Xconomy

NOVEMBER 7, 2016

. “Cognitive computing,” artificial intelligence, machine learning, and advanced data analytics are evolving companies’ understanding of their customers in game-changing ways. Here are the top five ways technology has impacted us this year. The Device-Agnostic Customer Experience. The All-Important User Experience.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 27, 2020

Kingade was most recently Chief Commercial Officer at Kinnek, and previously spent five years at Houzz. The company offers up "on-demand" warehouse space and handles fulfillment for its customers. READ MORE>>.

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TechCrunch LA

MARCH 20, 2019

Postmates is launching a new feature called Postmates Party that lets customers within the same neighborhood pool their orders. In return, these customers get the food delivered for free, eliminating a major pinch point for potential Postmates users. And there is an important caveat. billion valuation.

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Berkonomics

NOVEMBER 24, 2022

Well, even though that acquisition is still playing itself out on the field of battle, it appears quite clear that the new parent has directed its new subsidiary to abandon the lower end of the market and focus upon the larger sales, corporate customers, and major brands. Been skewered for slow customer service?

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 28, 2022

Employees and customers alike are looking for meaning, not simply employment and commodity prices. I can think of at least five ways that this benefits the business, as well as customers: Products in a purpose culture more readily sell at a premium price. Doing good opens the door to a broader customer base.

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TechCrunch LA

FEBRUARY 11, 2020

The concept is similar to Toyota’s e-Palette vehicle, which can theoretically be customized to serve as a retail shop, restaurant or shuttle for people. Hyundai Motor Group has committed to invest $87 billion over the next five years. ”

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

To legally facilitate startups who want to give top priority to socially conscious solutions, thirty-five states, starting with Maryland way back in 2010, have passed legislation allowing incorporation as a Benefit Corporation (B-Corp). Social responsibility opens the door to a broader customer base. Doing business is a human process.

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TechCrunch LA

MARCH 5, 2020

The Scoot Moped — an electric moped born out of Bird’s acquisition of Scoot — will launch in Austin five months after unveiling the shared micromobility vehicle. The new moped is the latest effort by Bird to diversify its product offerings to capture more customers. But then scooters came en masse. ”

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 29, 2023

In my view, this focus on the wrong skill set is the primary reason why over half of new businesses fail in the first five years, and only one out of a hundred startups get their requested funding from professional investors. Diagnosing and understanding the customer problem. Opening relationships and creating opportunities.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 24, 2020

According to studies , the alternative of acquiring new customers still costs you five to seven times more than retaining existing ones. But customers today are fickle, instantly aware of every new alternative, due to the Internet and social media, and not afraid to change. Appeal to all your customer senses all of the time.

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socalTECH

MAY 28, 2015

Los Angeles-based HelloTech (www.hellotech.com) wants to be the service that you refer all of your friends and family to, instead--by offering up low cost, on-demand, in-home technical support. First and foremost, it's an on-demand, in -home technical support service. I think the big challenge is going to be customer acquisition.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

I see more and more entrepreneurs who seem to have everything going for them – vision, motivation, passion, even a good business plan, product, and money, and yet they can’t close customers. I found their five phases of the process to be compelling, based on my own years of experience mentoring startups: Nail the pain.

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Technical Review Custom Customer Entrepreneur 143

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 1, 2022

You can have the best technology, but if customers don’t know you exist, or they don’t know how your technology solves a real problem for them, your startup will fail. How many customers will have any idea what this means to them? You need to clearly convey what makes your startup the only choice for your customers.

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Marketing Startup Social Media Technical Review 141

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 22, 2022

By default, innovation in every business decreases over time, and continuous innovation requires ongoing initiatives and measures of customer perceived value. The long-standing rule of thumb that companies have ten years between significant disruptions was reset a few years ago to five years, according to experts Larry Downes and Paul Nunes.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 8, 2012

Every startup needs to understand that the customer paradigm has dramatically shifted over the past two years with pervasive social networks and smartphones. If your business doesn’t connect with your customers, individually and as a community, demanding customers will not only ignore you, but will actively keep other customers away.

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Custom Customer Networking Entrepreneur 93

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 6, 2021

Every new business I know dreams of building momentum in their business, where growth continues to increase, customers become your best advocates, and employee motivation is high. Unfortunately, with limited resources, this isn’t possible, and it frustrates customers and the team. Focus first on finding more of the right customers.

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Berkonomics

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

The logic in this is simple: once a company has market share, other issues can be sorted out to monetize the market, make the company profitable, scoop up wavering competitors, or even sell the company to a larger firm looking for a large customer base. And it’s a contemporary problem. Angel investors are more tolerant of this than VCs.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 23, 2021

It also starts with a good summary of the intangibles, summarized as the five rules of relevancy, by Mark Zawacki: A startup needs to be relevant and stay relevant. This is not the total opportunity out there, and not the total target market, but the subset of customers who have and will spend the money you need to cure their pain.

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socalTECH

JULY 12, 2010

The electric utility said that it started installing smart meters starting in September 2009, with a plan to install five million smart meters for both residential and small business customers by the end of 2012. The utility says it hopes to reduce demand on the grid by about 1,000 megawatts through the installation of the meters.

