Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 7, 2020

All the technical people I know laughed when Amazon patented their big red button for a “one-click-buy,” but many pundits now attribute their scaling success to this simplification for the average customer. Your long-term satisfaction and business success depends on it. Google and others have since emulated this feature.

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Startup Customer Custom Design 141

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 3, 2018

It may not be as sexy, but starting a new business which builds on an existing technology or business model is usually less risky than introducing that ultimate new disruptive technology. There is always time later for your next startup, using that disruptive technology of your dreams.

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Startup Social Media Study Research 65

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 2, 2018

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. Practice being a good communicator. Customers can touch and see a great product, but services are a bit ethereal.

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Services Startup Training Writing 72

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 27, 2014

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. Practice being a good communicator. Customers can touch and see a great product, but services are a bit ethereal.

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Services Startup Training Writing 105

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 8, 2014

Despite some recent advances, there are still some cultures which have less regard for patents and other intellectual property. Leading edge technology software and manufacturing require constant course corrections and iterative restarts. Dont count on contracts and non-disclosure agreements to save you.

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Outsource Development Outsource Offshore Software Review 95

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 17, 2016

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. Practice being a good communicator. Customers can touch and see a great product, but services are a bit ethereal.

Services 61

Services Startup Training Writing 61

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 20, 2016

Despite some recent advances, there are still some cultures which have less regard for patents and other intellectual property. Leading edge technology software and manufacturing require constant course corrections and iterative restarts. Don’t count on contracts and non-disclosure agreements to save you.

Outsource Development 53

Outsource Development Outsource Software Review Technical Review 53

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 6, 2023

Over time, I have collected a list of new business attributes that go beyond the initial idea or solution, which often are more critical to long-term success and satisfaction. Be customer focused, not technology focused. Elon Musk mitigated this by making his battery patents free to all.

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Tips Startup Satisfaction Ideas 80

InfoChachkie

OCTOBER 24, 2011

Our positioning of GoToAssist as a cost-saving solution resonated with hundreds of enterprise companies that had otherwise “frozen” their technology infrastructure budgets. The bargain that yields mutual satisfaction is the only one that is apt to be repeated.”. Customer Dollars Taste Great. Measure Thrice, Cut Once. Bargains Galore.

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Company Companies Startup Study 257

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 25, 2022

If your product is really new and disruptive, make sure you have supply to meet the demand at rollout, and a patent to prevent others from jumping in quickly. Prioritize your tasks, take advantage of technology, and constantly optimize your processes. I suspect that most of these have failed their way to this top satisfaction.

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Startup Technical Review Entrepreneur Customer 100

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 30, 2020

If your product is really new and disruptive, make sure you have supply to meet the demand at rollout, and a patent to prevent others from jumping in quickly. Prioritize your tasks, take advantage of technology, and constantly optimize your processes. I suspect that most of these have failed their way to this top satisfaction.

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Startup Technical Review Entrepreneur Customer 125

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 5, 2014

If your product is really new and disruptive, make sure you have supply to meet the demand at rollout, and a patent to prevent others from jumping in quickly. Prioritize your tasks, take advantage of technology, and constantly optimize your processes. I suspect that most of these have failed their way to this top satisfaction.

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Entrepreneur Technical Review Startup Satisfaction 109

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 6, 2015

If your product is really new and disruptive, make sure you have supply to meet the demand at rollout, and a patent to prevent others from jumping in quickly. Prioritize your tasks, take advantage of technology, and constantly optimize your processes. I suspect that most of these have failed their way to this top satisfaction.

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Technical Review Entrepreneur Startup Satisfaction 60

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 14, 2018

If your product is really new and disruptive, make sure you have supply to meet the demand at rollout, and a patent to prevent others from jumping in quickly. Prioritize your tasks, take advantage of technology, and constantly optimize your processes. I suspect that most of these have failed their way to this top satisfaction.

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Technical Review Entrepreneur Startup Customer 63