Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 24, 2015

Thus I recommend that every entrepreneur start blogging in parallel with solution development for the following benefits: Get customer idea feedback before you commit resources. Blogging will improve your site search engine ranking. Start building your customer community early. Start today.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 5, 2017

Statistics show that the failure rate for new businesses within the first four years is fifty percent or greater, even with companies that have a large startup budget. Having a website won’t help if customers can’t find it. Use social media to actively engage with your customers.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 14, 2015

A few years ago, before the Internet was pervasive, before everyone carried a smartphone and before do-it-yourself software tools were available for free, it was difficult to reach a critical mass of new customers without spending a million dollars on a website, custom software and television advertising.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 14, 2013

But the reality is that sellers are no longer in charge of the customer buying process. Kristin Zhivago, in her book “ Roadmap to Revenue ,” makes the point that the selling system is broken, since sellers no longer sell the way customers are buying. The best way to do this is with real customer interviews.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 7, 2017

But the reality is that sellers are no longer in charge of the customer buying process. Kristin Zhivago, in her classic book “ Roadmap to Revenue ,” makes the point that the selling system is broken, since sellers no longer sell the way customers are buying. The best way to do this is with real customer interviews.

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Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 18, 2011

Having paying “Customers” is what makes the cash register roar. An entrepreneur having low self worth is the number one deterrent for a potential customer not buying into what you are selling. Using your service or owning your product isn’t why a person buys, it’s the experience your customer will have. Second, how to get leads.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 3, 2012

But the reality is that sellers are no longer in charge of the customer buying process. Kristin Zhivago, in her book “ Roadmap to Revenue ,” makes the point that the selling system is broken, since sellers no longer sell the way customers are buying. The best way to do this is with real customer interviews.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 21, 2014

Entrepreneurs talk to customers and competitors talk to each other about the new trends and technologies they see. Most people agree that even negative media attention is better than none. Evaluate customer response prior to development. Customer feedback is required to get it right, and hidden time is wasted time.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 18, 2015

While searching for the most effective strategies of companies that have achieved exponential growth, I came across a great new book “ Bold: How to Go Big, Create Wealth and Impact the World ,” by Peter H. Maximize your online brand and media presence. Diamandis and Steven Kotler. Go into battle against a common rival.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 2, 2012

As an entrepreneur, you should assume none of your customers is like you, yet I find that most entrepreneurs assume just the opposite. Customers don’t have your technical base, the passion, and interest in your solution. By habit, people market to customers like themselves, because they know what they like and need.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 3, 2015

You continually get frustrated with your team members, customers, vendors, and partners. You have tried all the popular initiatives and quick-fix remedies, including social media, search engine optimization, and content marketing. You can’t build a great company without help. It’s very frustrating.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 13, 2016

Entrepreneurs talk to customers and competitors talk to each other about the new trends and technologies they see. Most people agree that even negative media attention is better than none. Evaluate customer response prior to development. Customer feedback is required to get it right, and hidden time is wasted time.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 22, 2011

As an entrepreneur, you should assume none of your customers is like you, yet I find that most entrepreneurs assume just the opposite. Customers don’t have your technical base, the passion, and interest in your solution. By habit, people market to customers like themselves, because they know what they like and need.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 2, 2016

While searching recently for the most effective strategies of companies that have achieved exponential growth, I came across the book “ Bold: How to Go Big, Create Wealth and Impact the World ,” by Peter H. Maximize your online brand and media presence. Diamandis and Steven Kotler. Go into battle against a common rival.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 14, 2011

Wondering how, as a small business, you can reach customers in the YouTube age? Well, Los Angeles based Near Networks (www.nearnetworks.com) is looking to both reach customers online, and avoid the tacky, lousy production of typical small business ads, with a new service. It doesn't matter where you are located.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 4, 2016

You continually get frustrated with your team members, customers, vendors, and partners. You have tried all the popular initiatives and quick-fix remedies, including social media, search engine optimization, and content marketing. You can’t build a great company without help. It’s very frustrating.

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SoCal CTO

NOVEMBER 10, 2009

My first job out of school was at one of the early bioinformatics companies in Silicon Valley, working as the head of technical services. That's where I learned I enjoyed interacting with customers and working with development teams to build and launch products. (Graduated with a BS/MS in bio from Stanford.) Sounds like a great group.

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Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 8, 2012

CircleUp is an online social marketplace that supports direct equity investments from individual investors to small private consumer and retail companies. We’re all so caught up in social media marketing and search engine optimization (SEO) that we tend to forget one on one relationships are the most powerful of them all.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 12, 2021

Even with product businesses, it’s the ultimate way to build your brand credibility, bring in customer leads, and get feedback from your target market. Every business wants their web site to appear on the first page of search engine results from a relevant search (Search Engine Optimization).

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