Pitching Your Business, Product, and Self in Under 5 Minutesifridge & Company
Building a well rounded presentation that clarifies who you are, what you do, where you stand, and where you’re going all within 5 minutes can feel like an impossible undertaking. But when speaking concisely and in a structured fashion, while anticipating and addressing any questions you think your listener may have, nailing these points in an effective manner can be surprisingly easy.
This document discusses key aspects of building a winning team. It emphasizes that diversity is important for divergent thinking and attacking problems from different angles. While diversity can be hard to achieve, focusing on the "three Hs" of hackers, hustlers and hipsters can help form a balanced team. Choosing the right teammates is more important than the initial idea, and involves validating strengths, finding people to overcome weaknesses, and agreeing to disagree. The document provides examples of common stock allocation ranges for different team roles.
This document discusses the concept of product-market fit and how it relates to different stages in a product's life cycle. It defines product-market fit as becoming adult and satisfying both a product that meets customer needs and a market that a company wants to serve. The document advocates for an innovative approach like kindergarteners, with a focus on curiosity, humility, and continuous learning and prototyping, rather than hidden assumptions that can hinder success. It contrasts this with traditional business processes that tend to be more linear and focused on execution over exploration.
The document provides 5 tips for pushing a business forward:
1. Have a great idea and identify the appropriate market. If investors are not interested, refine the idea.
2. Assemble a team of well-rounded, flexible people who can handle anything during the startup phase. Having a strong team can increase chances of funding even without a compelling idea.
3. An MBA is not necessary for success - some of the most successful entrepreneurs like Bill Gates and Steve Jobs did not have advanced degrees. What matters most is being smart, capable and having a great supporting team.
4. As the business scales, it may require different types of specialists instead of the original employees. Founders must remain unattached
8 Ways To Turn Your Business Idea into Realitysherinjohn198
This document outlines 8 ways to turn a business idea into reality: 1) Know the difference between your business and competitors by defining your unique selling proposition; 2) Conduct a SWOT analysis to understand your business; 3) Identify your target customer base and market; 4) Do not compromise on quality; 5) Thoroughly research to ensure no competitors have the same idea; 6) Build a prototype product or process; 7) Determine the resources needed to get started; 8) Take action on your idea to transform it from just an idea into a real business.
How to Start Consulting Business in 2020?sebwichmann1
Learn how to start your own business consulting firm. Effective strategies for business consultants and things to consider before becoming a consultant. Here are practical steps to follow to prepare yourself for starting a successful consulting business.
Visit:https://sebwichmann.com/how-to-start-consulting-business/
Pitching Your Business, Product, and Self in Under 5 Minutesifridge & Company
Building a well rounded presentation that clarifies who you are, what you do, where you stand, and where you’re going all within 5 minutes can feel like an impossible undertaking. But when speaking concisely and in a structured fashion, while anticipating and addressing any questions you think your listener may have, nailing these points in an effective manner can be surprisingly easy.
This document discusses key aspects of building a winning team. It emphasizes that diversity is important for divergent thinking and attacking problems from different angles. While diversity can be hard to achieve, focusing on the "three Hs" of hackers, hustlers and hipsters can help form a balanced team. Choosing the right teammates is more important than the initial idea, and involves validating strengths, finding people to overcome weaknesses, and agreeing to disagree. The document provides examples of common stock allocation ranges for different team roles.
This document discusses the concept of product-market fit and how it relates to different stages in a product's life cycle. It defines product-market fit as becoming adult and satisfying both a product that meets customer needs and a market that a company wants to serve. The document advocates for an innovative approach like kindergarteners, with a focus on curiosity, humility, and continuous learning and prototyping, rather than hidden assumptions that can hinder success. It contrasts this with traditional business processes that tend to be more linear and focused on execution over exploration.
The document provides 5 tips for pushing a business forward:
1. Have a great idea and identify the appropriate market. If investors are not interested, refine the idea.
2. Assemble a team of well-rounded, flexible people who can handle anything during the startup phase. Having a strong team can increase chances of funding even without a compelling idea.
3. An MBA is not necessary for success - some of the most successful entrepreneurs like Bill Gates and Steve Jobs did not have advanced degrees. What matters most is being smart, capable and having a great supporting team.
4. As the business scales, it may require different types of specialists instead of the original employees. Founders must remain unattached
8 Ways To Turn Your Business Idea into Realitysherinjohn198
This document outlines 8 ways to turn a business idea into reality: 1) Know the difference between your business and competitors by defining your unique selling proposition; 2) Conduct a SWOT analysis to understand your business; 3) Identify your target customer base and market; 4) Do not compromise on quality; 5) Thoroughly research to ensure no competitors have the same idea; 6) Build a prototype product or process; 7) Determine the resources needed to get started; 8) Take action on your idea to transform it from just an idea into a real business.
