Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 5, 2023

Just like you don’t have to be a financial guru to recognize a good CFO, or a marketing genius to hire a VP of Marketing, you can find the right technical partner or team member by using the right evaluation and hiring steps, including the following: Engage a technical advisor to assist with recruiting and early interviews.

Entrepreneur 104

Entrepreneur Technology High Tech Startup 104

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 30, 2020

Offering one more social media site (over 200 already exist on Wikipedia) probably won’t work. Don’t forget to market yourself before, during, and after your initial idea, through social media, websites, and events. Every new business has unexpected pivots and adjustments, and outsourcing is easier to manage.

Outsource Development 154

Outsource Development Social Media Software Review Customer 154

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 8, 2023

Other countries can provide e-commerce with different business models, outsource manufacturing at low cost, and a huge market for new products. I hear this term every day, wrongly applied to new social media site, or a new productivity tool. The impact of global instability. Truly “disruptive” technologies.

Ideas 118

Ideas Outsource Development Outsource Course 118

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 10, 2020

Just like you don’t have to be a financial guru to recognize a good CFO, or a marketing genius to hire a VP of Marketing, you can find the right technical partner or team member by using the right evaluation and hiring steps, including the following: Engage a technical advisor to assist with recruiting and early interviews.

Competition 174

Competition High Tech Startup Social Media 174

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 29, 2021

Use marketing, blogging, and industry conferences to get the message out. The trend toward more remote work, flexible work hours, and outsourcing can eliminate productive work relationships and communication between functions. Building and maintaining a winning work culture is no longer just a function of the office.

Satisfaction 108

Satisfaction Outsource Study Platform 108

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 11, 2023

At the same time, you can never let up on the work and the sweat required for continuous innovation, exemplary customer satisfaction, and staying ahead of competitors: Marketing is a never-ending challenge. Even with the perfect product, your customers won’t even know you exist without marketing. Increasing customer focus and loyalty.

Startup 118

Startup Satisfaction Customer Custom 118

Berkonomics

JUNE 25, 2015

But, more often, this is just the virtualization of what we used to call outsourcing. Yep: revenues of over $100 million per year with a market cap around $800 million. You’re used to outsourcing payroll, bookkeeping, and logistics. Really, that’s a business? Can someone do it better than you, and at lower cost?

Outsource 120

Outsource Social Media Commerce Writing 120

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 17, 2020

Other countries can provide e-commerce with different business models, outsource manufacturing at low cost, and a huge market for new products. I hear this term every day, wrongly applied to new social media site, or a new productivity tool. The impact of global instability. Truly “disruptive” technologies.

Custom 167

Custom Customer Startup Outsource Development 167

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 16, 2020

At the same time, you can never let up on the work and the sweat required for continuous innovation, exemplary customer satisfaction, and staying ahead of competitors: Marketing is a never-ending challenge. Even with the perfect product, your customers won’t even know you exist without marketing. Increasing customer focus and loyalty.

Satisfaction 174

Satisfaction Customer Custom Outsource 174

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 29, 2023

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. Customers won’t pay to see your new employees learning on the job, and outsourcing the real work to a cheap labor source is a recipe for disaster.

Startup 111

Startup Training Services Writing 111

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 3, 2020

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. Customers won’t pay to see your new employees learning on the job, and outsourcing the real work to a cheap labor source is a recipe for disaster.

Startup 174

Startup Training Services Writing 174

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 4, 2020

In my experience as an advisor to startups, the difference is almost always related to the founder and their execution strategy , more so than to the solution quality or the market. Initially, you may be able to do everything in your startup, including product development, marketing, and shipping orders.

Startup 123

Startup Outsource Development Entrepreneur Outsource 123

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 27, 2014

You can now skip the mandatory office space rental, with secretary and bookkeeping staff, or outsourcing. Social media facilitates marketing and sales. For startups, social media and color printers have essentially replaced the need for external public relations and marketing services.

