socalTECH

DECEMBER 12, 2014

If you''re a brand or retailer, needing to get online, there are a lot of things to deal with to run your e-commerce business smoothly--everything from your e-commerce site itself, to taking photos of your products, packing and shipping, to digital marketing. Who are your ideal customers and market?

Commerce 203

Commerce Venture Capital Internet Brands Startup 203

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 11, 2015

Ready to scale is when you have a proven product and a proven business model, about to expand to new geographies and markets. Most consulting services, like marketing, are not scalable, since they must be delivered by experts, and cloning experts is slow and expensive. Outsource what is non-strategic to optimize leverage.

Startup 103

Startup Outsource Invest Ideas 103

Frank Addante

MAY 12, 2007

Outsourcing ► April (1) GoogleClick - Who owns your cash register? Web Development & Marketing Technology) Exit: evolved into L90 (next company) Lesson: What you dont know cant stop you. I have been outsourcing to India since before it became popular. I am still a big fan of outsourcing. A BIG THANK YOU. Be scrappy.

Outsource Development 40

Outsource Development Outsource Software Review Startup 40

socalTECH

MAY 7, 2012

Sean Broihier: When I was doing the site for my brother, every time they did an in-store promotion, or had an appearance, or they needed to change the prices on their prints, he had to call me, because I had done the website for him. In addition, we outsource the actual production of prints to companies around the U.S. the payroll.

Santa Monica 258

Santa Monica Pricing Sites Sales 258

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 7, 2013

Ready to scale is when you have a proven product and a proven business model, about to expand to new geographies and markets. Most consulting services, like marketing, are not scalable, since they must be delivered by experts, and cloning experts is slow and expensive. Outsource what is non-strategic to optimize leverage.

Tips 111

Tips Startup Outsource Ideas 111

SoCal CTO

JANUARY 5, 2011

Steve Blank , January 25, 2010 10 Tips for Adding Game Mechanics to a Non-Gaming Service - ReadWriteStart , September 21, 2010 Startups & VCs: Learn How to Design, Market, & Eat Your Own. - . - 500 Hats , February 1, 2010 When to Use Facebook Connect – Twitter Oauth – Google Friend Connect for Authentication? First Principles.

Startup 378

Startup Venture Capital Blogging CTO Coach 378

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 14, 2016

Ready to scale is when you have a proven product and a proven business model, about to expand to new geographies and markets. Most consulting services, like marketing, are not scalable, since they must be delivered by experts, and cloning experts is slow and expensive. Outsource what is non-strategic to optimize leverage.

Funding 67

Funding Startup Outsource Ideas 67

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 2, 2018

If your forte is a service, like consulting or web site design, it’s harder to find guidance on what will get you funded, and how you can scale your business. On the product side, once you have a proven product and business model, all you need is money to build inventory, and a sales and marketing operation to drive the business.

Services 72

Services Startup Training Writing 72

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 14, 2012

You can’t succeed in business without an operational model that delivers value to customers at a reasonable price, with an underlying cost that allows you to make a profit. The most common failures are solutions looking for a problem, lack of a defined market, and giving away the product. Target market. Sales/Marketing.

Sales 97

Sales Custom Customer Outsource 97

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 20, 2012

A simple differentiation is that a product plan is designed for internal use, to get the product out. The product plan tells your developers what to build, and the marketing team what to market. Enough detail is required so that someone else can build it without you (outsourcing). Market research.

Product 92

Product Outsource Development Competition High Tech 92

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 29, 2011

You can’t succeed in business without an operational model that delivers value to customers at a reasonable price, with an underlying cost that allows you to make a profit. The most common failures are solutions looking for a problem, lack of a defined market, and giving away the product. Target market. Sales/Marketing.

Sales 98

Sales Custom Customer Outsource 98

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 27, 2014

If your forte is a service, like consulting or web site design, it’s harder to find guidance on what will get you funded, and how you can scale your business. On the product side, once you have a proven product and business model, all you need is money to build inventory, and a sales and marketing operation to drive the business.

Services 105

Services Startup Training Writing 105

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 29, 2011

A simple differentiation is that a product plan is designed for internal use, to get the product out. The product plan tells your developers what to build, and the marketing team what to market. Enough detail is required so that someone else can build it without you (outsourcing). Market research.

Product 93

Product Entrepreneur Outsource Development Competition 93

socalTECH

MARCH 15, 2013

We want to create something that serves a purpose, has a unique design, and is farily simple to use, and where people can understand what that app does. Back in the day, when you went to Amazon, you ended up at Amazon Germany, where everything was in German, and prices were in German Marks. It was the guy we'd outsourced as CEO.

