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 Use the steps outlined here to stay ahead of it, and use its power to propel your startup into the future, ahead of your competition. Make strategic versus opportunistic decisions.

Startup 126

Startup Social Media Entertainment Metrics 126

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 9, 2023

Every customer has a sense of what a solution should cost, based on competition, and the cost of doing nothing. A good tack is to sell exclusivity, or provide case studies to show return on investment and productivity. These fears need to be offset by good marketing, education on benefits, and successful case studies.

Case Study 89

Case Study Customer Custom Study 89

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 15, 2020

Every customer has a sense of what a solution should cost, based on competition, and the cost of doing nothing. A good tack is to sell exclusivity, or provide case studies to show return on investment and productivity. These fears need to be offset by good marketing, education on benefits, and successful case studies.

Case Study 174

Case Study Startup Customer Custom 174

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 12, 2021

Let me be clear – a product or consulting startup today without a blog, even with a static website, risks not being competitive in cost and time to reach and hold that critical mass of online customers. Studying other people’s blogs will help you identify what you like and don’t like, and how you want yours to look and feel.

Blogging 135

Blogging Services Search Engine Optimization Web 135

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 29, 2020

In fact, being connected on the Internet has taken on a whole new meaning to me, since I noticed a study commissioned a while back by PC Tools , which found that more than a quarter of people using the Internet have no problem with staying online during sex. Make social network contacts into two-way conversations.

Customer 128

Customer Custom Activity Social Network 128

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 4, 2020

Measure by relationships as well as competitiveness. They know that former direct reports can become highly valuable members of their network, and new business partners as either rise to new major roles elsewhere. Great leaders provide opportunities and personal growth assignments that go far beyond conventional training programs.

Oracle 124

Oracle Organization Examples Coach 124

Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 4, 2012

Today they say its Africa’s largest and fastest growing social networking utility with over 4,000 daily new sign-ups. They also add that LAGbook ranks #2 in the city of Yaba-Lagos, where the social network was incepted, and #37 in the city of Hirtshal, Denmark. We create a social network for students of the University of Lagos.

Social Network 100

Social Network Networking Advertising Startup 100

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 26, 2021

Good examples of startup focus before success include Google with their search engine, Facebook with friends networking, and Apple with personal computers. Maintain an intimate knowledge of the competition. Study their moves and engage your team for an analysis of updates.

Startup 154

Startup Resource Entrepreneur Metrics 154

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 15, 2022

We could talk with customers, meet the entire management team, review financial plans, review customer purchasing cohorts, evaluate the competition, etc. 40% of our deals are done in Los Angeles but 100% of our deals leverage the LA networks we have built for 25 years. In 2009 we could take a long time to review a deal.

Venture Capital 416

Venture Capital Marketing Technical Review Seed Funding 416

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 17, 2019

Yet I find in my business advisory activities that busy entrepreneurs and professionals, especially the introverts like me, find it hard to spend the necessary time networking and nurturing the relationships they need to get ahead. That’s more than enough to put you ahead of your competition. Make the investment today.

Social Media 96

Social Media News Tool Email 96

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 4, 2016

Modern-society is also littered with over-networkers and over-introducers and professional conference attendees. These people are like the friend in college who always tempted you by telling you about the latest party when you were at the library studying. I find over-introducers are often motivated by their own self currency.

Innocal 255

Innocal Conference Help Study 255

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 19, 2011

Yet, according to a study by the Center for Women’s Business Research , the number of female-owned firms is growing twice as fast as all the rest, so women are catching up. Here are key observations from this and other studies: Leadership style. Men network for the sake of utility. Both have their advantages. Operational style.

Study 99

Study Competition Research Social Network 99

Southern California Edison Blog

FEBRUARY 22, 2018

In a study from NewVantage Partners, 48.4% million for the typical Fortune 1000 company, making big data analytics an essential step for a competitive enterprise. Technological advances in networking and computing have made big data analysis accessible to companies of all sizes. Preparing the Network for Big Data Analytics.

