socalTECH

APRIL 4, 2014

SpaceX has been lobbying to get a chance to launch the United States'' military and intelligence contracts, in competition with the United Launch Alliance, as tensions have been rising with Russia. Russia is a major provider of Atlast 5 rockets for the United Launch Alliance, which currently has a near total monopoly on U.S.

SpaceX 171

SpaceX Hawthorne Competition Company 171

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 25, 2012

Porter proposed his Five Forces framework for analyzing the competitive environment which I think makes even more sense today. Every existing business, as well as every startup, needs to reassess their product or service in the context of these five forces: Intensity of competitive rivalry. Way back in 1979, Michael E.

Competition 94

Competition Startup Pricing Framework 94

TechCrunch LA

FEBRUARY 3, 2021

And while the grocery delivery market has become increasingly competitive, Hall argued that Good Eggs stands out thanks to the quality and breadth of its products — 70% of its products are locally sourced, and it often delivers them within 48 hours of harvesting. Image Credits: Good Eggs.

Southern California 318

Southern California Orange County San Diego Commerce 318

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 22, 2016

The United Launch Alliance , the Boeing-Lockheed joint venture which had, until recently, a lock on contracts for national security launches for the Air Force, is taking aim at Hawthorne-based SpaceX.

SpaceX 100

SpaceX Hawthorne Competition Company 100

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 23, 2021

Some investors seem to focus wholly on the strengths of the management team, or a sustainable competitive advantage, and in reality these are the core attributes for every funding equation. A startup must form partnerships and alliances within its ecosystem. The right partnership strategy can make a company relevant.

Education 151

Education Customer Custom Sales 151

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 26, 2023

This may require you selling exclusivity, doing channel development, or alliances with new partners. The result can be a host of new competitive and price challenges which can stall growth or require excessive resources and time. Another approach is to expand your scope geographically.

Product 141

Product Services Technical Review Artificial Inteligence 141

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

Too many startups rush into battle early, assuming any progress will somehow give them the competitive advantage. Negotiate and leverage win-win alliances. In fact, I now believe that all of Sun Tzu’s teachings are still relevant to entrepreneurs, who more than ever face fierce competition for customers, market share, and talent.

Startup 146

Startup Resource Entrepreneur Training 146

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 12, 2022

Master-mind alliance. Then you must extend these alliances to vendors, partners, customers, and even competitors (coopetition). This is still one of the most important competitive differentiators that you can offer. For success these days, the purpose better focus on people, and solve a real problem for customers. Applied faith.

Technical Review 119

Technical Review Ideas Entrepreneur Customer 119

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 4, 2023

The broad-brush push-marketing is no longer competitive. Proactively seek out win-win alliances. Voluntary open-ended alliances are more important than ever, and easier than ever. With social media, you can interact more precisely and create custom products and marketing to be almost all things to all people.

Marketing 107

Marketing Technical Review Startup Innocal 107

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 10, 2020

The broad-brush push-marketing is no longer competitive. Proactively seek out win-win alliances. Voluntary open-ended alliances are more important than ever, and easier than ever. With social media, you can interact more precisely and create custom products and marketing to be almost all things to all people.

Mobile 173

Mobile Marketing Technical Review Startup 173

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 15, 2021

Even the giant General Motors has alliances with smaller competitors, like Peugeot, to reach certain small car segments. In many cases, the products from competitive companies are complementary, or many customers are natural candidates for both. The auto industry learned this a long time ago.

Startup 173

Startup Outsource Development Examples Customer 173

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 24, 2022

Every startup needs a sustainable competitive advantage. With no competitive advantage, startups with new ideas gaining traction are never feared, and are usually eaten for lunch as sleeping giants wake up. In the business world, we call this finding the right strategic alliances. If you want to be feared. If you want to mate.

Startup 112

Startup News Framework Outsource 112

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 8, 2013

Add basic partner contracts or alliances. Don’t use alliances for core competencies. Invest in selective strategic alliances. Borrowing by way of a more engaged alliance helps you obtain targeted resources when you and a partner collaborate through limited points of contact and have complementary goals for your joint activities.

