Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 6, 2022

These authors have enjoyed leadership positions in big companies, as well as small, and distill their advice from interviews with dozens of business owners of all sizes around the country. Even a successful bigger business will bring additional responsibilities, new competition, and more demands on your time.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 8, 2022

Should you start a company solo or find co-founders to help you? Offer low cash early, with bonuses or stock options for milestones, to people in your personal network. Should the founder keep the company small, try to adapt, or step aside in favor of a seasoned business executive? The founding team size dilemma.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 24, 2013

Porter proposed his Five Forces framework for analyzing the competitive environment which I think makes even more sense today. Every existing business, as well as every startup, needs to reassess their product or service in the context of these five forces: Intensity of competitive rivalry. Way back in 1979, Michael E.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 9, 2016

Conforming to the way things have always been done in a company is a career killer as well as a company killer. Develop and continually refine your competitive advantage. Entrepreneurs know that no competitive advantage means failure. Entrepreneurs continually expand their network of advisors and experts.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 8, 2010

One of the key sections of any business plan is the analysis of the competition. Investors take that to mean either 1) there is no market for your product, or 2) you don’t understand the concept of business and competition. It will certainly also decrease profitability over time, as well as test your sustainable competitive advantage.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 10, 2019

Should you start a company solo or find co-founders to help you? Offer low cash early, with bonuses or stock options for milestones, to people in your personal network. Should the founder keep the company small, try to adapt, or step aside in favor of a seasoned business executive? The founding team size dilemma.

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Xconomy

OCTOBER 10, 2016

By popular acclaim, San Diego-based Echo Laboratories founder Eugene Cho claimed top honors, and a $15,000 check, for his two-minute presentation last week in the 10th annual “Quick Pitch” competition, hosted by San Diego’s Tech Coast Angels. Crowd Gathers for San Diego Tech Coast Angels “Quick Pitch” Competition.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 4, 2015

Many soon find that what you do in a personal context doesn’t necessarily translate to your business, and measuring business value is quite different from measuring personal satisfaction. Top social networks are Facebook (1.2 Companies have to communicate, rather than just pontificate. billion users).

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 14, 2014

Should you start a company solo or find co-Founders to help you? Offer low cash early, with bonuses or stock options for milestones, to people in your personal network. Should the Founder keep the company small, try to adapt, or step aside in favor of a seasoned business executive? The founding team size dilemma.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 19, 2017

Should you start a company solo or find co-founders to help you? Offer low cash early, with bonuses or stock options for milestones, to people in your personal network. Should the founder keep the company small, try to adapt, or step aside in favor of a seasoned business executive? The founding team size dilemma.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 19, 2013

Should you start a company solo or find co-Founders to help you? Offer low cash early, with bonuses or stock options for milestones, to people in your personal network. Should the Founder keep the company small, try to adapt, or step aside in favor of a seasoned business executive? The founding team size dilemma.

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InfoChachkie

JANUARY 16, 2018

Without taking a dime of outside capital, the company has achieved impressive success in a competitive, SaaS market segment, landing companies such as Nike, Intuit, NASA, AutoDesk and PBS. What makes their story more remarkable, in the age of 20-something billionaires, is that both of the company’s founders are in their 50’s.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 19, 2010

Quite possibly your perception is the young adult working dutifully in the company mailroom. Due in large part to the current economy and an ultra-competitive job market, a Gen-Y entrepreneurial tsunami is already upon us. More and more, they choose to intern at a dynamic small company or startup. Satisfaction vs. Stress.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 28, 2019

First of all, you should never wait for a crisis to prepare for the future, but even initiating a startup for consulting in your favorite role is good for the following reasons: Companies prefer candidates with no gaps in their resume. Start networking for potential partners or people who can help. Start a business while you still can.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 24, 2022

I’m convinced that’s why most mature companies are slowing down or buying their innovation through acquisition, rather than building it. Progress on the learning curve is their satisfaction. Expand your professional network to new groups. They don’t have a comfort zone or protocol to fall back on.

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SoCal CTO

DECEMBER 1, 2010

aka: An Open Letter to the Next Big Social Network) - 500 Hats , November 1, 2010 I've held off writing this post for a long time, because I couldn't quite get my head around all the issues. Who better to answer than the company's engineering lead. Over the last few weeks, the Real Ventures team has met with easily 50 companies.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 29, 2020

I’m convinced that’s why most mature companies are slowing down or buying their innovation through acquisition, rather than building it. Progress on the learning curve is their satisfaction. Expand your professional network to new groups. They don’t have a comfort zone or protocol to fall back on.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 20, 2013

And all of our tech toys, cheap travel, social networks and real-time communications will never replace true human relationships. But his phone rang and he ended up spending much of the dinner on his mobile phone dealing with a company issue. Men are generally chest beaters and competitive. They want to win.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 29, 2014

I’m convinced that’s why most mature companies are slowing down or buying their innovation through acquisition, rather than building it. Progress on the learning curve is their satisfaction. Expand your professional network to new groups. They don’t have a comfort zone or protocol to fall back on.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 12, 2018

I’m convinced that’s why most mature companies are slowing down or buying their innovation through acquisition, rather than building it. Progress on the learning curve is their satisfaction. Expand your professional network to new groups. They don’t have a comfort zone or protocol to fall back on.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 29, 2015

I’m convinced that’s why most mature companies are slowing down or buying their innovation through acquisition, rather than building it. Progress on the learning curve is their satisfaction. Expand your professional network to new groups. They don’t have a comfort zone or protocol to fall back on.

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