Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 6, 2010

The only people who don’t care about money are the people who have plenty of it at which point it’s easy to be “above it all.&# Or as the excellent Micah Baldwin says in this must read blog post , “it all changes when the founder drives a Porsche.&#. True, that. And it’s OK to say it out loud.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 20, 2012

It’s easier than dislodging well-recognized existing products, and waiting for customer change, even if your solution is better. Buck the conventional wisdom. Save your bucks and get notice without expensive advertising. Save your bucks and get notice without expensive advertising.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 18, 2013

Watching the orders come in, or the product moving off the shelf, is the feedback you have been looking for. Reserve the same names on the leading social networks and blogs. Start even before the product is ready. Word of mouth advertising and viral marketing cost big bucks these days so budget for it.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 29, 2012

Watching the orders come in, or the product moving off the shelf, is the feedback you have been looking for. Reserve the same names on the leading social networks and blogs. Start even before the product is ready. Word of mouth advertising and viral marketing cost big bucks these days so budget for it.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 16, 2011

It’s easier than dislodging well-recognized existing products, and waiting for customer change, even if your solution is better. Buck the conventional wisdom. Save your bucks and get notice without expensive advertising. Save your bucks and get notice without expensive advertising.

Tips 89

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 14, 2014

Sponsored by VISA Business Running a small business as an entrepreneur is a never-ending challenge of new products, customers, competitors, and an unpredictable economy. A good entrepreneur feels the incentive to offer a new service/product that no one else has offered before. Beat the competition. Decision responsibility.

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Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 18, 2011

Typically entrepreneurs doubt themselves because they undervalue their offerings, but it isn’t about creating a product, setting a price and hoping people will buy. Using your service or owning your product isn’t why a person buys, it’s the experience your customer will have. Valu e and Exp erience versus Price and Product.

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InfoChachkie

MARCH 1, 2012

As any long-time reader of this humble blog knows, I am an ardent Beatles fan. They differentiated their product with subtle, unconventional techniques, such as the use of the B7 chord in I Want To Hold Your Hand. In essence, the Beatles offered a product with a higher value proposition as compared to many of their counterparts.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 20, 2015

blog here ). And if you’re lucky and hit product/market fit straight out of the gate – awesome. Money when you find product / market fit is an extreme differentiator. Overfunding after product / market fit is essential to competing and winning. Amnesia sets in and we get back on the merry-go-round.

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Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 6, 2012

Both companies were spending big bucks to advertise yet the offer left me cold and I must not be alone in this as both companies have slumping sales. In fact, Customer Experience (CX) turns the product development chart upside down. We are living in an age where we are surrounded with fantastic new products and services.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 12, 2010

Watching the orders come in, or the product moving off the shelf, is the feedback you have been looking for. Reserve the same names on the leading social networks and blogs. Start even before the product is ready. Word of mouth advertising and viral marketing cost big bucks these days so budget for it.

Startup 88

Startup Patents Competition Social Network 88

Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 3, 2014

There are 3 vital questions to ask when putting together a campaign; 1- Is the thing I’m raising money for a great product? 2- How am I talking about my product? He shared, ‘When creating a campaign it’s key to remember that people are fans of you – not the actual product, so you want to be sure to communicate your why.’.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 22, 2010

It’s easier than dislodging well-recognized existing products, and waiting for customer change, even if your solution is better. Buck the conventional wisdom. Save your bucks and get notice without expensive advertising. Save your bucks and get notice without expensive advertising.

Entrepreneur 48

Entrepreneur Advertising Social Media Competition 48

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 14, 2016

When I started blogging it was because I was inspired by Brad Feld. I always wanted to work with Brad for this reason so I started blogging because I figured if transparency worked for Brad I would try the same approach. Other products “elastic” meaning demand falls off quickly when prices go up.

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SoCal Delicious

AUGUST 28, 2012

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Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 23, 2011

” So, basically, all you have to do is share stuff, you no longer have to make stuff, in fact, running your own site, self-hosted blog, or building an app in the app-store, really does nothing for you. If you’re diligent enough at not doing anything productive Klout will reward you with a treat! Sounds great, right?

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InfoChachkie

AUGUST 4, 2014

After finishing Mr. Thompson''s jaded take on the travel industry, I wondered if there was a travel company that bucked his stereotypes and properly balanced making bold destinations accessible while respecting the unspoiled resources and culture that made the locales interesting in the first place. but we don''t.

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Xconomy

JULY 1, 2016

At the gathering, Biden took verbal shots at scofflaw cancer researchers and at drug prices, while the FDA said it would take a shot at restructuring the way it evaluates oncology products. PureTech also bucked the Brexit fallout this week. It also got a pat on the back from Bill Gates. .

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InfoChachkie

SEPTEMBER 22, 2009

I am not suggesting that you become a sidewalk huckster, just that you begin to open your mind to all the legal ways you can slip your hand into peoples’ pockets and purses and pull out a few bucks. In short, Venturetts prove that you can effectively sell yourself, your idea, your product and your startup’s overall opportunity.

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InfoChachkie

JUNE 25, 2009

The rash of spam lawsuits from a few years ago is a good example of how two-bit, loser lawyers who cannot make an honest buck go after companies who are trying to do the right thing. Just like the phone, our remote access product was simply a tool. He is also the author of an award-winning entrepreneurial blog infoChachkie.com.

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