Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 2, 2020

His challenge is to focus on one market, with a specific design, cost, and price. Then, he'll need to patent it and create a plan to show opportunity, competition, and financial projections. In addition, creating a business requires leading and interacting with other people, including partners, investors, and customers.

Ideas 126

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 2, 2018

If your forte is a service, like consulting or web site design, it’s harder to find guidance on what will get you funded, and how you can scale your business. With services, scaling the business often implies cloning yourself, since you are the intellectual property and the competitive advantage. Capture your “secret sauce.”

Services 72

Services Startup Training Writing 72

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 2, 2020

With a realistic prototype, you can get more accurate feedback from customers on their real need and what they might pay, before you invest millions on the final product. Time is money, and may be your primary competitive advantage. You should never outsource the management of your core technology.

Outsource Development 124

Outsource Development Ideas Tool Outsource 124

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 27, 2014

If your forte is a service, like consulting or web site design, it’s harder to find guidance on what will get you funded, and how you can scale your business. With services, scaling the business often implies cloning yourself, since you are the intellectual property and the competitive advantage. Capture your “secret sauce.”

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Services Startup Training Writing 105

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 16, 2015

Here are five key ones to celebrate: Enjoy the feedback from every satisfied customer. Talking to real customers is the best way to keep your inspiration alive, as well as the best way keep on track with changing trends and future innovation ideas. Watch that patent provide a real barrier to competitive entry.

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Satisfaction Entrepreneur Customer Custom 101

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 20, 2010

This post is designed mostly for non-technical founders. I know this will fall like a lead balloon to the many people who believe it is possible to have a [insert: startup incubator or technology accelerator or technology consultant or outsource firm] build your technology. I don’t believe it. In summary.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 17, 2016

If your forte is a service, like consulting or web site design, it’s harder to find guidance on what will get you funded, and how you can scale your business. With services, scaling the business often implies cloning yourself, since you are the intellectual property and the competitive advantage. Capture your “secret sauce.”

Services 61

Services Startup Training Writing 61

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 15, 2019

If one of your core values is exceeding your customer expectations for quality and service, and your potential partner ascribes to the low cost, high profit mantra, a successful partnership is highly unlikely over the long-term. Is your project seen by both as an end in itself, or a means to another end? Conflicting visions won’t work.

Software Review 88

Software Review CTO Hire Outsource Development Startup 88

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 2, 2016

Here are five key ones to celebrate: Enjoy the feedback from every satisfied customer. Talking to real customers is the best way to keep your inspiration alive, as well as the best way keep on track with changing trends and future innovation ideas. Watch that patent provide a real barrier to competitive entry.

Satisfaction 61

Satisfaction Startup Customer Custom 61

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 14, 2012

You can’t succeed in business without an operational model that delivers value to customers at a reasonable price, with an underlying cost that allows you to make a profit. A target market is the group of customers that the startup plans to attract through marketing and sales their product or service. How will you reach your customers?

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Sales Customer Custom Outsource 97

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 23, 2015

With a realistic prototype, you can get more accurate feedback from customers on their real need and what they might pay, before you invest millions on the final product. Time is money, and may be your primary competitive advantage. You should never outsource the management of your core technology.

Ideas 107

Ideas Outsource Development Startup Tool 107

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 20, 2012

A simple differentiation is that a product plan is designed for internal use, to get the product out. Enough detail is required so that someone else can build it without you (outsourcing). Competition analysis. Market research and competition. Don’t get me wrong. It’s definitely positive to have a product plan.

Product 92

Product Outsource Development Competition High Tech 92

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 30, 2011

In the initial phases of any new market you’re developing a product (hopefully with a minimal set of features), getting feedback from customers, refining your product based on user feedback and then re-launching your product. Quora is one of the better designed new products of the past few years in my opinion. Rinse & repeat.

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Development Team Review Technical Review Startup Resource 374

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 29, 2011

You can’t succeed in business without an operational model that delivers value to customers at a reasonable price, with an underlying cost that allows you to make a profit. A target market is the group of customers that the startup plans to attract through marketing and sales their product or service. How will you reach your customers?

