Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 14, 2015

A few years ago, before the Internet was pervasive, before everyone carried a smartphone and before do-it-yourself software tools were available for free, it was difficult to reach a critical mass of new customers without spending a million dollars on a website, custom software and television advertising.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 2, 2012

As an entrepreneur, you should assume none of your customers is like you, yet I find that most entrepreneurs assume just the opposite. Customers don’t have your technical base, the passion, and interest in your solution. By habit, people market to customers like themselves, because they know what they like and need.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 15, 2012

Here are seven ways this can actually help your startup efforts, rather than hurt them: Initiate media interest. These days, new technologies and social trends are fanned from an ember into a flame by the media and word-of-mouth. Time is your biggest enemy, and customer feedback is your biggest ally. You need time to pivot.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 13, 2016

Entrepreneurs talk to customers and competitors talk to each other about the new trends and technologies they see. You can’t get any word-of-mouth or media activity by hiding. Most people agree that even negative media attention is better than none. Evaluate customer response prior to development.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 22, 2011

As an entrepreneur, you should assume none of your customers is like you, yet I find that most entrepreneurs assume just the opposite. Customers don’t have your technical base, the passion, and interest in your solution. By habit, people market to customers like themselves, because they know what they like and need.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 27, 2011

If you have heard the lingo, but most of these are not in your startup business plan, you are already in jeopardy as an entrepreneur: Blogging. A blog is basically a journal (“web log”) that is published on the web. Business blogs are an extension of your website and can effectively communicate the value of your business.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 31, 2011

Here are six ways this can actually help your startup efforts, rather than hurt them: Initiate media interest. These days, new technologies and social trends are fanned from an ember into a flame by the media and word-of-mouth. Time is your biggest enemy, and customer feedback is your biggest ally.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 14, 2011

Wondering how, as a small business, you can reach customers in the YouTube age? Well, Los Angeles based Near Networks (www.nearnetworks.com) is looking to both reach customers online, and avoid the tacky, lousy production of typical small business ads, with a new service. Where do those videos get distribute? How is the company funded?

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 10, 2010

Here are some of the ways this can actually help your startup efforts, rather than hurt them: Initiate media interest. These days, new technologies and social trends are fanned from an ember into a flame by the media and word-of-mouth. Time is your biggest enemy, and customer feedback is your biggest ally.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 12, 2011

This will allow more effective search engine optimization within foreign markets. Many small affiliate marketers use content like blogs, social networks, podcasts and video to monetize their affiliate relationships. For example, a website aimed at the German market should have a.de domain name (e.g.

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SoCal Delicious

JANUARY 15, 2010

API call could handle shortening the URL for you, I prefer to create one before I post and add it as a custom field. Scroll down to the bottom of your post to a section called “custom fields.&# I am happily contracted with Social Media Today and support Wordpress. Though a Bit.ly You’ll be given a short URL.

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