Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 1, 2021

The best part of being an entrepreneur is having the independence to make your own decisions, the flexibility for a better work/life balance, and personal satisfaction from driving change. But nobody said it would be easy. My first answer to all these frustrations is to step back and focus on the basics. Marty Zwilling.

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InfoChachkie

NOVEMBER 18, 2010

Created by consultants to generate additional fees, such scores attempt to rate a company’s overall customer satisfaction. The higher your company’s NPS, allegedly the higher your customer satisfaction. Created by consultants to generate additional fees, such scores attempt to rate a company’s overall customer satisfaction.

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InfoChachkie

JULY 4, 2011

There are a number of other children’s books that also serve as good platforms from which you can impart entrepreneurial values and lessons. One such book comes from a surprising source, the notoriously left-leaning Theodor Geisel, better known as Dr. Seuss. However (Spoiler Alert) Sam’s persistence pays off.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 1, 2021

Everyone seems to espouse extrinsic motivations, such as getting rich, having power, and fulfilling parent dreams, when in fact a focus on satisfying internal interests and desires will likely lead to more success, as well as satisfaction. Satisfaction of doing something great. Find personal meaning from building a business.

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InfoChachkie

NOVEMBER 18, 2010

Created by consultants to generate additional fees, such scores attempt to rate a company’s overall customer satisfaction. The higher your company’s NPS, allegedly the higher your customer satisfaction. The score is calculated by asking customers, "How likely is it that you would recommend our company to a friend or colleague?"

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 6, 2022

Risks to the business drift off their radar screen, resulting in poor business decisions, as well as less job satisfaction and declining professional success. Entrepreneurial leaders know that complexity actually increases risk, as well as mistakes, and ultimately reduces customer satisfaction.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 12, 2021

Jim Sterne, who has written many books on Internet advertising, marketing, and customer service, tackled this complex world of social media metrics in a classic book titled simply " Social Media Metrics." He suggests you begin with the “big three” business objectives of higher revenue, reduced costs, and improved customer satisfaction.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 3, 2020

According to Gallup surveys , job satisfaction for employees is at an all-time low. As a mentor to many aspiring entrepreneurs, I’m often asked what it takes to switch and get real satisfaction from this lifestyle. I found some great help in outlining the elements of this process in the classic book, “ Disruptors ,” by Kunal Mehta.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 11, 2022

I found these pillars, and the first principles behind them, pulled together well in a classic book, “ Embracing Progress: Next Steps For The Future Of Work ,” by A. Employee engagement is a measure of emotional commitment, leading to work focus, which translates to productivity, satisfaction and happiness. Sophie Wade.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

I found some excellent guidance on the specifics in the classic book, “ What Customers Crave ,” by Nicholas J. It’s not only good for your business, but it will add meaning and joy to your customers, and will also enhance your personal satisfaction and well-being. That’s a win-win-win opportunity you can’t afford to miss.

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Berkonomics

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

Robert Greenleaf may have been the first to resurrect the concept in his book published in 1970. More important, a servant leader involves employees in the process of decision–making, focusing upon the performance and satisfaction of employees. First, what is “servant leadership?”. It’s a term rooted in ancient philosophy.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 2, 2022

A key influencer of satisfaction and motivation, top-ranked by employees, is positive progress and the completion of meaningful work. These points are illustrated in detail in “ The Progress Principle ,” a classic book from the Harvard Business School, by Teresa Amabile and Steven Kramer.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 8, 2015

Many startups and mature businesses have not yet accepted the fact that customer satisfaction and loyalty in this “always connected” age are about more than product and service quality. But to engender loyalty, you have to be delivering a good experience and keeping satisfaction high. Customer upsell: Sell more to existing customers.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 30, 2020

On the other hand, I just finished a classic book, “ The 10% Entrepreneur: Live Your Startup Dream Without Quitting Your Day Job ,” by Patrick J. He makes some good points in the book for the overlapped entrepreneur approach that I espouse: One job is not enough these days. Startups cost money but don’t pay a salary before revenue.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

Risks to the business drift off their radar screen, resulting in poor business decisions, as well as less job satisfaction and declining professional success. Entrepreneurial leaders know that complexity actually increases risk, as well as mistakes, and ultimately reduces customer satisfaction.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 30, 2022

The result is that customer satisfaction in unachievable or at least very expensive. Products that have features which are unfocused, or aimed at too broad an audience, can be almost impossible to support. Customers need lots of help with installation, or can’t make the product work the way they expect.

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InfoChachkie

DECEMBER 30, 2013

The CTO''s calendar was booked solid, except for lunch, which he spent running. Be Sharing - Mentors are often motivated by the satisfaction they derive from vicariously sharing in your success. However, there may be times when you are forced to take up a new endeavor to cement a mentor relationship.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 28, 2015

Everyone seems to espouse extrinsic motivations, such as getting rich, having power, and fulfilling parent dreams, when in fact a focus on satisfying internal interests and desires will likely lead to more success, as well as satisfaction. Satisfaction of doing something great. Find personal meaning from building a business.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 28, 2016

Everyone seems to espouse extrinsic motivations, such as getting rich, having power, and fulfilling parent dreams, when in fact a focus on satisfying internal interests and desires will likely lead to more success, as well as satisfaction. Satisfaction of doing something great. Find personal meaning from building a business.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

