Tech.Co

JANUARY 10, 2018

“Focusing on emotion is key when communicating with female customers. “Focusing on emotion is key when communicating with female customers. Most importantly, humor can get customers talking about your product or service. The Emotional Sell. This is especially true when providing a product/service to children.”

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Tips Customer Custom Dollar Shave Club 71

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 15, 2020

When entrepreneurs introduce new products to the market, their passion and conviction often leads them to assume that every potential customer will see the immediate need and value, and will quickly adopt the solution. The more revolutionary the solution, the more important it is to educate customers on a solution’s existence and value.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 17, 2023

Even customers, while they all want the next big thing, want it to happen with minimal new learning. Focus on customer needs rather than profits. When innovations are implemented that have clear value and acceptance by customers, business success will follow. That’s the win-win equation we are all looking for.

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Artificial Inteligence Google Startup Organization 114

Tech Zulu Event

APRIL 10, 2013

Excellent customer service isn’t just something that happens from company to consumer. Customer service starts within a company. We all know about Zappos customer culture and their willingness to stay on a call with a customer for up to 10 hours. It’s the same effect you want on your customers.

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Customer Custom Training Services 97

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 14, 2023

You probably realize that the leading edge is very near the bleeding edge, where only early adopter customers dare to tread. On the other hand, if you wait for competitors to get there first, you may be left in the dust with no customers. Otherwise, look for advances from distributors, vendors or even future customers.

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Startup Entrepreneur Statistics Course 135

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 17, 2021

Most entrepreneurs are not born with the knowledge to run a successful business, so the right place to start is some business training in school, or some practical work experience in a business of your interest, prior to starting your own company. Protecting your company’s assets must be your first priority. That’s where you start.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 15, 2021

As a long-time business advisor and mentor to entrepreneurs, I’ve always been impressed with the few who seem to always come out ahead, no matter what the challenge. It seems to be more a function of mindset and principles, more than education or natural ability. Deliver value to your customer, to accrue value in you.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 6, 2020

There is so much confusion and misinformation out there about the government sponsored “payroll protection plan” loans to companies that the heads of every small business CEO in the country must be spinning. We have been advising a lot of entrepreneurs so I thought I’d “open source” some of the advice I have been sharing. payroll protection.

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Venture Capital Startup Technical Review Doc 279

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 31, 2022

Too many customers have long felt distanced from many successful brands, seeing them as closed and mysterious environments, focused only on profits and killing competitors. In fact, Conscious Capitalism companies, for example, historically have outperformed the S&P 500 index by a factor of ten. Shared risks (open capital).

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Organization Social Media Examples Customer 126

InfoChachkie

OCTOBER 24, 2011

As Guy Kawasaki pointed out in our recent conversation , “…it is cheaper than ever to start a company. If there was ever a time to start a company, this is it.”. Determining the perfect moment to enter the startup market, whether by creating a company or joining an ongoing venture, is akin to timing the financial markets.

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Company Companies Startup Study 257

Berkonomics

JANUARY 13, 2022

How might you view your successful exit from the company you have spent so much effort to build? But you did make it, and that’s what counts. Email readers, continue here…] But what about the pause to celebrate? What most entrepreneurs fail dramatically at is to celebrate the moment. Take a long breath.

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Writing Entrepreneur .Net Sales 156

socalTECH

JANUARY 18, 2019

What is EV Safe? It turned out, that was definitely the case, and that's how the company was created. We haven't done any paid marketing or advertising, but more and more companies are finding us, and our business has started developing. Caradoc Ehrenhalt: EV Safe started when I got an electric vehicle, for the environment.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 7, 2011

Most then add customer service at the rollout, but very few really understand what it means to be truly customer centric, and even fewer really achieve it. Customer centricity is far more than providing excellent customer service, although that’s a step in the right direction. Focus on individual customer value.

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Customer Custom Services Pricing 90

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 12, 2018

Many people will write the history on why Ring became an enormously successful company and why it became a real-world unicorn in a world when many startups are anointed that merely on paper. It is an LA-based company that was recently acquired by Amazon, which you can read more about in this incredibly well-researched article.

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TechCrunch LA

DECEMBER 31, 2022

Yet despite billions in VC money and plenty of hype , the future that micromobility companies promised still hasn’t quite arrived. Plus, cities that allowed shared e-scooter companies in their midsts are increasingly making it difficult for scooter companies to operate sustainably. What type of market, if any, is the right one?

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

Assuming you are lucky enough to get hired, what can you do to survive, and even stand out above the rest in this environment? Here are some tips from a classic book by Harvey Mackay, “ Use Your Head to Get Your Foot in the Door ,” which work even better in a startup than they do in a bigger company: Make yourself indispensable.

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Eric Greenspan

NOVEMBER 18, 2009

“Employees First, Customers Next&# is my philosophy and how we roll at Make It Work. During public speaking engangements, when I attend meetings, or when I encounter Make It Work customers. How is it possible to ensure that every experience with your company is consistently great and where do you find these people?

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Customer Custom Services Framework 100

Eric Greenspan

NOVEMBER 18, 2009

“Employees First, Customers Next&# is my philosophy and how we roll at Make It Work. During public speaking engangements, when I attend meetings, or when I encounter Make It Work customers. How is it possible to ensure that every experience with your company is consistently great and where do you find these people?

Customer 100

Customer Custom Services Framework 100

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 27, 2020

Even customers, while they all want the next big thing, want it to happen with minimal new learning. Focus on customer needs rather than profits. When innovations are implemented that have clear value and acceptance by customers, business success will follow. That’s the win-win equation we are all looking for.

