Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 21, 2021

Explosive growth to an enterprise normally requires a scalable sales model, a well-documented process with incentives, training, and metrics for tracking and management. Working with the media is required, both social as well as the press, through public relations and internal channels.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 10, 2011

The big price increase : 5 out of 5 stars. Some customer segments value the DVD business and these may be more price sensitive. They might be willing to pay higher prices (and perhaps not an “all you can eat” price but a “pay as you go” price per film). No, probably not.

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Netflix Customer Custom Pricing 287

Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 14, 2017

As a startup in this phase you often raise capital, get press, hire staff and everything feels possible. In the case of MakeSpace we had huge initial successes in New York City as Rahul led the scaling of our drivers, our trucks and our warehouses and we figured out the right price points to beat the local competition.

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Startup Technical Review Customer Custom 286

Tech Zulu Event

MAY 9, 2014

This was a chance to blow open the story on their companies, to address a room full of potential investors, mentors, partners, customers, and press. In seed stage funding, we’re often told that the investments are ultimately about the people/teams, and not necessarily the metrics. Honestly though, it was anything but.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 23, 2012

Contrary to some press reporting, the boom in startups, the creation of accelerators and seed funds as well as the deserved popularity of AngelList do not signal doom for our industry. They compete on features, price and execution. The desktop web introduced banner ads that offered “brand advertising” opportunities akin to television.

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Venture Capital Capital Technical Review Startup 347

InfoChachkie

MARCH 2, 2010

There were no price guides, standardized rating systems or baseball card stores. During the early 1980’s, the popular press discovered baseball card collecting and began to publish articles touting sports memorabilia as a great “investment”. Eventually, card buying speculation drove prices ever higher.

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