InfoChachkie

NOVEMBER 5, 2012

However, many people are not aware that prior to entering academia, Steve was a wily and creative marketing entrepreneur. And then they said one thing that most marketers go their whole career never hearing, 'Listen Steve, price is irrelevant, it is speed that matters.' We had been pricing our graphics cards to be a low-cost provider.

Marketing 271

Marketing Startup Sales Customer 271

Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 30, 2014

There are bootcamps, startup classes, video interviews – the sources are now endless. On sales I often talk about “ Why Buy Anything, Why Buy Now, Why Buy Me ” as a tool to think about a sales process. I told him that a high price now wasn’t always the best solution. What is a founder to do?

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Startup Framework CTO Coach Sales 407

TechCrunch LA

MAY 19, 2020

The problem with other companies building pre-fabricated or modular homes for what are called accessory dwelling units on California properties is that they’re not being built for middle-class homeowners. “[I] changed the price by 11 percent and walked that through and continued to move forward,” Dietz said.

Los Angeles 191

Los Angeles Startup Culver City .Net 191

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 4, 2016

You need a good cook, good marketing, and first-class service. Have you set the right price for your entrée, and correctly included all costs? Have you projected sales and marketing costs, cash flow, and capital requirements? If you can’t identify customer interest, it doesn’t matter how good your product is.

Entrepreneur 93

Entrepreneur Startup Coach Metrics 93

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 18, 2023

You need a good cook, good marketing, and first-class service. Have you set the right price for your entree, and correctly included all costs? Have you projected sales and marketing costs, cash flow, and capital requirements? If you can’t identify customer interest, it doesn’t matter how good your product is.

Startup 112

Startup Coach Metrics Marketing 112

Berkonomics

NOVEMBER 7, 2013

entrepreneur” and by Forbes as “New York’s Archangel”, David is a former Inc. 500 CEO, serial entrepreneur and the founder of New York Angels. collaborate with over 250,000 entrepreneurs in 95 countries. collaborate with over 250,000 entrepreneurs in 95 countries. By David S. Steve Jobs or Steve Wozniak?

Startup 189

Startup Sales Ideas Entrepreneur 189

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 22, 2011

This was an audience of mostly first-time entrepreneurs. It is great for entrepreneurs and great for VCs. So here is what I have been telling entrepreneurs privately for the past 6 months. I believe a bubble occurs when a market is willing to pay greater than intrinsic value for an asset class. I believe that.

Pricing 309

Pricing Marketing Startup Venture Capital 309

socalTECH

MAY 30, 2019

Richards--a serial entrepreneur who has been involved in a number of technology companies here, including NTI Group (sold to Blackboard), Internships.com, MP3.com, All of this has fundamentally changed the efficiency of the market, with prices anywhere from fifty to seventy-five percent lower. You've got to have great sales enablement.

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Content Social Network Coach Help 193

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 15, 2013

The one word the best entrepreneurs never accept. And a natural sales person. You can’t just name your own price.” I had a business class seat due to status of flying a lot and my family was in economy. I’ve sat through so many meetings where sales reps didn’t ask for the order. Even today.

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Sales Class Training Technical Review 416

Tech.Co

OCTOBER 28, 2020

A just-announced partnership between the social giant TikTok and the ecommerce giant Shopify could mint a brand-new class of TikTok-friendly ecommerce stores. Shopify is also a mammoth competitor in the ecommerce industry, with over half a million active stores that have realized a total of $135 billion in sales. Cost (paid monthly).

Help 149

Help Platform Startup Social Media 149

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 9, 2020

Yet every entrepreneur I meet wants to talk about the idea, and rarely mentions the team. Thus I was happily surprised when I found the classic book, “ The Tech Entrepreneur’s Survival Guide ,” by Bernd Schoner, PhD, and cofounder of ThingMagic, which leans heavily on the people side of the equation. The sales professional.

Technical Advisors 123

Technical Advisors Outsource Development Startup High Tech 123

Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 14, 2010

I pointed to several Economist articles I had read that mapped historical prices of real estate for 400 years and how on average property values grow at no more 1.5% above inflation yet in many markets in the US & Europe prices were rising at 10-25% per year. And it’s driving up prices beyond their inherent value.

