Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 26, 2014

Most technical entrepreneurs cringe when they finally realize that marketing is still king, despite the power of technology, and they are up against competitors who have a hundred times their spending power. The cost of entry to market on these is low, and marketing leverage has very little to do with the size of your budget.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 23, 2013

It is simply the most important way to proactively control your career development and how the market perceives you. That was fine with me – the market is the market. That was the market. In today’s market you can prove your worth, in 1991 that was a bit harder. It is neither. She was paid 15% more.

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Technical Advisors Marketing Startup Venture Capital 385

InfoChachkie

JULY 14, 2011

Value Prop Twitter Style : “Ringrevenue’s call performance marketing platform enables ad networks, agencies, advertisers & publishers to generate more inbound sales calls.”. In today’s market, so much focus is placed on transacting business online. Who do you view as your biggest competition? You’re right.

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Marketing Advertising Paid Search Startup 209

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 15, 2022

Per a recent study by networking giant Cisco , the world’s yearly mobile data traffic has grown 17-fold over the past 5 years, reaching 11.5 There is still infinite room for new startup sales modes and models. Look beyond today’s requirements for entire new market opportunities. Make strategic versus opportunistic decisions.

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Startup Social Media Entertainment Metrics 126

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 19, 2015

Image via Flickr by socialautomotive Most technical entrepreneurs cringe when they finally realize that marketing is still king, despite the power of technology, and they are up against competitors who have a hundred times their spending power. The first step is to create the perfect online marketing message.

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Marketing Case Study Resource Social Media 56

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 4, 2020

Here are some key ways that personal stories can raise your message above the standard sales pitch: Show that you are authentic and deserve their trust. Story telling allows these people to see the real you, outside the context of a marketing pitch for a specific business or solution. Relate when and where your passion started.

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Startup Competition Custom Customer 145

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 31, 2021

There are no guarantees, but various studies have found that entrepreneurs who create a good plan generally double their chances of securing funding and building a successful business. Your idea may be technically right, but without a business plan, it could be dead right, which is not the result anyone is looking for.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 13, 2018

The most important advice I could give you before you set out in fund raising mode is to understand that fund-raising a sales & marketing process and needs to be managed. Somehow many first-time founders equate “sales” with something that is beneath them. In sales there are also three rules: Qualify, qualify, qualify.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 25, 2016

Many entrepreneurs assume that everyone will love their solution as much as they do, so they tune their marketing focus based on their own needs and wants. Expanding your market into these areas requires thinking outside your personal box. Identify your built-in biases and define compensating development and marketing strategies.

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Custom Customer Marketing Social Media 55

Berkonomics

FEBRUARY 28, 2011

Demand pull: too much demand for a product or service and not enough supply cause a competition for the product that drives prices higher without increasing the intrinsic value of the product. All of our enterprises have limited resources, even the largest of the Fortune 500, and especially the smallest of competitors in a market.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 26, 2020

According to TheStreet , US IPO market results in Q2 2020 posted a strong bounce-back from Q1 with 58 IPOs, after a slow start due to the Covid19 pandemic. According to a dated but still relevant study by PricewaterhouseCoopers , companies average $3.7 Market volatility usually hits public companies first.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 19, 2016

We know to do this we need to fund projects that are more difficult in scope, more ambitious in industry transformation, less obvious in market adoption and a higher probability of not working. It’s still in pre-sale, but reception from beta testers, previews and the industry ( tech and consumer ) has been enthusiastic.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 23, 2021

As a consumer, I rarely pay attention to your marketing pitch, but I certainly always remember a exceptionally positive total experience with your team, based on a memorable set of interactions from first contact to discussions with friends. Studies show that peer recognition programs are often more effective than bonuses or cash rewards.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 18, 2016

When entrepreneurs introduce new products to the market, their passion and conviction often leads them to assume that every potential customer will see the immediate need and value, and will quickly adopt the solution. In today’s information overload, marketing is everything. Use every marketing channel available.

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Product Case Study Custom Customer 95

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 25, 2016

Lately I’ve been having to say things I thought I’d never have to remind people, like, “getting to positive gross margin in several territories is a very low bar to claim success” or “profitable excluding marketing costs” is not actually a real thing. Market Size. MakeSpace provides physical storage.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 8, 2022

In a famous Harvard study of 212 new ventures a few years ago, USC professor Noam Wasserman found that half the founders were no longer at the helm after three years, and over time 80% were forced out. The right time to jump is a function of favorable career, personal, and market circumstances. The right time to start dilemma.

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Startup USC Entrepreneur Statistics 130

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 20, 2017

They are tasked with “getting deals done” so they race around talking to tons of potential partners inking anything from channel sale deals , product integration, international distribution agreements, co-marketing arrangements, M&A discussions, etc. You have a marketing department with three people.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 17, 2019

As a business advisor, when I bring this up, at best I will hear the defense that you are focused on the strategy of the moment, such as such as how to increase sales, or reach a new market. Highlight your competitive value, not your technology. Customers and the market don’t stand still, so your strategy can’t either.

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Technical Review Custom Customer Competition 87

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 11, 2019

Per the latest study by networking giant Cisco , the world’s yearly mobile data traffic has grown 17-fold over the past 5 years, reaching 11.5 There is still infinite room for new startup sales modes and models. Look beyond today’s requirements for entire new market opportunities. Make strategic versus opportunistic decisions.

