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Reflections on 2020: Nick Hedges, MomentFeed

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You will be able to get to all of these posts on our 2020 reflections here. In 2020, the pandemic radically changed the customer acquisition process for many consumer-facing industries. Today, we have Nick Hedges, CEO of MomentFeed (www.momentfeed.com). Are you a founder, CEO, or investor who would like to participate?

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Startups Weekly: Upfront Ventures bets on a bus service

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Airbnb, for its part, filed a press release this week confirming its plans to go public in 2020. Postmates, the popular food delivery service, raised another $225 million at a valuation of $2.4 HappyOrNot nabs $25M for its customer satisfaction terminals . Online personal shopping service Lookiero gets $19M.

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5 Ways To Focus Your Strategy On Delighting Customers

Startup Professionals Musings

Today, customers are looking for real relationships, a memorable shopping experience, and satisfaction of a higher purpose. Many companies still measure and reward employee productivity on internal processes, such as service calls closed per hour or revenue generated, rather than delighted customers.

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6 Benefits of Outsourcing and Freelancing In Startups

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While this approach appears to cost more on the surface, it often actually costs you less, when you consider the hidden costs of rework, poor customer satisfaction, employee management, and training required. You can easily adjust services to control cash-flow. Marty Zwilling First published on Inc.com on 02/07/2020.

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8 Brand Models To Attract Your Perfect Fit Customer

Startup Professionals Musings

Tech-focused service that solves complex problems. Companies in this realm typically are thought of as services business, even though they may offer product components as well. The customer experience is a function of satisfaction with both the service, support, and usability of complex products.

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8 Keys To Attracting More Talent Than The Competition

Startup Professionals Musings

That means starting your search through contract services sites, rather than conventional career hiring sites. Higher worker engagement and satisfaction. Marty Zwilling First published on Inc.com on 09/24/2020. Today you need that budget for market fluxuations, pandemics, and product updates.

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5 Keys To The Startup Mindset Required For Breakthrus

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For example, Zappos led a revolution in online shoes and clothing, not because of any revolutionary shoe technology, but because they sensed a clothing customer obsession for customer service, including long phone conversations and unlimited free returns. Marty Zwilling First published on Inc.com on 03/19/2020.

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