Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 21, 2020

The purest form of capitalism has always meant charging a fair price and making a fair profit. Most modern investors still look for a business model that embodies a gross margin over 50%, and a net margin in the 20% range. Understanding competitive early mover requirements. Long-term stability requires revenue growth and profit.

Organization 173

Organization Invest Customer Custom 173

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 26, 2015

This will create a connection with them, which demonstrates more value than price or quality. One metric now commonly used is called the Net Promoter® Score (NPS). Satisfied but unenthusiastic customers who can be easily wooed by the competition. Show your passion and creativity in every solution. Detractors. Marty Zwilling.

Custom 100

Custom Customer .Net Competition 100

socalTECH

OCTOBER 7, 2009

Nick Desai: FitOrbit delivers a proven solution for fitness and weight loss over the Internet, for the first time, at a price people can afford. Nick Desai: With FitOrbit, there's an extremely high value, at a low cost price. We've also built a variety of pricing options. At $10, that's less than a coffee a day.

Media 168

Media Pricing Sites Training 168

Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 7, 2013

CapLinked also netted in new customers such as Thomson Reuters, Sun Capital, and Equity Partners, NextView Ventures and crowd-funding service AI Verified which will take advantage of its iPad compatibility, bulk uploading, and reporting tools. How CapLinked Changes The Game.

Mobile 91

Mobile Report Pricing Tool 91

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

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 2, 2022

You can’t succeed in business without an operational model that delivers value to customers at a reasonable price, with an underlying cost that allows you to make a profit. Competition. Investors look for a sustainable competitive advantage, like a patent. What is the need you fill or problem you solve? Target market.

Sales 102

Sales Outsource Customer Custom 102

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 15, 2013

Projecting the financials should be the last step of your business plan preparation, since it assumes you already know the opportunity size, customer buying habits, pricing, costs, and competition. Unless your volumes are in the millions or higher, the difference between manufacturing cost and customer price better be 50% or greater.

Startup 95

Startup Pricing Statistics .Net 95

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 29, 2011

You can’t succeed in business without an operational model that delivers value to customers at a reasonable price, with an underlying cost that allows you to make a profit. Competition. Investors look for a sustainable competitive advantage. What is the need you fill or problem you solve? Target market. Who are you selling to?

Sales 98

Sales Outsource Customer Custom 98

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 14, 2012

You can’t succeed in business without an operational model that delivers value to customers at a reasonable price, with an underlying cost that allows you to make a profit. Competition. Investors look for a sustainable competitive advantage. What is the need you fill or problem you solve? Target market. Who are you selling to?

Sales 97

Sales Outsource Customer Custom 97

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 9, 2013

Then you can focus your energy on the core client group, and keep these folks so happy that they will never leave you for the competition. Keep yourself an inch ahead of your competition. Raise prices. If you really want to see bad clients run for the hills, raise your prices. it’s a good thing. Equal isn’t good enough.

Custom 98

Custom Customer Startup Pricing 98

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 11, 2014

This will create a connection with them, which demonstrates more value than price or quality. One new metric now commonly used is called the Net Promoter® Score (NPS). Satisfied but unenthusiastic customers who can be easily wooed by the competition. Show your passion and creativity in every solution. Detractors. Marty Zwilling.

Custom 98

Custom Customer .Net Competition 98

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 2, 2014

Then you can focus your energy on the core client group, and keep these folks so happy that they will never leave you for the competition. Keep yourself an inch ahead of your competition. Raise prices. If you really want to see bad clients run for the hills, raise your prices. it’s a good thing. Equal isn’t good enough.

Custom 95

Custom Customer Entrepreneur Pricing 95

InfoChachkie

JULY 28, 2015

Even the eccentric King of Pop communicated the price he was willing to pay for Neverland. Our response was that there was no “price” as our company was not for sale. We then turned Citrix’s question around, saying, “You knocked on our door with an intent to buy so you obviously have some idea of the price you are willing to pay.

