Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 14, 2012

The most common failures are solutions looking for a problem, lack of a defined market, and giving away the product. The value proposition must clearly define the target customer, the customer’s problem and pain, your unique solution, and the net benefit of this solution from the customer's perspective. Target market.

Sales 97

Sales Custom Customer Outsource 97

InfoChachkie

JULY 28, 2015

He told the homeowner that he represented someone who wanted to purchase the ranch at a substantial premium over its current fair market value. My House Is Not For Sale. Our response was that there was no “price” as our company was not for sale. Do Nothing – Taking no action was the potent competition faced by Citrix.

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Company Companies Santa Barbara Pricing 100

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 22, 2021

Happy customers quickly become your biggest advocates, today reaching far beyond friends and family, and they make traditional marketing efforts pale in comparison for growth, loyalty, and new customer acquisition costs. Too many businesses I know still see customer service as a burden, rather than an opportunity to gain loyalty and advocacy.

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Custom Customer Satisfaction Metrics 114

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 29, 2011

The most common failures are solutions looking for a problem, lack of a defined market, and giving away the product. The value proposition must clearly define the target customer, the customer’s problem and pain, your unique solution, and the net benefit of this solution from the customer's perspective. Target market.

Sales 98

Sales Custom Customer Outsource 98

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 28, 2018

entrepreneurs consistently claim to be happier , and have a higher net worth than employees. Entrepreneurs see change and new technology as the way to attract more customers, and improve sales and profitability. Know your peers and build your competitive advantage. Both want personal satisfaction and financial success.

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Entrepreneur Satisfaction Custom Customer 93

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 12, 2010

That’s because a company’s value is a composite of all of the quantitative and qualitative factors that comprise a company: revenues, expenses, risks, growth prospects, quality of the management team, competitive advantages, strength of the intellectual property, and so forth. Detail isn’t important; tracking your progress is.

.Net 89

.Net Metrics Competition Template 89

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 15, 2013

I agree with YouTube (that they provide more (hosting, ad sales, etc.) Of course it’s a competitive market so MCNs competing for top talent not only compete on rev share to talent but also to services that they provide talent. Selling at smaller retailers will net you fewer customers and higher margins.

Networking 366

Networking Media Content Custom 366

Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 3, 2009

The last couple of years has also seen the huge initial success of Ycombinator, the Lean Startup and many other product driven approaches to going to market. Broadly speaking this last trend has been healthy as it has brought an increase focus on launching products that you can test with the market and on capital efficiency.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 16, 2010

But VC is an “illiquid asset&# so funds didn’t disappear quickly - In 2000/01 the stock market quickly adjusted punishing investors in the NASDAQ and in individual public technology stocks. What accelerated this was the collapse of the public stock markets. Staying “lean&# is not an option.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 26, 2012

The founders now need a $1M Angel investment to do the marketing for a national NewCo rollout, build a team to manage the rollout, and maybe even pay themselves a salary. Here are the components and “rules of thumb” that I recommend to every startup: Place a fair market value on all physical assets (asset approach).

Startup 108

Startup Invest Patents Outsource Development 108

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 30, 2011

The founders now need a $1M Angel investment to do the marketing for a national NewCo rollout, build a team to manage the rollout, and maybe even pay themselves a salary. Here are the components and “rules of thumb” that I recommend to every startup: Place a fair market value on all physical assets (asset approach).

Funding 98

Funding Startup Patents Outsource Development 98

InfoChachkie

JULY 11, 2011

As with most negotiations, competition is the only way you will obtain an optimal result. Thus, avoid one-man-band lenders, anyone new to your market or a firm which is lending outside if its core market segment. The sale resulted in a nice return for the Founders, employees and creditors. Equity Is Forever.

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Equity Startup Invest Funding 235

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 6, 2010

The founders now need a $1M Angel investment to do the marketing for a national NewCo rollout, build a team to manage blogs and other resources, and maybe even pay themselves a salary. Here are the components and “rules of thumb” that I recommend to every startup: Place a fair market value on all physical assets (asset approach).

Startup 93

Startup Patents Outsource Development Web 93

Xconomy

AUGUST 26, 2016

Critics say Mylan has been emboldened by the recall of EpiPen’s only competition last fall. Two days later, it paid AstraZeneca $550 million upfront for the rights to a group of antibiotics either already on the market or in late-stage testing.

Pricing 40

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Frank Addante

MARCH 12, 2007

Web Development & Marketing Technology) Exit: evolved into L90 (next company) Lesson: What you dont know cant stop you. In todays highly competitive job marketplace, it is becoming increasingly more difficult. My solution: cast a wider net. What is the Rubicon Project? Startup 3.0: Be scrappy. ReaXions, Inc.

Outsource Development 40

Outsource Development Startup .Net Venture Capital 40

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 2, 2021

Here is my own net of those seven habits: Founder is ready, willing, and able to learn. Choose a large market in a growth industry. A large market means at least $500 million in potential sales if the company is asset-light, and $1 billion if it requires plenty of property, plants and equipment.

Startup 170

Startup Study Journal Sample 170

socalTECH

OCTOBER 7, 2009

That's a market of 150 million people. It's comparable to what they might net from personal training, even paying them $60 an hour, because of the time spend going to the gym, drive time, when they're not making anything. We make it a very competitive amount of money, and it's a great secondary or even primary income source.

