Startup Professionals Musings
NOVEMBER 10, 2018
Every technical entrepreneur is an early adopter of technology, so naturally they build things with people like themselves in mind. Unfortunately, for most solution markets, early adopters represent only 10 to 15 percent of the total opportunity, so it’s easy to get mislead on the real requirements of mainstream customers. Psychologists call this the confirmation bias.
Steve Blank
NOVEMBER 13, 2018
I know a change is going to come. If you’re an early employee at a startup, one day you will wake up to find that what you worked on 24/7 for the last year is no longer the most important thing – you’re no longer the most important employee, and process, meetings, paperwork and managers and bosses have shown up. Most painfully, you’ll learn that your role in the company has to change.
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Startup Professionals Musings
NOVEMBER 14, 2018
Isn’t it amazing that some people you know always seem to be working hard, but never seem to get anything done? As an entrepreneur, you need to avoid partnering with these people, or hiring them into your startup. The challenge is to find people who get things done, as well as work hard. LinkedIn profiles and resumes still focus too much on responsibilities rather than results.
YoungUpstarts
NOVEMBER 16, 2018
It seems like social media makes the world go ‘round these days, and if you are a retailer or restaurant owner you may understand this more than most! Getting great reviews online is so important in attracting new customers (and, sometimes even keeping your regulars as perceptions can change over time). So, how do you improve your reviews as a restaurant owner… and, what’s a sure fire way to ensure you patrons get clicking on those stars?
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
NOVEMBER 12, 2018
Developing successful agile innovation methods can drive companies to great new heights. Wanting to avoid digital disruptions and enable better decision-making in the workplace? Then implementing agile innovation methods should be top on your list of to-dos. Taking an agile approach to project management means taking large tasks and splitting them into smaller tasks, as well as finding ways to be more innovative.
ConversionXL
NOVEMBER 15, 2018
You regularly run A/B tests on the design of a pop-up. You have a process, implement it correctly, find statistically significant winners, and roll out winning versions sitewide. Your tests answer every question except one: Is the winning version still better than never having shown a pop-up? A hold-out group can deliver the answer, but, like everything, it comes at a cost.
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YoungUpstarts
NOVEMBER 14, 2018
Very few people relish speaking before crowds of strangers. Most of us try our best to avoid public speaking situations because of the feelings we’re likely to experience. That isn’t the right move according to Theo Tsaousides, Ph.D., who shared his expert opinion on the matter in Psychology Today. “Communicating your ideas clearly and presenting them openly in a public forum is an essential component of success across several domains of life,” explained Mr.
The Startup Magazine
NOVEMBER 14, 2018
At this year’s FUND Conference in Chicago, Illinois, over 100 startups presented their early-stage companies in front of hundreds of investors and industry leaders. FUND is a national connector of entrepreneurs, VCs, angel investors, and industry experts with a focus on deal flow and making connections. The startups ranked most highly by investors and startup enthusiasts in terms of scalability and longevity received votes on how well they connected with investors.
ConversionXL
NOVEMBER 12, 2018
If you generate a $200 million quarterly profit with an online product, your website’s user experience must be world class, right? Wrong. Your homepage can still look like the one above, which is from one of the largest cryptocurrency exchanges in the world. But terrible UX isn’t a shortcoming of the cryptocurrency industry—it’s common in every high-growth industry, including, perhaps, your own.
Hearpreneur
NOVEMBER 16, 2018
The idea of exactly what your business is going to usually come first. Secondly, most often, is giving a title to your idea. What exactly is going to be the name of your business? Some people turn to their childhood for inspiration or a beloved family pet. It could be a made up word you dream of one night and feel it has the right ring to it. Even still there are some people who study foreign words for the perfect meaning behind their chosen business.
YoungUpstarts
NOVEMBER 13, 2018
by Víctor Blasco, founder and CEO of Yum Yum Videos. Short of outright having a live conversation with a potential customer, it’s hard to try and find a better way to deliver your marketing message than using a video. It is precisely why – now that technology has caught up with the need – most effective marketing strategies out there right now include content like animated explainer videos , social live broadcasts, testimonials, and the like.
