Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 28, 2018

Many of us learned about substitute products in undergrad economics courses. Of course branding is many things and this post doesn’t attempt a master class. We of course all instinctively know when we see a brand that is well established what it stands for?—?Warby Here are some ideas of what I believe matters.

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InfoChachkie

SEPTEMBER 19, 2012

Design together, the course that introduced the idea for brightblu, they were concurrently taking three other classes: Entrepreneurship, Entrepreneurial Marketing and Art of the CEO. These courses all proved to be serious influences on turning the dream of starting their own company into a reality. Fall quarter of Sr.

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Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 21, 2011

Just about every Startup at some point and especially if you do not have a designer, is going to need icons to help spruce up those websites. Before Iconfinder I was working as a web designer and front-end developer, next to studying computer science and business administration. It’s basically Google for icons.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 28, 2018

Over the course of the first few months I saw a few people out on the street taking Birds and then a steady uptick in riders. That has allowed the company to launch in many markets, build amazing applications, design future versions of the scooter and monetize while many companies are still just drawing up their go-to-market plans.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 16, 2022

Of course, growth is implied in that equation, and is also required for maintaining a sustainable competitive advantage. Design a product or service that you can sell. Of course, growth is implied in every focus, and profit enables growth. The challenge is not to undermine growth by a blind focus on profits.

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Platform Snapchat Startup Course 118

Berkonomics

APRIL 30, 2015

Of course money motivates. Salaries or hourly wages must be within reasonable limits set by the industry and matched by the competition, both regionally and for the same job classification. And there are some industries where tools such as stock options are considered mandatory for a company to be competitive. What a title.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 29, 2022

In reality, the process of designing, building, and validating a prototype does dramatically reduce the risk, and allows everyone to hone in on the real costs of going into production. Time is money, and may be your primary competitive advantage. Show investors that you are committed, and past the idea stage.

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Outsource Development Ideas Tool Outsource 110

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 2, 2023

Of course, every risk level can be mitigated by a good plan that addresses the issue, offers a credible action plan, and will convince you, as well as investors and customers, that what looks like a risk to many is actually a sustainable competitive advantage for your startup. Huge ramp-up time and money required.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 23, 2022

As a business advisor and investor in new startups, I see how difficult it is to make any process work, no matter how well designed, if the team is dysfunctional. Of course, some balance is required. On the other hand, I see teams with almost no process that are tremendously productive. Taking care of people generates a quid pro quo.

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Coach Organization Mentor Startup 128

Berkonomics

APRIL 25, 2019

It is the one skill, process or advantage you have over your competition. In earlier college business administration courses, professors often touted the advantages of “vertical integration,” the process of bringing all production from raw materials through the finished product under one roof. Consider your core.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 5, 2020

Yet, in the interest of full disclosure, and an honest intent to save future entrepreneurs some grief and money, I would remind you that starting any business has key dependencies on at least five major elements, including product design and delivery, the right people on the team, adequate funding, a sizable market opportunity, and marketing.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 1, 2021

Of course, any highly emotional and unmanaged conflict can certainly lead to chaos and a dysfunctional organization. For example, in a conflict over the right branding logo , it may help to understand who and how the ultimate decision will be made, including key elements driving the decision, such as targeted customers and competition.

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Activity Organization Examples Satisfaction 145

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 23, 2021

These are the ultimate chess players in the game of business, always looking to be two or three moves ahead of the competition. Picture the graphic designer, the IT expert, or the independent accountant or attorney. Of course, discovering your entrepreneur type is only the beginning. Opportunist. We all know many good ones here.

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InfoChachkie

JANUARY 3, 2012

His talk was especially intriguing, as he attended UCSB, but dropped out to start a clothing design company. Chaos By Design. Seth is a design-oriented entrepreneur, with little desire to document details. Competition – which competitors will prove to be the most formidable? In his entrepreneurial Tribe, he is the Shaman.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 2, 2020

In reality, the process of designing, building, and validating a prototype does dramatically reduce the risk, and allows everyone to hone in on the real costs of going into production. Time is money, and may be your primary competitive advantage. Show investors that you are committed, and past the idea stage.

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Outsource Development Ideas Tool Outsource 124

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 7, 2020

Of course, every risk level can be mitigated by a good plan that addresses the issue, offers a credible action plan, and will convince you, as well as investors and customers, that what looks like a risk to many is actually a sustainable competitive advantage for your startup. Huge ramp-up time and money required.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 26, 2014

But of course it’s hard to advise people that they should do PR without a guide to how to do it on the cheap or how to do it at all. I’m generally not a believer in too much PR until you have a product built or at least well designed. When to start PR?

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Press Startup Writing Training 319

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 25, 2019

Here are some observations I have from this exposure: If a company moves from strength-to-strength with predictable outcomes, easy financings, low staff turn-over, limited competitive threats then the composition of the board probably doesn’t matter as much. I call these “filibuster” boards.

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 18, 2014

I also have a very good friend who is a UX designer, and she really had a great eye for the brand we wanted to build. We stumbled upon another person, who is still our main creative director and designer. We''re now releasing a brand new look to our collection, with new stories and impacts and people, and of course amazing products.

