“A startup is a company designed to grow rapidly and the only thing that is essential for such a company is its growth. When a company is growing, everything else will eventually fall into place.“- says Paul Graham, founder of the world’s leading startups Viaweb and Y Combinator.
Starting a new business and making it successful can be challenging today when thousands of businesses are founded with the click of a button. The goal of success is to come up with a genuine idea, provide an original product, or introduce a whole new market for new customers. According to the Wall Street Journal, the top 50 startups have gradually shifted their interests from online consumers to data processing and Internet technologies.
A new entrepreneur, starting a new start-up company, must carefully choose his goal, provide a genuine product, and set his goals in constant growth. However, starting a business today requires a joint effort of many minds working together as a collective and producing an end product that will revolutionize your target market.
So what are the top professions that an entrepreneur and founder of a new startup should study and be part of your successful team? Based on our research, here are some professions that we believe are crucial to any business:
Product designer – While having a genuine idea and the means to bring that idea to the world is a start, it is very important how the end product will look in the end. The designer or the so-called “Chief Architect” and his experience brings customers a desired product.
Software engineer / programmer – This person creates the heart of the startup. He designs, tests, develops and implements the software, writes new software that will help the business, and works closely with the designer as a team.
Marketing manager – Every business needs a successful marketing manager for the business to be successful too. This person must put the company on the market, make it rise to the top, and maintain it as time goes on. The chief marketing officer is one of the most important professions in the business, analyzing all feedback, competitor data, and market conditions to develop a marketing strategy that will put or keep your company on top. The marketing manager oversees almost everything from sales, marketing plans to promotions and opportunities.
Analyst – This profession is essential for any business, new or old. Analysts analyze markets, conduct company research, develop strategies, and more.
User relations / Customer services – Every client-based business must include this profession on its team. These people interact with customers, analyze feedback, provide ideas and changes, or are generally referred to as the “voice” of the company. “The customer is always right” so they are patient, speak well, are polite and genuinely care about the customer.
Sales representatives – These guys are the “soft talkers” who will convince a potential customer to become a real customer. They are trained and informed (educated) about the product being sold and develop strategies on how to best position the product for customers.