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Technology Social Media Startup Entertainment 97

Berkonomics

MAY 29, 2014

Included in a business plan are financials, competitive landscape, marketing plans, and projected sales to name a few. Studies found that people who write plans are more likely to put their goals in action and increases your likelihood of success. assess past performances. Business Plans are not static.

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 6, 2020

As time has gone on, the company then shifted into the ridesharing market, essentially operating as a car availability platform for Uber and Lyft drivers. As we studied that Gen 1 and Gen 2 of the company, a few things popped out at us. There's real competition in this area.

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Startup Pricing Platform Study 124

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 14, 2016

According to many studies, entrepreneurs tend to be happier , and 80 percent of self-made millionaires are entrepreneurs. Constant search for ways to increase sales and profitability. More sales are the only way to reach real business success. Entrepreneurs relish change and new technology, which lead to new sales.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 4, 2010

The framework of his book has profoundly altered how I think about the technology market and affects how I thought about building my businesses and how I think about investing in venture capital. Let’s start with the incumbents position in a market. They were serving a latent market need for mid-sized businesses to use CRM.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 22, 2015

As the desk-based Internet emerged it was initially sold through telecom carriers (after players like AOL and EarthLink innovated the market). Sales is all about knowing the key values of your buyer: What are they trying to achieve in working with you, why do they care about your solution and how will it help them economically?

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Outsource Development Startup Custom Customer 150

socalTECH

AUGUST 9, 2013

However, it''s not clear what the best way to do that is, how the market is actually operating, how publishers are seelling inventory, and how top advertisers are buying. What we do, is we provide interesting deal intelligence around what is actually happening in the market. READ MORE>>.

Advertising 153

Advertising Startup CTO Coach Study 153

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 8, 2017

Opportunity segmentation and competitive environment. The market scope for your solution should be quantified in non-technical terms, with data sourced from professionals in the industry, rather than your own opinion. Marketing, sales, and customer experience. No mention usually means no plan and not competitive.

Startup 65

Startup Writing Patents Competition 65

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 31, 2015

There are no guarantees, but various studies have found that entrepreneurs who create a good plan generally double their chances of securing funding and building a successful business. Your idea may be technically right, but without a business plan, it could be dead right, which is not the result anyone is looking for.

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Startup Writing Mentor Sample 109

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 2, 2012

Marketers see it as a better way to target customers, but the current consumer offerings have been slow to deliver. If your B2B contacts are frequenting other non-competitive local businesses, LBS data could point you to more lucrative business partnerships. Event marketing. See who checks into your competition.

Services 82

Services Competition Mobile Entertainment 82

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 31, 2015

Per a new study by networking giant Cisco , the world’s yearly mobile data traffic grew 69 percent in 2014, reaching 2.5 There is still infinite room for new startup sales modes and models. Look beyond today’s requirements for entire new market opportunities. exabytes per month at the end of the year.

Startup 106

Startup Social Media Entertainment Metrics 106

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 16, 2018

The market is changing so fast these days, and if you are not planning a solution today for tomorrow’s customers, you may be setting yourself up for failure and don’t even realize it. In today’s market, it takes more than listening to stay ahead of the crowd. There are always new competitors who are planning their arrival tomorrow.

Custom 57

Custom Customer Technical Review Software Review 57

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 27, 2010

There have been many studies done on the topic including looking at twins raised in separate families. There have been studies of adopted children to their natural parents versus the parents that raised them. I have also seen studies on “birth order.&#. There’s no question that both factors are involved.

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Startup Statistics Entrepreneur Study 289

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 10, 2019

In a famous Harvard study of 212 new ventures a few years ago, USC professor Noam Wasserman found that half the founders were no longer at the helm after three years, and over time 80% were forced out. The right time to jump is a function of favorable career, personal, and market circumstances. The right time to start dilemma.

Startup 97

Startup USC Entrepreneur Statistics 97

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 26, 2018

The market for recent IPOs also remains extremely volatile, and as a result many of them are currently trading below their opening price. Concerns over valuations being reset to a new normal, and a soft exit market, are seen as key drivers. According to a dated but still relevant study by PricewaterhouseCoopers , companies average $3.7

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Acquisition Study Marketing Startup 51

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 6, 2017

Per the latest study by networking giant Cisco , the world’s yearly mobile data traffic has grown 18-fold over the past 5 years, reaching 7.2 There is still infinite room for new startup sales modes and models. Look beyond today’s requirements for entire new market opportunities. Make strategic versus opportunistic decisions.

Startup 55

Startup Social Media Entertainment Metrics 55

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 6, 2014

IPO market showed more activity than any other first quarter since 2000, with 64 companies raising $10.6 According to a 2012 study by PricewaterhouseCoopers , companies average $3.7 On the other hand, “competitive” salaries will likely go up, and health and retirement benefits will jump to a new level.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 6, 2014

In a recent study by networking giant Cisco , the world’s yearly mobile data traffic grew 81% in 2013 and will reach 1.3 There is still infinite room for new startup sales modes and models. Look beyond today’s requirements for entire new market opportunities. zettabytes by the year 2016.

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Startup Social Media Entertainment Metrics 99

SoCal CTO

JUNE 9, 2010

"Authentic" is dead - A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks , May 3, 2010 It's time to retire the following phrases. Through advertising or direct sales, these sites harvest intent. First off the two prezis and then the case study material (i used ERPLY as inspiration). Enjoyed this post? Prerequisites.

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