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Should you cast your net where the big fish swim?

Berkonomics

For this reason alone, it makes sense for most of us to aim high once we have worked the kinks out of our offering with smaller customers. It is hard to recover from any failure to perform, but doubly so when the customer is highly visible in the industry. But readiness is the major test.

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Maestro nets $15 million for its interactive commerce, community and engagement tools for livestreams

TechCrunch LA

“ We were targeted to a small number of very premier customers. Instead of relying on incumbent distribution platforms, customers control the audience relationship directly and maximize engagement and monetization in a way that fits with their brand objectives. “The third piece is a developer ecosystem,” Evans said.

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Cast your net where the big fish swim.

Berkonomics

For this reason alone, it makes sense for most of us to aim high once we have worked the kinks out of our offering with smaller customers. It is hard to recover from any failure to perform, but doubly so when the customer is highly visible in the industry.

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Cast your net where the big fish swim.

Berkonomics

For this reason alone, it makes sense for most of us to aim high once we have worked the kinks out of our offering with smaller customers. It is hard to recover from any failure to perform, but doubly so when the customer is highly visible in the industry. One day a sixteen wheeler full of returned product drove into his loading area.

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Looking to be acquired? Think the 10/40 or 20/20 rules.

Berkonomics

If you are experiencing 20% annual growth and 20% net profit before depreciation and tax, or any combination that adds to 40% (such as 10% profit and 30% growth), you are a prime target. That’s quite a goal to achieve. But there are obvious and not–so obvious ways to make it happen, even if over time. The second rule: The 20/20 rule.

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Develop the “What if” question chain method.

Berkonomics

The beauty of this method is that it causes the person proposing the solution to think much more deeply than during the development process, unveiling many possible consequences to be considered before implementation of an idea or project. What if” are two very powerful words when used together.

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10 Keys To Real Innovation In Your Next New Business

Startup Professionals Musings

It starts with a vision, but benefits quickly from a structured process of idea generation, evaluation, prototyping, customer feedback, and success metrics. Business risks are not just development risks. Innovative technologies have no value until they are turned into solutions to real customer problems. Net result and reward.

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