Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 28, 2019

While Pinterest and Tumbler have seen activity increases approaching 100%, The Verge reports that Facebook usage has declined in the U.S. Engagement occurs when customers and stakeholders become participants by sharing ideas with you, or talking to their friends about you, rather than merely viewing what you publish.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 25, 2019

The new era of highly connected and interactive technology is changing not only how business employees interact with customers, but also how they interact with each other, and with their company. I am happy to see reports that young companies are leading the way in these trends, on both the customer and the employee side.

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socalTECH

MAY 17, 2019

Coming out of ServiceNow around 2013, I realized that a lot of problems that we had been discussing and dealing with with customers adopting applications like ServiceNow into the enterprise, was establishing connections of that data and processes with systems in the enterprise. So, it's quite new.

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Tech.Co

FEBRUARY 5, 2019

With the sudden death of its founder, Gerald Cotton, customers are owed an estimated $190 million due to a missing password only he knew. A huge amount of cryptocurrency is believed to be stored on a device that is now inaccessible, leaving customers in the dark as to what has happened to their funds. Earlier Troubles for QuadrigaCX.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 26, 2013

It makes it easier to persuade others to join you, it alerts other angels & VCs that you’re a company to be on their radar screen, it helps potential customers know that you may be worth doing business with and it builds you up to announce other milestones down the line. When you file, you must be prepared.

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Xconomy

NOVEMBER 7, 2016

. “Cognitive computing,” artificial intelligence, machine learning, and advanced data analytics are evolving companies’ understanding of their customers in game-changing ways. The Device-Agnostic Customer Experience. Customer expectations now demand seamless and satisfying user experiences.

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InfoChachkie

MAY 19, 2014

In addition, marketers have traditionally lacked adequate visibility into the customer''s experience, making it impossible to associate a user''s online experience with their offline call. BIA/Kelsey reports that from 2011 to 2013 there was a 133% increase in the number of mobile phone calls to businesses.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 24, 2014

The new era of highly connected and interactive technology is changing not only how business employees interact with customers, but also how they interact with each other, and with their company. I am happy to see reports that young companies are in the forefront of these trends, on both the customer trends and the employee trends.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 30, 2013

Teens fueled that growth when in 2011 12% of teens reported using Twitter. SocialBakers , a site that tracks data, reported in December 2012 that 1.4 Engagement occurs when customers and stakeholders become participants by sharing ideas with you, or talking to their friends about you, rather than merely viewing what you publish.

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Xconomy

OCTOBER 3, 2016

Morris did go on to co-found an aerial imagery company for agriculture in 2013, but he scrapped the idea of using drones. His San Leandro, CA-based company, TerrAvion , relies on a network of contract pilots to capture weekly shots of his customers’ vineyards, corn fields, and strawberry rows.

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Xconomy

JUNE 23, 2016

Without the aid of venture capital , the small upstart says, it has grown to “tens of thousands” of customers in five metro areas: the Bay Area, Boston, Chicago, Miami, and San Diego. Google Fiber’s resources will enable Webpass to grow faster and reach many more customers than we could as a standalone company.”.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 18, 2013

The stock market reached a new all-time high in 2013, and is finally providing some liquidity relief to concerned investors and startups alike. Home prices are slowly coming back, and consumer spending reached a new high of almost $11 billion in May 2013. That should be true even if your customer is really a distributor.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 27, 2015

As far back as 2013, Pew Internet & American Life Project started reporting that their focus groups found “waning enthusiasm for Facebook” among teens, that Facebook has become a “social burden” for them, and that “users of sites other than Facebook express greater enthusiasm for their choice.” Maybe they just don’t care.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 27, 2015

The new era of highly connected and interactive technology is changing not only how business employees interact with customers, but also how they interact with each other, and with their company. I am happy to see reports that young companies are in the forefront of these trends, on both the customer trends and the employee trends.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 16, 2017