How to Start Consulting Business in 2020?sebwichmann1
Learn how to start your own business consulting firm. Effective strategies for business consultants and things to consider before becoming a consultant. Here are practical steps to follow to prepare yourself for starting a successful consulting business.
Visit:https://sebwichmann.com/how-to-start-consulting-business/
How to start your small business in india (slideshare)deAsra Foundation
Small businesses are the backbone of the Indian Economy. As per the MSME report, there are over 36 million small businesses in India providing employment to over 80 million persons. Small businesses contribute over 8% to the GDP and account for 45% of the total manufacturing output and 40% of the export from India. The Government of India recognizes the tremendous contribution made by small businesses and support them through a number of subsidy schemes and initiatives. In this article, we look at how to open a small business in India.
Slides from PSV Academy StartupTalk #30 - Founder's Guide to the First Sales ...PreSeed Ventures
This document provides advice for startups on hiring their first salesperson. It recommends hiring a sales interim to help with the initial setup and hiring process. The interim can help specify job requirements, recruit candidates, set compensation plans, and coach the founder on sales management. When an interim is not possible, it suggests hiring a salesperson with a growth mindset who is coachable, resilient, and curious. It outlines a three-stage process to properly evaluate candidates that focuses on assessing attitude, coachability, and curiosity. It also emphasizes setting candidates up for success by managing expectations, focusing on indicators beyond just results, and being prepared to end the trial period if performance is not improving after three months.
This document provides tips for entering and winning awards at the DMA awards competition. It discusses identifying award-worthy work, choosing the right categories to enter, crafting strong yet concise entries that appeal to judges, and getting objective feedback on entries. The key steps are to select distinctive, groundbreaking work with a clear strategy and measurable results, choose categories where the work is a strong fit, write entries that make the strategic thinking and results clear for judges, and have others review entries to ensure they are understandable and interesting.
The document advertises a business growth masterclass for business owners. The masterclass covers various topics to help businesses grow, including developing a clear business vision and strategy, understanding customers and competitors, effective marketing, sales, finance, building a strong team, and exit planning. The monthly sessions are held over tapas at a private venue, and participants are asked to implement one thing each month in their business to see tangible results from the lessons.
The document discusses building an effective team for a startup company. It emphasizes that the long-term job of the CEO is to build the company, not just the product. Company culture, which is shaped by the qualities of early employees, is one of the few sustainable competitive advantages a startup can have. The document provides advice on finding employees who are biased towards action, creative but disciplined, smarter than the CEO, and have a "can do" attitude. It also discusses establishing a strong company culture, effective recruiting strategies beyond job boards, and considerations for hiring, compensation, and valuing employees.
This document provides guidance on developing business ideas. It emphasizes that having a good idea is not the same as having a business plan. To evaluate an idea's business potential, one should analyze its concept, requirements for delivery, needed team, market size and opportunity, competitive advantages, business model, competition, risks, funding needs, and potential exit. Participants are instructed to identify a problem, consider ideas to address it, and make a business case evaluating an idea against these factors. Developing business ideas requires analyzing feasibility, requirements, and risks rather than just having a solution concept.
The document discusses buyer personas and how to create and use them. It defines a buyer persona as a semi-fictional representation of an ideal customer based on real data. It provides a free online tool for creating personas and outlines the steps to develop personas by identifying customer demographics, behaviors, motivations, and goals. The document also discusses how to use personas to improve marketing, sales, and customer service by tailoring content, segmentation, and communications based on the persona.
Most testers are technical skilled and do often focus their competence development sharpening these skills. This by itself is not a problem but it is a real problem if we forget to increase our skills within the business domain.
Håkan explains why testers need to understand why companies really invest in testing. By asking the right questions and providing insights of how the product really works, the tester can become an invaluable asset to the development team and external stakeholders. Product owners for example do care great about their product and the cost and time constraints involved, not always about how the product is built. They do have the right to ignore this process and we as testers can learn how to assist in bridging this gap and build market awareness in the team. Without understanding the business value a tester provide, or could provide, the tester is simply not reaching his or hers full potential as a professional tester.
Buzz events - Vancouver November 24, 2011Amielle Lake
The document discusses key aspects of starting and running a startup business. It notes that startups search for a repeatable and scalable business model through an iterative process of executing ideas and pivoting based on customer needs. The document also lists 10 things the author learnt while running their own startup, including the importance of getting the value proposition right, bootstrapping the business initially, proving the business model over the product, and maintaining clarity of thought as a CEO.
