Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 3, 2020

While his insights have come from large organizations, I give many of the same recommendations to every startup: Channel engagement performance. In addition, the best companies compare the negative and positive cash flows over a period of time to determine the net present value (NPV) of planned future marketing spending.

Marketing 174

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 12, 2020

In my experience at all levels within large organizations as well as small ones, the team members valued the most, and usually promoted first, are the ones seen by others as indispensable or “goto” people. First you have to make the effort to learn how things work and what is allowed in the organization.

Organization 166

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 25, 2023

In my view, the pendulum is swinging back, with investors looking more for the traditional indications of business integrity, stability, and growth: Some element of organic growth is a good thing. Re-investing profits to grow the business is organic growth. High customer loyalty and high team passion.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 21, 2020

In my view, the pendulum is swinging back, with investors looking more for the traditional indications of business integrity, stability, and growth: Some element of organic growth is a good thing. Re-investing profits to grow the business is organic growth. High customer loyalty and high team passion.

Organization 173

Organization Invest Custom Customer 173

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 29, 2015

XPRIZE , the organization led by Peter Diamandis which runs prize competitions to spur technology advances to solve major, human issues, is taking aim at a big issue with its newest XPRIZE: CO2 emissions from fossil fuels. The XPRIZE group said the technologies will be tested at either a coal power plant or natural gas facility.

Technical Review 100

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 16, 2022

This software platform is used by many local angel organizations for managing deal flow. Since its founding in 2000, its members have invested over $800 million dollars in over 800 companies in technology, consumer products, healthcare/life sciences, real estate and other segments with high growth potential.

Startup 135

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

If you are living your passion, you want to interact with customers, and “touch and feel” the product every day. Under all of these, net income flows easily into your personal income. Of course, that doesn’t dilute the owner’s equity, but it may well limit you to organic growth, versus international rollouts and acquisition options.

Entrepreneur 148

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Berkonomics

JULY 18, 2013

Substitute the word “money” for “water” and we have an explanation for most all of the reasons why successful products move from concept through early adopters through mass market. Fighting this fact will just extend the misery of accepting a product or marketing failure in the marketplace. Email readers, continue here.]

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 21, 2023

These organizations, like Y Combinator , are very popular these days, and are often associated with major universities, community development organizations, or even large companies. Variations on this theme include early licensing or white-labeling agreements. Join a startup incubator or accelerator. Request a small business grant.

Startup 106

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Berkonomics

DECEMBER 22, 2016

[Email readers, continue here…] Accounting and HR operations are combined as quickly as possible, as are customer service call centers, retaining specific product skills on the front line from the acquired company. Facilities may become redundant or oversized after these efforts, allowing for consolidation of facilities as well.

Acquisition 120

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 23, 2022

New entrepreneurs tend to focus only on getting the product right, and assume that the right culture and ethics will come later simply by hiring good people. This myth ignores the complexity surrounding ethical decision making, particularly within business organizations. Ethical decisions are seldom simple. Marty Zwilling.

Entrepreneur 116

Entrepreneur Software Review Summary Examples 116

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 29, 2020

These organizations, like Y Combinator , are very popular these days, and are often associated with major universities, community development organizations, or even large companies. Variations on this theme include early licensing or white-labeling agreements. Join a startup incubator or accelerator. Request a small business grant.

Funding 174

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 26, 2016

Greg Cohn: It's not a new lesson this year, but once again this year I had many opportunities to be reminded that people come before all else, in terms of the impact talented and motivated individuals can have on an organization, as well as the importance of hiring, engaging, and creating the right kind of culture for great people.

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socalTECH

MAY 6, 2009

Agoura Hills-based video game maker THQ reported its yearly results Wednesday afternoon, reporting that it saw a net loss of $431.1M For the quarter, the firm said it had a net loss of $96.9M on net sales of $170.3M, compared with a net loss of $34.5M on sales of $830.0M. the firm lost on sales of $1,030.5M a year ago.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 5, 2020

Although customers today are comfortable providing personal information in return for a better experience, they are also quick to write you off if you misuse the data, disclose it, or use it to push irrelevant products. Supplement this feedback with more formal modern satisfaction surveys, like the Net Promoter Score.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 18, 2019

That can’t possibly be healthy for employee morale, productivity, or customer focus. Even healthy organizations face regular problems, so if you aren’t hearing anything, it probably means that people have given up, or are afraid to bring up issues. The sad part is that many executives still don’t know how to recognize the signs.

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Tech.Co

MAY 9, 2024

To be eligible for the government grant, you must run a small business, be at least 51% owned and controlled by US citizens who are socially and economically disadvantaged, have a personal net worth of under $805 thousand, and demonstrate good character. million for products and services, and $5.5

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InfoChachkie

AUGUST 22, 2016

Ara went on to note that ServiceTitan has been experiencing negative churn, netting 120% annual revenue growth from existing customers. These teams gauge customer satisfaction by tracking net promoter scores, customer churn, renewal rates, etc. Sure You Track Satisfaction, But Whose Success Are You Monitoring?

Custom 100

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 26, 2015

Not so long ago, every business assumed that the keys to success were the highest quality product, the best value for the buck, and the best customer service. Exploit your product and service differences. You must be able to highlight these differences between your products and services, and those of your competitors.

