InfoChachkie

OCTOBER 20, 2014

According to a recent Forbes article , UC Santa Barbara''s Technology Management Program offers students a superior startup education over the University of Pennsylvania (home of Wharton), as well Harvard, Northwestern and even its acclaimed southern neighbor, the University of Southern California. The TMP is an example of lean academia.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 26, 2022

For example, if you see starting a business as a get-rich-quick solution, or you are trying to escape having a boss, or hate taking risks, you probably don’t need the stress of writing and trying to sell a business plan to tell you to seek other alternatives. Temper your passion with feedback on a minimum viable product before committing.

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Social Media Writing Ideas Resource 105

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 6, 2019

Examples include the Conscious Capitalism® movement, founded by John Mackey of Whole Foods, the B Team , founded by serial entrepreneur Sir Richard Branson, and the Benefit Corporation (B Corp) form of business now available in 33 states. That means educating targeted supporters is key, even before you start to sell.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 20, 2019

Too many customers have long felt distanced from many successful brands, seeing them as closed and mysterious environments, focused only on profits and killing competitors. These are responding to the demands of this new world for collaboration, trust, and transparency. Shared risks (open capital).

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socalTECH

MAY 2, 2014

To get some insight into how those names are changing--we caught up with Steve Banfield , SVP and GM of Registrar Services over at Rightside (www.rightside.co) -- which is in the midst of spinning out from Santa Monica-based Demand Media. Steve Banfield: What will become Rightside has been part of Demand Media.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 22, 2015

Too many customers have long felt distanced from many successful brands, seeing them as closed and mysterious environments, focused only on profits and killing competitors. These are responding to the demands of this new world for collaboration, trust, and transparency. Shared leadership (member and customer led).

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 12, 2017

Too many customers have long felt distanced from many successful brands, seeing them as closed and mysterious environments, focused only on profits and killing competitors. These are responding to the demands of this new world for collaboration, trust, and transparency. Shared leadership (member and customer led).

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 25, 2019

There are plenty of smaller success examples, including Impossible Foods, Inc., Another approach is simply repurposing used items, or simply passing them down to less demanding users, like the ecoATM story with used cell phones, tablets and MP3 players. The ideas are endless, but we need more smart entrepreneurs to implement them.

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Artificial Inteligence Resource Examples Startup 79

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 5, 2018

Most young people who are completing their educational degree today think they will have learned all they need for their career ahead. The facts, as well as what motivates your peers, customers, and business leaders are changing daily. Learn from peer relationships, examples, and feedback. Make the investment.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 13, 2014

Too many customers have long felt distanced from many successful brands, seeing them as closed and mysterious environments, focused only on profits and killing competitors. These are responding to the demands of this new world for collaboration, trust, and transparency. Shared leadership (member and customer led).

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Organization Social Media Customer Custom 93

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 5, 2017

According to Small Business Trends , over half of the existing small businesses in the US already have international customers. Luxury goods can easily flow into or out of emerging nations, changing cost factors as well as demand. Culture changes can increase or decrease demand for existing products and services quickly.

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Social Media Demand Customer Custom 74

Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 9, 2014

Marketing is considered an art by many individuals because it requires keen insight in how to approach a product, service, or brand, and how to effectively deliver those things to customers. Overall, in today’s economy, businesses demand marketers think beyond the everyday ad and try to think outside the box for ad campaigns.

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Advertising Training Customer Custom 69

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 30, 2013

Examples include the Conscious Capitalism® movement, led by John Mackey of Whole Foods, The B Team , led by serial entrepreneur Sir Richard Branson, and the Benefit Corporation (B Corp) form of business now available in 14 states. That means educating targeted supporters is key, even before you start to sell.

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Startup Education Customer Custom 117

InfoChachkie

JUNE 2, 2014

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. The bridal party can choose to collaborate as little or as much as they want, by hosting a try-on party or having each girl try on her own dresses at her own, for example.".

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 17, 2016

Examples include the Conscious Capitalism® movement, led by John Mackey of Whole Foods, the B Team , led by serial entrepreneur Sir Richard Branson, and the Benefit Corporation (B Corp) form of business now available in 30 states. That means educating targeted supporters is key, even before you start to sell.

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InfoChachkie

JUNE 4, 2012

Fallacy: Startup ventures tend to evolve, especially after you begin speaking with pesky customers and demanding partners. In addition to paying the consultant, you must invest time to educate them. Rationale: My idea is so mind-blowingly fantastic that I must immediately spend some of my precious capital to protect it.

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Entrepreneur Outsource Ideas Technical Review 272

Steve Reich

MAY 12, 2013

Even though I’ve been involved with SaaS products since 1998, the last few months have been quite the education. The look and feel of the apps are customized to each FI (financial institution), and the UIs range from stately to playful. 2) There is huge demand to be first to market with new functionality.

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Eric Greenspan

MAY 9, 2013

It was an awesome company with a cult-like following and over 40,000 customers in Socal. She’s an educator, an author and the founder of Kidzmet. Instead of demanding he do his work, I jumped in and worked with him. They have to have some “mind-blowing customer experience” aspect as that is my mantra.

