Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 5, 2014

Demand for coaching, counseling, and discipline training is high. Here are a few examples from their book and my experience of the many indicators, challenges that entrepreneurs will probably recognize, which highlight the value and need for increased focus on the human element: Collaborative team sessions seem to drag on.

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TechEmpower

MARCH 4, 2024

Key Functions with High Impact Generative AI is revolutionizing sales by enabling dynamic pricing and personalized customer interactions, boosting conversion rates and customer satisfaction. It also facilitates rapid prototyping, allowing for quicker iterations and thus shorter development cycles.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 29, 2021

Every one of you business leaders I know struggles with the competing demands of finding and keeping employees motivated and satisfied, versus building and enforcing a set of repeatable processes that work. That takes less time and gives everyone greater satisfaction. Marty Zwilling First published on Inc.com on 01/15/2021.

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Berkonomics

MARCH 26, 2020

The bottleneck itself strains to keep up with demand, often to the point of reducing its own efficiency in the process of attempting to keep up with demand. The effect of your action is magnified several-fold at the output stage of your business, leading to increased customer satisfaction and increased profits.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 9, 2020

You need a faster and more flexible on-demand hiring strategy, based on the current gig-economy of remote freelancers, contract personnel, and specialists. Higher worker engagement and satisfaction. You all have to deal today primarily with on-demand customers in an on-demand economy.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

But very quickly, it is becoming obvious to startups that the value and satisfaction exceeds the costs. The anecdotal evidence is growing that consumers are willing to pay a premium for sustainability, and have started to demand a discount for ‘un-sustainability.’ Social responsibility opens the door to a broader customer base.

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InfoChachkie

JULY 4, 2011

Rather, the Prospect’s kneejerk rejection of Sam is a coping mechanism that many people utilize to deal with the competing demands on their time. his commission, the Prospect’s satisfaction and his company’s revenue) more than compensates him for the short-term discomfort associated with a rejection born of ignorance.

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InfoChachkie

DECEMBER 30, 2013

Good mentors are in demand and they will quickly lose patience if you do not adequately appreciate their time and attention. Be Sharing - Mentors are often motivated by the satisfaction they derive from vicariously sharing in your success. Thus, freely communicate your accomplishments and give your mentor credit, when it''s due.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 13, 2020

Your competition is global, so today’s customers are demanding world-class service. 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. Set the expectation for continuous improvement.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 2, 2020

Their satisfaction comes from proving nay-sayers wrong. Don’t forget to maintain a healthy balance between business and personal demands, including family, sleep, and time off for enjoyable activities. Many experts tell me that more startups fail simply because their founder gives up, than for any other reason.

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TechCrunch LA

SEPTEMBER 21, 2019

The company is actually based out of LA, too, but has completed its initial launch in Minnesota, where there’s greater demand for short-term bus travel. HappyOrNot nabs $25M for its customer satisfaction terminals . The business has closed a $3.85 Landline isn’t just a few buses with startup branding.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 12, 2023

Leading change is even harder, trying to balance the demands of the customers against the needs and expectations of employees. I recommend that you follow their example, and you too can experience the legacy and satisfaction of long-term success and satisfaction. But you have to change to survive and thrive.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 18, 2020

This distrust for the scripted message has led to a new demand for unfiltered marketing, and the emergence of business credibility heroes, like Elon Musk, with his bold statements about space travel, and sometime villains, such as Mark Zuckerberg defending Facebook privacy practices. They want the raw data versus a polished message.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 16, 2021

A key part of her message that resonated with me, as a mentor to entrepreneurs, is her guidance on how to deal with the constant demands and requests that every business founder faces.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

In other words, how do you recognize the challenges that really need your leadership , versus the less critical demands that seem to always bubble to the top? As a result, Amazon has ranked as #1 for customer satisfaction for many years in a row and has grown accordingly. You see more personal people conflicts in your team.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 6, 2021

Ongoing momentum requires a move to mainstream, or even late adopters, who demand simplicity in your base function. Your long-term success and satisfaction depends on it. Thus you should never be complacent in your business about the growth you have achieved, or your loyal customer base.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 1, 2020

In either case, you need to understand the dynamics to maximize team performance, and for your own sanity and satisfaction. Team members may forget you are now the boss, or anyone can make inappropriate comments or demands. You may be annoying other people without even recognizing it. Overtly manage your time, and declare constraints.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 6, 2020

Once you accept equity investor money, or go public with stockholders, you won’t believe the things they demand, and the legal rules you have follow. This can be a key source of personal satisfaction, as well as the ultimate success factor and legacy. You want to be your own boss, and do things your way.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 19, 2020

