Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 12, 2023

It's far less expensive to nail down repeat business from your existing customers than it is to land new ones. Now is the time to reap the benefits of those good customer relationships that you've been cultivating. Viral marketing campaigns to lure new customers will cost you big money. Focus on your core competency.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 21, 2020

It's far less expensive to nail down repeat business from your existing customers than it is to land new ones. Now is the time to reap the benefits of those good customer relationships that you've been cultivating. Viral marketing campaigns to lure new customers will cost you big money. Focus on your core competency.

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Berkonomics

MAY 3, 2018

become economic contributors to the bottom line, there is much to be said about consistent or improved service quality by having trained employees already on the front line when the customers want and need them. In such instances, it is much less risky for a company to execute its plans for spending in coordination with forecast revenues.

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TechCrunch LA

APRIL 24, 2020

The company, which employed about 160 people, laid off 57 workers, according to documents filed with the California Employment Development Department. The company’s No. “This was about making the company as totally weatherproof as possible,” Czinger said. The company’s No.

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socalTECH

JUNE 21, 2019

Minnie Ingersoll: A few things, but most recently I started by own company, in 2013. Sometimes what I say, is if brand is your moat, and you're a direct-to-consumer company, versus where you really have some technology, and you have some IP, that's the side of the spectrum we play on. What were you doing before joining TenOneTen?

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 7, 2020

In the short term you need customers to find you at any price, and in the longer term you need revenue, profit, and return loyalty. In a larger public company, it’s all about making your quarterly numbers, versus investing in strategic growth alternatives that may not pay off until several quarters later.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 25, 2019

Here are some observations I have from this exposure: If a company moves from strength-to-strength with predictable outcomes, easy financings, low staff turn-over, limited competitive threats then the composition of the board probably doesn’t matter as much. In the best cases boards come together to help the company get through its trough?—?in

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Berkonomics

MARCH 7, 2011

Many companies have made the mistake of using the forecast to plan and executive hiring of new employees so that they could be trained and up to speed when the demand arrives. In such instances, it is much less risky for a company to execute its plans for spending in coordination with forecast revenues.

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TechCrunch LA

JUNE 18, 2022

Last week, we talked about layoffs and the Winklevoss rock gods. Few companies have to deal with the stressed of both crypto and public markets like Coinbase which laid off more than 1,100 people this week, but plenty of startups raised mega-rounds in 2021 to theoretically future-proof their companies. crash redux.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 26, 2013

But succinctly this press places a marker in the ground for your company. Yes, you could tell them in a private internal meeting but nothing builds confidence more than their buddies all telling them, “wow, you work for a great company. I saw your big announcement ” Psychological I know. But trust me on this.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 28, 2009

In a conversation with socalTECH, the firm's CEO and co-founder, Isaac Garcia, said the company had a record November and December, speculating that the economic environment actually drove adoption of its products. Garcia said that with the economic downturn and layoffs, he suspects there's been a push towards more virtual workers.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 7, 2019

To me, that means treating your career more like a business than a job – with a continual and global focus on keeping up with competition, finding customers, preparing for changes ahead, and taking responsibility for your own finances. Build your reputation and visibility beyond your company.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 1, 2013

It''s far less expensive to nail down repeat business from your existing customers than it is to land new ones. Now is the time to reap the benefits of those good customer relationships that you''ve been cultivating. Viral marketing campaigns to lure new customers will cost you big money. Focus on your core competency.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 24, 2019

It's unclear what the reasons for the steep cuts are; the company had announced a big $100M debt and equity investment from Ally Financial only two months ago. Fair allows customers to subscribe to gain access to used cars, and does not require them to sign a long term lease. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

MAY 23, 2012

According to an email from Craig, the company decided to close down the BettterWorks perk platform, and will not longer be active after next Thursday. Craig said that the shutdown came as a result of not being able to sustain a large enough market, relative ot the high cost of customer acquisition.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 29, 2009

I recently got a phone call from an entrepreneur whom I respect and who runs a company that I hope will do great things one day. He had pitched me in the past and I told him that for a variety of reasons his company was too early stage for me but that I would happily keep track of their progress. Again, I reiterate, it IS important.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 4, 2012

It's far less expensive to nail down repeat business from your existing customers than it is to land new ones. Now is the time to reap the benefits of those good customer relationships that you've been cultivating. Viral marketing campaigns to lure new customers will cost you big money. Focus on your core competency.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 1, 2013

Cash is king when it comes to the financial management of a growing company, so this is not the place for shortcuts and sloppy practices. No matter how small your company is today, there are more moving financial parts than you can manage dynamically in your head. On the other side, your new customers expect a free trial period.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 17, 2016

Cash is king when it comes to the financial management of a growing company, so diligence is required. No matter how small your company is today, there are more moving financial parts than you can manage dynamically in your head. On the other side, your new customers expect a free trial period.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 9, 2010

Perhaps a simpler way to think about culture is to think of it in terms of how an organization makes choices, how it develops its values, its ethics, how it trains, recognizes and rewards its associates, its spirit, and not to be overlooked, how it treats its customers - both internal and external. Employee turnover is extraordinary low.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 2, 2010

As I mentioned in a previous article , it's far less expensive to nail down repeat business from your existing customers than it is to land new ones. Now is the time to reap the benefits of those good customer relationships that you've been cultivating. Viral marketing campaigns to lure new customers will cost you big money.

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InfoChachkie

APRIL 9, 2012

It generally takes an oppressively long time to work your way to the front of The Herd, just as it takes many years to rise to the top of most Big Dumb Companies (BDCs). In your own startup, you might experience lean times, but you never will be crushed in a stampede, like a middle-manager in a corporate layoff. Who is the customer?

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socalTECH

JANUARY 15, 2009

We also allow the users to have a custom URL, for example, resumebucket.com/joshstomel. I went on to Oversee.net, and helped to build that company from 60 to 250 employees. I then felt like it was time for me to branch out on my own, and help my close colleagues build their companies. What's the idea behind the site?

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Tech Zulu Event

JULY 6, 2013

Adam Kanner is the co-founder and CEO of ScoreBig and has set two goals for the company. Adam sat down with us to talk about startups, the LA scene, and his company, ScoreBig. We had companies come knocking on our doors to tell us a solution to our empty seat problems. I am so proud of this company.

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Tech Zulu Event

JULY 6, 2013

Adam sat down with us to talk about startups, the LA scene, and his company ScoreBig. We had companies come knocking on our doors to tell us a solution to our empty seat problems. I am so proud of this company. I had to close the doors of businesses and layoff people. Selling seats was very challenging.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 6, 2020

There is so much confusion and misinformation out there about the government sponsored “payroll protection plan” loans to companies that the heads of every small business CEO in the country must be spinning. If you do massive layoffs (RIFs) you can assume that you will need to repay your loan since the intent of the loan is to protect jobs.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 15, 2013

These were once called secretaries, who looked forward to a long career with a single company, starting in the typing pool, with careers often paralleling top executives. The days when these roles were stable careers for company employees are gone. This world changes rapidly and needs a highly focused specialist to keep up.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 21, 2011

These were once called secretaries, who looked forward to a long career with a single company, starting in the typing pool, with careers often paralleling top executives. The days when these roles were stable careers for company employees are gone. This world changes rapidly and needs a highly focused specialist to keep up.

Entrepreneur 89

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 24, 2010

These used to be called secretaries, who looked forward to a long career with a single company, starting in the typing pool, with careers often paralleling top executives. The days when these roles were stable careers for company employees are gone. This world changes rapidly and needs a highly focused specialist to keep up.

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