Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 6, 2017

exabytes per month at the end of 2016, of which half was video. This gives rise to the personalization and customization that we all want. Analytics will soon drive nearly all business decisions for any company that wants to remain relevant to its customers. Data enable: use metrics and measurements.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 6, 2014

zettabytes by the year 2016. This gives rise to the personalization and customization that we all want. Analytics will soon drive nearly all business decisions for any company that wants to remain relevant to its customers. Data enable: use metrics and measurements. Big data:” learning from the flood.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 7, 2016

Founders soon learn that customers only spend real money for solutions rather than ideas. A good execution requires a plan and the right people, combined to create operational excellence and exceptional customer value. Companies that do this best become market leaders. Enable team members to run the business as their own.

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LATechDigest

OCTOBER 26, 2016

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 25, 2016

Lately I’ve been having to say things I thought I’d never have to remind people, like, “getting to positive gross margin in several territories is a very low bar to claim success” or “profitable excluding marketing costs” is not actually a real thing. Market Size. MakeSpace provides physical storage.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 30, 2016

Some experts have tied this market to location detection hardware (GPS), but even that is now pervasive on all smart devices. Until a new brand has national recognition or high promotion, it won’t be found or used by local customers or out of town visitors. Marty Zwilling First published on Inc.com on 12/13/2016.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 2, 2017

At worst, it’s a learning opportunity for you and your team, which can lead to providing a better customer solution or experience. At best, you may find a new revenue stream providing a product or service that eliminates a painful problem for both you and your customers. Don’t let costs escalate, or customers escape for lack of action.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 19, 2016

As an entrepreneur looking for an idea, it makes sense to explore problem areas within your knowledge comfort zone, but when you are building a business with the solution, you have to stretch your comfort zone to keep up with the market and stay ahead of competitors. Define and use metrics to measure your progress.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 19, 2016

An initial revenue surge, or a major cash advance from investors often leads to a mentality of building a large customer base at any cost. As the business grows, it pays to learn how to use automated financial tools, and review the key financial metrics daily. Failure to follow-up on customer receivables delays.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 8, 2016

By profit, I simply mean offering a product or service to customers for a price that exceeds the total costs associated with the solution, thus providing some basis for recovering sunk costs and generating a return for stakeholders. Solve a painful problem for customers who have money to spend.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 22, 2016

You need to quantify measurable criteria for success, using business metrics. These could include customer penetration, revenue growth, budget guidelines, and industry visibility. Team members begin by working with industry experts, advisors, and customers to validate assumptions, implementation plans, and financial parameters.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 30, 2016

It’s easy to declare yourself an entrepreneur, but it’s not so easy to convince investors, your team and customers that you are that special one to fund and follow. Vision of providing real customer and social value. Sets realistic goals with milestones and metrics to gauge progress.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 9, 2016

Most begin by doing the product development, marketing and sales alone, but struggle making the transition to hiring and coaching others, defining repeatable processes and focusing on future strategy. Now you have real customers who can quickly turn off hundreds of potential customers if you ignore their feedback.

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Xconomy

SEPTEMBER 23, 2016

Redwood City, CA-based AltspaceVR is just one of the tech companies that’s trying to draw in more users or customers by creating new projects that put an election spin on their core offerings. The use of biological metrics and neuroscience in marketing is starting to expand to political research and campaign strategy-making.

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