Customer Layoffs Social Media 
TechCrunch LA
JANUARY 26, 2022
“[W]e are shifting our technology strategy to leverage external partners for parts of our platform that we’re currently maintaining internally,” Weiss wrote in the email announcing the layoffs to staff. The tech team layoffs are notable for a beauty retailer that has often described itself as a technology company.
Startup Professionals Musings
AUGUST 7, 2020
In the short term you need customers to find you at any price, and in the longer term you need revenue, profit, and return loyalty. Even a million users on your social media site won’t pay the bills until you sell some advertising or a premium service. Explore partners and M&A to solidify your strategy.
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Startup Professionals Musings
JULY 7, 2019
To me, that means treating your career more like a business than a job – with a continual and global focus on keeping up with competition, finding customers, preparing for changes ahead, and taking responsibility for your own finances. Don’t wait for your next company layoff to get you started. Market your business expertise.
Both Sides of the Table
FEBRUARY 25, 2019
Should we cut costs, do layoffs, close divisions and focus scare resources on fewer projects? Some board members spend all of their time in the meeting on electronic devices doing email or even checking social media. cash & unallocated stock options) Should we raise capital, from whom, how much and at what price?
Both Sides of the Table
JANUARY 26, 2013
One of the advantages of blogging, using social media, public speaking, etc as a VC is that you get a more nuanced view of these shifts by watching your own successes and failures. So while you get the benefits of recruiting, being on VC radars and customer legitimacy there are also downsides. That used to be the standard.
Both Sides of the Table
NOVEMBER 29, 2009
He had 2 weeks’ cash left in the bank and was facing massive layoffs or potentially bankruptcy. But it got me thinking about how often entrepreneurs overplay their PR so I thought I’d try to offer some advice and how to play PR with VCs (or more broadly with customers or business development partners).
Berkonomics
MARCH 23, 2023
It won’t be long before another round of layoffs comes, and these new tools will create new jobs to fill the gap. We will enable segmentation of the population to produce customized messages and actions. We bypass the middle person for services and information. We are learning to use new tools. This is big business.
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