Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 21, 2022

The price of entry can be less than $10,000, so the competition is huge and growing rapidly. Yet according to other statistics, vanishing few of these ever generate a significant profit. One of the quickest ways to become an entrepreneur these days is to develop and publish a smartphone app.

Develop 138

Develop Development Platform Mobile 138

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 30, 2021

Examine the marketplace and your competition. Statistics say that the failure rate for new businesses within the first 5 years is as high as 90 percent. Think twice before you invest your precious time, money, and energy, and then go for it! Every new business has highs and lows, and plenty of the unexpected. Marty Zwilling.

Entrepreneur 169

Entrepreneur Startup Statistics Guide 169

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 19, 2022

Bigger organizations should invest in the new “big data” tools. Based on statistical data , it typically takes eight months for a newly hired employee to reach full productivity, and that doesn’t include hiring. Almost any startup can start with Excel, and move to open-source data analysis tools, including Python or RStudio.

Tool 121

Tool Statistics Entrepreneur Metrics 121

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 9, 2022

Start by reviewing current statistics, like the recent Social Media Marketing Benchmark Report 2022 , to learn which social media sites are most popular, which features drive the most impact today, and how other social media marketers have maximized their efforts and seen the greatest ROI. Measuring is all about return-on-investment (ROI).

Social Media 135

Social Media Framework Media Metrics 135

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 4, 2021

What most people don’t realize is, according to recent statistics , despite top positioning, only a quarter of sites selected comes from paid search. Other PPC experts will track your campaign from click to transaction, providing you with detailed reports on and return on investment (ROI). Campaign setup and ad copy writing.

PPC 154

PPC SEO Paid Search Search Engine Optimization 154

Berkonomics

SEPTEMBER 19, 2019

I recall that the board of one of my companies sat through an extended meeting just eight months after receiving a significant eight figure VC cash injection, reviewing income statements, budgets, sales statistics, Internet customer trends, and more. We discussed these with management thoroughly for a total of four hours.

News 120

News Statistics Resource Sales 120

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 18, 2022

The first page of the business plan better be an executive summary which gives the investor a taste of the financials, as well as opportunity, competition, and key executives. “I Investors invest in the jockey, more than the horse. Too much detail at first contact is just as much of a turnoff as no information.

Technical Review 109

Technical Review Startup Statistics Social Media 109

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 24, 2020

The price of entry can be less than $10,000, so the competition is huge and growing rapidly. Yet according to other statistics, vanishing few of these ever generate a significant profit. One of the quickest ways to become an entrepreneur these days is to develop and publish a smartphone app.

Mobile 126

Mobile Develop Development Platform 126

Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 12, 2013

Manatt Venture Funds, which we dedicate a specific portion of our funds to targeted digital media investments, is also part of the Manatt Digital Media network. More interest and money invested in LA. No matter what we say, the statistics are what they are and invested capital in Silicon Valley still dwarfs Southern California.

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Los Angeles Media Invest Startup 84

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 21, 2020

The first page of the business plan better be an executive summary which gives the investor a taste of the financials, as well as opportunity, competition, and key executives. “I Investors invest in the jockey, more than the horse. Too much detail at first contact is just as much of a turnoff as no information.

Technical Review 124

Technical Review Statistics Startup Social Media 124

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 15, 2019

Bigger organizations should invest in the new “big data” tools. Based on statistical data , it typically takes eight months for a newly hired employee to reach full productivity, and that doesn’t include hiring. Almost any startup can start with Excel, and move to open-source data analysis tools, including Python or RStudio.

Metrics 98

Metrics Tool Statistics Entrepreneur 98

Berkonomics

OCTOBER 25, 2012

Not long ago, the board of one of my companies sat through an extended meeting just eight months after receiving a significant eight figure VC cash injection, reviewing income statements, budgets, sales statistics, Internet customer trends, and more. We discussed these with management thoroughly for a total of four hours.

News 166

News Statistics Resource Sales 166

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 11, 2017

From my perspective, projecting financial returns is part of the homework every business person needs to do in sizing customer opportunity, product costs, pricing, competition and customer value, before expending their own resources in a highly risky venture. Calculate cash-burn rate and investment timing.

Pricing 57

Pricing Startup Entrepreneur Invest 57

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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Los Angeles San Pedro Santa Monica Study 257

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 4, 2015

If you don’t have a destination, don’t waste your money trying to get there, and don’t expect anyone to support you along the way Projecting financials is a natural extension of the homework every entrepreneur needs to do on customer opportunity size, product costs, pricing, competition and customer value.

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Entrepreneur Startup Pricing Sales 102

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 4, 2014

Los Angeles-based Radical.FM (www.radical.fm) thinks it has a new formula for Internet streaming, and can take on Pandora and others in head to head competition. I think we''re simply too small and too new of a service to have any kind of statistical base we could extrapolate. Where are you in terms of investment?

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Startup Services Advertising Content 237

InfoChachkie

JUNE 9, 2011

Semantic technology is important… we can aggregate individual lists into the wisdom of crowd aggregations which are more statistically meaningful than one person’s opinion about a topic.”. Do you see crowd-ranked lists as ultimately competitive or complimentary to traditional and curated search? I do everything I do all in or nothing.

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Google Organic Search Sites Startup 264

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 18, 2019

I also see many successful entrepreneurs, including Richard Branson , who openly state, “I rely far more on gut instinct than researching huge amounts of statistics.” or “Apparently, my inner critic thinks that I shouldn’t be the one to do the investment pitch,” as you smile at its attempt to thwart you.

