Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 26, 2010

Competition. And the reality is that if you have no competition it will likely be perceived as a negative, not positive. And the reality is that if you have no competition it will likely be perceived as a negative, not positive. Here’s some thoughts on the competition slide and also how to talk about it: Competition.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 13, 2021

I’m certainly not saying that all of these are required, but they are certainly all worth some consideration: Get some business education, as well as technical. The education will be invaluable in setting up your own business, managing a team, and learning how to deal with constant challenges.

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TechCrunch LA

MARCH 18, 2019

The ARPANET, as it was called back then, was designed by government, industry and academia so scientists and academics could access each other’s computing resources and trade large research files, saving time, money and travel costs. On the one hand, it has led to valuable services of great value.

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TechCrunch LA

MARCH 31, 2021

Tech companies have spent the past decade or more developing innovations that can be applied to old-world industries like agriculture, construction, energy, education, manufacturing and transportation and logistics. Wander is one-such service providing high speed wireless internet in Los Angeles.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 22, 2012

From my own research, here is a collection of seven top tips on how a startup or any company can build and maintain real customer loyalty: Communicate more personally more often. Educate your customers on your business. Get to know your customers, and actually call them by name, or even remember their likes and dislikes.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 17, 2022

The passion has to be in the business context – meaning results oriented, customer oriented, and sensitive to competition. In many cases, experts with academic or research credentials are not good partners for a business venture. Thus you should do the same or more due diligence on educational background, previous work, and references.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 23, 2020

With these, you apply common tools, such as field research, user groups, questionnaires and interviews. Others include the marketing awareness and education stage, online and in-store shopping stage, setup stage, support, and upgrade considerations. Include the total user experience from shopping to support.

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Tech.Co

MAY 25, 2018

BlackTech Week was created in 2014, and in four short years, they’ve gained over 2700 participants, 150 speakers, and 3 pitch competitions. Founded in 2013, digitalundivided leads high potential Black and Latino women founders through the startup pipeline with a focus on knowledge, research and community.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 20, 2023

If there is a growing opportunity, an accredited market research group like Forrester or Gartner will already have data to quantify your excitement, and help make your case. If you claim no competition, investors may perceive that you have no market, or you haven’t looked. Your passion isn’t enough to create a market.

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TechCrunch LA

OCTOBER 22, 2018

Educate them on the benefits, educate them on safety, and provide helmets.” The listing was first spotted by Nathan Pope , a transportation researcher for consultancy Steer, and later by Cheddar’s Alex Heath. They can make it clear that they care about the constituency there.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 6, 2016

At the Upfront Summit this past week there was an electric interview of Fred Wilson led by well-researched and artful Dan Primack of Fortune Magazine that ended up making news. Of course you should read the book so I don’t bastardize his arguments but two (of the six) guiding principles come down to competition and science.

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Southern California Edison Blog

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

Telecom carriers looking to stay competitive should continue strengthening their network infrastructure and adding greater flexibility to their service offerings to provide reliable and high-performance connectivity for their customers. The shift to remote work and schooling shifted people’s telecom connectivity needs.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 14, 2010

We've initially focused on university-based research groups, and as we've gotten up and running, we've found that there's no need to limit it to just universities. If an existing company is not interested in licensing, and a researcher is not an entrepreneurial spirit, those projects go no where. Where is this talent coming from?

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 7, 2020

By following the crowdfunding campaigns of others, you can learn much about what types of ideas and solutions are attractive to customers, and also understand some new ways to raise money in todays competitive world. As with any other career choice, it pays to educate and test yourself before committing totally.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 21, 2013

While I agree that successful company builders usually have a natural inclination to be entrepreneurs, a good education helps polish that apple. The entrepreneurial wunderkinds who find success without higher education "are exceptions to the rule," says Robert Litan, Vice President of Research and Policy at the Kauffman Foundation.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 19, 2020

If there is a growing opportunity, an accredited market research group like Forrester or Gartner will already have data to quantify your excitement, and help make your case. If you claim no competition, investors may perceive that you have no market, or you haven’t looked. Your passion isn’t enough to create a market.

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InfoChachkie

SEPTEMBER 27, 2018

Ventures In Which An MBA Education Is A Plus. My contrarian nature sparked, I began researching MBA led startups. Despite their attitude and personality shortcomings, an MBA degree can provide certain types of startups with a distinct competitive advantage. A nice way of saying they can be arrogant mercenaries.

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InfoChachkie

MAY 26, 2016

Learning To Learn - A sound college education includes gaining the insights into applying logic, researching data and assessing the veracity information. The same is true of a college education, which provides young people with a safe environment to learn from their mistakes.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 6, 2011

While I agree that successful company builders usually have a natural inclination to be entrepreneurs, a good education helps polish that apple. The entrepreneurial wunderkinds who find success without higher education "are exceptions to the rule," says Robert Litan, Vice President of Research and Policy at the Kauffman Foundation.

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Entrepreneur Startup Course Education 105

Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 1, 2012

If you are simply interested in making money in the app space …then your first step is to start researching what kind of application you are interested in making. Niche apps can usually demand a higher price point because there isn’t much competition out there. Do Your Research. Having competition isn’t a bad thing.

