Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 28, 2021

Thus I was pleased to see my own insights covered in a new book, “ Why Startups Fail ,” by Tom Eisenmann, a Harvard Business School professor, who has mentored many more entrepreneurs, and authored more than a hundred HBS case studies from real-world startups. You need predictable miracles and moonshots for success.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

MARCH 1, 2009

The workshop will include case studies on how these subjects are utilized to protect actual products or services. They will join those representing the investment community and entrepreneurs on a panel discussion about 'Common mistakes entrepreneurs make regarding intellectual property'.

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SoCal CTO

NOVEMBER 17, 2009

I’ve recently had a chance to reconnect with Eric David Greenspan ( LinkedIn , Twitter ) He’s the CEO of Make It Work a high quality, personal, high touch technology service provider for homes and small businesses. I roughly know about MakeItWork, but tell me a bit about where you spend your time day-to-day. Great stuff!

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 5, 2019

In my experience, there are good reasons for starting a business, and good ways to go about it in the new online world, but even entrepreneurs with good intentions often don’t have a clue on key principles to follow for this rapidly changing platform. Even more valuable are success case studies and testimonials.

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Technical Review Case Study Software Review Startup 97

InfoChachkie

JULY 25, 2012

A tiny mobile screen leaves little to no space for advertisements and makes it nearly impossible to fill out information when purchasing a product or service. Consumers are calling advertisers tens of billions (yes billions) of times a year to inquire about products and to buy things. But, a mobile phone is still a phone.

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InfoChachkie

FEBRUARY 25, 2013

Thus, it is no surprise that Harvard recently reported that 25% of its 2012 graduates accepted jobs as consultants, while 52% opted for careers in financial services. I recall a lengthy Harvard case from my days at Wharton that explored a large company's convoluted decision process to move from wood to fiberglass skis. Share and Enjoy.

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Eric Greenspan

MARCH 25, 2013

As I began prepping for my talk at USC Marshall School of Business about the recent failure of my 12 year old company Make It Work, I cannot deny many memories were dug up. In 2010, after my 5th talk, USC Marshall School produced a case study about the customer centricity offered by the company. I can’t blame him.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 11, 2016

In my experience, there are good reasons for starting a business, and good ways to go about it in the new online world, but even entrepreneurs with good intentions often don’t have a clue on key principles to follow for this rapidly changing platform. Even more valuable are success case studies and testimonials.

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Startup Technical Review Case Study Software Review 107

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 26, 2014

These industry veterans have been teaching smaller companies how to compete with digital marketing for many years, and have a wealth of case studies to show it really works. Companies that have access to, or can sell products and services not available to their competitors, can position themselves better in the marketplace.

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Marketing Startup Case Study Resource 101

socalTECH

AUGUST 26, 2016

The main market tha people think about with robotics is the home, but we quickly realized that it would take a $100,000 robot to do all of the things people want in a home, and it would be cost prohibitive. That really allows our customers to basically not have to worry about the robots at all, and just know that they are working.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 29, 2019

Image via Max Pixel Startup investors tell me they invest in a new venture with a higher caliber of people, rather than the product or service, and I agree. This can be avoided by asking about extenuating circumstances before you extend them an offer, such as spousal objections or other pending job offers.

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Training Case Study Resource Statistics 73

Xconomy

JUNE 23, 2016

Two customer-focused announcements stood out: the reviews API and the customer case studies. In announcing the reviews API, Google presented customer case studies of numerous publishers who shared a lot of evidence that talking to their customers has significantly improved their app ratings, customer satisfaction, and retention.

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Artificial Inteligence Google Software Review Case Study 55

socalTECH

MAY 25, 2016

We caught up with Jim Armstrong to learn more about the new fund, areas of interest, his insights into what makes startups successful, and where he thinks the venture market is today. It's all about the entrepreneur. There's been a lot of debate about what the right size of a fund is, and what's too big and too small.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 7, 2013

In my experience, there are good reasons for starting a business, and good ways to go about it in the new online world, but even entrepreneurs with good intentions often don’t have a clue on key principles to follow for this rapidly changing platform. Even more valuable are success case studies and testimonials.

