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The Distinction of Startup CEO

Tuesday, 05 January 2021 by SEO'Brien

Chief Executive Officer. The responsibilities of a CEO are set by the organization’s board of directors because technically, a CEO is the Chief Executive among many, referring to the fact that companies are largely run by the CxOs of their respective business (CMO, CTO, CIO, etc.). Managing a leadership team and meeting the expectations of stakeholders

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The Future of our Economy Lies in Property Development and Startups Finding Common Ground

Thursday, 17 December 2020 by SEO'Brien

“Perhaps one of the most important financial decisions a forest landowner will make is determining when to harvest timber.” That, the opening of a PennState article exploring the financial decisions land owners consider in this use case, including how to determine and calculate when to maximize financial returns, prompted a thought about investing in property

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Ideas Are Valuable; Stop Saying They’re Not!

Tuesday, 17 November 2020 by SEO'Brien

Businesses without ideas are like people with matches trying to light a wet campfire. Striking, striking, and striking again. You have the stuff that's valued (wood, matches) but you can't do anything without a ton of work.

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The Emperor’s New Clothes of Entrepreneurship

Tuesday, 10 November 2020 by SEO'Brien

When you're prepared for loss, failure, isolation, commitment, tenacity, perseverance, and living on nothing, THEN maybe give it a shot; not because someone else says it's easy or that they'll help you. You need to be more prepared for the very likely downside than living on the hopes and dreams perpetuated because a small fraction who try make it work.

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Maybe Starting with the Problem is the Problem

Tuesday, 06 October 2020 by SEO'Brien

In a world wherein overwhelmingly most founders and startups fail as a result of a lack of product/market fit, and incubators, University startup programs, and mentors, are flush with “ideas” that genuinely warrant, “that’s already being done,” perhaps the advice to start with the problem (or solution, for that matter), is wrong. Think on it:

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Why a Competitive Analysis is a First Step as a Founder

Thursday, 17 September 2020 by SEO'Brien

There is a trick to entrepreneurship, to starting a venture, that no one really ever talks about. Not sure why they don’t talk about it… perhaps because they don’t understand how to do it… perhaps because everyone is selling something… perhaps because they’ve hired help and it sucked… regardless, I’m going to let you in

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Published in Advertising, Featured, Insights / Research, Startups

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The Funding Flywheel

Wednesday, 09 September 2020 by SEO'Brien

Businesses and startup founders learn early of a critical methodology in sales referred to as a funnel. Developing products and services, marketing is the process therein by which organizations get to know potential customers and then profile people so as to better understand the needs and motivations. The goal, of course, being the conversion of people

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Published in Advertising, Startups

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