Both Sides of the Table
APRIL 25, 2011
There’s a line of thinking in Silicon Valley that you should build product businesses rather than services businesses. It’s nearly impossible to get a services company financed by VCs. Why Shouldn’t Most Services Businesses Raise VC? Why Build a Services Business in the First Place?
Startup Professionals Musings
FEBRUARY 11, 2023
This is the confirmation that your product or service fills a real need in the marketplace. New business models that provide an ongoing revenue stream, or a secondary stream from advertising, raise your margins and can give you some additional satisfaction. Watch that patent provide a real barrier to competitive entry.
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Startup Professionals Musings
MAY 16, 2020
This is the confirmation that your product or service fills a real need in the marketplace. New business models that provide an ongoing revenue stream, or a secondary stream from advertising, raise your margins and can give you some additional satisfaction. Watch that patent provide a real barrier to competitive entry.
Startup Professionals Musings
OCTOBER 22, 2021
Use free e-commerce software and services like PayPal before building an expensive customized solution. Use the Internet to outsource staff. Take advantage of software tools to automate routine business functions, like taking and delivering orders. Provide website forums to help customers solve their own problems.
socalTECH
APRIL 21, 2017
But what they also did is figure out, is instead of talking about whether something is a good product, how it works, and how much it costs, they always have advertised how that product makes you feel. You can easily go to Shopify, and set up your own subscription service from your garage. That's not relevant here, though TV does work.
socalTECH
SEPTEMBER 24, 2015
The HTML5 platform that we use is also available as a self service tool to customers. Chris Tragos: Typically, with an advertising RFP, a campaign will come pre-loaded with a standard ad spot and creative. At Jetpack, we don't outsource production, and we manage all of the software development within Jetpack.
socalTECH
APRIL 30, 2018
That was in the support space, where we were doing outsourced technical services. My initiative at Support.com was to introduce new products into the support space, as a Software-as-a-Service product. I was most recently at a public company, at Support.com, where I was the CEO.
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