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Entrepreneur Startup Technical Review Case Study 105

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 19, 2015

These industry veterans have been teaching smaller companies how to compete with digital marketing for many years, and have a wealth of case studies to show it really works. Companies that have access to, or can sell products and services not available to their competitors, can position themselves better in the marketplace.

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Marketing Case Study Resource Social Media 56

Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 21, 2013

It’s a conference about the community, not as much a business conference. They feel like they know everything about them because they watch their weekly and sometimes daily webisodes. VidCon launched in 2010 with approximately 1,400 attendees and grew to about 12,000 people this year, (according to Wikipedia ).

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 8, 2012

In my experience, there are good reasons for starting a business, and good ways to go about it in the new online world, but even entrepreneurs with good intentions often don’t have a clue on key principles to follow for this rapidly changing platform. Even more valuable are success case studies and testimonials.

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Technical Review Case Study Startup Software Review 99

socalTECH

MARCH 17, 2009

Rob Farrow is one of the co-founders of Chi.mp , a new startup which is getting set to launch a service to allow users to manage their profiles across the many sites on the Internet. In late 2007, we had a group of guys were creating concepts about social identity. There's all great places to be, and they all provide great services.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 15, 2017

Startup investors tell me they invest in a new venture with a higher caliber of people, rather than the product or service, and I agree. This can be avoided by asking about extenuating circumstances before you extend them an offer, such as spousal objections or other pending job offers. Be patient when filling open positions.

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Training Case Study Resource Statistics 58

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 22, 2015

I must admit I discuss this very frequently with portfolio companies but hadn’t thought to write about it. Although the carriers made a lot of money initially by selling dial-up Internet services, customers never took their software because, well, it sucked. PR Malloy (@diddly_do_indy) June 13, 2015.

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SoCal CTO

JUNE 9, 2010

He’d been working at a well-funded startup for about a year and had come to terms with the fact that the startup was really a pretty dumb idea. We'll be your hosts for a three-part series about the use of MongoDB here at Etsy. In the second post, John Allspaw will talk about how well MongoDB is working out operationally.

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Startup Venture Capital Conference Social Media 248

InfoChachkie

JULY 14, 2011

This is especially true for companies with expensive and complex products or services that are more consultative in nature, like insurance, financial services, home services, education and travel, etc. 9) In Getting The Band Back Together , I write about the power of serial Founding teams.

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Tech Zulu Event

JULY 31, 2013

That is 1,851,189 people who wouldn’t have otherwise known about the Hello Flo brand. Here is a YouTube marketing case study they did. 3 – Talk about things related to the core business. No more than 48 hours since uploading for the public to enjoy. With a standard PPC conversion rate (pay per click) of.01%

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Dollar Shave Club Customer Custom Marketing 101

socalTECH

JUNE 1, 2009

Eden told us a bit about the firm, how people are using it, as well as her own experience and what she learned from her prior startup, BeJane. Eden Jarrin: The company was founded by Steven Ng, and was started about a year and a half ago. We've created a service around group gifting online, in a fun and easy formal.

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Startup Evite Organization Case Study 113

Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 7, 2010

10:00am: 'State of the Industry in Mobile' Survey Results: Mojiva and DM2PRO.COM recently conducted an in-depth survey of nearly 1,000 digital media and marketing executives to find out details about their strategic and spending goals, best practices and more. Krishna Subramanian, Co-Founder, Mobclix. Who are the agents for the change?

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Mobile Media Case Study Advertising 40

Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 13, 2010

We'll use all the panel members' experiences to tell a "how to story" about bootstrapping to million. You work in (or run) a services company. Most entrepreneurs fail because they start the business the only way they know how - thinking about. The financial services industry has been shrouded in mystery for decades.

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Guide Startup Venture Capital Entrepreneur 69

InfoChachkie

DECEMBER 2, 2009

Cost Per Click (CPC) or Download (CPD) – As the name implies, advertisers pay only for clicks on its advertisements or when a user downloads its software, case study or whitepaper. You can learn more about his experiences at johngreathouse.com _. — Some might be from banner ads and others may arise from an email campaign. .

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SoCal CTO

JANUARY 5, 2011

Steve Blank , January 25, 2010 10 Tips for Adding Game Mechanics to a Non-Gaming Service - ReadWriteStart , September 21, 2010 Startups & VCs: Learn How to Design, Market, & Eat Your Own. - First Principles.

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