Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 6, 2021

It’s important to define your growth strategy, document it, communicate it to your team, and align metrics and employee rewards to target goals. Your focus for momentum could be sales, profitability, or number of customers, but trying to keep all possible parameters growing is simply not practical.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 23, 2022

Every business has complex and diverse dilemmas which are not specifically covered in documented procedures, so employees need clear values leadership for guidance. While codes of behavior do not guarantee an ethical culture, they do clarify desired behavior and articulate for employees what is expected of them.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 6, 2021

What works is a documented change request and review process, as well as quantification of resources required as well as anticipated incremental results. What works is documenting early a fact-based resourcing plan, using credible sources, with a reserve allowance of 10% for contingencies. How do I avoid scope creep?

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YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 13, 2020

Be sure to place the JavaScript and the CSS outside of the HTML document. The reason for this is that Google Spiders crawl your HTML documents. Finding the JavaScript and the CSS inside the document will only slow down the crawling process. Coding is also tricky these days. Maximize Design and Content.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 6, 2023

That might start with the CEO giving the investor pitch to the whole organization, and distributing the current business plan document to everyone. Make sure all business processes are documented and integrated. If everyone has a different view of reality, you have no reality.

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YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 14, 2020

The “end” in legal organizations, is a document of some kind. Documents are their widget, the thing legal teams build. Finding information that is relevant to creating a document is helpful. Actually producing that document, though, is far more helpful. It is merely a means to an end. Pretty cool stuff.

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Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

You can download the full 64-page document of Program Executive Offices and Officers with all 602 names here. Caveats Do not depend on this document for accuracy or completeness. This means this document was out of date the day it was written. It is likely incomplete and contains errors.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 26, 2020

Document why your team is the best for this challenge. As a hardware designer, I’m sure you do the same thing as you document your product specifications and pass them on to other members of your team for implementation. Positioning your hardware solution as almost free may sound attractive to customers, but it won’t attract investors.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 21, 2021

Serious investors expect founders to have their homework done before the first interaction – documented executive summary, business plan, and financial model. It doesn’t work if you don’t follow up on networking opportunities, networking referrals, and ongoing networking relationships. Investor negotiations.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 26, 2021

They now expect a solid documented plan, with specific goals and targets based on data. Unless you sold your last startup for a billion dollars, the days are gone when you can just scratch your idea on the back of a napkin, and investors will throw money at you. The ability to make timely and fact-based decisions.

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The Startup Magazine

MARCH 14, 2024

Also, since accounting operations often deal with confidential and financial data, you must incorporate the use of a secure and efficient document management platform. The document management software will of course have remote file management features.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 30, 2020

It starts with documenting and communicating a real purpose and mission in terms everyone can get excited about. Unless you have a proven track record from a prior career, or experience leading teams in some other context, you can expect stumbles and a long learning curve to lead a team.

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View from Seed

JULY 8, 2020

Accordingly, your deck is not a presentation aid, but rather a more complete document that can be read & understood without much commentary. With the new updated NextView Board Deck template, the work is half complete, as you just need to tailor the document to match your company’s business and incorporate in operating metrics.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 21, 2020

Don’t send investors documents and notes that would be rejected by any high-school teacher. It’s always impressive to have stand-alone supporting documents for product specifications, sales plan details, and backup financial reports. Excuse the typos and cleanup -- I’ve been too busy to finalize.”

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 28, 2020

The days of lengthy, text-heavy, business plan documents prepared by expensive experts are behind us. He nails the current key startup parameters, including the following: Crafting a lean business plan as your road map.

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The Startup Magazine

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

Gone are the days of illegible handwriting and scattered paper files; the digital age has ushered in a new era of efficiency and accuracy in progress note documentation. With the advent of digital documentation, those days are now a relic of the past.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 12, 2021

The size of the document should be based on your style, but 10-20 pages or slides are usually more than adequate to outline even a complex business. You need an investor, and want a document to mass-mail to everyone. Thus building a business plan ahead of time will improve your application and chances of success.

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YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 15, 2020

Depending on the configuration of the software, project employees can communicate with one another via an integrated chat, exchange files, and work together on documents. The Nifty can share documents, handle files with role-based user accessibility, create thread talks, and ease collaboration.

