TechCrunch LA

AUGUST 11, 2021

Linktree leads the space, securing a recent $45 million Series B raise to build out e-commerce features, but Beacons boasts competitive creator monetization tools with just a $6 million seed round in May. Now, Snipfeed enters the ring with its own $5.5 With its $5.5

Platform 286

Platform Commerce Startup Tool 286

InfoChachkie

JULY 11, 2012

Vince Lombardi is widely considered the best football coach of all time, and ultimately may be the greatest coach in the history of all sports. Coach Lombardi put teamwork first (which is why we did, too). As probably the most famous football coach of all time, it seems to have worked. It has a price.

Coach 160

Coach Tips Competition Pricing 160

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 30, 2023

Even if you were an “A-Player” in your previous organization (top 10-percent performer, high integrity, exceeds on commitments), you had peers and executives around you to provide coaching and keep you centered. In this highly competitive world, no growth means falling behind, as a business or in your career.

Entrepreneur 85

Entrepreneur Custom Customer Competition 85

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 17, 2022

As with most investors and advisors, I always look first at some key personal characteristics and leadership strategies that I find often make you a more likely survivor and winner in the highly competitive world of businesses, both new and mature. Surround yourself with a competent team and advisors.

Startup 143

Startup Competition Coach Satisfaction 143

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 18, 2023

Any startup coach or business advisor will tell you that, on your way to being a great chef, you don't start your journey by inventing the ultimate entre. Have you set the right price for your entree, and correctly included all costs? You know the basic ingredients, and you can visualize the results you want. For now, get cooking!

Startup 112

Startup Coach Metrics Marketing 112

Berkonomics

JUNE 15, 2012

One important element of positioning a company is pricing strategy. There are five niches you can chose when defining your positioning strategy: price, quality, service, innovation, and elegance. First, and easiest to understand, is creating differentiation by price. Quality can be, and is, an important differentiator.

Pricing 149

Pricing Competition Coach Sales 149

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 9, 2020

Even if you were an “A-Player” in your previous organization (top 10-percent performer, high integrity, exceeds on commitments), you had peers and executives around you to provide coaching and keep you centered. In this highly competitive world, no growth means falling behind, as a business or in your career.

Entrepreneur 159

Entrepreneur Custom Customer Competition 159

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 3, 2014

” So I did want any rational person who wants to improve does – I hired a coach. They like a solid product, well defined pricing, good references to sell against, a clear quota and well defined competitors. Sales people will often blame your pricing. They lost the deal because your competitors dropped price.

Sales 382

Sales Help Startup Pricing 382

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 21, 2020

Any startup coach or business advisor will tell you that, on your way to being a great chef, you don't start your journey by inventing the ultimate entre. Have you set the right price for your entree, and correctly included all costs? You know the basic ingredients, and you can visualize the results you want. For now, get cooking!

Startup 156

Startup Coach Metrics Marketing 156

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 12, 2019

Much has been written recently about the requirement to focus today on the total customer experience, as a competitive edge or even for survival. Expedia and Travelocity do this by checking all the ways you can get from one city to another, with current prices, including connections to rental cars and hotels when you get there.

Custom 96

Custom Customer Coach Pricing 96

Berkonomics

JUNE 8, 2017

You will realize much more from the ultimate sale of your business even if at a considerably lower price than if splitting the proceeds with investors. Strategic investors validate a business, by their presence creating the very value they pay for with increased price per share purchased. There is a lot to say about retaining control.

Venture Capital 266

Venture Capital Class Invest Equity 266

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 2, 2020

His challenge is to focus on one market, with a specific design, cost, and price. Then, he'll need to patent it and create a plan to show opportunity, competition, and financial projections. I have tried to convince him the general idea alone does not make a business. Yes, there are a lot of bridges to cross.

Ideas 126

Ideas Writing Examples Outsource 126

Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 30, 2010

I’ve written about the topic of convertible debt at length before specifically about how angels & entrepreneurs should think about pricing. Convertible debt is an investment that “converts&# into equity in the future usually at a discount to your next funding round price and sometimes has a “cap&# (maximum price).

