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10 Tips For Entering The Startup Community This Year

Startup Professionals Musings

Myers, a noted career coach, and author of the classic book, “ Get The Job You Want, Even When No One’s Hiring ,” many job seekers and career changers make the mistake of halting all their efforts as summer approaches, believing that nobody will be hiring until early fall. Invest in career coaching. According to Ford R.

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6 Tips to Boost Workforce Engagement and Motivation

Startup Professionals Musings

Image via Wikipedia The challenge for all of us in business is to improve competitiveness by improving employee productivity and reducing costs. Many companies also promote local mentoring and coaching opportunities. I believe the only way to improve engagement is to make work more satisfying.

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7 Tips For Building The Right People Relationships

Startup Professionals Musings

Provide and seek coach and advocate relationships. The best coaches are people who care about you as a person, without any ulterior motives, and intend to inspire you to be the best that you can be. A good coach is not a critic. Work to make your ability to manage relationships your sustainable competitive advantage.

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Five Startup Tips From Bill Gates

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This frugality was evidenced by the fact that everyone at Microsoft, even Gates, flew coach until well into the late 1990s. Bill’s advice reflects Microsoft’s hardnosed culture, which encourages internal competition and a ruthless pursuit of the truth. " [Tweet this quote]. Treasure it.

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8 Tips To Get the Most Out of Your Investors and Board

Both Sides of the Table

In Rob’s spare time he always seems to be going to a boxing class or some other competitive, physical activity. When we recommended that Rob get a CEO coach he not only embraced it but craved it and thanked us for suggesting it. Meeting Dynamics (also for VC pitches but also some practical tips for board meetings).

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6 Marketing 101 Tips For Technology Entrepreneurs

Startup Professionals Musings

I like the guidance from marketing coach David Newman’s recent book “ Do It! Marketing ,” which provides some pragmatic marketing tips for small businesses as follows: Don’t tell customers how great you are. Parroting a generic message that you have great service, great value, and a great selection says you have nothing unique.

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6 Pragmatic Marketing Tips To Ramp-Up Your Business

Startup Professionals Musings

I like the guidance from marketing coach David Newman’s classic book “ Do It! Marketing ,” which provides some pragmatic marketing tips for small businesses as follows: Don’t tell customers how great you are. Parroting a generic message that you have great service, great value, and a great selection says you have nothing unique.

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