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6 User-Centered Design Guidelines To Thrill Customers

Startup Professionals Musings

Today’s customers demand more than a good product; they expect a great customer experience. People love Apple’s whole customer experience, and willingly pay a premium for the product. Much has been written about product design, but designing the total experience from the front rarely happens yet.

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It’s Time To Design Human Experiences Versus Products

Startup Professionals Musings

Today’s customers demand more than a good product; they expect a great customer experience. People love Apple’s whole customer experience, and willingly pay a premium for the product. Much has been written about product design, but designing the total experience from the front rarely happens yet.

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6 Principles For Creating Great Customer Experiences

Startup Professionals Musings

Today’s customers demand more than a good product; they expect a great customer experience. People love Apple’s whole customer experience, and willingly pay a premium for the product. Much has been written about product design, but designing the total experience from the front rarely happens yet.

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LA-based Maslo pivots to professional services, launching an AI product for executive coaching

TechCrunch LA

When the Los Angeles-based startup Maslo launched its first product in early 2018 , the company was focused on a direct-to-consumer tool designed to encourage mindfulness and self-awareness through a machine learning enabled avatar that would respond to individual’s inputs.

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Applying Design Methodologies to Business Problems

SoCal Tech Calendar

Wednesday, January 9, 2013 -- Applying Design Methodologies to Business Problems. Design is primarily a problem-solving discipline. Designers are trained to find elegant and efficient solutions that generate desire for their products. General Assembly LA.

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Elementary Robotics Rolls Out AI Camera System

socalTECH

Los Angeles-based Elementary Robotics, a developer of cameras for manufacturing inspection, said it has rolled out a new, cloud-based AI camera system designed for manufacturing and logistics.

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7 Ways Your People Skills Are The Key To Your Success

Startup Professionals Musings

The critical success factors for a product business are well known, starting with selling every unit with a gross margin of 50 percent or more, building a patent and other intellectual property, and continuous product improvement. Low cost and low margin products can be winners, if the volume is high enough.

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