Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 15, 2022

This gives rise to the personalization and customization that we all want. Analytics will soon drive nearly all business decisions for any company that wants to remain relevant to its customers. Extend data metrics into non-traditional channels, such as email, internal social media, and customer collaboration platforms.

Startup 126

Startup Social Media Entertainment Metrics 126

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 14, 2023

Either could improve the statistic that half of startups fail within the first five years. You probably realize that the leading edge is very near the bleeding edge, where only early adopter customers dare to tread. On the other hand, if you wait for competitors to get there first, you may be left in the dust with no customers.

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Startup Entrepreneur Statistics Course 135

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 22, 2020

They don’t realize that according to statistics from Startup.co , almost 60 percent are funded with personal savings and credit, and another 25 percent get their money from friends and family. Identify customer executives who need your solution. Looking in the right place for the wrong investor won’t help you.

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Funding Tips Startup Statistics 173

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 25, 2023

To keep you out of this statistic, I recommend the following steps to all aspiring business owners as they step into this new and exciting world of managing your own business: Solidify your funding plan before you start spending. These are necessary to attract customers, investors, and give you a line of defense with competitors.

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Social Media Metrics Media Tool 98

Berkonomics

AUGUST 1, 2013

There are a number of key performance indicators that help new generation company management see more clearly their progress and corporate health. But businesses that expose their story to tens of millions of potential customers through the Internet need additional tools. CHURN (% customer cancelling each month).

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Acquisition Statistics Sales Customer 189

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 30, 2021

Yet there is no standardized testing or certification required or available anywhere to help you decide if you are a good fit for entrepreneurship, or founding a business is right for you. You will be controlled by your customers, investors, lenders – and you are personally responsible for answering to all of them, all of the time.

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Entrepreneur Startup Statistics Guide 169

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 19, 2022

It’s the same for customers and products, where analytics have long proven their value. Data helps avoid predetermined (and often erroneous) approaches to solving your people problems. Efficiency in the workplace is the time it takes to do something, but it can ignore work quality and customer impact.

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Tool Statistics Entrepreneur Metrics 121

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 17, 2019

But like the company Kyriba, where we recently sold our position at above $1 billion, it took time until the revenue exceeded $100 million recurring and then the industry really competed to back this amazing company since it had scale, defensible technology and long-term, committed customers. VCs have different views and strategies on this.

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socalTECH

APRIL 4, 2013

We focus on connections, helping them further their reach, expanding their Rolodex, and helping them share information on athletes in a more efficient manner. It enables promoting coaches, primarily the high school, club, and junior college coaches, to help athletes find the right match. It''s exclusive only to verified coaches.

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Coach USC Statistics Startup 252

Berkonomics

SEPTEMBER 19, 2019

By now, most managers at any level have created a set of key performance indicators and even a dashboard to help follow trends and warn of excursions. If so, is it one critical customer or a trend? The “rule of excursions.” ” There is a truism you should internalize: Most all big problems start off as small problems.

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News Statistics Resource Sales 120

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 6, 2020

For example, Lyft and Uber were able to capitalize on the current ride-sharing trend worldwide by tracking statistics that indicated reduced interest in car ownership by millennials, lack of parking spaces, and auto ownership costs moving up rapidly. You need to build a vision of the future that can become a self-fulfilling prophecy.

Startup 124

Startup Customer Custom Statistics 124

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 31, 2023

It’s time to get the help you need. The reality is that everyone wants to help – friends, investors, even customers, but you have to take the initiative. Statistics have shown that only three percent of the population have well-defined, clear written goals. Set specific milestones with target dates.

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Writing Ideas Startup Entrepreneur 92

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

Yet surprisingly, according to statistics on the Fundable crowdfunding site, friends and family are the major funding source for entrepreneurs, investing over $60 billion in new ventures per year, almost triple the amount coming from venture capital sources. Build a prototype first on your own time and money.

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Startup Funding Equity Invest 109

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 1, 2010

You hear a lot of talk these days about the importance of customer satisfaction, but customer loyalty is the real win. A satisfied customer is necessary, but not sufficient, to be a loyal customer who will come back repeatedly, refer their friends and family to you, and be faithful even when your price is not the lowest.

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Satisfaction Customer Custom Startup 49

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 8, 2022

That’s not an attractive statistic if you crave control and power. Your great idea for the next Facebook may make you wealthy, but it probably won’t help the hungry. Should you start a company solo or find co-founders to help you? You can’t have it all, just like your startup can’t be all things to all customers.

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Startup USC Entrepreneur Statistics 130

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 18, 2020

Either could improve the statistic that half of startups fail within the first five years. You probably realize that the leading edge is very near the bleeding edge, where only early adopter customers dare to tread. On the other hand, if you wait for competitors to get there first, you may be left in the dust with no customers.

Entrepreneur 121

Entrepreneur Startup Statistics Course 121

TechCrunch LA

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

They also have a very smart and efficient approach to creative development that was critical to helping us scale,” she wrote. (If Have you worked with a talented individual or agency who helped you find and keep more users? Respond to our survey and help other startups find top growth marketers they can work with!

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Commerce Content Marketing Startup 211

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 11, 2019

This gives rise to the personalization and customization that we all want. Analytics will soon drive nearly all business decisions for any company that wants to remain relevant to its customers. Extend data metrics into non-traditional channels, such as email, internal social media, and customer collaboration platforms.

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Technology Social Media Startup Entertainment 97

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 13, 2020

It’s time to get the help you need. The reality is that everyone wants to help – friends, investors, even customers, but you have to take the initiative. Statistics have shown that only three percent of the population have well-defined, clear written goals. Set specific milestones with target dates.

