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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Berkonomics

OCTOBER 21, 2021

There are many studies that tell us how various industries reward employees for achievement above a base pay, or beyond expectation. But how about listing the basics for designing an excellent incentive compensation program? Next, some form of rewards should be designed to be immediate. But back to the money issue….

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 3, 2021

Smart potential customers only visit and buy from credible and memorable websites. No name, picture, address, or business history only convinces customers that you are hiding, located in an un-trustable country, or don’t have a clue. Follow-up for customer satisfaction. Professional user-friendly site design.

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Web Search Engine Optimization eBook Advertising 117

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 9, 2022

Nevertheless, there is nothing wrong with studying and learning from the wisdom and experience of others. 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. Gamification.

Technology 133

Technology Cloud Computing Social Media Networking 133

SoCal CTO

NOVEMBER 17, 2009

I have a few meetings with the team, perhaps about the website design, radio show structure, an event we are working on, a sponsorship (perhaps the uniforms for our youth basketball team). A day might include a discussion with a finance partner, an investor, a customer or a fusion partner. Sometimes I make a blog entry. Great posts.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 9, 2020

A broken process or a subtle quality issue can generate a flood of customer satisfaction problems, cost overruns, and loss of market share. For example, your quality problem may well have both design as well as manufacturing elements. Ultimately, every problem and every issue needs a decision and a solution, not more study.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 21, 2021

Kaplan is a leading expert in building innovation cultures, and speaks from his real-world experience with many companies, as well as academic study. Frame the way you want to change the world, and make it about the customer. Make sure your measurements are customer-oriented, as well as focused on internal processes.

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InfoChachkie

MARCH 21, 2019

Opportunity knocked when one of her customers was spotted at a high-end boutique, wearing one of Ida’s outfits. The store’s owner, Enid Bissett, asked the customer where she had purchased the dress. The two women established a custom dress shop called Enid Frocks. In contrast, Ida’s designs accentuated women’s feminity.

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Tech Zulu Event

JULY 31, 2013

01% conversion rate again to the people who clicked over to the website from the YouTube video, that’s 185 new customers, 185 people who would have never thought to google search for a tampon service, who will now be signing up to spend the 15 bucks a month to get tampons delivered to their door. If we apply that.01%

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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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socalTECH

MAY 11, 2011

The firm notably has Atari founder Nolan Bushnell as an advisor and serving as its chief game designer. I studied cognitive science, the study of the brain, as an undergraduate. So I actually started a graphic design company out of college, and got lucky with the web taking off at the right time. It's fun an effective.

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From the Venture Trenches

APRIL 4, 2013

They do not know what they do not know which makes a meaningful conversation with a design agency very challenging. More than a calling card a businesses website is how customers will discover, assess and interact with you and how you in turn, can engage your customers. Their two biggest fears are cost and labor.

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InfoChachkie

DECEMBER 2, 2009

As noted in Pour and Stir Part I , the key to the successful execution of this strategy is managing the following equation: The cost to acquire a customer < lifetime value of a customer. Decreasing Your Customer Acquisition Costs. This is equivalent to being handed a free customer for every ten customers you acquire.

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Customer Custom Advertising SEM 164

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 19, 2022

Yet the value of real relationships, as with consumer customers, has become critical to your business services growth and success. Here is my list of some key recommendations to help you get your fair share of business: Customize and personalize every communication you can. Provide relevant case studies illustrating your results.

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Services Technical Review Social Media Case Study 121

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 26, 2020

A business plan is the outward facing definition of the business you hope to drive with your hardware solution, with a hardware overview in the intro to highlight customer value and competitiveness. Use non-fuzzy terms to quantify customer value. Provide specifics on the customer business model.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 5, 2021

Startups are the corporations of the future, so I have long believed that entrepreneurs who study existing corporate models, rather than ignoring them with disdain, will likely profit from the exercise. Customers and employees are the new stakeholders for every business. Stakeholder power. Demographic shifts.

Marketing 135

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 6, 2020

You need to: study the rules, make sure that you don’t violate the “affiliate rule” (more later), consult with your Company Counsel, consult with your board and investors and then make your own determination. This is a matter of opinion or belief system but not a matter of legislation or policy.

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Venture Capital Startup Technical Review Doc 279

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 2, 2021

Real meaning is made up of many small differences, such as a design breakthrough, new business model, a truly satisfied customer, or an excited team member. Studies show that doubling your income might increase happiness by 10 percent. Celebrate small wins by asking yourself what can you do today to make a difference?

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Entrepreneur Startup Press Study 174

From the Venture Trenches

APRIL 4, 2013

They do not know what they do not know which makes a meaningful conversation with a design agency very challenging. More than a calling card a businesses website is how customers will discover, assess and interact with you and how you in turn, can engage your customers. Their two biggest fears are cost and labor.

Web Design 40

Web Design Web Design Sites 40

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

No name, picture, address, or business history only convinces customers that you are hiding, located in an un-trustable country, or don’t have a clue. Follow-up for customer satisfaction. Professional user-friendly site design. Put yourself on the site. People buy from people. They will exit quickly.

