Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 3, 2013

Of course you now book when you want and even choose your restaurant based on availability at the time / day you want and you can book on your mobile phone at 2am or 8pm. and of course I use "we" loosely as the hard work of course was the entire MyTime team sans me]. As long as they didn’t lose the book or make a mistake.

Development Team Review 324

Development Team Review Course Mobile Writing 324

SoCal CTO

MARCH 1, 2010

Startup Killer: the Cost of Customer Acquisition | For Entrepreneurs , February 2, 2010 Looks at the critical equation around customer acquisition cost vs. customer lifetime value similar to what I discussed in Startup Metrics but in more depth. Great stuff.

Pricing 150

Pricing Acquisition Customer Custom 150

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 3, 2021

Smart potential customers only visit and buy from credible and memorable websites. No name, picture, address, or business history only convinces customers that you are hiding, located in an un-trustable country, or don’t have a clue. Of course, too many or obnoxious advertisements are especially harmful to a site’s credibility.

Web 117

Web Search Engine Optimization eBook Advertising 117

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 25, 2021

In a classic book, “ Disruption by Design ,” by the renowned innovation consultant Paul Paetz, I found a list of common patterns and recognizable attributes that I like, called disruption fingerprints. Look for sizable customer populations unattractive to incumbents. Pitch your innovation against today’s market. Marty Zwilling.

Technical Review 157

Technical Review Entrepreneur Marketing Customer 157

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 1, 2021

Truly satisfied customers are a joy to every business person. Working on that unique design, or completing the breakthrough for an innovative patent, are moments of inspiration that you will never forget, especially if they become your competitive edge. Your own learning should be the biggest inspiration of all.

Startup 160

Startup Patents Competition Social Network 160

TechCrunch LA

MAY 30, 2019

Now, he designs those systems for the real world through his company Oblong Industries , which has labored to create a full stack of collaborative tools for business users that are every bit as high-tech as the one’s Underkoffler dreamt for the silver screen. The latest to get the Rumpus treatment is Cisco Webex.

Screening 175

Screening Tool High Tech Los Angeles 175

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 13, 2021

Once you are able to achieve some real “traction” with your business (paying customers, revenue stream), it may seem the time to relax a bit, but in fact this is the point where many founders start to flounder. The key is to make decisions from data and feedback, once your business has real customers and real products.

Entrepreneur 169

Entrepreneur Startup Coach Mentor 169

socalTECH

DECEMBER 29, 2020

Designed to put automation in the hands of all data workers-from line-of-business users to skilled analysts and data scientists-the human-centered platform transforms how businesses leverage their data assets, optimize their processes and upskill human talent to generate workforce efficiencies, top-line growth and optimize costs.

Southern California 140

Southern California Technical Review Platform Organization 140

TechCrunch LA

FEBRUARY 13, 2019

The first tool is designed to give distributed application developers detailed analysis of how their apps are performing across a variety of smart contracts. “Over the course of the past few months we’ve had 15 companies playing with the product and jumping in and providing feedback,” says Lorenz. ” .”

Platform 216

Platform Outsource Development Tool Startup 216

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 27, 2019

My simple answer is that they keep their focus on customers, rather than technology. Jeff Bezos has kept his focus on customers. In my view, every startup in today’s world would do well to adopt a management system with the same key objectives: Start with a customer-obsessed business model.

Marketing 123

Marketing Technical Review Customer Custom 123

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 23, 2022

In addition, today’s customers judge a company by perceived people relationships through social media, phone conversations, and sales experiences. As a business advisor and investor in new startups, I see how difficult it is to make any process work, no matter how well designed, if the team is dysfunctional.

Coach 128

Coach Organization Mentor Startup 128

Berkonomics

MARCH 26, 2020

Of course, you could fit that definition. If people are waiting for you to respond to a question or make a decision about design, process, spending for a core need, or any of tens of critical decisions, you are creating a slowing or stoppage of work before you and idle resources behind you. You can be the bottleneck.

