Startup Professionals Musings
JUNE 20, 2020
Entrepreneurs need to be effective team leaders, since no one can transform an idea into a product and a business without some help. Unfortunately many founders I work with as a mentor are experts on the technical side, but have no insight into leading a team. But fortunately, team building is a skill that can be learned and practiced, for those willing to put in some effort.
YoungUpstarts
JUNE 21, 2020
Ringless voicemail or voicemail drop is a way of delivering voice messages to other people without even calling or ringing their phones. This method is often used by businesses to send voice messages to their prospects, clients, and customers without interrupting them. To put it simply, ringless voicemail is a type of software that allows you to send pre-recorded messages to other people’s phone voicemail.
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Steve Blank
JUNE 12, 2020
We just finished our 5th annual Hacking for Defense class at Stanford. What a year. At the end of the quarter each of the eight teams give a final “Lessons Learned” presentation. Unlike traditional demo days or Shark Tanks which are, “here’s how smart I am, please give me money,” a Lessons Learned presentation tells the teams’ stories of a 10-week journey of hard-won learning and discovery.
ReadWriteStart
JUNE 26, 2020
The world has changed… Two months ago, if I told you that remote work would be the global norm by mid-April, you’d have thought I was hanging out with Elon Musk too much. And, if I told you that by the beginning of May, you’d make every hire remotely, you might have laughed in my face. Here is remote work in the time of COVID-19. …suddenly, nearly all technical jobs are remote-jobs, all dev-teams are distributed teams, and virtually all hiring is remote hiring.
Speaker: Nick Noreña, Innovation Coach and Advisor, Kromatic
Every startup and innovation project exists within an ecosystem that either helps or hurts that project. As innovation managers, we need to keep a pulse of that ecosystem and make sure we're helping those innovation projects we're managing every step of the way. In this webinar, Nick Noreña will walk through an Innovation Ecosystem Model that he and his team at Kromatic have developed to help investors, heads of product, teachers, and executives understand how they can best support innovation in
The Startup Magazine
JUNE 29, 2020
Email marketing is one of the most popular channels of communication and information exchange. It can be deciphered from the fact that the number of emails sent and received per day is expected to reach a whopping 347 billion in 2023. Much can be attributed to marketing automation. In addition, do you know you can get a return of $44 for every $1 spent on an email?
ConversionXL
JUNE 16, 2020
Enterprise SEO has been my topic of choice for extracurricular “thought leadership” over the years. Last year, I gave a presentation on how we generated 40% year-over-year organic revenue growth by focusing on out executing the competition, not outsmarting them. While my presentation focused on the in-house side of enterprise SEO, I’ve also experienced (and written about ) getting things done—or trying to get things done—at an agency.
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YoungUpstarts
JUNE 10, 2020
Starting an online business is less risky than investing your money into a downtown office or a brick-and-mortar storefront. All you need is just an internet connection & some ABCs of what you want to do! And in some cases, only the internet connection is enough to start making money. One benefit of starting a business online is that you can reach out to more potential customers as your business is based online.
Up and Running
JUNE 25, 2020
Getting your business off the ground is challenging. Continuing to grow your business once it’s established is just as difficult. And while generating new business and growing your customer base is necessary to succeed, it doesn’t happen overnight. It takes effective planning, strategy, and the willingness to get creative. If your sales have recently hit a plateau, check out these 10 proven methods to continue growing your business. 1.
ReadWriteStart
JUNE 1, 2020
I have often been asked about Startup Funding by entrepreneurs. Many myths surround the subject of startup funding. Here is Startup Funding, a Comprehensive Guide for Entrepreneurs. Pre-Requisites of Funding. Gone are the days where you can get funded based on an idea. To secure your funding, you must establish the feasibility of your idea through proper planning and implementation.
The Startup Magazine
JUNE 24, 2020
If your website is starting to look dated or you find yourself wondering why your traffic is stagnant no matter how hard you work at your digital ad campaigns, it might be time for a reboot. Redesigning a website is a great way to drum up some new traffic, encourage users to give your new page a look, and re-establish yourself with the major search engines after an overhaul.
ConversionXL
JUNE 24, 2020
Click fraud occurs when a pay-per-click advertisement is clicked on by a user with malicious or disingenuous intent. Click fraud first came to light in 2005, when several major cases were taken to court. However, it continues to poison marketing campaigns—and find its way into more and more courtrooms. Juniper Research estimates that click fraud cost advertisers $42 billion in 2019.