Understand the basics Federal contracting process. Why is BD necessary? Do you really understand capture? Why you really need to integrate your BD and Proposal process to win more business. This presentation is the start of a series and very high level. Useful for someone new to the federal contracting and proposal process. It is also useful for Public sector employees transitioning into Private sector.
This document provides a template and guidance for creating an effective pitch deck to present to angel or pre-seed investors. It recommends telling a compelling story about the problem being solved, the solution, and go-to-market strategy in 10 slides or less. Key elements include clearly outlining the problem and impacted market, demonstrating the minimum viable product, describing the team's experience and qualifications, and requesting specific support from investors such as advice, contacts, or funding. Presentation tips emphasize delivering the pitch passionately and keeping the visuals simple.
Many businesses often ask if they should have an outsourced marketing department or undertake marketing in-house.
This presentation considers:
- Why businesses outsource marketing
- The alternatives to marketing outsourcing
- Options for marketing outsourcing
- In-house vs outsourced marketing costs
- How to choose and work with an outsourced marketing partner
This document discusses various fundraising and funding options for startups. It addresses three main points: what investors look for in startups, whether fundraising is really needed, and which investors are appropriate for different growth stages. It describes the challenges investors face in evaluating startups due to lack of data and revenues. Investors prefer startups with convincing ideas solving real problems, complete teams, minimum viable products, proprietary technology, paying customers, traction, and founder track records. The document recommends initially seeking funding from family/friends and founders, as well as bootstrapping the business frugally. It also discusses angel investors, crowdfunding, and tips for successful fundraising such as having a good advisory board and business plan that convinc
This document outlines the basic elements that are typically included in a pitch deck used to present a startup business idea to investors. It recommends including sections that describe the problem being solved, the proposed solution, how it compares to existing alternatives, the target market and revenue model, product details, milestones achieved and planned, funding obtained so far, and biographies of the founding team members. The purpose is to provide a concise but informative overview of the business concept in order to attract investment.
The document summarizes the process of building and updating B2B personas for Capdesk. Key steps included:
1) Understanding existing personas created by the previous marketing team and validating them against customer data.
2) Updating the personas to remove bias by taking out identifying details like names, genders, and locations.
3) Communicating the new personas to the team, which focused on goals, challenges, and insights rather than stereotypes.
The updated personas will be used to segment audiences, prioritize customer outreach, and guide content and distribution strategies.
Should you turn that idea into a business? How do you turn that idea into a business?
This webinar walks you through day by day how to start your business or startup.
Business Plan Training Session 1: Defining the Businesscbehn1
This document provides an overview of key components to include in a business plan, including describing the product or business, defining the target market and competition, developing marketing and sales strategies, and outlining management goals and financial projections. It discusses factors to consider for determining if an idea is a viable product or business, such as solving a problem for a large enough market and creating competitive advantage. Examples are given of concise business descriptions and differentiating characteristics that could attract customers.
How social media can make or break your job search.-Fall 2012Cher Jones
These are the slides from the 2012 PAYE (Partnership Advancing Youth Employment) Learning Forum. This session moderated by Socially Active's Cher Jones was designed to be an interactive training experience featuring a panel of employers to discuss the different ways social media can make or break your job search.
This document discusses the Indian labor market and proposes a solution to connect low-wage workers with job opportunities. It notes that rural workers make up about 60% of the workforce but often lack adequate information about jobs. An idea is presented for a job hunting platform that would use a toll-free telephone system to connect workers without internet access to employers via an online job portal. The platform would also provide verification of workers and development programs to address issues like high attrition rates. Feedback is requested to further develop this proposed solution to help low-wage workers find reliable jobs.
This document provides information on various job search skills including resume writing, cover letters, interviews, researching jobs and companies, and networking. It discusses what makes a good resume, how to write positive accomplishment statements, and guidelines for cover letters. It also outlines different interview methods, an interview evaluation checklist, steps for an effective job search and research, traits of successful job seekers, and tips for effective networking.
How to create an opportunity-ready personal brand powered by social media
What if someone Googles your name RIGHT NOW? What will they find? Does your online personal brand showcase your awesomeness? For most people the answer is no, and that’s a problem. In this session, Social Media Trainer, Cher Jones will help your rock your online world with some powerful tips, tools and tricks to make sure your personal brand is ready for the opportunities that practically have your name on it!
How to start your small business in india (slideshare)deAsra Foundation
Small businesses are the backbone of the Indian Economy. As per the MSME report, there are over 36 million small businesses in India providing employment to over 80 million persons. Small businesses contribute over 8% to the GDP and account for 45% of the total manufacturing output and 40% of the export from India. The Government of India recognizes the tremendous contribution made by small businesses and support them through a number of subsidy schemes and initiatives. In this article, we look at how to open a small business in India.
