Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 28, 2023

The information exchange from day-to-day interactions of engineers and marketers will drive you enhance your own processes to be more competitive. By sharing and learning in non-competing areas, they can focus their limited resources on solidifying their core competencies, and expanding their unique segment of the market.

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Startup Outsource Competition Entrepreneur 105

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 26, 2010

Non-organic growth would include OEM relationships, finding strategic partners, “coopetition,” as well as acquisitions. This initial focus is usually driven by limited financial and people resources, as well as the bandwidth of the executive team. Even mergers and acquisitions (M&A) came early. New management skills.

Acquisition 85

Acquisition Startup Organization Competition 85

Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 16, 2014

If you hire truly talented people you end up definitionally with a lot of competitive peers who will inevitably jockey for resources and control. Extremely talented people are ultra competitive. Resource allocation is hard at a startup precisely because you have limited resources. Do you hire more sales people?

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Entrepreneur CTO Hire Startup Sales 385

Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 19, 2015

Computers and the Internet have now brought in a new era that relies on data to make profitable business decisions in the competitive environment. Below is a full explanation of how small businesses can leverage technology to earn a competitive advantage in the marketplace. Cloud Services. Social Media Automation Tools. CRM Platforms.

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Competition Technology Social Media Tips 40

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 25, 2020

A technical champion may drive a specific innovation, but the business leader has to own the result, in order to drive an appropriate business model, customer acquisition, support, and a growth strategy. Creating intellectual property, including patents, is the kay to long-term value and a sustainable competitive advantage.

Coach 144

Coach Metrics Social Network Competition 144

Berkonomics

MARCH 31, 2016

For larger or later stage companies, it could be to increase market share through acquisitions with the attendant elimination of competition or increase in a company’s reach. Yes, if you are a bad leader of people, you will lose human resources and frustrate your attempt to reach to goal.

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Resource Satisfaction Metrics Course 120

Berkonomics

OCTOBER 13, 2016

Well, even though that acquisition is still playing itself out on the field of battle, it appears quite clear that the new parent has directed its new subsidiary to abandon the lower end of the market and focus upon the larger sales, corporate customers, and major brands. The answer is found in defining the niche itself.

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Resource Competition Examples Customer 120

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 1, 2020

The information exchange from day-to-day interactions of engineers and marketers will drive you enhance your own processes to be more competitive. By sharing and learning in non-competing areas, they can focus their limited resources on solidifying their core competencies, and expanding their unique segment of the market.

Startup 126

Startup Outsource Competition Acquisition 126

Xconomy

JULY 31, 2017

Since then, these major innovators have built on a common resource—increasingly powerful data processing chips—to branch out into a host of new consumer and business areas.

Competition 64

Competition Social Media Web Commerce 64

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 6, 2022

Most founders and CEOs will not voluntarily establish a formal Board of Directors, unless they are trying to attract a major investor, preparing for an IPO, or planning for an acquisition. It’s a resource that you can’t afford to ignore if you intend to stay competitive today. How much are you willing to spend on your board?

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Allegis Startup Acquisition Entrepreneur 139

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 30, 2022

This can be an advantage to startups who don’t have the resources and brand awareness of mature businesses, if they understand and position themselves to win in the decisive moments of the new customer buying process. This is a key moment where your customer acquisition costs go way down, and your profits go way up.

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Customer Custom Startup Course 146

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 25, 2023

Startup productivity is embodied in key ratios, including low cost of customer acquisition, high retention, and high revenue per employee. Understanding competitive early mover requirements. High customer loyalty and high team passion.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 21, 2020

Startup productivity is embodied in key ratios, including low cost of customer acquisition, high retention, and high revenue per employee. Understanding competitive early mover requirements. High customer loyalty and high team passion.

Organization 173

Organization Invest Customer Custom 173

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 29, 2015

Non-organic growth would include OEM relationships, finding strategic partners, “coopetition,” as well as acquisitions. The initial focus only on organic growth is usually driven a passion for the product, and by limited financial and people resources, as well as the limited experience of the executive team. New management skills.

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Organization Startup Competition IBM 100

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 1, 2012

This strategy is called “organic growth,” yet it alone may yield only a fraction of the potential you could achieve, unless you add the additional strategies of partnerships and M&A (mergers and acquisitions). Actively pursue mergers and acquisitions. M&A is “buying” resources for growth. External scanning for resources.

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CTO Hire Startup Outsource Development Resource 91

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 3, 2022

Look for a merger or acquisition that will bring multiplier resources to your business, such as related successful products, a positive brand image, or a proven distribution network. In today’s rapidly changing and highly competitive business world, I encourage each of you to utilize every force at your disposal.

Marketing 119

Marketing Social Media Mentor Conference 119

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 3, 2021

For example, if you have ever watched the Shark Tank show on TV, they always ask about the cost of customer acquisition. Most entrepreneurs underestimate the resource and time requirements for scaling, and overestimate their own range of capabilities. Postulate competitive reactions and your responses.

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Entrepreneur Social Media Examples Metrics 162

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 7, 2021

Especially for entrepreneurs who have not built and sold companies before, and need this startup to be an attractive acquisition or IPO target in a few years, I can’t think of a better way to enlist outside experts and keep them motivated to help you meet the challenges of a startup. Marty Zwilling.

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Startup Entrepreneur Mentor Writing 145

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 13, 2022

Also, investors from the super-hubs (Silicon Valley, New York, or Boston), probably won’t assume anyone outside their domain has the savvy and resources to make it happen. Exposure instills the fear and urgency you need to deliver the right competitive solution. Wessel measures a 39% acquisition advantage to being in-state.