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TechCrunch LA

MAY 14, 2020

. “We launched a telehealth product in 48 hours, we converted the majority of our visits for the next month in person online and we had really, really great feedback and customer response — both in terms of adoption but repeat visits as well. though Carmy notes it’s only “in network” (i.e.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 8, 2013

They have worked with high technology and computers for at least 20 years, are highly educated, and highly motivated. Customer service. Who better to run your customer service than an experienced professional with a little gray hair, who is firm but calm, soft-spoken, and credible around your customers? Angel investor.

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socalTECH

MAY 2, 2011

Educate us, and explain what's different about how you are handling ticket sales and how that's different from the many others out there? For example, at an event, say at the Staples Center, of the 20,000 seats they might have four or five price groups. It is now very, very customer friendly. It's Priceline meets Stubhub.

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Ticketmaster Pricing Sales Activity 253

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 20, 2011

They have worked with high technology and computers for at least 20 years, are highly educated, and highly motivated. Customer Service. Who better to run your customer service than an experienced professional with a little gray hair, who is firm but calm, soft-spoken, and credible around your customers? Angel Investor.

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Entrepreneur Mentor Demand High Tech 107

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 7, 2012

Too many entrepreneurs develop a new product without regard to market demand, then build an entire strategy based on creating a need, rather than acting on an existing market need. An example of market-driven technology is the basic automobile, but combining a car with an airplane is technology looking for a market.

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Technology Funding Competition Entrepreneur 91

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 14, 2011

Their values need to match your brand image, including the perception of quality, educational value, as well as recognition by your target demographic. For example, Ashton Kutcher not only has the most Twitter followers of any “entrepreneur” (8 million), but he has actively invested in several startups. Customers are a fickle bunch.

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Startup Summary Examples Entrepreneur 92

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 28, 2012

Their values need to match your brand image, including the perception of quality, educational value, as well as recognition by your target demographic. For example, Ashton Kutcher not only has the most Twitter followers of any “entrepreneur” (8 million), but he has actively invested in several startups. Customers are a fickle bunch.

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Startup Entrepreneur Examples Summary 85

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 3, 2014

Their values need to match your brand image, including the perception of quality, educational value, as well as recognition by your target demographic. For example, Ashton Kutcher not only has the most Twitter followers of any “entrepreneur” (16 million), but he has actively invested in several startups. Customers are a fickle bunch.

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Help Startup Entrepreneur Summary 96

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. However, our users and target audience are really the younger, web-savvy, college educated, and very technologically comfortable consumers.

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Services Technical Review Startup Pricing 215

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 26, 2010

They have worked with high technology and computers for at least 20 years, are highly educated, and highly motivated. Customer Service. Who better to run your customer service than an experienced professional with a little gray hair, who is firm but calm, soft-spoken, and credible around your customers? Angel Investor.

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Mentor Statistics High Tech Demand 75

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 11, 2013

There is no single formula for how to stay healthy while starting and running an exciting but demanding new business, but here are a few suggestions, depending on your lifestyle: Stay fit and rested. Lead by example, of course, and encourage employees regularly to pursue a healthy lifestyle. Improve customer service.

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Startup Tips Entrepreneur Metrics 93

Southern California Edison Blog

FEBRUARY 26, 2019

How should networks be configured and equipped to support the services businesses and consumers are demanding? At some point, it may be time to replace or supplement your current partner to ensure you’re delivering the quality and range of services your customers need. Smart cities are a good example of why.³

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 17, 2010

Too many entrepreneurs develop a new product without regard to market demand, then build an entire strategy based on creating a need, rather than acting on an existing market need. An example of market-driven technology is the basic automobile, but combining a car with an airplane is technology looking for a market.

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Funding Entrepreneur Competition Pricing 88

InfoChachkie

MAY 16, 2011

Thus, you must first create the playbook by which an independent sales rep can readily sell your product, including: identifying objections and developing strategies to overcome them, creating reference accounts and establishing meaningful customer adoption. In addition to paying the consultant, you must invest time to educate them.

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socalTECH

MAY 27, 2010

For example, my personal problem is that I now have a 20 month year old son, and have wanted to share photos and videos and other information with my family and friends who aren't in SoCal. How much of this is custom, one-off work versus out of the box functionality? Kieve Huffman: There are really two paths.

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Startup Buzznet Entertainment Social Network 213

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 2, 2011

This move is indicative of the possibility that the traditional ways of going about making a living through a college education, an entry-level position at a firm, and steady promotion through the ranks is a dead model. Making cakes, making baby clothes, or making birdhouses, for example. Customer service is free.

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Startup Capital Blogging Ideas 92

socalTECH

OCTOBER 30, 2008

Over 150 educational institutions are using our free screenwriting software, and we've attracted writers to our community by providing a free, web-based alternative to expensive screenwriting tools like Final Draft and Movie Magic, which charge $200 to $250 for their tools. A large portion of our users are students.

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Content Writing Software Review Hollywood 138

InfoChachkie

SEPTEMBER 22, 2009

Three examples of mini-ventures carried out by me and my fellow Wharton classmates are described below. Rather than shutting down shop, the student simply moved the operations down the hall and continued satisfy the brisk student demand for the consolidated notes. Customer Problem/ Pain Points. Customer Problems/ Pain Points.

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Ideas Startup Pricing Entrepreneur 153