Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 17, 2023

You need partners, team members, investors, vendors, and customers. In business, positional authority remains the primary guiding force at this level, and most business relationships stay at this level or below. In the world of entrepreneurs and startups, high level relationships are everything. You can’t start a business alone.

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Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 18, 2013

Play around with clean, bold design. You don’t always know what customers are going to go crazy for until you show them something new and gauge their reaction. While functionality is imperative, especially in the tech space, thoughtful design is equally as important. Website design: Less is more! You need to be a unicorn.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 9, 2022

Kerr, “ The Executive Checklist: A Guide for Setting Direction and Managing Change.” This is a software distribution and pricing model in which new applications are hosted by a service provider and made available to customers over a network, rather than requiring customer hardware. Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS).

Technology 133

Technology Cloud Computing Social Media Networking 133

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 16, 2022

Every startup needs two or three key advisors who have the domain experience, connections, and complementary skills to guide the founders through those early crises. Manage customer service. Software and hardware development architects and designers. Marketing and sales to Gen-Y customers. Personnel Manager.

Technical Review 147

Technical Review Software Review Entrepreneur Report 147

Tech.Co

JUNE 22, 2021

Understand the costs with our complete Shopify Pricing Guide. 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. See our guide to the Best Ecommerce Website Builders. Not sold on Shopify?

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Marketing Buzzfeed Guide Platform 177

Berkonomics

FEBRUARY 6, 2014

Creating a gerat company in a relative vacuum is an exercise in complete trust that the entrepreneur knows what’s best for the customer, perhaps even without interaction with such a customer. The first step : Involve potential customers early. The first step : Involve potential customers early. Take feedback seriously.

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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. Every entrepreneur, no matter how experienced, will benefit from a personal board of directors or advisors to guide them in facets of their business.

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SoCal CTO

DECEMBER 19, 2012

This should be an iterative process with advisors and customers providing feedback on the product. Customer Development Notes I'm assuming founders are having customer development conversations. See also: 12 Tips for Early Customer Development Interviews , 12 tips for customer development , tips for customer development.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 20, 2020

You need partners, team members, investors, vendors, and customers. In business, positional authority remains the primary guiding force at this level, and most business relationships stay at this level or below. In the world of entrepreneurs and startups, high level relationships are everything. You can’t start a business alone.

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Startup Guide Help Course 150

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. Every entrepreneur, no matter how experienced, will benefit from a personal board of directors or advisors to guide them in facets of their business.

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Startup Organization Demand Customer 138

socalTECH

JULY 14, 2010

The firm said the order came for customized GPS modules which will be used for military missile guidance, secure radio communications, and guided munitions. The firm said the technology used in the modules came as a result of its acquisition of White Electronic Designs Corporation in May. READ MORE>>.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 13, 2013

I did have the wherewithal to visit potential customers and try to understand the pain points that I thought could be solved with our solution. Steve Blank calls this “ customer development ” in which you built an initial product that is in search of “product / market fit.” This is a very important to do when you first start a company.

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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. At worst, maybe you can find a trusted friend to guide you, or a nearby university with expert professors and the proper tools. Proceed with your wits about you.

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Outsource Development Ideas Tool Outsource 110

Tech.Co

APRIL 20, 2020

Check out our Wix Pricing Guide to work out which plan is best for you. We loved Wix's simplicity and its excellent customer support and help center. There are more than 600 to choose from and, while that might seem daunting, most are designed with specific types of website in mind. Don't Miss Out. 50% Off Wix.

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Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 1, 2011

Design: Developing for a Consumerized Enterprise World (BetterWorks). Strategy to Get Your First 100 Paying Customers (bigMETHOD, Mixergy, Appsumo, Zaarly). Badges & Beyond – Gamification and Mobile Apps (Mobile Roadie, Soundcloud). 7 Reasons the Cloud Makes Your Video Work Better. Can Newspapers Appeal to a Younger Audience.

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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.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 9, 2020

In my own business career, many years as a business advisor, and mentor to aspiring entrepreneurs, I have validated the following strategies to practice and guide you. A broken process or a subtle quality issue can generate a flood of customer satisfaction problems, cost overruns, and loss of market share.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 18, 2020

Every startup needs two or three key advisors who have the domain experience, connections, and complementary skills to guide the founders through those early crises. Manage customer service. Software and hardware development architects and designers. Marketing and sales to Gen-Y customers. Personnel Manager.

Startup 124

Startup Technical Review Software Review Entrepreneur 124

Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 13, 2010

Simply, there are thousands of agencies, design shops and communications firms across the world, all. Your clients pay you to design and build web sites and app. Bootstrapping design thinking, Entrepreneurship, opportunity analysis. . Stop Listening to Your Customers. Startup Survival Guide: Beating the 800lb Gorillas.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 3, 2022

Whether you are trying to motivate your team, close a deal with a customer, or get funding from an investor, a casual conversation is usually a waste of your valuable time. Sometimes people need to be guided into better outcomes. All real business is conversations focused on creating results. Conversation for conflict resolution.

