TechCrunch LA

FEBRUARY 3, 2021

It seems, however, that the company has found plenty of opportunity for growth while remaining focused on the San Francisco Bay Area. Hall also noted that the company opened a new, larger warehouse in Oakland just a few days before shelter-in-place orders took effect last March. Image Credits: Good Eggs. Glade Brook’s J.P.

Southern California 318

Southern California Orange County San Diego Commerce 318

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 25, 2012

Porter proposed his Five Forces framework for analyzing the competitive environment which I think makes even more sense today. Every existing business, as well as every startup, needs to reassess their product or service in the context of these five forces: Intensity of competitive rivalry. Way back in 1979, Michael E.

Competition 94

Competition Startup Pricing Framework 94

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 23, 2021

Some investors seem to focus wholly on the strengths of the management team, or a sustainable competitive advantage, and in reality these are the core attributes for every funding equation. Relevancy for an early-stage company is the discovery and understanding of the real addressable market for a product or service.

Education 151

Education Customer Custom Sales 151

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 22, 2016

The United Launch Alliance , the Boeing-Lockheed joint venture which had, until recently, a lock on contracts for national security launches for the Air Force, is taking aim at Hawthorne-based SpaceX. Photo: SpaceX Dragon docking with the ISS in an earlier mission. READ MORE>>.

SpaceX 100

SpaceX Hawthorne Competition Company 100

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

Too many startups rush into battle early, assuming any progress will somehow give them the competitive advantage. Negotiate and leverage win-win alliances. In fact, I now believe that all of Sun Tzu’s teachings are still relevant to entrepreneurs, who more than ever face fierce competition for customers, market share, and talent.

Startup 146

Startup Resource Entrepreneur Training 146

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 15, 2021

For example, I once worked for a small software company selling a sophisticated enterprise workflow solution. As small companies, neither startup could afford to extend their product alone, but through creative leadership, we were able to negotiate a win-win strategic partnership for a joint product. We both often lost as a result.

Startup 173

Startup Outsource Development Examples Customer 173

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 4, 2023

The broad-brush push-marketing is no longer competitive. Proactively seek out win-win alliances. Voluntary open-ended alliances are more important than ever, and easier than ever. Respond to reviews to give a personable picture of you, your company, and your products. Build word-of-mouth into your product or service.

Marketing 107

Marketing Technical Review Startup Innocal 107

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 15, 2022

Big company powerhouses, like IBM and Xerox, took fifty years to make the cycle, but new companies today, in the age of the Internet, often make the cycle in five to ten years, or even less. Lewis explore these cultural issues, both national and international, that can make or break your company strategy. Product-line expansion.

Startup 142

Startup Web 2.0 IBM IBM 142

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 10, 2020

The broad-brush push-marketing is no longer competitive. Proactively seek out win-win alliances. Voluntary open-ended alliances are more important than ever, and easier than ever. Respond to reviews to give a personable picture of you, your company, and your products. Build word-of-mouth into your product or service.

Mobile 173

Mobile Marketing Technical Review Startup 173

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 5, 2012

Companies today are paranoid, afraid that even their friends will steal their business. It’s a great survival strategy for small companies or entrepreneurs, and a good expansion strategy for even the largest companies. You see this every day in retail outlets that are not “ company stores.”

Company 96

Company Companies Startup Examples 96

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 24, 2022

Every startup needs a sustainable competitive advantage. With no competitive advantage, startups with new ideas gaining traction are never feared, and are usually eaten for lunch as sleeping giants wake up. In the business world, we call this finding the right strategic alliances. If you want to be feared. If you want to mate.

Startup 112

Startup News Framework Outsource 112

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 8, 2013

Many entrepreneurs are paranoid about the partnership approach, and think that M&A is only an alternative for large companies who are flush with cash. Add basic partner contracts or alliances. Don’t use alliances for core competencies. Invest in selective strategic alliances. The past can be a deadly rear-view mirror.

