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Sharpen your business vision!

Berkonomics

It serves as the rallying cry for future employees, investors, customers, and suppliers. For the rest of you who want to change the world, let me repeat using different words: vision is everything. A great vision for a new enterprise drives innovation.

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San Diego 2017 - INTERFACE Tour

SoCal Tech Calendar

INTERFACE addresses these IT issues through informative, non-sales oriented, educational seminars customized to the specific needs of the local business community. It’s critical to stay current with the technology that runs your organization and secures your operational infrastructure.

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Newegg Opens Facility Near Toronto

socalTECH

Newegg said its new 3,800 square foot "Hybrid Centre" will let customers both pick up will-call orders, as well as learn about technology products and attend educational seminars. Los Angeles-based online electronics retailer Newegg announced today that it has opened up a new, combined pickup and education center near Toronto, Canada.

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Vision for your future success is EVERYTHING!

Berkonomics

It serves as the rallying cry for future employees, investors, customers and suppliers. Years ago, as a panelist at an entrepreneurial seminar, I watched as over fifty aspiring young entrepreneurs filed past a microphone, each tasked with making a thirty second pitch to the panelists of professional investors.

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Negative Customer Acquisition Costs - Creative Startup Marketing Ideas - Eric David Greenspan

SoCal CTO

A day might include a discussion with a finance partner, an investor, a customer or a fusion partner. Our new customer acquisition has grown and our costs have plummeted. We are actually getting paid now to obtain customers, so our customer acquisition costs are now negative. Great posts.

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Why Your Startup Needs a Sales Methodology

Both Sides of the Table

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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6 Incentives To Master The Art Of Marketing Yourself

Startup Professionals Musings

Beyond the fear, many really don’t get the value of being willing and able to communicate effectively with team members, investors, customers, and a myriad of other support people, both one-on-one and one-to-many. As your company grows, you have to host customer seminars.

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