Media 168

Media Pricing Sites Training 168

socalTECH

DECEMBER 9, 2008

The online advertising world is full of ad networks, so we had Adam Wicks Walker, Chief Strategy Officer at Hydra, tell us where they fit into the market. It really doesn't suit a publisher well to have exclusive representation, except in some instances--for example, if a site has an outsourced sales agency.

Advertising 100

Advertising Beverly Hills Networking Custom 100

socalTECH

DECEMBER 9, 2008

The online advertising world is full of ad networks, so we had Adam Wicks Walker, Chief Strategy Officer at Hydra, tell us where they fit into the market. It really doesn't suit a publisher well to have exclusive representation, except in some instances--for example, if a site has an outsourced sales agency.

Advertising 100

Advertising Beverly Hills Networking Custom 100

InfoChachkie

JULY 18, 2011

In addition to the Luxury Tax board space, there are also Chance cards that require you to pay a percentage of your net worth in taxes. For instance, explain that a business can structure a portion of its sales in the form of evergreen subscriptions, annual maintenance payments and quarterly license fees. Monopoly is no different.

Entrepreneur 216

Entrepreneur Startup Outsource Development Paramount 216

InfoChachkie

SEPTEMBER 1, 2009

In addition to the Luxury Tax board space, there are also Chance cards that require you to pay a percentage of your net worth in taxes. One way to do this is to structure a portion of your sales in the form of evergreen annuities, annual maintenance payments, quarterly license fees, or monthly subscriptions. Monopoly is no different.

Outsource Development 154

Outsource Development Entrepreneur Training Startup 154

InfoChachkie

JANUARY 5, 2015

A recurring entrepreneurial challenge is to determine the optimal price of a new product, especially absent a directly competitive alternative. Even sales reps will invoke a cost plus logic when negotiating with me on behalf of their customers. How Much For A Rib? Although this strategy seems intuitive, it is, in fact, illusory.

Pricing 100

Pricing Product Startup Custom 100

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 10, 2013

Here is my own net of those seven habits: Founder is ready, willing, and able to learn. Choose a large market in a growth industry. A large market means at least $500 million in potential sales if the company is asset-light, and $1 billion if it requires plenty of property, plants and equipment.

Startup 102

Startup Study Journal Sample 102

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 16, 2012

Here is my own net of those seven habits: Founder is ready, willing, and able to learn. Choose a large market in a growth industry. A large market means at least $500 million in potential sales if the company is asset-light, and $1 billion if it requires plenty of property, plants and equipment.

Startup 99

Startup Study Journal Sample 99

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 15, 2013

Projecting the financials should be the last step of your business plan preparation, since it assumes you already know the opportunity size, customer buying habits, pricing, costs, and competition. Otherwise, sales, marketing, and operational costs will kill you. Next comes sales volume by channel. Cash flow is king.

Startup 95

Startup Pricing Statistics .Net 95

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 9, 2012

Projecting the financials should be the last step of your business plan preparation, since it assumes you already know the opportunity size, customer buying habits, pricing, costs, and competition. Otherwise, sales, marketing, and operational costs will kill you. Next comes sales volume by channel. Cash flow is king.

Startup 95

Startup Statistics Pricing .Net 95

socalTECH

JUNE 25, 2009

It seems that every week, a new, Voice-over-IP provider firm surfaces in the market, either providing PBX services, voicemail, or other similar services. Nobody in our competitive space can do all of those things, because they simply don't control their own destiny, because they don't own their own technology.

IP 165

IP Pasadena Angels Pasadena Los Angeles 165

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 28, 2010

Here is my own net of those seven habits: Founder is ready, willing, and able to learn. Choose a large market in a growth industry. A large market means at least $500 million in potential sales if the company is asset-light, and $1 billion if it requires plenty of property, plants and equipment.

Startup 92

Startup Study Journal Sample 92

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 22, 2011

Projecting the financials should be the last step of your business plan preparation, since it assumes you already know the opportunity size, customer buying habits, pricing, costs, and competition. Otherwise, sales, marketing, and operational costs will kill you. Next comes sales volume by channel. Cash flow is king.

Startup 92

Startup Statistics Pricing .Net 92

InfoChachkie

MARCH 16, 2010

He told the homeowner that he represented someone who wanted to purchase the ranch at a substantial premium over its current fair market value. My House Is Not For Sale. Our response was that there was no “price” as our company was not for sale. Open up a “sales process” and solicit bids from multiple companies.

Company 160

Company Companies Pricing Santa Barbara 160

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 25, 2010

Projecting the financials should be the last step of your business plan preparation, since it assumes you already know the opportunity size, customer buying habits, pricing, costs, and competition. Otherwise, sales, marketing, and operational costs will kill you. Next comes sales volume by channel. Cash flow is king.

Startup 60

Startup Statistics Pricing .Net 60

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 5, 2016

While struggling to net out what they are looking for, I found help in a new book, “ Wicked Strategies ,” by John C. These normally require an innovative new business model, non-linear thinking for marketing, sales, and distribution. In mature companies, no one wants to risk the existing market share or sunk costs.

Technology 57

Technology Competition Custom Customer 57

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 10, 2011

some fun, big tech issues like privacy, net neutrality, location-based services and real-time data. A” round investors or late-stage seed investors will take a market risk (they want to see the product, vision and maybe even the first customers, and they bet on there being a big enough market). “B” what is your ratio? (0:37:35).

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