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YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 12, 2020

A data security plan will establish which member of the team will need access to business-critical data, and you must then introduce access levels for different folders and documents. Facial recognition.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 6, 2020

So to be clear, if a company owns 8% of your company but has negative blocking rights as outlined above in the NVCA guidelines, you are ineligible for the program unless you modify your legal governing documents. How do I amend my legal documents so that the Affiliate Rule doesn’t stop me from applying for a loan?

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YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

Going paperless will mean that only the necessary documents will be on paper and in aspect, they are very few of those. Make use of the cloud, hard disks, and USB flash drives for storage rather than files upon files of documents.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 13, 2019

Daily updates from the top and documented processes are critical. As the business operation and the team grows, regular and effective communication from key personnel is critical. New businesses often burn excessive resources working on the wrong things, or doing things the wrong way. People with the wrong tools or no training.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 18, 2022

Don’t send investors documents and notes that would be rejected by any high-school teacher. It’s always impressive to have stand-alone supporting documents for product specifications, sales plan details, and backup financial reports. Excuse the typos and cleanup -- I’ve been too busy to finalize.”

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The Startup Magazine

JANUARY 18, 2024

Are you aware that the healthcare industry today generates vast volumes of data on health information, prescriptions, and other related documents? Start by identifying the forms and documents that will be most useful in an electronic format. This has led to a move away from paper-based systems to electronic ones.

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YoungUpstarts

FEBRUARY 11, 2022

A Document Management System provides your organization with an efficient and secure documentation process. The post 6 Key Tips For Improving Your Document Management System appeared first on Young Upstarts. Here are some tips to use the DMS to its full potential. .

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

Formally define the scope of the problem, followed by documenting the solution alternatives from team members and experts, and a timeframe for solution. Follow a fixed process to evaluate and resolve problems. Don’t let emotions control your efforts, so first stay calm and focused.

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YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 5, 2023

The post How Digital Document Storage Can Improve Business Sustainability appeared first on Young Upstarts. Dennis Schroder of SeraScript examines the issues businesses face related to sustainability and list ways digital systems can help companies to reach those goals.

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YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

That should involve hiring dedicated staff to manage vendor risks, perform due diligence when taking on new vendors, document the vendor relationship, and even put together the necessary contractual language to, for example, obtain a certain level of data security, or put other measures in place to mitigate risk.

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The Startup Magazine

OCTOBER 17, 2024

Labeling and Documentation Proper labeling is crucial, especially when shipping internationally. Be sure to include all necessary shipping documentation, such as customs declarations, and verify that the destination address is visible and correct. Incorrect or missing labels can cause delays, returns, or even loss of the parcel.

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Steve Blank

OCTOBER 15, 2019

Product people are often messy, hate paperwork and prefer to spend their time creating stuff rather than documenting it. People who manage processes are not the same people as those who create product. Over time as organizations grow, they become risk averse.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 1, 2023

Because these considerations can be quite complex, very emotional, and have long-term implications, smart entrepreneurs don’t hesitate to get some legal advice at this early stage, in drawing up an agreement document to be signed by each of the cofounders.

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YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 18, 2023

Technical documentation matters in business. We've gathered five essential tips to help you write an effective document. The post Tips from Industry Professionals On Why Technical Documentation Matters In Business appeared first on Young Upstarts.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 31, 2023

Check yourself by documenting your own results on a daily basis. Everyone is impressed with team members who are ready to take on new challenges and always produce results, rather than being too busy and flashing a large to-do list. Businesses win and grow by achieving more results. Timely follow-up on customer and team member requests.

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Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 17, 2019

Having the teams build incremental and iterative MVPs was more important than obsessing about early documentation/reporting. However, the process and reports were still essential to management above him. Allow teams to pivot to what they learned in customer discovery rather than blindly follow a plan they sold you on day one.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

In the midst of high-tech development, funding, and selling, someone has to keep the office network running, get processes documented, and manage to keep everyone happy and busy. If one of your cofounders has the necessary skills, your team will make the tradeoffs. The operations superstar. Hard work and attention to detail are the key.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 9, 2020

In the midst of high-tech development, funding, and selling, someone has to keep the office network running, get processes documented, and manage to keep everyone happy and busy. If one of your cofounders has the necessary skills, your team will make the tradeoffs. The operations superstar. Hard work and attention to detail are the key.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 14, 2023

In fact, the process of organizing and documenting these elements is the best way to make sure you understand the answers yourself. It only takes a little extra work to make it a professional document, with a cover page, table of contents, headings, and page numbers.

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