Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 19, 2023

Team members need and crave feedback, much more frequently and informally than the annual performance review. I recommend scheduled monthly 30-minute informal checkpoints, as well as quarterly updates on objectives and performance. Leadership is making sure they have resources and understand the strategy.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

Dawson is a world-leading futurist, entrepreneur, and public speaker, who offers five key principles, which I can amplify, for turning information into value: Purpose: thriving requires an understanding of why. Your first challenge is to decide what information and why it is relevant to your business.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 15, 2022

You need to start now to understand the trends and specifics of the information tidal wave that is building up in front of us. Crowdsource: putting your audience to work beyond customers. Look beyond today’s requirements for entire new market opportunities.

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Steve Blank

JANUARY 5, 2023

We wanted to give our students hands-on experience on how to deeply understand a problem at the intersection of our country’s diplomacy, information, its military capabilities, economic strength, finance, intelligence, and law enforcement and dual-use technology. Why This Class? If you can’t see the presentation click here.

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Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

In class 1 , we learned that national power is the combination of a country’s diplomacy (soft power and alliances), information/intelligence, military power, economic strength, finance, intelligence, and law enforcement. This “whole of government approach” is known by the acronym DIME -FIL. In class 2 the class focused on China, the U.S.’s

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 26, 2022

With social media and smart phone apps, real product information spreads at astounding speeds. Today’s customers are much more proactive in going online for the latest information, rather than simply reacting to the “push” messages that businesses traditionally use to drive commerce.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 12, 2021

In today’s mobile hardware environment, that means able to set up meetings, convert text messages to voice, find contact information quickly, and search the Web intelligently for outside info. A good assistant know how get things done efficiently, recognizing user hardware and software limitations. Memorable personality.

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The Startup Magazine

JANUARY 19, 2025

They can also optimize financial reporting systems, ensuring that startups have accurate and timely data to make informed decisions. For example, these professionals can develop detailed cash flow forecasts that consider market trends and business-specific challenges.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 30, 2023

You need a dedicated team, gleaned from your network of informal connections between family members, friends, and individual relationships with other professionals. You need a team and relationships to run a business. Not a single one of us has the bandwidth to build a solution and a business alone. Start today building a bigger network.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 5, 2021

Someone has to design and create those entertaining or informative messages that are designed to be passed along in an exponential fashion, often electronically or by e-mail. It’s harder than it looks to exploit people’s propensity to share humorous, enjoyable or useful information - jokes, special offers, and games.

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Berkonomics

DECEMBER 5, 2024

Every investor or lender wants regular information from companies taking their money. On the other side, entrepreneurs and CEOs usually have a natural fear of giving too much information to investors and bankers after the initial amounts have been received. How much financial information must companies give?

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Duct Tape Marketing

JULY 31, 2024

Kelly Campbell defines trauma as “unintegrated energy and information” that overwhelms the nervous system, affecting how leaders respond to stress and interact with their teams. We discuss the critical role of trauma-informed leadership in creating a supportive and innovative work environment. So Kelly, welcome to the show.

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The Startup Magazine

JANUARY 19, 2025

Include contact information for key vendors, service providers, and that one person who somehow always knows how to fix the legacy system. Document Emergency Procedures If youll be operating with a skeleton staff over the holidays, create clear, step-by-step protocols for common emergencies.

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Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

This power is wielded through a combination of a country’s diplomacy, information, its military capabilities, economic strength, finance, intelligence, and law enforcement. In class 1 , we learned that national power is the sum of all the resources available to a state to pursue its national objectives and interests.

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The Startup Magazine

MARCH 21, 2025

These tools enable in-depth performance analytics and provide real-time data, which can drive more informed decision-making and strategic planning within the organization.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 17, 2020

In today’s information age, it takes time and money to make your solution visible. It’s never too early to start marketing, since it usually takes as long to build marketing momentum as it does to build a product. No startup can afford to do these serially. Marketing should start before product development.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 18, 2020

A related challenge in this age of information overload is simply to get people’s attention. Blake Mycoskie , for example, has built heroic credibility by giving away close to 100 million pairs of shoes since founding Toms in 2006.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 30, 2020

With information overload due to the Internet, you need to find your customers, rather than assume they will find you. Change happens every day, and it takes time and effort to prepare you for the next step. Survival requires regular updates. Even the best solutions require marketing to survive.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

Unsolicited proposals or requests for information. These professionals value their integrity, like your therapist or financial advisor, and will not share your business details nor steal your idea.

