Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 27, 2010

Conventional wisdom in most companies is that “the competition is the enemy&# – it’s the rallying cry to dig deeper, get more features out the door, issue press releases citing differences and attack the competition’s weaknesses in sales presentations. Of course they’re software.

Cloud Computing 320

Cloud Computing Competition Press Startup 320

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 20, 2020

I’m talking about the kind of change that moved Apple from personal computers to music distribution to consumer electronics, and Amazon from books to e-Commerce to cloud computing services. Initially, all companies sell to customers who are the easiest to reach and most excited about the new product.

Pricing 123

Pricing Cloud Computing Customer Custom 123

Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 31, 2014

The firm will use the funds to stir its sales and marketing arms in a bid to accelerate growth, enhance its software platform, and up its revenue cycle management operations. ” Kareo helps doctors move their records in the cloud with its suite of products and services. Funds to accelerate growth.

Capital 80

Capital Cloud Computing Software Funding 80

InfoChachkie

MARCH 4, 2013

By 2012, total sales exceeded 50 million copies and founding band member Roger Waters was cited by Forbes as the second highest paid musician of the year, pulling in $88 million. However, it remained in the Top 200 for an astounding 14 years and 3 months. Entrepreneurs can learn a great deal from the manner in which Pink Floyd created DSOTM.

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Startup Cloud Computing RSS Writing 269

Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 22, 2011

For me it is a useful shorthand for a very clever set of product features that in my mind would be hard to remain a stand-alone business or themselves to generate enough revenue to justify the company’s existence. We spoke about my interest in cloud computing, digital media and mobile. Sure, it’s intended to shock.

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Company Companies Gogii Google 295

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 11, 2019

There is still infinite room for new startup sales modes and models. Cloud computing: the death of dedicated infrastructure. More and more company and personal services are being virtualized to the Cloud. Look for and reward quantum changes, like cutting cycle time in half, in your processes, products, and services.

Technology 97

Technology Social Media Startup Entertainment 97

InfoChachkie

SEPTEMBER 29, 2014

Sometimes we measure things and see that in the short term they actually hurt sales. If improperly administered, meetings become counter-productive, especially as an organization grows beyond its initial startup phase. If you haven''t already subscribed yet, subscribe now for free weekly JohnGreathouse.com articles!

Tips 223

Tips Framework Metrics Cloud Computing 223

Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 21, 2011

My background was 8 years of telecoms & mobile and 8 years of cloud computing & SaaS – so these two themes were a given. They recommend up-sells and cross-sells of products. Nordstrom sales reps are trained to do this to, but of course they can’t know every customer that walks around the store.

Mobile 329

Mobile Advertising Media Marketing 329

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 1, 2015

I’m talking about the kind of change that moved Apple from personal computers to music distribution to consumer electronics, and Amazon from books to e-Commerce to cloud computing services. Initially, all companies sell to customers who are the easiest to reach and most excited about the new product.

Startup 116

Startup Pricing Cloud Computing Customer 116

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 26, 2014

I’m talking about the kind of change that moved Apple from personal computers to music distribution to consumer electronics, and Amazon from books to e-Commerce to cloud computing services. Initially, all companies sell to customers who are the easiest to reach and most excited about the new product.

Pricing 105

Pricing Cloud Computing Customer Custom 105

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 31, 2015

There is still infinite room for new startup sales modes and models. Cloud computing: the death of dedicated infrastructure. More and more company and personal services are being virtualized to the Cloud. Look for and reward quantum changes, like cutting cycle time in half, in your processes, products, and services.

Startup 106

Startup Social Media Entertainment Metrics 106

socalTECH

JULY 10, 2019

What we learned, is there is so much more demand from existing retailers and platforms that sell directly to consumers, and discovery platforms like Foursquare, who wanted to user our IP as a layer, versus a standalone product. So, we stopped our B-to-C product about a yaer ago, and since then have exclusively been licensing our technology.

Pricing 113

Pricing Startup North Hollywood Platform 113

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 3, 2018

I’m talking about the kind of change that moved Apple from personal computers to music distribution to consumer electronics, and Amazon from books to e-Commerce to cloud computing services. Initially, all companies sell to customers who are the easiest to reach and most excited about the new product.

Pricing 52

Pricing Cloud Computing Customer Custom 52

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 6, 2017

There is still infinite room for new startup sales modes and models. Cloud computing: the death of dedicated infrastructure. More and more company and personal services are being virtualized to the Cloud. Look for and reward quantum changes, like cutting cycle time in half, in your processes, products, and services.

Startup 55

Startup Social Media Entertainment Metrics 55

InfoChachkie

OCTOBER 27, 2010

Although the offer was gratifying, it was clear to the Founders that this windfall would ultimately fall far short of the value that could be created by productizing the technology and generating substantial user adoption. A similar experience occurred at a cloud computing company where I acted as an addVisor.