Sales 98

Sales Customer Custom Outsource 98

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 22, 2014

If one of your core values is exceeding your customer expectations for quality and service, and your potential partner ascribes to the low cost, high profit mantra, a successful partnership is highly unlikely over the long-term. It doesn’t take long to sense someone’s real commitment, or vision and desired outcome of a joint project.

Software Review 107

Software Review Entrepreneur CTO Hire Outsource Development 107

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 16, 2014

With a realistic prototype, you can get more accurate feedback from customers on their real need and what they might pay, before you invest millions on the final product. Time is money, and may be your primary competitive advantage. You should never outsource the management of your core technology.

Outsource Development 105

Outsource Development Startup Ideas Tool 105

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 29, 2011

A simple differentiation is that a product plan is designed for internal use, to get the product out. Enough detail is required so that someone else can build it without you (outsourcing). Competition analysis. Market research and competition. Don’t get me wrong. It’s definitely positive to have a product plan.

Product 93

Product Entrepreneur Outsource Development Competition 93

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 10, 2018

With a realistic prototype, you can get more accurate feedback from customers on their real need and what they might pay, before you invest millions on the final product. Time is money, and may be your primary competitive advantage. You should never outsource the management of your core technology.

Ideas 53

Ideas Outsource Development Tool Outsource 53

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 8, 2013

If one of your core values is exceeding your customer expectations for quality and service, and your potential partner ascribes to the low cost, high profit mantra, a successful partnership is highly unlikely over the long-term. It doesn’t take long to sense someone’s real commitment, or vision and desired outcome of a joint project.

Software Review 103

Software Review Equity CTO Hire Outsource Development 103

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 16, 2017

If one of your core values is exceeding your customer expectations for quality and service, and your potential partner ascribes to the low cost, high profit mantra, a successful partnership is highly unlikely over the long-term. Is your project seen by both as an end in itself, or a means to another end? Conflicting visions won’t work.

Software Review 56

Software Review CTO Hire Outsource Development CTO Coach 56

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 4, 2014

If you are contracting or outsourcing, this is even more important. How do you access the Internet, what servers do you need, applications required, databases designed, and backups scheduled? Customer service and support. But having no process does not make you more competitive. Product development process.

Startup 107

Startup Outsource Development Training Outsource 107

Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 2, 2012

With this fast pace industry the elegant design we see if websites, is sometimes lost in translation. He and his company, Rocksauce, make sure to add high quality design back into each of the apps they create. After directing a film in 2009, I wanted to get back into the design industry. It simply makes more sense.

Design 94

Design Mobile Web Design Outsource Development 94

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 29, 2011

If one of your core values is exceeding your customer expectations for quality and service, and your potential partner ascribes to the low cost, high profit mantra, a successful partnership is highly unlikely over the long-term. It doesn’t take long to sense someone’s real commitment, or vision and desired outcome of a joint project.

Software Review 96

Software Review CTO Hire Startup Outsource Development 96

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 31, 2013

If you are contracting or outsourcing, this is even more important. How do you access the Internet, what servers do you need, applications required, databases designed, and backups scheduled? Customer service and support. But having no process does not make you more competitive. Product development process.

Outsource Development 92

Outsource Development Training Outsource Metrics 92

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 7, 2011

If you are contracting or outsourcing, this is even more important. How do you access the Internet, what servers do you need, applications required, databases designed, and backups scheduled? Customer service and support. But having no process does not make you more competitive. Product development process.

Startup 102

Startup Outsource Development Writing Training 102

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 24, 2010

If one of your core values is exceeding your customer expectations for quality and service, and your potential partner ascribes to the low cost, high profit mantra, a successful partnership is highly unlikely over the long-term. It doesn’t take long to sense someone’s real commitment, or vision and desired outcome of a joint project.

