socalTECH

OCTOBER 4, 2019

Virgin Orbit , the space launch startup led by Sir Richard Branson, which has been running its development program in Mojave, has selected a pilot from the UK's Royal Air Force (RAF) to be a part of its small satellite launch program. The Royal Air Force and Virgin Orbit had announced an earlier partnership in July of this year.

Hollywood 113

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 25, 2023

A common initiative I hear from business owners today is their effort to improve the customer experience. To achieve real growth, business leaders need to improve both employee as well as customer experiences. More and more business leaders, including Richard Branson, use this style to great advantage.

Customer 113

Customer Custom Training Tool 113

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 12, 2022

For example, entrepreneur Sir Richard Branson has started or grown over 400 companies, from record labels to space travel, so for him the joy is clearly in the startup. Both he and Branson are billionaires, so there is no one right way for entrepreneurs to succeed. Just decide where you want to fit, and go for it.

Startup 137

Startup Training Entrepreneur Organization 137

Tech Zulu Event

APRIL 10, 2013

Excellent customer service isn’t just something that happens from company to consumer. Customer service starts within a company. We all know about Zappos customer culture and their willingness to stay on a call with a customer for up to 10 hours. It’s the same effect you want on your customers.

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Customer Custom Training Services 97

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 28, 2020

Corporate environments are looking for depth of technical skills and experience, while small businesses need everyone to be customer-centric , with a broad range of perspectives and experiences, in addition to the specific skill requested. Everyone has to take some risks, make a decision, or solve the customer problem.

Startup 164

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 31, 2022

Too many customers have long felt distanced from many successful brands, seeing them as closed and mysterious environments, focused only on profits and killing competitors. In the idea stage, get customers involved with an engaging contest. Shared leadership (member and customer led). Shared risks (open capital).

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 23, 2021

Examples include the Conscious Capitalism® movement, founded by John Mackey of Whole Foods, the B Team , founded by serial entrepreneur Sir Richard Branson, and the Benefit Corporation (B Corp) form of business now available in 35 states. Selling too early triggers customer defenses and drives them away.

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Education Customer Custom Sales 151

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 16, 2022

They include people like Sir Richard Branson , born in 1950, who has founded over 400 companies, and claims to be just getting started. Manage customer service. Marketing and sales to Gen-Y customers. Boomers are more likely to give you the time and guidance that you need, and give your executive team additional visibility.

Technical Review 147

Technical Review Software Review Entrepreneur Report 147

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 7, 2023

Customers have come to expect disruptive change, so yet another social network is not the way to get traction. It was written by Terence Mauri, who has worked extensively with Sir Richard Branson and the London Business School.

Entrepreneur 118

Entrepreneur Startup Social Network SpaceX 118

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 30, 2021

A community requires two-way communication and respect – including advisors, partners, and customers. Sir Richard Branson , for example, often makes a point of personally rewarding outstanding leaders by taking them aside and telling them that they are now in charge of one of his new companies.

Coach 162

Coach Startup Resource Competition 162

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 15, 2021

We have all heard of examples where people have overcome physical odds to success, such as Richard Branson with dyslexia, causing him to get low marks in school and communicate poorly as a young business person. Deliver value to your customer, to accrue value in you.

Education 148

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socalTECH

JULY 24, 2013

MySocialCloud was funded by Richard Branson and Jerry Murdock , who made an investment in the startup while Scott Ferreira was still a student at the University of Southern California. According to Reputation.com, the strategic acquisition adds a valued platform, team, and new capability and customers to its portfolio.

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 18, 2019

In an era, where every single streaming music service seems to be the same thingindistinguishable from each otherhow do they differentiate and create customer loyalty? million paying customers when Cricket sold to AT&T. They understand their customers, and know how to build incredible, deeply emotional relationships with them.

