Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 29, 2023

They need to ask customers the difficult questions, and really understand costs versus benefits, as well as competitive alternatives. Whereas providers used to control information, the Internet has given customers access to more information and more choices than ever. Value is far more than cost versus price.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 30, 2022

Today’s customers are much more in control of their buying decision, as they have more choices and more information than ever before. Bloom is a widely known expert on managing business growth, and he starts by summarizing the three key weapons of current customers, which include an instant summary of choices, prices, and features.

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Customer Custom Startup Course 146

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 1, 2021

You have figured out how to undercut your competitor’s price, and still hold your margin. Love that sustainable competitive advantage. Working on that unique design, or completing the breakthrough for an innovative patent, are moments of inspiration that you will never forget, especially if they become your competitive edge.

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Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 19, 2015

Computers and the Internet have now brought in a new era that relies on data to make profitable business decisions in the competitive environment. Below is a full explanation of how small businesses can leverage technology to earn a competitive advantage in the marketplace. Cloud Services. BPM Software. CRM Platforms.

Competition 40

Competition Technology Social Media Tips 40

Berkonomics

NOVEMBER 25, 2021

Whether it is you or a quality control manager, someone must assure that the product or service you send out to the world will not fail to perform at least to the level of customer expectation, if not to delight those customers most likely to be critical. Fourth is competitive risk. Third is finance risk. Fifth is execution risk.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 24, 2020

The price of entry can be less than $10,000, so the competition is huge and growing rapidly. Here are some ways we both recommend to beat the odds and thrive in today’s app ecosystem: Sell a digital service through your app. You provide the free app in the App Store that gives subscribers mobile access to your service.

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Mobile Develop Development Platform 126

Berkonomics

MARCH 5, 2020

Is the product or service possible to produce at all, let alone economically enough to. One way to mitigate this is by using early money to create a prototype, to perform market research, to complete the first generation of the product, or to deliver the service to a satisfied customer. And fifth: Competitive risk. .

Outsource Development 156

Outsource Development Ideas Resource Patents 156

socalTECH

JULY 25, 2016

Carlsbad-based satellite broadband provider ViaSat has scored a high profile customer win, saying this morning that it will be providing in-flight Internet and connectivity services to Air Force One , along with other aircraft for senior leaders of the U.S. Government.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 19, 2023

Nearly all new businesses aspiring to reach meaningful scale require some sort of outside funding to finance a competitive growth trajectory. Make your business model your competitive differentiation, like Fred Smith with Federal Express, or Ingvar Kamprad with IKEA. True business titans deliver both invention and innovation.

Entrepreneur 101

Entrepreneur Startup Ideas Competition 101

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 26, 2020

Nearly all new businesses aspiring to reach meaningful scale require some sort of outside funding to finance a competitive growth trajectory. Make your business model your competitive differentiation, like Fred Smith with Federal Express, or Ingvar Kamprad with IKEA. True business titans deliver both invention and innovation.

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Startup Ideas Entrepreneur Competition 171

Berkonomics

OCTOBER 17, 2019

[Email readers, continue here…] Suppliers need you to be a good customer, to pay a reasonable price for goods or services, to pay your bills on time, and of course to reorder when the time comes. Good suppliers want to create solutions to your needs and distance themselves from their competition.

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Customer Custom Course Email 120

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 7, 2020

Products and services for a business need to be attuned to customer requirements, cost and quality tradeoffs, with milestones for pricing and completion. Formalize the use of tools and information technology. Marketing, sales, support, and service operations. No mention usually means no plan and not competitive.

Entrepreneur 131

Entrepreneur Outsource Development Startup Competition 131

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 18, 2021

Depending on the availability of staff and needed information, the due diligence process generally takes 2–6 weeks to perform. Having a great product or service is not enough. This will involve an analysis of the company’s distribution channels, advertising, and pricing strategy. Size of the market. Sales and marketing strategy.

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Technical Review Startup Satisfaction Summary 152

SoCal CTO

AUGUST 29, 2013

USC’s Marshall School of Business will host the second annual Silicon Beach Awards (SBAs), a $50,000 venture competition focused on innovation in technology & entertainment. We will also recognize the next generation of innovators as we award over $50,000 to participants in the USC Silicon Beach Awards venture competition.

USC 159

USC Cornerstone OnDemand Startup Conference 159

Berkonomics

MARCH 14, 2019

Is the product or service possible to produce at all, let alone economically enough to compete in the marketplace? One way to mitigate this is by using early money to create a prototype, to perform market research, to complete the first generation of the product, or to deliver the service to a satisfied customer. Second: Market risk.

Outsource Development 120

Outsource Development Ideas Resource Patents 120

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 3, 2020

Today’s customers are much more in control of their buying decision, as they have more choices and more information than ever before. Bloom is a widely known expert on managing business growth, and he starts by summarizing the three key weapons of current customers, which include an instant summary of choices, prices, and features.

Customer 124

Customer Custom Startup Course 124

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 6, 2020

They need to ask customers the difficult questions, and really understand costs versus benefits, as well as competitive alternatives. Whereas providers used to control information, the Internet has given customers access to more information and more choices than ever. Value is far more than cost versus price.

Entrepreneur 134

Entrepreneur Startup Sales Customer 134

socalTECH

MARCH 11, 2013

San Diego-based WhatRunsWhere said today that it has launched a brand new service, which helps advertisers track what ads competitors are running into mobile apps for the Android operating system. Pricing on the new tool was not announced.

Advertising 138

Advertising San Diego Mobile Pricing 138

Berkonomics

NOVEMBER 23, 2012

Suppliers need you to be a good customer, to pay a reasonable price for goods or services, to pay your bills on time, and of course to reorder when the time comes. Good suppliers want to create solutions to your needs and distance themselves from their competition. Your customers want to be treated as special.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 12, 2014

It’s building a product that is substantially differentiated, and, as Bill Gross, one of the most prolific tech entrepreneurs of our era says, “ It needs to be 10x better than the competition ” (because if you shoot for that then in competitive markets you might achieve 3x.

