Women Entrepreneurs Can

APRIL 26, 2025

If you run a company, its natural to want to get the best out of your employees. Whether you own a sales or marketing agency, you run a store, warehouse or manufacturing facility, or youre a realtor, lawyer or healthcare professional, introducing new tech can revolutionize the way your business works.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 16, 2022

On the other hand, there are some roles in a startup where Boomers are probably not the best candidates: Constantly-on-the-road sales territory management roles. Marketing and sales to Gen-Y customers. Software and hardware development architects and designers. Labor-intensive roles, including warehousing and construction.

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Steve Blank

JULY 11, 2017

After the director left, I must have looked pretty surprised as the CFO explained, “We have tens of thousands of employees, and at the rate we’re growing it’s almost impossible to keep up with our space needs in the Bay Area. This founder’s reality distortion field attracted a large number of employees who shared his vision.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 5, 2020

For best results, my advice is to think like an entrepreneur, even if you are a corporate employee. He lays out seven thinking strategies for both entrepreneurs and employees that will make them business winners: Focus on the customers at all times. Constant search for ways to increase sales and profitability.

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TechEmpower

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Employee and Contractor Details: How many full-time W2 employees and contractors do they employ, and where are they located? What are the employees and contractors' skills? However, an overly attractive site could indicate a leaning towards design over development. If so, what’s the vibe like?

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TechEmpower

MARCH 4, 2024

Key Functions with High Impact Generative AI is revolutionizing sales by enabling dynamic pricing and personalized customer interactions, boosting conversion rates and customer satisfaction. Post-sale, AI analyzes customer data to improve service and loyalty, making it a cornerstone of modern sales methodologies.

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Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 13, 2018

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. I know a change is going to come. Loss of status ?

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Steve Blank

MARCH 15, 2017

His company had marched through customer discovery, learning about the customer problem, validated solutions and was now scaling sales and marketing. It wasn’t that I had somehow inherited dumb employees. We will reach 35% market share in year one of sales with a headcount of twenty people, spending less than $4,000,000.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 24, 2021

Remember that leadership is both upward, as well as downward to direct reports and employees. He must nail down a sales process that fits the domain and economy. Disconnects on how employees are treated or decisions will be made can be disastrous, especially with family-owned or closely held ventures.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 18, 2020

On the other hand, there are some roles in a startup where Boomers are probably not the best candidates: Constantly-on-the-road sales territory management roles. Marketing and sales to Gen-Y customers. Software and hardware development architects and designers. Labor-intensive roles, including warehousing and construction.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 12, 2019

Even in your early days, before you break even and have to pay taxes on profits, various governmental organizations will be after you for payroll taxes, sales taxes, unemployment, and a host of fees, licenses, and permits. Your frugal role model of bringing your own lunch won’t be convincing to most employees.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 18, 2021

Make sure the Business Plan and all related documents are current, synchronized, and in the hands of every key employee. This is a good time for the CEO to present the final investor charts, and answer any questions from employees. Sales and marketing strategy. If everyone gives a different story, you have no story.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 26, 2021

Idea people must surround themselves with people who build momentum and get things done, including production, marketing, finance, and sales. Employees are engaged, committed, and accountable. Unfortunately for them, building a business is all about implementation.

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Rembrandt Communications

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

How to Mend Your Broken Heart Over Lacking Sales! If you haven’t reviewed your sales processes, marketing campaigns, public relations’ strategies, and all of the other ways you communicate with your audiences recently, take a detailed look at the results. How does it relate to your sales plan and business overall? Be Creative.

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Steve Blank

APRIL 10, 2019

VC’s have just changed the ~50-year old social contract with startup employees. For most startup employee’s startup stock options are now a bad deal. As Venture Capital emerged as an industry in the mid 1970’s, investors in venture-funded startups began to give stock options to all their employees. Here’s why.

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YoungUpstarts

MARCH 19, 2020

Rather than sending out blanket marketing and sales collateral and seeing what sticks, use data and automation to deliver content in a timely, targeted and tailored fashion. Effective data collection – Automating tasks such as data collection can be a huge help to your employees. In fact, a recent survey reported 46.5

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 22, 2021

Hiring virtual assistants for each specific project can be a lot more efficient and cheaper than hiring and managing employees. A great way to make more money more easily online is to replace one-time sales with automatically renewing subscriptions. Generate revenue around the clock. Use the Internet to outsource staff.

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Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 12, 2019

As there was no venture capital, these early startups were funded by early sales to weapon systems prime contractors and subcontractors. It’s not that these companies are smarter than Defense Department employees, but they operate with different philosophies, different product development methodologies, and with different constraints.

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YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 22, 2020

I’ve learned that when you effectively and consistently communicate your core values, and tie your core values to employees’ everyday work, they really can drive bottom line results for your business. We value diverse teams with a positive attitude and employees who collaborate with others for the greater good. Let me give an example.