Equity 319

Equity Pricing Venture Capital Entrepreneur 319

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 7, 2019

I found some good guidance on this subject in a new book, “ The Leader You Want To Be ,” by Amy Jen Su, a managing partner in an executive coaching and leadership development firm. I get much more satisfaction, and can provide more realistic help, in steering you through specific pricing, organizational, or competitive challenges you face.

Help 123

Help Entrepreneur Course IBM 123

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 25, 2016

It must be written down, with measurable team objectives, validated by metrics and compared against competition. Provide coaching and mentoring as well as training. Maybe you still remember the days when competitive advantage was all about economies of scale, advertising power and service versus price.

Custom 55

Custom Customer Startup Coach 55

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 5, 2011

So I did want any rational person who wants to improve does – I hired a coach. They like a solid product, well defined pricing, good references to sell against, a clear quota and well defined competitors. Sales people will often blame your pricing. They lost the deal because your competitors dropped price.

Sales 316

Sales Startup Pricing Custom 316

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 8, 2018

Any startup coach or business advisor will tell you that, on your way to being a great chef, you don't start your journey by inventing the ultimate entre. Have you set the right price for your entrée, and correctly included all costs? You know the basic ingredients, and you can visualize the results you want. For now, get cooking!

Startup 81

Startup Coach Metrics Marketing 81

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 7, 2013

I acted as the occasional mentor, advisor and coach to Ethan. In the same year they won Business Insider’s Startup competition. The company was called Red Beacon. I was standing with him when he won the TechCrunch 50 award. RedBeacon was the 3rd winner (year 1: Yammer, year 2: Mint.com) – not bad company. Nice sweep!

CTO Coach 359

CTO Coach Google CTO Hire Yammer 359

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 21, 2013

It must be understandable, written down, and verifiable, with regular measurements and metrics to make it real, benchmarked against the competition. Train and coach continuously. Leaders have found that keeping everyone on top of changes in technology, competition, and customer demands is critical to success.

Custom 92

Custom Customer Startup Services 92

Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 9, 2014

A bigger version of its predecessor, the Scooba 450 boasts more cleaning power and a bigger price tag at $599.99. With a high price point, it may not reach as many households as iRobot would like. XYZprinting da Vinci 1.0 : Priced at $499, the da Vinci 1.0 The price makes da Vinci 1.0 for rooms around 150 sq.

Pricing 72

Pricing Coach Startup Design 72

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 24, 2017

Yet, according to statistics from the Small Business Association (SBA), over half of new businesses offer something else - personal professional services, including consulting, business coaching, and advisory services. Set pricing to assure both revenue and profit. They expect reviews and testimonials from other clients.

Social Media 56

Social Media Pricing Technical Review Demand 56

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 4, 2016

Any startup coach or business advisor will tell you that, on your way to being a great chef, you don't start your journey by inventing the ultimate entre. Have you set the right price for your entrée, and correctly included all costs? You know the basic ingredients, and you can visualize the results you want. For now, get cooking!

Entrepreneur 93

Entrepreneur Startup Coach Metrics 93

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 22, 2017

Even if you were an “A-Player” in your previous organization (top 10-percent performer, high integrity, exceeds on commitments), you had peers and executives around you to provide coaching and keep you centered. In this highly competitive world, no growth means falling behind, as a business or in your career.

Entrepreneur 54

Entrepreneur Custom Customer Competition 54

Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 25, 2010

I believe that it is part of the DNA of an entrepreneur – being so competitive that you’re practically sick when you lose. They’re competitive. It is never as rewarding when you’re the coach (but coaching has many other benefits. They decided to re-open the competition for 3-4 more weeks.

Outsource Development 333

Outsource Development Software Review Technical Review News 333

Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 25, 2010

I believe that it is part of the DNA of an entrepreneur – being so competitive that you’re practically sick when you lose. They’re competitive. It is never as rewarding when you’re the coach (but coaching has many other benefits. They decided to re-open the competition for 3-4 more weeks.