Acquisition 88

Acquisition CTO Hire Startup Outsource Development 88

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 15, 2020

Master-mind alliance. Then you must extend these alliances to vendors, partners, customers, and even competitors (coopetition). This is still one of the most important competitive differentiators that you can offer. For success these days, the purpose better focus on people, and solve a real problem for customers. Applied faith.

Technical Review 126

Technical Review Ideas Entrepreneur Customer 126

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 15, 2022

This usually marks the end of organic growth, as partnerships and alliances aid growth, but again dilute the focus on culture. In fact, crises can and do hit in any phase, due to poor execution, complacency from success, less competitive strategy, change of leadership, and many other reasons. Efficiency and scale.

Startup 142

Startup Web 2.0 IBM IBM 142

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 15, 2019

Too many startups rush into battle early, assuming any progress will somehow give them the competitive advantage. Negotiate and leverage win-win alliances. In fact, I now believe that all of Sun Tzu’s teachings are still relevant to entrepreneurs, who more than ever face fierce competition for customers, market share, and talent.

Resource 130

Resource Entrepreneur Training Competition 130

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

The smart ones were already working on new features, and able to counter competition quickly. Solicit complementary partnerships and alliances. I have worked with several new business owners who were convinced that no one could match their offering, only to be surprised by how fast competitors appeared.

Marketing 133

Marketing Customer Custom Outsource Development 133

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 12, 2022

Competitive advantages are rapidly vaporizing on these. Scaling is done first by customer alliances through social media, and later by distributed joint ventures and coopetition. Internal corporate processes thwart innovation due to inherent inefficiencies of scale, high overhead, and the risk of impact on the corporate bottom line.

Startup 126

Startup Artificial Inteligence Entrepreneur Offshore 126

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 3, 2021

You need to talk about partnerships, employee roles, distributors, and strategic alliances. Postulate competitive reactions and your responses. Most entrepreneurs underestimate the resource and time requirements for scaling, and overestimate their own range of capabilities.

Entrepreneur 162

Entrepreneur Social Media Examples Metrics 162

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 6, 2019

Some investors seem to focus wholly on the strengths of the management team, or a sustainable competitive advantage, and in reality these are the core attributes for every funding equation. A startup must form partnerships and alliances within its ecosystem. The right partnership strategy can make a company relevant.

Startup 97

Startup Education Customer Custom 97

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 31, 2018

Pursue strategic alliances and partnerships. An alliance with a distribution organization enhances the value to existing and new customers of both your solutions. An alliance with a distribution organization enhances the value to existing and new customers of both your solutions. Find ways to work with your competition.

Examples 67

Examples Customer Custom Software Review 67

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 1, 2012

Add basic partner contracts or alliances. Don’t use alliances for core competencies. Invest in selective strategic alliances. Borrowing by way of a more engaged alliance helps you obtain targeted resources when you and a partner collaborate through limited points of contact and have complementary goals for your joint activities.

CTO Hire 91

CTO Hire Startup Outsource Development Resource 91

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 15, 2020

Sponsor some friendly competitive events with prizes. Offer an alliance with competitors to expand the market. Everyone loves to compete, and maybe even win something. Give customers incentives, rewards, and challenges as a way to have some fun, and they will talk about you and promote you.

Marketing 170

Marketing Startup Examples Customer 170

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 14, 2019

Very few businesses can grow organically fast enough to stay ahead of competition. Business leaders with wide relationships are able to more quickly find and close on alliances to fill gaps in their product line, increase distribution, and reduce costs through common components.

IBM 87

IBM IBM Ideas Technical Review 87

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 24, 2013

Porter proposed his Five Forces framework for analyzing the competitive environment which I think makes even more sense today. Every existing business, as well as every startup, needs to reassess their product or service in the context of these five forces: Intensity of competitive rivalry. Way back in 1979, Michael E. Marty Zwilling.

