Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 20, 2010

They don’t love documentation. Examples: - every time you release new features you need to update your technical documentation. - you also need to update your marketing documents including your website. They’re sometimes moody. They work on their own schedule and are often hard to manage. But barely.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 30, 2010

In my own effort to keep up with the times, I just finished a new book by Landy Chase, titled “ Competitive Selling: Out-Plan, Out-Think, Out-Sell to Win Every Time.” Establish the competitive playing field early. Selling around tough competition. Learning to negotiate properly is the key to every competitive sale.

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Berkonomics

JANUARY 11, 2018

But sometimes there is a barrier, an impossibly high cost not considered, a social backlash never thought of, or competition already covering the idea that is unknown to the originator. Strategic thinking: Board members who ask: “What is the competitive landscape?” Which leads us to the second class of creative board thinking….

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 22, 2014

They were a little too fierce in their competitive practices against Lyft to sign up drivers. As somebody who has to rub shoulders with big tech companies often I can tell you that there is much blood spilled in the competitive trenches of Apple, Twitter, Facebook, Google and so on. They want us to store our documents.

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Press Journal Startup Training 418

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 14, 2018

Here’s Why You Should Just Send the Deck I know you have your document sending tool to send your fund-raising deck to VCs and track who read your deck, which pages they read and how much time they spend on each page. Competition isn’t won or lost by your marketing decks?—?it’s it’s won by how you innovate and by how you execute.

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Funding Venture Capital IP Email 239

socalTECH

JUNE 22, 2009

Central Desktop runs a software-as-a-service product which allows business teams to share documents, track schedules, and collaborate on other team activities. The new microblogging feature puts Central Desktop in competition with another local startup, Yammer, which has created its own enterprise and business focused take on Twitter.

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Yammer SaaS Pasadena Blogging 150

Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 3, 2010

Packaging, pricing & discounts – In the early days of my first company we always had “list prices&# we quoted to customers and of course we were always willing to negotiate based on who the client was, how important the business was to us, who the competition was and how well the deal was negotiated. We called it PUCCKA.

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Sales Pricing Startup Customer 296

Berkonomics

APRIL 14, 2012

When a company accepts an investment from professional or organized investment groups – such as angel groups, venture capitalists or corporations, there is usually a document signed called an “investors rights agreement” that calls out additional financial and narrative reporting requirements due to that class of shareholder.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 14, 2010

One of our core tasks was “market analysis,&# which consistent of: market sizing, market forecasts, competitive analysis and then instructing customers on which direction to take. 18% of all errors come from people using the wrong documents. hours are spent every day by workers searching for documents. I encourage it.

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Statistics Startup Report Research 415

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 7, 2020

Entrepreneurs need to document a process of responding to a market need, sizing opportunity, assigning a specific business model, and planning for marketing, sales, and customer satisfaction. Typically some production and delivery is outsourced, requiring formal contracts and documentation. Solution development and delivery.

Entrepreneur 131

Entrepreneur Outsource Development Startup Competition 131

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 18, 2021

This is the last step of the process, where surprises in the evaluation of the management team, documentation, and personnel problems can derail the investment. Some startups do nothing to prepare for the due diligence process, assuming the people and business plan documents will speak for themselves. Personnel situation is stable.

Technical Review 152

Technical Review Startup Satisfaction Summary 152

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 10, 2023

Entrepreneurs need to document a process of responding to a market need, sizing opportunity, assigning a specific business model, and planning for marketing, sales, and customer satisfaction. Typically some production and delivery is outsourced, requiring formal contracts and documentation. Solution development and delivery.

Outsource Development 115

Outsource Development Startup Competition Ideas 115

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 3, 2020

With services, scaling the business often implies cloning yourself, since you are the intellectual property and the competitive advantage. For example, both need to provide exemplary customer service, build customer loyalty, and provide real value for a competitive price. You have no shelf life, so you can’t make money while you sleep.

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TechEmpower

APRIL 21, 2015

Competition for the top position in the JSON-serialization test within the Peak environment has heated up so much that Round 10 sees a more than 100% increase in the top performance versus Round 9 (2.2M If you would like to contribute to the project, we''ve migrated documentation to ReadTheDocs. Round Frameworks Framework permutations.

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Framework EC2 TechEmpower Java 200

Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 17, 2015

The one thing I learned as a consultant (I worked at Accenture for 9 years in my 20’s) and working with bankers doing M&A transactions is that no matter how hard we worked there was always a lawyer who got handed the documents at 2am and had to turn them around by 8am in the morning. Why should I expect less?

Startup 372

Startup Demand Organization Social Network 372

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 9, 2023

In the competitive realm of business, you only get one chance to make a great first impression. Always include the key document elements of an opening, main body, and a conclusion. A badly formatted document, in all caps, mixed fonts, or all one paragraph will destroy even the best message. Use professional formatting.

Tips 123

Tips Writing Startup Summary 123

InfoChachkie

AUGUST 10, 2010

Patents held by startups generally have a limited ability to reduce competition. There is a common misconception that an idea can be protected by documenting it, placing it in an envelope and then mailing it to yourself. How can IP be worthless to a startup yet very worthwhile to a BDC?

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IP Patents Company Companies 256

Berkonomics

APRIL 6, 2023

But sometimes there is a barrier, an impossibly high cost not considered, a social backlash never thought of, or competition already covering the idea that is unknown to the originator. Which leads us to the second class of creative board thinking… Strategic thinking: Board members who ask: “What is the competitive landscape?”

Company 156

Company Companies Ideas Competition 156

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 11, 2014

See the Internet and now the mobile ecosystems are one, big competitive playground where globally some of the smartest minds are focused on how to make money by driving user growth better, faster and cheaper than others.