Custom 100

Custom Customer .Net Competition 100

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 6, 2020

Here are some of the key indications that you might be a good match for a lifestyle business, for you to compare and consider against your own objectives and strengths: Enjoy interacting with customers and products every day. You want to be your own boss, and do things your way. Take pride in your leadership role in the local environment.

Statistics 124

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 13, 2020

He nets out five specific mindsets that I assure you will help any of you as a leader communicate more openly and more successfully: Be convinced you have a valuable contribution to make. For example, every business team needs focus and direction to be productive. Always open to be influenced by new information.

Startup 124

Startup Ideas Examples Metrics 124

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 22, 2021

I was happy to see quantified evidence of this in a new book, “ Winning on Purpose ,” by Fred Reichhheld, creator of the Net Promoter system of management, in concert with Darci Darnell and Maureen Burns. I still see organizations that penalize teams for change requests, and try to live by the old adage of “it’s always been done this way.”

Custom 114

Custom Customer Satisfaction Metrics 114

Berkonomics

JUNE 8, 2017

Certainly, bootstrapping is a preferred method of funding growth if it does not hold back the speed of growth or hobble the quality of product or service to the extent that better-funded competitors can overtake the business. Professional angels, often organized into groups, usually invest from $100,000 to $1 million in a young enterprise.

Venture Capital 266

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 14, 2019

This software platform is used by many local angel organizations for managing deal flow. Since its founding in 2000, its members have invested over $800 million dollars in over 800 companies in technology, consumer products, healthcare/life sciences, real estate and other segments with high growth potential.

Angel 96

Angel Keiretsu Invest Networking 96

Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 19, 2012

In a collaborative effort, Ria Consulting, LLC and Los Angeles Net Developers Group are hosting this event on November 10th, 2012 at the Long Beach Convention Center in Long Beach, California. Jason Beres , VP of Product Management, Community, and Developer Evangeleism art eh VP of Product Management, Community and Evangelism.

JavaScript 93

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 21, 2015

While his insights have come from large organizations, I give many of the same recommendations to every startup: Channel engagement performance. In addition, the best companies compare the negative and positive cash flows over a period of time to determine the net present value (NPV) of planned future marketing spending.

Metrics 101

Metrics Marketing Demand Paramount 101

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 9, 2018

While his insights have come from large organizations, I give many of the same recommendations to every startup: Channel engagement performance. In addition, the best companies compare the negative and positive cash flows over a period of time to determine the net present value (NPV) of planned future marketing spending.

Metrics 57

Metrics Demand Marketing Paramount 57

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 13, 2016

Any organization which has common interests and members and attendees has become our customer. The reason for this, is because the entire mission statement as an organization, is to provide networking value to members. That really helped us figure out how to design the product. We figured this out with our first beta test.

Startup 100

Startup Organization ACG Networking 100

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 28, 2019

New entrepreneurs tend to focus only on getting the product right, and assume that the right culture and ethics will come later simply by hiring good people. This myth ignores the complexity surrounding ethical decision making, particularly within business organizations. Ethical decisions are seldom simple. Marty Zwilling.

Software Review 77

Software Review Summary Examples Offshore 77

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 10, 2018

These organizations, like Y Combinator , are very popular these days, and are often associated with major universities, community development organizations, or even large companies. Variations on this theme include early licensing or white-labeling agreements. Join a startup incubator or accelerator. Request a small business grant.

Entrepreneur 96

Entrepreneur Startup Equity Funding 96

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 26, 2019

If you are living your passion, you want to interact with customers, and “touch and feel” the product every day. Under all of these, net income flows easily into your personal income. Of course, that doesn’t dilute the owner’s equity, but it may well limit you to organic growth, versus international rollouts and acquisition options.

Startup 77

Startup Equity Entrepreneur Course 77

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 17, 2017

Of course our great technology industry did itself rise on the back of infrastructure created by telecommunications & cable infrastructure as well as decades of media production. In essence users like you probably used many of these products without complete awareness that your computer became a node and was being used to transmit files.

Course 280

Course Startup Framework Marketing 280

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 24, 2014

This software platform is used by most local Angel organizations for managing deal flow. Since its founding in 2000, its members have invested over $400 million in companies in technology, consumer products, healthcare/life sciences, real estate and other segments with high growth potential. New England Investment Network.

Angel 115

Angel Startup Funding Keiretsu 115

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 11, 2014

Not so long ago, every business assumed that the keys to success were the highest quality product, the best value for the buck, and the best customer service. Exploit your product and service differences. You must be able to highlight these differences between your products and services, and those of your competitors.

Custom 98

Custom Customer .Net Competition 98

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 25, 2016

These organizations, like Y Combinator , are very popular these days, and are often associated with major universities, community development organizations, or even large companies. Variations on this theme include early licensing or white-labeling agreements. Join a startup incubator or accelerator. Request a small business grant.

Funding 107

Funding Startup Equity Examples 107

socalTECH

JULY 5, 2011

However, I discovered that all of those things took a lot of time and effort, and very often, no matter how big the event was, or how big the spokesperson deal was, the net for the organizations was really low. Two things I'm particularly excited about are our mobile product, which we are launching in a couple of weeks.

Startup 266

Startup Sites Web Entertainment 266

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 10, 2014

Here are factors to consider: Some element of organic growth is a good thing. Re-investing profits to grow the business is organic growth. 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. High customer loyalty and high team passion.

Entrepreneur 98

Entrepreneur Organization Invest Custom 98