Slides from PSV Academy StartupTalk #30 - Founder's Guide to the First Sales ...PreSeed Ventures
This document provides advice for startups on hiring their first salesperson. It recommends hiring a sales interim to help with the initial setup and hiring process. The interim can help specify job requirements, recruit candidates, set compensation plans, and coach the founder on sales management. When an interim is not possible, it suggests hiring a salesperson with a growth mindset who is coachable, resilient, and curious. It outlines a three-stage process to properly evaluate candidates that focuses on assessing attitude, coachability, and curiosity. It also emphasizes setting candidates up for success by managing expectations, focusing on indicators beyond just results, and being prepared to end the trial period if performance is not improving after three months.
This document provides tips for entering and winning awards at the DMA awards competition. It discusses identifying award-worthy work, choosing the right categories to enter, crafting strong yet concise entries that appeal to judges, and getting objective feedback on entries. The key steps are to select distinctive, groundbreaking work with a clear strategy and measurable results, choose categories where the work is a strong fit, write entries that make the strategic thinking and results clear for judges, and have others review entries to ensure they are understandable and interesting.
The document advertises a business growth masterclass for business owners. The masterclass covers various topics to help businesses grow, including developing a clear business vision and strategy, understanding customers and competitors, effective marketing, sales, finance, building a strong team, and exit planning. The monthly sessions are held over tapas at a private venue, and participants are asked to implement one thing each month in their business to see tangible results from the lessons.
The document discusses building an effective team for a startup company. It emphasizes that the long-term job of the CEO is to build the company, not just the product. Company culture, which is shaped by the qualities of early employees, is one of the few sustainable competitive advantages a startup can have. The document provides advice on finding employees who are biased towards action, creative but disciplined, smarter than the CEO, and have a "can do" attitude. It also discusses establishing a strong company culture, effective recruiting strategies beyond job boards, and considerations for hiring, compensation, and valuing employees.
This document provides guidance on developing business ideas. It emphasizes that having a good idea is not the same as having a business plan. To evaluate an idea's business potential, one should analyze its concept, requirements for delivery, needed team, market size and opportunity, competitive advantages, business model, competition, risks, funding needs, and potential exit. Participants are instructed to identify a problem, consider ideas to address it, and make a business case evaluating an idea against these factors. Developing business ideas requires analyzing feasibility, requirements, and risks rather than just having a solution concept.
The document discusses buyer personas and how to create and use them. It defines a buyer persona as a semi-fictional representation of an ideal customer based on real data. It provides a free online tool for creating personas and outlines the steps to develop personas by identifying customer demographics, behaviors, motivations, and goals. The document also discusses how to use personas to improve marketing, sales, and customer service by tailoring content, segmentation, and communications based on the persona.
Most testers are technical skilled and do often focus their competence development sharpening these skills. This by itself is not a problem but it is a real problem if we forget to increase our skills within the business domain.
Håkan explains why testers need to understand why companies really invest in testing. By asking the right questions and providing insights of how the product really works, the tester can become an invaluable asset to the development team and external stakeholders. Product owners for example do care great about their product and the cost and time constraints involved, not always about how the product is built. They do have the right to ignore this process and we as testers can learn how to assist in bridging this gap and build market awareness in the team. Without understanding the business value a tester provide, or could provide, the tester is simply not reaching his or hers full potential as a professional tester.
Buzz events - Vancouver November 24, 2011Amielle Lake
The document discusses key aspects of starting and running a startup business. It notes that startups search for a repeatable and scalable business model through an iterative process of executing ideas and pivoting based on customer needs. The document also lists 10 things the author learnt while running their own startup, including the importance of getting the value proposition right, bootstrapping the business initially, proving the business model over the product, and maintaining clarity of thought as a CEO.
Understand the basics Federal contracting process. Why is BD necessary? Do you really understand capture? Why you really need to integrate your BD and Proposal process to win more business. This presentation is the start of a series and very high level. Useful for someone new to the federal contracting and proposal process. It is also useful for Public sector employees transitioning into Private sector.
This document provides a template and guidance for creating an effective pitch deck to present to angel or pre-seed investors. It recommends telling a compelling story about the problem being solved, the solution, and go-to-market strategy in 10 slides or less. Key elements include clearly outlining the problem and impacted market, demonstrating the minimum viable product, describing the team's experience and qualifications, and requesting specific support from investors such as advice, contacts, or funding. Presentation tips emphasize delivering the pitch passionately and keeping the visuals simple.
