Tech.Co

OCTOBER 27, 2023

Claude is definitely one of the most impressive chatbots to be launched in the last 12 months. An Intro to the Chatbot 8 Questions with Claude [Test] Claude Pricing & Tokens Explained Claude 2 and ChatGPT: Key Differences Should You Use Claude AI? You'll also see how Claude differs from ChatGPT in key areas. What is Anthropic AI?

ChatGPT 139

ChatGPT Artificial Inteligence Training Startup 139

Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 4, 2010

Many people bandy about the definitions of “disruptive technology&# or “the innovator’s dilemma&# without ever having read the book and almost universally misunderstand the concepts. This is important because the customers they serve (the red line) demand a product that meets their complex requirements.

Startup 376

Startup Framework Marketing Customer 376

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 10, 2019

They don’t realize that they are missing out on a great opportunity for “free” promotion, as well as taking a great risk by not listening to what customers are saying, and not monitoring or responding to undeserved challenges to their reputation. Demand professional business skills and customer advocacy.

Social Media 99

Social Media Media Tool Startup 99

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 16, 2009

When you start your company the very first question you need to ask yourself is which kind of customers do you want to serve. Many start-ups (and even growth firms) lack this discipline and they therefore serve customers off all sizes. These are really massive customers. We knew how to land huge corporate customers.

Startup 389

Startup Customer Custom Resource 389

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 286

Startup Technical Review Customer Custom 286

Berkonomics

MAY 21, 2015

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. Scaling a business is an art as well as a science.

Venture Capital 120

Venture Capital Social Media Invest Marketing 120

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 24, 2017

Many are reluctant to really “market” themselves, and have trouble differentiating their offerings to clients, except by price. From his own successes and failures in this domain, he explains how the rules and customer expectations have changed in today’s world, and he offers some practical guidance on how to survive in this new world.

Social Media 56

Social Media Pricing Technical Review Demand 56

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. As a business, you should always be looking for your next customer, as well as satisfying your current one. Walk away from a bad role or customer.

Startup 98

Startup Outsource Development Competition Social Media 98

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

SEPTEMBER 1, 2019

By definition, second-stage ventures generally have 10 to 99 employees and/or $750,000 to $50 million in revenue, and see that as just the beginning. Second-stage growth usually requires a formal sales model, an experienced and disciplined sales team, and a well-defined process to meet your new goals and demands.

Startup 97

Startup Sales Metrics Guide 97

InfoChachkie

JUNE 2, 2014

The result of her efforts is an online service that allows brides to select their bridesmaids'' gowns, within a broad range of colors, styles and price points. The gowns are then dry cleaned and readied for the next customer, in the spirit of the emerging sharing economy in which goods are communally used multiple times.

Design 208

Design Customer Custom Satisfaction 208

socalTECH

MAY 30, 2019

I think, to be a great entrepreneur, you have to look at what is missing in the category that you will be playing in the industry, and figure what you can deploy with a little bit of strategy and technology to bring a better service and price. By definition, they liked you and thought they were a good fit for you before their applied.

Content 193

Content Social Network Coach Help 193

SoCal CTO

JANUARY 31, 2011

This comes up a lot and if you are thinking about one of these kinds of startups, definitely take a look at Matching Algorithm. Coming back with no matches is not a very satisfying result and you generally will lose customers that you may have even paid to acquire. Do you need real-time response? He would put up ads.

eHarmony 204

eHarmony Marketing Startup Zag 204

SoCal CTO

JANUARY 31, 2011

This comes up a lot and if you are thinking about one of these kinds of startups, definitely take a look at Matching Algorithm. Coming back with no matches is not a very satisfying result and you generally will lose customers that you may have even paid to acquire. Do you need real-time response? He would put up ads.

eHarmony 196

eHarmony Marketing Startup Zag 196

socalTECH

JUNE 25, 2013

The second big part of this, is the user experience, the brand, and the customers. It''s all about being very simple, very honest, and very straightforward in how you treat the customer. The way we represent our product, how we merchandise it, and how we price it, and our UX is really targeted towards the younger clientele.