Organization 156

Organization Demand Satisfaction Training 156

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 5, 2020

Yet, in the interest of full disclosure, and an honest intent to save future entrepreneurs some grief and money, I would remind you that starting any business has key dependencies on at least five major elements, including product design and delivery, the right people on the team, adequate funding, a sizable market opportunity, and marketing.

Startup 131

Startup Entrepreneur Examples Customer 131

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 16, 2022

Of course, growth is implied in that equation, and is also required for maintaining a sustainable competitive advantage. That means it solves a real problem for real customers who are ready and able to spend real money. The number of current potential customers is large and growing. Design a product or service that you can sell.

Platform 118

Platform Snapchat Startup Course 118

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 28, 2018

Over the course of the first few months I saw a few people out on the street taking Birds and then a steady uptick in riders. That has allowed the company to launch in many markets, build amazing applications, design future versions of the scooter and monetize while many companies are still just drawing up their go-to-market plans.

Santa Monica 256

Santa Monica Funding Startup Course 256

Tech.Co

JUNE 28, 2021

Of course, neither this original mission statement, nor its current one, actually reflect how Facebook profits as a business — it primarily sells adverts to users. The company mission statement is, of course, a way to seize attention externally, and focus team members on the end destination. Are Startups Running Out of Big Ideas?

Startup 103

Startup Ideas Venture Capital Course 103

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 20, 2020

You need partners, team members, investors, vendors, and customers. Of course, relationships seldom fit neatly into a given level. In the world of entrepreneurs and startups, high level relationships are everything. You can’t start a business alone. But people don’t realize that all relationships are not the same. Marty Zwilling.

Startup 150

Startup Guide Help Course 150

InfoChachkie

DECEMBER 2, 2009

As noted in Pour and Stir Part I , the key to the successful execution of this strategy is managing the following equation: The cost to acquire a customer < lifetime value of a customer. Decreasing Your Customer Acquisition Costs. This is equivalent to being handed a free customer for every ten customers you acquire.

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Customer Custom Advertising SEM 164

Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 22, 2016

Less than a month ago, Snapchat opened custom on-demand geofilters to everyone. Industry news was excited, but for how amazing of a product they are, custom Snapchat geofilters have remained stunningly under the radar. Well, Snapchat has made it so that anyone can create and upload a custom filter to any area they want.

Customer 40

Customer Custom Snapchat Design 40

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 29, 2022

With a realistic prototype, you can get more accurate feedback from customers on their real need and what they might pay, before you invest millions on the final product. Overall, building a prototype is still a great way to bring your idea to life, for yourself, your team, investors, and future customers.

Outsource Development 110

Outsource Development Ideas Tool Outsource 110

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 21, 2019

For years software development worked on a “waterfall model” in which you did research, design, build, test, deploy and then watch how users reacted to your product. Often these projects took 12–18 months so by the time companies shipped product they often found out that the product didn’t meet customer needs.

Startup 234

Startup Slides Venture Capital Course 234

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 6, 2020

Others pivoted quickly based on customer need changes, rather than just spending more money on advertising and charging ahead. Smart entrepreneurs continually test their perceptions against those of customers, outside leaders, and experts. Of course, this vision must be continually tuned by new customer trends and technology arrivals.

Startup 124

Startup Customer Custom Statistics 124

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 2, 2023

Of course, every risk level can be mitigated by a good plan that addresses the issue, offers a credible action plan, and will convince you, as well as investors and customers, that what looks like a risk to many is actually a sustainable competitive advantage for your startup. Huge ramp-up time and money required. If you want U.S.

Invest 98

Invest Sites Technical Review Social Media 98

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 23, 2021

Others are really marketers out to make money fast, and believe that they can entice customers to any offering. Picture the graphic designer, the IT expert, or the independent accountant or attorney. Of course, discovering your entrepreneur type is only the beginning. External forces (competitors and customers).

Entrepreneur 134

Entrepreneur Framework Mentor Web 134

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 9, 2020

A broken process or a subtle quality issue can generate a flood of customer satisfaction problems, cost overruns, and loss of market share. For example, your quality problem may well have both design as well as manufacturing elements. Search for the multiple dimensions of a problem. Then pick the best one.