Mobile 233

Mobile Southern California Startup Outsource Development 233

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 17, 2016

If your forte is a service, like consulting or web site design, it’s harder to find guidance on what will get you funded, and how you can scale your business. On the product side, once you have a proven product and business model, all you need is money to build inventory, and a sales and marketing operation to drive the business.

Services 61

Services Startup Training Writing 61

Tech Zulu Event

JULY 5, 2016

Selling new products, opening new markets outsourcing business functions and every other decision affects the bottom line. To increase the net income, management must raise prices, reduce expenses or use a combination of both. The success or failure of every business is determined by its management’s decisions. The Bottom Line.

Software Review 40

Software Review Technical Review .Net Outsource Development 40

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 8, 2009

We had more than 700 resumes, short-listed 65, interviewed 16 in one-hour meetings had 6 full-day interviews including a presentation by the candidate on a selected market opportunity and we did 3 finalist dinners to test cultural fit. Ask if you could shadow different functions like marketing, finance or product management.

Startup 337

Startup Venture Capital Study Course 337

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 9, 2010

A simple differentiation is that a product plan is designed for internal use, to get the product out. The product plan tells your developers what to build, and the marketing team what to market. Enough detail is required so that someone else can build it without you (outsourcing). Market research.

Product 48

Product Outsource Development Competition High Tech 48

Jason Nazar

MAY 2, 2016

Design a logo ( 99designs ). Determine a pricing system for your product(s). Marketing & PR. Plan your marketing strategy. Decide on a target market and conduct a market analysis. Master social media marketing. Look into relevant trade shows and conventions to market your product.

Outsource Development 40

Outsource Development Startup Google Mentor 40

SoCal CTO

DECEMBER 1, 2010

Build your own Startup Death Clock - A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks , November 1, 2010 A few months ago I created a fun device at WPEngine to focus everyone's attention the most important thing. " 34; To which I say "we don't think we can time markets." If nothing changes, when will you run out of money?

Technical Review 175

Technical Review Startup Product Technology 175

InfoChachkie

DECEMBER 2, 2009

This entry focuses on how you can minimize your cost per customer acquired by systematically establishing the infrastructure necessary to track the results obtained from a variety of online and offline marketing vehicles. Ultimately, your overall customer acquisition costs should calculated as an average of a variety of marketing channels.

Custom 164

Custom Customer Advertising SEM 164

SoCal CTO

SEPTEMBER 8, 2010

Pricing models, the freemium myth and why you may not be charging enough for your product - Seth Levine's VC Adventure , August 12, 2010 I’ve been pulled into a number of product and pricing meetings recently (for reasons unknown I’ve become the Foundry pricing and productization guy). clearly didn’t cause this.” How it happens.

Startup 191

Startup Venture Capital Blogging CTO Hire 191

SoCal Delicious

MAY 6, 2012

Lisa and her team create media projects designed to move the social progress agenda forward. Joey Flores is co-founder and CEO of Earbits , an online radio platform that enables bands, labels and concert promoters to acquire fans, market new releases and promote live events. Josh Allan Dykstra – Co-Founder of Strengths Doctors.

Los Angeles 78

Los Angeles Entrepreneur Angel Fractional CTO 78

Frank Addante

JUNE 10, 2007

Outsourcing ► April (1) GoogleClick - Who owns your cash register? Web Development & Marketing Technology) Exit: evolved into L90 (next company) Lesson: What you dont know cant stop you. Its a tough market in L.A. Around the Santa Monica area, it happens to be a landlords market with less than 6% availability.

Startup 40

Startup Technical Review Software Review Advertising 40

Frank Addante

JUNE 13, 2006

Outsourcing ► April (1) GoogleClick - Who owns your cash register? Web Development & Marketing Technology) Exit: evolved into L90 (next company) Lesson: What you dont know cant stop you. The remaining 80% of the functionality will address very specific needs for the remaining 20% of the market. A BIG THANK YOU. Be scrappy.

Startup 40

Startup Outsource Development Product Advertising 40

Frank Addante

MAY 15, 2006

Outsourcing ► April (1) GoogleClick - Who owns your cash register? Web Development & Marketing Technology) Exit: evolved into L90 (next company) Lesson: What you dont know cant stop you. FounderBlog’s 1 Year Anniversary! A BIG THANK YOU. ► March (2) 4. Build a SWAT team 3. Startup 3.0: Be scrappy. ReaXions, Inc.

Advertising 40

Advertising Startup Chief Technology Officer Technical Review 40