Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 9, 2012

These businesses are usually run out of the home, and range the gamut from consulting services to e-commerce. From the dollar you gave to the homeless guy on the way to meet a prospective client, to the new tie you bought to look professional, write down every single penny. Write down agreements. Record every expense.

Writing 99

Writing .Net Commerce Entrepreneur 99

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 27, 2011

I attempted to do a fair balance job of an increasingly important service – AngelList – started by a friend of mine – Nivi with the feelings of a colleague who I respect – Bryce – who has opted out of the service. This is a blog post I really didn’t want to write. So why I am writing it then?

Venture Capital 267

Venture Capital Writing Blogging Startup 267

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 21, 2010

Microbusinesses are usually run out of the home, and range the gamut of consulting services to e-commerce. From the dollar you gave to the homeless guy on the way to meet a prospective client, to the new tie you bought to look professional, write down every single penny. Write down agreements. Record every expense.

Writing 103

Writing Entrepreneur .Net Commerce 103

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 14, 2014

Sponsored by VISA Business If you have a unique product or service, and you are not selling it around the world on the Internet, now is the time to start. Now the price is closer to $100 if you are willing to do the work yourself. Many hosting services offer free tools, or will build a default website for you. Start simple.

Startup 100

Startup Commerce Sites Blogging 100

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 19, 2011

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. She told me, “start with the price you want but the move in date he wants.&#. I value the service they provide.

Venture Capital 319

Venture Capital Pricing Startup Outsource 319

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 17, 2017

You can also establish authority by writing and public speaking. When services are unique, difficult to obtain, or available for a limited time, their value increases, and your influencer level goes up. Scarcity is one of the best justifications for higher prices. Show your ability to build customer consensus.

Social Media 58

Social Media Customer Custom Entrepreneur 58

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 18, 2011

Now the price is closer to $100, if you are willing to do the work yourself. Many hosting services offer free tools, or will build a default website for you. If you want to also accept all the popular credit cards, that will require a merchant services account for a low monthly fee. Start simple. Download free website tools.

Commerce 99

Commerce Startup Sites Tool 99

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 10, 2013

Now the price is closer to $100, if you are willing to do the work yourself. Many hosting services offer free tools, or will build a default website for you. If you want to also accept all the popular credit cards, that will require a merchant services account for a low monthly fee. Start simple. Download free website tools.

Sites 78

Sites Commerce Startup Tool 78

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 16, 2010

Now the price is closer to $100, if you are willing to do the work yourself. Many hosting services offer free tools, or will build a default website for you. If you want to also accept all the popular credit cards, that will require a merchant services account for a low monthly fee. Start simple. Look for simple and free tools.

Commerce 88

Commerce Startup Sites Tool 88

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 14, 2010

The value proposition is a short statement that clearly communicates the target customer, the customer’s problem and the pain that it causes, the unique solution that addresses this problem, and the net benefit of this solution (value derived versus relative cost) from the customer's perspective.

Funding 106

Funding Startup Entrepreneur Activity 106

InfoChachkie

NOVEMBER 23, 2015

The net was that 's app is too sophisticated for the five verbs. <Note: By 2008, I was only a couple years away from the brain damage I suffered at CallWave, after the executive team turned down acquisition overtures from Google and Yahoo (I'll write about this colossal mistake in a future confessional article). com> 4/25/08.

Venture Capital 100

Venture Capital Technical Review Software Review Southern California 100

SoCal CTO

MARCH 22, 2007

I am in the middle of writing up some of my thoughts on this and will post about it and let you know. I have to say that it has netted far more than I would have thought. Technology Advisor Technology Roles in Startups Pricing Customer Acquisition Sunk Costs and More -. And, I dont like to copy and paste.

Blogging 150

Blogging CTO Coach CTO Hire Southern California 150

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 17, 2017

In more than a decade of writing about the Internet and tech-enabled businesses I’ve learned that mobs don’t do nuance well. In order to have a secure, decentralized means of transferring money between individuals you need a way of providing services that a modern centralized financial system would offer. Enter blockchain.

Course 280

Course Startup Framework Marketing 280

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 2, 2016

I am not writing about this out of the blue – this seems to be the topic of the day in my social stream based on blogs written, retweets rendered and attaboys handed out. But this often requires relatively large sums of money and it implies writing a check in a company whose future is uncertain. That might actually seem fair.

Startup 150

Startup Course Writing Capital 150