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Marketing Startup SEM SEO 379

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 7, 2013

He had an idea for a startup that would help consumers better book service jobs and would take on Service Magic, which he believed had a business model that could be disrupted. In the same year they won Business Insider’s Startup competition. .” So Ethan went to work as a product manager at Google Video. Nice sweep!

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Berkonomics

MARCH 15, 2012

Is the product or service possible to produce at all, let alone economically enough to compete in the marketplace? One way to mitigate this is by using early money to create a prototype, to perform market research, to complete the first generation of the product, or to deliver the service to a satisfied customer.

Outsource Development 200

Outsource Development Ideas Resource Patents 200

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 9, 2015

The price of entry can be less than $10,000, so the competition is huge and growing rapidly. Here are some ways we both recommend to beat the odds and thrive in today’s app ecosystem: Sell a digital service through your app. You provide the free app in the App Store that gives subscribers mobile access to your service.

Startup 98

Startup Platform Pricing Netflix 98

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 25, 2021

As you think and explore and imagine the possibilities for new products, remember that it should have a broad opportunity, appeal to people who have money to buy, and needs to have pizzazz to get people’s attention in this age of information overload. Now get real (cook it). Before you get too excited, it’s time to do some homework.

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Ideas Entrepreneur Mentor Resource 136

Tech.Co

NOVEMBER 17, 2017

With the new iPhone X, biometric security was taken to the next level with FaceID to protect one’s personal and banking information. Cybriant is a holistic cyber security service startup which enables small and mid-size organizations to deploy and afford the same cyber defense strategies and tactics as the Fortune 500.

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Artificial Inteligence Startup Platform Training 90

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 1, 2019

In today’s world of constant change and information overload via the Internet, content marketing and branding are often more important to success than product quality or technology. They will have a short memory and no loyalty to “lowest prices” or “easiest to use.” Position your products as delivery for on-demand services.

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Social Media Customer Custom Mobile 73

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 9, 2018

Nearly all new businesses aspiring to reach meaningful scale require some sort of outside funding to finance a competitive growth trajectory. Make your business model your competitive differentiation, like Fred Smith with Federal Express, or Ingvar Kamprad with IKEA. True business titans deliver both invention and innovation.

Guide 95

Guide Startup Ideas Entrepreneur 95

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 9, 2010

Key Information Systems (www.keyinfo.com) Providing IBM Storage Solutions. www.pitchtheangels.com) Join Tech Coast Angels members and other start up investors at the 5th Annual Los Angeles Fast Pitch Competition. Contact Scott Herson for an overview, pricing and information at herson@joyent.com or 949-861-1069.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 28, 2018

My friend Michael Broukhim, founder & co-CEO of FabFitFun and I recently had a catch-up meeting for 3-miles on the Santa Monica “Bird Trail” No company has ever elicited so many questions by friends, colleagues, entrepreneurs, fellow VCs and journalists as has Bird, the company that pioneered the electronic scooter as a service market.

Santa Monica 256

Santa Monica Funding Startup Course 256

Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 7, 2013

CapLinked also netted in new customers such as Thomson Reuters, Sun Capital, and Equity Partners, NextView Ventures and crowd-funding service AI Verified which will take advantage of its iPad compatibility, bulk uploading, and reporting tools. According to Eric M.

Mobile 91

Mobile Report Pricing Tool 91

StartUp Beat

JULY 26, 2017

Broadband access in the US has come under both scrutiny and criticism recently with a lack of competition being blamed for sub-par services. As competition increases, consumers need to be aware of their options, which is why BroadbandNow has set up their comprehensive database of US broadband providers.

Software Review 40

Software Review Technical Review Competition Statistics 40

Berkonomics

JUNE 18, 2015

Whether it is you or a quality control manager, someone must assure that the product or service you send out to the world will not fail to perform at least to the level of customer expectation, if not to delight those customers most likely to be critical. Fourth is competitive risk , which consists of two separate risks.

Competition 120

Competition Marketing Class Product 120

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 20, 2018

They need to ask customers the difficult questions, and really understand costs versus benefits, as well as competitive alternatives. Whereas providers used to control information, the Internet has given customers access to more information and more choices than ever. Value is far more than cost versus price.

Startup 98

Startup Sales Entrepreneur Customer 98

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 25, 2016

According to many observers , we can thank or blame technology for these higher expectations, providing information at the speed of light, leading everyone to expect more. The days of pushing new and marginal performers into customer service are gone. Every job on your team drives your customer experience.

Customer 55

Customer Custom Startup Coach 55

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 5, 2016

Nearly all new businesses aspiring to reach meaningful scale require some sort of outside funding to finance a competitive growth trajectory. Make your business model your competitive differentiation, like Fred Smith with Federal Express, or Ingvar Kamprad with IKEA. True business titans deliver both invention and innovation.

Startup 103

Startup Ideas Entrepreneur Competition 103

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 24, 2015

Products and services for a business need to be attuned to customer requirements, cost and quality tradeoffs, with milestones for pricing and completion. Formalize the use of tools and information technology. Marketing, sales, support, and service operations. No mention usually means no plan and not competitive.

Outsource Development 99

Outsource Development Startup Competition Ideas 99

Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 1, 2013

Using these standards ensures that you have reliable accounting information on which you can base important financial decisions (also necessary for potential investors and creditors). Undercharging for your product/service. Pricing is an art, a challenging art. Do your due diligence to perform competitive analysis.

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Startup Pricing Outsource Competition 93