Tips 101

Tips Guide Design Entrepreneur 101

Southern California Edison Blog

DECEMBER 8, 2021

One of the most effective ways for a tech startup to reduce the risk of cyberattacks is to leverage a network designed for privacy and security. A third option is managed wavelength services , which allow startups to keep their data private because the connection isn’t shared with any other customers.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 2, 2020

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. At worst, maybe you can find a trusted friend to guide you, or a nearby university with expert professors and the proper tools. Proceed with your wits about you.

Outsource Development 124

Outsource Development Ideas Tool Outsource 124

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 21, 2013

So he made hand-made batches in a bucket and drove it to customers in his van. When his packaging suppliers tried to get him to change his product to make it less hot or more sweet for American customers he refused, “ “Hot sauce must be hot. He had a guiding principle for the company. Provide something distinctive.

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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?

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Startup Technical Review Customer Custom 286

Tech.Co

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

While free money may sound too good to be true, there are hundreds of grants available to small businesses in 2024 designed to make financing more accessible to business owners. The size of loans ranges between $10,000 to $150,000, and new Wells Fargo customers don't have to pay an annual fee for the first year.

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Technical Review Software Review Startup Competition 193

TechEmpower

OCTOBER 9, 2023

So let’s summarize what we've already found to be different about searching with LLMs: What’s Different About Search with LLMs Search methods powered by LLMs stand out as transformative tools, offering businesses an edge in their information retrieval and customer engagement processes.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 29, 2019

Kerr, “ The Executive Checklist: A Guide for Setting Direction and Managing Change.” This is a software distribution and pricing model in which new applications are hosted by a service provider and made available to customers over a network, rather than requiring customer hardware. Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS).

Technology 86

Technology Cloud Computing Social Media Networking 86

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 8, 2014

Think differently about your customers. Think differently about design. From the designs of the iPod to the iPhone, from the packaging of the Apple’s products to the functionality of the Apple Web site, innovation means eliminating the unnecessary so that the necessary may speak. Say no to 1,000 things. Master the message.

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Ideas Entrepreneur Design Guide 106

Southern California Edison Blog

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

Enterprises face several network-related challenges that can affect their competitiveness and ability to grow and serve customers. This information will also be important for guiding future business network expansion. Cost-effective network solutions designed for reliability, security, and performance.

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Networking Guide Services Resource 77

Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 5, 2012

The concise guide is here. You need to segment your audience and find a way to get your highest quality customers over to O&O (owned & operated) inventory where you can get higher CPMs, sell merchandise and capture more customer information. You can earn the right to ask for customer information and remarket to them.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 2, 2018

You need partners, team members, investors, vendors, and customers. In business, positional authority remains the primary guiding force at this level, and most business relationships stay at this level or below. In the world of entrepreneurs and startups, high level relationships are everything. You can’t start a business alone.

Startup 93

Startup Guide Help Course 93

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 24, 2013

Think differently about your customers. Think differently about design. From the designs of the iPod to the iPhone, from the packaging of the Apple’s products to the functionality of the Apple Web site, innovation means eliminating the unnecessary so that the necessary may speak. Say no to 1,000 things. Master the message.

Ideas 120

Ideas Entrepreneur Design Guide 120

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 10, 2010

For today's interview, we talked with San Diego-based ShowUHow (www.showuhow.com), a firm which is providing both content and a software platform which allows e-commerce retailers to provide video instruction guides on the products they carry. Our application is designed to leverage their investment in video, and deliver these guides.

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Guide Training Platform Product 113

Southern California Edison Blog

JUNE 11, 2021

Organizations handling sensitive information can leverage secure network solutions designed to ensure data protection in transit. A managed provider handles the IT infrastructure for their customers, taking care of necessary hardware upgrades and proactively monitoring the network for security threats.

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Networking Company Companies Organization 54

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 26, 2016

With today’s interactive social media and the real-time Internet, both customers and employees see inside your company easily, so you can’t hide your real company culture. At the same time relationship perceptions have become the biggest drivers to customer loyalty and employee engagement. Maintain a customer-centric focus.

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Company Companies Social Media Organization 54

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 2, 2016

You need partners, team members, investors, vendors, and customers. In business, positional authority remains the primary guiding force at this level, and most business relationships stay at this level or below. In the world of entrepreneurs and startups, high level relationships are everything. You can’t start a business alone.

Startup 97

Startup Guide Help Course 97

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 6, 2019

Whether you are trying to motivate your team, close a deal with a customer, or get funding from an investor, a casual conversation is usually a waste of your valuable time. Sometimes people need to be guided into better outcomes. All real business is conversations focused on creating results. Conversation for conflict resolution.

Tips 92

Tips Guide Design Entrepreneur 92