Many businesses often ask if they should have an outsourced marketing department or undertake marketing in-house.
This presentation considers:
- Why businesses outsource marketing
- The alternatives to marketing outsourcing
- Options for marketing outsourcing
- In-house vs outsourced marketing costs
- How to choose and work with an outsourced marketing partner
This document discusses various fundraising and funding options for startups. It addresses three main points: what investors look for in startups, whether fundraising is really needed, and which investors are appropriate for different growth stages. It describes the challenges investors face in evaluating startups due to lack of data and revenues. Investors prefer startups with convincing ideas solving real problems, complete teams, minimum viable products, proprietary technology, paying customers, traction, and founder track records. The document recommends initially seeking funding from family/friends and founders, as well as bootstrapping the business frugally. It also discusses angel investors, crowdfunding, and tips for successful fundraising such as having a good advisory board and business plan that convinc
This document outlines the basic elements that are typically included in a pitch deck used to present a startup business idea to investors. It recommends including sections that describe the problem being solved, the proposed solution, how it compares to existing alternatives, the target market and revenue model, product details, milestones achieved and planned, funding obtained so far, and biographies of the founding team members. The purpose is to provide a concise but informative overview of the business concept in order to attract investment.
The document summarizes the process of building and updating B2B personas for Capdesk. Key steps included:
1) Understanding existing personas created by the previous marketing team and validating them against customer data.
2) Updating the personas to remove bias by taking out identifying details like names, genders, and locations.
3) Communicating the new personas to the team, which focused on goals, challenges, and insights rather than stereotypes.
The updated personas will be used to segment audiences, prioritize customer outreach, and guide content and distribution strategies.
Should you turn that idea into a business? How do you turn that idea into a business?
This webinar walks you through day by day how to start your business or startup.
Business Plan Training Session 1: Defining the Businesscbehn1
This document provides an overview of key components to include in a business plan, including describing the product or business, defining the target market and competition, developing marketing and sales strategies, and outlining management goals and financial projections. It discusses factors to consider for determining if an idea is a viable product or business, such as solving a problem for a large enough market and creating competitive advantage. Examples are given of concise business descriptions and differentiating characteristics that could attract customers.
How social media can make or break your job search.-Fall 2012Cher Jones
These are the slides from the 2012 PAYE (Partnership Advancing Youth Employment) Learning Forum. This session moderated by Socially Active's Cher Jones was designed to be an interactive training experience featuring a panel of employers to discuss the different ways social media can make or break your job search.
This document discusses the Indian labor market and proposes a solution to connect low-wage workers with job opportunities. It notes that rural workers make up about 60% of the workforce but often lack adequate information about jobs. An idea is presented for a job hunting platform that would use a toll-free telephone system to connect workers without internet access to employers via an online job portal. The platform would also provide verification of workers and development programs to address issues like high attrition rates. Feedback is requested to further develop this proposed solution to help low-wage workers find reliable jobs.
This document provides information on various job search skills including resume writing, cover letters, interviews, researching jobs and companies, and networking. It discusses what makes a good resume, how to write positive accomplishment statements, and guidelines for cover letters. It also outlines different interview methods, an interview evaluation checklist, steps for an effective job search and research, traits of successful job seekers, and tips for effective networking.
How to create an opportunity-ready personal brand powered by social media
What if someone Googles your name RIGHT NOW? What will they find? Does your online personal brand showcase your awesomeness? For most people the answer is no, and that’s a problem. In this session, Social Media Trainer, Cher Jones will help your rock your online world with some powerful tips, tools and tricks to make sure your personal brand is ready for the opportunities that practically have your name on it!
This document discusses service management in the telecommunications industry. It outlines the key functional components of a hotel service process, including reservation, arrival, check-in, accessing the room, eating/sleeping, check-out, and departure. It then lists quality criteria for each component, such as flexibility, parking services, support systems, and facilities. Finally, it discusses how companies determine and segment the quality of services offered based on comparisons to competitors and different market segments.
Here are 8 out of 14 tips on how to be organized. To learn 6 more tips of this type, click the link: http://vkool.com/how-to-be-organized/.
1. Stop Procrastinating
The longer you delay doing something, the harder you can get it done. Therefore, you should complete all your tasks at the right time, or even earlier than the deadline.
2. Get Things Their Own Home
If you do not set a specific place for the things you have, they will get lost easily. Therefore, you should start being organized by setting a place for everything, and make sure that everything is in its place.
3. Just Keep What You Really Need
Do not keep the things that you do not really need no matter how beautiful or expensive they are. If you do not want to give those redundant things to your relatives, friends, and neighbors, you can liquidate them to get some money.
