Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 12, 2014

Entrepreneurs and business executives seem to be even more focused on their technology than the rest of us, and less inclined to listen to the voice of the customer, even if they remember to ask. Real two-way conversations with real customers, including the all-important body language, are unheard-of these days.

Customer 106

Customer Custom Entrepreneur Social Network 106

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 12, 2021

Even with product businesses, it’s the ultimate way to build your brand credibility, bring in customer leads, and get feedback from your target market. If you can’t justify both a web site and a blog, skip the old-fashioned web site, and make your blog do double duty as described below. Add content regularly.

Blogging 135

Blogging Services Search Engine Optimization Web 135

Tech.Co

MAY 31, 2023

But while competition remains fierce, the advancement and accessibility of smart solutions are making it easy than ever for startups to find their feet. Business tools — from customer relationship management ( CRM ) platforms to accounting software — help to save startups time and money by automating key processes and maximizing efficiency.

Tool 131

Tool Startup Software Review Technical Review 131

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 3, 2020

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. Practice being a good communicator.

Startup 174

Startup Training Services Writing 174

Tech.Co

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

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Technical Review 194

Technical Review Software Review Startup Competition 194

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 30, 2021

While you all recognize that reacting to weak market signals is critical to staying in business and staying competitive, I find that many don’t have the skills and focus to trigger change decisions on a timely basis. You may be getting killed today by customer expectations you never worried about just a few years ago.

Marketing 162

Marketing Social Media Metrics Customer 162

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 7, 2018

Entrepreneurs and business executives seem to be even more focused on their technology than the rest of us, and less inclined to listen to the voice of the customer, even if they remember to ask. Real two-way conversations with real customers, including the all-important body language, are unheard-of these days.

Customer 53

Customer Custom Social Network Study 53

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 11, 2011

To say he has had an impact on the web would be an understatement. He wanted to build direct customer relationships to get product feedback but only 2% of customers would ever return their registration cards. So when he saw the browser it instantly dawned on him that this would be the greatest customer development tool ever.

Competition 350

Competition Idealab Product CitySearch 350

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 4, 2023

With social media, you can interact more precisely and create custom products and marketing to be almost all things to all people. The broad-brush push-marketing is no longer competitive. The very best marketing is word-of-mouth from your very happy customers. Build word-of-mouth into your product or service.

Marketing 107

Marketing Technical Review Startup Innocal 107

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 24, 2012

It seems like many business people are becoming so technology addicted to their iPhones and email that they forget to listen to what their customers want, or even forget to ask. Slightly more said it’s okay to be “plugged in” during their honeymoon, and eight percent think it’s alright to surf the web during religious services.

Customer 111

Customer Custom Social Network Email 111

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 10, 2020

With social media, you can interact more precisely and create custom products and marketing to be almost all things to all people. The broad-brush push-marketing is no longer competitive. The very best marketing is word-of-mouth from your very happy customers. Build word-of-mouth into your product or service.

Mobile 173

Mobile Marketing Technical Review Startup 173

Tech Zulu Event

APRIL 1, 2013

CreatorUp is the online web series school teaching the next generation of web series creators how to make and market their own new video projects on the web. And our network of filmmaker and entertainment industry colleagues allow us to recruit top teachers who are leaders in the web world. What inspired you?

Web 93

Web USC Course Guide 93

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 25, 2023

A healthy business, ready to scale, has been doing this for a year or more, with an existing customer set generating a non-trivial and growing revenue stream. High customer loyalty and high team passion. Understanding competitive early mover requirements. Growing appreciation for the value of the solution provided.

Organization 94

Organization Invest Customer Custom 94

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 21, 2022

The price of entry can be less than $10,000, so the competition is huge and growing rapidly. The ideal business model is to establish a direct-to-consumer service that enables you to bill the customer directly. This freemium model has been used for years by web apps. Build your own marketplace platform. Marty Zwilling.

Develop 138

Develop Development Platform Mobile 138

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 21, 2020

A healthy business, ready to scale, has been doing this for a year or more, with an existing customer set generating a non-trivial and growing revenue stream. High customer loyalty and high team passion. Understanding competitive early mover requirements. Growing appreciation for the value of the solution provided.

Organization 173

Organization Invest Customer Custom 173

Berkonomics

MARCH 23, 2023

The mobile web will become what desktop Internet became in the 1990’s – the standard platform for anyone doing business. In three years, as web browsing and TV watching minutes per day remained constant, mobile consumption rose by double to over two hours per day. An estimated $180 billion will be invested in data analytics by 2024.

Mobile 156

Mobile Commerce Software Review Yammer 156

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 6, 2016

Contrary to popular opinion, viral marketing has not eliminated the need for old-fashioned lead generation to bring customers to a startup. Display ads on mobile devices, including video and audio, also offer a new opportunity to reach target customers. Display advertising. Email marketing.

Customer 60

Customer Custom Marketing Social Media 60

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 20, 2013

Simply, this is identifying a customer need which has economic value to them if they can solve it. ” and if you can’t persuade enough potential customers they have some pain that needs fixing you probably should stick to your day job. Teams usually start with terminology that is very insular and less relevant to customers.

Sales 336

Sales Startup Competition Customer 336

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 16, 2023

Contrary to popular opinion, viral marketing has not eliminated the need for old-fashioned lead generation to bring customers to a startup. Display ads on mobile devices, including video and audio, also offer a new opportunity to reach target customers. Display advertising. Email marketing.

Marketing 114

Marketing Invest Social Media SEM 114

TechEmpower

MAY 28, 2015

Covering a wide variety of web application frameworks, this project gives developers useful data that can help them find the framework that will provide the performance and features they need for their application. The best results were derived from a real-world environment running physical hardware. versus 1.05M).