Acquisition 88

Acquisition CTO Hire Startup Outsource Development 88

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 14, 2013

Big company powerhouses, like IBM and Xerox, took fifty years to make the cycle, but new companies today, in the age of the Internet, often make the cycle in five to ten years, or even less. Lewis explore these culture issues, both national and international, that can make or break your company strategy. Product-line expansion.

Company 75

Company Companies Startup Web 2.0 75

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 12, 2022

We can all aspire to grow companies like TikTok, Facebook, and Apple, which have the aura of fun, while still improving your lifestyle and offering the dream of untold riches. Competitive advantages are rapidly vaporizing on these. Entrepreneurs growing companies create more value and more jobs.

Startup 126

Startup Artificial Inteligence Entrepreneur Offshore 126

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 15, 2019

Too many startups rush into battle early, assuming any progress will somehow give them the competitive advantage. Negotiate and leverage win-win alliances. In fact, I now believe that all of Sun Tzu’s teachings are still relevant to entrepreneurs, who more than ever face fierce competition for customers, market share, and talent.

Resource 130

Resource Entrepreneur Training Competition 130

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 6, 2019

Some investors seem to focus wholly on the strengths of the management team, or a sustainable competitive advantage, and in reality these are the core attributes for every funding equation. Relevancy for an early-stage company is the discovery and understanding of the real addressable market for a product or service.

Startup 97

Startup Education Customer Custom 97

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 31, 2018

As the Global Customer Growth Evangelist at Salesforce, with implementation roles at many other companies, she makes a host of relevant observations for every business owner. These days, customers remember the total experience with a company longer than they remember the price they paid. Pursue strategic alliances and partnerships.

Examples 67

Examples Customer Custom Software Review 67

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 3, 2021

You need to talk about partnerships, employee roles, distributors, and strategic alliances. Postulate competitive reactions and your responses. Try to give some clear direction or when and how you see this happening, based on similar companies in your marketplace, or connections you already have in the pipeline.

Entrepreneur 162

Entrepreneur Social Media Examples Metrics 162

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 1, 2012

Many entrepreneurs are paranoid about the partnership approach, and think that M&A is only an alternative for large companies who are flush with cash. Add basic partner contracts or alliances. Don’t use alliances for core competencies. Invest in selective strategic alliances.

CTO Hire 91

CTO Hire Startup Outsource Development Resource 91

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 15, 2020

Today’s customer is especially attracted to companies like TOMS , who donates a pair of shoes for every pair they sell, or Patagonia, with its support for grassroots environmental groups. Sponsor some friendly competitive events with prizes. Offer an alliance with competitors to expand the market.

Marketing 170

Marketing Startup Examples Customer 170

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 14, 2019

Very few businesses can grow organically fast enough to stay ahead of competition. Business leaders with wide relationships are able to more quickly find and close on alliances to fill gaps in their product line, increase distribution, and reduce costs through common components.

IBM 87

IBM IBM Ideas Technical Review 87

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 6, 2016

But in my experience as a startup advisor, too many entrepreneurs get stuck there, and always find excuses for not really exploring mergers, acquisitions, partnerships, and alliance alternatives. Investigate strategic alliance alternatives. Acquire or merge with another company.

Startup 56

Startup Outsource Development Organization Outsource 56

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 24, 2013

Porter proposed his Five Forces framework for analyzing the competitive environment which I think makes even more sense today. Every existing business, as well as every startup, needs to reassess their product or service in the context of these five forces: Intensity of competitive rivalry. Way back in 1979, Michael E.

Startup 80

Startup Framework Competition Pricing 80

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 24, 2019

Every startup needs a sustainable competitive advantage. With no competitive advantage, startups with new ideas gaining traction are never feared, and are usually eaten for lunch as sleeping giants wake up. In the business world, we call this finding the right strategic alliances. If you want to be feared. If you want to mate.

Startup 94

Startup News Framework Outsource 94

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 21, 2019

Big company powerhouses, like IBM and Xerox, took fifty years to make the cycle, but new companies today, in the age of the Internet, often make the cycle in five to ten years, or even less. Lewis explore these cultural issues, both national and international, that can make or break your company strategy. Product-line expansion.