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The Startup Magazine

DECEMBER 29, 2022

By contrast with profit maximization strategies focused on increasing sales volume through lower prices (which help boost market share), revenue management seeks to increase revenues while keeping costs constant or increasing them only slightly, or even decreasing them. Using a Scheduling Tool to Automate Employee Schedules.

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Duct Tape Marketing

SEPTEMBER 14, 2024

He transformed a $3,000 investment into a multi-state enterprise with nearly $1 billion in lifetime sales. Brian shares insights on effective feedback techniques, the significance of employee engagement, and how to align a team around a common mission. Creating a positive employee experience is essential for retention.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 4, 2020

Hiring requirements must be anticipated and implemented with the same precision and tracking as manufacturing volumes, sales leads, and customer service. Less qualified prospects don’t have alternatives, so they tolerate the frustration, but may return the favor as an employee. Hiring before organizational structure is defined.

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YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 2, 2020

Copywriters, designers, marketers, and employees from any other department can work alongside each other to create something together — and with a minimal learning curve. For businesses that deal with customer data, sales data, or similar information, these tools are game-changers. A user can build a chatbot in an afternoon.

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The Startup Magazine

APRIL 25, 2022

Your job as a business owner should be to put the welfare of your employees at the top of your priorities and improve workplace safety. million in sales). Train employees to handle workplace challenges. However, if you want to see these efforts through, your employees should be able to implement these practices.

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YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 18, 2020

CRM software makes it possible to design your marketing campaign based on this stage of the sales funnel. Furthermore, you can also connect employees of various departments via CRM software, enabling you to understand your customers better and respond to them sensibly.

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ReadWriteStart

OCTOBER 12, 2022

Sales and Social Media. Using the software at work, you get: secure data storage; product advertising; improved user experience; optimization of employee’s work; fast communication with the client; increasing customer engagement. One of the main advantages of creating business software is to increase sales through marketing.

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Rembrandt Communications

MARCH 1, 2022

While your marketing and PR teams need to lead your promotional efforts and develop the specific messaging you use for each campaign, all of your employees should know what’s going on. Start with brief training sessions on copywriting, search engine optimization, social media, financial operations, sales, and more.

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YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 26, 2020

In many cases, employees are reading emails from superiors and associates, but digital marketers’ inboxes go well beyond this; they’re also reading emails from clients and checking analytics updates. This information allows them to increase customer satisfaction, engagement, and sales.

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The Startup Magazine

FEBRUARY 21, 2022

Its use helps to significantly save time for both the manager and ordinary employees. a 34 per cent boost in sales productivity. Improve sales accuracy by 42%. Using CRM in a company is a no-brainer because of its many advantages. We have collected statistics to prove this. up to a 300 per cent boost in deal conversions.

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YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 5, 2020

Most years, the holiday season means long lines at malls, loads of crowds, and tons of in-person sales. Stagger promos and marketing efforts carefully so you have a flow of ongoing sales instead of a few huge peaks. To make it easier for you to ship items out well in time for the holidays, incentivize early buying with sales.

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Steve Blank

DECEMBER 11, 2023

And by 1949, 652 employees and by 1955, 1400. Sales in their first fiscal year were $1.5 ERA asked the NSA for permission to offer the computer for commercial sale. Finally, ERA’s penchant for extreme secrecy left them unschooled in the art of marketing, sales, and Public Relations. ERA’s headcount grew rapidly.

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The Startup Magazine

JUNE 15, 2023

They offer other solutions, such as: Centralizing and securing employee data, including personal information, time off requests, and performance evaluations. Streamlining employee onboarding and offboarding, reducing paperwork and administrative burdens. Human Resources HR software solutions automate and simplify HR tasks.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

Hiring requirements must be anticipated and implemented with the same precision and tracking as manufacturing volumes, sales leads, and customer service. Less qualified prospects don’t have alternatives, so they tolerate the frustration, but may return the favor as an employee. Hiring before organizational structure is defined.

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The Startup Magazine

JUNE 4, 2024

Revenue Growth: Achieve a 25% increase in annual revenue by entering new markets and boosting sales efforts. Employee Empowerment: Encourage employees to share ideas and take ownership of projects. Employee Engagement: Create a positive work environment that fosters engagement and productivity.

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The Startup Magazine

MAY 2, 2022

It means not just great sales figures but also more revenue from each sale on average. Tracking Employee Performance and Activity. To scale your business, you will need a system in place to track your employees’ performance. Take the time to ensure that each employee uses their time wisely and is productive.

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Duct Tape Marketing

SEPTEMBER 26, 2024

Educating employees about security risks builds trust. You've got bad actors, but you've also got disgruntled employees. We've been using ActiveCampaign for years here at Duct Tape Marketing to power our subscription forms, email newsletters and sales funnel drip campaigns. SOC 2 compliance is a common standard for businesses.

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The Startup Magazine

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

Top Benefits of Choosing Branded Workwear When employees wear branded workwear, they become walking ambassadors for your startup. Every interaction, whether it’s a sales pitch or a casual coffee break, becomes an opportunity to showcase your brand. The workwear should align with the industry and the tasks employees undertake.

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