Entrepreneur 124

Entrepreneur Acquisition Pricing .Net 124

InfoChachkie

OCTOBER 27, 2010

Although the offer was gratifying, it was clear to the Founders that this windfall would ultimately fall far short of the value that could be created by productizing the technology and generating substantial user adoption. A similar experience occurred at a cloud computing company where I acted as an addVisor.

Entrepreneur 124

Entrepreneur Venture Capital Acquisition Pricing 124

InfoChachkie

SEPTEMBER 15, 2011

At Expertcity (creator of GoToMyPC and GoToMeeting, acquired by Citrix), our VP of Product and Customer Experience led a number of teams during his seven-year tenure including Professional Services, Customer Service and Product Management. Sometimes we measure things and see that in the short term they actually hurt sales.

Tips 279

Tips Startup Framework Customer 279

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 6, 2014

There is still infinite room for new startup sales modes and models. Cloud computing: the death of dedicated infrastructure. More and more company and personal services are being virtualized to the Cloud. Look for and reward quantum changes, like cutting cycle time in half, in your processes, products, and services.

Startup 99

Startup Social Media Entertainment Metrics 99

InfoChachkie

NOVEMBER 9, 2010

The campaign was so successful it eventually catapulted 7-Up’s sales to rival that of both Coke and Pepsi, making it the third most popular soft drink in the US. It was the fact that the Seven-Up Company defined its product by describing what it was not , via the “UnCola” label. free weekly Infochachkie articles! All rights reserved.

Entrepreneur 140

Entrepreneur Cloud Computing Invest Funding 140

InfoChachkie

JULY 14, 2011

Value Prop Twitter Style : “Ringrevenue’s call performance marketing platform enables ad networks, agencies, advertisers & publishers to generate more inbound sales calls.”. For businesses like this, finding new ways to drive more of these high-value inbound sales calls is key. Those are the two main criteria.

Marketing 209

Marketing Advertising Paid Search Startup 209

Jason Nazar

MAY 2, 2016

If you are inventing or creating a product, understand patents and register for one at the USPTO. Create a sales forecasts and financial projections regularly. Determine a pricing system for your product(s). Execute the 5 Step Sales Process. Track which products perform better, and which have the best margins.

Outsource Development 40

Outsource Development Startup Google Mentor 40

Tech Zulu Event

JULY 16, 2012

“As voice API, voice broadcast and text messaging technology advances and cloud computing becomes increasingly sophisticated, more and more business – across all core market sectors — are discovering why cloud telephony is the future,” said Dinesh Ravishanker, CEO and co-founder, CallFire.

Venture Capital 89

Venture Capital Cloud Computing Class Education 89

InfoChachkie

NOVEMBER 9, 2010

The campaign was so successful it eventually catapulted 7-Up’s sales to rival that of both Coke and Pepsi, making it the third most popular soft drink in the US. It was the fact that the Seven-Up Company defined its product by describing what it was not , via the “UnCola” label. free weekly Infochachkie articles!

Entrepreneur 157

Entrepreneur Invest Funding Capital 157

Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 13, 2010

Bootstrapping process, product development, Prototyping. . Have you ever had an idea for a great product, but thought any of the following: "I don't have en. Bootstrapping enterprise, marketing, Sales. . Bootstrapping development, minimum viable product, startups. . Building Products While Serving Clients: Why and How.

Guide 69

Guide Startup Venture Capital Entrepreneur 69

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 23, 2012

Cloud computing and the open source movements have brought down the costs of starting a company by more than 90%. Try charging customers for your product when you have 12 competitors giving the product away free finances by $20 million of VC. Bottom of the sales funnel. The Exit Problem.

Venture Capital 347

Venture Capital Capital Technical Review Startup 347

Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 11, 2009

In the past 6 months we’ve heard from Dmitry Shapiro on the future of online video, Ian Rogers on the future music model, David Sacks on the future of social networking and Michael Crandell on where Cloud Computing is headed. All have been fascinating. Mobile game content revenue > PC game revenue (slide 98).

Slides 188

Slides Southern California Social Network Startup 188

Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 22, 2011

I have other areas of interest & competence such as cloud computing and document management given my background. Open standards that make it easier to plug into other products & services, creating a global bazaar. Socially connected individuals and platforms that enable faster roll-outs of successful products.

Startup 386

Startup Pricing Marketing Product 386

Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 9, 2010

Our chief architect, Ryan Lissack, wanted to store our data in Amazon’s new (at the time) storage product called S3 that enabled us to store all our data in their facility and we’d pay by the MBs uploaded / downloaded. And Wikipedia is deflationary meaning it takes the costs of production to almost zero. Processing.

Startup 343

Startup Technical Review S3 Services 343