When you go shopping, think thoroughly what to buy, and buy necessary things only. Do not bring home things that are not very useful.
4. Use Containers
For the things that you do not use very often, you should put them in see-through containers to make your house neat, and to easily find them when you need them.
5. Declutter Regularly
One of the most efficient tips on how to be organized is to tidy up everything once a week. No matter how busy you are, you should spend at least an hour a week to declutter your house.
6. Start Your Day Right Away
Another tip on how to be organized is to start your day right away when you wake up in the morning. Have something to eat for breakfast, and start doing exactly what you need to do. Do not waste your time in bed or doing unnecessary things.
7. Put Things Back Instantly
If you take out a pen from a pen vase to write a letter, you should put it back when you finish writing. Do not leave it anywhere convenient. You should take some minutes to take it back the right place. Some minutes spent on organization could save some hours of cleaning up or rearrangement later. You should have disciplines for yourself so that you never forget to put things to the right place.
8. Avoid Being A “Weekend Warrior”
Weekend is the time for rest and relaxing. Therefore, you should not leave your house messy, and only clean it up at weekend. Tidying up everything at weekend will make you exhausted. If you are a weekend warrior, you will miss your chances to relax or hang out with your family members or close friends. Being a wise person, you should be organized to have a harmonious life.
If you want to be a better person with a better life, you should apply those 8 techniques on how to be organized to your daily routines. I hope you will soon become an organized person.
Practical guidance on how to present data using PowerPoint. This presentation covers best practices taught in management consultancies and visual cognition. Based on a lecture given at Tsinghua University, Beijing in December 2011.
If you have feedback or suggestions (especially specific examples of great or terrible slides you think could be included in a future version), please email professionalenquiries@gmail.com or leave comments below.
PowerPoint 2007 & 2010 provides many advanced design tools. These 25 Charts & Diagrams templates created with these in-built options are fully editable. Here is a collection from our Ready-To-Use CEO Pack
Mike Barnes and Tony Vidler presented a session on what coaches look for, and then concentrate upon improving, in a professional services business (with a particular emphasis on financial services businesses for this session).
Exploring the concepts of considering Capability, Capacity and Opportunity the presentation contains some simple checklists and suggestions on where to improve a service business.
The document provides advice for small business owners on how to succeed, emphasizing the importance of experience, research and development, education and training, positive mindset, financial discipline, suitable location, motivating employees, and hiring qualified professionals when needed. It also stresses starting small with the necessary resources and reinvesting profits back into the business for growth. Attention to customers, creativity, and going the extra mile are highlighted as ways for businesses to gain competitive advantages.
Starting a small good business in nigeria oct 2009Rose Azuike
The document provides advice for starting and running a successful small business. It emphasizes the importance of experience, research and development, education and training, mentors, and financial discipline. Location and marketing are also highlighted as important factors. The key recommendations are to gain experience in the industry before starting, conduct thorough market research, continue learning and improving skills, and reinvest profits back into the business for growth.
Principles for Success in Business: Part OneSandeep Baweja
As president of Intellex Strategic Consulting, Sandeep Baweja reflects upon his personal experiences to provide others with advice to about how to be successful in business.
6 Steps to Building Your Professional Brandsuzetteconway
In today's job market building a brand is a requirement, not an option. In this presentation I offer a 6 step approach to building your brand and also review some truths about branding and I layout some of the components of your brand, including how to build an online presence.
Market Yourself-Secrets To A Successful CVNoman Mahmood
This document provides guidance on how to become an outlier in the job market and effectively market yourself through a strategic CV. It recommends segmenting your skills and experiences, then applying the 4 P's of marketing - product, price, place and promotion - to position yourself favorably compared to other candidates. The document outlines techniques like perceptual mapping to demonstrate your value proposition in terms of the benefits you provide versus your qualifications. The goal is to craft a CV that stands out, effectively communicates your strengths, and matches your profile to prospective employers' needs.
The document discusses sales training for software development companies in Pakistan. It outlines the goals of transforming average consultants and MBAs into effective salespeople through focused training. The training would cover key sales concepts like lead generation, qualification, and closing. It seeks companies and individuals interested in more predictable sales growth and efficient use of resources. Details are provided around content, delivery approach, pricing, and benefits of the training program.
This document provides tips and content suggestions for creating effective slides for pitching ideas or startups. It recommends including slides on the title, problem being solved, solution, business model, underlying technology, marketing and sales plan, competition, management team, financial projections, and current status. For each slide, it provides brief descriptions of the essential information to include to concisely explain the high level details about the idea or startup to the audience.
