Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 14, 2012

There are no “overrides” – for example, businesses don’t thrive just because they offer the latest technology, or because everyone wants to be “green, or because their goal is to reduce world hunger. A target market is the group of customers that the startup plans to attract through marketing and sales their product or service.

Sales 97

Sales Customer Custom Outsource 97

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 29, 2011

There are no “overrides” – for example, businesses don’t thrive just because they offer the latest technology, or because everyone wants to be “green, or because their goal is to reduce world hunger. A target market is the group of customers that the startup plans to attract through marketing and sales their product or service.

Sales 98

Sales Customer Custom Outsource 98

Tech Zulu Event

APRIL 23, 2013

As an employee of the NBA’s Brooklyn Nets from 1999-2003 and of the Indianapolis Pacers from 2003-2008, I learned first-hand from the likes of Rod Thorn, Byron Scott, Jason Kidd and Larry Bird about the importance of leading by example and keys to assembling a championship-caliber team. Any competition in LA?

Social Network 92

Social Network Networking Training Summary 92

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 26, 2012

This time I’ll use a hypothetical health-care web site company named NewCo as an example to illustrate the points. Assign probabilities to active customer sales efforts, just as sales managers do in quantifying a salesman’s forecast. I’ve written about this before, but it’s a mysterious subject, and I’m always learning more.

Startup 108

Startup Invest Patents Outsource Development 108

InfoChachkie

JULY 11, 2011

As with most negotiations, competition is the only way you will obtain an optimal result. Mr. Mojo Rising – Real-world Example. Equity funding would have diluted the Founders while simultaneously complicating the company’s equity structure, thus making a potential sale of the company more cumbersome. Do we have a deal?”

Equity 235

Equity Startup Invest Funding 235

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 30, 2011

This time I’ll use a hypothetical health-care web site company named NewCo as an example to illustrate the points. Assign probabilities to active customer sales efforts, just as sales managers do in quantifying a salesman’s forecast. I’ve written about this before, but it’s a mysterious subject, and I’m always learning more.

Funding 98

Funding Startup Patents Outsource Development 98

InfoChachkie

MARCH 16, 2010

My House Is Not For Sale. Our response was that there was no “price” as our company was not for sale. Open up a “sales process” and solicit bids from multiple companies. Doing nothing was the most realistic and potent competition faced by Citrix. In this example, agreement is achievable between $145M and $185M.

Company 160

Company Companies Pricing Santa Barbara 160

socalTECH

JUNE 25, 2009

For example, we support promotions for Sony movies, a combination of database and telecom work for interactive TV shows like the Price is Right, Deal or No Deal, the Game Show Network, and I'm A Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here. We think Asterisk is an entirely different marketplace, and therefore not a competitive threat.

IP 165

IP Pasadena Angels Pasadena Los Angeles 165

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 16, 2010

LP’s who invest in funds are typically university endowments, public & private pension funds, insurance companies, large corporations and very high net worth individuals called “family offices.&# To give you an indication of how bad, for example, university endowments are suffering check out this chart.

Venture Capital 311

Venture Capital Startup Seed Funding Rustic Canyon 311

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 6, 2010

This time I’ll use a hypothetical health-care web site company named NewCo as an example to illustrate the points. Assign probabilities to active customer sales efforts, just as sales managers do in quantifying a salesman’s forecast. I’ve written about this before, but it’s a mysterious subject, and I’m always learning more.

Startup 93

Startup Patents Outsource Development Web 93

socalTECH

DECEMBER 9, 2008

It really doesn't suit a publisher well to have exclusive representation, except in some instances--for example, if a site has an outsourced sales agency. Fortunately, the net effect of the economy for Hydra is good, because more advertisers are talking to customers through Hydra, and we're creating relationships successfully.

Advertising 100

Advertising Beverly Hills Networking Customer 100

socalTECH

DECEMBER 9, 2008

It really doesn't suit a publisher well to have exclusive representation, except in some instances--for example, if a site has an outsourced sales agency. Fortunately, the net effect of the economy for Hydra is good, because more advertisers are talking to customers through Hydra, and we're creating relationships successfully.

Advertising 100

Advertising Beverly Hills Networking Customer 100

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 10, 2011

some fun, big tech issues like privacy, net neutrality, location-based services and real-time data. The iPhone is a great example of simplicity and clarity. Don’t obsess over your competition because most times competition will implode on their own, pivot in a different direction, or you’ll learn to coexist.

Angel 302

Angel Startup Ideas .Net 302

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 5, 2016

They can point to the many examples of innovative technologies that have failed in the marketplace. While struggling to net out what they are looking for, I found help in a new book, “ Wicked Strategies ,” by John C. These normally require an innovative new business model, non-linear thinking for marketing, sales, and distribution.

Technology 57

Technology Competition Customer Custom 57