Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 9, 2020

You need to find the skills or experience you don’t have in business, technology, or money. The next default of waiting until later is equally bad, since partners who bow out early will still expect an equal share of that first billion you make later. Giving a co-founder a salary won’t get you the “fire in the belly” you want.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 6, 2021

For example, Mark McClain, cofounder and CEO of SailPoint Technologies , created an employee growth culture resulting in growth of forty percent a year, with more than $100 million in revenues. Maintaining business momentum requires constant analysis and vigilance for market and technology changes, as well an internal focus on optimization.

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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. Utilizing Technology to Optimize Operations Technology is pivotal in streamlining freight brokerage operations in today’s digital age.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 14, 2022

Investors, partners, team members, and customers implicitly value or devalue a startup based on the leader’s physical presence, emotional identity, social skills, intellectual agility, moral values, and past performance in the domain. I have paraphrased his key points here as follows: Leader personal impact. Focus on talent and people growth.

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The Startup Magazine

JANUARY 21, 2025

Entrepreneurs entering this field should consider adopting environmentally friendly technologies to stay competitive. Harnessing Technology for Operational Efficiency Integrating technology into day-to-day operations is essential to stay competitive in the transport sector.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 15, 2022

The market was down considerably with public valuations down 53–79% across the four sectors we were reviewing (it is since down even further). ==> Aside, we also have a NEW LA-based partner I’m thrilled to announce: Nick Kim. To that end I’m really excited to share that Nick Kim has joined Upfront as a Partner based out of our LA offices.

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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. In fact, they are well-qualified overall, having worked with high technology and computers for at least 20 years, are highly educated, and highly motivated.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 15, 2020

Investors, partners, team members, and customers implicitly value or devalue a startup based on the leader’s physical presence, emotional identity, social skills, intellectual agility, moral values, and past performance in the domain. I have paraphrased his key points here as follows: Leader personal impact. Focus on talent and people growth.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 25, 2023

New digital technologies, business models, and regulatory rulings are forcing all of us to think outside of our silos and rethink what it means to operate effectively. It is fair to bring in outside technology to reduce the risk and speed the implementation. Outsourcing the entirety of building a new system.

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The Startup Magazine

JANUARY 5, 2025

Leverage Technology for Growth Technology is a powerful tool for driving efficiency and innovation. Technology is also going to enable you to have better communication and collaboration. Always be on the lookout for partners whose business compliment your own. It can also open the doors to new markets for you.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 24, 2020

For example, if your idea is so new and different that it implies real social or technological change is necessary before widespread acceptance, investors will define your market as nascent or unproven, and be very reluctant to fund you, no matter how convincing your projections may be. Valuations are back to 3x-5x revenues.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 11, 2023

For example, the development of reusable rocket technology by SpaceX and Amazon, who could not match NASA supplier budgets, has opened huge new opportunities in space travel and exploration. This also applies to key customers as well as strategic partners. Solicit partners with complementary strengths.

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TechEmpower

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Given this diversity, it's important to be selective in the development services company with whom you choose to partner. Are specific technologies or platforms involved in your project? Do they have experience with the technologies involved in your project? Or is your project a clean slate? Are they publicly available?

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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. Years ago, it cost a million dollars for a new e-commerce site, one that you can now create for almost nothing with current tools and technology.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

Discussions with potential strategic partners. Most often, the best potential partners are already in a business complementary to yours. In today’s world of rapid innovation and new technologies, any individual or company should be hesitant to sign an agreement that limits their activities for 10 years or more.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 18, 2020

They couldn’t possibly understand the new social media culture, new technologies, or have the determination to beat their younger counterparts in the market. In fact, they are well-qualified overall, having worked with high technology and computers for at least 20 years, are highly educated, and highly motivated.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 26, 2023

Every one of you business owners I know periodically introduces new products and services to sustain growth, fight off competitors, or take advantage of new technologies. This may require you selling exclusivity, doing channel development, or alliances with new partners. Don’t count on these as short-term solutions to a growth problem.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 24, 2021

Visit reference customers, partners, and vendors. A hard look will be taken at the technology maturity, the current development progress, and customer satisfaction with early product shipments. Use this opportunity to validate their satisfaction and support for your company and your solution. Status of the solution.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 22, 2020

Every startup founder loves to prompt for questions from investors and potential key team members about their vision, and the huge opportunity that can be had with their disruptive technology. Calculate employee stock option values and vesting times, as well as salary.

