{"id":115933,"date":"2023-10-24T12:07:00","date_gmt":"2023-10-24T16:07:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/?p=115933"},"modified":"2023-11-02T13:12:18","modified_gmt":"2023-11-02T17:12:18","slug":"management-for-startups","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/management-for-startups\/","title":{"rendered":"Management for Startups: How to Get Customers &#038; Funding"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>How should you <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/startup-management\/\">manage a startup<\/a> company? Where do you find funding for a new company?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Whereas large organizations may struggle to innovate, small businesses just starting out often suffer from a lack of managerial expertise. In <em>The Essential Drucker<\/em>, Peter Drucker explains that people starting new ventures must pay attention to the markets, manage their finances, and install a leadership team.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Read more about what&#8217;s required of management for startups.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-management-for-startups\"><strong>Management for Startups<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Especially for a new business based on an innovative product or service, market research must take a different tack than that employed by established industries. Drucker writes that most of the time, a new business doesn\u2019t know who its customers are yet, nor how they\u2019ll actually use what it has to offer. Therefore, management for startups requires assuming the their original business model will have to be adjusted as the market demands. For example, someone opening a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/the-future-is-vegan-rise-of-veganism\/\">vegan<\/a> grocery in an underserved area may discover that their customers are more interested in pre-made dishes than buying separate ingredients. In the end, <strong>the market defines the nature of a business, despite the intentions of the owner.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><tbody><tr><td><strong>Cultivating Customers<\/strong><br><br>Regardless of who your customers turn out to be, one thing that\u2019s common to every startup is providing the best possible customer experience. In <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/app\/book\/superfans\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em>Superfans<\/em><\/a>, Pat Flynn explains that building a loyal, devoted base of customers is essential to the long-term survival of a business. By providing regular, positive associations between fledgling customers and your business, you can <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/app\/book\/superfans#how-people-become-superfans\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">build an emotional connection between your customers and your brand<\/a>, eventually turning them into ambassadors who bring even more customers to your business.<br><br>Of course, just as Drucker points out, part of creating a good customer experience is providing the <em>right <\/em>product or service. In <a href=\"https:\/\/shortform.com\/app\/book\/the-lean-startup\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em>The Lean Startup<\/em><\/a>, Eric Ries provides specific tips for how to pivot from your original business strategy to providing what your customers actually need. One way is to <a href=\"https:\/\/shortform.com\/app\/book\/the-lean-startup\/chapter-8#zoom-in-pivot\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">focus on a specific feature of a product or service<\/a> that customers value most. Another is to <a href=\"https:\/\/shortform.com\/app\/book\/the-lean-startup\/chapter-8#customer-need-pivot\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">identify a specific customer need<\/a> that you\u2019re not filling yet. Lastly, you might consider whether there\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/shortform.com\/app\/book\/the-lean-startup\/chapter-8#technology-pivot\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">a more efficient technological solution<\/a> to whatever customer need your business exists to satisfy.<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-funding-and-organizing\"><strong>Funding and Organizing<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>While identifying customers and its true market, a new business must also take great care with its money. Drucker argues that a new enterprise should absolutely <em>not <\/em>set its sights on profits. Instead, <strong>a growing business always needs more money,<\/strong> and draining its revenues during its early days to enrich its owners and investors is the surest way to starve it of resources. Money management for new businesses should focus on finding new sources of capital as the organization outgrows its original funding method. This may entail bringing in new partners, private investors, or even incorporating and taking the company public.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><tbody><tr><td><strong>Funding Startups in the Internet Age<\/strong><br><br>Two modern methods for financing startups that didn\u2019t exist at the time of Drucker\u2019s writing are crowdfunding and crowdsourcing, both of which rely on using online networks to funnel money and resources. In <a href=\"https:\/\/shortform.com\/app\/book\/the-success-principles\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em>The Success Principles<\/em><\/a>, Jack Canfield explains that <a href=\"https:\/\/shortform.com\/app\/book\/the-success-principles\/principles-66-67#crowdfunding-101\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">crowdfunding<\/a> is a strategy in which you reach out to customers and donors through websites such as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Patreon<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kickstarter.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Kickstarter<\/a> to acquire your business\u2019s funding in exchange for early access to products and exclusive rewards.&nbsp;<br><br><a href=\"https:\/\/shortform.com\/app\/book\/the-success-principles\/principles-66-67#crowdsourcing-101\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Crowdsourcing<\/a>, on the other hand, uses digital networks to directly connect customers and resources, as in rideshare companies like <a href=\"https:\/\/www.uber.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Uber<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lyft.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Lyft<\/a> or freelance platforms such as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fiverr.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Fiverr<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.upwork.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Upwork<\/a>. These internet tools for finding money and resources have created business opportunities far different from the traditional approaches familiar to Drucker.<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Drucker writes that most businesses start as small operations with only one person or a handful in charge. <strong>If successful, a business will eventually outgrow its original <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/types-of-management-structures\/\">management structure<\/a>,<\/strong> and when that happens, it\u2019s crucial that a management team is already in place. If it appears that your business will grow significantly over the next few years, you and your team should plan how management tasks will one day be divided so that everyone can start learning their future jobs and how they\u2019ll interact. Another key decision to make at this point is what role the business\u2019s founder will play. It may be that they <em>don\u2019t <\/em>want to run a big business, but would rather contribute in some other fashion, such as being the company\u2019s public face.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(Shortform note: While organizational change is a concern for startups growing beyond their founders\u2019 control, as Drucker describes in this section, it\u2019s also an issue for large corporations competing in a global marketplace. In <a href=\"https:\/\/shortform.com\/app\/book\/leading-change\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em>Leading Change<\/em><\/a>, John P. Kotter writes that managing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/organizational-transition\/\">organizational transitions<\/a> relies heavily on coordination and motivation from upper management. Business leaders must <a href=\"https:\/\/shortform.com\/app\/book\/leading-change#1-develop-a-sense-of-urgency\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">cultivate a sense of urgency<\/a> for a needed change, <a href=\"https:\/\/shortform.com\/app\/book\/leading-change#2-create-your-coalition-and-secure-buy-in\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">build a coalition of like-minded stakeholders<\/a> both inside and outside the company, and <a href=\"https:\/\/shortform.com\/app\/book\/leading-change#3-articulate-your-vision\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">express a coherent vision<\/a> for how the business will operate in the future. While aimed at big company executives, Kotter\u2019s advice is also applicable to the startup founders that Drucker addresses.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How should you manage a startup company? Where do you find funding for a new company? Whereas large organizations may struggle to innovate, small businesses just starting out often suffer from a lack of managerial expertise. In The Essential Drucker, Peter Drucker explains that people starting new ventures must pay attention to the markets, manage their finances, and install a leadership team. 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