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TechEmpower

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Some of the information below will apply. This article will primarily focus on locating and evaluating development companies, rather than design firms. If you require user interface or graphic design, the selection process will differ slightly.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 18, 2021

Depending on the availability of staff and needed information, the due diligence process generally takes 2–6 weeks to perform. Explain that they may be called, and use the opportunity to check their satisfaction with your company and your product. Again, if you find problems you can’t fix, be up-front with the investor to avoid a surprise.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 6, 2021

Take advantage of early payment and volume discounts, where possible Above all, avoid self-sabotaging behavior that you may not even be aware of, like blaming others rather than taking responsibility for all decisions, or not charging what your product or service is worth, due to lack of current market information or a personal bias.

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TechEmpower

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

The information provided was all pulled from data he’s already entered - just Mark, Houston, Math Teacher, Teach for America. Customer support emails require both accurate information and a professional, helpful tone. And if this description doesn’t resonate with Mark, he can ask for a new one, while providing feedback.

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TechEmpower

JULY 24, 2023

How much member profile information do you need before allowing a user to register? How are you using geographic information? How can we use AI to improve the customer experience? Member Profiles What data is included? Is there a step-by-step wizard? Can members upload their pictures? How tight is that integration?

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Steve Blank

APRIL 4, 2023

Governments and military organizations are coming to grips with the impact that this technology will have across Diplomatic, Information, Military and Economic spheres. Intellectual property lawyers are already arguing who owns the data these AI models are built on. Stanford took down its version of ChatGPT over safety concerns.)

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 4, 2022

Information withheld. Add the problem of noise, external and internal, which can blank out whole messages. Pick the right time and place for each message type, to maximize attention and retention. Sometimes an entrepreneur or executive tries to communicate without full disclosure, perhaps to minimize impact, or due to company policy.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 6, 2023

Due diligence always involves on-site visits, informal discussions with any or all members of the team, vendors, and good customers as well as bad. The Founder needs to remember that meetings up to this point have been primarily off-site, with staged demos, and managed personally by the CEO or a small team.

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The Startup Magazine

JANUARY 21, 2025

Staying informed ensures smooth operations and helps avoid costly penalties that hinder business growth. The Importance of Compliance and Regulation Understanding and complying with regional regulations is essential for any transport business.

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Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

This is a classic case of information asymmetry and it’s not healthy for the Department of Defense or the nascent startup defense ecosystem. government intends to communicate this information. Existing defense contractors know who these organizations are and have teams of people tracking budgets and contracts. But startups?

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 13, 2022

These also will keep you better informed on new technologies, trends, and likely competitors. Trade shows and conferences can produce hundreds of new qualified leads for your business, as well as build relationships with industry leaders, outsourcing vendors, and potential partners. Secure outside expansion funding through investors.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 30, 2022

Good problem solving requires making informed decisions, relying on logic. Explore solutions, outcomes, and options calmly. You can’t think clearly while riding high on emotions, so calm down first. Then outline the possible outcomes and alternatives. This is where I say “two heads are better than one.” Work with a partner you can trust.

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TechEmpower

MARCH 4, 2024

Predictive analytics offered by AI can inform legal strategies, aiding in the decision-making process to avoid unwinnable cases and focus resources effectively. Contract management is streamlined as AI systems monitor contract lifecycles, ensuring compliance and mitigating risks of costly oversights.

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Steve Blank

OCTOBER 22, 2024

It is a quantum computing element that leverages the principle of superposition (that quantum particles can exist in many possible states at the same time) to encode information via one of four methods: spin, trapped atoms and ions, photons, or superconducting circuits. As a reminder a qubit – is short for a quantum bit.

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The Startup Magazine

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

Keeping students safe with AI in the classroom The educational sector holds large amounts of student information, including medical records, social security numbers and more. As a result, these institutions are at risk for cyberattacks, which continue to grow year after year.

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Steve Blank

DECEMBER 11, 2023

They do that by encrypting (protecting the information by using a cipher/code) to scramble the messages. As there was no single source of information about what was happening in the rapidly growing computer field, this ERA report became the bible of early U.S. Other nations try to read those messages by attempting to break those codes.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 29, 2022

EI rates a person's ability to recognize emotions, to understand their effect, and to use that information to guide your next move. In my experience, emotional intelligence (EI) is a better predictor of business success than IQ. Fortunately, you can develop this skill. Location and luck: right place at the right time.

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The Startup Magazine

OCTOBER 24, 2024

Furniture software solutions provide features that elevate the shopping journey by offering personalized suggestions and detailed product information to help customers make well-informed decisions. Utilizing Data to Inform Decision-Making Processes Making data-driven decisions is essential for sustainable business growth.

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