Outsource Development 328

Outsource Development Software Review Technical Review News 328

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 14, 2012

They leave the scene just as the prospective customer begins shopping around for a solution by looking at the competition. " When the product is simple, and there is no competition, buyers can make a quick decision. Provide coaching early in the sales process; avoid last minute interventions.

Sales 96

Sales Custom Customer Competition 96

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 23, 2011

They leave the scene just as the prospective customer begins shopping around for a solution by looking at the competition. " When the product is simple, and there is no competition, buyers can make a quick decision. Provide coaching early in the sales process; avoid last minute interventions.

Sales 93

Sales Custom Customer Competition 93

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 19, 2015

We envy them all and want to emulate them but know that they are just people dealing with struggles of a different magnitude from the pressures of going public, the pressures of pricing competition, the pressures of over-reaching of journalists and regulators and the pressures of activist public shareholders with short-term expectations.

Press 150

Press Venture Capital Startup Entrepreneur 150

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 4, 2014

But I would posit that in order to sustainably build great products in an intensely competitive industry with skills shortages – people management is one of the most critical soft skills organizations need. I think as a tech industry we have bred a culture that places more emphasis on product excellence than managing human behavior.

Startup 340

Startup Technical Review Course Press 340

Tech Coast Venture Network

AUGUST 11, 2015

It designs its own glasses, and sells directly to customers, cutting out the middleman and keeping prices low. While Google still gets stellar reviews for pay, perks and advancement, there are also some employees who note growing pains that you’d expect from such a huge company, including the stress associated with a competitive environment.

Examples 100

Examples Company Companies Google 100

Tech Coast Venture Network

AUGUST 11, 2015

It designs its own glasses, and sells directly to customers, cutting out the middleman and keeping prices low. While Google still gets stellar reviews for pay, perks and advancement, there are also some employees who note growing pains that you’d expect from such a huge company, including the stress associated with a competitive environment.

Examples 100

Examples Company Companies Google 100

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 8, 2013

This includes the specific work your startup must do, the capabilities you need to build for a competitive advantage, and the career path for team members to bring this to life. Training is coaching, rather than criticizing, to improve the outcome next time. People follow what you do, not what you say. Train all the time.

Startup 101

Startup Training Study Custom 101

Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 15, 2009

I believe that it is part of the DNA of an entrepreneur – being so competitive that you’re practically sick when you lose. They’re competitive. It is never as rewarding when you’re the coach (but coaching has many other benefits ;-). They decided to re-open the competition for 3-4 more weeks.

Startup 151

Startup Outsource Development Software Review Technical Review 151

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 4, 2012

This includes the specific work your startup must do, the capabilities you need to build for a competitive advantage, and the career path for team members to bring this to life. Training is coaching, rather than criticizing, to improve the outcome next time. People follow what you do, not what you say. Train all the time.

Training 109

Training Startup Study Custom 109

socalTECH

OCTOBER 14, 2010

It's trying to determine if there is a viable way to go to market, and also deal with competitive issues. Where is this talent coming from? John Morris: I think it's trying to make a decent connection with customers, and trying to assess the size and viability of the market.

Networking 215

Networking Research Startup USC 215

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 27, 2013

Ask them for a meeting to review your pricing strategy with you. In Rob’s spare time he always seems to be going to a boxing class or some other competitive, physical activity. When we recommended that Rob get a CEO coach he not only embraced it but craved it and thanked us for suggesting it. Already covered. Assign away.

Tips 365

Tips Email Venture Capital CTO Coach 365

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 1, 2016

I’ve spent hours this week reading about the firing of the head coach and personnel manager of the football team I support – The Philadelphia Eagles. His name was Chip Kelly and he came off of a very successful stint as the coach of the collegiate Oregon Ducks. This is something I try to coach against.

Startup 150

Startup Coach Course Invest 150