Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

Thus there are some key things that we can do as a leader to improve people’s self confidence and ability to deliver, as well as be a better example for others: Practice what you preach on accountability. For example , Starbucks' chief executive officer, Kevin R. First of all, you need to be a role model for accountability.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 2, 2020

Evan Williams , for example, before cofounding Twitter, started a podcasting platform named Odeo. Their satisfaction comes from proving nay-sayers wrong. Use metrics in lieu of feelings to measure progress. Many experts tell me that more startups fail simply because their founder gives up, than for any other reason.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 22, 2021

A winning linked focus example is to choose a higher purpose common to all cultures, such as protecting the environment, or helping the underprivileged. At every Ritz-Carlton , for example, employees are authorized to spend up to $2,000 per guest to solve any guest issue and make the stay positively memorable.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 21, 2023

For your own happiness and satisfaction, I recommend you start instead working from that higher purpose and passion. For example, consider CVS Health's Project Health program, which directed teams to provide free health screenings to disadvantaged and underserved patient populations. Measure customer value perception at every stage.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 6, 2021

It’s important to define your growth strategy, document it, communicate it to your team, and align metrics and employee rewards to target goals. For example, Mark McClain, cofounder and CEO of SailPoint Technologies , created an employee growth culture resulting in growth of forty percent a year, with more than $100 million in revenues.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 28, 2020

Instead of counting and working more hours, I believe there are better ways to improve your productivity, as well as employee satisfaction, in growing your business: Create relevant result targets for all key employees. In business vernacular, targets are usually called metrics. Provide incentives to focus everyone on real results.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 1, 2021

For example, in a conflict over the right branding logo , it may help to understand who and how the ultimate decision will be made, including key elements driving the decision, such as targeted customers and competition. Make sure the process is respectful of their needs as well as yours. Always postulate or support a win-win solution.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 15, 2020

Implement the key business metrices you will live by. Identify the three most important metrics your business must hit every week to achieve growth goals. These are the timeless principles that must guide all hiring, marketing, and execution decisions. This is the stage where you move from managing by your gut to managing by numbers.

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InfoChachkie

JUNE 2, 2014

The bridal party can choose to collaborate as little or as much as they want, by hosting a try-on party or having each girl try on her own dresses at her own, for example.". We keep our eye on a handful of metrics, but we’re focused on customer satisfaction.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 28, 2021

For example, I believe Bill Gates would have failed without his partners Steve Ballmer and Paul Allen. It’s an amazing ride, and there is no satisfaction like creating something out of nothing. If we build it, they will come” doesn’t work in today’s worldwide information overload. It takes the right team to build a great business.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 27, 2019

For example, when delivery costs and delays were still a major online sales hurdle, Amazon Prime membership was invented to offer free next day shipping. Incorporate AI-powered data and metrics systems. Your future satisfaction and success likely depends on your answer. The cost of being late is hard to recover.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 27, 2022

How does any entrepreneur define the right balance, and then measure their performance against real metrics? Current examples include Conscious Capitalism® , popularized by John Mackey, The B Team , founded by Sir Richard Branson, the 1% for the Planet organization, and the Benefit Corporation (B Corp) now available in 35 States.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 19, 2022

I still find too many service organizations that ignore or discount online reviews and satisfaction surveys. Clients need to feel comfortable that you expect quality work from your team and technology, and have metrics, modern tools, and controls in place to make it happen. Make sure clients know how you manage your business.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 13, 2022

Like any coach would ask, you need to brainstorm and write down the short list of things that are getting in the way of your joy and satisfaction at work, as well as the single biggest thing that would grow your joy in business and personal life. For example, you may find out that being your own boss is a driving force in your life.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 28, 2014

How does any entrepreneur define the right balance, and then measure their performance against real metrics? Current examples include the Conscious Capitalism® movement led by John Mackey, The B Team , led by Sir Richard Branson, the 1% for the Planet organization, and the Benefit Corporation (B Corp) now available in 20 States.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 13, 2013

How does any entrepreneur define the right balance, and then measure their performance against real metrics? Current examples include the Conscious Capitalism® movement led by John Mackey, The B Team , led by Sir Richard Branson, the 1% for the Planet organization, and the Benefit Corporation (B Corp) now available in 14 States.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 24, 2013

