Startup Professionals Musings
DECEMBER 8, 2017
Opportunity segmentation and competitive environment. List key competitors and alternatives, highlighting your sustainable competitive advantages, such as patents and trademarks. No mention usually means no plan and not competitive. Marty Zwilling First published on Inc.com on 11/22/2017.
Both Sides of the Table
MAY 6, 2018
“I know that our repeat purchase rate is lower than the industry average now, but …” “I know that our margins are lower than VCs like to see, but …” “I know our revenue decelerated in the last 2 quarters of 2017, but …” Remember that fund raising is a sales process. What to do about that chip on your shoulder ? Remind me why I love you?
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Startup Professionals Musings
FEBRUARY 27, 2019
Here are some key strategies that I recommend to every worker today: Develop and highlight your competitive differentiation. That means regularly scanning LinkedIn and job sites for roles and opportunities that you may quality for, and honing your skills and connections to be sure you are competitive. Develop the courage to move on.
socalTECH
DECEMBER 11, 2018
If I write back, and tell them to stay at the Marriott in Del Mar, we would detect the Marriott Del Mar in your message, whether that's on Facebook Messenger, Snapchat, in a text message, in an email, or whatever, and convert that into a link to one of our merchants who are part of the Wildfire network. What does that look like?
Startup Professionals Musings
AUGUST 7, 2017
In this age of information overload, success is all about building a brand that stands out above the competition. Start a blog and write for industry forums and newsletters. Marty Zwilling First published on Inc.com on 07/24/2017. Yet relationships and future warm introductions are well worth the effort in building a brand.
TechCrunch LA
FEBRUARY 20, 2019
Capitalism is fundamentally about timing, since market competition is about finding opportunities before others. Start writing down predictions about people, companies, and markets. Ajay Royan told Bloomberg in 2017 that Mithril does not “charge excessive fees.” When should you start a company? What company should you start?
Both Sides of the Table
FEBRUARY 20, 2016
Turning the Urgency Addiction into a Competitive Asset. And the week we finished our 2016 Summit, Stuart had already survey attendees for feedback, completed an analysis of what worked and what didn’t and identified the dates for our 2017 Summit. These are known symptoms of people with ADD. I would have started in June.
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