This document provides guidance on how to write an effective value proposition. It discusses doing research to understand the prospective customer's needs and pain points. Four key steps are outlined: 1) define the customer's problem 2) evaluate if your solution is compelling 3) measure the difficulty for the customer to use your product and 4) build the value proposition based on the first three steps. The document emphasizes that the value proposition must be written from the customer's perspective and clearly explain what benefits they will receive and how your solution uniquely addresses their needs.
The document discusses tools for managing creative teams and businesses. It provides insights from creative employees and managers on managing creativity, balancing freedom with structure, and setting clear roles, responsibilities and career direction. It emphasizes the importance of having a mission statement, using appropriate project management, and providing regular feedback to build loyalty and reduce stress.
The document provides 8 tips for improving technology job postings:
1) Write postings as marketing tools to appeal to candidates rather than as job descriptions.
2) Speak to what motivates candidates like challenging work, growth opportunities, and impact.
3) Describe benefits rather than just listing features or facts about the company.
4) Draw candidates in with identity questions in the first few sentences.
5) Use industry standard terms rather than internal acronyms.
6) Enhance formatting with bulleted lists, color, and white space.
7) Make the application process quick and easy on your website.
8) Get help rewriting postings
This document provides guidance on creating an effective curriculum vitae (CV) to help land a dream job. It recommends including key sections like work history, education, accomplishments quantified using the SOAR model (Situation, Obstacles, Actions, Results), skills identified from accomplishments, and a positioning statement. The CV should be concise, focus on recent relevant experience, use active language, and highlight quantifiable achievements to demonstrate value to employers in under 30 seconds. Formatting tips include using a simple consistent format on no more than two pages with no personal details like photos.
This presentation is an overview to help people turn a business idea into a real business. It walks you through the questions you need to ask yourself if you're ready for entrepreneurship, if your business idea is a feasible one, what you need to do to market and brand it, and the sales effort you need to make it successful. The full Webinar series is an 8 week intensive workshop that dives into each area in depth so that the individual is ready to launch their business at the end of the workshop.
This document summarizes an agenda for a personal branding and career marketing program. The program helps participants define their personal brand, develop marketing materials like a competency profile and resume, and network. It includes exercises to understand strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats to better define "Product You." The goal is to help participants market themselves effectively to find new job opportunities that match their skills and interests.
The Ultimate Guide to Professional Development for Sales ProfessionalsThe Muse
Are you a salesperson who wants to be even better at your job? Or, just wondering what it takes to have a great career in the sales world?
Look no further.
The Muse asked some of the best sales professionals out their for their secrets to success, and brought it all together in one place. Flip through for their practical tips and resources for upping your career game.
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How to brand yourself and get your freelancing business out of the garageApprove Me
People looking to hire a freelancer are put into the same position; they don’t have time to individually examine each qualified person for an extended period of time. They’re going to pick the one who stands out the most.
This document outlines a roadmap for B2B startups to achieve predictable, repeatable, and profitable growth. It discusses that for B2B companies, there is an important step missing between searching for product-market fit and scaling the business - finding a repeatable, scalable, and profitable growth model. This involves completing several sub-phases, including proving the product's value, finding a repeatable sales motion, ensuring customer success, and making the business profitable and scalable. The key is avoiding jumping ahead in the process before completing each phase, as this can lead to wasted cash and shorten the startup's runway.
This webinar discusses the importance of personal branding and using an ePortfolio to stand out from the crowd in today's competitive job market. It covers why traditional job searching is less effective, the concept of branding yourself, and using social media and a video resume to clearly communicate your unique value. Attendees learn how an ePortfolio qualifies as innovative marketing that can help secure interviews and set them apart from other candidates.
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LAND USE LAND COVER AND NDVI OF MIRZAPUR DISTRICT, UPRAHUL
This Dissertation explores the particular circumstances of Mirzapur, a region located in the
core of India. Mirzapur, with its varied terrains and abundant biodiversity, offers an optimal
environment for investigating the changes in vegetation cover dynamics. Our study utilizes
advanced technologies such as GIS (Geographic Information Systems) and Remote sensing to
analyze the transformations that have taken place over the course of a decade.
The complex relationship between human activities and the environment has been the focus
of extensive research and worry. As the global community grapples with swift urbanization,
population expansion, and economic progress, the effects on natural ecosystems are becoming
more evident. A crucial element of this impact is the alteration of vegetation cover, which plays a
significant role in maintaining the ecological equilibrium of our planet.Land serves as the foundation for all human activities and provides the necessary materials for
these activities. As the most crucial natural resource, its utilization by humans results in different
'Land uses,' which are determined by both human activities and the physical characteristics of the
land.