Up and Running
NOVEMBER 12, 2018
The subscription box industry is growing rapidly thanks to a steady revenue model and tapping into people’s love for surprises. Ipsy, Birchbox, and Dollar Shave Club are the premier companies doing exactly this and therefore reach the 15 percent of online shoppers signing up for subscription boxes. But with so many people trying to get their share of the growth, many subscription box businesses fold within a year or two.
Startup Lessons Learned
NOVEMBER 13, 2018
Aaron Dignan --who has described himself as "obsessed with organizational adaptivity" --is one of the speakers at this year’s Lean Startup Conference in Las Vegas , where he’ll be talking about How to Reinvent Your Organization. I recently spoke with Aaron about everything from his work to his forthcoming book, Brave New Work , his personal theory about why best practices aren't usually the best, and how he uses lean startup at the drugstore. ** What is work in the 21st century?
NZ Entrepreneur
NOVEMBER 14, 2018
Growing your company from the bottom of the world can be both challenging and rewarding. A new study considers whether it is better to “go global” from day one, or to grow locally first. Auckland-based startup Niesh, which has developed a student discount platform, is on a rapid growth trajectory and has had to decide if it should grow locally, or prioritise opportunities overseas.
Women Entrepreneurs Can
NOVEMBER 14, 2018
In the very early days of any startup, the matters of company strategy , structure, culture and leadership are rarely formally addressed. They are allowed to develop organically which, unfortunately, can have some negative consequences well into the future. These days, one of the decisions that startup owners make (or at least should think about making) is whether to be an agile company from the very start, to try to adopt it later or to do things the more traditional way.
deal architect
NOVEMBER 12, 2018
My daughter, Rita is about to embark on what she calls a Gap Quarter. I don’t want to steal her thunder as she plans to blog about it but it is a play on a Gap Year and what us.
Austin Startup
NOVEMBER 11, 2018
As I mentioned at the beginning of this series/ebook, over the years I’ve noticed that I tend to frequently share certain Lucky7 posts with entrepreneurs we’ve backed , team members at data.world, or other startup investors I know. In totality, these posts are at least as long as most business books. So I’m packaging the best of them up for you here in a new series called The Entrepreneur’s Essentials.
Startup Professionals Musings
NOVEMBER 11, 2018
The cost of entry to the entrepreneur lifestyle is at an all-time low, but the challenge of winning and success is at an all-time high. Anyone can build a new web site, or publish a smartphone app for a few thousand dollars, but getting market penetration requires a lot more. Customers have come to expect disruptive change, so yet another social network is not the way to get traction.
YoungUpstarts
NOVEMBER 12, 2018
by Georgianna W. Oliver, founder of tour24. Entrepreneurs are funny people. They are problem solvers, and are everywhere in every walk-of-life! They are engineers, computer scientists, doctors, detectives, teachers, parents, politicians, and even your barista or Uber driver. Virtually anyone you may meet on a given day wants to solve a problem, or make the world a better place.
deal architect
NOVEMBER 11, 2018
Plex hosted its annual Future of Manufacturing Roundtable in Michigan last week. I was actually as excited about the past and present of manufacturing I saw during the visit. They hosted a dinner at a Birmingham restaurant which used to.
Rembrandt Communications
NOVEMBER 13, 2018
No Money for Growth? PR Makes It No Problem. If you want to grow your B2B, you probably struggle with financial limitations. Well, even if you can’t afford major advertising and marketing initiatives, you can still boost positive awareness without spending a dime. How? (Que the angelic music…) Start public relations (PR) activities. How to […].
Startup Professionals Musings
NOVEMBER 12, 2018
As an advisor and mentor for many startups and small business founders, following my initial career in big business, I realize that the key strategies to achieve success in small businesses are often different from those that make larger businesses successful. The primary difference is the amount of time you have to spend working in the business versus on the business.
YoungUpstarts
NOVEMBER 11, 2018
by Quint Studer, author of “ Building A Vibrant Community: How Citizen-Powered Change Is Reshaping America “ In recent years the issues communities face have become a lot more complex—and it’s become more and more evident that one group alone cannot solve them. In today’s volatile environment, elected officials often lack the resources to do so.
deal architect
NOVEMBER 14, 2018
It’s been the longest research phase of any of my 7 books but I hope to deliver the first draft of the manuscript for SAP Nation 3.0 to my editor in early January. As I work my way through over.