Entrepreneur 104

Entrepreneur Startup Social Media Commerce 104

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 2, 2020

His challenge is to focus on one market, with a specific design, cost, and price. Don’t assume you can outsource the implementation decisions. Bill was initially the idea person and technologist, while Steve had the business and marketing experience from Proctor & Gamble to close the business equation.

Ideas 126

Ideas Writing Examples Outsource 126

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 14, 2018

Just like you don’t have to be a financial guru to recognize a good CFO, or a marketing genius to hire a VP of Marketing, you can find the right technical partner or team member by using the right evaluation and hiring steps, including the following: Engage a technical advisor to assist with recruiting and early interviews.

Technology 87

Technology High Tech Startup Social Media 87

Tech Coast Venture Network

APRIL 7, 2010

When evaluating an activity that needs to be undertaken for your business (keeping the books, creating a website, social media marketing, IT, traditional marketing, administrative functions, etc.) If not, consider delegating it if you have staff or outsourcing if you do not. Are you a specialist in the area?

Outsource 100

Outsource Startup Social Media Resource 100

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 16, 2014

Just like you don’t have to be a financial guru to recognize a good CFO, or a marketing genius to hire a VP of marketing, you can find the right technical partner or team member by using the right evaluation and hiring steps, including the following: Engage a technical advisor to assist with recruiting and early interviews.

High Tech 103

High Tech Entrepreneur Startup Social Media 103

socalTECH

APRIL 27, 2015

We were a little early in that market, doing outsourcing, offshore, and managed crowdsourcing. My cofounder and I came up with this concept, and had been talking for awhole about how fragmented the overall market is for online ordering. We did not anticipate that in terms of what we needed to adapt our product to the market.

Cornerstone OnDemand 100

Cornerstone OnDemand Startup Social Media Outsource Development 100

Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 1, 2011

Scaling thru Outsourcing. Marketing: Beyond the Buzzword: Reality of Direct-to-Fan (TopSpin, PledgeMusic, etc.). Social Media: My Social Community is Bigger than Michael Jordan. The New Hollywood: Building Celebrity Brands Online EQAL, Cambio, Digital LA. Funding: The New Indie: BONA FIDE film.

Southern California 89

Southern California SoCal Guide Mixergy 89

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 16, 2015

At the same time, you can never let up on the work and the sweat required for continuous innovation, exemplary customer satisfaction, and staying ahead of competitors: Marketing is a never-ending challenge. Even with the perfect product, your customers won’t even know you exist without marketing. Increasing customer focus and loyalty.

Satisfaction 101

Satisfaction Entrepreneur Customer Custom 101

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 15, 2013

This exemplary customer service is just savvy marketing. Self-service technologies, social media, and smart phones have created a new set of expectations for high-tech consumers today. Social media apps like Twitter and Pinterest are the latest sources for what’s catching people’s attention today, both positively and negatively.

Customer 89

Customer Custom Services High Tech 89

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 27, 2016

Just like you don’t have to be a financial guru to recognize a good CFO, or a marketing genius to hire a VP of Marketing, you can find the right technical partner or team member by using the right evaluation and hiring steps, including the following: Engage a technical advisor to assist with recruiting and early interviews.

High Tech 58

High Tech Startup Social Media Entrepreneur 58

Tech Zulu Event

MAY 22, 2014

Outsourcing can be an extremely cost-effective solution here. For example, if your target market is end consumers, look for guerilla marketing opportunities like sponsoring an event or a slower building viral campaign using YouTube. If you already have a list of targeted customers, don’t overlook email marketing.

Startup 97

Startup Outsource Development Software Review Sales 97

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 2, 2018

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. Customers won’t pay to see your new employees learning on the job, and outsourcing the real work to a cheap labor source is a recipe for disaster.