Services 215

Services Technical Review Startup Pricing 215

socalTECH

MARCH 12, 2013

The company--which is in the business of operating a content delivery network (CDN) to accelerate the delivery of web graphics, multimedia, applications, and more to end users-- recently disclosed it more than doubled its revenues in 2012, and has grown to over 230 employees--all due to a huge amount of demand for CDN services by its customers.

CTO Hire 248

CTO Hire Content Networking Web 248

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 4, 2015

By definition, second-stage ventures generally have 10 to 99 employees and/or $750,000 to $50 million in revenue, and see that as just the beginning. Second-stage growth usually requires a formal sales model, an experienced and disciplined sales team, and a well-defined process to meet your new goals and demands.

Startup 108

Startup Sales Metrics Entrepreneur 108

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 3, 2010

Because it is a “series&# I plan to get into some of the deeper complexities of funds such as “cross over funds&# and “why VC’s hate to price their own deals&# at a later stage. If you have several new investors looking at your company you’re likely to get higher price. I’m sure this happens, too.

Venture Capital 265

Venture Capital Seed Funding Pricing Invest 265

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 13, 2017

By definition, second-stage ventures generally have 10 to 99 employees and/or $750,000 to $50 million in revenue, and see that as just the beginning. Second-stage growth usually requires a formal sales model, an experienced and disciplined sales team, and a well-defined process to meet your new goals and demands.

Startup 56

Startup Sales Metrics Guide 56

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 3, 2013

By definition, second-stage ventures generally have 10 to 99 employees and/or $750,000 to $50 million in revenue, and see that as just the beginning. Second-stage growth usually requires a formal sales model, an experienced and disciplined sales team, and a well-defined process to meet your new goals and demands.

Sales 96

Sales Metrics Startup Entrepreneur 96

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 13, 2009

Broadcast, by definition, is broader than search. Broadcast can convey the idea of making a purchase, and can motivate a purchase--but, by definition, it's not as precise and targeted as search. I believe that the advertisers they started with were probably disappointed that the cost per customer acquisition was not the same as search.

Google 124

Google Advertising Media Startup 124

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 28, 2010

Here’s why that is important: when users are on your website you want to convert them to become paying customers. It’s true that the carrier then gets their huge slice for being the billing and payment engine but the idea is that you as a website more than make up for this in terms of customer conversion.

Venture Capital 270

Venture Capital Capital Rustic Canyon Mobile 270

Tech Zulu Event

MAY 6, 2013

I started a business with two others and we started buying and reselling ad inventory from wholesale prices to retail. As the demands and supplies grew for advertising, we built a stable capital to create Engage:BDR. It is to produce branded content, to build custom content and leverage our ad network to distribute the content.

Marketing 96

Marketing Startup Incubator Advertising 96

Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

Definitely tune in Wednesday Sept. Bring your products to your Customers, their social network and their influencers with DoTogether Hosted Facebook Applications. Demand Media is a leading online media company that informs, entertains and connects millions of people every day. Price: FREE. The Startups. The Sponsors.

Social Media 71

Social Media Technical Review Mixergy Tech Coast Angels 71

SoCal CTO

NOVEMBER 11, 2009

We came up with a positioning strategy that helps them sell value-added when recession-pinched customers are squeezing them for low rates. Definitely, the dinner conversation is a great analogy. On Demand Printing : great prices and quality when you need printed materials which, contrary to popular belief, are alive and well.

Marketing 150

Marketing Social Media Blogging Media 150

Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 9, 2011

Just like iGottaGuide, the idea was all about democratization–taking the power away from the gatekeepers and giving customers a greater range of choices at a lower price. We are posed as a nimble startup ready to shift with consumer demands. No one has all of the answers, and I definitely didn’t. Richard Branson.

Startup 63

Startup Guide Entrepreneur Ideas 63

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 23, 2010

Here they’re already carrying a bag with products from many vendors so while there at the customer they just have to mention your product and budda bing. The price points are not as high as your beautiful Excel spreadsheet had forecasted when you raised your seed capital. You need to stimulate demand. Everyone is happy.

Startup 293

Startup Sales Marketing Product 293

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 16, 2012

These include building products, recruiting, managing your finances, marketing, selling, getting feedback from customers and … fund raising. If they see you when you’ve already got your first term sheet and they’ve got 3 weeks to decide then by definition they have no relationship with you. Make fund raising a habit.

Develop 366

Develop Development Funding Venture Capital 366