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JANUARY 14, 2014

All the data actually suggests with the growth of mobile, inbound sales calls will double from 30 billion to 60 billion in 3 years (source: Kelsey). In fact 61% of all mobile searches where a customer contacts a business it is via a phone call (source: Google). Some quick data that I pulled from EmailisNotDead.com (mid 2012).

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InfoChachkie

JULY 18, 2012

Make It Work sold its services in pre-paid hours, at a discount from our pay-as-you-go pricing. Our customers benefitted from this and saved thousands over the years as a result. Since 2008, the company has been forced to lower it’s prices, from $120/hour to $80/hour. In May of 2012, sales dropped drastically.

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DECEMBER 11, 2017

Scott Cannon: We started in 2012, when it was basically a couple of people on a telephone and the yellow pages. From a customer standpoint, though, it's pretty clear. So, from the customer side, it was much easier. Really, we're the sales and marketing arm of those companies. So where are you now?

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 18, 2013

Home prices are slowly coming back, and consumer spending reached a new high of almost $11 billion in May 2013. The continuing rise in the price of fuel, combined with the ongoing evidence of global warming, has highlighted the need for alternative energy sources, and green products. Next comes sales volume by channel.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 28, 2014

by Michael Woolf that is worth any startup founder reading to get a sense of perspective on the reality warp that is startup world during a frothy market such as 1997-1999, 2005-2007 or 2012-2014. You are particularly vulnerable if: You have revenue concentration (few customers each providing a large total of percentage of your revenue).

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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. The post Former Madison Square Garden President Scott O’Neil Joins ScoreBig Advisory Board appeared first on TechZulu.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 12, 2013

Customers go there to check on the details of your offerings and verify that you are not a scam, investors look there to check out your management and sales approach, and suppliers expect to find contact information. Two months later they still didn’t have a web site, and didn’t have a customer.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 20, 2013

In order for local businesses to buy in, they need to a) reach a large percentage of their customer demographic, b) save them time on their existing marketing efforts, and c) not duplicate any of their existing efforts. Watch out for local sales force requirements. If the sales force is too large, the site will probably not prosper.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 12, 2013

He shared tons of information about how how they were using marketing to quantitatively make marketing decisions at HauteLook and acquire customers for prices that were far cheaper than similar companies. It was perfect timing since in 2012 GRP raised its fourth fund bringing our total assets managed to nearly $1 billion.

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InfoChachkie

JANUARY 30, 2012

According to a January 2012 article in Forbes Magazine , nearly 16% of the 400 most affluent Americans do not have a college degree. In Michael's case, he promised his parents that he would return to school if the sales at his startup did not meet his expectations. "I We Don't Need No Stinkin' Degrees. "As

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Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 19, 2012

But subsequent statistics have also shown that “online coupon access [has] increased 92 percent and redemption of Internet deals [has] leapt up 360 percent;” with more growth predicted in 2012. It has been predicted that this method will continue to increase in popularity in 2012. A study conducted by Rice University’s Jesse H.

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Xconomy

JULY 12, 2016

— Swift Navigation , founded in 2012 and now based in San Francisco, is using real-time kinematic (RTK) technology to enhance the precision of satellite-based GPS positioning data. SlantRange, a San Diego company founded almost three years ago, is a drone-related startup already generating sales.

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Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 20, 2012

Prior to Idealab, Alex led sales and marketing efforts for venture-backed startups focused on enterprise software and services. Dinesh is a highly entrepreneurial executive with a track record of driving sales through innovative biz-dev and online marketing techniques. When: Thursday, February 2, 2012 – 7:00 p.m. Event Details.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 5, 2012

When convertible debt first started being introduced as a “faster, cheaper way to get startups funded” they didn’t have pricing built into them. ” And some seed stage investors told me, “I prefer not to fight over price now. They’ll get priced soon enough by a VC.” Enter “the cap.”

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SoCal Delicious

OCTOBER 8, 2012

To order presentation-ready copies for distribution to your colleagues, clients or customers, use the Order Reprints tool at the bottom of any article or visit www.djreprints.com. October 5, 2012. Prices are soaring in the beachfront communities tech types favor, and rents in these. Median single-family home price increase, Jan.-Aug.

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Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 5, 2015

Premium window treatments and home decor basics at an accessible price. Premium window treatments and home decor basics at an accessible price. We manage user login so businesses can focus on core product and engage customers faster. Toys, treats, and training guides customized for your puppy. AngelList: [link].

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 23, 2012

But in 2012 a visit to any major college in America will show you the massive increase in aspirations of our young talent to become the next Mark Zuckerberg and build a future Facebook. So it is unsurprising that an over-funding environment and the commensurate returns hangover would have lasted until about – well – 2012.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 30, 2016

forward sales with some as high as 12x sales. Collectively we chose growth and the market was rewarding high growth rates over any other factor so we felt that we ought to bring in an experienced CEO who had taken companies public, who had led large, international sales organizations and who was poised to take Invoca to the next level.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 13, 2019

Recognizing this is as much about culture as about language, ensures an understanding of regional motivators, cultural taboos and local customs – so that your solutions are ideally designed and marketed to deliver value that has genuine local relevance. An international brand will command higher prices and additional customer demand.

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SoCal Delicious

MAY 6, 2012

63 Los Angeles Entrepreneurs To Be Proud Of By mario on May 2, 2012 in Features , grid. Matt McKinney is the Founder of TiesForCharity.com, a trendy tie company that donates a percentage of each tie sale to unique charities. © 2012 IdeaMensch. Idea Mensch. where entrepreneurs share their stories. Subscribe to RSS.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 31, 2011

Think about it – if you have all of your customers already signed into Twitter then you have a much better chance that they’ll use your app to publish into their Twitter stream and drive more traffic back to your app. New tickets about to go on sale for your favorite band – Tweet.

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