Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 14, 2014

Where your competitor isn''t really competing with your direct market, you can refer business to each other without anyone losing customers. The information exchange from day-to-day interactions of engineers and marketers will drive you enhance your own processes to be more competitive. Benchmark your practices against a true peer.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 10, 2016

Where your competitor isn't really competing with your direct market, you can refer business to each other without anyone losing customers. The information exchange from day-to-day interactions of engineers and marketers will drive you enhance your own processes to be more competitive. Benchmark your practices against a true peer.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 13, 2015

None should be considered competitive mutually exclusive to any other. Every business should look at its cost of customer acquisition (COCA) and return on investment (ROI) twice a year and after each campaign. Social media as a marketing tool is here to stay, and is now widely accepted.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 28, 2018

The huge importance of this is that when you have a high-level of loyal customers you get repeat purchases that are significantly more profitable because you’re not spending new acquisition dollars acquiring them. companies that have to spend too heavily on customer acquisition). I don’t use the word ‘spectacular’ lightly.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 23, 2017

None should be considered competitive mutually exclusive to any other. Every business should look at its cost of customer acquisition (COCA) and return on investment (ROI) twice a year and after each campaign. Social media as a marketing tool is here to stay, and is now widely accepted.

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Media Marketing Social Media Resource 59

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 6, 2020

There's real competition in this area. There are lots of transaction costs which occur both on acquisition of customers and on returns, and those costs are real, and must be considered in how we price the products. As we studied that Gen 1 and Gen 2 of the company, a few things popped out at us. It's very strategic.

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InfoChachkie

OCTOBER 20, 2010

He was also often referred to as a “hotdog” for his self-promotional antics and lackadaisical on-field play. As such, you are likely better off allowing your competition to hire the Reggie Jacksons of the startup world and focus your efforts on recruiting high performing, low maintenance teammates, like Cal Ripkin. _.

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InfoChachkie

MAY 16, 2011

As an entrepreneur and startup investor, I have helped create companies which achieved two IPOs which collectively raised over $100 million, as well as two acquisitions which totaled $385 million. Even benevolent BDCs lose interest in your solution once this competitive risk is eliminated. 5) Allow Partners To Write Your Agreements.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 3, 2009

When people refer to a strategic investor they are usually talking about an investor that comes from the industry you serve as opposed to an independent venture capital investor. Make sure to reference check with other portfolio companies. If you thought it was hard to sell your product to the competition try selling your company.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 5, 2012

If your "competitor" isn't really competing with your direct market, you can refer business to each other without anyone losing customers. Also, this competitor will now be a better candidate for merger or acquisition (M&A), due to the existing relationship, when either of you is ready for that step. Cross endorsement.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 13, 2011

And when you finish the demo you can bring in the other important components such as competition, team, customer acquisition strategy, etc. In Bijan’s post he references Bryce Roberts who recommends getting up and white-boarding. Talk about the existing solutions, the market opportunity and the competition.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 4, 2011

If your "competitor" isn't really competing with your direct market, you can refer business to each other without anyone losing customers. Also, this competitor will now be a better candidate for merger or acquisition (M&A), due to the existing relationship, when either of you is ready for that step. Cross endorsement.

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InfoChachkie

NOVEMBER 23, 2015

Subject: Reference for Twilio. Although larger VC firms routinely invest in competitive offerings, it is less prudent for a small firm to do so, as it can be difficult to avoid inadvertent information transfers within an intimate partnership. Most importantly, it just doesn't feel right to us to hold positions in competitive companies.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 26, 2020

A business plan is the outward facing definition of the business you hope to drive with your hardware solution, with a hardware overview in the intro to highlight customer value and competitiveness. Call out your top competitors, highlighting your sustainable competitive advantage, including patents, trade secrets. and trademarks.

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InfoChachkie

JUNE 25, 2009

The reference may be well-intentioned, but the lawyer’s allegiance may be divided between the investor and you. Some companies use lawsuits as an arrow in their competitive quiver. speak with at least one person who knows the applicant but was not included among the applicant’s references). but They Make Great Guard Dogs.

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Technical Advisors Technical Review IP Patents 124

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 19, 2020

In marketing materials founders often refer to their customer base as a “community”, but there’s a huge gap between having customers and creating a community. Competitors can leapfrog you on features or outspend you on customer acquisitions but communities are very hard to disrupt. this is classic community management.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 10, 2011

The asymmetric follower model where we also follow news, celebrities and senior executives at companies is one of the reasons people often refer to this as an “interest graph&# because it is an expression of what I care about. Social – Asymmetry is one of the big drivers of Twitter. Twitter is a valuable and unique service.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

I refer back to the classic book, “ A Crowdfunder’s Strategy Guide ,” by Jamey Stegmaier, one of the biggest thought leaders on crowdfunding, and who has also run several successful Kickstarter projects, that together have raised many millions of dollars. billion globally by 2030, but that doesn’t mean it’s easy. Marty Zwilling

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 26, 2020

I refer back to the classic book, “ A Crowdfunder’s Strategy Guide ,” by Jamey Stegmaier, one of the biggest thought leaders on crowdfunding, and who has also run several successful Kickstarter projects, that together have raised many millions of dollars. There are no shortcuts to success. Marty Zwilling.

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