Maybe it’s just another example of nature abhorring a vacuum, but I prefer to think it’s a natural evolution of the pervasive social networking communities, where people relate to and expect to interact with businesses and products they like. I’m seeing a renewed appreciation of culture and values in business these days. Input = output.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 28, 2019

How does any entrepreneur define the right balance, and then measure their performance against real metrics? Current examples include Conscious Capitalism® , popularized by John Mackey, The B Team , founded by Sir Richard Branson, the 1% for the Planet organization, and the Benefit Corporation (B Corp) now available in 35 States.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 20, 2012

Maybe it’s just another example of nature abhorring a vacuum, but I prefer to think it’s a natural evolution of the pervasive social networking communities, where people relate to and expect to interact with businesses and products they like. I’m seeing a renewed appreciation of culture and values in business these days. Input = output.

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Steve Reich

JUNE 11, 2012

The good news is you can do it, too, and there are great examples in Socal. MBO is very metrics driven, and their shareholder reports are dense with detailed, disciplined reporting that remind you that Rick is former Naval officer. Why do so many of us have iPhones? It gives the best customer experience of any phone.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 9, 2022

For example, Howard Schultz at Starbucks was quick to accept accountability for a racial bias incident a few years ago in one of his stores in Philadelphia, and he shut down all his stores for an anti-bias training session, rather than try to blame a single store employee or overall cultural conditions.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 10, 2019

The classic example from several years ago was United Airlines not staying tuned in to social media, resulting in a unrecoverable customer problem causing great damage to their reputation, escalating to countless articles , and even a book, “ United Breaks Guitars.” Use business metrics and tools to tune your efforts.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 27, 2011

Maybe it’s just another example of nature abhorring a vacuum, but I prefer to think it’s a natural evolution of the pervasive social networking communities, where people relate to and expect to interact with businesses and products they like. I’m seeing a renewed appreciation of culture and values in business these days. Input = output.

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InfoChachkie

JANUARY 16, 2018

Semick: We’re a very metrics driven company, and we have been from the beginning. Metrics related to customer acquisition, lifetime value and churn. We’re transparent with our employees about these metrics and where the company stands with monthly marketing and sales goals. Each role tends to suit a certain stage of my life.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 6, 2014

Maybe it’s just another example of nature abhorring a vacuum, but I prefer to think it’s a natural evolution of the pervasive social networking communities where people relate to, and expect to interact with businesses and products they like. They drive the market, rather than the other way around. Input = output.

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Tech Zulu Event

MAY 10, 2011

Metrics-Guided. He gave his talk (with plenty of jokes and punchlines to keep it light-hearted) with a level of certainty of someone who’s given similar advice to many others, on some cases been ignored, and probably had the satisfaction of having a few ‘I told you so’s. Lean Approach. Model-Focused.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 1, 2019

For example, Howard Schultz was not the founder of Starbucks, but started his career in one of their first 60 shops. Quantify your results in terms of cost per transaction, higher customer satisfaction, lower prices, and profit per employee, rather than number of transactions or hours worked.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 27, 2023

Measure progress through metrics on sales, revenue, and penetration. Seek customer feedback on ways to improve value and satisfaction. For example, Toms shoes achieved success by donating a pair of shoes for every pair sold.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 25, 2018

It’s easy to see how cultures go astray, for example, when you pay only for sales volume, but expect a high focus on customer satisfaction. Establish metrics on the culture, as well as the product. These metrics need the same top management attention as customer retention and sales metrics. Place shapes culture.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 9, 2017

How does any entrepreneur define the right balance, and then measure their performance against real metrics? Current examples include Conscious Capitalism® , popularized by John Mackey, The B Team , founded by Sir Richard Branson, the 1% for the Planet organization, and the Benefit Corporation (B Corp) now available in 33 States.

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Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 10, 2013

For example? He continues with an example where they’d spent a lot of effort on implementing tracking on every portion of a product. Machinima’s example? Instead, focus on what metric outputs, more views, more downloads? As a PM, you’ll have questions, but not the quantitative answers.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 23, 2018

Adopt a project-based revenue model with metrics. For example, a marketing project would be the number of leads generated or ad impressions, instead of recommendations for improving the process. Leadership by example works at all levels of a company. Use social media for more visibility.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 16, 2017

Takers can never get satisfaction, and they antagonize those around them. Some things need to be done whether we like them or not; for example, daily cash-flow analysis and business metrics. When people feel good about themselves, the business looks positive, productivity goes up, and relationships are a lot better.

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