The Startup Magazine
NOVEMBER 13, 2018
At this year’s FUND Conference in Chicago, Illinois, over 100 startups presented their early-stage companies in front of hundreds of investors and industry leaders. FUND is a national connector of entrepreneurs, VCs, angel investors, and industry experts with a focus on deal flow and making connections. The startups ranked most highly by investors and startup enthusiasts in terms of scalability and longevity received votes on how well they connected with investors.
For Entrepreneurs
NOVEMBER 15, 2018
We recently released Part 1 results of our private SaaS company survey in partnership with KBCM Technology Group (formerly Pacific Crest Securities). This is the sixth annual survey we’ve produced together, which provides data to help SaaS companies benchmark their performance against their competition. In Part 1, we covered growth rates, go-to-market trends, and CAC Rations and CAC Payback.
YoungUpstarts
NOVEMBER 12, 2018
by Payman Taei, founder of Visme. It’s an absolute myth that online marketing is only for the large, national corporations – that it’s impossible to compete on equal ground with the huge businesses who spend millions upon millions in marketing every year. We’re living in a world where social media exists – maybe the most efficient form of communication ever – and it’s practically tailor made to favor the smaller organizations over the larger ones.
Rembrandt Communications
NOVEMBER 13, 2018
No Money for Growth? PR Makes It No Problem. If you want to grow your B2B, you probably struggle with financial limitations. Well, even if you can’t afford major advertising and marketing initiatives, you can still boost positive awareness without spending a dime. How? (Que the angelic music…) Start public relations (PR) activities. How to Generate Fast Growth with PR.
The Startup Magazine
NOVEMBER 13, 2018
The global financial crisis started in 2007 and it went on for much of 2008. Investments from capital markets to real estate plummeted. Ten years have passed since this crisis occurred. What have entrepreneurs been up to since then? Well, here is a comprehensive list of 10 of the most successful investors of the last 10 years. Source: Pexels. Sean Belnick.
ReadWriteStart
NOVEMBER 12, 2018
Congratulations on eyeing the international market for your business growth. We are living in an age of globalization and more and more companies are recognizing the profitability of taking their products and service offerings globally at a relatively small incremental cost. It is an easy calculus to recognize that international consumers are able to be […].
YoungUpstarts
NOVEMBER 14, 2018
by Mark Green , author of “ Activators: A CEO’s Guide to Clearer Thinking and Getting Things Done “ In business, the adage “it starts at the top” can prompt an uncomfortable question: “Can the boss finish what he or she started?”. Many CEOs and entrepreneurs wrestle with this challenge, with both short- and long-term implications. Meanwhile, a disconnect develops between the CEO’s initial big-picture vision for the company and its seemingly sporadic execution toward those goals.
Mike Michalowicz
NOVEMBER 12, 2018
The Queen Bee Role (QBR) is the singular most important activity within your business that delivers on your brand promise. That is a doozy of a sentence, so let’s break it down to the critical elements: The QBR is always an activity. And it is always at the Doing level. The QBR is always a singular activity. You are likely doing many activities that support your brand promise, but only one can be the most important.
The Startup Magazine
NOVEMBER 11, 2018
Getting the right property to lease for your business forms the basis of your business’ success. The right commercial real estate will appeal to clients considering location and aesthetic value. This is not always the case in hot real estate markets like in the United States. You have to up your game for you to land on the best commercial real estate deals.
Haystack
NOVEMBER 12, 2018
Qualtrics recently filed to go public. Last night, SAP bought the company before it could IPO. There are plenty of well-deserved articles by Axios and Forbes and tweets of praise for Qualtrics (must read Utah-based VC Bryce Roberts’ storm here ), which you can and should read. By all accounts, the Utah-HQ’d company did everything the right way, was an overnight success 16 years in the making, and only raised venture capital as a growth company after years of bootstrapping.
YoungUpstarts
NOVEMBER 14, 2018
Picture the McDonald’s logo without its golden arches or Starbucks without the siren. It seems odd, doesn’t it? While a logo may appear like a minor attribute of a company, it’s actually a powerful sales tool that communicates the message and personality of your brand. So it’s development must not be overlooked. There are a few steps in making a logo cool that goes beyond artistic talent.
YFS Magazine
NOVEMBER 13, 2018
Do you know which social media platforms to invest your time and money in and reach ideal customers? If not, here are a few quick tips.
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