Startup Professionals Musings
JUNE 27, 2020
Entrepreneurs inherently understand that they have to be the initial leader of their startup, but often they don’t have the experience or the training to know where their leadership competencies lie, or how to build a leadership team. For new entrepreneurs, leadership development efforts may be more valuable for achieving startup success than business skills development.
YoungUpstarts
JUNE 30, 2020
Amazon is a massive marketplace that offers zillions of goods in different types of categories. From toys and stationery to floor steamers and automotive parts, you can offer or buy anything on this platform, no wonder it is the biggest online retailer. However, before you launch an item, you should consider if it something the consumers want so that you can earn high income through it.
Hearpreneur
JUNE 5, 2020
Every leading position in business requires a demonstration of diverse skills and leadership styles. Working environments differ thus requires the leader to master the best style that works in that business. For instance, an authoritative style may not suit a business in its initial stages of development. Here’s how entrepreneurs and business owners lead their teams; #1- Leading from the front.
ReadWriteStart
JUNE 12, 2020
Remote work and social distancing. These two approaches will define our lives behind 2020. The COVID-19 pandemic has put everyone into a new reality. The transition from our traditional lifestyle to isolation mode was anything but smooth. The whole world had to learn how to work and learn remotely and organize their leisure without leaving their homes.
The Startup Magazine
JUNE 24, 2020
There are many factors that make or break a business. Whether external or internal, these factors should be evaluated and understood both from an owner’s viewpoint and an expert’s opinion as well. Mentorship has proven to be one of the most powerful tools that any business owner can have, especially if they are new to the journey of being an entrepreneur.
ConversionXL
JUNE 23, 2020
Advertorials are long-form paid ads, presented as informative articles—hence the name, a blend of “advertisement” and “editorial.”. In past print and current online versions, they match the appearance, perception, and function of the media outlet where they’re hosted, so they don’t really look like ads. Executed well, advertorials provide value to the target audience while also selling a product or service.
Startup Professionals Musings
JUNE 26, 2020
As an advisor to new hardware entrepreneurs, I often hear the myth that a business plan is no longer required to find an investor, if your idea is good enough. You may have heard that venture capitalists in Silicon Valley no longer read business plans. What you don’t realize is these famous investors only deal with entrepreneurs who sold their last company for a $100M dollars or more.
YoungUpstarts
JUNE 20, 2020
Keeping track of your business’ finances will help you manage them effectively. However, not all business owners have a knack with numbers. According to Preferred CFO, 82% of businesses fail due to a lack of cash flow management skills and poor financial management in general. To address this issue, some business owners need to understand and record finances on their own.
Version One Ventures
JUNE 16, 2020
Today we’re excited to announce that we led DemandStar ’s $2m seed round. The Seattle-based company provides an online marketplace for business-to-government commerce – it connects local and national suppliers with government procurement officers. . It should come as no surprise that government procurement is riddled with inefficiency. $1.5 trillion is spent in the local government procurement market, but billions are wasted due to scarce competition and outdated processes.
ReadWriteStart
JUNE 17, 2020
Building trust is important for every business , but it’s even more essential for startups. If no one has heard of your product yet, and nobody trusts your brand, how can you expect your business to take off? Here is how you can use video to build client and consumer trust in your startup. The Early Stages of Promoting Your Startup. If you’re in the early stages of promoting your startup , you’ve probably thought about trying every possible marketing tactic out there: emails, blog posts, t
The Startup Magazine
JUNE 24, 2020
Even the most talented firms that have won awards can get stuck when it comes to growing their firm both digitally and physically. While being excellent lawyers is one skillset, getting the word out about how great you are is a completely different one. While you might feel that getting the word out is easy, it requires an entirely different marketing “mind” and skillset to generate lasting and sustainable growth for your business over the course of years.
Up and Running
JUNE 9, 2020
Keeping an eye on your cash flow is vital for maintaining the health of your business. Without positive cash flow, or real cash flowing into your business regularly, you’re at risk of experiencing crippling cash flow problems. In fact, poor cash flow is a big reason why one in every four businesses won’t survive its first year, and why more than half of businesses don’t survive past the fifth.
Startup Professionals Musings
JUNE 17, 2020
It seems like every entrepreneur I meet these days is quick to proclaim themselves a visionary, expecting that will give more credibility to their startup idea, and improve their odds with investors. In reality, I’m one of the majority of investors who believe that startup success is more about the execution than the idea. Thus, unless the visionary highlights a cofounder who can take the vision and execute, I assume the worst.
