Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 15, 2018

Many entrepreneurs are so enamored with their product vision that they believe their own hype, and are convinced that the market for their solution is so huge that no one will ask them for independent market research data. These are also important for your product positioning in the competitor section of your business plan.

Research 87

Research Marketing Statistics Report 87

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 11, 2016

Look for real problems to solve, like losing weight, staying healthy, or gaps in a popular product line. Today it more often means a “trusted friend” who seems real, visible, and doesn’t “push” products. First, pick an opportunity that has a worldwide appeal, like eco-friendly products. Position yourself as an expert.

Startup 107

Startup Technical Review Case Study Software Review 107

InfoChachkie

DECEMBER 2, 2009

“I know half the money I spend on advertising is wasted, but I can never find out which half.” In the “good old days”, pre- 1999, advertising dollars were largely gambled away. No one wakes up and says to themselves, “I need to buy that product I have never heard of before.” John Wanamaker. It does not happen.

Customer 164

Customer Custom Advertising SEM 164

socalTECH

OCTOBER 1, 2010

I've actually gone to four startup, so far, taking them from prototype to production, when they are able to sell the company or have it run on its own. How far is the product? Taher Scherzay: Our product launched into private beta in January, and we had our first public release on June 28th. A lot of it was around stability.

Startup 193

Startup Newsletter Customer Custom 193

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 22, 2014

Many entrepreneurs are so enamored with their product vision that they believe their own hype, and are convinced that the market for their solution is so huge that no one will ask them for independent market-research data. These are also important for your product positioning in the competitor section of your business plan.

Marketing 97

Marketing Entrepreneur Statistics Research 97

InfoChachkie

JUNE 2, 2011

You can stay in touch with them on a weekly, monthly or a quarterly basis with a simple, analyst-based newsletter that goes just to them so they feel exclusive – like they are part of your inner circle." " 3) Most great companies have inspiring Origin Stories. "We were at CNet and I did a very large deal with Microsoft.

Newsletter 213

Newsletter Conference Marketing Advertising 213

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 4, 2009

Many entrepreneurs who start technology companies are product people, technologists or savvy business people who worked previously for a larger company. If you sell a product direct to a customer – in person or on the phone – you need to understand what their pain points are and position your product benefits against those pain points.

Sales 319

Sales Startup Platform Tips 319

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 7, 2013

Look for real problems to solve, like losing weight, staying healthy, or gaps in a popular product line. Today it more often means a “trusted friend” who seems real, visible, and doesn’t “push” products. First, pick an opportunity that has a worldwide appeal, like eco-friendly products. Position yourself as an expert.

Entrepreneur 105

Entrepreneur Startup Technical Review Case Study 105

Tech Zulu Event

APRIL 6, 2012

With our tight grip loosened we started signing up to get the latest deal, the all-access newsletter, and every social update we could get making sure we stayed one step away from stalker status. That entails that your mail is mostly filled with solicited emails, daily deal coupons, and lolcats newsletters. 82% people!

Newsletter 69

Newsletter Email Startup Tool 69

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 28, 2016

Many entrepreneurs are so enamored with their product vision that they believe their own hype, and are convinced that the market for their solution is so huge that no one will ask them for independent market research data. These are also important for your product positioning in the competitor section of your business plan.

Marketing 59

Marketing Startup Statistics Research 59

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 8, 2012

Look for real problems to solve, like losing weight, staying healthy, or gaps in a popular product line. Today it more often means a “trusted friend” who seems real, visible, and doesn’t “push” products. First, pick an opportunity that has a worldwide appeal, like eco-friendly products. Position yourself as an expert.

Technical Review 99

Technical Review Case Study Startup Software Review 99

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 3, 2012

In the online world, you need a solid connection between your domain name and your product, brand, or business. There is still a place for paid advertising. Online advertising is the promotion of your site and content on other sites, such as pay-per-click contextual ads, banner ads, rich media ads, and ads in newsletters.

Startup 96

Startup Social Media Content Paid Search 96

Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 19, 2011

TechZulu is heading out to CES and we have tons of products/gadgets/games/companies to review and interview. Hear from key influencers and investors about trends shaping the connected TV market, mobile and web apps, iPad, content discovery and hybrid TV standards and opportunities for advertising and marketing campaigns.