Framework 200

Framework TechEmpower Blogging News 200

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 14, 2010

It seems like many entrepreneurs are becoming so technology addicted to their iPhones and email that they forget to listen to what their customers want, or even forget to ask. Slightly more said it’s okay to be “plugged in” during their honeymoon, and eight percent think it’s alright to surf the web during religious services.

Customer 93

Customer Custom Social Network Email 93

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

.” * I first wrote about the changes to the Venture Capital ecosystem 10 years ago and this still serves as a good primer of how we arrived at 2011, a decade on from the Web 1.0 We can’t wait for customers to use the product for 12–18 months and do customer interviews or look at purchase cohorts. dot-com bonanza.

Venture Capital 471

Venture Capital Writing Invest Pricing 471

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 23, 2021

Others are really marketers out to make money fast, and believe that they can entice customers to any offering. A few years ago, I first saw an interesting step in that direction via the classic book “ Entrepreneurial DNA ,” by Joe Abraham , with his assessment web site. External forces (competitors and customers). Opportunist.

Entrepreneur 134

Entrepreneur Framework Mentor Web 134

From the Venture Trenches

APRIL 4, 2013

The pride and effort they have placed in building up their business should be reflected through their web presence. More than a calling card a businesses website is how customers will discover, assess and interact with you and how you in turn, can engage your customers. Baby steps and patience is required for these clients.

Web Design 58

Web Design Web Design Sites 58

Eric Greenspan

JANUARY 13, 2014

They have the worst customer service of any company I deal with. Perhaps filling out a web form, but the response is usually something along the lines of “Thank you for submitting feedback. They know it and so do their competition. Creator of mind blowing customer experiences. Facebook doesn’t seem to care.

Social Network 184

Social Network Email Competition Web 184

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 15, 2022

For additional growth, most companies expand the product portfolio to cater to more customers, and sell more to existing customers. In fact, crises can and do hit in any phase, due to poor execution, complacency from success, less competitive strategy, change of leadership, and many other reasons. Product-line expansion.

Startup 142

Startup Web 2.0 IBM IBM 142

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 27, 2019

Even with product businesses, it’s the ultimate way to build your brand credibility, bring in customer leads, and get feedback from your target market. If you can’t justify both a web site and a blog, skip the old-fashioned web site, and make your blog do double duty as described below. Add content regularly.

Blogging 88

Blogging Search Engine Optimization Web Writing 88

Berkonomics

AUGUST 16, 2018

Over the years, I have often heard the complaint from CEO friends that they have become so swamped by the demands of their growing businesses that they feel themselves further and further from the center of their industry, no longer at the forefront of information and competitive development. First, speak to your customers often.

Marketing 120

Marketing Demand Media Entrepreneur 120

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 4, 2013

Compelling in the sense that you solve a real problem a target group of potential customers has with a product that is significantly better than the alternatives on that market. The idea of “going deep” with customers has always shaped how I think. I found myself in violent agreement with Fred’s blog post(s).

Startup 401

Startup Customer Custom Technical Review 401

From the Venture Trenches

APRIL 4, 2013

The pride and effort they have placed in building up their business should be reflected through their web presence. More than a calling card a businesses website is how customers will discover, assess and interact with you and how you in turn, can engage your customers. Baby steps and patience is required for these clients.

Web Design 40

Web Design Web Design Sites 40

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 27, 2020

As an aspiring entrepreneur, one of the most important things you need is a memorable “ elevator pitch ,” to communicate your startup value proposition and leave a great first impression on friends, investors, employees, and future customers. Describe technology and features, not competitiveness.

Sample 127

Sample Summary Startup Slides 127

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 24, 2020

The price of entry can be less than $10,000, so the competition is huge and growing rapidly. The ideal business model is to establish a direct-to-consumer service that enables you to bill the customer directly. This freemium model has been used for years by web apps. Build your own marketplace platform. Marty Zwilling.

Mobile 126

Mobile Develop Development Platform 126

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 5, 2021

Today you can start a new web site business for as little as $100, produce cheap smart phone apps, or lead the effort to tap the multitude of opportunities brought by capitalizing on our concern for dwindling natural resources. The tighter the loop, the greater the value captured and the stronger the competitive differentiation.

Startup 162

Startup Resource Entrepreneur Social Media 162

socalTECH

DECEMBER 12, 2013

Earlier this month, Los Angeles-based web hosting and cloud computing provider DreamHost (www.dreamhost.com) raised a big, $30M funding round for the company--the first in the company''s long history. Simon Anderson: DreamHost offers a web hosting, and now, cloud computing platform and storage. So, for us, competition is good.

Software Review 238

Software Review Cloud Computing Technical Review Platform 238

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 23, 2020

Mark Zuckerberg, while still in school, tested the viability of his “ FaceMash ” technology as a business by rolling it out to other students at Harvard as customers. He learned quickly that several pivots were required for business, legal, and customer acceptance reasons. Build a web site and incorporate while in school.

Entrepreneur 157

Entrepreneur Mentor Class Resource 157

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 23, 2010

In the spirit of highlighting new startup opportunities, I think we need some new companies who can track down and remove unwanted content on the web. The legal hiring market is very competitive.” According to a December survey by the Ponemon Institute, a privacy research organization, roughly half of U.S.

Content 49

Content Web Technical Review Innocal 49

Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 3, 2009

I remember going to an Under the Radar conference in 2006 in the heat of the Web 2.0 There were tons of young entrepreneurs showing their latest Web 2.0 Unfortunately this was reinforced by the many conferences that rushed to espouse the benefits of Web 2.0 Cisco and others went out to fill out their Web 2.0 portfolios.

Web 2.0 334

Web 2.0 Venture Capital Web Technical Review 334