Startup 113

Startup Artificial Inteligence Content Platform 113

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 15, 2020

For example, entrepreneur Sir Richard Branson has started or grown over 400 companies, from record labels to space travel, so for him the joy is clearly in the startup. Both he and Branson are billionaires, so there is no one right way for entrepreneurs to succeed. Just decide where you want to fit, and go for it.

Startup 125

Startup Training Entrepreneur Organization 125

socalTECH

MAY 30, 2012

In another, big step this week for Southern California's startup space vehicle industry, Virgin Galactic , the Sir Richard Branson-backed effort to commercialize sub-orbital flight vehicles for space tourism, said Wednesday that it has been granted an experimental launch permit from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA).

Southern California 190

Southern California SpaceX Hawthorne Competition 190

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 12, 2022

In my role as a mentor to entrepreneurs and an angel investor, I find that too many are stuck in this myth that a good pitch, and good marketing content, should consist of more product features, and more hype on customer benefits. Customers buy from people they trust, respect, and admire. Emulate them rather than envy them.

Startup 117

Startup Social Media Guide Content 117

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

Both fail to look first at what customers really need, and are willing to pay for. It addresses a growing customer need, especially in times of a pandemic, with an innovative logistical platform. It addresses a growing customer need, especially in times of a pandemic, with an innovative logistical platform.

Startup 146

Startup Mentor Entrepreneur Ideas 146

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 16, 2020

Obviously, it’s not that simple, but making the right first impression is critical for an entrepreneur, not just with investors, but also with partners, customers, and even yourself. Great entrepreneurs seek out critical customers and industry experts, and actively listen, but are not afraid to trust their own judgment as well.

Startup 171

Startup Entrepreneur Activity Ideas 171

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 24, 2021

Be especially sensitive to issues that can weaken customer relationships, antagonize stakeholders, and need timely responses. Richard Branson kept meticulous notebooks of scribbled ideas, insights, and to-do's from key events in the past, for sharing with his leadership team for his many companies in Virgin Group.

Startup 143

Startup Summary Activity Coach 143

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 18, 2019

In an era, where every single streaming music service seems to be the same thingindistinguishable from each otherhow do they differentiate and create customer loyalty? million paying customers when Cricket sold to AT&T. They understand their customers, and know how to build incredible, deeply emotional relationships with them.

Startup 100

Startup Content Platform Artificial Inteligence 100

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 16, 2021

Elon Musk with Tesla and SpaceX may be the most current example of this phenomenon, but others often mentioned include Richard Branson (Virgin Group), Joe Costello (Cadence Design), and Howard Schultz (Starbucks). Great entrepreneurs remember that great design motivates and excites customers, often even more than function.

Marketing 157

Marketing Design Entrepreneur Ideas 157

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 23, 2022

One of today’s great entrepreneurs, Richard Branson , who now manages over 400 companies within Virgin Group, says he always puts team members first, and still finds time to meet and connect, considering it one of his most enjoyable and productive roles. This created a connection with both his team and customers.

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Mentor Social Media Coach Customer 108

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 19, 2023

In my opinion, great examples in today’s entrepreneur world include Elon Musk (Tesla), Jeff Bezos (Amazon), and Richard Branson (Virgin Group). These leaders not only recognize team members who have high potential, but they willingly and selflessly customize their coaching to what these special protégés really need.

Oracle 94

Oracle Organization Examples Coach 94

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 12, 2023

Obviously, it’s not that simple, but making the right first impression is critical for an entrepreneur, not just with investors, but also with partners, customers, and even yourself. Great entrepreneurs seek out critical customers and industry experts, and actively listen, but are not afraid to trust their own judgment as well.

Entrepreneur 70

Entrepreneur Startup Activity Ideas 70

Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 18, 2011

Having paying “Customers” is what makes the cash register roar. An entrepreneur having low self worth is the number one deterrent for a potential customer not buying into what you are selling. Using your service or owning your product isn’t why a person buys, it’s the experience your customer will have. Second, how to get leads.

