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How to Avoid a Common Product Mistake Many Teams Make

Both Sides of the Table

When computers moved from “green screens” to Windows we – the educated, young, technophiles – easily grasped the concept. It was hard to imagine customer service reps who had learned every keystroke short-cut by heart on a green screen and weren’t eager to embrace the obvious future.

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Stamps.com Completes Market Test

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The firm said it shipped more than 70 million PhotoStamps to customers since 2005. The USPS later reactivated the market test after Stamps.com implemented better screening of images.

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Top 29 Startup Posts May 2010

SoCal CTO

Kathy Sierra at Business of Software 2009 - Business of Software Blog , May 4, 2010 "In the old days, getting customers was easy. Putting customers first. Legendary customer support. Instead of making a few dollars per sale and hoping for thousands of sales, you sell to only a few customers, and charge much higher rates.

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Mentors-Plus-Capital Programs – Intense Incubation

Startup Professionals Musings

At VT KnowledgeWorks we screen prospective clients for their Market opportunity, for the Magic that they offer to their prospective customers, and for the Moxie displayed by the start-up team. Paul Graham built the mold at Y Combinator , which he founded back in 2005. The entry screenings are tough.

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Why Email May Be Draining Your Company’s Productivity

Both Sides of the Table

He turned me down for a job in 2005. Customer support – After my pre-breakfast meeting I had my actual breakfast meeting. But it’s mostly customer service. Or ask Tasha to send you a screen shot of my weekly calendar. It’s an entrepreneur with whom I’ve been wanting to work for 6 years.

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Why Taking Some Risks in the Sales Process Can Improve Results

Both Sides of the Table

The first of question is about qualifying your potential customers aka leads. One thing I observed was that many customers wanted an “on premise” version of our software and were willing to pay extra money for it. We said to customers, “We only sell SaaS and we think that’s the right solution for you.

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Data is the Next Major Layer of the Cloud & A Major Victory for Startups

Both Sides of the Table

When I started my second company in 2005 we decided to do everything differently. I had been selling large content management systems and storing documents for industrial-scale customers. Many of the biggest customers wanted to be able to physically walk through our data center – how could I give up something so strategic?

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