Technical Review 123

Technical Review Oracle Software Review Ideas 123

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 17, 2012

Non-organic growth would include OEM relationships, finding strategic partners, “coopetition,” as well as acquisitions. This initial focus is usually driven by limited financial and people resources, as well as the bandwidth of the executive team. Even mergers and acquisitions (M&A) came early. New management skills.

Entrepreneur 99

Entrepreneur Organization Startup Competition 99

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. Assimilate available resources to determine the level of rollout.

Social Media 108

Social Media Media Marketing Resource 108

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 18, 2018

A technical champion may drive a specific innovation, but the business leader has to own the result, in order to drive an appropriate business model, customer acquisition, support, and a growth strategy. Creating intellectual property, including patents, is the kay to long-term value and a sustainable competitive advantage.

Entrepreneur 64

Entrepreneur Coach Metrics Competition 64

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 3, 2020

This can be an advantage to startups who don’t have the resources and brand awareness of mature businesses, if they understand and position themselves to win in the decisive moments of the new customer buying process. This is a key moment where your customer acquisition costs go way down, and your profits go way up.

Customer 124

Customer Custom Startup Course 124

Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 14, 2017

How long does it take me to pay back my original customer acquisition costs? The best CEOs realize that they must transition from being individual contributors to team builders and adjudicators who settle conflicts of “resource allocations.” How profitable is my product or service?

Startup 286

Startup Technical Review Customer Custom 286

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 1, 2018

The information exchange from day-to-day interactions of engineers and marketers will drive you enhance your own processes to be more competitive. By sharing and learning in non-competing areas, they can focus their limited resources on solidifying their core competencies, and expanding their unique segment of the market.

Startup 59

Startup Outsource Competition Acquisition 59

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 15, 2011

Non-organic growth would include OEM relationships, finding strategic partners, “coopetition,” as well as acquisitions. This initial focus is usually driven by limited financial and people resources, as well as the bandwidth of the executive team. Even mergers and acquisitions (M&A) came early. New management skills.

Startup 93

Startup Organization Competition IBM 93

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. Assimilate available resources to determine the level of rollout.

Media 59

Media Marketing Social Media Resource 59

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 14, 2016

A technical champion may drive a specific innovation, but the business leader has to own the result, in order to drive an appropriate business model, customer acquisition, support, and a growth strategy. Creating intellectual property, including patents, is the kay to long-term value and a sustainable competitive advantage.

Coach 64

Coach Metrics Competition Ideas 64

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 8, 2019

Most founders and CEOs will not voluntarily establish a formal Board of Directors, unless they are trying to attract a major investor, preparing for an IPO, or planning for an acquisition. It’s a resource that you can’t afford to ignore if you intend to stay competitive today. How much are you willing to spend on your board?

Startup 98

Startup Allegis Entrepreneur Acquisition 98

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 14, 2014

The information exchange from day-to-day interactions of engineers and marketers will drive you enhance your own processes to be more competitive. By sharing and learning in non-competing areas, they can focus their limited resources on solidifying their core competencies, and expanding their unique segment of the market.

Startup 97

Startup Entrepreneur Outsource Competition 97

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 10, 2016

The information exchange from day-to-day interactions of engineers and marketers will drive you enhance your own processes to be more competitive. By sharing and learning in non-competing areas, they can focus their limited resources on solidifying their core competencies, and expanding their unique segment of the market.

Startup 55

Startup Outsource Competition Entrepreneur 55

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 27, 2018

I will suggest to you as a business owner and entrepreneur that focus on certain key behaviors will drive innovation without waiting for the next competitive crisis: Be outspoken in communicating proactive required change. Allocate funds for intrapreneurship and acquisitions.

Metrics 58

Metrics IBM IBM Competition 58

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 9, 2019

Also, investors from the super-hubs (Silicon Valley, New York, or Boston), probably won’t assume anyone outside their domain has the savvy and resources to make it happen. Exposure instills the fear and urgency you need to deliver the right competitive solution. Wessel measures a 39% acquisition advantage to being in-state.

Startup 97

Startup Technical Review Oracle Software Review 97

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 3, 2016

Other firms like Google bring massive resources to design or engineering and as as corporate VC can offer things normal VC firms can’t offer. As best as I can tell, Foundry Group is also pretty close to the “platform light” side of the equation also, believing that they should have a firm with very few non-partner resources.

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Venture Capital Platform Startup Resource 150

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 4, 2011

What I know for sure is that if you don’t have a stability goal stated for the company and if you don’t regularly measure how you’re doing against this goal you won’t have your resources focused on the right priorities in the company. Customer Acquisition. You can find out how to more cost effectively buy search terms (i.e.

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Metrics Startup SEO Customer 346

socalTECH

OCTOBER 25, 2012

I read everything online I could about customer acquisition, marketing, design, and coding, and every part of the business I could. The easiest way to do that, was to become a resource for great content. million visitors a month at RecycledBride , and we don't spend anything on acquisition. It was a crash course.

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Startup Education Acquisition Funding 236

InfoChachkie

AUGUST 4, 2014

In fact, for the past 27-years, he has specialized in bringing exotic travel destinations to those of us who are healthy and active but whose competitive sporting days are long behind us. How has this reality impacted your customer acquisition strategies? Ever fantasized about climbing Mt. but we don''t.

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Entrepreneur Startup Social Media Resource 187