Startup 80

Startup Framework Competition Pricing 80

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 24, 2019

Every startup needs a sustainable competitive advantage. With no competitive advantage, startups with new ideas gaining traction are never feared, and are usually eaten for lunch as sleeping giants wake up. In the business world, we call this finding the right strategic alliances. If you want to be feared. If you want to mate.

Startup 94

Startup News Framework Outsource 94

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 6, 2016

But in my experience as a startup advisor, too many entrepreneurs get stuck there, and always find excuses for not really exploring mergers, acquisitions, partnerships, and alliance alternatives. Investigate strategic alliance alternatives. Of course, they all prefer cash, but some may work for future revenue or startup equity.

Startup 56

Startup Outsource Development Organization Outsource 56

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 8, 2010

One of the key sections of any business plan is the analysis of the competition. Investors take that to mean either 1) there is no market for your product, or 2) you don’t understand the concept of business and competition. It will certainly also decrease profitability over time, as well as test your sustainable competitive advantage.

Startup 86

Startup Competition Pricing Framework 86

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 25, 2015

Master-mind alliance. Then you must extend these alliances to vendors, partners, customers, and even competitors (coopetition). This is still one of the most important competitive differentiators that you can offer. For success these days, the purpose better focus on people, and solve a real problem for customers. Applied faith.

Entrepreneur 108

Entrepreneur Ideas Customer Custom 108

InfoChachkie

MAY 23, 2011

An Alliance Of Two. As noted in Alliances , startups with compelling technologies can often form an alliance of partners around their unique solutions. An alliance of two parties will seldom be as impactful as one comprised of your industry’s leading competitors.

Technical Review 183

Technical Review Marketing Sales Competition 183

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 9, 2015

Too many startups rush into battle early, assuming any progress will somehow give them the competitive advantage. Negotiate and leverage win-win alliances. In fact, I now believe that all of Sun Tzu’s teachings are still relevant to entrepreneurs, who more than ever face fierce competition for customers, market share, and talent.

Startup 115

Startup Entrepreneur Resource Training 115

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 30, 2013

Some investors seem to focus wholly on the strengths of the management team, or a sustainable competitive advantage, and in reality these are the core attributes for every funding equation. A startup must form partnerships and alliances within its ecosystem. The right partnership strategy can make a company relevant.

Startup 117

Startup Education Customer Custom 117

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 10, 2014

The broad-brush push-marketing is no longer competitive. Proactively seek out win-win alliances. Voluntary open-ended alliances are more important than ever, and easier than ever. With social media, you can interact more precisely and create custom products and marketing to be almost all things to all people.

Technical Review 106

Technical Review Startup Innocal Mobile 106

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 17, 2014

Master-mind alliance. Then you must extend these alliances to vendors, partners, customers, and even competitors (coopetition). This is still one of the most important competitive differentiators that you can offer. For success these days, the purpose better focus on people, and solve a real problem for customers. Applied faith.

Entrepreneur 104

Entrepreneur Ideas Startup Customer 104

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 28, 2012

Some investors seem to focus wholly on the strengths of your management team, or your sustainable competitive advantage, and in reality these are the core attributes for every funding equation. A startup must form partnerships and alliances within its ecosystem. The right partnership strategy can make a company relevant.

Startup 99

Startup Education Customer Custom 99

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 21, 2019

This usually marks the end of organic growth, as partnerships and alliances aid growth, but again dilute the focus on culture. In fact, crises can and do hit an any phase, due to poor execution, complacency from success, less competitive strategy, change of leadership, and many other reasons. Efficiency and scale.

Startup 89

Startup Web 2.0 IBM IBM 89

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 17, 2016

Some investors seem to focus wholly on the strengths of the management team, or a sustainable competitive advantage, and in reality these are the core attributes for every funding equation. A startup must form partnerships and alliances within its ecosystem. The right partnership strategy can make a company relevant.

Capital 58

Capital Startup Education Customer 58