Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 9, 2023

Today’s customers demand more than a good product; they expect a great customer experience. This requires people on your team who have real-world experience, as well as design training. Others include the marketing awareness and education stage, online and in-store shopping stage, setup stage, support, and upgrade considerations.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 13, 2021

Here are a few facts from the National Council on Economic Education emphasizing the need for more business training, starting much earlier: More than 1 in 6 students in the USA do not have a baseline level of financial literacy. Nearly 1/4 of millennials spend more than they earn. Start a summer business.

Help 74

Help Startup Education Entrepreneur 74

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 23, 2020

Today’s customers demand more than a good product; they expect a great customer experience. This requires people on your team who have real-world experience, as well as design training. Others include the marketing awareness and education stage, online and in-store shopping stage, setup stage, support, and upgrade considerations.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 13, 2021

Community means more than supply and demand. Although the sharing economy isn’t really new, here are a few of the arenas that Stephany and I believe are still ripe for disruption: Education. It can mean selling through peer-to-peer e-commerce ( eBay ), renting ( Vrbo ), gifting ( GiftCrowd ), or even swapping ( Swapz ).

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Resource Commerce Social Media Platform 126

Xconomy

APRIL 16, 2018

The Adecco Group, the global staffing and worker training giant, has inked a $412.5 million agreement to acquire General Assembly, a tech training and career development company that offers courses online and at 20 campuses worldwide.

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Training Incubator Demand Course 59

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 18, 2019

Assess customer demand. Education and training roadblocks. Does your dream require additional time and money for training or academic credentials? Look critically at yourself and your existing organization for strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats (SWOT). What personal support resources are available?

Startup 94

Startup Resource Training Ideas 94

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 30, 2022

Second-stage growth usually requires a formal sales model, an experienced and disciplined sales team, and a well-defined process to meet your new goals and demands. These only come with the proper training, investment in tools, and focus on customer relationships. Managing business growth is more than metrics.

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Sales Metrics Guide Startup 147

socalTECH

DECEMBER 5, 2014

Most controllers out there now are timers, which basically do not react to water demand. Instead, we run a model in the cloud based on the weather and calculate actual water demand, and we adjust the schedule on a daily basis. Manrique Brenes: I am a actually formally trained in water resources management.

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Demand Startup Southern California Marketing 258

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 1, 2015

Assess customer demand. Education and training roadblocks. Does your dream require additional time and money for training or academic credentials? Look critically at yourself and your existing organization for strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats (SWOT). What personal support resources are available?

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Startup Resource Training Ideas 109

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 25, 2017

This technology is not only spawning a new generation of entrepreneurs, but is also changing the educational landscape, all the way down to early grade school. Makerspaces and hackerspaces have sites and events, including education and training, where people with common interests can meet, socialize and collaborate.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 13, 2014

At a small company, if you''re constantly demanding more support, you risk turning your net impact into overhead-creep rather than value creation. One positive aspect of having worked in a large company is that they usually provide actual training and education for a new role, rather than all “on-the-job training.”

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Startup Company Companies Training 103

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 2, 2019

Community means more than supply and demand. Although the sharing economy isn’t really new, here are a few of the arenas that Stephany and I believe are still ripe for disruption: Education. It can mean selling through peer-to-peer e-commerce ( eBay ), renting ( HomeAway ), gifting ( yerdle ), or even swapping ( Swapz ).

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Commerce Social Media Platform Class 98

Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 9, 2014

Overall, in today’s economy, businesses demand marketers think beyond the everyday ad and try to think outside the box for ad campaigns. One example of this could be education. Advertising Business Marketing corporate training digital marketing' What Consumers and Businesses Want.

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Advertising Training Customer Custom 69

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 21, 2020

Other companies have only seen a slight decline and may be expecting demand to return to normalcy later in the year. The reality is that when unemployment sinks in demand is likely to get worse. B2C Companies We talked about how some companies saw an immediate decline in purchasing (for example if you’re in travel or hospitality).

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Venture Capital Marketing Startup Writing 263

Tech Zulu Event

APRIL 6, 2015

With the growing need for Software Engineers at technology, entertainment and media companies in the Los Angeles area, Hack Reactor, which has three founders who are University of Southern California graduates, identified fertile ground for MakerSquare to educate, train and mentor technologists in Southern California.

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Dollar Shave Club Southern California Software Engineering Develop 40

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 30, 2017

Assess customer demand. Education and training roadblocks. Does your dream require additional time and money for training or academic credentials? Look critically at yourself and your existing organization for strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats (SWOT). What personal support resources are available?

Startup 57

Startup Resource Training Ideas 57

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 23, 2013

At a small company, if you're constantly demanding more support, you risk turning your net impact into overhead-creep rather than value creation. One positive aspect of having worked in a large company is that they usually provide actual training and education for a new role, rather than all “on-the-job training.”

Entrepreneur 105

Entrepreneur Startup Training Technical Review 105

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 4, 2013

Assess customer demand. Education and training roadblocks. Does your dream require additional time and money for training or academic credentials? Look critically at yourself and your existing organization for strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats (SWOT). What personal support resources are available?

Entrepreneur 97

Entrepreneur Startup Resource Training 97

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 15, 2013

Here are a few facts from the National Council on Economic Education emphasizing the need for more business training, starting much earlier: Only 34% of teens can balance a checkbook. They need to understand that having money is not an entitlement, and not related to the volume of their demands. Start a summer business.

