Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 6, 2020

In reality, a simple Excel spreadsheet model customized around your assumptions can save you hours and avoid a wasted expense in validating alternative vendor and marketing decisions. In my experience, the top candidates will include the following: What if you have to cut your targeted price? Pricing is always a tricky issue.

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TechCrunch LA

MAY 19, 2020

That bid was enough to convince Davita and Martin Macauley, a couple who own a home in Los Angeles’ Gramercy Park neighborhood and are two of United Dwelling’s first customers. The nonprofit is designed to help low-income individuals find employment and get on the path to economic self-sufficiency, according to the company.

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Berkonomics

AUGUST 21, 2013

The exception is for those venture-backed companies with a significant cash balance remaining in the bank, which ironically make the most attractive customers for banks to offer loans. To this net number, the lender will then apply a percentage, from 50% to 80% as the amount available for borrowing under the agreement.

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socalTECH

MAY 30, 2019

com, and Vivendi Universal Net USA, where he was also CEO. I think, to be a great entrepreneur, you have to look at what is missing in the category that you will be playing in the industry, and figure what you can deploy with a little bit of strategy and technology to bring a better service and price. What is CareerArc?

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 27, 2011

When they look at buying your company they often think in terms of “how long will it take until I earn back the profits to pay for my acquisition price?” If you have a market lead then raising capital and making investments now will help you as others enter the market. If you don’t, somebody else WILL!”

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 28, 2015

In reality, a simple Excel spreadsheet model customized around your assumptions can save you hours and avoid a wasted expense in validating alternative vendor and marketing decisions. In my experience, the top candidates will include the following: What if you have to cut your targeted price? Pricing is always a tricky issue.

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Startup Pricing Sample Customer 103

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.

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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.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 6, 2016

I have experienced many first-time entrepreneurs with too much hubris if fund-raising came easily and press was fawning and employees joined in droves and customer adoption has been rapid.

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InfoChachkie

APRIL 28, 2011

Odysseus could not help himself. However, in the long run, entrepreneurs always benefit from delivering Maximum Utility for a fair price. Perhaps in part due to its dominant market share, WebEx adopted telecom-style pricing, which effectively penalized their users. WebEx’s predatory pricing made it vulnerable to a new entrant.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 17, 2017

In today’s customer context, you can foster rapport by dressing like them, making every effort to look attractive, offering compliments, and listening intensely. Customers need to believe that you are one of them. Highlight your interest in helping and giving back. Show your ability to build customer consensus.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 9, 2018

It’s hard to be successful in any business when your customers can’t find you, or they find you and still can’t figure out whether your solution works for them. Use plain language (no acronyms) on the first page and every page, to emphasize customer benefits, as well as product features. A guarantee reduces the risk for the customer.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 21, 2021

Most startups are happy to find any customer, and will hang on for dear life to every one. Only later do they realize that some of these cost more than they are worth, or lead into commitments they can’t sustain, but no business wants to violate the golden rule that every customer needs to be treated as if they were the only customer.

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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. A target market is the group of customers that the startup plans to attract through marketing and sales their product or service. Target market. Production.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 25, 2011

It would not be a big stretch to image a well run service business like this making 15-25% net profit margins. Customer financing often comes in the form of your company agreeing to build a product with a “sponsor&# customer or two and helping them with the rollout / implementation. You own the IP you create.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 19, 2011

They’re essential in helping us get our jobs done because they specialize in something we do not. We had the final terms of our agreement fairly well boxed in within a range of about 5-7% on price and within 30 days on move-in date. I obviously preferred the lowest price and I wanted the latest move-in date. Middle Men.

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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. A target market is the group of customers that the startup plans to attract through marketing and sales their product or service. Target market. Production.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 14, 2015

” It goes like this: What is your net burn rate? It will help Twitter get healthier. May you land softly and seek the help of friends if you feel despair. And the truth is that I think this is just a harbinger of what we will see in the private markets very, very soon. What is your cash balance? Transitions are hard.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 14, 2014

Now the price is closer to $100 if you are willing to do the work yourself. Customize your website using one of the tools above, selecting one of the standard templates for design and layout. The next step in complexity is building a software product that you can offer as a service to your customers, or a mobile smartphone app.

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InfoChachkie

OCTOBER 27, 2010

In fact, contestants were even given a chance to call a friend and poll the audience for help. Such offers often come from a larger company once the startup begins to gain traction with customers and prove its value proposition. Take Home Pay – All that matters is the amount of money you net, not the size of the initial offer.

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InfoChachkie

SEPTEMBER 22, 2011

If there happens to be a gas station along the way where you can fill up for a reasonable price, great. One way to combat reckless spending is to instill a sense of pride in your employees to never pay full price. Rather, you should be ashamed to pay full price. Encourage all of your employees to ask, “Is that your best price?”