Services 72

Services Startup Training Writing 72

Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 18, 2011

That is, of course, as long as what you are selling is the absolute best in your market.) As a last resort I outsourced and actually hired someone in India to remotely log into my computer during the night and correct all the errors from the scanned cards, which my in house team had processed earlier in the day.

Customer 85

Customer Custom Marketing SEO 85

socalTECH

APRIL 21, 2017

Georg Richter: For the five years before I started the company in January of 2016, I was at Guthy Renker, which is one of the largest and biggest direct marketing companies in the world. So, we build that and started offering it to the market. You can get orders at a low cost in the beginning using things like social media.

Startup 145

Startup Product Customer Custom 145

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 2, 2016

At the same time, you can never let up on the work and the sweat required for continuous innovation, exemplary customer satisfaction, and staying ahead of competitors: Marketing is a never-ending challenge. Even with the perfect product, your customers won’t even know you exist without marketing. Increasing customer focus and loyalty.

Satisfaction 61

Satisfaction Startup Customer Custom 61

SoCal CTO

OCTOBER 15, 2009

Steve Gilison worked as a market researcher and product manager at a startup where my company, TechEmpower , did the software / web development. I have about 11 years in the technology sector including roles doing market research, sales and product development. My focus has been marketing strategy and product development.

Los Angeles 179

Los Angeles Product Angel Startup 179

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 20, 2013

In fact, we are all media companies now, with our cell phones, computers, and professional-looking publishing tools. Social media, like Facebook, allow them to convince themselves that they are engaging on a personal level, even when they aren’t. Thus customers and partners rely more and more on personal engagement with people.

Entrepreneur 111

Entrepreneur Startup Content Media 111

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 27, 2014

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. Customers won’t pay to see your new employees learning on the job, and outsourcing the real work to a cheap labor source is a recipe for disaster.

Services 105

Services Startup Training Writing 105

Technology Council

OCTOBER 3, 2008

Offshore Outsourcing is Dying…Long Live Hybrid Nearshore. Here are quick links to the feature articles in this issue: Magnify360 Wins VentureNet Best Of Show 5 Mistakes To Avoid When Building Your Startup “Out Of The Box” PR Tactics. 4 Rules For Email Design In [.]

Newsletter 100

Newsletter VentureNet Offshore Outsource 100

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 17, 2016

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. Customers won’t pay to see your new employees learning on the job, and outsourcing the real work to a cheap labor source is a recipe for disaster.

Services 61

Services Startup Training Writing 61

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 17, 2016

The proper time to put a formal program in place to improve your customer experience, with measurements of both cost and value, is before your first product or service hits the market. Today’s generation is accustomed to relationships via social media and texting, as long as social protocols are honored.

Customer 56

Customer Custom Startup Satisfaction 56

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 11, 2012

Existing solutions like eBay were too complex and time-consuming for our market (It takes the average bride 35 minutes to sign up and create her first listing on eBay), and our users wanted a place where they felt safe and could connect with other brides.

Design 84

Design Social Media Sales Sites 84

Jason Nazar

MAY 2, 2016

Ensure your business name is available on a wide variety of social networking websites in order to develop consistent branding ( KnowEm ). Create and manage your social media presence. Marketing & PR. Plan your marketing strategy. Decide on a target market and conduct a market analysis.

Outsource Development 40

Outsource Development Startup Google Mentor 40

Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 29, 2012

One mastermind focuses on how to outsource development and programming. People who are on the call will be able to ask Liam Martin, co founder of Staff.com, direct questions about anything and everything outsourcing. The phone sessions will be held on March 5th and 6th. Really amazing! All the details you’ll need are below.

Mixergy 70

Mixergy Outsource Development Outsource Conference 70

socalTECH

JUNE 9, 2014

We then help push those videos through social media channels, and help them go viral. That''s relevant, because of our third piece, where we have been hired by traditional media companies, to basically provide them a turnkey, outsources content acquisition team. We then acquire those videos directly from content owners.

Media 235

Media Content Startup IP 235