Entrepreneur 104

Entrepreneur Education Commerce Training 104

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 5, 2012

Assess customer demand. Education and training roadblocks. Does your dream require additional time and money for training or academic credentials? Look critically at yourself and your existing organization for strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats (SWOT). What personal support resources are available?

Entrepreneur 106

Entrepreneur Startup Resource Training 106

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 25, 2019

Another approach is simply repurposing used items, or simply passing them down to less demanding users, like the ecoATM story with used cell phones, tablets and MP3 players. It’s a problem that can be minimized with better automation, training, and the use of machine learning on the factory floor. The potential here is still huge.

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Artificial Inteligence Resource Examples Startup 79

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 5, 2018

Most young people who are completing their educational degree today think they will have learned all they need for their career ahead. The question is how we develop our future role and potential, while satisfying all the business and personal demands on our time today. Proactively prepare for your desired future roles.

Examples 85

Examples Social Media Competition Guide 85

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 1, 2019

Second-stage growth usually requires a formal sales model, an experienced and disciplined sales team, and a well-defined process to meet your new goals and demands. These only come with the proper training, investment in tools, and focus on customer relationships. Managing business growth is more than metrics.

Startup 97

Startup Sales Metrics Guide 97

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 10, 2011

At a small company, if you're constantly demanding more support, you risk turning your net impact into overhead creep rather than value creation. One positive aspect of having worked in a large company is that they usually provide actual training and education for a new role, rather than all “on-the-job training.”

Startup 105

Startup Company Companies Training 105

TechCrunch LA

MARCH 31, 2021

Tech companies have spent the past decade or more developing innovations that can be applied to old-world industries like agriculture, construction, energy, education, manufacturing and transportation and logistics. America’s C- grade infrastructure has problems extending across the length and breadth of the country.

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Startup Technical Review Invest Research 229

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 8, 2015

Community means more than supply and demand. Although the sharing economy isn’t really new, here are a few of the arenas that Stephany and I believe are still ripe for disruption: Education. It can mean selling through peer-to-peer e-commerce ( eBay ), renting ( HomeAway ), gifting ( yerdle ), or even swapping ( Swapz ).

Entrepreneur 111

Entrepreneur Commerce Social Media Platform 111

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 9, 2011

Assess customer demand. Education and training roadblocks. Does your dream require additional time and money for training or academic credentials? Look critically at yourself and your existing organization for strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats (SWOT). What personal support resources are available?

Startup 94

Startup Resource Training Ideas 94

socalTECH

APRIL 26, 2017

The first thing you are trained on, is to qualify customers and figure out if they need upright or inverted microscopes. We got a very large international order, and we found the demand on this was exceptional, not only here in the U.S., In order to view those cells and tissue, you want an inverted microscope. but internationally.

Tech Coast Angels 124

Tech Coast Angels Startup Sales Slides 124

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 23, 2010

At a small company, if you're constantly demanding more support, you risk turning your net impact into overhead creep rather than value creation. One positive aspect of having worked in a large company is that they usually provide actual training and education for a new role, rather than all “on-the-job training.”

Startup 95

Startup Company Companies Training 95

Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 11, 2013

I did basic training in San Antonio followed by my technical school in Biloxi, Mississippi. So by July of 2002 I was enlisted and shipping out for basic training. DB: Initially, it was just getting through basic training. Clear communication is a hallmark of a well-trained member of the military. Mostly Skype.

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Training UCLA Technology IP 98

socalTECH

APRIL 26, 2017

The first thing you are trained on, is to qualify customers and figure out if they need upright or inverted microscopes. We got a very large international order, and we found the demand on this was exceptional, not only here in the U.S., In order to view those cells and tissue, you want an inverted microscope. but internationally.

Tech Coast Angels 100

Tech Coast Angels Startup Sales Slides 100

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 25, 2015

Today’s customers demand more than a good product; they expect a great customer experience. This requires people on your team who have real-world experience, as well as design training. Others include the marketing awareness and education stage, online and in-store shopping stage, setup stage, support, and upgrade considerations.

Design 61

Design Product Customer Custom 61

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 4, 2015

Second-stage growth usually requires a formal sales model, an experienced and disciplined sales team, and a well-defined process to meet your new goals and demands. These only come with the proper training, investment in tools, and focus on customer relationships. Managing business growth is more than metrics.

Startup 108

Startup Sales Metrics Entrepreneur 108

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 11, 2016

Community means more than supply and demand. Although the sharing economy isn’t really new, here are a few of the arenas that Stephany and I believe are still ripe for disruption: Education. It can mean selling through peer-to-peer e-commerce ( eBay ), renting ( HomeAway ), gifting ( yerdle ), or even swapping ( Swapz ).

Marketing 52

Marketing Commerce Social Media Entrepreneur 52

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 13, 2017

Second-stage growth usually requires a formal sales model, an experienced and disciplined sales team, and a well-defined process to meet your new goals and demands. These only come with the proper training, investment in tools, and focus on customer relationships. Managing business growth is more than metrics.

Startup 56

Startup Sales Metrics Guide 56

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 3, 2013

Second-stage growth usually requires a formal sales model, an experienced and disciplined sales team, and a well-defined process to meet your new goals and demands. These only come with the proper training, investment in tools, and focus on customer relationships. Managing business growth is more than metrics.

Sales 96

Sales Metrics Startup Entrepreneur 96

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 2, 2017

Anne Fulton: I've always been a technology lover, although I'm an organizational psychologist by training. The education around new products and bringing them to the market is the same in both markets. Plus, we're really ramping up our client success team and sales team to meet the demand in the U.S. versus New Zealand?

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Help Southern California Startup Technical Review 100