Organization 59

Organization Competition Networking Customer 59

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. Offer low cash early, with bonuses or stock options for milestones, to people in your personal network. The founder succession dilemma.

Startup 130

Startup USC Entrepreneur Statistics 130

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 Use the steps outlined here to stay ahead of it, and use its power to propel your startup into the future, ahead of your competition. Make strategic versus opportunistic decisions.

Technology 97

Technology Social Media Startup Entertainment 97

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 9, 2018

According to an MIT study a while back, only about 10% of patents granted in the United States have any meaningful commercial importance and less than one percent are of seminal importance. Nearly all new businesses aspiring to reach meaningful scale require some sort of outside funding to finance a competitive growth trajectory.

Guide 95

Guide Startup Ideas Entrepreneur 95

socalTECH

APRIL 29, 2014

A number of teams have recently been looking to turn that vision into reality, as a result of the Qualcomm Tricorder Prize , a $10M competition being run by the X Prize Foundation to create a real life Tricorder. That''s essentially how the Tricoder competition was formed--it''s time for this to happen. Mann implantable device area.

Startup 262

Startup Competition Software Review UCLA 262

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 12, 2013

Yet, according to a study by the Center for Women’s Business Research, the number of female-run firms is growing twice as fast as all the rest, so women are catching up. Distinguishing traits of male leaders are autonomy, independence, and competition, while those of women are relations, interdependence, and cooperation.

Startup 107

Startup Competition IBM IBM 107

socalTECH

JULY 9, 2019

Chris Bostick: Before joining OCV, I was at a postdoc at Columbia, studying genetic epilepsies and invitro and in-vivo models for translational medicine. Use any opportunity you have for warm intros, for networking, and to get your idea in front of an investor and be able to really explain when you get that opportunity. READ MORE>>.

Venture Capital 113

Venture Capital Invest SaaS Entrepreneur 113

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 12, 2014

The starting point of product IS marketing, which is what a lot of young entrepreneurs that never studied business don’t realize. But my contact told me that many viral videos start through close networks on Reddit where a degree of formal and informal collaboration of individuals takes place. How do people drive SEO growth?

Marketing 379

Marketing Startup SEM SEO 379

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 28, 2019

Instead, having your own business going shows initiative, leadership, wider experience, and makes you more competitive for any role available. Learn more about business by doing versus studying. Start networking for potential partners or people who can help. Every study shows that happiness does not scale up with income.

Startup 73

Startup Tool Study Web 73

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 27, 2019

Let me be clear – a product or consulting startup today without a blog, even with a static website, risks not being competitive in cost and time to reach and hold that critical mass of online customers. Studying other people’s blogs will help you identify what you like and don’t like, and how you want yours to look and feel.

Blogging 88

Blogging Search Engine Optimization Web Writing 88

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 22, 2015

In fact, being connected on the Internet has taken on a whole new meaning to me, since I noticed a study commissioned a while back by PC Tools , which found that more than a quarter of people using the Internet have no problem with staying online during sex. Make social network contacts into two-way conversations.

Customer 104

Customer Custom Startup Social Network 104

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 5, 2016

According to an MIT study a while back, only about 10% of patents granted in the United States have any meaningful commercial importance and less than one percent are of seminal importance. Nearly all new businesses aspiring to reach meaningful scale require some sort of outside funding to finance a competitive growth trajectory.

Startup 103

Startup Ideas Entrepreneur Competition 103

socalTECH

AUGUST 9, 2013

There are ad networks, ad exchanges, direct buys with publishers, and tons of other ways to buy ads. We had been building technology around a publisher interface, and starting seeing the same things from customers, who wanted to understand what was happening on their site, what their competition was doing, and what advertisers were doing.

