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Customer Validation - 33 Great Articles

SoCal CTO

Beware of Mentors. I’m going to take that thought out into the field and validate it with my customers." I’ve spoken to dozens of customers, I have a validated customer persona, built an MVP to test key behavioral hypotheses, and the data doesn’t back what you’re saying." Customer Validation 101.

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5 Tips For Attracting Female Customers

Tech.Co

“Focusing on emotion is key when communicating with female customers. Maxeme Tuchman, CEO and cofounder of Caribu.co , an app that allows you to video call and have story time with your children together from anywhere in the world, targeted her company’s efforts on gaining referrals from women customers.

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10 Indications That It’s Time To Ask For Help At Work

Startup Professionals Musings

Too often they are also hesitant, inexperienced, and fearful of hiring people or finding a mentor to be the partner they need. Your business is not all about what is best for you, but what is best for your customers. Startup challenges become more depressing than energizing. You know what is required, but you continue to procrastinate.

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10 Marketing Lessons for Early-Stage Tech Startups

Both Sides of the Table

They certainly struggle to find mentors as there is nothing more frustrating than trying to help a company who is afraid to tell you anything. Marketing futures can be really good for enterprise software companies where the information is passed between sales rep and potential customer in terms of near-term roadmap.

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10 Symptoms Of An Entrepreneur Who Is Nearly Broken

Startup Professionals Musings

Too often they are also hesitant, inexperienced, and fearful of hiring people or finding a mentor to be the partner they need. Your business is not all about what is best for you, but what is best for your customers. Startup challenges become more depressing than energizing. You know what is required, but you continue to procrastinate.

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Boomers are Looking for Another Bite at the Apple

Startup Professionals Musings

In case you think that all of these are employed by big companies, listen to these statistics: According to an article in U.S. The article also refers to government data showing that those 55 to 64 and older represent one of the fastest growing groups of self-employed workers. Customer Service. Retail sales to Gen-X and Gen-Y.

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Top 30 Startup Posts for July 2010

SoCal CTO

Though this was 2000 , and all startup & VC blogs we've grown to love didn't exist yet, I did have mentors available. 0160; If I need $250,000 to get to 100 customers, or $1 million to get to X, and I can raise both amounts from either Angels or VCs, where do we turn? Customer Care Today. They ignore/disrespect the platform.

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