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8 Priorities When Offering A New Product Or Service

Startup Professionals Musings

The cost of any new product these days must include education and rollout marketing, perhaps equal or greater than the development costs. These fears need to be offset by early success stories, educational case studies, or advice on ways to reduce risk. Customers won’t buy what they can’t find or don’t understand.

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6 Unforeseen Obstacles Every New Venture Must Conquer

Startup Professionals Musings

The more revolutionary the solution, the more important it is to educate customers on a solution’s existence and value. Every customer has a sense of what a solution should cost, based on competition, and the cost of doing nothing. These fears need to be offset by good marketing, education on benefits, and successful case studies.

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6 Observations On Key Challenges Facing Every Startup

Startup Professionals Musings

The more revolutionary the solution, the more important it is to educate customers on a solution’s existence and value. Every customer has a sense of what a solution should cost, based on competition, and the cost of doing nothing. These fears need to be offset by good marketing, education on benefits, and successful case studies.

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10 Obstacles To Product Adoption That Kill Businesses

Startup Professionals Musings

The more revolutionary the solution, the more important it is to educate customers on a solution’s existence and value. Every customer has a sense of what a solution should cost, based on competition, and the cost of doing nothing. These fears need to be offset by good marketing, education on benefits, and successful case studies.

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UCSB Tops Harvard & Wharton In Startup Wars

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According to a recent Forbes article , UC Santa Barbara''s Technology Management Program offers students a superior startup education over the University of Pennsylvania (home of Wharton), as well Harvard, Northwestern and even its acclaimed southern neighbor, the University of Southern California. All-Star Alumni. Am I biased?

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Should Millennial Entrepreneurs Skip College?

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Learning To Learn - A sound college education includes gaining the insights into applying logic, researching data and assessing the veracity information. The same is true of a college education, which provides young people with a safe environment to learn from their mistakes.

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Respect Competitors and Capitalize on Your Strengths

Startup Professionals Musings

They don’t realize that knocking competitors is assessed as a weakness and denying that you have any competition suggests there is no market for your solution. Don’t let your passion and ego overcome good business sense and common courtesy as you educate people on other alternatives in the marketplace.

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