Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 9, 2022

Kerr, “ The Executive Checklist: A Guide for Setting Direction and Managing Change.” The next phase of evolution will demand device independence, enabling an uninterrupted computing experience as we move from device to device throughout our daily lives. Cloud Computing. Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS). Gamification.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 17, 2022

Power has been guiding growth companies for 25 years, and now teaches innovation at the Harvard Extension School. Initially, all companies sell to customers who are the easiest to reach and most excited about the new product. The first customers are early adopters who are the least price-sensitive.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 25, 2020

By default, innovation in every business decreases over time, and continuous innovation requires ongoing initiatives and measures of customer perceived value. Every entrepreneur, no matter how experienced, will benefit from a personal board of directors or advisors to guide them in facets of their business.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 6, 2020

I recognized this as I was reading the classic book, ” The Only Sales Guide You’ll Ever Need ,” by Anthony Iannarino, who is an international sales leader and expert on optimizing results. Diagnosing and understanding the customer problem. When dealing with customers or partners, only win-win deals make sense. Marty Zwilling.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 13, 2013

I did have the wherewithal to visit potential customers and try to understand the pain points that I thought could be solved with our solution. Steve Blank calls this “ customer development ” in which you built an initial product that is in search of “product / market fit.” This is a very important to do when you first start a company.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 20, 2020

Power has been guiding growth companies for 25 years, and now teaches innovation at the Harvard Extension School. Initially, all companies sell to customers who are the easiest to reach and most excited about the new product. The first customers are early adopters who are the least price-sensitive.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 29, 2019

He offers over 50 guiding principles, distilled from his tenure at Amazon, to become a digital leader in today’s marketplace. A platform is a business model and capability that can be accessed and customized by external users. Create and practice an obsession over customers. Accept no excuses. Do what Amazon is doing.

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Tech.Co

OCTOBER 27, 2023

In this guide, you'll learn exactly what Claude is, how it works, and all about its parent company, Anthropic. As part of the latter deal, Amazon employees and cloud customers will get early access to the technology. GPT-4, which is only available to ChatGPT Plus customers, has a context window of more than 32,000.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 24, 2020

While this approach appears to cost more on the surface, it often actually costs you less, when you consider the hidden costs of rework, poor customer satisfaction, employee management, and training required. Direct customer-facing non-technical roles should be the last ones outsourced. Startups all need that flexibility.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 15, 2019

Steve Blank via Flickr by jdlasica I see more and more entrepreneurs who seem to have everything going for them – vision, motivation, passion, even a good business plan, product, and money, and yet they can’t close customers. Great businesses begin with a customer problem that has a big and monetizable pain point. Nail the solution.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 1, 2019

Second-stage growth usually requires a formal sales model, an experienced and disciplined sales team, and a well-defined process to meet your new goals and demands. These only come with the proper training, investment in tools, and focus on customer relationships. Optimize the total customer experience.

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Tech.Co

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

As inflation rates spiral and consumer demand takes a hit, business owners are forced to be more mindful of their bottom lines than ever. Small Business Administration, but the lenders competitive interest rates and flexible repayment terms still make it a great option, especially if you're an existing Bank of America customer.

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TechEmpower

OCTOBER 9, 2023

So let’s summarize what we've already found to be different about searching with LLMs: What’s Different About Search with LLMs Search methods powered by LLMs stand out as transformative tools, offering businesses an edge in their information retrieval and customer engagement processes.

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Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 22, 2016

Less than a month ago, Snapchat opened custom on-demand geofilters to everyone. Industry news was excited, but for how amazing of a product they are, custom Snapchat geofilters have remained stunningly under the radar. Well, Snapchat has made it so that anyone can create and upload a custom filter to any area they want.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 20, 2018

I recognized this as I was reading the classic book, ” The Only Sales Guide You’ll Ever Need ,” by Anthony Iannarino, who is an international sales leader and expert on optimizing results. Diagnosing and understanding the customer problem. When dealing with customers or partners, only win-win deals make sense. Marty Zwilling.

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Eric Greenspan

MAY 14, 2013

So, because I’m a dad, a customer service enthusiast, product evaluator and entrepreneur, I’ve decided to build a business around it. I will demand and police honest and ethical reviews, whether good or bad. My ability to recognize truly excellent products will guide me down this path. Win win win.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 29, 2019

Kerr, “ The Executive Checklist: A Guide for Setting Direction and Managing Change.” The next phase of evolution will demand device independence, enabling an uninterrupted computing experience as we move from device to device throughout our daily lives. Cloud Computing. Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS). Gamification.

Technology 86

Technology Cloud Computing Social Media Networking 86

Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 13, 2010

Stop Listening to Your Customers. A common assumption among startup entrepreneurs is that listening to potential customers is the best. Entrepreneurism / Monetization Customers, research, startups. . Startup Survival Guide: Beating the 800lb Gorillas. How to (Ethically) Profit From Your Customer's Insecurities.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 4, 2013

As a guide, I enjoyed the analysis of Eric Chester, in his book “ Reviving Work Ethic ,” which provides a leader’s guide to ending entitlement and restoring pride in the emerging workforce. It extends directly to your customers through dependable products and services. It makes for a valued worker, who will stay in high demand.