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Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 26, 2012

Your concept clearly is more developed than any of the competition. Education, work experience. The color scheme of your pitch deck obviously will not insure you win a pitch competition. What I am saying is that you must approach a pitch competition like any other challenge or problem. Are judges blind?

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AeA Los Angeles Council

APRIL 28, 2008

President on April 16th, with the hope of addressing our country’s competitive position in the world as it relates to Science, Technology, Engineering & Math (STEM). Such action will allow for the fulfillment of the commitments made in your American Competitiveness Initiative and in the America COMPETES Act signed into law last summer.

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socalTECH

AUGUST 27, 2014

We are constantly learning, doing research, and networking with other entrepreneurs, and people in our business who are the best at what they do. We spent time going out there and really talking to customers, doing primary research, and have our customers actually help us build our products.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 15, 2019

The passion has to be in the business context – meaning results oriented, customer oriented, and sensitive to competition. In many cases, experts with academic or research credentials are not good partners for a business venture. Thus you should do the same or more due diligence on educational background, previous work, and references.

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Xconomy

SEPTEMBER 24, 2018

Companies around the world are reevaluating their methods for recruiting and retaining top talent and, even in innovation hubs like Boston, there is serious competition for talent. As cybersecurity attacks and data breaches, unfortunately, become a matter of not if but when , security talent is more important than ever.

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Tech Zulu Event

MAY 10, 2012

Psychologist, University of Southern CaliforniaSena’s research explores a variety of social psychological topics, e.g. morality, romantic relationships, political ideology, evolution and biology of attraction, mate selection, and love, religious beliefs, and culture differences. Lucien’s goal is simple, to completely redesign education.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 12, 2010

While I agree that successful company builders usually have a natural inclination to be entrepreneurs, a good education helps polish that apple. The entrepreneurial wunderkinds who find success without higher education "are exceptions to the rule," says Robert Litan, Vice President of Research and Policy at the Kauffman Foundation.

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Tech.Co

MARCH 8, 2018

Also at Startup Night will be 25 diverse and innovative startups showcasing their latest products, competing for prizes including: $1K from LaunchKC , Business Extra Points from American Airlines , and a fast tracked spot to the Startup of the Year semifinals competition at Innovate Celebrate 2018. Marissa Lowman, Investor at Village Capital.

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Technical Review Startup Software Review Entrepreneur 70

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 24, 2015

Even technology solutions with a large intuitive value, such as a cure for cancer, need hype for visibility, education, side-effect considerations and to avoid a scam label. Marketing acceptance, especially for new technologies, actually goes through several predictable stages, called the hype cycle , as outlined by Gartner research.

Startup 97

Startup Marketing Entrepreneur Social Network 97

AeA Los Angeles Council

JULY 7, 2008

Approximately 50 executives from the worlds of technology & venture capital piled into the dining hall on June 30th to listen to Dr. Mark Drapeau speak about "innovation" and its sister topic, "STEM education." Innovation – and its sister topic, STEM education, is a topic that easily falls through the cracks. government.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 22, 2014

The passion has to be in the business context – meaning results oriented, customer oriented, and sensitive to competition. In many cases, experts with academic or research credentials are not good partners for a business venture. Thus you should do the same or more due diligence on educational background, previous work, and references.

Software Review 107

Software Review Entrepreneur CTO Hire Outsource Development 107

AeA Los Angeles Council

APRIL 10, 2008

Christopher Hansen, AeA President & CEO, singled out "negligence on the part of our political leaders" to invest in research, improve the U.S. education system and "allow the best and the brightest" from around the wolrd to work in the United States. Competitiveness. See his interview with Fox Business News. (04/02/08).

High Tech 40

High Tech AeA Education Slides 40

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 25, 2015

With these, you apply common tools, such as field research, user groups, questionnaires and interviews. Others include the marketing awareness and education stage, online and in-store shopping stage, setup stage, support, and upgrade considerations. Include the total user experience from shopping to support.

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Design Product Customer Custom 61

socalTECH

MAY 11, 2011

There is lots of competition in this area for serving retirement homes. But, the reason we ultimately said no, is because we have 20 percent in pretax earnings earmarked to fund and help lives, with prevention and research. We're funding things like clean water, education, and other efforts.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 20, 2014

If there is a growing opportunity, an accredited market-research group such as Forrester or Gartner will already have data to quantify your excitement, and help make your case. If you claim no competition, investors may perceive that you have no market, or you haven’t looked. Your passion isn’t enough to create a market.

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Technology Startup Social Media Customer 114

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 11, 2013

Her focus is on crafting a customer experience that caters to people not like you, including social media aficionados, to bring in new customers and create a competitive advantage. Give you a significant competitive edge, by better serving broader customer groups. Every startup these days must adopt this focus to survive and prosper.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 12, 2013

But the low cost also means that your competition will also be there in force. Plan to update this roadmap at least once a month, based on results, new information, and competition. According to Steve Blank , research has shown that a typical successful Internet startup experiences up to three pivots in their evolution.

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