As far back as 2013, Pew Internet & American Life Project started reporting that their focus groups found “waning enthusiasm for Facebook” among teens, that Facebook has become a “social burden” for them, and that “users of sites other than Facebook express greater enthusiasm for their choice.” Maybe they just don’t care.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 26, 2013

One customer is not traction, and beta tests with a thousand customers at no cost don’t count. Average transaction size and revenue per customer. Often enterprise customers, or even consumers, test a new channel by signing up for a few small transactions or trial products. Customer acquisition cost.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 3, 2018

The new era of highly connected and interactive technology is changing not only how business employees interact with customers, but also how they interact with each other, and with their company. I am happy to see reports that young companies are leading the way in these trends, on both the customer and the employee side.

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Tech Zulu Event

MAY 8, 2015

The expenditures reported by the Pentagon have seen continual increases in budgets to protect against cyber warfare attacks. In 2013, the Pentagon had a budget of $3.9 Information that is shared may contain protected free speech, personally identifiable information and private email correspondence from customers.

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Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 26, 2012

Microsoft December 26 said it was opening new stores in 2013 after what it said was a momentous year for its retail stores. Microsoft did not open this new stores out of nowhere but as a progressive plant to serve its customer needs in various locations. ” Microsoft Stores in Six New Locations. UK Retail Presence.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 1, 2013

It could be a natural disaster, like a flood or wind storm, or loss of key personnel, equipment failure, or a major customer complaint on the Internet. On the other side, your new customers expect a free trial period. Even good customers don’t always pay on time. Every startup has an unplanned pivot, and these all drain cash.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 25, 2011

So assume that in 2012 the company would do $20 million in sales and $2 million in profits (10%) and 2013 they would do sales of $25 million and $4 million in profit (16% net margin) and then slow growth in 2014 to $30 million and $6 million in profit (20% profit). That is $12 million in profits over 3 years. You own the IP you create.

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InfoChachkie

JUNE 24, 2013

One way to do so is to ensure that when your customers share their experiences with your products and solutions, they do so with the passion and intensity of a soulful kiss. At the bottom in small print it said " (if you would like to see your data could be managed in 2013, please visit us at www.hubba.com/TheNewWay ) ". .

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 22, 2014

With the Identity Theft Resource Center® reporting a 30% increase in privacy breaches in 2013, there seems to be a growing population out there worried about all the people intent on hurting them. Why is everyone so paranoid these days? The bad news for startups is that your company can lose big if it’s caught in the middle.

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Xconomy

AUGUST 10, 2016

In a 2013 panel discussion at Silicon Valley’s Churchill Club, the DFJ partner said “machine learning” was his pick as the most important tech trend to watch for the next three to five years. Earlier this year, Nervana began offering its AI technology in the cloud to business customers , using a software-as-a-service model.

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Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 4, 2015

It is no wonder that the average apps user spends 139 minutes per day browsing them, according to a report by Flurry, a company catering to app developers. The premise is simple: if you want to engage with your customers, go where they are and where you can matter. We need an APP! Today, that oh-my-god moment refers to a mobile app.

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InfoChachkie

JUNE 24, 2013

One way to do so is to ensure that when your customers share their experiences with your products and solutions, they do so with the passion and intensity of a soulful kiss. At the bottom in small print it said " (if you would like to see your data could be managed in 2013, please visit us at www.hubba.com/TheNewWay ) ". .

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AeA Los Angeles Council

JULY 22, 2008

billion in 2013. “Now we need to ensure that policymakers at the state level help promote ePerscribing and that medical practices across the country embrace the technology.” As more IT vendors comply with government regulation, the systems integrate better and customers and clients receive more efficient products.

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Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 2, 2013

In a 2011 CDC report , nearly 67% of U.S drivers aged 18-64 reported talking on their cell phones while driving. Compound that by the exponential growth of smart devices from 2011-2013 , we’re looking at a need for rapid development in the next few years. That much is obvious.

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