small-ideas-big-benefits 
TechCrunch LA
SEPTEMBER 13, 2021
The latest investment is being used to finance the acquisition of another company in the space — Appetize, a digital and mobile commerce payments platform for enterprises such as sports and entertainment venues, theme parks and zoos. The acquisition of Appetize extends SpotOn’s reach to the enterprise space in a major way.
Startup Professionals Musings
OCTOBER 13, 2021
For example, a few years ago, the company Beepi had a vision to build a new market for buying and selling used cars, but became overly focused on fundraising to grow fast, and ignored many customer complaints. While the idea was great, they failed on execution. Now is the time to develop a new mindset and stick to it.
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InfoChachkie
DECEMBER 2, 2009
As noted in Pour and Stir Part I , the key to the successful execution of this strategy is managing the following equation: The cost to acquire a customer < lifetime value of a customer. Decreasing Your Customer Acquisition Costs. Unattributed – There is no such thing as organic customers.
InfoChachkie
JANUARY 16, 2018
Greathouse: I’m familiar with product roadmaps, but what’s the big problem you’re solving? We have customers from so many different industries like software, financial services, healthcare, and media. It’s a relatively small entrepreneurial community, and Greg has a great reputation. Semick: It wasn’t our first idea.
InfoChachkie
FEBRUARY 9, 2010
Developed first floppy disk operating system. In many ways, the culture Kildall established was a precursor to the egalitarian, laid-back environments made more famous by Apple, Yahoo and Google before they became Big Dumb Companies. Small companies cannot afford to be self-unaware. Established basis for PC local-area networks.
SoCal CTO
DECEMBER 1, 2010
aka: An Open Letter to the Next Big Social Network) - 500 Hats , November 1, 2010 I've held off writing this post for a long time, because I couldn't quite get my head around all the issues. And I tried to evaluate the idea and figure out: What did the founder really need here? Was it a Startup Founder Developer Gap ?
Both Sides of the Table
MARCH 25, 2016
It’s ok to target a small market and you can probably build a niche business that is extremely valuable to you as an individual. So if you go after a niche market then you need to raise small amounts of money, keep your costs exceedingly low, and get to cashflow positive as quickly as is possible. Market Size.
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