Advertising 153

Advertising Startup CTO Coach Study 153

Xconomy

OCTOBER 5, 2016

However, there is still room for competition. In a study conducted at MIT Sloan’s Center for Information Systems Research (CISR), we found that only 12 percent of large companies (with revenues more than $1 billion) are ecosystem drivers. In its first year, Amazon Business generated $1 billion in sales.

Organization 91

Organization Customer Custom Study 91

InfoChachkie

SEPTEMBER 27, 2018

Large Capital Requirements – MBA’s, especially those from top schools, have access to significant amounts of capital, primarily through their alumni and peer networks. Despite their attitude and personality shortcomings, an MBA degree can provide certain types of startups with a distinct competitive advantage. billion from 2010-2015.

Entrepreneur 113

Entrepreneur Allegis Startup Competition 113

SoCal CTO

MAY 4, 2010

. - Redeye VC , April 13, 2010 Startup Development - SoCal CTO , April 23, 2010 Want to Know the Difference Between a CTO and a VP Engineering?

CTO Hire 150

CTO Hire Venture Capital Startup Social Network 150

InfoChachkie

MAY 26, 2016

Network – Colleges are populated by motivated individuals, many of whom will excel in their chosen fields. Young entrepreneurs can call upon their alumni networks for advice, recruitment of key employees and even funding. Nearly all the Professors agreed that students should stay in school, even if their venture is doing well.

Entrepreneur 150

Entrepreneur Case Study Education Seed Funding 150

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 12, 2014

In fact, being connected on the Internet has taken on a whole new meaning to me, since I noticed a study commissioned a while back by PC Tools , which found that more than a quarter of people using the Internet have no problem with staying online during sex. Make social network contacts into two-way conversations.

Customer 106

Customer Custom Entrepreneur Social Network 106

Tech Coast Venture Network

MARCH 23, 2010

“ In addition, study the competition and find out exactly what differentiates you from them. Manal Richa Founder of The MarCom Network - www.MarComNetwork.com CEO of BreakThrough Networking, Inc. At the end of the day, they want to know “ WHAT IS IN IT FOR ME? Why you are unique?

Marketing 100

Marketing Research Study Competition 100

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 7, 2018

In fact, being connected on the Internet has taken on a whole new meaning to me, since I noticed a study commissioned a while back by PC Tools , which found that more than a quarter of people using the Internet have no problem with staying online during sex. Make social network contacts into two-way conversations.

Customer 53

Customer Custom Social Network Study 53

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 18, 2016

Every customer has a sense of what a solution should cost, based on competition, and the cost of doing nothing. A good tack is to sell exclusivity, or provide case studies to show return on investment and productivity. These fears need to be offset by good marketing, education on benefits, and successful case studies.

Product 95

Product Case Study Customer Custom 95

Tech.Co

OCTOBER 26, 2017

TransPod was founded by Sebastien Gendron and Ryan Janzen in September 2015 as Toronto Hyperloop, which was one of the 120 that competed in Elon Musk’s pod design competition. Musk has been forthcoming with his desire to apply his TBM technology at The Boring Company towards making ultra-high-speed transportation networks along the U.S.

SpaceX 100

SpaceX Design Technology Competition 100

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 Use the steps outlined here to stay ahead of it, and use its power to propel your startup into the future, ahead of your competition. exabytes per month at the end of the year. Marty Zwilling.

Startup 106

Startup Social Media Entertainment Metrics 106

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 15, 2010

Yet, according to a study by the Center for Women’s Business Research , the number of female-owned firms is growing twice as fast as all the rest. Here is a summary of observations from this and other studies: Leadership style. Men network for the sake of utility. Only one in four companies in the USA today are run by women.

Entrepreneur 49

Entrepreneur Study Competition Summary 49

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 1, 2013

In reality, diversity in a startup can be your big competitive advantage. Quantification studies still show more mixed results. Diverse teams will have more diverse networks. Greater, diverse networks can solve greater, complex problems, and compete more effectively in a rapidly changing marketplace.

Startup 91

Startup Tips Competition Entrepreneur 91