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.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 28, 2021

You can’t make someone want to deal with you, but you can try to increase their motivation to deal with you – like getting together for lunch, or trying to communicate in another way. To succeed in today’s collaborative, customer-driven, networked economy, requires real business relationship efforts by everyone involved.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 26, 2021

You must recognize that change is the new norm in business, so problems represent opportunities to learn something new, improve your productivity and competitiveness of the business. Since business is generally not rocket science, relationships with peers, partners, and customers are often more important than skills.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 28, 2019

Engagement occurs when customers and stakeholders become participants by sharing ideas with you, or talking to their friends about you, rather than merely viewing what you publish. Each participant becomes part of your marketing department, as other customers read their output, and become part of the conversation.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 17, 2019

People relationships are the key to career growth, more than results, and customer relationships build brands, rather than the other way around. That’s more than enough to put you ahead of your competition. If you are a business professional or owner today, success is more and more about relationships. Make the investment today.

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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. If you want to be feared. If you want to mate. Money is no substitute for these other treasures.

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Tech Coast Venture Network

AUGUST 11, 2015

Great benefits and a workplace that is fun and dedicated to making customers happy all fit in with the Zappos approach to company culture — when you get the company culture right, great customer service and a great brand will happen on its own. Portions of the budget are dedicated to employee team building and culture promotion.

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Tech Coast Venture Network

AUGUST 11, 2015

Great benefits and a workplace that is fun and dedicated to making customers happy all fit in with the Zappos approach to company culture — when you get the company culture right, great customer service and a great brand will happen on its own. Portions of the budget are dedicated to employee team building and culture promotion.

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Examples Company Companies Google 100

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 practice what I preach. kind of like a board for a VC firm).

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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.

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Tips Marketing Technical Review Startup 75

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 25, 2013

It’s not much different than having Dave Morin, Dick Costolo or Sheryl Sandberg sitting next to you at lunch. Competitive sportswoman. Kara on one side of the table showing me market sizes, competitive dynamics, product roadmaps, pricing plans for physical products with COGS and gross margins. We’re in LA.

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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.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 4, 2010

This is important because the customers they serve (the red line) demand a product that meets their complex requirements. In fact, the incumbent is usually very dismissive of this new competition as our the large buyers of the incumbent’s products. So the startups tend to focus on totally new customers. They can’t.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 17, 2015

Customers and opportunities don’t wait. It does mean a proactive and ever-vigilant plan to keep moving forward with the market and stay ahead of competition, even if you must make your own products obsolete. The business world is changing ever more rapidly these days. Culture follows the leader.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 19, 2013

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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Startup Marketing Social Media Technical Review 103

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 27, 2015

Engagement occurs when customers and stakeholders become participants by sharing ideas with you, or talking to their friends about you, rather than merely viewing what you publish. Each participant becomes part of your marketing department, as other customers read their output, and become part of the conversation.

Social Media 101

Social Media Media Marketing Snapchat 101

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 16, 2017

Engagement occurs when customers and stakeholders become participants by sharing ideas with you, or talking to their friends about you, rather than merely viewing what you publish. Each participant becomes part of your marketing department, as other customers read their output, and become part of the conversation.

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Social Media Media Snapchat Platform 64

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. If you want to be feared. If you want to mate. Money is no substitute for these other treasures.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 5, 2013

The opportunity for change is huge, with everyone taking a new look at the world after the recession, but the competition is also huge, since the cost of entry is at an all-time low. Every startup needs a sustainable competitive advantage. That’s the good news and the bad news. If you want to be feared. If you want to mate.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 27, 2013

Among other things, she identified ten general productivity principles to give you a competitive edge, which I have adapted here for entrepreneurs: Control yourself well, but don’t try to control others. Build in “breaks” to your day, like scheduling lunch away from your desk, and going outside for a breath of fresh air every couple of hours.

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Product Entrepreneur Email Customer 108

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 30, 2013

Engagement occurs when customers and stakeholders become participants by sharing ideas with you, or talking to their friends about you, rather than merely viewing what you publish. Each participant becomes part of your marketing department, as other customers read their output, and become part of the conversation.

Social Media 100

Social Media Media Marketing Platform 100

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 23, 2017

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. If you want to be feared. If you want to mate. Money is no substitute for these other treasures.

