Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 17, 2023

All the business leaders I know have noticed that the problems we all face today are becoming more complex, multifaceted, and our customers are more demanding. Clever leaders now cast their nets more broadly, reaching out to the crowd on the internet, as well as industry organizations, governments, and even competitors.

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Demand Course .Net Startup 84

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 1, 2015

We built MakeSpace’s logistics systems and customer applications (to see all of your items in storage in beautiful photography) in the first year. Then we launched our service in NYC and in just one year captured 2% of all new storage customers in our target demo in just one year with almost no marketing budget.

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InfoChachkie

APRIL 25, 2011

If you are a leader at a startup and you are reading a business book, you are not closing customers, raising capital, improving your product, or spending time with your loved ones. It has also influenced my thoughts, as evidenced by the six infoChachkie blog entries which reference Art. I was not disapointed. No doubt, he did.

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Technical Review Blogging Class Entrepreneur 279

Southern California Edison Blog

JANUARY 2, 2019

Customers are demanding denser coverage and higher speeds in expanding areas. T-Mobile and Sprint, for example, invested billions of dollars in 2017 to bring 5G service to customers in the US by 2019.¹. Assess On-Net Fiber Optic Maps. The telecom industry is rapidly transforming. They aren’t the only ones.

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Networking Demand Southern California .Net 45

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 19, 2011

That said, there are times where you need to cast a wider net. Often recruiters want to handle the final negotiations on package and/or do the reference calls. I’m also reluctant to hand over reference calling. But I doubt they’ll dig in as deep as you will in the reference checks. Very customer focused.

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Venture Capital Pricing Startup Outsource 319

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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Services Venture Capital IP Startup 332

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 7, 2014

The name of your business has a tremendous impact on how customers and investors view you, and in today’s small world, it’s a world-wide decision. When creating a name, stay with words that can easily be spelled by customers. Make your business name one that customers can pronounce and remember easily. Avoid unusual spellings.

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Google Customer Custom Sample 117

InfoChachkie

JANUARY 5, 2015

At Citrix, GoToAssist customers would occasionally ask if they could just pay for our screen-sharing functionality because they didn''t intend to use the product''s other features, such as reporting and session recording. The effort to implement this customization was minimal and thus cost us very little. customers paid $119.40

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Pricing Product Startup Customer 100

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 30, 2013

The name of your business has a tremendous impact on how customers and investors view you, and in today’s small world, it’s a world-wide decision. When creating a name, stay with words that can easily be spelled by customers. Make your business name one that customers can pronounce and remember easily. Avoid unusual spellings.

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Startup Google Customer Custom 104

socalTECH

MAY 30, 2012

One way is getting funding from your potential customers. They're raising money from friends, family, customers, equity from strategic partners, and former colleagues. The best way is through customers, the other way is through equity. However, it's an idea with a prototype, and a great customer capital deal.

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Startup Equity Venture Capital Ideas 223

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 13, 2011

The name of your business has a tremendous impact on how customers and investors view you, and in today’s small world, it’s a world-wide decision. When creating a name, stay with words that can easily be spelled by customers. Make your business name one that customers can pronounce and remember easily. Avoid unusual spellings.

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Company Companies Google Customer 108

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 24, 2010

The name of your business has a tremendous impact on how customers and investors view you, and in today’s small world, it’s a world-wide decision. When creating a name, stay with words that can easily be spelled by customers. Make your business name one that customers can pronounce and remember easily. Avoid unusual spellings.

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Company Companies Google Customer 92

Tech.Co

JULY 24, 2017

Below we’ll outline how to squeeze those last drops of talent out of your own social circles, how to incentivize current employees to lure in potential candidates in their networks, and how to entice “superconnectors” to recruit through their own far-reaching nets. I suggest to customize your pitch for them. Tap Into Your Network.

Networking 83

Networking Startup Software Review Conference 83

InfoChachkie

APRIL 28, 2011

The more a customer utilized WebEx’s services, the more they had to pay. They knew that price restructuring would significantly impair their gross revenues as well as their net income, which would dramatically impact their stock price. WebEx was the early leader in web meetings. A typical 60-minute meeting with one attendee cost $54.

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Entrepreneur SaaS Pricing Cloud Computing 225

InfoChachkie

NOVEMBER 23, 2015

Rather, we value entrepreneurs' time and thus our diligence generally includes introducing them to potential customers and partners. The net was that 's app is too sophisticated for the five verbs. <Note: The difference is that VoiceXML does not leverage customers' knowledge of web development. com> 4/25/08.

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Venture Capital Technical Review Software Review Southern California 100

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 26, 2020

You see, inventing a business is about attracting money from investors and customers, rather than spending money on a challenging dream. billion net worth. Many inventors like to work alone, and are convinced that if their solution is amazing enough, investors and customers will come.

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Customer Custom Examples .Net 136

InfoChachkie

JUNE 25, 2009

The reference may be well-intentioned, but the lawyer’s allegiance may be divided between the investor and you. You can also greatly reduce the risk of employee lawsuits with a few simple preventative steps: Employ consistent and disciplined hiring procedures, including background checks, backdoor references (i.e.,

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Technical Advisors Technical Review IP Patents 124

InfoChachkie

JULY 14, 2009

One or both of your parents may have the personality of an entrepreneur, but if their parents were struggling entrepreneurs who put in long¬-hours and netted meager returns, then your parents may have rejected their latent entrepreneurial tendencies. However, in the real world, hubris will only make your journey more difficult.

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Entrepreneur Ideas Writing Startup 153

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 27, 2010

I didn’t mean to be so insulting and I didn’t mean for the net to be cast so wide that many people wondered whether I was talking about them when I was speaking of “job hoppers.&# I learned a lot from reading the comments. They come in the form of personal references. We fought for every customer together.

Startup 285

Startup Venture Capital Sales Software Review 285

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 10, 2015

They were then sued for trademark infringement by a foreign company who had no product, no customers and no employees in the US. I was forced to explain why I say “I switched to the Dark Side” (referring to VC) on my blog. I funded a US company that bought a URL and a brand name and filed for a trademark.

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Startup IP Writing Ideas 150

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 26, 2010

The article also refers to government data showing that those 55 to 64 and older represent one of the fastest growing groups of self-employed workers. Customer Service. Who better to run your customer service than an experienced professional with a little gray hair, who is firm but calm, soft-spoken, and credible around your customers?

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Mentor Statistics High Tech Demand 75

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 best proof of a soft circle is whether an angel will email someone else (refer another investor) and start off that email with “I’m investing in…”. Patience is also important for market and customers. Topics of the day.

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Angel Startup Ideas .Net 302