Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 29, 2023

With services, scaling the business often implies cloning yourself, since you are the intellectual property and the competitive advantage. For example, both need to provide exemplary customer service, build customer loyalty, and provide real value for a competitive price. Be a visible and available expert in your domain.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 11, 2011

He presented the idea at the TED conference in the mid 90′s and was literally boo’d while he was on stage. He said it was better than the Yellow Pages because he would provide pricing transparency. Summary notes, as always, provide below. It was a pleasure to write them myself. Overture (Goto.com).

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 30, 2021

While you all recognize that reacting to weak market signals is critical to staying in business and staying competitive, I find that many don’t have the skills and focus to trigger change decisions on a timely basis. When sales fall off, you need to dig deep for the “why,” rather than just assuming the price needs to go down.

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Xconomy

OCTOBER 28, 2016

—As the North American Cystic Fibrosis Conference kicked off in Orlando, FL, Vertex Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ: VRTX ) said a key part of its plan to defend its industry-leading cystic fibrosis franchise is moving forward. THIS WEEK IN DRUG PRICING…. —A coalition of investors pressed drug makers to justify price increases.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 3, 2020

With services, scaling the business often implies cloning yourself, since you are the intellectual property and the competitive advantage. For example, both need to provide exemplary customer service, build customer loyalty, and provide real value for a competitive price. Be a visible and available expert in your domain.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 2, 2015

If you are like us, a huge number of the conference calls you participate in are enabled by a company called FreeConferenceCall.com , which has enabled free conference calls for millions of startups and large businesses alike. But, how can the company offer up free conference calling services, and what''s the story behind the service?

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 2, 2020

His challenge is to focus on one market, with a specific design, cost, and price. Then, he'll need to patent it and create a plan to show opportunity, competition, and financial projections. I have tried to convince him the general idea alone does not make a business. Yes, there are a lot of bridges to cross.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 10, 2022

Today, customer loyalty is based on the “ total customer experience ,” as opposed to price or service alone. The competition will improve, the market will change, and your customers will demand more. If tracking the market and reality checking are not your thing, you may need a partner who can fill that gap. Pay attention to all.

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Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 6, 2012

The conference will feature rising leaders in entertainment, technology, new media platforms, entrepreneurship and investment. WHEN : Silicon Beach Awards – Venture Competition: Sept 12 (by invitation). Conference & Presentation of Silicon Beach Awards: Sept 13. Pricing is as follows: Current university Students: $20.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 27, 2019

In essence, as a contractor, you are a consultant who is competing regularly for new work, and you constantly have to differentiate your offering from other candidates, including price. Here are some key strategies that I recommend to every worker today: Develop and highlight your competitive differentiation.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 10, 2010

In fact, I said as much in September 09 at a Twitter conference in LA on a panel that Guy Kawasaki was moderating. Or if they do they should do so without raising venture capital so that they can still be acquired for reasonable prices. So how does this all relate to the upcoming Twitter Chirp conference next week?

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 3, 2009

I remember going to an Under the Radar conference in 2006 in the heat of the Web 2.0 Unfortunately this was reinforced by the many conferences that rushed to espouse the benefits of Web 2.0 Better that you find that out before showing off your wares at the next trendy conference only to smoke your friends & families’ money.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 2, 2018

With services, scaling the business often implies cloning yourself, since you are the intellectual property and the competitive advantage. For example, both need to provide exemplary customer service, build customer loyalty, and provide real value for a competitive price. Be a visible and available expert in your domain.

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Services Startup Training Writing 72

socalTECH

APRIL 12, 2012

We partnered with the world's largest distributors, Ingram Micro and others, to provide great services, prices, and products to consumers. We have traditionally have focused on a product centric approach, where a consumer comes to our site to help find the lowest prices on a product easier. That is growing nicely.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 4, 2013

In my opinion no amount of clever marketing or chest beating at conferences can create a market if you don’t have an amazing product to begin with. What in your product is truly differentiated in the market to solve this problem (where do you believe you’re strong against the competition in functionality or delivery).

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 23, 2010

If a round of funding does happen then this debt is converted into equity at the price that a new external investor pays with a “bonus&# to the inside investor for having taken the risk of the loan. They also trust VC’s to determine the right price to pay for the company securities that they buy.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 10, 2010

The Montgomery Conference : one of the top technology events of the annual calendar in the United States and held every March. They can also help raise larger rounds of capital and often at higher prices. 1 party = low price. Shame they didn’t like his suggested name for the company: DreamWorks SKG-MM. We discussed: 1.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 12, 2014

New investors sometimes want early investors to put in money to “prove” they have confidence in the new price. some may get caught out paying too high of prices for what perhaps will be great deals but not at the prices being paid. So the answer is: sometimes they take it, sometimes they don’t.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 24, 2017

Many are reluctant to really “market” themselves, and have trouble differentiating their offerings to clients, except by price. If your business card and website come across as just another advisor, consultant, or accountant, then don’t be surprised if price is the only focus. Set pricing to assure both revenue and profit.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 27, 2014

With services, scaling the business often implies cloning yourself, since you are the intellectual property and the competitive advantage. For example, both need to provide exemplary customer service, build customer loyalty, and provide real value for a competitive price. Be a visible and available expert in your domain.