Over time, I learned that I could get more personal results, as well as satisfaction, by enlisting the natural strengths of others. Good leaders never complain about what they can’t control, and never demand results from team members which are outside their control. In my own business career, this was a tough one for me.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 25, 2022

You will learn to recognize that some friends and colleagues are always downers, and get their satisfaction from snuffing out your aspirations through negative thinking. A first step is empowering yourself to achieve success and feel satisfaction from doing your job. Don’t let anyone kill your dreams and passion.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 8, 2021

Train them fully, give them authority, make them accountable, and tie their pay to customer satisfaction. Leaders have found that keeping everyone on top of changes in technology, competition, and customer demands is critical to success. Make sure you know and communicate well exactly what you mean by high-quality service.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 31, 2023

Successful people are able to find enough personal time off to balance personal needs against the constant barrage of work demands. Constant attention to work devices, location, and travel is not humanly sustainable without loss of quality, satisfaction, and productivity. Stretch here also increases job satisfaction.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 11, 2021

Starting a new business does put you in control, but you will face a harrowing new set of demands from partners, investors, suppliers, and customers. Of course, you must hire the right people and really listen to them, but don’t expect them to do your job. Enjoy the flexibility to make your own decisions.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 16, 2022

Compared to what I most often see today, these approaches represent a “leadership mind switch” in the way entrepreneurs need to think about their behaviors to generate the level of employee engagement required to keep up with rapid market changes and customer demands.

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InfoChachkie

JUNE 2, 2014

We keep our eye on a handful of metrics, but we’re focused on customer satisfaction. We will be moving into other categories based on customer demand. Doorey : "We have hit our milestones months ahead of schedule and under budget, thanks to our amazing team. Greathouse : You have clearly come up with a compelling business model.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 31, 2022

These are responding to the demands of this new world for collaboration, trust, and transparency. Establish vehicles, like a formal customer satisfaction program, to recognize and reward staff and customers for sharing what they can do to help you. Shared knowledge packaging (shareability).

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TechEmpower

OCTOBER 9, 2023

With Generative AI and LLMs, new avenues for improving operational efficiency and user satisfaction are emerging every day. In layman's terms, while conventional search mechanisms demand exact phrases or keywords to return relevant results, LLMs can understand and interpret the intent and context behind a query.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 16, 2022

Burnout occurs for many when your job demands are too many, the hours are too long, and the resources to handle them are too few. To survive, you must focus on recovery and resiliency, strive to achieve a balance between resources and demands, and set clear boundaries between work and non-work.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 13, 2023

Here is my list of eight key strategies and tactics, gleaned from my own observations and feedback, which I believe will define you as a trusted leader, and will result in loyal teams to amplify your business initiatives into long-term success and satisfaction: Share your values and expectations to everyone.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 10, 2015

By demand, entrepreneurs are crisis managers, and can be busy reacting 24 hours a day to urgent short-term issues. Apply the same high bar to product quality, employee satisfaction, social responsibilities and customer service. Don’t let day-to-day demands take the reins and drag you off course.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 17, 2022

Too many business people let the daily challenges cause them to revert to emotional and autocratic demands, failure to communicate, and inability to coach and mentor team members. Be a leader role model, with strong communication skills. For team members, it means being available, and showing empathy for their concerns.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 25, 2022

Demand for coaching, counseling, and discipline training is high. Here are some examples from their book and my experience of the many indicators, challenges that entrepreneurs will probably recognize, which highlight the value and need for increased focus on the human element: Collaborative team sessions seem to drag on.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 11, 2022

Investors will demand clear channel definitions. Then there is the follow-up to provide customer support and satisfaction. Channels have to be identified through which a startup creates awareness, induces evaluation, enables purchase, and executes the delivery of the value proposition. Customer relationships. Key partners.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 9, 2022

The challenge is that every new business needs to be innovative and different, in order to rise above the crowd, bring real change to the world, and give you the satisfaction you seek. I wish it was that easy. Nevertheless, there is nothing wrong with studying and learning from the wisdom and experience of others. Cloud Computing.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

If you demand accountability, but expect to make every decision, both of you will fail. Doing so will increase both your personal life accountability, as well as your business satisfaction. The result is a loss of trust by your team, increased volatility, and lower productivity by all members of the team.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 5, 2022

You will then experience satisfaction, instead of increased pressure. This space must be associated only with rest and recovery, to offset the stress and demands of the office. The key to sustaining high motivation and a high melting point is feeling that you are making progress on key issues on a daily basis.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 28, 2021

You need the funding and support, but venture capitalists can be very demanding, and set high targets. It’s an amazing ride, and there is no satisfaction like creating something out of nothing. Mergers and acquisitions also require new skills. Needed help can be your biggest burden.

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