Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 6, 2020

Diagnosing and understanding the customer problem. This means all business people, especially entrepreneurs, need to get beyond the presentations and the experts, to actively listen to real customers. They need to ask customers the difficult questions, and really understand costs versus benefits, as well as competitive alternatives.

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Entrepreneur Startup Sales Customer 134

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 5, 2020

They bristle quickly when investors or even potential customers raise issues with real value, competition, risk, and sustainability. The best strategy here is to not to over-react or be defensive, and highlight specific value to customers. The reality is that good ideas are always challenged, so you need to expect it.

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Ideas Case Study Mobile Resource 126

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 7, 2020

Of course, every risk level can be mitigated by a good plan that addresses the issue, offers a credible action plan, and will convince you, as well as investors and customers, that what looks like a risk to many is actually a sustainable competitive advantage for your startup. Off-shore or foreign-country based. If you want U.S.

Startup 126

Startup Sites Technical Review Social Media 126

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 11, 2020

A few are still trying to make a profitable business out of nurturing startups, but it’s a challenge to make money when your customer startups don’t have many resources to give. I believe their competitive advantage is their top on-site leadership, exclusivity, and connections to investors.

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