Technical Review 384

Technical Review SEM SEO Marketing 384

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 30, 2019

My experience is that the discipline of documenting a plan will improve your likelihood of addressing all the right issues , as well as finding the right partner or investor. Prepare a business plan 20-page document. This section is especially important if you intend to attract outside investors or strategic partners.

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Ideas Slides Sample Examples 126

socalTECH

JULY 8, 2010

Whoever wins, these are some of the local firms in interesting markets--and their tough, well-backed head-to-head competition--worth watching. DocStoc, based in Santa Monica, is headed by Jason Nazar , and offers a way for people to share and purchase professional documents. DocStoc vs. Scribd. DocStoc - Profile. Funding: Around $4.0M.

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Southern California Rustic Canyon SoCal Startup 124

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 30, 2020

It starts with documenting and communicating a real purpose and mission in terms everyone can get excited about. Intellectual property is required for a competitive edge. As an angel investor myself, I’ve often heard the argument that your solution has no competition. Don’t under-estimate or ignore your competitors.

Entrepreneur 173

Entrepreneur Patents Startup Technical Review 173

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 24, 2021

A large portion of your competitive advantage and your potential value to investors is the size of your intellectual property portfolio. Still, it is recommended that you add the familiar ©Copyright 2021 symbol at the beginning or end of each media and document segment. You need all these before you start looking for funding.

Startup 145

Startup Patents IP Social Media 145

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 28, 2020

Of course, that’s both the good news and the bad news for aspiring entrepreneurs, since it means more competition, and the business landscape is changing faster than ever. The days of lengthy, text-heavy, business plan documents prepared by expensive experts are behind us. Later cleanup can double your costs and risks.

Tips 161

Tips Startup Social Media News 161

Tech.Co

AUGUST 6, 2024

However, if you want your grant proposal to be a success, there are a number of important touchpoints to bear in mind: Include a cover letter – Just like job applications, including a well-written cover letter will maximize your draft proposals’ competitive advantage.

Startup 161

Startup News Design Funding 161

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 6, 2021

It’s important to define your growth strategy, document it, communicate it to your team, and align metrics and employee rewards to target goals. Track competition to stay ahead of copycats. Build a strong employee culture focused on growth.

Technical Review 160

Technical Review Technical Advisors Startup Mentor 160

Berkonomics

APRIL 4, 2019

Requirements created by investment documents. If there is a concern over some investors gaining a competitive advantage, the amount of information may be reduced to the minimum for some classes of those investors. Of course, a public company is not entitled to pare its information to reduce exposure to competitors.

Class 120

Class Course Report Competition 120

Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 1, 2009

We spent time out in the marketplace talking with customers, looking at their solutions, comparing ourselves with our competition and then squirreling ourselves away in our offices designing our next set of features. In the first 4 years of running BuildOnline we were an “Outside In&# organization.

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Organization Customer Custom Tips 280

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 9, 2022

Outbehave Your Competition to Create Customers for Life ,” offers eight key principles for defining and managing the experience to keep it consistent and profitable: Keep every employee on stage, delivering an experience. They have to out-behave and outperform your competition. Gregg Lederman, in his classic book, “ ENGAGED!:

Customer 123

Customer Custom Services Training 123

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 24, 2015

Entrepreneurs need to document a process of responding to a market need, sizing opportunity, assigning a specific business model, and planning for marketing, sales, and customer satisfaction. Typically some production and delivery is outsourced, requiring formal contracts and documentation. Solution development and delivery.

Outsource Development 99

Outsource Development Startup Competition Ideas 99

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 31, 2011

DropBox could send out Tweets to users when new documents have been added to a folder they are following if they have subscribed to updates. Know what I call a company in the future who’s not ingesting real-time data feeds to gain competitive advantage? We already know that some bakeries send Tweets when they have fresh cookies.

News 324

News Web Email Startup 324

Berkonomics

MAY 29, 2014

Included in a business plan are financials, competitive landscape, marketing plans, and projected sales to name a few. But it’s a valuable document for you. Business plans are dynamic instruments used on a regular basis to help owners and executives to plan for future growth, and. assess past performances. So why make a plan?

Startup 166

Startup Guide Help Mentor 166

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 17, 2020

In the competitive realm of business, you only get one chance to make a great first impression. Always include the key document elements of an opening, main body, and a conclusion. A badly formatted document, in all caps, mixed fonts, or all one paragraph will destroy even the best message. Use professional formatting.

Writing 125

Writing Entrepreneur Summary Email 125

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 24, 2021

That might start with the CEO giving the investor pitch to the whole organization, and distributing the current business plan document to everyone. Make sure all business processes are documented and integrated. If everyone has a different view of reality, you have no reality. Take time to review and resolve any personnel distractions.

Technical Review 152

Technical Review Startup Satisfaction Invest 152

InfoChachkie

OCTOBER 13, 2011

To the casual observer, it may appear that Eucalyptus and RightScale’s respective solutions are competitive. They read the documentation. In addition to heading up Eucalyptus, Marten is also on the Board of fellow-cloud company, RightScale. We don’t need to reach out to them to ask them to integrate. They just grab the product.

Cloud Computing 212

Cloud Computing Santa Barbara Platform Resource 212

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 29, 2011

A business plan is an “outward facing” document for external investors, or for C-level executives within your own company. Competition analysis. Here is where you pick a few of these, characterize what they do, and position your own product to show your competitive advantage. Market research and competition.

Product 93

Product Entrepreneur Outsource Development Competition 93

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 26, 2020

A business plan is the outward facing definition of the business you hope to drive with your hardware solution, with a hardware overview in the intro to highlight customer value and competitiveness. Call out your top competitors, highlighting your sustainable competitive advantage, including patents, trade secrets. and trademarks.

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Product Summary Startup Examples 169