-19 blindsided us. In distributed teams, employee engagement is critical. fact, the above survey found that fully-distributed teams hire 33% faster than their local counterparts. Image Credit: pixaby. Eloops – Keeping Employees Engaged. Wrapping Up.

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YoungUpstarts

MAY 4, 2020

If you are not familiar with SEO, hire a search engine optimization expert to ensure that your website and blogs are optimized for search. An online PR distribution service is beneficial for startups because the process of sending press releases is automated, saving the organization time, effort, and money. Improve Your Bottomline.

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Steve Blank

MARCH 31, 2014

For example, Coke added snack foods, which could be distributed through its existing distribution channels. And to keep executing large organizations hire employees with a range of skills and competencies. Fourth and finally is disruptive innovation – this is the innovation we associate with startups.

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ReadWriteStart

SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

Onboarding a new remote developer is arguably one of the most important things you can add to your core competencies if you want to assure your new hires’ success. Today, with COVID-19 making every new hire remote, excellence in onboarding has become even more crucial. Daily scheduling and communications policies are loose or absent.

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YoungUpstarts

APRIL 5, 2018

Good B2B Content Marketing is not new in the world of marketing, especially with the emergence of more and more distribution platforms, each needing signups, and consistent postings to become a relevant source in your content strategy. and not only the means but also the correct methods to distribute in order to maximize exposure.

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YoungUpstarts

FEBRUARY 12, 2020

Not only does this keep your teams better connected, it also paves the way for recruitment and hiring anywhere, allowing you to build a remote workforce with the best talent to support your growing business. He has managed award winning, distributed, remote marketing teams spanning the globe for over 20 years.

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Steve Blank

APRIL 23, 2014

In response, venture capital firms like Sequoia and Andreessen/Horowitz are hiring new partners just to work with their portfolio companies and match them to corporations. Corporate business development and strategic partner executives are flocking to Silicon Valley to find these five types of innovation.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 22, 2010

You’ll need to hire and retain talen to grow your company. This states how the proceeds from a sale or dissolution of the company will be distributed. NOTE: In the video I talked about how VC’s and entrepreneurs decide the total number of shares at the first major funding round and why it’s often a high number.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 19, 2011

In Netflix’s case this is their DVD distribution business. When Fox first hired its triumvirate of CEO’s to run MySpace after the founders’ departure, I argued the same. It’s hard to imagine somebody else being able to effectively compete with that. They dithered for years. Imagine if Carol Bartz or the Yahoo!

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 2, 2010

If you’re a pure startup and haven’t raised any money – you might change the life of every person you hire. years where I developed skills building distributed systems over networks. As an entrepreneur you can change people’s lives, too. Sure, you can get away with less, but why?

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YoungUpstarts

APRIL 30, 2020

Walmart, Amazon, Instacart are all attempting to rapidly hire hundreds of thousands of employees to meet the expectations of their customers. In our view, retailers must absorb the additional costs of the new distribution requirements if they want to be part of the future retail landscape.

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YoungUpstarts

APRIL 15, 2019

Contract Brewing Company – In this business model, one business hires another brewery to manufacture their beer. The contract company would handle the other business aspects such as distribution, marketing, and sales. DIY or hire a service. Regional Craft Brewery – This category is somewhat vague. Barrel Cap Laws.

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YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 24, 2017

Hire professionals. If you stop working for the company, how will that impact your voting and distribution rights? Before you get started, though, think pragmatically on the front end to avoid headaches at the back end. Here are a few tips to ensure that you and your partners start out on the right foot.

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YoungUpstarts

JUNE 29, 2020

So, what are the in demand products during this time of pandemic that both budding and seasoned entrepreneurs may want to consider manufacturing or distributing? Also, companies are using them to onboard new hires and even for continuous learning. These are some of those: 1. Medical Products. A/B Testing And SWOT Analysis.

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Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 26, 2018

Google has been investing in a broad healthcare portfolio, Amazon has been investing in pharmacy distribution and Apple…? Frustrated by the FDA’s 20 th century processes for 21 st century technology, companies hired lobbyists to force a change in the laws that guide the FDA regulations.

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Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 11, 2013

This post is an update of what we learned about life science distribution channels. Life Science/Health Care distribution channels differ by Category. This weeks topic was distribution channels ; how your product gets from your company to your potential customer segments. Diagnostics. Week 3 Todd Morrill Instructor .

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View from Seed

MARCH 4, 2020

I’m quite optimistic about the direction that this is headed based on the momentum of more diverse hiring in the junior and mid-level ranks of the industry. Innovation is Becoming More Broadly Distributed. 32% of the 2019 Midas list is made up of non-white males, which also slightly higher than the list of Fortune 500 CEOs.

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YoungUpstarts

MAY 5, 2020

Adding value can also mean reimagining your product distribution. Hiring experts to take care of your marketing campaigns will boost your exposure while you devote your time to other aspects of your business. Granted, most businesses have put similar plans on hold, but that’s exactly why it’s a good time to do this.

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ConversionXL

JUNE 20, 2019

But DailyMotion’s geographic distribution of users doesn’t mirror YouTube, especially within the United States. Of course, with Wisita, you must create the audience for your videos—there’s no inherent distribution network (unlike YouTube). DailyMotion reports 300 million active users; they watch more than 3.5 billion videos per month.

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A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

OCTOBER 4, 2017

By which they mean: Without stupid rules that assume employees are dumb or evil, without everything taking ten times longer than it should, without wall-to-wall meetings, without resorting to hiring anything less than the top 1% of the talent pool, and so on. It’s a big reason why they move quickly. Risk-mitigation.

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Version One Ventures

DECEMBER 11, 2018

Priorities and strategies change as a company grows – starting with finding product-market fit after a seed round to figuring out distribution between Series A and Series B. Hiring after a B Round. During the earlier phases, you have mainly been hiring generalists rather than specialists. And that brings us to the B Round.

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Up and Running

NOVEMBER 15, 2017

Sedibeng’s primary market advantages are their company culture, consistent “quality” branding, traditional brew recipes, and commitment to rural distribution. Hire an intern. Hire for growth. A weakness that may deter investors is NovOculi’s lack of relationship with the medical device distribution community.

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Feld Thoughts

JUNE 9, 2021

It’s tons of information, organized well, in tight, bite-sized chunks. For example, here are the chapters in Part Five: Sales by Anita Absey (p. The brilliance of this book is that everyone on your leadership team, including the CEO, should read it and then discuss it.

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Up and Running

MAY 15, 2019

Most small businesses and startups that are looking to grow— hire a new employee , or buy a new piece of equipment, or open a new location —need to think hard about cash flow, or making sure they have enough money in the bank to meet payroll and other financial obligations. Hire the right team. Martin Cove Brewing Company.

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ConversionXL

JUNE 16, 2022

Users should easily understand which assets are promoted on which channels and the distribution schedule. Here’s an example of how Nightwatch uses Asana to organize distribution: The color-coded initials in the right-hand column correspond to different members of the marketing team, so everyone knows their role.

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