Satisfaction 152

Satisfaction Mentor Study Startup 152

Tech.Co

DECEMBER 15, 2017

Thanks to globalization, a professional freelancer can sign up on platforms like Kajabi , a startup that allows you to sell e-courses and host online workshops. It is possible to add a few touch-ups as some are designed minimally. Whether you sell an online course or run an e-commerce store, you are collecting data from customers.

Entrepreneur 119

Entrepreneur Startup Course Commerce 119

Tech.Co

JUNE 22, 2021

This, of course, is potentially game-changing news for Shopify users. For publishers, it offers a potentially lucrative revenue stream — especially if the publishers can manage to refer potential customers at scale on relatively big-ticket items. Considering Shopify? Put simply, affiliate marketing is big business.

Marketing 174

Marketing Buzzfeed Guide Platform 174

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 13, 2010

In billing we literally started thinking about all of the types of bills that would be generated for customers: full payment, partial payment, split payment, senior discount, student discount, level pay plan, etc. We did big, boring but necessary implementations for large companies. I started by doing billing systems.

Entrepreneur 372

Entrepreneur Startup Design Framework 372

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 5, 2019

Some people call this the emergence and development of a new type of leader, called the algorithmic leader, who can steer the course through the world of big data, machine learning, and the constantly changing demands of new customers and social trends. He anticipated his future customers and what they might want.

Artificial Inteligence 96

Artificial Inteligence Customer Custom Design 96

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 2, 2021

Of course, this same challenge extends well beyond the entrepreneur, into all walks of life and work. Real meaning is made up of many small differences, such as a design breakthrough, new business model, a truly satisfied customer, or an excited team member. The challenge is find ways to continually recharge along the way.

Entrepreneur 174

Entrepreneur Startup Press Study 174

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 16, 2015

” Of course I agree with this. So he would allocate say – 20% to sales, 15% to marketing, 20% to eng priorities, 10% to customer support, 10% to ops, 20% to ‘platinum customers’ and maybe 5% directly to me as the CEO. Of course we fancy ourselves as the best sales people in the company.

Startup 150

Startup Sales CTO Coach Course 150

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

No name, picture, address, or business history only convinces customers that you are hiding, located in an un-trustable country, or don’t have a clue. Of course, too many or obnoxious advertisements are especially harmful to a site’s credibility. Follow-up for customer satisfaction. Professional user-friendly site design.

Search Engine Optimization 88

Search Engine Optimization eBook Advertising SEO 88

Berkonomics

APRIL 30, 2015

Of course money motivates. But how about listing the basics for designing an excellent incentive compensation program? Next, some form of rewards should be designed to be immediate. Finally, and perhaps most difficult to design, there must be protection against workarounds or from employees gaming the system.

Design 120

Design Competition Pricing Sales 120

SoCal CTO

AUGUST 4, 2011

Of course, it's way more complex than just these questions. Think of these as the big upfront questions: Who are the customers? Please be able to provide me with a few specific examples of different types of customers, what they need, what the system will do for them. How concerned are we about design for mobile?

Develop 396

Develop Development Startup SEO 396

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 18, 2019

An Insider’s Perspective “Bird Zero” that are custom designed by the company There is a story arc of the electric scooter market that took the world by storm in 2018, was second-guessed late in the year and has quietly re-emerged as a powerful force of growth where few really appreciate the speed and scale of what has happened.

Santa Monica 250

Santa Monica Venice Competition Software Review 250

Berkonomics

NOVEMBER 28, 2013

I routinely see prospective investments which rely by their nature upon selling to corporate customers. Of course, you’d think the company has to have a useful, valuable, or somewhat unusual product in order to be successful. [Email readers, continue here.] But it is very, very difficult to get a new product started this way.

Startup 214

Startup Sales Product Customer 214

SoCal CTO

AUGUST 4, 2011

Of course, it's way more complex than just these questions. Think of these as the big upfront questions: Who are the customers? Please be able to provide me with a few specific examples of different types of customers, what they need, what the system will do for them. How concerned are we about design for mobile?

Develop 384

Develop Development Startup SEO 384