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Tech.Co

APRIL 11, 2022

And, in addition to the sellers themselves suspending sales, the strikers are urging Etsy customers to boycott this week as well, by avoiding any purchases through the platform. In other words, the transaction fee has now increased 85% in a five-year period. “Every demand that we have made is very reasonable. .”

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Platform Startup Sales Pricing 133

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 25, 2020

By default, innovation in every business decreases over time, and continuous innovation requires ongoing initiatives and measures of customer perceived value. The long-standing rule of thumb that companies have ten years between significant disruptions was reset a few years ago to five years, according to experts Larry Downes and Paul Nunes.

Startup 138

Startup Organization Demand Custom 138

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 6, 2011

The instigators are all well-intentioned – executives talk to potential customers who “must have” a few more things; or the technical team edicts some “technically elegant” options that they can’t resist adding before release. Here are five basic rules to live by: Document the requirements. Implement and enforce a change process.

Technical Review 96

Technical Review Startup Software Review High Tech 96

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 16, 2023

Thus, financial projections for up to five years are a necessary element in every business plan. External investors will demand a financial forecast, but it’s equally valuable to you, even if bootstrapping. That’s no fun for you, your investors or your customers. Marty Zwilling

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 20, 2020

Most small businesses I advise still rely on traditional advertising models, assuming they can create enough media “noise” to get customers attention and sway them. Instead, it publishes actual customer “Photos of the Day,” highlighting the customer’s thrill of adventure purpose.

Marketing 130

Marketing Technical Advisors Social Media Media 130

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 13, 2023

I recommend the “ five whys ” approach, where you ask someone why five times, making sure on each step, your next why question directly addresses the previous response, until you get to the root cause. Wisdom is all about the why of any business situation. Build perspective by confirming context. Demonstrate the courage to take risks.

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Case Study Study Startup Examples 112

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 3, 2011

Every startup needs to understand that the customer paradigm has dramatically shifted over the past two years with pervasive social networks and smartphones. If your business doesn’t connect with your customers, individually and as a community, demanding customers will not only ignore you, but will actively keep other customers away.

Custom 91

Custom Customer Startup Networking 91

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

As an advisor to many entrepreneurs, I still hear frequently the irrational exuberance that crowdfunding is the quick alternative for startups that are passed over by overly demanding angels or venture capital investors. Crowdfunding to gauge demand is not recommended, since failed campaigns don’t usually recover later.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 23, 2019

Employees and customers alike are looking for meaning, not simply employment and commodity prices. I can think of at least five ways that this benefits the business, as well as customers: Products in a purpose culture more readily sell at a premium price. Doing good opens the door to a broader customer base.

Organization 128

Organization Startup Pricing Custom 128

TechCrunch LA

DECEMBER 8, 2020

Interestingly, that demand has grown a lot during the pandemic, with demand for new homes as much as four times higher than demand for buying “existing” homes. ” That subsequently has put more of an emphasis on the sale of older homes to meet demand.

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Sales Demand San Diego Funding 282

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 6, 2010

Marketing to Reach Your Customers First ,” here are the five key components to watch: Micro-blogging. Real time on-demand collaboration. Many software-as-a-service (SaaS) applications now allow on-demand collaboration. Virtual trade shows, GoToMeeting, and WebEx are attracting new customers like crazy.

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Web Web 2.0 Doc Examples 88

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 21, 2012

They do it because engaged customers become loyal advocates and buyers. I’m most intrigued by one aspect that I believe relates to every business - the move from a hunter-based metaphor to a gardening metaphor – nurturing what we have planted, based on the following five rules: Embrace test-and-learn values. Adapt quickly and move on.

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Custom Customer Marketing Technical Review 95

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 25, 2022

Assess customer demand. Do customers really need what you want to do, or might they see it as “nice to have?” What do you envision your business looking like in five to ten years? Look critically at yourself and your existing organization for strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats (SWOT). Visualize the future.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 25, 2011

Customers pay for solutions, but there is no market for ideas. My reaction is, if there is no competition, then there is no market demand for your product, so why are you building it? Potential startup founders are always looking for ideas to implement, when they should be looking for problems to solve.

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Startup Ideas Competition Demand 92

socalTECH

MARCH 27, 2015

On-demand, taxi app developer Flywheel , which has been in an intense battle with Uber, Lyft, Sidecar and others in the LA market, said this week that it will offer $5, flat rate rides on its service in Los Angeles and San Diego until April 6th.

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San Diego Demand Mobile Los Angeles 100

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 17, 2023

On the other hand, if you are a new entrepreneur, still in the idea stage, professional investors will only tell you to come back later when you have traction (customers and revenue). It’s time to scale up and I need money to keep up with demand.” Congratulations! Tune your investor pitch and funding expectations accordingly.

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Funding Startup Ideas Equity 125

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 19, 2022

People see you as great for demanding customers and team bonding. Being reward-driven , you are driven to win money, customers, applause, and the admiration of others. These people define their roles in terms of their customers’ or employees’ or coworkers’ needs, not their own.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 6, 2020

In my view, this focus on the wrong skill set is the primary reason why over half of new businesses fail in the first five years, and only one out of a hundred startups get their requested funding from professional investors. Diagnosing and understanding the customer problem. Opening relationships and creating opportunities.

Entrepreneur 134

Entrepreneur Startup Sales Custom 134