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Startup News Framework Entrepreneur 57

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 1, 2012

Among other things, she added ten general productivity principles to give you a competitive edge, which I have adapted here for entrepreneurs: Control yourself well, but don’t try to control others. Build in “breaks” to your day, like scheduling lunch away from your desk, and going outside for a breath of fresh air every couple of hours.

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Product Entrepreneur Email Customer 117

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 6, 2020

There's real competition in this area. There are lots of transaction costs which occur both on acquisition of customers and on returns, and those costs are real, and must be considered in how we price the products. In an office environment, you can pull someone aside, give them a little talk over lunch. READ MORE>>.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 5, 2012

But remember that “dancing with the wolves” can also get you eaten for lunch. Your goal is “ coopetition ” - to find a way to partner with your competitor in such a way that both parties can substantially benefit from the other's resources - without stealing customers or damaging anyone's credibility. Cross endorsement.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 1, 2010

As a CEO you never stop needing to go on sales calls (or to work the phones in telesales or customer support) and ceasing to do this as your company grows because you’re focusing on investors, recruiting, PR or whatever is a mistake. I also make visits to senior level customers of portfolio companies with which I’m involved.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 13, 2011

You need to be “known” for your sources of differentiation so even when the press declares you dead because Facebook, Google, Apple, Twitter are going to eat your lunch they are describing the threat in terms of them copying YOU. million customers. Expect big competition in the group messaging market. Or “gamification.&#

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 17, 2014

You can’t make someone want to deal with you, but you can try to increase their motivation to deal with you – like getting together for lunch, or trying to communicate in another way. To succeed in today’s collaborative, customer-driven, networked economy, requires real business relationship efforts by everyone involved.

Startup 102

Startup Social Network Entrepreneur Mentor 102

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 11, 2012

You can’t make someone want to deal with you, but you can try to increase their motivation to deal with you – like getting together for lunch, or trying to communicate in another way. To succeed in today’s collaborative, customer-driven, networked economy, requires real business relationship efforts by everyone involved.

Entrepreneur 104

Entrepreneur Startup Social Network Mentor 104

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 4, 2011

But remember that “dancing with the wolves” can also get you eaten for lunch. Your goal is “ coopetition ” - to find a way to partner with your competitor in such a way that both parties can substantially benefit from the other's resources - without stealing customers or damaging anyone's credibility. Cross endorsement.

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Startup Examples Customer Custom 90

SoCal CTO

JUNE 9, 2010

Kathy Sierra at Business of Software 2009 - Business of Software Blog , May 4, 2010 "In the old days, getting customers was easy. Putting customers first. Legendary customer support. Guide to Evaluating Startup Ideas - Tony Wright dot com , May 27, 2010 A great developer I once worked with was kvetching at lunch one day.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 20, 2015

Either lemming behavior is taking over or I’m out to lunch. With perfect information and too much competition you pay up or they walk right down the street and get it from somebody else.” It forces the founder to spend time in front of customers. We’ll see in time. Everyone I know is raising 10 these days.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 17, 2011

You can’t make someone want to deal with you, but you can try to increase their motivation to deal with you – like getting together for lunch, or trying to communicate in another way. To succeed in today’s collaborative, customer-driven, networked economy, requires real business relationship efforts by everyone involved.

Startup 96

Startup Social Network Mentor Networking 96

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 9, 2010

But remember that “dancing with the wolves” can also get you eaten for lunch. Your goal is to find a way to partner with your "competitor" in such a way that both parties can substantially benefit from the other's resources - but without stealing customers or damaging anyone's credibility. Cross endorsement.

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Startup Customer Custom Sales 48

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 21, 2010

Like anything in life, if you want a fair deal on the deferred fee and warrant percentage you need to talk to a few lawyers to make it competitive. You have this perception that they’re billing you for the lunch meeting they invited you to and the friendly banter emails flying back and forth. But make it competitive.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 7, 2009

For people who are serious about losing weight and improving their fitness, the way to do that it to use a dedicated expert--a trainer, a meal planner, or dietician, who can work with you on a daily basis and create a custom plan. The trainer makes you a daily, customized meal plan and exercise and activity plan.

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Media Pricing Sites Training 168

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 27, 2019

Board meeting gets scheduled Nobody thinks too much about it until a week or two before Management team has a last-minute scramble to pull materials together Management is super focused on its daily work of … winning customers, signing biz dev, shipping product … so this prep is a last minute “fire drill” and is seen as a slight distraction.

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