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TechEmpower

AUGUST 21, 2023

It provides findings and recommendations intended to foster a mutual understanding between business and software leaders, shedding light on the current state of your technology and your team. Are you preparing to expand, take your business in a new direction, or take on new partners? It’s written for a business leader, not an engineer.

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Steve Blank

APRIL 16, 2020

If you’re interested in learning more about a career in Life Sciences, start reading: Medgadget – medical technology blog. If you’re thinking about educational technology start by reading EdSurge. A Healthy Dose – Bessemer Partners Podcast. MobiHealth News. Science Daily – medical research news. Fast Company and Forbes.

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YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 24, 2020

In the post-coronavirus period, the demand for technologies that help businesses compensate for losses will only increase. In 2006, Rustam Gilfanov, together with his partners, opened an international outsourcing IT company in Kyiv. Collect and analyze information about the size of the niche you can occupy. Build a Financial Model.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 27, 2021

Too many entrepreneurs I know start by highlighting their new technology , and assume that it will sell itself. Unfortunately, technology doesn’t create a vision, and usually frightens customers away, unless they understand the vision and value first. Every balanced leader does marketing early.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 26, 2022

Some say it’s happening today because it’s new, and technology makes it possible. Partner with others to create unique solutions that might benefit your brand, product, or solution. Choose an agency partner who is pushing the envelope and remember to consider technology, media, and creative opportunities.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 15, 2020

In this world of constant change, new technologies, and a thousand cultures, it’s evident and somehow comforting to me that the basic rules for business prosperity really haven’t changed in the last hundred years. Business success is still more about the people than the technology or idea involved. Master-mind alliance.

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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. Young high-tech startups are at constant risk of forgetting that they actually need to sell the wonderful technology they invented. Marty Zwilling.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 9, 2020

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. Young high-tech startups are at constant risk of forgetting that they actually need to sell the wonderful technology they invented. Marty Zwilling.

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The Startup Magazine

DECEMBER 12, 2024

Clear, effective business documentation creates clarity in the minds of employees, stakeholders, and external partners and eventually builds trust for seamless operation. This is especially true for businesses that rely heavily on technology and outsourced services, such as those utilizing Managed Service Providers (MSPs).

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 30, 2022

Work with a partner you can trust. Whether you are charting new territory for pricing models or technology, there is rarely a perfect solution. The best way for a first time entrepreneur to learn problem solving is to find a partner who has “been there and done that.” This is where I say “two heads are better than one.”

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 30, 2022

As a potential investor, I always think of the high rate of failure of disruptive technologies, due to the longer learning curve of customers, infrastructure change consistently required, and higher marketing costs. Technology is great, but high-tech major-step-forward solutions are not the answer to all our change challenges.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 13, 2020

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. Surrounded by the right people and track record. Of course, previous successes provide more direct evidence of a network of the right people.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 8, 2021

Leaders have found that keeping everyone on top of changes in technology, competition, and customer demands is critical to success. How they see you deal with and talk about peers, partners, team members, and customers tells them what the real rules of conduct are for customer service. Service people need this as required team support.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 12, 2022

In this world of constant change, new technologies, and a thousand cultures, it’s evident and somehow comforting to me that the basic rules for business prosperity really haven’t changed in the last hundred years. Business success is still more about the people than the technology or idea involved. Master-mind alliance.

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The Startup Magazine

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

Sim Local also partners with local network providers in over 150 countries, meaning that consumers can access the best value deals whether its a weekend away or a global adventure. However, trends in accounting technologies keep changing from time to time. We should expect to see more innovations in plant technology in 2025.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 1, 2023

You need to find the skills or experience you don’t have in business, technology, or money. The next default of waiting until later is equally bad, since partners who bow out early will still expect an equal share of that first billion you make later. Giving a cofounder a salary won’t get you the “fire in the belly” you want.

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YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 29, 2020

With the continuous advances in technology, it’s easier than ever for businesses to get work done remotely. While technology continues advancing at a rapid pace, we’re also adopting more creative ways to utilize this technology, giving people and businesses access to more opportunity in so many different areas. It’s a win-win.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 29, 2022

These authors speak from their own wealth of experience in creating and growing technology startups, marketing, and fundraising. In that environment, you need to look broadly and work effectively on all the available sources of capital, including friends and family, angel investors, and strategic partners.

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