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5 Keys to Ensuring Credibility, Trust, and Customers

Startup Professionals Musings

As a long-time business executive and adviser to entrepreneurs, I see a definitive shift away from customer trust in traditional business messages, and the executives who deliver them. I summarize the key elements of the transformation as follows: Customers are seeking control in a run-away world.

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Manufacturing startup Divergent 3D reduces staff by one-third

TechCrunch LA

The company, which employed about 160 people, laid off 57 workers, according to documents filed with the California Employment Development Department. However, he did confirm to TechCrunch that he had to reduce staff due to the COVID-19 pandemic. It was enough to get the attention of investors and at least two global OEMs as customers.

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GM exits car-sharing business and shuts down Maven

TechCrunch LA

The automaker Tuesday said its Maven car-sharing service, which launched in 2016, will shut down for good. Maven had paused service due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The company sent an email to customers Tuesday that after examining the business, the car-sharing industry and COVID-19, it decided to shutter the service permanently.

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The 5 Biggest Tech Trends for Healthcare in 2016

Tech Zulu Event

So to help you stay current on trends, we have researched the latest developments in healthcare for the biggest changes you can expect to see in the upcoming year. Here are our five predictions for the most important healthcare trends in 2016. Wearable Patient Technology. 3-D Printing. Virtual Healthcare.

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9 Innovative Startups To Watch For in 2024

Tech.Co

Verifying Looking for regular tech news straight to your inbox? However, its unique-for-the-industry monthly subscription model has helped it maintain healthy profits from its loyal customer base in 2023. Brightwheel is a SaaS childcare management solution that provides technology to preschools.

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How To Get New Customers By Targeting New Markets

Startup Professionals Musings

That’s the right place to start, but real growth and scale requires attracting customers who are not like you. Update your technology to reach new customer segments. Today’s customers want to be mobile and location sensitive. Make your offering part of improving customer lifestyle rather than just solving a problem.

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How The IBM PC Made Me Appreciate Entrepreneurs

Startup Professionals Musings

Way back in the early eighties, I was privileged to be part of the original IBM PC development team, led by Don Estridge. For IBM, the Personal Computer was a paradigm shift from their big business legacy, built with new technologies for totally new markets, and battleships turn very slowly.

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