Startup 89

Startup Web 2.0 IBM IBM 89

InfoChachkie

MAY 23, 2011

As noted in Contract Traps Entrepreneurs Should Avoid , exclusivity can kill a small company. Unfortunately, many Big Dumb Companies (BDCs) assume they must unfairly skew the market in their favor by precluding you from freely working with anyone you choose. An Alliance Of Two.

Technical Review 183

Technical Review Marketing Sales Competition 183

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 30, 2013

Some investors seem to focus wholly on the strengths of the management team, or a sustainable competitive advantage, and in reality these are the core attributes for every funding equation. Relevancy for an early-stage company is the discovery and understanding of the real addressable market for a product or service.

Startup 117

Startup Education Customer Custom 117

socalTECH

MARCH 8, 2016

Once upon a time, one of the best benefits that employers could offer up an employee was a company contribution to their retirement plan. Santa Monica-based Tuition.IO (tuition.io) has s created a way for companies to both help their employees tackle that mound of student debt, as well as attract better and more loyal employees.

Help 100

Help Startup Platform Santa Monica 100

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 8, 2010

One of the key sections of any business plan is the analysis of the competition. Investors take that to mean either 1) there is no market for your product, or 2) you don’t understand the concept of business and competition. It will certainly also decrease profitability over time, as well as test your sustainable competitive advantage.

Startup 86

Startup Competition Pricing Framework 86

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 28, 2012

Some investors seem to focus wholly on the strengths of your management team, or your sustainable competitive advantage, and in reality these are the core attributes for every funding equation. Relevancy for an early-stage company is the discovery and understanding of the real addressable market for a product or service.

Startup 99

Startup Education Customer Custom 99

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 17, 2016

Some investors seem to focus wholly on the strengths of the management team, or a sustainable competitive advantage, and in reality these are the core attributes for every funding equation. Relevancy for an early-stage company is the discovery and understanding of the real addressable market for a product or service.

Capital 58

Capital Startup Education Customer 58

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 9, 2015

Too many startups rush into battle early, assuming any progress will somehow give them the competitive advantage. Negotiate and leverage win-win alliances. In fact, I now believe that all of Sun Tzu’s teachings are still relevant to entrepreneurs, who more than ever face fierce competition for customers, market share, and talent.

Startup 115

Startup Entrepreneur Resource Training 115

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 9, 2019

We can all aspire to grow companies like Google, Facebook, and Apple, which have the aura of fun, while still improving your lifestyle and offering the dream of untold riches. Competitive advantages are rapidly vaporizing on these. Entrepreneurs growing companies create more value and more jobs.

Entrepreneur 87

Entrepreneur Offshore Technical Review Outsource 87

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 10, 2014

The broad-brush push-marketing is no longer competitive. Proactively seek out win-win alliances. Voluntary open-ended alliances are more important than ever, and easier than ever. Respond to reviews to give a personable picture of you, your company, and your products. Build word-of-mouth into your product or service.

Technical Review 106

Technical Review Startup Innocal Mobile 106

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 7, 2014

Small Business, Big Impact,” will also offer training to help owners take their companies to the next competitive level. · Building A New Business Model For High Impact Businesses. Commitment by: The National Service Alliance, Cisco, and Lumina Foundation. Commitment by: Grassroots Business Fund.

Training 71

Training Networking Funding Services 71

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 2, 2012

The competition never stands still, and new opportunities are evolving, based on culture changes in your customers, new technologies, and new problems in the world which need to be solved. This often works best if you find a company similar to yours with great potential, but drowning in debt, or short on the necessary skills.

Startup 98

Startup Customer Custom Entrepreneur 98

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 16, 2014

Every startup needs a sustainable competitive advantage. With no competitive advantage, startups with new ideas gaining traction are never feared, and are usually eaten for lunch as sleeping giants wake up. In the business world, we call this finding the right strategic alliances. If you want to be feared. If you want to mate.

Entrepreneur 105

Entrepreneur Startup News Framework 105