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. As an example, I worked with Bill Gates early on, but I fear he may have failed without partners Steve Ballmer and Paul Allen. Paul Allen was the idea visionary. Start today.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 6, 2021

Fight the urge do more things, to attract more customers in a broader market. In reality, too many choices actually dilutes customer interest in your existing market, and makes your job of production, marketing, and support much more complex. The company has since gone public, and is still a market leader.

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View from Seed

APRIL 6, 2021

You will spend the rest of your time working alongside the partners throughout the investment process – analyzing investment opportunities, assisting in market research and diligence, and post-investment portfolio support. However, you will serve as a co-pilot on deals with all four partners, across the geographies we cover.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 21, 2021

For entrepreneurs, effective networking is required to find investors, partners, and customers. They are too busy with the “crisis of the moment” to focus on follow-ups that may save a major customer, close a partner deal, or solidify a process that isn’t working well. Effective marketing. Here are a few: Business networking.

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The Startup Magazine

JANUARY 5, 2025

Your goals might include increasing market share or maybe launching a new product. You can do this through having targeted marketing campaigns or customized recommendations. Marketing automation tools may also be valuable to you. Make sure you use market trends, to help you make informed decisions.

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Steve Blank

JANUARY 17, 2023

Three types of organizations – Incubators, Accelerators and Venture Studios – have emerged to reduce the risk of early-stage startup failure by helping teams find product/market fit and raise initial capital. Venture studios create startups by incubating their own ideas or ideas from their partners.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 14, 2022

The key elements of leadership in a company, both individual and organizational, are less tangible, but very critical in setting a market value for investment, acquisition, or going public. Every business and brand has unique requirements to fit into their market environment. Leadership brand development.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 25, 2023

As a business consultant, I can get you started in this transformation, but I was pleased to see more detailed guidance, including things to watch out for, in a recent book, “ The Ecosystem Economy ,” by Venkat Atluri and Miklos Dietz, both senior partners at McKinsey & Company with much experience. Always keep a balance.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 16, 2022

They couldn’t possibly understand the new social media culture, new technologies, or have the determination to beat their younger counterparts in the market. Pew says the Boomer demographic is the largest mainstream pool of experienced talent in the market today, and will be for the foreseeable future.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 28, 2020

Investors and partners now look only for a framework of your business essentials, within the context of your opportunity, solution, and financials. Minimum viable products (MVPs) are recommended for validating the market, with iterative enhancement to quickly meet market feedback. Just make sure you can fill in all the details.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

First of all, I will admit that there is some risk involved with talking to any potential investors, even with an agreement, just as there is risk in all the elements of your plan, product and market opportunity. Discussions with potential strategic partners. Build trust first.

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The Startup Magazine

DECEMBER 4, 2024

Use Contracts to Your Advantage Whether you’re hiring employees, working with vendors, or entering into agreements with partners, contracts are essential. For instance, non-disclosure agreements ( NDAs ) can protect confidential business information, and service agreements can clarify terms of service with clients or partners.

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The Startup Magazine

MARCH 19, 2025

based digital marketing agency serving over 70,000 customers, offers relief through its integrated approach to online marketing. It combines website development, search engine optimization, social media marketing, and online reputation management into one cohesive solution. Hibu, a U.S.-based

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 28, 2021

If you are the hot-shot technical innovator that invented your solution, make sure you have an equally adept business and marketing expert to complement your skills. “If For example, I believe Bill Gates would have failed without his partners Steve Ballmer and Paul Allen. The market is unpredictable and changes fast.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 11, 2023

In reality, based on my experience as a startup advisor and investor, these constraints lead the best entrepreneurs to the most innovative solutions and new markets otherwise overlooked by their peers and competitors. This also applies to key customers as well as strategic partners. Solicit partners with complementary strengths.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 24, 2021

Visit reference customers, partners, and vendors. A smart investor will take an independent final reading in the market on barriers to entry, active competition, demographics, and price sensitivity. Use this opportunity to validate their satisfaction and support for your company and your solution. Traction in the marketplace.

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The Startup Magazine

FEBRUARY 7, 2025

By nurturing these relationships, brokers secure repeat business and build a reputation as reliable partners in logistics. Staying Competitive in the Freight Brokerage Market To maintain a competitive edge in freight brokering, it is essential to remain informed about industry trends and innovations.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 24, 2021

There you can connect with thousands of potential executives and partners, or find a planned meetup in a city near you. The CEO is the check and balance on the constant parallel pushes for more development, more marketing, and more growth. They need an operational CEO who knows the market and the marketing game.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 26, 2023

Even though many of these can be mitigated by testing and early customer feedback , you will find that it pays big dividends to do your homework before building and rolling out every new initiative: In today’s customer data overload, marketing is essential. Even more important than solution marketing is building your brand.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 30, 2020

Don’t forget to market yourself before, during, and after your initial idea, through social media, websites, and events. Get support from credible industry groups and partners. Diversifying sooner rather than later grows your opportunity with existing customers, and increases your brand visibility outside of the market you already own.

