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7 Key Strategies To Ensure Long-Term Customer Growth

Startup Professionals Musings

By drawing on the current network of drivers and the app technology it already has in place, UberEATS could be a major competitor for food delivery services such as DoorDash. Don’t be the next Xerox who totally missed the personal computer market, even though they had the technology and the processes well before Apple, IBM, and others.

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13 Ecosystem Builders That Are Boosting Startup Growth

Tech.Co

BlackTech Week was created in 2014, and in four short years, they’ve gained over 2700 participants, 150 speakers, and 3 pitch competitions. Driving funding to early-stage startups and small businesses is what we do here and being a part of the Startup of the Year Competition was a no-brainer for us. BlackTech Week (Miami, FL).

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Entrepreneurs Need To Keep Their Business Focused

Startup Professionals Musings

Investors hear this as trying to do too many things with limited resources, meaning the startup will not shine at anything, and will not survive the competition. Keep these balanced and aligned between people (customers, employees) and process (quality, service, revenue), and keep the scope realistic (eliminating world hunger is too broad).

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8 Key Focus Elements Will Attract Startup Investors

Startup Professionals Musings

Investors hear this as trying to do too many things with limited resources, meaning the startup will not shine at anything, and will not survive the competition. Keep these balanced and aligned between people (customers, employees) and process (quality, service, revenue), and keep the scope realistic (eliminating world hunger is too broad).

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Fixing Tech’s Gender Problem Starts With Company Culture

InfoChachkie

One of these bright lights is Santa Barbara-based HG Data - developers of the world's largest competitive-intelligence database. <Note: Diversity on all levels, be it ideas, education, background, gender, ethnicity or otherwise, is critical to our growth. The Power of a Diverse Workforce.

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Why Entrepreneurs Need To Keep Their Business Focused

Startup Professionals Musings

Focus simply means launching your first and most memorable initiative where you see a unique skill and experience fit, your best competitive positioning with the least risk, and the greatest potential return. Keep these balanced and aligned between people (customers, employees) and process (quality, service), and keep the scope limited.