unreasonable 
InfoChachkie
MARCH 20, 2012
You can watch the 11-minute excerpt from Seth’s talk below, in which expounds upon the Seven Tools Of Awesomeness. On the playing field is talking to customers. Be Unreasonable. I believe that the Foundation Of Entrepreneurship is the willingness to be unreasonable. Be An Active Listener. Go Streaking.
Startup Professionals Musings
MARCH 6, 2020
The result is that you often take a big financial hit, and lose key customers, before you realize that the change didn’t work. For example, several years ago Apple was so convinced that their new Apple III model would be a winner that they rolled it out broadly, rather than do a controlled release first with some key customers.
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Startup Professionals Musings
OCTOBER 22, 2021
Take advantage of software tools to automate routine business functions, like taking and delivering orders. Provide website forums to help customers solve their own problems. Use free e-commerce software and services like PayPal before building an expensive customized solution. Automate to the max. Focus on recurring revenues.
Startup Professionals Musings
JUNE 10, 2020
You may recognize these in your own company, and can overcome all of them with a proactive management focus and conviction: Everyone is proceeding with unreasonable expectations. It’s easy for you to blame someone else in the organization, economic conditions outside, or even overly demanding customers, when things are not going well.
Startup Professionals Musings
JANUARY 5, 2019
Take advantage of software tools to automate routine business functions, like taking and delivering orders. Provide website forums to help customers solve their own problems. Use free e-commerce software and services like PayPal before building an expensive customized solution. Automate to the max. Focus on recurring revenues.
Both Sides of the Table
NOVEMBER 14, 2017
There is nothing more pure than building a product, putting it out in the world and seeing paying customers using your product and in some cases loving it. As companies get this initial customer feedback on their product they start to have to ask harder questions about unit economics: How much does it cost us to acquire a new customer?
Startup Professionals Musings
DECEMBER 11, 2016
Take advantage of software tools to automate routine business functions, like taking and delivering orders. Provide website forums to help customers solve their own problems. Use free e-commerce software and services like PayPal before building an expensive customized solution. Automate to the max. Focus on recurring revenues.
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