The utilization of land is impacted by human needs and environmental factors. In countries
like India, rapid population growth and the emphasis on extensive resource exploitation can lead
to significant land degradation, adversely affecting the region's land cover.
Therefore, human intervention has significantly influenced land use patterns over many
centuries, evolving its structure over time and space. In the present era, these changes have
accelerated due to factors such as agriculture and urbanization. Information regarding land use and
cover is essential for various planning and management tasks related to the Earth's surface,
providing crucial environmental data for scientific, resource management, policy purposes, and
diverse human activities.
Accurate understanding of land use and cover is imperative for the development planning
of any area. Consequently, a wide range of professionals, including earth system scientists, land
and water managers, and urban planners, are interested in obtaining data on land use and cover
changes, conversion trends, and other related patterns. The spatial dimensions of land use and
cover support policymakers and scientists in making well-informed decisions, as alterations in
these patterns indicate shifts in economic and social conditions. Monitoring such changes with the
help of Advanced technologies like Remote Sensing and Geographic Information Systems is
crucial for coordinated efforts across different administrative levels. Advanced technologies like
Remote Sensing and Geographic Information Systems
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Changes in vegetation cover refer to variations in the distribution, composition, and overall
structure of plant communities across different temporal and spatial scales. These changes can
occur natural.
Philippine Edukasyong Pantahanan at Pangkabuhayan (EPP) CurriculumMJDuyan
(𝐓𝐋𝐄 𝟏𝟎𝟎) (𝐋𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐨𝐧 𝟏)-𝐏𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐦𝐬
𝐃𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐮𝐬𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐄𝐏𝐏 𝐂𝐮𝐫𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐮𝐥𝐮𝐦 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐏𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐩𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬:
- Understand the goals and objectives of the Edukasyong Pantahanan at Pangkabuhayan (EPP) curriculum, recognizing its importance in fostering practical life skills and values among students. Students will also be able to identify the key components and subjects covered, such as agriculture, home economics, industrial arts, and information and communication technology.
𝐄𝐱𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐍𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐒𝐜𝐨𝐩𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐚𝐧 𝐄𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐮𝐫:
-Define entrepreneurship, distinguishing it from general business activities by emphasizing its focus on innovation, risk-taking, and value creation. Students will describe the characteristics and traits of successful entrepreneurs, including their roles and responsibilities, and discuss the broader economic and social impacts of entrepreneurial activities on both local and global scales.
Beyond Degrees - Empowering the Workforce in the Context of Skills-First.pptxEduSkills OECD
Iván Bornacelly, Policy Analyst at the OECD Centre for Skills, OECD, presents at the webinar 'Tackling job market gaps with a skills-first approach' on 12 June 2024
Level 3 NCEA - NZ: A Nation In the Making 1872 - 1900 SML.pptHenry Hollis
The History of NZ 1870-1900.
Making of a Nation.
From the NZ Wars to Liberals,
Richard Seddon, George Grey,
Social Laboratory, New Zealand,
Confiscations, Kotahitanga, Kingitanga, Parliament, Suffrage, Repudiation, Economic Change, Agriculture, Gold Mining, Timber, Flax, Sheep, Dairying,
This presentation was provided by Rebecca Benner, Ph.D., of the American Society of Anesthesiologists, for the second session of NISO's 2024 Training Series "DEIA in the Scholarly Landscape." Session Two: 'Expanding Pathways to Publishing Careers,' was held June 13, 2024.
A Visual Guide to 1 Samuel | A Tale of Two HeartsSteve Thomason
These slides walk through the story of 1 Samuel. Samuel is the last judge of Israel. The people reject God and want a king. Saul is anointed as the first king, but he is not a good king. David, the shepherd boy is anointed and Saul is envious of him. David shows honor while Saul continues to self destruct.
This presentation was provided by Racquel Jemison, Ph.D., Christina MacLaughlin, Ph.D., and Paulomi Majumder. Ph.D., all of the American Chemical Society, for the second session of NISO's 2024 Training Series "DEIA in the Scholarly Landscape." Session Two: 'Expanding Pathways to Publishing Careers,' was held June 13, 2024.
31. morebranding: Image Consultation Build your ‘why are you looking’ Responses Interview Coaching Verbal & Non-Verbal Coaching Salary Negotiation New Job Assimilation Strategies
32. yourmaterials: resume, bio & marketing Resume Review Resume Rewrite Networking Bio & Marketing Piece Cover Letter & Email Pitch
33. your search strategy- networking Creating Your On-line Strategy ID, Short List of Targets – Company/Industry Create a ‘Job Search Marketing Plan’ Develop “Most Valuable 12” Contact List Utilizing Recruiters
... "I am a delivery specialist with a packaging background, that utilizes teams and people to get product to market."
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