Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 7, 2020

Here are ten sample questions that I believe will reveal positive indications of your potential as an entrepreneur, and also indicate that you will select good ideas: You see creating a business as a fun challenge. To build a startup, you have to enjoy the broad range of challenges, from technical to marketing to sales to personnel.

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Startup Entrepreneur Ideas Sample 127

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 27, 2012

Competition and sustainable advantage. List and position your competition, or alternatives available to the customer. Highlight your sustainable competitive advantages, and barriers to entry. Marketing, sales, and partners. Describe marketing strategy, sales plan, licensing, and partnership plans.

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Slides Competition Sample Sales 99

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 19, 2013

I’ll even send you a free sample of my own business plan via email, if you drop me a note.

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Sample Writing Startup Summary 92

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 4, 2013

In other words, once they are convinced that the product works, they assume their price, sales channel, and marketing will bring in the customers. Gather some representative customer contacts, and give them your best sales pitch, including price, channel, and support. Sample trade show or user group. Use focus groups.

Product 94

Product Pricing Customer Custom 94

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 21, 2012

I’ll even send you a free sample of my own business plan via email, if you drop me a note.

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Sample Writing Summary Startup 96

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 30, 2012

In other words, once they are convinced that the product works, they assume their price, sales channel, and marketing will bring in the customers. Gather some representative customer contacts, and give them your best sales pitch, including price, channel, and support. Sample trade show or user group. Use focus groups.

Entrepreneur 99

Entrepreneur Pricing Customer Custom 99

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 9, 2012

Take a look at my website for the Sample Executive Summary , which shows what can be done in one page (both sides). Your competitive advantage. Identify your sustainable competitive advantage, like unique benefits, cost savings, or industry ties. Don’t kill your credibility by saying you have no competition.

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Summary Writing Competition Sample 97

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 10, 2011

Competition and sustainable advantage. List and position your competition, or alternatives available to the customer. Highlight your sustainable competitive advantages, and barriers to entry. Marketing, sales, and partners. Describe marketing strategy, sales plan, licensing, and partnership plans.

Slides 93

Slides Competition Sample Sales 93

Xconomy

OCTOBER 10, 2016

By popular acclaim, San Diego-based Echo Laboratories founder Eugene Cho claimed top honors, and a $15,000 check, for his two-minute presentation last week in the 10th annual “Quick Pitch” competition, hosted by San Diego’s Tech Coast Angels. Cho, a former sales manager for Nikon Instruments and Vala Sciences, founded Echo Labs in 2014.

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Tech Coast Angels Technical Review San Diego Software Review 40

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 31, 2015

There really is no excuse these days, with samples on the Internet, business-plan books in every bookstore, and dozens of apps to automate the process. A great business plan doesn’t have to be a book in length, with extensive financial statements.

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Startup Writing Mentor Sample 109

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 19, 2010

Competition and sustainable advantage. List and position your competition, or alternatives available to the customer. Highlight your sustainable competitive advantages, and barriers to entry. Marketing, sales, and partners. Describe marketing strategy, sales plan, licensing, and partnership plans.

Slides 94

Slides Competition Sample Sales 94

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 15, 2011

In other words, once they are convinced that the product works, they assume their price, sales channel, and marketing will bring in the customers. Gather some representative customer contacts, and give them your best sales pitch, including price, channel, and support. Sample trade show or user group. Use focus groups.

Startup 93

Startup Pricing Customer Custom 93

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 3, 2011

Take a look at my website for the Sample Executive Summary , which shows what can be done in one page (both sides). Your competitive advantage. Identify your sustainable competitive advantage, like unique benefits, cost savings, or industry ties. Don’t kill your credibility by saying you have no competition.

Summary 90

Summary Writing Competition Sample 90

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 8, 2010

I’ll even send you a free sample of my own business plan via email, if you drop me a note.

Startup 91

Startup Funding Sample Writing 91

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 18, 2016

Here are ten sample questions that I believe will reveal positive indications of your potential as an entrepreneur, and also indicate that you will select good ideas: You see creating a business as a fun challenge. To build a startup, you have to enjoy the broad range of challenges, from technical to marketing to sales to personnel.