Thus I was pleased to see support for my perspective in a new book, “ Flux: 8 Superpowers for Thriving in Constant Change ,” by April Rinne, who is emerging as one of the leading futurists and change navigators for businesses, and individuals alike. Thrive by using your humanity to help others.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 14, 2021

I was happy to see my own view reinforced in the classic book, “ Innovation Thinking Methods for the Modern Entrepreneur ,” by long-time entrepreneur and innovation expert Osama A. Here are ten key lessons from his book that we can all learn from: Utilize first principles thinking. Marty Zwilling.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 7, 2021

Gerber wrote a best-selling business book called The E-Myth: Why Most Businesses Don’t Work and What to Do About It. The Technician’s Perspective is a fragmented vision of the world, where customer satisfaction represents a series of problems to solve, with price, features, availability, and support. Well over 25 years ago, Michael E.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 16, 2022

To counter this hesitancy, I was inspired by a new book, “ Make No Small Plans ,” by entrepreneurs Elliott Bisnow, Jeff Rosenthal, Brett Leve, and Jeremy Schwartz. Maybe it’s time for you to take a hard look at your own progress and satisfaction in the business you are in. No idea should go unspoken.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 31, 2022

Trying to do everything is a sure way to maximize stress, lower job satisfaction, and minimize productivity. If you are not sure of your best fit, like many people I know, I just found help in a new book, “ The 6 Types of Working Genius ,” by Patrick Lencioni. Assess your satisfaction and ability for this type of work.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 13, 2020

I remember the classic book, “ Driven to Delight ,” by Joseph A. According to a recent customer satisfaction survey , more than 70 percent of customers say they have spent more with a company and recommended it to friends because of a history of positive experiences. It requires brand-building at its best.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 9, 2019

Jim Sterne, who has written many books on Internet advertising, marketing, and customer service, tackled this complex world of social media metrics in a classic book titled simply " Social Media Metrics." Measure to see if you have an increase in revenue, a lowering of costs, and improvement in customer satisfaction.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 30, 2022

For example, I remember a classic book by Penina Rybak, “ The NICE Reboot ,” that does a great job of outlining problem solving steps, honed from working with special needs youngsters. The best part of the entrepreneur problem-solving lifestyle is that it can bring satisfaction and happiness to your work.

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Tech.Co

DECEMBER 4, 2020

Under Hsieh’s leadership, Zappos revolutionized the apparel industry, and e-commerce in general, by being one of the first to prioritize customer satisfaction and service. Tony Hsieh, Delivering Happiness: A Path to Profits, Passion, and Purpose. Under his leadership the company grew into a billion dollar company acquired by Amazon in 2009.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 9, 2022

Gregg Lederman, in his classic book, “ ENGAGED!: No more gamed employee satisfaction surveys. Highly engaged organizations have been shown to reduce staff turnover by 87 percent, improve performance by 20 percent, and increase customer satisfaction by at least 12 percent. Build relationships and stop surveying customers.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 3, 2015

The best part of being an entrepreneur is having the independence to make your own decisions, the flexibility for a better work/life balance, and personal satisfaction from driving change. But nobody said it would be easy. My first answer to all these frustrations is to step back and focus on the basics. Marty Zwilling.

Entrepreneur 111

Entrepreneur Search Engine Optimization Satisfaction Social Media 111

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 23, 2021

In this context, constraints might more reasonably be seen as beautiful by entrepreneurs, just as they are described in the classic book, “ A Beautiful Constraint ,” by renowned marketing consultants Adam Morgan and Mark Barden. It allows them turn resource constraints into stunning new businesses. It’s still a hard road to success.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 21, 2020

Both ends of this spectrum fail to bring long-term satisfaction or success. I remember a classic book, “ The Purpose Effect ,” by renowned author Dan Pontefract, that provides a good framework and background or doing just that.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 14, 2014

A key influencer of satisfaction and motivation, top-ranked by employees, is positive progress and the completion of meaningful work. These points are illustrated in detail a while back in “ The Progress Principle ,” a book from the Harvard Business School, by Teresa Amabile and Steven Kramer.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 14, 2020

Transforming an existing culture is even harder than setting it correctly at the start, as outlined in the classic book, “ Cultural Transformations ,” by leadership experts John Mattone and Nick Vaidya. Don’t confuse engagement or satisfaction surveys with culture surveys. In medicine, prescription before diagnosis is malpractice.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 22, 2021

I was happy to see quantified evidence of this in a new book, “ Winning on Purpose ,” by Fred Reichhheld, creator of the Net Promoter system of management, in concert with Darci Darnell and Maureen Burns. I still see organizations that penalize teams for change requests, and try to live by the old adage of “it’s always been done this way.”

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 7, 2018

Everyone seems to espouse extrinsic motivations, such as getting rich, having power, and fulfilling parent dreams, when in fact a focus on satisfying internal interests and desires will likely lead to more success, as well as satisfaction. Satisfaction of doing something great. Find personal meaning from building a business.

Entrepreneur 98

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 19, 2015

Risks to the business drift off their radar screen, resulting in poor business decisions, as well as less job satisfaction and declining professional success. Entrepreneurial leaders know that complexity actually increases risk, as well as mistakes, and ultimately reduces customer satisfaction.

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