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InfoChachkie

APRIL 28, 2016

Demand Customer Centricity. Bob successfully managed his constituents by never forgetting that his ultimate “customers” were the students he was serving. Startup CEOs can likewise diffuse internal dissention by refocusing their team’s attention on their customers, rather than their colleagues. Be Of Service.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 5, 2016

I recognized this as I was reading a new book, ” The Only Sales Guide You’ll Ever Need ,” by Anthony Iannarino, who is an international sales leader and expert on optimizing results. Diagnosing and understanding the customer problem. When dealing with customers or partners, only win-win deals make sense.

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Southern California Edison Blog

SEPTEMBER 19, 2017

At SCE Carrier Solutions, our team of experts knows that no two organizations are alike; as a result, we work with our customers to pick a fiber optic solution that best suits their particular needs. Download the Network Solutions Guide. Is Managed Wavelength Service or Dark Fiber Right for Your Business?

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 1, 2015

Power has been guiding growth companies for 25 years, and now teaches innovation at the Harvard Extension School. Initially, all companies sell to customers who are the easiest to reach and most excited about the new product. The first customers are early adopters who are the least price-sensitive.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 18, 2014

I see more and more entrepreneurs who seem to have everything going for them – vision, motivation, passion, even a good business plan, product, and money, and yet they can’t close customers. Great businesses begin with a customer problem that has a big and monetizable pain point. Nail the solution. Nail the go-to-market strategy.

Entrepreneur 113

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 12, 2017

I see more and more entrepreneurs who seem to have everything going for them – vision, motivation, passion, even a good business plan, product, and money, and yet they can’t close customers. Great businesses begin with a customer problem that has a big and monetizable pain point. Nail the solution. Nail the go-to-market strategy.

Startup 64

Startup Technical Review Entrepreneur Customer 64

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 4, 2015

Second-stage growth usually requires a formal sales model, an experienced and disciplined sales team, and a well-defined process to meet your new goals and demands. These only come with the proper training, investment in tools, and focus on customer relationships. Optimize the total customer experience.

Startup 108

Startup Sales Metrics Entrepreneur 108

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 20, 2012

I see more and more entrepreneurs who seem to have everything going for them – vision, motivation, passion, even a good business plan, product, and money, and yet they can’t close customers. Great businesses begin with a customer problem that has a big and monetizable pain point. Nail the solution. Nail the go-to-market strategy.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 14, 2011

Its primary goal is to focus on identifying what is truly driving demand, analytically, so that our customers can optimize their activities. We have a very sophisticated, analytics and software platform that over half the Fortune 50 are now using, to help guide how they invest in marketing and sales activities and investments.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 14, 2017

There is nothing more pure than building a product, putting it out in the world and seeing paying customers using your product and in some cases loving it. As companies get this initial customer feedback on their product they start to have to ask harder questions about unit economics: How much does it cost us to acquire a new customer?

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 30, 2019

To survive these tumultuous times, you must first look deep within to find your guiding principles. You need to make believers out of your board, employees, prospects, as well as customers. Proactively seek out product, service, industry, and customer perception fears rather than suppressing them.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 2, 2012

As a guide, I enjoyed the analysis of Eric Chester, in his new book “ Reviving Work Ethic ,” which provides a leader’s guide to ending entitlement and restoring pride in the emerging workforce. It extends directly to your customers through dependable products and services. Trustworthy (uncompromising respect).

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 11, 2018

A guiding principle for startup success, as well as the long-term health of a mature business, is a liberal dose of innovation at the beginning, with additions of the same on a regular basis. Unfortunately, innovation means change, and most business professionals and existing customers, by default, hate change.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 28, 2015

Kerr, “ The Executive Checklist: A Guide for Setting Direction and Managing Change.” The next phase of evolution will demand device independence, enabling an uninterrupted computing experience as we move from device to device throughout our daily lives. Cloud Computing. Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS). Gamification.

Startup 107

Startup Cloud Computing Social Media Entrepreneur 107

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 26, 2014

Power has been guiding growth companies for 25 years, and now teaches innovation at the Harvard Extension School. Initially, all companies sell to customers who are the easiest to reach and most excited about the new product. The first customers are early adopters who are the least price-sensitive.

Pricing 105

Pricing Cloud Computing Customer Custom 105

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 22, 2016

By default, innovation in every business decreases over time, and continuous innovation requires ongoing initiatives and measures of customer perceived value. Every entrepreneur, no matter how experienced, will benefit from a personal board of directors or advisors to guide them in facets of their business.

Startup 58

Startup Organization Demand Customer 58

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 13, 2017

Second-stage growth usually requires a formal sales model, an experienced and disciplined sales team, and a well-defined process to meet your new goals and demands. These only come with the proper training, investment in tools, and focus on customer relationships. Optimize the total customer experience.

Startup 56

Startup Sales Metrics Guide 56

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 19, 2011

I see more and more entrepreneurs who seem to have everything going for them – vision, motivation, passion, even a good business plan, product, and money, and yet they can’t close customers. Great businesses begin with a customer problem that has a big and monetizable pain point. Nail the solution. Nail the go-to-market strategy.

Startup 114

Startup Technical Review Entrepreneur Customer 114