Search Engine Optimization 88

Search Engine Optimization eBook Advertising SEO 88

Berkonomics

APRIL 30, 2015

There are many studies that can tell us how various industries reward employees for achievement above a base pay, or beyond expectation. But how about listing the basics for designing an excellent incentive compensation program? Next, some form of rewards should be designed to be immediate.

Design 120

Design Competition Pricing Sales 120

InfoChachkie

APRIL 30, 2012

One of the immersion techniques Guy promotes is to offer a hands-on trial, in which the prospective customer can touch, feel and experience your product before purchasing it. The sunburst design around the circle is no accident. The model’s name might actually be Kathy Jones or possibly a real “Kathy Jones” wrote the testimonial.

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socalTECH

MARCH 5, 2009

Aliso Viejo-based Buy.com is looking to convince consumers that buying stuff online is greener for the planet than driving to your local store: and is backing it up with an academic study.

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Study Commerce Sites Design 113

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 3, 2017

Studies show that doubling your income increases happiness by less than 10%. They will also amplify your inspiration to your customers, and keep it growing in your own mind. These people need to cover the gamut from partners, marketers, suppliers, to customers. Be inspired by customer value rather than solution features.

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Ideas Study Entrepreneur Customer 54

TechCrunch LA

MAY 25, 2019

For one, because millennials, according to various studies, are consuming less alcohol than previous generations and are therefore seeking non-alcoholic beverage alternatives. Founder Alix Peabody designed a line of female-focused canned rosé. Modsy scores $37M to virtually design your home. Founders say yes.

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Startup Venture Capital Newsletter Tips 223

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 12, 2019

On the flip side, we attract those candidates, based on their affinity group, such as Blacks in Tech, Latinos In UI and UX design, women enggineers, and other affinity groups that attract talent, making them accesible to companies that are looking to hire for diversity. It's a community of underrepresented professionals.

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Technical Review Startup Platform Resource 140

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 29, 2019

Nevertheless, there is nothing wrong with studying and learning from the wisdom and experience of others. 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. Gamification.

Technology 86

Technology Cloud Computing Social Media Networking 86

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 22, 2015

And after one meeting they started asking for his advice about marketing, customer engagement, product design, monetization – whatever. Chamillionaire has a way more refined sense of what customer behavior is like than most ivy league graduates with nice Powerpoint slides that I meet.

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Conference Slides Social Media Summary 150

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 11, 2019

Kaplan is a leading expert in building innovation cultures, and speaks from his real-world experience with many companies, as well as academic study. Frame the way you want to change the world, and make it about the customer. Make sure your measurements are customer-oriented, as well as focused on internal processes.

Startup 97

Startup Metrics Competition Organization 97

Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 5, 2012

But audience size and consumption is massive and growing plus; Study Innovator’s Dilemma ( my cheat sheet 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.

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Hollywood Content Yahoo Java 374

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 17, 2013

You can ask them to come and watch your videos at your owned & operated websites (O&O) where you can make higher margins as well as ask directly for more meaningful customer information such as Facebook connections, Twitter oAuths, email addresses and the like. I’m studying TasteMade to form my own views of the future.

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Company Companies Technical Review Content 339

InfoChachkie

OCTOBER 24, 2011

According to financial columnist Daniel Solin, “One large study looked at more than 15,000 predictions by 237 market timing newsletters over a 12-year period. At the end of the period studied, 94.5% of the newsletters went bust.”. As noted in Now Is Never Too Early , successful entrepreneurs are not inclined to wait. Hard Knocks U.

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Company Companies Startup Study 257

socalTECH

JULY 29, 2016

We recently did a study, and we found that there were nearly 3,000 new businesses created in manufacturing here in the last three years. We did the study to understand the ecosystem, which led us to launch this nonprofit with the major. I thought manufacturing was really interesting, but I didn't know what I was getting into.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 5, 2016

Camillus, who has studied this challenge for years at Harvard and with several Fortune 500 companies. Relate emphatically to the customer. Advances in technology don’t always translate directly to customer problems. Yet business success requires solutions which satisfy customer needs.

Technology 57

Technology Competition Customer Custom 57

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 18, 2015

It is not limited to the realm of the top executive or board of directors, who could bring in consultants for studies and analysis. Treat a startup as a customer, not a client. A client relationship suggests that the consultant is in charge, whereas the customer designation recognizes the more modern model of the customer in control.

Services 100

Services Startup Software Review Social Media 100

Tech.Co

AUGUST 16, 2017

Finding potential customers continues to be a huge challenge not only for established marketing and sales teams but also for startup executives and solo entrepreneurs. A study in 2013 showed that 61 percent of marketers found it hard to generate high-quality leads. Customer Outreach Solution – Mailshake. What’s more?

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 10, 2013

In that context, I came across an old study of 27 startups featured in Inc’s annual “Anatomies of a Start-up,” done for “The Journal of Business Venturing,” and published by George Gendron in Inc Magazine. As it turned out, 17 of the 27 companies were still in business seven years later, which is at least double that of other studies.

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