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SoCal CTO

JANUARY 26, 2010

Of course, I have an advantage because I organize the LA CTO Forum. Of course, since you know those questions, you can just collect up the answers and provide them to your developers. Given likely market changes, how will we design and build so that the systems can respond to marketplace changes? Of course, it’s never complete.

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TechCrunch LA

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

Capitalism is fundamentally about timing, since market competition is about finding opportunities before others. It’s obvious that we can be too late to these decisions of course. If — and it’s a big if of course — they can do that on the cheap, then why should an LP care at all? Some more on metrics design and quantification.

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Venture Capital Startup Technical Review Invest 202

TechCrunch LA

OCTOBER 22, 2018

The design could hint at what Lime wants to do with its retail store branding. Instead, it’s the fierce competition from hometown startups like local favorite Bird that Lime wants to overcome through brick-and-mortar marketing. A rendering of Lime’s new office it’s building in San Francisco.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 17, 2019

Of course, growth is implied in that equation, and is also required for maintaining a sustainable competitive advantage. Design a product or service that you can sell. Of course, growth is implied in every focus, and profit enables growth. The challenge is not to undermine growth by a blind focus on profits.

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Snapchat Startup Course Yahoo 74

Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 18, 2013

Play around with clean, bold design. While functionality is imperative, especially in the tech space, thoughtful design is equally as important. Website design: Less is more! Find a designer or template that gives you a clean, non-pixelated look with a balanced feel. You need to be unique and compelling to be noticed.

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Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 10, 2013

However due to much controversy and competition, the same hasn’t played true while at large events (*cough* SXSW ). “They are now more directly connected with individuals at equipment companies, with Tour professionals and with the Pro at their local course. There will be no cost for the Callaway ride option.

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Software Review Technical Review Social Media Course 104

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 30, 2013

Moreover, the option to trade with more parties creates more value by fostering larger volumes of and more competitive trading. Of course, there are physical and geographic limits to trade. This is, of course, artificial intelligence (AI), and it’s the most radical approach to solving the problem. How would we do it?

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Google Artificial Inteligence Course Commerce 76

Tech Zulu Event

APRIL 1, 2013

Learning experience includes: on-demand online video tutorial courses, live video-conference workshops, as well as individual online consultations, live workshops, and group programs. Creators can take any course of interest on-demand by purchasing it through our website. How does it work? Take us through your features?

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 18, 2013

Love that sustainable competitive advantage. Working on that unique design, or completing the breakthrough for an innovative patent, are moments of inspiration that you will never forget, especially if they become your competitive edge. Bask in the success as it happens. You knew all along that you could do it.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 14, 2015

The bad news is that many are already doing it, with competition growing, so the longer you wait, the less chance you have of getting there first. You no longer need to travel to China or hire an expensive prototyping expert to mock up your new design. Building the prototype can be fun. Create and register intellectual property online.

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Tech.Co

JULY 5, 2016

Built to be speedy, maneuverable, and conduct stunts at the press of a button, the Nano has a lot of competition on the market. Over the course of a month we flew the Nano inside, outside on a variety of breezy and non-breezy days, and let first-time flyers to give it a whirl with entertaining results. Design and Durability.

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Pricing Press Design Entertainment 73

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 22, 2019

As a business advisor and investor in new startups, I see how difficult it is to make any process work, no matter how well designed, if the team is dysfunctional. Of course, some balance is required. On the other hand, I see teams with almost no process that are tremendously productive. Taking care of people generates a quid pro quo.

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TechCrunch LA

MARCH 31, 2021

over the course of 2020 (and their combined estimated price tag of nearly $100 billion), it’s not surprising that the Biden plan begins with a focus on resiliency. Another $30 billion is designed to be targeted toward rural development; and finally the $40 billion in upgrading research infrastructure. ” Climate resiliency

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 29, 2012

Love that sustainable competitive advantage. Working on that unique design, or completing the breakthrough for an innovative patent, are moments of inspiration that you will never forget, especially if they become your competitive edge. Bask in the success as it happens. You knew all along that you could do it.

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Entrepreneur Patents Startup Ideas 102

InfoChachkie

AUGUST 10, 2010

Patents held by startups generally have a limited ability to reduce competition. Another factor that impacts a patent’s value is its type, of which there are essentially two: utility patents and design patents. Utility patents generally offer more protection than design patents and are thus usually more valuable.

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IP Patents Company Companies 256

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 15, 2016

Defy Ventures runs business plan competitions and has people like us who attend and give business advice and feedback. Catherine (Cat) Hoke founded the program in 2010 and launched the business plan competition in 2012. You can go. You SHOULD go. Here is how. You can make excuses — many do. How many of you were raised with 2 parents?

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Writing Startup Design Training 150

Tech Zulu Event

MAY 2, 2011

The ambitiously competitive teams were as follows: The Brownies, with Epic Tunes, an app aimed at live concert goers, to provide information, show reviews, and access to ticket purchases. All smiles of course, the girls were asked more deeply about various aspects of their projects: in-depth marketing strategies, competing edge, etc.

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Technical Review Entrepreneur Software Review USC 82

Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 22, 2011

But of course tens of thousands of people saw the headline while probably 10% of them or less watched the video. I’ve spoken positively about their design simplicity, their UX flow and their marketing prowess. Yes, the competition going forward will be strong. I have nothing against anybody in group texting.” .

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