Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 29, 2023

In my view, this focus on the wrong skill set is the primary reason why over half of new businesses fail in the first five years, and only one out of a hundred startups get their requested funding from professional investors. Diagnosing and understanding the customer problem. Opening relationships and creating opportunities.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 1, 2022

You can have the best technology, but if customers don’t know you exist, or they don’t know how your technology solves a real problem for them, your startup will fail. How many customers will have any idea what this means to them? You need to clearly convey what makes your startup the only choice for your customers.

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Marketing Startup Social Media Technical Review 141

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 22, 2022

By default, innovation in every business decreases over time, and continuous innovation requires ongoing initiatives and measures of customer perceived value. The long-standing rule of thumb that companies have ten years between significant disruptions was reset a few years ago to five years, according to experts Larry Downes and Paul Nunes.

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Metrics Startup Organization Demand 102

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 22, 2022

Customers pay for solutions, but there is no market for ideas. A related “red flag” in a business plan is a missing competitive analysis section, or a short paragraph that essentially says, “this product has no competition.” The way to make money is to make something people or companies need (not necessarily what they want).

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Ideas Startup Tips Competition 145

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 16, 2023

Thus, financial projections for up to five years are a necessary element in every business plan. External investors will demand a financial forecast, but it’s equally valuable to you, even if bootstrapping. That’s no fun for you, your investors or your customers. Marty Zwilling

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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. Selling too early triggers customer defenses and drives them away. That means educating targeted supporters is key, even before you start to sell.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 25, 2020

By default, innovation in every business decreases over time, and continuous innovation requires ongoing initiatives and measures of customer perceived value. The long-standing rule of thumb that companies have ten years between significant disruptions was reset a few years ago to five years, according to experts Larry Downes and Paul Nunes.

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Startup Organization Demand Customer 138

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 25, 2022

Do you believe that you have an idea for a company that you can implement better than anyone, and maintain a competitive advantage? Assess customer demand. Do customers really need what you want to do, or might they see it as “nice to have?” What do you envision your business looking like in five to ten years?

Startup 115

Startup Resource Training Ideas 115

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 23, 2019

Employees and customers alike are looking for meaning, not simply employment and commodity prices. I can think of at least five ways that this benefits the business, as well as customers: Products in a purpose culture more readily sell at a premium price. Doing good opens the door to a broader customer base.

Organization 128

Organization Startup Pricing Customer 128

TechCrunch LA

DECEMBER 8, 2020

Interestingly, that demand has grown a lot during the pandemic, with demand for new homes as much as four times higher than demand for buying “existing” homes. ” That subsequently has put more of an emphasis on the sale of older homes to meet demand.

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Sales Demand San Diego Funding 282

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 19, 2022

People see you as great for demanding customers and team bonding. Being reward-driven , you are driven to win money, customers, applause, and the admiration of others. These people define their roles in terms of their customers’ or employees’ or coworkers’ needs, not their own.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 25, 2011

Customers pay for solutions, but there is no market for ideas. A related “red flag” in a business plan is a missing competitive analysis section, or a short paragraph that essentially says, “this product has no competition.” The way to make money is to make something people or companies need (not necessarily what they want).

Startup 92

Startup Ideas Competition Demand 92

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 6, 2020

In my view, this focus on the wrong skill set is the primary reason why over half of new businesses fail in the first five years, and only one out of a hundred startups get their requested funding from professional investors. Diagnosing and understanding the customer problem. Opening relationships and creating opportunities.

Entrepreneur 134

Entrepreneur Startup Sales Customer 134

Berkonomics

OCTOBER 13, 2016

Well, even though that acquisition is still playing itself out on the field of battle, it appears quite clear that the new parent has directed its new subsidiary to abandon the lower end of the market and focus upon the larger sales, corporate customers, and major brands. Been skewered for slow customer service?

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Resource Competition Examples Customer 120

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 6, 2022

I’m convinced that the reason for the high rate of startup failures , with well over half not lasting five years, is not that the solutions are not innovative, but that the entrepreneur focuses on the product, rather than the business of attracting and managing customers. No one else can do the solution delivery like you can.

Satisfaction 92

Satisfaction Training Customer Custom 92

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 5, 2021

Thus, financial projections for up to five years are a necessary element in every business plan. External investors will demand a financial forecast, but it’s equally valuable to you, even if bootstrapping. That’s no fun for you, your investors or your customers. Marty Zwilling.

Startup 147

Startup Pricing Sales Statistics 147

Southern California Edison Blog

JUNE 15, 2020

Telecom carriers require reliable networks to provide telecommunications services to their customers. Without the proper capacity or availability to carry the necessary traffic, telecoms will have trouble attracting new business and remaining competitive. What is a Carrier-Grade Network? Key benefits include: High availability.

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Networking Company Companies Design 54

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 25, 2022

Adding my own insights from experience, I will summarize here her five key principles for persevering and finding success in business, despite the setbacks and barriers that we have all faced: Be resilient and treat setbacks as a distraction. The business world today is very competitive, and customers are more and more demanding.

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Startup Satisfaction Summary Coach 122

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 16, 2022

Of course, growth is implied in that equation, and is also required for maintaining a sustainable competitive advantage. That means it solves a real problem for real customers who are ready and able to spend real money. The number of current potential customers is large and growing. Design a product or service that you can sell.