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Artificial Inteligence Google Startup Organization 165

TechCrunch LA

OCTOBER 22, 2018

Apparently with a physical storefront where it can convince customers of the wonders of on-demand mobility. Given the company is calling this a lifestyle store, the focus will likely be on showing how Lime’s scooters and bikes can become part of people’s lives and enhance their happiness, rather than on maximizing rental volume.

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Santa Monica Startup Technical Review Education 221

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 22, 2012

You hear a lot of talk these days about the importance of customer satisfaction, but customer loyalty is the real win. A satisfied customer is necessary, but not sufficient, to be a loyal customer who will come back repeatedly, refer their friends and family to you, and be faithful even when your price is not the lowest.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 25, 2014

Tell me about your new company? Once we get that strength profile, we match them to a whole world of extracurricular and educational opportunities for them. Where''d the idea for the company come from? However, the pull of this new idea became too strong, so we set out to start the company.

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Help Idealab Activity Startup 252

Berkonomics

APRIL 8, 2021

Discord is a great example of a company going viral mostly from word of mouth. What are the elements needed to focus upon in making the attempt to take a product viral? And of course, that could easily require a large amount, far beyond the capability of a small company looking for its initial audience. Third: cost.

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Sites Product Social Network Press 156

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 28, 2022

These seasoned executives and educators bring a pragmatic mix of scientific research and real-world experience to guide you, with my additions, through the following seven decision-making steps: Re-affirm every case and need for a change decision. These will solidify who you are, what you stand for, and where you're going next.

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Guide Education Customer Custom 129

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 14, 2021

For example, I believe that Starbucks surprised most people by proving that they could take a commodity business, a coffee shop, and make it a worldwide profit winner, just by justifying premium pricing with a quality product, the right locations, personalized service, and appealing to the professional customer personas.

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Pricing Startup Competition Examples 145

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 30, 2022

According to one study a decade ago, only 45% of founders plan to exit after stage one, and my guess is that less than half the remainder survive the next stage in their own company. These only come with the proper training, investment in tools, and focus on customer relationships. Optimize the total customer experience.

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Sales Metrics Guide Startup 147

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 27, 2022

Most customers today won’t pay you five times the cost of alternatives, just because yours is “green.” Conscious Capitalism companies, for example, historically have outperformed the S&P 500 index by a factor of ten. That’s a win-win business for the customer and the entrepreneur. Making a profit does not imply greed.

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Startup Entrepreneur Capital Examples 110

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 10, 2021

In fact, our education and training to logically associate related concepts reduces our ability to add the creative side, even though we were all born without that bias. Many businesses have found that raising the price of a product to give it status can win more customers than a price war. You become what you pretend to be.

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Ideas Patents Training Entrepreneur 171

Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 4, 2012

What brings you to LA? 3:30 What is the class all about? 4:30 How did you come up with the idea of customer development? ” What’s that one all about? 23:45 In your online course, you talk about what makes startup companies fundamentally different. So what is that?

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Startup Ideas Education Class 350

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 11, 2013

As I visit the websites of many startups, as well as more mature businesses, I still too often see a “contact” page offering nothing but a sterile form for customers to submit, never to be heard from again. Customers are not all like you, and they have choices, so a “one size fits all” customer service is no longer a viable option.

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Social Media Customer Custom Media 99

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 13, 2014

Mid-level or even top executives who “grew up” in large companies often look with envy at startups, and dream of how easy it must be running a small organization, where you can see the whole picture and it appears you have total control. The job of a big-company executive is very different from the job of a small-company executive.

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Startup Company Companies Training 103

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 31, 2012

Most then add customer service at the rollout, but very few really understand what it means to be truly customer centric, and even fewer really achieve it. Customer centricity is far more than providing excellent customer service, although that’s a step in the right direction. Focus on individual customer value.

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Customer Custom Startup Pricing 90

TechCrunch LA

APRIL 21, 2021

Crosscut Ventures, Mubadala Capital, Next Play Capital and Owl Capital also participated in the financing, which brings the Los Angeles-based company’s total raised to $50 million since its 2010 inception. the company says. the company says. Its efforts are initially primarily focused on the Hispanic community in the U.S.

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Platform Resource Services Capital 299

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 27, 2013

By spending more time educating your board on your business you get more valuable advice from them. What Rob wrote in his post is right. Growth like this, this early in a company’s lifecycle rarely happens. So what are Rob’s secret hacks that he didn’t spill in his blog post? .

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Tips Email Venture Capital CTO Coach 365

Berkonomics

JULY 31, 2014

Marketing is a science devised to help drive customers to your door. Then there’s the compass or cardinal definitions model for marketers : N=needs, W=wants, S=security, and E=education. Find a way to position the company and the product to be wanted so much that it moves into the needs column for the consumer.

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Marketing Demand Pricing Customer 201

Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 26, 2010

Because if you’re truly that early / novel there’s a good chance that you’re too early and will spend lots of time / money educating the market. Because if you’re truly that early / novel there’s a good chance that you’re too early and will spend lots of time / money educating the market.

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Venture Capital Slides Competition Education 313

socalTECH

MAY 6, 2019

The company is backed by Los Angeles-based startup studio Science Inc. We caught up with co-founders Rachelle Snyder and Ross Richmond to learn more about what the company is working on, and why Coozie thinks it has the solution to allowing anyone to get an outdoor experience. What do you do? How'd you start the company?

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Startup Los Angeles Pricing Demand 113