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The Startup Magazine

JANUARY 21, 2025

Exploring Customer Preferences and Market Trends Understanding customer preferences is vital for any business seeking growth in the transport sector. Market trends indicate a shift towards shared mobility solutions, where consumers favour access over ownership.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 5, 2023

Should they go after high-tech nerds for partners, or professional technologists? The right answer for a good business partner today is neither of the above. Startups succeed most often when the founding partners know how to build and run a business, rather than how to build and run technology. Are you there? Martin Zwilling

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 13, 2022

In these days of global competition via multiple channels, you need continuous marketing to find more customers. Due to the rapid growth of influencer marketing , influencer tracking systems, such as Traackr or Pixlee have emerged as reliable tools for brands that employ influencers to track conversions from their sponsorships.

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View from Seed

APRIL 14, 2020

For the last several years, the early stage investing market was driven largely by the F ear O f M issing O ut, AKA FOMO. VCs are always founder focused no matter the market environment. But the risk to founders is that these investors may not be very committed partners and might quickly disengage if things go sideways.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

They rarely highlight their marketing and relationship skills , even though, in my experience, these are more often the key to success in business than product skills. In addition to listening, they spent much of their time communicating their vision and marketing themselves to everyone they encountered.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 30, 2022

Work with a partner you can trust. Listen to your customers to arrive at acceptable and marketable solutions. The best way for a first time entrepreneur to learn problem solving is to find a partner who has “been there and done that.” Then outline the possible outcomes and alternatives.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

He gives a wealth of practical advice on building a successful technical startup, including some specifics that I like on what constitutes a dream team of partners: The technical guru. The combination of technical insight, founder authority, and sales experience is a hard-to-beat advantage in a competitive market. The financial suit.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 6, 2023

Visit reference customers, partners, and vendors. A smart investor will take an independent final reading in the market on barriers to entry, active competition, demographics, and price sensitivity. Use this opportunity to validate their satisfaction and support for your company and your solution. Traction in the marketplace.

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VC Cafe

MARCH 7, 2025

Kol hakavod Stav Levi Neumark and team Alta on coming out of stealth with a $7M seed round to bring AI-driven sales agents to market! NEW APPOINTMENTS Big congrats Iren Reznikov on joining Vintage Investment Partners as a Partner! Mazal tov Orly Shoavi and team ClarityQ GenAI Product Analytics on emerging from stealth with a $3.7M

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 15, 2022

It takes more than one person to build a business, so the lone entrepreneur, without support from any visible team, advisors, partners, or potential customers, will not attract investors. A strategy of learning and willingness to pivot, based on market feedback, is a great survival skill and attitude, cherished by investors.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 30, 2022

They don’t realize that these are still rare, require a large risk, and may not be the best way to keep up with change in the market. As an alternative, I usually recommend more incremental innovation , derived from recognized market changes, done on a regular basis, without the big-bang expectation.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 27, 2021

Here is my list of key principles for creating and capitalizing on a balanced focus as a business professional or an entrepreneur: Start by marketing your vision and purpose. Every balanced leader does marketing early. Too many entrepreneurs I know start by highlighting their new technology , and assume that it will sell itself.

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VC Cafe

MARCH 31, 2025

Michael later served as a group partner, managing director, and CEO of YC. Conduct brief initial market research: Spend about an hour researching to determine if there’s a substantial market with billions of dollars being made. The YC companies Michael has worked with are worth a combined $192 billion.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

If the customer need is obvious and large, the calculated risk is in the quality of your solution, your team, and marketing. Find a strategic partner to accelerate growth. Use metrics to measure results of marketing initiatives. Opportunity and revenue projections based on deep market and customer analysis are a smarter risk.

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The Startup Magazine

AUGUST 13, 2024

Exporting allows you to reach new customers, diversify your market, and enhance your brand’s reputation. However, entering international markets comes with its own set of challenges. Understanding Export Readiness Before diving into international markets, it’s crucial to assess if your business is ready for exporting.

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TechEmpower

AUGUST 21, 2023

Are you preparing to expand, take your business in a new direction, or take on new partners? Other common scenarios that we’ve seen: Scaling and new markets: Your company and product are established, and now you’re scaling or going after new markets. Choosing the right partner for a technical review is important.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 16, 2023

Investors and partners now look only for a framework of your business essentials, within the context of your opportunity, solution, and financials. Minimum viable products (MVPs) are recommended for validating the market, with iterative enhancement to quickly meet market feedback. Just make sure you can fill in all the details.

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