Invest 299

Invest Angel Technical Review Venture Capital 299

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 7, 2011

Alain Theriault, better known as StartupCoach , tells entrepreneurs that, on your way to being a great chef, you don't start by writing a cook book (business plan), you work in the kitchen for a while, you learn some tools of the trade, you experiment with a few recipes, you test on willing clients. then you can start writing a recipe.

Entrepreneur 91

Entrepreneur Startup Writing Metrics 91

Berkonomics

JANUARY 20, 2010

Some businesses require very little capital and the founder is able to self-finance the enterprise and retain 100% of its ownership and control from ignition through liquidity event (startup through sale). And even with the significant cost of credit card debt, many entrepreneurs aggressively use existing cards to finance a startup.

Venture Capital 174

Venture Capital Invest Class Entrepreneur 174

Eric Greenspan

APRIL 9, 2013

We love to browse the latest and greatest technology and touch it and we will buy it if we know its fairly priced and sold by a reputable firm. The price keeps dropping. We need fewer answers and simply more price options. “At Best Buy, you get only the latest, lowest priced electronics and you get them all right now.

Pricing 229

Pricing Course Technology Screening 229

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 29, 2009

But any entrepreneurs raising capital should keep in mind that this opening of the markets could possibly be temporary. Three reasons: There is a relative valuation between the price a VC pays and their expectations of what it will exit for in an IPO or trade sale. The best MBA class I took was an investment strategy class.

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Venture Capital Startup Invest Funding 263

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 1, 2010

He didn’t tell it in the video but, ever the entrepreneur, Scott started a business to take couples up on a “mile high club&# flight on airplanes as a way of getting all of his miles logged to get his next class of airplane license that required a certain number of hours logged. It’s part of what makes him so likable.

Zag 248

Zag Truecar Venture Capital CarsDirect 248

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 13, 2015

Yet every entrepreneur I meet wants to talk about the idea, and rarely mentions the team. Thus I was happy to see a recent book, “ The Tech Entrepreneur’s Survival Guide ,” by Bernd Schoner, PhD, and cofounder of ThingMagic, which leans heavily on the people side of the equation. The sales professional. The operations superstar.

Technical Advisors 105

Technical Advisors Outsource Development Startup High Tech 105

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 27, 2010

You need a good cook, good marketing, and first-class service. Have you set the right price for your salad, and correctly included all costs? Have you projected sales and marketing costs, cash flow, and capital requirements? Tags: entrepreneur startup success recipe business. Get cooking! Marty Zwilling.

Entrepreneur 48

Entrepreneur Startup Metrics Class 48

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 11, 2014

Yet every entrepreneur I meet wants to talk about the idea, and rarely mentions the team. Thus I was happy to see a new book, “ The Tech Entrepreneur’s Survival Guide ,” by Bernd Schoner, PhD, and cofounder of ThingMagic, which leans heavily on the people side of the equation. The sales professional. The operations superstar.

Technical Advisors 98

Technical Advisors Startup Outsource Development High Tech 98

socalTECH

MARCH 8, 2011

That nightmare happened to Jim Carol , a serial entrepreneur who was co-founder and CEO of San Diego's PacketVideo , when his son was diagnosed with cancer. Jim Carol: I'm a serial entrepreneur. I retired from there in 2003, but I've always been an entrepreneur and run lots of businesses, and have always been in technology.

Pricing 183

Pricing Help Startup Sites 183

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 1, 2015

We can see in the market the telltale signs of a rapidly expanding market: wage inflation, high staff turn-over, rapidly increasing rents with scarcity of space and booming real estate market with prices and rents for homes unaffordable for many. I’m not saying don’t hire sales staff or market your products aggressively.

Startup 150

Startup Marketing Customer Custom 150

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 18, 2018

Yet every entrepreneur I meet wants to talk about the idea, and rarely mentions the team. Thus I was happily surprised when I found the classic book, “ The Tech Entrepreneur’s Survival Guide ,” by Bernd Schoner, PhD, and cofounder of ThingMagic, which leans heavily on the people side of the equation. The sales professional.

Technical Advisors 57

Technical Advisors Startup Outsource Development High Tech 57

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 13, 2012

Many entrepreneurs scare away potential investors by claiming that their technology represents “truly disruptive technology.” It always amazes me how an entrepreneur can define his market opportunity so broadly, and then assess his competition so narrowly in the next breath. Marketing, sales, and partners.

