Revolutionary Ideas Are Not Necessarily a Reason For Success
Startups, Struggles, and Scrambles: Revolutionary ideas are not necessarily a reason for success. Welcome to the first part of the article series: Startups, Struggles, and Scrambles. In this series of articles, we try to address the serious problems of startups, to which unfortunately few people pay attention. Earlier in an article (Three, the Biggest Marketing Mistakes Startup Make), I had mentioned that, unfortunately, the startup field is engaged with many misconceptions that severely damage the body of startups around the world. The startup environment changing into a cult has made founders focus on trivial issues that seem just cool instead of …
All to Know about the Startup Ecosystem in Germany
Have you ever thought why there is a very favorable opinion of the German startup development market? Germany is at the heart of the development of innovative businesses. We can see many factors stimulating the growth of the startup ecosystem in Germany. The country has one of the most active startup promoters in Europe, outstanding for encouraging innovation and expertise across Europe. The startup ecosystem in Germany is well organized, which makes it easier to build and find innovative companies. The startup ecosystem in Germany offers a favorable launch foundation, excellent facilities, and many funding opportunities. Investment in startups in …
Do We Need Any Contracts for Startups?
I have been in close contact with several startups throughout the years, and unfortunately, more than often, I have witnessed a systematic disregard for legal aspects of the operations. For instance, some people are under the impression that the notion of having any contracts for startups is a mere matter of formality and a waste of time. I think, on the contrary, that utilizing contracts is a must for startups. In this piece, I would like to explore first the reasons behind the disregard towards contracts for startups and debunk them by showing how contracts can help in various situations. …
What Product Manager Does?
During the last years, the product manager role became one of the most popular jobs, especially in startups and tech-based companies. Generally, product managers (PM) try to explore what consumers need, and more importantly, how the product or product lines of the company can solve the customers’ issues. To reach this goal, a product manager does lots of activities, from study user’s behaviors to working on marketing plans development. In this article, we will pinpoint some of the most notable aspects of the product manager role and what they do in companies. Product manager basic responsibilities A product manager …
Personal Branding Do’s and Don’ts
Despite the many specialized competitions in the business, being good at any skill alone is not enough to guarantee success. We all know talented people who are either out of place, achieve less than they deserve, or even unemployed. Personal branding talks about the idea that people and their skills, like business products, need to be introduced. In this article, -which is based on the opinions and conversations of people with strong personal brands worldwide- we take a look at personal branding do’s and don’ts and offer solutions for personal brand growth. What is personal branding? Branding is “soft power.” …
Lessons from Steve Jobs: Turn Your Startup Into a Big Brand like Apple
Hey guys, my name is Tim, and welcome to today’s bite of success stories. Today I want to talk about Steve Jobs and the important lessons from Steve Jobs that every startup should learn. When it comes to startups, the vast majority of people remember being cool and getting rich in the near future. Focusing on what is critical However, although anyone can be cool, only a very small number of people can make their startup successful and get rich. Instead of focusing on being cool and getting rich, Steve Jobs focused on the vision he had for Apple …
Idea Validation in Entrepreneurship: Face the Reality Sooner
Idea validation in entrepreneurship is a process related to experimenting and validating your idea before launching your business name and product. This is something like the research and development process that big businesses usually employ for testing product ideas before they are released for the public. In idea validation, you want to determine whether your product is of interest to a given target market or not. It involves a series of customer interviews with people in your target market, and it almost always takes place before you have made a significant investment in your product. In addition to idea validation …
Summer Books for Entrepreneurs Who Wish to Prosper
The summer holiday is an ideal time for entrepreneurs to enjoy themselves relaxing and reading books. As the summer days warm up and days get longer, most of the people have more free time to start learning new things spatially entrepreneurs! This slower pace gives you an excellent opportunity to get into the business and start learning as much as possible. As an entrepreneur, you need not stop learning. And of course, reading is one of the most effective ways to learn. In this post, we’ve tried to introduce some outstanding summer books for entrepreneurs who wish to enhance their …
What are the 8 GDPR Data Subject Rights?
The following article is the third in a series designed to explore the most critical aspects of GDPR for startups. The series aims to cover the most important points of this regulation in an easy to understand language. This piece shall cover all 8 GDPR data subject rights and hopes to act as an introductory base for your startup’s compliance plan. General Guide Through the series, we have included some relevant parts of the GDPR for ease of access. You could choose to skip these legal texts. However, if you need clarification of some of the words and phrases, …
Top 4 Female Entrepreneur Challenges
Being an entrepreneur is challenging but when you are a female entrepreneur challenges become tenfold. Unfortunately, society still regards the female gender as a separate class that is not equal to men in potential, cognition, and physical ability. The attention to detail, sensitivity, empathy, and other traits that are classically attributed to the female mind are looked down upon and dismissed as weak and absurd. We mean no disrespect to men who are nothing but wonderful to everyone regardless of their genders but these wonderful human beings, to my deepest regret, are the minority. The fact is not everyone is actively trying to be …
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