TechCrunch LA

MARCH 30, 2021

REEF would have supervisors on site to remotely control the robot if needed, a caveat that was included in the 2017 legislation that allowed for the operation of self-driving delivery robots in Florida. Customers would receive a text when the robot arrives so they could go outside and meet it. Image Credits: REEF/Cartken.

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AUGUST 8, 2016

Founded in 2011, Z Supply, LLC has created five women’s fashion brands with a sixth brand and extension into Men’s, launching Spring 2017. I ended up really relating to the nuance and intricacies of product supply and customer demand. Muther: We were very careful when launching our first eCommerce site.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 2, 2017

Every business I know is intimately familiar with outbound marketing, or pushing your message out to customers through email, newspaper, and television advertising. Only a few really understand the process and value of inbound marketing, for pulling customers to your brand. Participate in the top social media sites for maximum impact.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 14, 2017

There is nothing more pure than building a product, putting it out in the world and seeing paying customers using your product and in some cases loving it. As companies get this initial customer feedback on their product they start to have to ask harder questions about unit economics: How much does it cost us to acquire a new customer?

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 28, 2019

by 15 million users since 2017, as young people ages 12 to 17 migrate to Snapchat and Instagram. Engagement occurs when customers and stakeholders become participants by sharing ideas with you, or talking to their friends about you, rather than merely viewing what you publish. Maybe they just don’t care. There is no free lunch.

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Xconomy

DECEMBER 28, 2017

ACM International Collegiate Programming Contest World Finals 2017. ICPC World Finals 2017, held in Rapid City. In 2017, it was in Rapid City, South Dakota. It was always sort of shocking to people, even on a national level, when they would hear [that Rapid City was hosting ICPC 2017],” Jensen said. “And

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 27, 2019

Today, customers and future managers put a higher value on relationships, and expect to know you from industry conferences, social media, or recommendations from peers. As a business, you should always be looking for your next customer, as well as satisfying your current one. Walk away from a bad role or customer.

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Southern California Edison Blog

JANUARY 2, 2019

Customers are demanding denser coverage and higher speeds in expanding areas. T-Mobile and Sprint, for example, invested billions of dollars in 2017 to bring 5G service to customers in the US by 2019.¹. Local infrastructure providers already have the sites carriers need. The telecom industry is rapidly transforming.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 3, 2019

There are others, like LifeLock , acquired in 2017 by Symantec for $2.3 Here are a few specifics on how to be part of the solution, without the costs, rather than part of the problem: Put a personal face and address on your site; don’t hide behind an “info” email address. Don’t take shortcuts on these.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 22, 2017

Others schedule long and exhaustive practice and coaching sessions for everyone on the team, including showcase customers, to make sure that everyone tells the most positive and consistent story. Update reference customers, partners, and vendors. Marty Zwilling First published on Inc.com on 12/05/2017.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 5, 2017

Having a website won’t help if customers can’t find it. They expect to find you on the first result page from search engines, and position ranking is driven by relevant keywords, new content on a regular basis, and inbound and outbound site links. Use social media to actively engage with your customers.

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NOVEMBER 14, 2019

founded in summer of 2017. The challenge a lot of those businesses have, is likely have built their sites and are using a lot of different software-as-a-service platforms. That makes it difficult to figure out what it costs to acquire a customer, and what a customer is worth. Dan LeBlanc: Daasity is about two years old.,

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 25, 2017

Makerspaces and hackerspaces have sites and events, including education and training, where people with common interests can meet, socialize and collaborate. Meeting the new consumer demand for customization. Customers today increasingly demand solutions that are customized just for them.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 16, 2017

in 2017, as young people ages 12 to 17 migrate to Snapchat and Instagram. Engagement occurs when customers and stakeholders become participants by sharing ideas with you, or talking to their friends about you, rather than merely viewing what you publish. Maybe they just don’t care. It’s the principle underlying “viral marketing.”

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socalTECH

APRIL 26, 2018

Catherine McCord: I actually founded the company Weelicious over ten years ago, which started out as a web site for family friendly recipes. We've had 100 percent, year-to-date growth in our shipments, and our active users grew by 225 percent in 2017. How did you get into this? Why is that spend so much more than your competitors? ,p>

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 22, 2017

The best opportunities are recognized from painful needs, plus a growing population of customers with money to spend. With the widespread popularity of social media, I now see many businesses looking at niche market interest groups, such as sites for travelers, hunters, cancer support, and crafts.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 25, 2017

Your concept has to be understood by customers and investors in 30 seconds or less, and everyone needs to immediately see how awesome it would be, or that they would be nuts not to have it. I’m looking for the “hook” right up front, or I lose interest quickly, just like every customer and investor these days.

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TechCrunch LA

DECEMBER 2, 2019

Portions of the newsletter are published as an article on the main site after it has been emailed to subscribers (that’s what you’re reading now). The closure might surprise some, considering Coup has brand recognition and, according to the company a loyal customer base that uses its services.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 1, 2017

The business world doesn’t thrive with yet another social media or dating site – it’s begging for paradigm shifts in the technology or business model. Thus you need to listen and learn the current reality from your customers, your team, advisors, and experts. Marty Zwilling First published on Huffington Post on 01/31/2017.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 7, 2017

That means that you need to overtly market yourself, rather than wait and hope that the right people or customers will find you. Every organization and web site is begging for content, so spread yourself around. For startup visibility, the most important people are potential customers, as well as investors and strategic partners.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 27, 2017

Customer service has traditionally been a support function to respond to customer initiated requests, meaning someone waits for the phone to ring or for a website support request form. The old days of routing a customer to a single phone queue for any request will quickly kill any brand loyalty or advocate referral.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 3, 2017

You can’t learn and adapt quickly to the changing needs of your customers and the marketplace if you are afraid of failure. Teams need to bond, and that can start with an off-site structured event. Marty Zwilling First published on Huffington Post on 02/02/2017. Build team trust through shared experiences.

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TechCrunch LA

JULY 15, 2021

The California legislature changed laws in 2017 to make it easier to build Accessory Dwelling Units (ADUs). Then on January 1, 2020, the state of California made it dramatically easier to add extra housing units to single-family home sites. The result has been very high levels of customer satisfaction and rapid growth.”

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 11, 2019

Significant differences will confuse your customers, and open the door to imitators and scam artists. Immediately go to relevant social media sites and grab the same name, even if you never plan to use the accounts. Immediately go to relevant social media sites and grab the same name, even if you never plan to use the accounts.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 10, 2017

Use demand generation services , as required, to build the relationship and nurture them into paying customers. Focus your resources to convert prospects to customers. Build a plan with automation to manage the volume, but every customer has to feel like you are reaching out to them personally.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 20, 2017

Don’t believe the old myth that with a few hours of work a day and a great web site, you can get rich while you sleep. In my experience, and from the thoughts of others who have “been there and done that,” here is my list of the top elements you should be looking for: Focused on customers and team, rather than “me, myself, and I.”

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 27, 2017

If it’s not an order of magnitude better or cheaper, customers usually conclude that the risk and cost of change are simply not worth the potential payback over what they have today. Lock in customers with loyalty and high cost of change. Billion-dollar businesses are seldom about a single transaction with any customer.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 4, 2017

Significant differences will confuse your customers, and open the door to imitators and scam artists. Immediately go to relevant social media sites and grab the same name, even if you never plan to use the accounts. Immediately go to relevant social media sites and grab the same name, even if you never plan to use the accounts.

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