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Ideas Writing Startup Entrepreneur 121

socalTECH

MAY 30, 2019

Now we have a thousand large companies into it, and if you name a big company, they're a customers of ours, from Starbucks to NASA. Robin Richards: Brand amplification and brand protection are critical to companies, in helping them attract and retain employees. They wanted to get help getting their resume out there.

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Content Social Network Coach Help 193

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 11, 2021

Yet surprisingly, according to statistics on the Fundable crowdfunding site, friends and family are the major funding source for entrepreneurs, investing over $60 billion in new ventures per year, almost triple the amount coming from venture capital sources. Build a prototype first on your own time and money.

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Funding Startup Equity Invest 138

Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 18, 2012

The term “Articles” can be misleading, as articles on exploreB2B can take many forms: industry insights, expert experience, customer stories or questions and business needs – even a detailed product description. This includes statistics on articles and profiles. These articles are sorted into industries and categories.

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Networking Help Social Media Platform 71

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 18, 2019

As an advisor to entrepreneurs for many years, I strongly disagree, and still see the value of at least combining intuition with logical analysis, as we face customers and markets driven by relationships, emotions, and unpredictable social trends. Then your intuitive forces will help you reach a balanced decision.

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Examples Tool Statistics Tips 81

socalTECH

APRIL 11, 2013

There are now a large number of online, peer-to-peer marketplaces which all aim at one thing; helping connecting people with others, so that they can offer their services or goods (a room for rent, a ride, a vacation timeshare, a dog sitter, etc.) I said I would help him, and we parlayed that into the thesis behind the company.

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Startup Education Study Ideas 260

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 15, 2019

It’s the same for customers and products, where analytics have long proven their value. Data helps avoid predetermined (and often erroneous) approaches to solving your people problems. Efficiency in the workplace is the time it takes to do something, but it can ignore work quality and customer impact.

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Metrics Tool Statistics Entrepreneur 98

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 26, 2018

Historical and current statistics still show the chances of failure on any given idea are better than even. Even with all the help resources available to entrepreneurs, there is still no better way to learn than trying an experiment that doesn’t work. Be able to learn from failure without embarrassment.

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Startup Entrepreneur Ideas Statistics 153

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 31, 2010

In the first part of this post I talked about how sales in a startup is often evangelical , requires as consultative sale and needs constant adjustments based on customer feedback. Or the sales decks will all be customized by your “feet on the street&# and won’t resemble the way you THINK your company is being positioned.

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Sales Newsletter Technical Review Activity 286

InfoChachkie

JUNE 16, 2016

Custom Wharton Degree. As I turned away, somewhat shocked with the ease with which I had customized my curriculum, he stopped me and asked, “I can understand why you want to take Squash, but can I ask why you are enrolling in Farsi?”. Statistics. Like a sheepeople, I dutifully signed up for the required classes.

Entrepreneur 100

Entrepreneur Class Course Writing 100

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 31, 2015

This gives rise to the personalization and customization that we all want. Analytics will soon drive nearly all business decisions for any company that wants to remain relevant to its customers. Extend data metrics into non-traditional channels, such as email, internal social media, and customer collaboration platforms.

Startup 106

Startup Social Media Entertainment Metrics 106

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 5, 2017

Statistics show that the failure rate for new businesses within the first four years is fifty percent or greater, even with companies that have a large startup budget. Having a website won’t help if customers can’t find it. Use social media to actively engage with your customers. Manage cash flow personally every day.

Social Media 57

Social Media Search Engine Optimization Startup Customer 57

Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 29, 2014

Freshplum , founded by Sam Odio, Michael Yuan and Nick Alexander, uses data science to help businesses that sell goods and services electronically increase their overall revenue while reducing their online promotion spend. Know your customer’s preferences.

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Sales Statistics IBM IBM 77

Tech.Co

NOVEMBER 3, 2017

Each week, TechCo features tech startups that can help streamline your daily life. The catalogue of kits is designed to be approachable and memorable for a variety of customer segments. If you are starting to get a jump on your holiday list, we have some startups that have built some gadgets that could find its way into your life.

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Startup Statistics Design Customer 70

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 5, 2015

Remember, you have only one chance to make a great first impression, so it helps to know the lingo when dealing with investors. Asking for early-stage money before you have customers and revenue will likely kill your credibility with real investors. Yet, knowing this distinction is important. Here they are: A crowdfunding campaign.

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Funding Venture Capital Startup Seed Funding 104

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 25, 2019

Today, statistics find that big trucks are sitting idle or deadheading empty as much as 50 percent of the time. This not only reduces pollution, but it makes things much better in the process, and adds value to every customer. Thus I’m committed to helping where I can on both the idea and execution sides of the new venture equation.

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Artificial Inteligence Resource Examples Startup 79

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 21, 2017

I was influenced heavily before my career even began because in my undergraduate work I took a ton of statistics classes that showed how easily we human brains fall prey to easy biases and slights of data and try to draw conclusions that don’t exist. Coming back with an empty chamber for the third battle is much worse than not coming back.

Venture Capital 182

Venture Capital Statistics Writing Report 182

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 10, 2019

That’s not an attractive statistic if you crave control and power. Your great idea for the next Facebook may make you wealthy, but it probably won’t help the hungry. Should you start a company solo or find co-founders to help you? You can’t have it all, just like your startup can’t be all things to all customers.

Startup 97

Startup USC Entrepreneur Statistics 97

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 5, 2014

Speaking gigs help establish your expertise. I’m talking about volunteering to be on industry panels for visibility, participating in startup weekends for education, and talking to groups of distributors or potential customers on technology trends. With all the ads vying to get your customers’ attention, it’s hard to stand out.

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