Companies 100

Companies Company Santa Barbara Pricing 100

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 9, 2012

Projecting the financials should be the last step of your business plan preparation, since it assumes you already know the opportunity size, customer buying habits, pricing, costs, and competition. Unless your volumes are in the millions or higher, the difference between manufacturing cost and customer price better be 50% or greater.

Startup 95

Startup Statistics Pricing .Net 95

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 22, 2011

Projecting the financials should be the last step of your business plan preparation, since it assumes you already know the opportunity size, customer buying habits, pricing, costs, and competition. Unless your volumes are in the millions or higher, the difference between manufacturing cost and customer price better be 50% or greater.

Startup 92

Startup Statistics Pricing .Net 92

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 4, 2017

This will create a connection with them, which demonstrates more value than price or quality. One metric now commonly used is called the Net Promoter® Score (NPS). Satisfied but unenthusiastic customers who can be easily wooed by the competition. Loyal enthusiasts who keep buying from you and urge their friends to do the same.

Custom 85

Custom Customer Product Marketing 85

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 4, 2019

This statement leaves no confusion in the minds of investors, or customers, of what the company does and how it is different (and better) than the competition. Ideally the solution embodies intellectual property that you own, giving you a sustainable competitive advantage. The net value of this solution from the customer’s perspective.

.Net 73

.Net Examples Customer Custom 73

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 10, 2014

The purest form of capitalism has always meant charging a fair price and making a fair profit. Most modern investors still look for a business model that embodies a gross margin over 50 percent and a net margin in the 20 percent range. Understanding competitive early-mover requirements.

Entrepreneur 98

Entrepreneur Organization Invest Customer 98

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 7, 2013

Data centers are a strategic layer of the value chain: data center efficiencies and deployments are some of Google’s key competitive advantages and trade secrets. ISP executives have publicly spoken about violating net neutrality. Violating net neutrality would be analogous to installing Internet toll roads.

Google 92

Google Web .Net Yahoo 92

InfoChachkie

JULY 18, 2011

Such a deal ensures that your opponents will pay a higher price whenever they land on any of these properties, while you simultaneously increase your cash position by selling the lynchpin property at a premium. Monopoly is no different. Just like in Monopoly, if this contract is broken, the entrepreneur can be thrown in jail.

Entrepreneur 216

Entrepreneur Startup Outsource Development Paramount 216

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 28, 2018

entrepreneurs consistently claim to be happier , and have a higher net worth than employees. The ideal customer will see so much value that price becomes unimportant. Know your peers and build your competitive advantage. Both want personal satisfaction and financial success. In fact, U.S.

Entrepreneur 93

Entrepreneur Satisfaction Customer Custom 93

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 11, 2013

Because public shareholders usually take the short-term view, they want to see constant rises in the stock''s price so they can sell their shares for a profit. There is no accommodation for smaller public companies, who can’t be competitive in their space with the new accounting, documenting, and reporting processes required.

Startup 97

Startup Report Entrepreneur Statistics 97

InfoChachkie

SEPTEMBER 1, 2009

In addition to the Luxury Tax board space, there are also Chance cards that require you to pay a percentage of your net worth in taxes. The Jail board space serves as a reminder to budding entrepreneurs that ruthless competition is OK, as long as it is kept within the acceptable bounds of fair play. Monopoly is no different.

Outsource Development 154

Outsource Development Entrepreneur Training Startup 154

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 25, 2010

Projecting the financials should be the last step of your business plan preparation, since it assumes you already know the opportunity size, customer buying habits, pricing, costs, and competition. Unless your volumes are in the millions or higher, the difference between manufacturing cost and customer price better be 50% or greater.

Startup 60

Startup Statistics Pricing .Net 60

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 1, 2016

In fact, if you add the capital flows of the past ten years, there have been just shy of $50 billion in net cash outlays. With valuations rising fastest in late-stage venture and the competition that is well-known from corporate VCs, mutual funds, hedge funds (and even LPs), it is unsurprising that LPs are most concerned about late-stage VC.

