Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 22, 2016

That should make you wonder - how do you measure traction in a metric? According to most experts , business traction is evidence that somebody really wants your product. It’s business momentum, independent of whether you have a product delivered, proven the business model, or significantly penetrated the opportunity.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 29, 2016

Others do far too little, assuming the viral effect and word-of-mouth will soon kick in, and sales will suddenly grow exponentially. There is no magic lever for growth, so several initiatives are required, with metrics to assess value returned. Ask every employee to focus on sales. Shorten the close cycle to grow faster.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 19, 2016

Define and use metrics to measure your progress. If your comfort zone is relying on gut reactions, it’s time to stretch your understanding of what constitutes customer acquisition cost, margins, pipeline closure rates, and sales ROI. Marty Zwilling First published on Forbes on 09/13/2016.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 6, 2017

exabytes per month at the end of 2016, of which half was video. There is still infinite room for new startup sales modes and models. Look for and reward quantum changes, like cutting cycle time in half, in your processes, products, and services. Data enable: use metrics and measurements.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 6, 2014

zettabytes by the year 2016. There is still infinite room for new startup sales modes and models. Look for and reward quantum changes, like cutting cycle time in half, in your processes, products, and services. Data enable: use metrics and measurements. Online entertainment: millions of channels, billions of actors.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 2, 2017

At best, you may find a new revenue stream providing a product or service that eliminates a painful problem for both you and your customers. For example, what looks like a sales revenue problem may actually be a new competitor offering, a marketing decline, or a lag in receivables. Look first for positives.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 8, 2016

By profit, I simply mean offering a product or service to customers for a price that exceeds the total costs associated with the solution, thus providing some basis for recovering sunk costs and generating a return for stakeholders. Investors look for sales at full price, to people you don’t know, to validate demand, price, and margin.

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