Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 16, 2022

For you, this means providing a positive team culture, being a role model for good communication, and creating a support network of colleagues. The recent pandemic and remote team members have made the focus on social even more critical. Occupational satisfaction. Spiritual connections.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 1, 2019

Solis outlines the heuristics of social psychology that are key to building positive customer experiences today. These begin with the following Cialdini’s Six Principles of Influence , which consumers use to make decisions, buttressed by results from various social media surveys he references in the book: Social proof – follow the crowd.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 12, 2018

In my experience, you will have the most satisfaction and success if you can combine a strong sense of “purpose” with a quantifiable business opportunity. Do you feel strongly about a social or environmental issue where you would love to make an impact as part of your legacy? Start networking to pull together a complementary team.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 29, 2014

Solis outlines the heuristics of social psychology that are key to building positive customer experiences today. These begin with the following Cialdini’s Six Principles of Influence, that consumers use to make decisions, buttressed by results from various social media surveys he references in the book: Social proof – follow the crowd.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 2, 2017

Solis outlines the heuristics of social psychology that are key to building positive customer experiences today. These begin with the following Cialdini’s Six Principles of Influence , which consumers use to make decisions, buttressed by results from various social media surveys he references in the book: Social proof – follow the crowd.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 20, 2019

They may not have noticed the wave of “open businesses,” spawned by the Internet and social media. In fact, Conscious Capitalism companies, for example, historically have outperformed the S&P 500 index by a factor of ten. Shared clients and objectives (networked organization). Strive to treat them as genuine partners.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 22, 2013

Solis outlines the heuristics of social psychology that are key to building positive customer experiences today. These begin with the following Cialdini’s Six Principles of Influence , that consumers use to make decisions, buttressed by results from various social media surveys he references in the book: Social proof – follow the crowd.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 5, 2018

Today there are many more ways to make contact, including email, social media, and web site queries, yet a common complaint I still hear is that no one ever responds. Business connections and networking are still the source of major new clients, new job opportunities, and most promotions. What more could anyone want from work?

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 22, 2015

They may not have noticed the wave of “open businesses,” spawned by the Internet and social media. Shared clients and objectives (networked organization). Establish vehicles, like a formal customer satisfaction program, to recognize and reward staff and customers for sharing what they can do to help you.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 17, 2015

You see, I’m convinced that the entrepreneur makes the company, not the other way around. We have enough social network startups. You won’t be effective centering your life around someone else’s view of success, satisfaction, and happiness. Keep commitments, with no excuses. Make personal life goals drive the business.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 12, 2017

They may not have noticed the wave of “open businesses,” spawned by the Internet and social media. Shared clients and objectives (networked organization). Establish vehicles, like a formal customer satisfaction program, to recognize and reward staff and customers for sharing what they can do to help you.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 15, 2017

Expand your network on both sides (Networking). A key value of mentoring is getting access to each other’s networks, who can be new business partners or new mentors. Shared social media is the new networking. Meetings can be informal or structured. Build and maintain a trusting partner relationship (Trust).

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 13, 2014

They may not have noticed the wave of “open businesses,” spawned by the Internet and social media. Shared clients and objectives (networked organization). Establish vehicles, like a formal customer satisfaction program, to recognize and reward staff and customers for sharing what they can do to help you.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 29, 2018

You see, I’m convinced that the entrepreneur makes the company, not the other way around. We have enough social network startups. You won’t be effective centering your life around someone else’s view of success, satisfaction, and happiness. Keep commitments, with no excuses. Make personal life goals drive the business.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 20, 2016

You see, I’m convinced that the entrepreneur makes the company, not the other way around. We have enough social network startups. You won’t be effective centering your life around someone else’s view of success, satisfaction, and happiness. Keep commitments, with no excuses. Make personal life goals drive the business.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 19, 2013

My internal compass has always steered me strongly toward the belief that founders who can scale with their startup companies are better to back that founders who eventually need to hire a CEO. His vision for social analytics and tracking the conversion funnel was better than any I had heard at the time (or since).

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 2, 2011

By John Williams Fast Company magazine recently reported that PayPal founder Paul Thiel is giving away $100,000 to twenty-four young men and women to finance startup businesses. You get the personal satisfaction of making something out of almost nothing. Print advertising is expensive, but social media is free.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 6, 2023

Over time, I have collected a list of new business attributes that go beyond the initial idea or solution, which often are more critical to long-term success and satisfaction. A legendary pivot example in social media was the transformation of Odeo into Twitter. Solutions and inventions alone do not make a business.

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Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 3, 2015

Many women rose to the top of their careers only to discover how unsatisfying, soul-draining and unhealthy a lifestyle it was and completely changed careers to find satisfaction doing something completely different where they once again became successful, but in a more balanced manner.

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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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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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