Venture Capital 150

Venture Capital Capital Marketing Seed Funding 150

Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 21, 2014

The conversation moves into Zeroblock’s upcoming plans to implement trading API’s, a robust front-end interface for trading, as well as goals to create a standardized protocol in connecting different exchanges (thereby leveling out bitcoin prices across the board). The ultimate plan? Be the Bloomberg of Bitcoin.

Startup 104

Startup Venture Capital Draper Invest 104

socalTECH

DECEMBER 9, 2008

Publishers run with Hydra because we've eliminated the risk and so forth in pricing. 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. How's the economy affecting that growth curve?

Advertising 100

Advertising Beverly Hills Networking Customer 100

socalTECH

DECEMBER 9, 2008

Publishers run with Hydra because we've eliminated the risk and so forth in pricing. 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. How's the economy affecting that growth curve?

Advertising 100

Advertising Beverly Hills Networking Customer 100

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 26, 2016

The purest form of capitalism has always meant charging a fair price and making a fair profit. Most modern investors still look for a business model that embodies a gross margin over 50%, and a net margin in the 20% range. Understanding competitive early mover requirements. Long-term stability requires revenue growth and profit.

Startup 58

Startup Organization Invest Customer 58

InfoChachkie

NOVEMBER 23, 2015

The net was that 's app is too sophisticated for the five verbs. <Note: Although larger VC firms routinely invest in competitive offerings, it is less prudent for a small firm to do so, as it can be difficult to avoid inadvertent information transfers within an intimate partnership. John Greathouse <john *@ *.com>

Venture Capital 100

Venture Capital Technical Review Software Review Southern California 100

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 28, 2014

Gross Burn vs. Net Burn. Burn rate in case you don’t know is the amount of money a company is either spending (gross) or losing (net) per month. (it Net burn is the amount of money you are losing per month. I often see companies burning $100,000 per month (net) looking to raise $6-8 million.

Startup 383

Startup Companies Company .Net 383

Berkonomics

AUGUST 3, 2023

You will realize much more from the ultimate sale of your business even if at a considerably lower price than if splitting the proceeds with investors. Strategic investors validate a business, by their presence creating the very value they pay for with increased price per share purchased. There is a lot to say about retaining control.

Venture Capital 295

Venture Capital Startup Class Invest 295

Berkonomics

JUNE 8, 2017

You will realize much more from the ultimate sale of your business even if at a considerably lower price than if splitting the proceeds with investors. Strategic investors validate a business, by their presence creating the very value they pay for with increased price per share purchased. There is a lot to say about retaining control.

Venture Capital 266

Venture Capital Class Invest Equity 266

InfoChachkie

JANUARY 5, 2015

In his premier film appearance in the blaxploitation send-up “I’m Gonna Git You Sucka,” Chris Rock inadvertently addresses a key pricing challenge faced by most entrepreneurs. Watch this 93-second clip and see if you can identify the pricing pitfall addressed in this humorous snippet. Price = Value. How Much For A Rib?

Pricing 100

Pricing Product Startup Customer 100

Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 3, 2009

What about your competition – how much do they charge? Good ones don’t care about the granular details in a startup but they do care about how big the market is, what share you’ll get and what assumptions you make about pricing over time and other market factors. ’ Our Net Income will be $40 million.&#.

Web 2.0 334

Web 2.0 Venture Capital Web Technical Review 334

Berkonomics

JANUARY 20, 2010

You will realize much more from the ultimate sale of your business even if at a considerably lower price than if splitting the proceeds with investors. Strategic investors validate a business, by their presence creating the very value they pay for with increased price per share purchased. There is a lot to say about retaining control.

Venture Capital 174

Venture Capital Invest Class .Net 174

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 17, 2017

This market structure in which the few, large players use their market position to eliminate competition is inevitable. Unsurprisingly a whole generation of first time stock traders became jaded about not just Internet stocks but the entire public stock market system as many people lost a large portion of their net worth.

Course 280

Course Startup Framework Marketing 280