Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 12, 2013

But the low cost also means that your competition will also be there in force. Without a sustainable strategy, these challenges lead to the terrifying statistic that nine out of ten online businesses will fail, and lead to the current ratio of Internet failures to millionaires being thousands to one. Do them all.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 28, 2023

I recommend that you use every vehicle at your disposal, including email and public statistics, to clarify the worst case. Don’t demotivate people by setting expectations too high, or become non-competitive by accepting complacency. Avoid being misled by flawed decision frameworks.

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socalTECH

JULY 23, 2009

Plus, they can start generating the statistics they need easily, rather than taking what normally would be hours and hours to pull that information together, at the click of a button. How much competition is there in this space with people like Oracle, SAP, etc? Therese Tucker: Here's the difference. How big is the company now?

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 20, 2017

These will provide the competitive edge you need with customers and less-focused team members. This starts with responding to phone calls and emails in a timely and professional manner, and extends to thoughtful and unemotional exchanges in all discussions, business or personal. Demonstrates an ability to listen and learn.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 24, 2017

Yet, according to statistics from the Small Business Association (SBA), over half of new businesses offer something else - personal professional services, including consulting, business coaching, and advisory services. They match individual customer preferences, whether it be voice, email, texting, or social media, to close deals.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 1, 2016

Chip Kelly believes in the statistics of players: ages, sizes, speeds – and everybody is clear what the “Chip Kelly system” was. She can anticipate reactions to price increases or product changes by customers and she can sustain competitive challenges because she knows the customer will stick by her.

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Berkonomics

MARCH 16, 2017

If you read last week’s analysis of statistics for startups and early stage businesses, you have learned the truth that at least half of the businesses backed by professional early stage investors will die within three years or less. None of this is to say that an inexperienced entrepreneur cannot lead a great new business.

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Berkonomics

MAY 11, 2023

Here’s a test: Several weeks ago, we published statistics of start-up and company failures. If you read that analysis of statistics for startups and early-stage businesses, you have learned the truth that at least half of the businesses backed by professional early-stage investors will die within three years or less.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 20, 2020

Email marketing. Nearly $50 billion is being spent annually on direct mail, according to statistics , and the amount has been increasing each year. To use online display ads to generate leads, you post ads on websites frequented by your target audience or ones with content related to the ad. Yet it is more alive than ever before.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 15, 2022

Surdak emphasizes that the goal is to either mitigate some of the pressure caused by data growth or to put that pressure to work for you in growing your startup and remaining competitive: Focus: play to your strengths. Startups should seek to continually improve performance through statistical analysis and predictive monitoring.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 16, 2023

Email marketing. Nearly $50 billion is being spent annually on direct mail, according to statistics , and the amount has been increasing each year. To use online display ads to generate leads, you post ads on websites frequented by your target audience or ones with content related to the ad. Yet it is more alive than ever before.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 31, 2015

Surdak emphasizes that the goal is to either mitigate some of the pressure caused by data growth or to put that pressure to work for you in growing your startup and remaining competitive: Focus: play to your strengths. Startups should seek to continually improve performance through statistical analysis and predictive monitoring.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 11, 2019

Surdak emphasizes that the goal is to either mitigate some of the pressure caused by data growth or to put that pressure to work for you in growing your startup and remaining competitive: Focus: play to your strengths. Startups should seek to continually improve performance through statistical analysis and predictive monitoring.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 6, 2014

Surdak emphasizes that the goal is to either mitigate some of the pressure caused by data growth or to put that pressure to work for you in growing your startup and remaining competitive: Focus: play to your strengths. Startups should seek to continually improve performance through statistical analysis and predictive monitoring.

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Alon Schwartz

MARCH 30, 2012

I’m still shocked when people ask me questions like: “Who is your competition?” Just statistically speaking, most of the time the answer is no. Send a thank you email later that day. As an interviewee, asking questions is an important part of the interview but you need to shoot for the “hmmm… good question…” type of question.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 6, 2017

Surdak emphasizes that the goal is to either mitigate some of the pressure caused by data growth or to put that pressure to work for you in growing your startup and remaining competitive: Focus: play to your strengths. Startups should seek to continually improve performance through statistical analysis and predictive monitoring.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 17, 2018

Email marketing. Nearly $50 billion is being spent annually on direct mail, according to statistics , and the amount has been increasing each year. To use online display ads to generate leads, you post ads on websites frequented by your target audience or ones with content related to the ad. Yet it is more alive than ever before.

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TechCrunch LA

DECEMBER 31, 2022

Despite that apparent hunger, two scooter operators – Lyft and Spin – recently exited the Los Angeles area, blaming a lack of favorable regulations and too much competition, which apparently made it difficult to turn a profit. It’s so car dominated and hungry for alternatives to the automobile.”. So what if there are accidents?

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Berkonomics

AUGUST 18, 2011

And statistically, the first product into a niche is very rarely the one to succeed. . Email readers continue here.] Apple, for example, was nowhere near the first to introduce an MP3 handheld music player. I had owned several before the first iPod was released.

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Berkonomics

AUGUST 30, 2018

And statistically, the first product into a niche is very rarely the one to succeed. It did not hurt that Apple always seemed to trump the competition in design of the product and the product’s user interface too. The moment of truth: Facing the “no decision” competition. Some great examples of second-to-market.

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