YoungUpstarts
JUNE 18, 2020
The world as we know it has irrevocably changed after 31 st December 2019. The novel coronavirus (also known as COVID-19) quickly spread throughout the world, infecting almost 7.9 million people, and claiming 435000+ lives so far. There is no vaccine yet. There is no definite cure yet. The only way to manage this disease is by prevention through the practice of social distancing.
Duct Tape Marketing
JUNE 22, 2020
How to Build a Business as an Introvert written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing. Marketing Podcast with Kim Beasley. In this episode of the Duct Tape Marketing Podcast , I interview Kim Beasley. Early in life, Kim believed that making a difference in the lives of others was very important. Even when she experienced hardships in her life, she determined that these hardships wouldn’t stop her from achieving her dreams of creating a business.
ReadWriteStart
JUNE 12, 2020
Remote work and social distancing. These two approaches will define our lives behind 2020. The COVID-19 pandemic has put everyone into a new reality. The transition from our traditional lifestyle to isolation mode was anything but smooth. The whole world had to learn how to work and learn remotely and organize their leisure without leaving their homes.
The Startup Magazine
JUNE 30, 2020
What we’ve experienced while dealing with the COVID-19 pandemic has me thinking about the worldwide supply chain network and our absolute ignorance in not addressing the detrimental, looming effects of global climate change. In a recent article in Tradewinds, the discussion and potential outcomes toward both are discussed and it offers some interesting talking points that deserve to be further explored.
Transformify
JUNE 20, 2020
A member of the prestigious DAX30 Index in Germany and once valued at EUR 24 billion, Wirecard has been torn by a series of scandals. Back in 2016, the largely unknown research & investigations company Zatarra published a report accusing Wirecard in wide-scale corruption and corporate fraud. Then, in 2019 Financial Times (FT) published a series of articles sharing information about alleged accounting irregularities and roundtripping.
Startup Professionals Musings
JUNE 1, 2020
The military has long recognized that machine guns are force multipliers for rifles, but businesses have been slow to capitalize on this concept. Sometimes all the planning in the world isn’t enough for business survival, when things change as fast as they do today. Every business, especially startups, needs all guns blazing quickly on every opportunity or insight into the market.
YoungUpstarts
JUNE 18, 2020
If you don’t think there’s a millennial behind your favorite business or franchise, think again. Millennials are increasingly becoming sought-after and successful entrepreneurs. That follows the data. Believe it or not, millennials—defined as anyone born between 1981 and 1996, or ages 24–39 — have launched twice as many companies as baby boomers, according to a report by BNP Paribas Global.
Duct Tape Marketing
JUNE 25, 2020
Do You Have What it Takes to Become an Entrepreneur? written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing. Marketing Podcast with Gino Wickman. In this episode of the Duct Tape Marketing Podcast , I interview Gino Wickman author of Entrepreneurial Leap: Do you have what it takes to become an entrepreneur? Gino has been an entrepreneur since the age of 21, he has had an obsession for learning what makes businesses and entrepreneurs thrive.
ReadWriteStart
JUNE 9, 2020
Disrupting businesses in every sector of the economy and infecting nearly 7 million people at the time of this writing — with 400,000 deaths globally. The coronavirus pandemic that sprung up December 2019 has had negative effects on businesses across the world , and the economy as a whole. The stay-at-home orders that have been mandatory in several countries have caused our work lives to be affected in so many ways, from working in open offices and interacting with coworkers daily to worki
The Startup Magazine
JUNE 21, 2020
J. K. Rowling while responding to a tweet for CoinDesk reporter Leigh Cuen, tweeted : “I don’t understand bitcoin. Please explain it to me.” She sparked a debate that would last on Twitter for no less than 4 hours. Most probably, she was not aware that there is a crypto community on Twitter who tweet about bitcoin and cryptocurrency almost every day, and can’t wait for opportunities such as this to show their arguments why crypto is good for the world.
deal architect
JUNE 28, 2020
I have been doing video interviews with a number of CIOs, software executives and practitioners about acrobatics they have been seeing in various vertical sectors during the COVID-19 crisis and the "New normal" they can expect as the economy wakes.
Steve Blank
JUNE 23, 2020
The pandemic has upended the business models of most startups and existing companies. As the economy reopens companies are finding that customers may have disappeared or that their spending behavior has changed. Suppliers are going out of business or requiring cash-up-front terms. Accounts receivables are stretching way out. Revenue models and forecasts are no longer valid.
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