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8 Tactics To Make Service Your Competitive Advantage

Startup Professionals Musings

It must be understandable, written down, and verifiable, with regular measurements and metrics to make it real, benchmarked against the competition. A well-designed service delivery process will make you easy to do business with. Train and coach continuously. Make your service deliver process “happy.”

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8 Initiatives To Heighten Your Customer’s Experience

Startup Professionals Musings

It must be understandable, written down, and verifiable, with regular measurements and metrics to make it real, benchmarked against the competition. A well-designed service delivery process will make you easy to do business with. Train and coach continuously. Make your service deliver process “happy.”

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5 Steps To Get You From Your First Idea To A Business

Startup Professionals Musings

His challenge is to focus on one market, with a specific design, cost, and price. Then, he'll need to patent it and create a plan to show opportunity, competition, and financial projections. I have tried to convince him the general idea alone does not make a business. Yes, there are a lot of bridges to cross.

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CES 2014 | Staff Picks

Tech Zulu Event

A bigger version of its predecessor, the Scooba 450 boasts more cleaning power and a bigger price tag at $599.99. With a high price point, it may not reach as many households as iRobot would like. XYZprinting da Vinci 1.0 : Priced at $499, the da Vinci 1.0 The price makes da Vinci 1.0 for rooms around 150 sq.

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8 Key Ingredients to a Profitable Consulting Business

Startup Professionals Musings

Yet, according to statistics from the Small Business Association (SBA), over half of new businesses offer something else - personal professional services, including consulting, business coaching, and advisory services. Shape your business by design, not by default. Set pricing to assure both revenue and profit.

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Announcing a Deal I’ve Wanted to Talk About for a Year

Both Sides of the Table

I acted as the occasional mentor, advisor and coach to Ethan. In the same year they won Business Insider’s Startup competition. I think it’s a beautifully designed site and product. The company was called Red Beacon. I was standing with him when he won the TechCrunch 50 award. Nice sweep! So there you have it.

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8 Keys to Award Winning Startup Customer Service

Startup Professionals Musings

It must be understandable, written down, and verifiable, with regular measurements and metrics to make it real, benchmarked against the competition. A well-designed service delivery process will make you easy to do business with. Train and coach continuously. Make your service deliver process “happy.”