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Smart Startups Don’t Try To Satisfy Every Customer

Startup Professionals Musings

In business, this means an entrepreneur who never says no to any customer is doomed to a hard life and some expensive mistakes. Many people will argue that total customer satisfaction is paramount, but I’m a pragmatist who believes that treating everyone the same really means treating all of them poorly.

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Humana partners with Heal and invests $100 million in the company’s doctor-on-demand service

TechCrunch LA

” The new financing from Humana will go to support Heal’s geographic expansion, product development, and sales and marketing, Desai said. To date, the company has linked patients with over 200,000 home visits from doctors since its launch in 2015.

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3 Reasons SaaS Savvy Entrepreneurs Don’t Build Their Own Portals

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Overall, according to Gartner, the SaaS market will top $22 billion by 2015. Not only does this save hundreds of thousands (possibly millions) in development costs, the increased revenue gained can be immense. The result: they had more than 20 enterprise customers on Day 1. SaaS is bringing sexy back, in 2015 and beyond.

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7 Reasons Smart Startups Establish 'Coopetition'

Startup Professionals Musings

That’s a win-win-win deal, since the ease-of-use attracts more people to the new site, it enhances the Facebook brand, and it simplifies the customer interaction. Here are the other reasons to use this strategy: It reduces common costs and customer learning curves. There's an opportunity for follow-on sales to existing customers.

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8 Problem-Solving Practices Give Startups Success

Startup Professionals Musings

Creating an innovative new business is guaranteed to test your skills, patience and determination, and you need to derive satisfaction from the journey, as well as the destination. Contrary to a popular myth, problem-solving is a talent that can be developed. Marty Zwilling First published on Entrepreneur.com on 10/23/2015.

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How Smart Startups Survive Investor Due Diligence

Startup Professionals Musings

Others schedule exhaustive training sessions for everyone on the team, including showcase customers, to make sure that everyone paints a consistent picture. Due diligence always involves on-site visits, informal discussions with any or all members of the team, vendors, and good customers as well as bad. Traction in the marketplace.

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

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For today's interview, we sat down and talked with Mike Whitmire , the CEO and Co-founder of Los Angeles-based FloQast (www.floqast.com), a developer of financial close management software for enterprise accounting. We took it to the market in January of 2015. From a revenue perspective, we've seen 300 percent, year-over-year growth.

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