Social Media 84

Social Media Newsletter Mobile Startup 84

Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 6, 2013

Auto-interfaces are clunky, and when a lot of these big tech companies IPO’d, a lot of them developed products that were endemic to the car industry – navigation, social graphs, etc. Facebook, mobile advertising agencies, even Pinterest and Twitter (though they’re not directly related to automotive).

Advertising 97

Advertising Startup Marketing Mobile 97

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 12, 2013

In the online world, you need a solid connection between your domain name and your product, brand, or business. There is still a place for paid advertising. Online advertising is the promotion of your site and content on other sites such as pay-per-click contextual ads, banner ads, rich media ads, and ads in newsletters.

Social Media 93

Social Media Content Startup Web 93

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 20, 2012

Tracy is knowledgeable enough to talk tech and swap design & product stories with other founders, but she realized early that networking amongst this group and reading and writing in their journals would not bring her more customers. Now she had an extra $50,000 to start building out her team. She focused on her customer.

Startup 363

Startup Entrepreneur SEO Venture Capital 363

SoCal Delicious

AUGUST 28, 2012

Before that, she was a contributing editor for Electronic News, the semiconductor industry trade newsletter. Advertise Here. Advertise Here. Earlier, Colleen reported for Mergermarket, an online newswire and subsidiary of the Financial Times focused on M&A. → Learn More. Tyler and Cameron Winklevoss are heading west.

SoCal 77

SoCal Southern California Startup Tips 77

SoCal Delicious

MARCH 1, 2010

If you look at Google in the way they operate, you have two products, one is called AdWords, one is called AdSense, okay? 1 2 3 next › last » February 2010 login or register to post comments Print Email Newsletters Browse current issue › Subscribe to Fast Company › Digg StumbleUpon Facebook Buzz Up! Be extra productive.

Los Angeles 50

Los Angeles Company Companies Angel 50

SoCal Delicious

AUGUST 28, 2012

Newsletters. Advertise on VentureBeat. More Products. Skip to secondary content. what’s hot? Star Trek Contest. Primary Menu. Skip to primary content. Skip to secondary content. Live at the Apple Event: iPad Mini (and more?). Huge news: Millions of PHP developers can now build mobile apps for iOS and Android — in PHP.

Southern California 57

Southern California PHP Technical Review Orange County 57

SoCal Delicious

OCTOBER 8, 2012

Last November, the Web-search giant opened a flashy new office in Venice to focus on engineering, sales and advertising; the company will lease close to a quarter-million square feet in the neighborhood by 2014. In February, Googles YouTube signed a lease for about 40,000 square feet of production space in Playa Vista. Thank you !

Los Angeles 44

Los Angeles Software Review Technical Review Journal 44

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 15, 2016

Digital marketing is the cost-effective place to start, utilizing the internet, mobile phones, display advertising, and other digital mediums. A digital marketing content path most often comes in the form of a blog, podcast, video, or newsletter. A clear objective shouldn’t take more than a sentence. For good content, less is more.

Marketing 58

Marketing Startup Social Media Newsletter 58

SoCal Delicious

JANUARY 20, 2010

On CBS MoneyWatch: Why Debit Cards Are Dangerous BNET Business Network: BNET TechRepublic ZDNet ZDNet Members login Newsletters Site Assistance RSS Feeds Home News & Blogs Videos White Papers Downloads Reviews Popular Enterprise Web 2.0 Dion Hinchcliffe Get Enterprise Web 2.0 Dion Hinchcliffe Get Enterprise Web 2.0 All rights reserved.

Web 29

Web Technical Review Web 2.0 Social Media 29

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 7, 2011

Sometime around 2003/04 my technology team turned me on to “Spolsky on Software&# a periodic newsletter served up blog style from Joel Spolsky of FogCreek Software, a maker of bug-tracking software. While customers will be willing to try your product, they think two steps ahead. But I loved reading them and so did my team.

Software Review 285

Software Review Software Blogging Startup 285