Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 23, 2015

That’s why they insist on spending a day with your team as part of the due diligence process. Technology can be used to facilitate customer support and sales, as well as enhance your product. Marty Zwilling First published on Entrepreneur.com on 10/14/2015. It simply doesn’t matter how great your solution is.

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NOVEMBER 2, 2017

Anne Fulton: Fuel50 is a career pathing startup, part of the HR technology landscape. We're a disruptor, the third wave in human resources technology. Anne Fulton: I've always been a technology lover, although I'm an organizational psychologist by training. What is Fuel50? The whole space has been neglected. versus New Zealand?

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JUNE 9, 2015

Good news: a quick review of TechCrunch’s March 2015 List of Top 20 U.S. It also provides a way for graduates to learn about ideas, opportunities and technologies about which they might not have been aware while focusing on building and scaling their own startup. Just like in the “old days,” sales still solve all problems.

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SEPTEMBER 5, 2017

So which companies are ones seeing the most change in their sales as a result of Millennials making more educated choices? The iconic brand has been in business since 1903 and while other motorcycle companies such as BMW, Ducati and KTM have been seeing an increase in sales, Harley have seen U.S. sales falling 3.9 Applebee’s.

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JANUARY 22, 2016

billion in 2015 alone. Costs for advertising on Facebook are increasing, due to high demand, and their profits continue to soar. With diligence and by leverage your cash to do the heavy lifting, you can end up doing more with less and making bigger profits than before by the time the year ends. That was $15.5

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 29, 2015

Today’s customers ignore these sites in favor of ones with dynamic daily specials, promotions and positive reviews easily accessible on their mobile devices. Most startup founders are early adopters, so they love the latest and greatest technology. The great majority of customers, however, are wary and frustrated by new technology.

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SoCal CTO

OCTOBER 11, 2010

This month’s big question is Examples of Big Impact from Technology and I’ve taken it as an opportunity to go back and look at the elements of different projects that I’ve worked on over the years that have had a big impact. For automotive sales associates, the rewards were prizes, trips, etc.

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SEPTEMBER 4, 2018

Some of the big milestones we did, include a seed round of financing in the fall of 2015, which was led by Upfront Ventures. They were interested in the foot traffic that represented, and we provided the technology and training. The model of the Return Bar, and working with companies like Paper Source, made sense.

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Xconomy

AUGUST 9, 2016

Apple’s iPhone 7 is due out next month. 2015 saw the introduction of the iPhone 6s, a minor makeover of the previous year’s iPhone 6. So, going by the traditional schedule, the 2016 iPhone would have been a major refresh, perhaps helping to reverse this year’s slowdown in sales of iOS devices. So, what’s going on inside Apple?

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socalTECH

MARCH 16, 2015

We spoke with co-founder David Kierzkowski and Agnes Kozera about the company, and how its technology and marketplace is enabling growth for both YouTubers and brands. David Kierzkowski: We launched into beta in January of 2015, and launched to the public in May. Tell us about FameBit? How long have you been working on this?

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DECEMBER 24, 2014

Not having technical backgrounds ourselves, we were fortunate to have friends develop the app in exchange for equity. TZ: Could a Buddytruck customer potentially use your product as a delivery service for things such as Craigslist sales or giving items to friends? AJ: We are planning on having our Android app released by early 2015.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 19, 2017

Beatriz has been a tireless public advocate of the role of Latinx leaders in startups, technology y media. 30% of all real income growth in 2005–2015 was from Latinos (U.S. How about your largest increases in car sales? home ownership in 2015 (NAHREP). Latino purchasing power will reach $1.7 trillion in 2020 (U.S.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 7, 2015

Most technical entrepreneurs focus hard on building an innovative product, but forget that an elegant solution doesn’t automatically translate into a successful business. Defining the right business model requires the same diligence as designing the right product, but the approach and skills required are different.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 14, 2015

Gerber memorialized this concept many years ago in his classic book E-Myth , which postulates that most startups are initiated by entrepreneurs with technical skills, rather than business skills, resulting in a high failure rate. In fact, both customers and investors often avoid the perceived high risk of innovative technology pitches.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 28, 2015

Too many entrepreneurs look for that one magic bullet -- an exciting new technology, perhaps, or their own determination to make the world a better place -- to override any shortcomings in their startup model. Investors look for specifics on sales channels, marketing collateral, social media initiatives and customer incentives.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 3, 2015

Lemkin (@jasonlk) January 31, 2015. I know it will be hard for you to believe in 2015 but in 2006 Palo Alto (where I lived) was kind of dead. I know it will be hard for you to believe in 2015 but in 2006 Palo Alto (where I lived) was kind of dead. We shared information about building sales teams. Some background.

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