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Examples Tool Statistics Tips 81

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 17, 2018

Indeed, while the rules and technologies for lead generation have changed, Forrester and other experts still see it as the most effective way for businesses with limited budgets to maximize their return on marketing investment (ROMI). One of these experts, David T. Yet it is more alive than ever before. Cold calling.

Social Media 55

Social Media SEM Startup Advertising 55

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 3, 2016

According to recent statistics from the International Business Innovation Association ( InBIA ), there are about 7,000 business incubators and accelerators worldwide, with over 90 percent being non-profit and focused on incubator programs for community economic development. The process is often competitive and very difficult.

Incubator 58

Incubator Startup Seed Funding Equity 58

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 9, 2015

The price of entry can be less than $10,000, so the competition is huge and growing rapidly. Yet according to other statistics, vanishing few of these ever generate a significant profit. One of the quickest ways to become an entrepreneur these days is to develop and publish a smartphone app.

Startup 98

Startup Platform Pricing Netflix 98

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 14, 2012

Sales data needs to be correlated to advertising campaigns, price changes, seasonal forces, competitive actions, and other cost of sales. This tells you whether your marketing and advertising investments are paying for themselves. Again, be sure to check industry norms for your type of business to see if you are competitive.

Metrics 106

Metrics Startup Sales Statistics 106

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 17, 2013

Sales data needs to be correlated to advertising campaigns, price changes, seasonal forces, competitive actions, and other costs of sales. This tells you whether your marketing and advertising investments are paying for themselves. Again, be sure to check industry norms for your type of business to see if you are competitive.

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Metrics Technical Review Sales Customer 100

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 3, 2012

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.

Startup 96

Startup Social Media Content Paid Search 96

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 28, 2016

Examine the marketplace and your competition. Statistics say that the failure rate for new businesses within the first 5 years is as high as 90 percent. Think twice before you invest your precious time, money, and energy, and then go for it! Every new business has highs and lows, and plenty of the unexpected.

Startup 71

Startup Statistics Guide Entrepreneur 71

Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 18, 2012

This includes statistics on articles and profiles. Who is reading your article, where readers come from, and whether or not the readers are registered on exploreB2B are among some of the statistic specifics.). Competition? How unique are you from the competition? The first premium package was recently released.

Networking 71

Networking Help Social Media Platform 71

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 8, 2015

The first page of the business plan better be an executive summary which gives the investor a taste of the financials, as well as opportunity, competition, and key executives. “I Investors invest in the jockey, more than the horse. Too much detail at first contact is just as much of a turnoff as no information.

Technical Review 109

Technical Review Entrepreneur Startup Statistics 109

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 14, 2013

Examine the marketplace and your competition. Statistics say that the failure rate for new businesses within the first 5 years is as high as 90 percent. Think twice before you invest your precious time, money, and energy, and then go for it! Every new business has highs and lows, and plenty of the unexpected. Marty Zwilling.

Entrepreneur 114

Entrepreneur Startup Statistics Guide 114

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 15, 2013

Projecting the financials should be the last step of your business plan preparation, since it assumes you already know the opportunity size, customer buying habits, pricing, costs, and competition. Check industry average statistics to make sure you are in the right range. Cash flow is king. See where your cash flow bottoms out.

Startup 95

Startup Pricing Statistics .Net 95

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 10, 2017

Bigger organizations should invest in the new “big data” tools. According to data from recent statistics , it typically takes eight months for a newly hired employee to reach full productivity, and that doesn’t include hiring. " The best leaders use data and analytics to identify key offenders to continually reduce these problems.

Tool 53

Tool Entrepreneur Statistics Metrics 53

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 24, 2014

The first page of the business plan better be an executive summary which gives the investor a taste of the financials, as well as opportunity, competition, and key executives. “I Investors invest in the jockey, more than the horse. Too much detail at first contact is just as much of a turnoff as no information.

Entrepreneur 119

Entrepreneur Technical Review Statistics Startup 119

InfoChachkie

JULY 2, 2012

Hands-on management of these teammates is a worthwhile investment while you determine if they have the ability to sufficiently enhance their productivity and autonomy. However, unlike Mr. Jackson, Cal was a selfless, self-effacing athlete who routinely played with injuries and placed his team’s victories ahead of his personal statistics.

Startup 182

Startup Class RSS Statistics 182

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 8, 2018

Often, beneficial changes will have a short-term cost to achieve market growth or competitive advantage. Investors, for example, usually want short-term profit distribution versus re-investing for the future. Ask for analysis and feedback based on long-term impact. Look for objective and current data to support your analysis.

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Tips Metrics Sample Statistics 51

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 20, 2017

These will provide the competitive edge you need with customers and less-focused team members. Investors read this as being trustworthy of their investment, and an appropriate role model for all business constituents. The best work ethic for business is all about serving others, or win-win relationships rather than win-lose deals.

Funding 55

Funding Satisfaction Customer Custom 55

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 11, 2013

In developing countries, like China and India, the statistics are reversed. The reasons here are a lot more complex than the meltdown of key investment banks in the US a few years ago, so don’t expect a big recovery anytime soon. Startups going public are laid open to competitors and critics.

Startup 97

Startup Report Entrepreneur Statistics 97

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.

Social Media 93

Social Media Content Startup Web 93

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 5, 2018

The first page of the business plan better be an executive summary which gives the investor a taste of the financials, as well as opportunity, competition, and key executives. “I Investors invest in the jockey, more than the horse. Too much detail at first contact is just as much of a turnoff as no information.

Funding 62

Funding Technical Review Entrepreneur Startup 62