Customer 85

Customer Custom Marketing SEO 85

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 13, 2020

Customers have come to expect disruptive change, so yet another social network is not the way to get traction. It was written by Terence Mauri, who has worked extensively with Sir Richard Branson and the London Business School.

Entrepreneur 143

Entrepreneur Social Network SpaceX Ideas 143

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 19, 2022

But the entrepreneurs that have it, including Elon Musk and Richard Branson, seem to be able to effortlessly get team members, investors, and customers to follow them anywhere. Some people, and some entrepreneurs, have that something extra that you can’t quite put your finger on, like the judges are searching for on American Idol.

Entrepreneur 139

Entrepreneur Social Media Startup .Net 139

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 28, 2021

If you recognize yourself in these clues below, you probably won’t have as much fun running a startup as Sir Richard Branson always seems to be having. It means you understand yourself, and are likely able to read other people and understand them, leading to a trusting relationship with your team and your customers.

Entrepreneur 149

Entrepreneur Activity Help Startup 149

socalTECH

OCTOBER 11, 2010

Virgin Galactic , the commercial spaceflight venture of Sir Richard Branson's Virgin Group, said over the weekend that it has completed a piloted, free flight of SpaceShipTwo, the spaceship the firm is developing in Mojave.

Design 216

Design Customer Custom Develop 216

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 27, 2022

Current examples include Conscious Capitalism® , popularized by John Mackey, The B Team , founded by Sir Richard Branson, the 1% for the Planet organization, and the Benefit Corporation (B Corp) now available in 35 States. Most customers today won’t pay you five times the cost of alternatives, just because yours is “green.”

Startup 110

Startup Entrepreneur Capital Examples 110

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 17, 2023

All the business leaders I know have noticed that the problems we all face today are becoming more complex, multifaceted, and our customers are more demanding. This enables you to connect an audience, constituents and customers with the solution, and then use combinations of logic and persuasion to get buy-in.

Demand 84

Demand Course .Net Startup 84

Eric Greenspan

OCTOBER 30, 2009

Employees first, customers next is one of concepts and I recently learned that Virgin and Sir Richard Branson share this philosophy. Simply put, if your employees love their jobs, they will love your customers. They all have wireless headsets and may often be found talking to a customer on the phone while bowling on a Wii.

Customer 100

Customer Custom Blogging Conference 100

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 8, 2019

In my role as a mentor to entrepreneurs and an angel investor, I find that too many are stuck in this myth that a good pitch, and good marketing content, should consist of more product features, and more hype on customer benefits. Customers buy from people they trust, respect, and admire. Emulate them rather than envy them.

Startup 102

Startup Customer Custom Social Media 102

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 15, 2023

A real business requires leadership – thought leadership to attract customers and mind share, as well as people leadership around a team, partners, and investors. Emulate the leadership attributes of entrepreneurs you admire, such as Richard Branson. Let go of performance goals that limit new learning.

Develop 110

Develop Development Startup Entrepreneur 110

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 18, 2020

They include people like Sir Richard Branson , born in 1950, who has founded over 400 companies, and claims to be just getting started. Manage customer service. Marketing and sales to Gen-Y customers. Boomers are more likely to give you the time and guidance that you need, and give your executive team additional visibility.

Startup 124

Startup Technical Review Software Review Entrepreneur 124

Eric Greenspan

OCTOBER 30, 2009

Employees first, customers next is one of concepts and I recently learned that Virgin and Sir Richard Branson share this philosophy. Simply put, if your employees love their jobs, they will love your customers. They all have wireless headsets and may often be found talking to a customer on the phone while bowling on a Wii.

Blogging 113

Blogging Conference Customer Custom 113

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 14, 2022

Steve Jobs of Apple may have been the most visible example of this ability to “see around the corner,” but others often mentioned include Richard Branson (Virgin Group), and Elon Musk (SpaceX). By constantly mashing up prior ideas, applications, and outcomes, powerful new combinations emerge that have value to customers.

Startup 134

Startup Entrepreneur Summary Organization 134