Entrepreneur 67

Entrepreneur Startup Ideas Sample 67

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 28, 2018

If a consumer will pay a fixed price for a product or service then the battle over who gets the margin in any sale is between the person who merchandises a product and the person who manufactures it. These aren’t “sample sizes” but rather full experiences for women who trust FabFitFun to curate for them.

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Product Course Customer Custom 296

socalTECH

MARCH 22, 2012

We've got a really cool, social product development formula, which is a fancy way of saying we'll be sending sample formulas to our customers in the second month, send out two formulas to them, and have them come back and vote on which one they like better. It's all about if you can tell a good story, and build a good sales funnel.

Dollar Shave Club 210

Dollar Shave Club Startup Pricing Sample 210

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 5, 2010

In other words, once they are convinced that the product works, they assume their price, sales channel, and marketing will bring in the customers. Gather some representative customer contacts, and give them your best sales pitch, including price, channel, and support. Sample trade show or user group. Use focus groups.

Tips 48

Tips Pricing Customer Custom 48

Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 9, 2014

Consumers and businesses, in an ever-competitive marketplace that has been energized by the internet, no longer wants ads that just tell them something. Sales and negotiation training have become common place in corporate training regimens to help marketers and strategists understand how to engage customers and make them come back.

Advertising 69

Advertising Training Customer Custom 69

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 2, 2021

Every investor has his own list, usually based on his own very small sample, or simply his gut feeling. A large market means at least $500 million in potential sales if the company is asset-light, and $1 billion if it requires plenty of property, plants and equipment. Choose a large market in a growth industry.

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Startup Study Journal Sample 170

socalTECH

DECEMBER 9, 2008

We've built our revenue and buying model such that we only charge advertisers when they get a customer--or whatever the equivalent of customer for them is, such as is filling out a form to get a sample. That way, advertisers don't waste any money. Adam Wicks Walker: The inventory is not exclusive. It's really a high touch service.

Advertising 100

Advertising Beverly Hills Networking Customer 100

socalTECH

DECEMBER 9, 2008

We've built our revenue and buying model such that we only charge advertisers when they get a customer--or whatever the equivalent of customer for them is, such as is filling out a form to get a sample. That way, advertisers don't waste any money. Adam Wicks Walker: The inventory is not exclusive. It's really a high touch service.

Advertising 100

Advertising Beverly Hills Networking Customer 100

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 10, 2013

Every investor has his own list, usually based on his own very small sample, or simply his gut feeling. A large market means at least $500 million in potential sales if the company is asset-light, and $1 billion if it requires plenty of property, plants and equipment. Choose a large market in a growth industry.

Startup 102

Startup Study Journal Sample 102

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 16, 2012

Every investor has his own list, usually based on his own very small sample, or simply his gut feeling. A large market means at least $500 million in potential sales if the company is asset-light, and $1 billion if it requires plenty of property, plants and equipment. Choose a large market in a growth industry.

Startup 99

Startup Study Journal Sample 99

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 28, 2010

Every investor has his own list, usually based on his own very small sample, or simply his gut feeling. A large market means at least $500 million in potential sales if the company is asset-light, and $1 billion if it requires plenty of property, plants and equipment. Choose a large market in a growth industry.

Startup 92

Startup Study Journal Sample 92

Tech.Co

MARCH 1, 2018

This biotech company developed Xplore-PATHO as a service to test samples for the presence of pathogens – everything from bacteria and DNA virus to parasites and fungus – in a single test. Think of looking at a dot graph of your business sales in virtual reality. DatavizVR (Austin, TX). Price: $1.99

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Startup Mentor Platform Help 80

socalTECH

JUNE 23, 2009

It's the same part that came out as our first engineering sample. The part tested so well, we are taking that engineering sample to production without any enhancements to our die. There is lots of competition from the big companies, legal threats in the industry for chip startups to navigate today, how are you handling that?

Patents 100

Patents Sample Technical Review Pricing 100