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Platform Snapchat Startup Course 118

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 27, 2020

People see you as great for demanding customers and team bonding. Being reward-driven , you are driven to win money, customers, applause, and the admiration of others. These people define their roles in terms of their customers’ or employees’ or coworkers’ needs, not their own.

Entrepreneur 126

Entrepreneur Organization Customer Custom 126

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 4, 2019

You can have the best technology, but if customers don’t know you exist, or they don’t know how your technology solves a real problem for them, your startup will fail. How many customers will have any idea what this means to them? You need to clearly convey what makes your startup the only choice for your customers.

Marketing 97

Marketing Entrepreneur Startup Technical Review 97

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 18, 2019

Do you believe that you have an idea for a company that you can implement better than anyone, and maintain a competitive advantage? Assess customer demand. Do customers really need what you want to do, or might they see it as “nice to have?” What do you envision your business looking like in five to ten years?

Startup 94

Startup Resource Training Ideas 94

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 28, 2018

When a product is truly unique and demanded a retailer willingly promotes and sells it en masse in part because it does get margin on the good but also because it brings customers in the door who spend on other products. Ariel understood her customer?—?the So Why Does This Matter? the modern buyer of home products?—?better

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Product Course Customer Custom 296

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. Selling too early triggers customer defenses and drives them away. That means educating targeted supporters is key, even before you start to sell.

Startup 97

Startup Education Customer Custom 97

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 30, 2018

For example, most e-commerce platforms today offer millions of products, with a changing mix daily and a changing market, such that it’s virtually impossible to manually predict a strategy for mapping customer demographics to products displayed online. No human or paper tracking systems are a competitive alternative.

Artificial Inteligence 84

Artificial Inteligence Metrics Commerce Software 84

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 7, 2015

Employees and customers alike are looking for meaning, not simply employment and commodity prices. I can think of at least five ways that this benefits the business, as well as customers: Products in a purpose culture more readily sell at a premium price. Doing good opens the door to a broader customer base.

Entrepreneur 117

Entrepreneur Organization Startup Pricing 117

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 20, 2018

In my view, this focus on the wrong skill set is the primary reason why over half of new businesses fail in the first five years, and only one out of a hundred startups get their requested funding from professional investors. Diagnosing and understanding the customer problem. Opening relationships and creating opportunities.

Startup 98

Startup Sales Entrepreneur Customer 98

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 20, 2019

Customers pay for solutions, but there is no market for ideas. A related “red flag” in a business plan is a missing competitive analysis section, or a short paragraph that essentially says, “this product has no competition.” The way to make money is to make something people or companies need (not necessarily what they want).

Startup 80

Startup Ideas Competition Demand 80

TechCrunch LA

DECEMBER 31, 2022

Shared electric scooters came onto the scene five years ago with a promising vision of getting people out of cars and onto greener modes of transportation. “This had led to an imbalance of vehicle supply to rider demand as operators over-saturate the market.” ” These results aren’t limited to Paris.

Los Angeles 257

Los Angeles San Pedro Santa Monica Study 257

Southern California Edison Blog

JANUARY 29, 2019

Once general tools used to manage daily operations, they’re now major sources of competitive advantage. Unlike a shared internet connection (what most residential customers and many businesses use), you’re the only organization using your network circuit. The only demands on the connection come from your business. Low latency.

Networking 54

Networking Demand Competition Organization 54

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 5, 2016

In my view, this focus on the wrong skill set is the primary reason why over half of new businesses fail in the first five years, and only one out of a hundred startups get their requested funding from professional investors. Diagnosing and understanding the customer problem. Opening relationships and creating opportunities.

Entrepreneur 106

Entrepreneur Sales Startup Customer 106

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 19, 2017

Employees and customers alike are looking for meaning, not simply employment and commodity prices. I can think of at least five ways that this benefits the business, as well as customers: Products in a purpose culture more readily sell at a premium price. Doing good opens the door to a broader customer base.

Startup 59

Startup Organization Pricing Customer 59

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 12, 2017

You can have the best technology, but if customers don’t know you exist, or they don’t know how your technology solves a real problem for them, your startup will fail. How many customers will have any idea what this means to them? You need to clearly convey what makes your startup the only choice for your customers.

Tips 75

Tips Marketing Technical Review Startup 75

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 20, 2014

Employees and customers alike are looking for meaning, not simply employment and commodity prices. I can think of at least five ways that this benefits the business, as well as customers: Products in a purpose culture more readily sell at a premium price. Doing good opens the door to a broader customer base.

Startup 91

Startup Organization Pricing Customer 91

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 5, 2014

You can have the best technology, but if customers don’t know you exist, or they don’t know how your technology solves a real problem for them, your startup will fail. How many customers will have any idea what this means to them? You need to clearly convey what makes your startup the only choice for your customers.

Technical Review 103

Technical Review Tips Marketing Entrepreneur 103

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 1, 2015

Do you believe that you have an idea for a company that you can implement better than anyone, and maintain a competitive advantage? Assess customer demand. Do customers really need what you want to do, or might they see it as “nice to have?” What do you envision your business looking like in five to ten years?

Startup 109

Startup Resource Training Ideas 109

socalTECH

OCTOBER 7, 2015

If you've ever flown into Los Angeles International Airport�or pretty much any other, major airport--on a busy, holiday weekend, you might be familiar with the sometime hours long lines at rental car counters, horrible customer service, and companies looking to nickel and dime you with all kinds of add on insurance and options.

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