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Services Startup Training Writing 105

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 3, 2015

My long-time friend Jason Lemkin is on the verge of launching a spectacular SaaS conference called SaaStr this week. And as I’ve written about before – building a personal brand is extremely important in today’s competitive job market. What Jason has achieved in no time flat in VC is astounding.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 8, 2014

Ability to source information easily to help build a thesis around companies / industries / competition. He jumped into some portfolio company exercises to help with pricing strategies, budget templates, M&A support, marketing function reviews, etc and started to show us how valuable he was to entrepreneurs.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 17, 2016

With services, scaling the business often implies cloning yourself, since you are the intellectual property and the competitive advantage. For example, both need to provide exemplary customer service, build customer loyalty, and provide real value for a competitive price. Be a visible and available expert in your domain.

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Services Startup Training Writing 61

Xconomy

JULY 19, 2016

This has been evident with recent acquisitions beyond Symantec and Blue Coat – Avast and AVG, Cisco and CloudLock , IBM and Resilient Systems , and most recently Carbon Black and Confer. Symantec Forces the Industry to Stay Competitive. A Startup’s Opportunity to Thrive.

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SoCal CTO

SEPTEMBER 8, 2010

Pricing models, the freemium myth and why you may not be charging enough for your product - Seth Levine's VC Adventure , August 12, 2010 I’ve been pulled into a number of product and pricing meetings recently (for reasons unknown I’ve become the Foundry pricing and productization guy). There is no competition.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 23, 2014

The VC market has right-sized (returned back to mid 90′s levels & less competition). Facebook went mainstream after the F8 conference and its big push beyond college campuses. Public-company tech investors creates competition in late-stage financings and these investors can afford to be less price sensitive if they choose.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 29, 2013

I had a chance to discuss AngelList Syndicates with Naval at Michael Kim’s Cendana LP/VC conference on a panel with Naval, Roger Ehrenberg (IA Ventures) and Mike Brown, Jr. That means if we collaborated on a project we can do an A-Round after a brief conference call.” They will have to negotiate price and terms.

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Tech Zulu Event

APRIL 1, 2013

Learning experience includes: on-demand online video tutorial courses, live video-conference workshops, as well as individual online consultations, live workshops, and group programs. Students can also attend live local workshops or consult with individual teachers directly at a higher price point. Any competition in LA?

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Tech Coast Venture Network

AUGUST 11, 2015

It designs its own glasses, and sells directly to customers, cutting out the middleman and keeping prices low. While Google still gets stellar reviews for pay, perks and advancement, there are also some employees who note growing pains that you’d expect from such a huge company, including the stress associated with a competitive environment.

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Tech Coast Venture Network

AUGUST 11, 2015

It designs its own glasses, and sells directly to customers, cutting out the middleman and keeping prices low. While Google still gets stellar reviews for pay, perks and advancement, there are also some employees who note growing pains that you’d expect from such a huge company, including the stress associated with a competitive environment.

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Examples Company Companies Google 100

InfoChachkie

JUNE 6, 2011

Pricing should be positioned as a show special and you should give your prospect an easy out if your solution does not satisfy their needs. Booth Mates And Conference Rooms. You can also economically establish a presence at a show by booking a conference room or suite in a nearby hotel. Nurses In T-shirts.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 4, 2014

But I would posit that in order to sustainably build great products in an intensely competitive industry with skills shortages – people management is one of the most critical soft skills organizations need. I think as a tech industry we have bred a culture that places more emphasis on product excellence than managing human behavior.

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Xconomy

JUNE 3, 2016

This weekend, much of academia and industry involved in cancer will gather in Chicago for the annual American Society of Clinical Oncology conference. The only remaining daptomycin patent will expire in June, clearing the way for generic competition years earlier than expected.

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Tech Zulu Event

MAY 18, 2015

While we are currently expanding, we have twenty eight private offices, two large shared spaces, a lounge, various conference rooms, a whiteboard room, regular events, and competitive pricing, we aim to facilitate the optimum work culture for every type of business.

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InfoChachkie

JUNE 6, 2011

Pricing should be positioned as a show special and you should give your prospect an easy out if your solution does not satisfy their needs. Booth Mates And Conference Rooms. You can also economically establish a presence at a show by booking a conference room or suite in a nearby hotel. Nurses In T-shirts.

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Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 6, 2012

“Competition for the future is about what you are doing today,” Vijay Govindarajan preaches passionately from the stage at the front of the Metro Toronto Convention center on June 5th, 2012 at the Art of Leadership Conference. So Ford, pricing their car at $15,000, was aiming at the very rich India car buyer.

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Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 21, 2014

Introducing Bitcoinference | A Decentralized Conference , hosted by illustrious startup accelerator, 500 Startups. Overall, he remains optimistic towards Bitcoin prices and cues the Dogecoin community’s phrase “to the moon! The ultimate plan? Be the Bloomberg of Bitcoin.

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