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Business 2013 - Optimism, But Check Your Strategy

Startup Professionals Musings

Even though it has been a long haul, it’s nice to see some optimism surfacing in 2013. Earlier this year, a new study “ 2013 Business Outlook Survey: A New Reality Of Cautious Optimism ” was published by EKS&H. Another approach is to diversify and broaden the product lines and services. Increase operating efficiencies.

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Use 90 Sec Videos to Explain Your Product - Create Awesome

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Monday, January 14, 2013 -- Use 90 Sec Videos to Explain Your Product - Create Awesome. Explainer videos (those 60-90 sec videos on home pages around the Internet) are all the rage. How do you quickly and succinctly explain your product or service to your target customer so that you can engage them right away.

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Interview with Robert Blatt, MomentFeed

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I spent some time with the MomentFeed team, and recognized what they were doing and where they were going, and felt that this could become an enduring, long term company, that can be the best place that employees have ever worked and the best partner our customers ever had, so I jumped on in early 2013. We accomplished that, that did it well.

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Interview with Mike Whitmire, CEO and Co-founder, FloQast

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It's was really about herding cats and getting everyone on the same page, and making sure you could get the financials out on time. However, he said�we can't just give you money, you've got to find a co-founder, and have a product, and get some customers on board first. Mike Whitmire: It's all about product, market, fit.

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The Importance of Benevolent Dictators

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Do you ship your product in what you don’t feel is feature complete so that you can be in market first or should you hold back and deliver a product you believe will get better reaction from the market but is 3 months later? It’s 2013 and I’m supposed to believe in the “wisdom of the crowds.”

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What Should You Do with Your Crappy Little Services Business?

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There’s a line of thinking in Silicon Valley that you should build product businesses rather than services businesses. They have created two internal technology “products&# and wanted to figure out how they could turn their services business into a product business that could be financed. This team is talented.

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How Much Traction is Enough for Investors?

Startup Professionals Musings

Traction is evidence that your product or service has started that “hockey- stick” adoption rate which implies a large market, a valid business model, and sustainable growth. Free and freemium products need a solid base. Marty Zwilling First published on Young Entrepreneur on 02/18/2013. First of all, a definition.

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