Software Review 92

Software Review CTO Hire Outsource Development Startup 92

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 9, 2010

A simple differentiation is that a product plan is designed for internal use, to get the product out. Enough detail is required so that someone else can build it without you (outsourcing). Competition analysis. Market research and competition. Don’t get me wrong. It’s definitely positive to have a product plan.

Product 48

Product Outsource Development Competition High Tech 48

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 1, 2010

If you are contracting or outsourcing, this is even more important. How do you access the Internet, what servers do you need, applications required, databases designed, and backups scheduled? Customer service and support. But having no process does not make you more competitive. Product development process.

Startup 95

Startup Outsource Development Writing Training 95

Frank Addante

MARCH 12, 2007

Outsourcing ► April (1) GoogleClick - Who owns your cash register? In todays highly competitive job marketplace, it is becoming increasingly more difficult. and India and, as a result, we were able to develop product much faster than the competition. FounderBlog’s 1 Year Anniversary! A BIG THANK YOU.

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Outsource Development Startup .Net Venture Capital 40

Frank Addante

DECEMBER 22, 2006

Outsourcing ► April (1) GoogleClick - Who owns your cash register? Just Say What it Is By Frank Addante In todays high-tech, highly competitive world, more and more companies are describing their products or services using too many fancy, jargon words. Blogger Template originally design by Web-Kreation Converted By Jacky Supit

Startup 40

Startup Competition Venture Capital Advertising 40

Frank Addante

SEPTEMBER 25, 2006

Outsourcing ► April (1) GoogleClick - Who owns your cash register? Rich Customers Target customers who will move fast and pay a premium for a unique offering. Focus Customers will only buy a simple product with a singular value proposition. Outwit the competition. FounderBlog’s 1 Year Anniversary!

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Company Companies Startup Venture Capital 40

Frank Addante

OCTOBER 19, 2006

Outsourcing ► April (1) GoogleClick - Who owns your cash register? They are afraid of their competition finding out about the idea, a bigger company trying to steal it or some other entrepreneur doing it first. Yes, I did say competition. Blogger Template originally design by Web-Kreation Converted By Jacky Supit

Startup 40

Startup Ideas Venture Capital Competition 40

Frank Addante

JUNE 19, 2006

Outsourcing ► April (1) GoogleClick - Who owns your cash register? Put yourself in the shoes of your customers or users. Answering only one or two of these questions won’t work. > I need to send marketing, e-commerce or e-statements emails to my customers to drive revenue or reduce costs. A BIG THANK YOU.

Startup 40

Startup Venture Capital Web 2.0 Outsource Development 40

Frank Addante

JUNE 13, 2006

Outsourcing ► April (1) GoogleClick - Who owns your cash register? I have found that if an idea is incredibly complex, it inherently requires more time to develop and is harder to explain to customers, users, partners, employees, etc. We developed the product, took it to market and acquired 3,000+ customers in less than 3 years.

Startup 40

Startup Outsource Development Product Advertising 40

SoCal CTO

JULY 23, 2012

Given likely market changes, how will we design and build so that the systems can respond to marketplace changes? How do we need to structure the systems to get ahead and stay ahead of the competition? What do we build in-house or outsource? Make sure you are continuously looking at the business and customers.

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SoCal CTO

DECEMBER 1, 2010

How to Enchant Your Customer - How to Change the World , November 23, 2010 I love to do business with small businesses—in-store, online, for myself, for others, for pleasure, for work—it doesn’t matter to me. Competing To Win Deals - A VC : Venture Capital and Technology , November 7, 2010 The venture capital business is highly competitive.

Technical Review 175

Technical Review Startup Product Technology 175

Frank Addante

APRIL 16, 2007

Outsourcing ▼ April (1) GoogleClick - Who owns your cash register? What if there was another competitive cash register on the market? Sure, theres a wave of new technology solutions that have come into the market that are competitive with DoubleClick, but, they are unproven. FounderBlog’s 1 Year Anniversary!

Google 40

Google Advertising Startup Venture Capital 40