Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 29, 2011

There are dozens of sources to help you construct your business model, and a good example is a recent book by venture capital investor Elizabeth Edwards, simply named “ Startup ,” which is really designed as a handbook for launching a company for less. Sales/Marketing. Be specific on sales channels and marketing initiatives.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 6, 2012

There are now many resources out there to guide you on building social media into your business and improving your customer experience, including a new book from multicultural marketing expert Kelly McDonald, “ Crafting the Customer Experience for People Not Like You.” That means forget using interns or outsourcing this function.

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Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 1, 2013

Work closely with a trusted financial partner and dig deep into your books to avoid these cashflow mistakes: Not using a GAAP accounting system. Especially keep an eye on the balance between expenses and sales. Do your due diligence to perform competitive analysis. And a serious cashflow problem leads to a failed business….

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 9, 2013

Others hire consultants, or outsource much of the real work. In his book, “ Out-Executing the Competition ,” seasoned executive Irv Rothman provides tips to corporate executives on how to dig in and “get their fingernails dirty.” Clean hands won’t out-execute the competition for long in any business. Marty Zwilling.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 11, 2013

There are now many resources out there to guide you on building social media into your business and improving your customer experience, including the book from multicultural marketing expert Kelly McDonald, “ Crafting the Customer Experience for People Not Like You.” That means forget using interns or outsourcing this function.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 30, 2011

If you’re a startup or product person and haven’t read his book Four Steps to Epiphany please do. I had my sales teams telling me we needed certain features to be competitive. I had my sales teams telling me we needed certain features to be competitive. And let’s be clear.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 5, 2012

Others hire consultants, or outsource much of the real work. In his new book, “ Out-Executing the Competition ,” seasoned executive Irv Rothman provides tips to corporate executives on how to dig in and “get their fingernails dirty.” Clean hands won’t out-execute the competition for long in any business.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 3, 2013

We also spoke about technology systems in the perspective of global competition. The numerator (return) encourages more sales, which is fine. But “on capital employed” encourages companies to push more off balance sheet and thus into offshore & outsourced situations.

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Jason Nazar

JUNE 18, 2009

Work with the studios to have premium Hulu-ish content prominently branded and for sale. Leverage a worldwide community to enable a perfect market for outsourcing activities like online research, writing, & content review. The book is an incredible accounting of the history of MySpace. Hustle & Chutzpa.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 6, 2016

For example, at any given moment in your business, you may be limited by development, marketing, or sales. Evaluate outsourcing as a quick solution to break the constraint. An example of a good strategic alliance was Barnes & Noble bringing Starbucks into their book stores. Investigate strategic alliance alternatives.

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SoCal CTO

SEPTEMBER 8, 2010

Alarming IT data points - deal architect , August 25, 2010 I am grateful for plenty of positive coverage my book has received. The coverage, though, has focused mostly on all the innovators I profile in the book. There is no competition. While I sit here and rule. m king of a cow. And I’m king of a mule”. Yertle the Turtle.

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Frank Addante

JUNE 13, 2006

Outsourcing ► April (1) GoogleClick - Who owns your cash register? Whether it be product development, marketing, sales, negotiating or raising capital, I find myself trying harder to not get bogged down with unnecessary details. Peter and I share very similar philosophies on "simplicity" and I believe that his book says it well.

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Frank Addante

JUNE 4, 2006

Outsourcing ► April (1) GoogleClick - Who owns your cash register? He went from recruiter to IT manager to technical sales… Then, he did such a great job in sales that we had to build up more infrastructure for our ad-serving and email delivery platform to support the increased demand. A BIG THANK YOU.

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