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Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 8, 2013

O’Neil said, “ScoreBig.com is the only business that offers consumers deep savings on tickets in a way that protects the brand of the property and the integrity of full-price sales.” Problem Solved. He added,” I’m thrilled to be joining the team at ScoreBig.com and look forward to supporting its continued growth and success.”.

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InfoChachkie

OCTOBER 27, 2010

In fact, contestants were even given a chance to call a friend and poll the audience for help. Such offers often come from a larger company once the startup begins to gain traction with customers and prove its value proposition. Take Home Pay – All that matters is the amount of money you net, not the size of the initial offer.

Entrepreneur 124

Entrepreneur Venture Capital Acquisition Pricing 124

socalTECH

MAY 2, 2014

Across the board, the whole company is very focused on the overall success of that program, to really drive the awareness and education in the market on those new TLDs, make it easier for people to get them, and not just letting them buy those TLDs, but helping them turn them into sites, blogs, and applications.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 18, 2011

Now the price is closer to $100, if you are willing to do the work yourself. This costs nothing, and allows you to safely collect money from customers all around the world. Customize your website using one of the tools above, selecting one of the standard templates for design and layout. Open an account with PayPal.

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Commerce Startup Sites Tool 99

socalTECH

OCTOBER 7, 2009

For this morning's interview, we sat down and talked with Nick Desai , CEO of Global Fitness Media , which runs FitOrbit (www.fitorbit.com), an online site looking to help users put together a fitness and connect with fitness trainers. The trainer makes you a daily, customized meal plan and exercise and activity plan.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 10, 2013

Now the price is closer to $100, if you are willing to do the work yourself. This costs nothing, and allows you to safely collect money from customers all around the world. Customize your website using one of the tools above, selecting one of the standard templates for design and layout. Open an account with PayPal.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 14, 2011

Wondering how, as a small business, you can reach customers in the YouTube age? Well, Los Angeles based Near Networks (www.nearnetworks.com) is looking to both reach customers online, and avoid the tacky, lousy production of typical small business ads, with a new service. That's really our business plan. Sam Rogoway: Yes, it has.

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socalTECH

JUNE 25, 2009

Once you get to 300-500 customers, it blows up, because it was never intended to scale. 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.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 16, 2010

Now the price is closer to $100, if you are willing to do the work yourself. This costs nothing, and allows you to safely collect money from customers all around the world. Customize your website using one of the tools above, selecting one of the standard templates for design and layout. Open an account with PayPal.

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Commerce Startup Sites Tool 88

InfoChachkie

NOVEMBER 23, 2015

We typically do not ask entrepreneurs to visit our offices in Santa Barbara, but Jeff wanted to meet with Kevin, an investor in our Fund who helped us vet opportunities and occasionally invested alongside of us. Rather, we value entrepreneurs' time and thus our diligence generally includes introducing them to potential customers and partners.

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InfoChachkie

SEPTEMBER 22, 2009

This enterprise netted the entrepreneurial student a nice fistful of bills before each test. Within days of releasing the personal version, the Founders began receiving inquiries regarding the price of a commercial version of their product. For more discussion of entrepreneurial pricing, see “At What Price?”. Execution.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 2, 2014

Most startups are happy to find any customer, and will hang on for dear life to every one. Only later do they realize that some of these cost more than they are worth, or lead into commitments they can’t sustain, but no business wants to violate the golden rule that every customer needs to be treated as if they were the only customer.

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InfoChachkie

JULY 18, 2011

When you play Monopoly with your children, you can subtly underscore an entrepreneurial mindset in their gameplay which will ultimately help them develop valuable startup skills, as described below. You must focus on constantly delivering value to your customers and ensure that you are paid for the value you deliver. Hands On Learning.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 9, 2013

Most startups are happy to find any customer, and will hang on for dear life to every one. Only later do they realize that some of these cost more than they are worth, or lead into commitments they can’t sustain, but no business wants to violate the golden rule that every customer needs to be treated as if they were the only customer.

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Customer Custom Startup Pricing 98

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 24, 2021

It’s a virtue of the laws of large numbers ($100 million in ARR ) plus strong growth compounding off of large numbers plus large customers relying on our products for 7+ years or longer. And while it hasn’t been an “overnight success,” we’ll happily follow in ProCore’s footsteps.

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SoCal CTO

MARCH 22, 2007

to help bloggers and blog readers with comments. Ive not found that much use for LinkedIn to help my blogging, but Im starting to think about this. Maybe this meme will help. I have to say that it has netted far more than I would have thought. Im not sure which of these make sense in what case.

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