Competition 113

Competition Metrics Startup Invest 113

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 12, 2013

He shared tons of information about how how they were using marketing to quantitatively make marketing decisions at HauteLook and acquire customers for prices that were far cheaper than similar companies. I instantly hit it off with Greg because we was a fountain of knowledge. On each subsequent meeting I’d learn a little bit more.

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Venture Capital GRP Partners Startup Invest 360

InfoChachkie

AUGUST 8, 2016

I thought it would be interesting to understand the challenges and concerns of entrepreneurs who began selling online for the first time in 2016, so I sat down with Heidi Muther, COO at Z S upply , LLC. After Pacific Sunwear, my career covered two new ends of the retail spectrum; off price at Ross and women’s luxury at St. John Knits.

Sites 100

Sites Sales Santa Barbara Design 100

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 23, 2014

In reality, so-called “Founder’s” shares are simply common stock, issued at the time of startup incorporation, for a very low price, and normally allocated to the multiple initial players commensurate with their investment or role. As the company builds value, shares allocated later for employees or partners will have an appropriate price.

Pricing 102

Pricing Invest Class Startup 102

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 16, 2017

For example, Patagonia donates one percent of their sales to environmental charities, and Ben & Jerry’s awards five social change grants annually. Social contribution and sustainability are features that appeal to a whole new class of customers for any solution. Incents customers to pay a premium price.

Customer 64

Customer Custom Statistics Pricing 64

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 14, 2014

All the data actually suggests with the growth of mobile, inbound sales calls will double from 30 billion to 60 billion in 3 years (source: Kelsey). Only naive people believe that but for inexperienced entrepreneurs you can be fooled into the narrative by the press who sometimes write stories without the actual data. PHONE CALLS.

Email 339

Email SaaS Venture Capital Google 339

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 13, 2011

Many entrepreneurs scare away potential investors by claiming that their technology represents “truly disruptive technology.” It always amazes me how an entrepreneur can define his market opportunity so broadly, and then assess his competition so narrowly in the next breath. Marketing, sales, and partners.

Competition 116

Competition Metrics Startup Sales 116

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 16, 2010

So even within the “alternative class&# our LPs are looking at other asset investment choices such as distressed buyout funds, private equity or hedge funds. You don’t have to hire as many sales people because much can be sold online. Price MUST be in a certain range. VC will shrink. Oh yes it will.

Venture Capital 311

Venture Capital Startup Seed Funding Rustic Canyon 311

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 30, 2012

Alain Theriault, better known as StartupCoach , tells entrepreneurs that, on your way to being a great chef, you don't start by writing a cook book (business plan), you work in the kitchen for a while, you learn some tools of the trade, you experiment with a few recipes, you test on willing clients. then you can start writing a recipe.

Startup 96

Startup Writing Metrics Marketing 96

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 22, 2013

In reality, so-called “founder’s” shares are simply common stock, issued at the time of startup incorporation, for a very low price, and normally allocated to the multiple initial players commensurate with their investment or role. As the company builds value, shares allocated later for employees or partners will have an appropriate price.

Startup 98

Startup Pricing Invest Class 98

InfoChachkie

MARCH 1, 2011

We debated the merits of releasing two products, one at a lower price with fewer features, but we ultimately decided that the value proposition of the cheaper version was so minimal that it would potentially damage the GoToMyPC brand. . The key to launching a successful MVP is to properly define “minimal.” A Valuable Brand.

Product 232

Product Marketing Sales Customer 232

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 23, 2013

What was nice was that I got to take some of my practical skills from consulting and apply them into class discussions with operational leaders. When I started my second company I was a serial entrepreneur. I introduced myself as a serial entrepreneur. I was a serial entrepreneur. Branded again. ” Not a doer.

Technical Advisors 385

Technical Advisors Marketing Startup Venture Capital 385

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 7, 2010

In reality, so-called “founder’s” shares are simply common stock, issued at the time of startup incorporation, for a very low price, and normally allocated to the multiple initial players commensurate with their investment or role. As the company builds value, shares allocated later for employees or partners will have an appropriate price.

Invest 85

Invest Pricing Class Startup 85

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 22, 2010

Many entrepreneurs scare away potential investors by claiming that their technology represents “truly disruptive technology.” It always amazes me how an entrepreneur can define his market opportunity so broadly, and then assess his competition so narrowly in the next breath. Marketing, sales, and partners.

Invest 74

Invest Tips Competition Metrics 74