InfoChachkie

SEPTEMBER 15, 2011

Obsess About Customers, Not Colleagues Or Competitors. “We We see our customers as invited guests to a party, and we are the hosts. It’s our job every day to make every important aspect of the customer experience a little bit better.”. You can be customer-focused or competitor-focused. Be Simpleminded.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 27, 2013

Partly out of the fact that in 1 week I depart for England to speak at LeWeb, attend our DataSift board meeting and generally make myself available to the DataSift team to meet their customers, partners and employees. He sets goals for revenue diversification (can’t get all revenue from few customers or few partners).

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 25, 2020

This means talking to your loyal customers, as well as non-customers who are in related market segments. In stable businesses, you get what you reward, so you must incent urgency with metrics for number of proactive projects, expected implementation guidelines, and no failure penalty.

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SoCal CTO

DECEMBER 19, 2012

This should be an iterative process with advisors and customers providing feedback on the product. For example, if you are trying to determine viral coefficient (see Startup Metrics ), then the focus should be around those aspects of the MVP. You likely are writing your first one of these. Don't stress over format.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 2, 2019

In this era of rapid change, you can’t afford to stop learning, or you will find that your competitors, your customers, and your team, may soon be following someone else. Most people agree that leadership is primarily a set of behaviors that capitalize on relationships and a current market and customer understanding in a complex world.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 16, 2023

Building a minimum viable product, with customer validation. Early customer feedback will position your solution, and help you make pivots before critical time and money are lost. You don’t have to be a heavily funded later stage startup to get access to “big data,” customer analytics, and metrics dashboards.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 4, 2015

Startups should begin by selecting just a few of the vast array of social media offerings out there, and customize based on results. Ask yourself where are the influencers in your market, the majority of your target customers, and what type of interaction will be most productive to your business? Don’t forget the metrics and analytics.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 1, 2022

Most are reluctant to tip that balance between hard-won experience versus new thinking that can take them to the next level. Winning business owners really listen and act on feedback from customers and advisors. Don’t be totally driven by a key customer. Listening to customers also helps.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 9, 2017

You can jump into social media with a poor brand definition, poorly focused content, unrealistic expectations of customer service, or be killed by malware or viruses. For some customers and many investors, a heavy focus on social networks and viral marketing may be a negative, rather than a positive.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 8, 2018

Unfortunately, most of the entrepreneurs who contact me for guidance only seem to work on strategic issues when they are in a crisis, such as losing a major distributor or being swamped with customer complaints. Define metrics to assess roll-out progress and value. It’s a bit late when strategy becomes operational.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 3, 2012

But the reality is that sellers are no longer in charge of the customer buying process. Kristin Zhivago, in her book “ Roadmap to Revenue ,” makes the point that the selling system is broken, since sellers no longer sell the way customers are buying. The best way to do this is with real customer interviews.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 9, 2017

How does any entrepreneur define the right balance, and then measure their performance against real metrics? Most customers today won’t pay you five times the cost of alternatives, just because yours is “green.” That’s a win-win business for the customer and the entrepreneur. The whole can be greater than the sum of the parts.

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Tech.Co

DECEMBER 12, 2017

Tip: take 2 minutes to read over the entire application before answering any questions. Q: Tell us about your customers/users …. Tip: After writing you answer, re-read the question and ask yourself, “Is there anything in what I wrote that is not actually answering that question?”. We want hard data and metrics – we want proof.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 22, 2010

In fact, a business plan is needed more by you than investors, as the blueprint for your company, team communication, and progress metrics. Terms like “every customer needs this” and “next generation platform” are far too soft, and should be avoided. Clearly define the customer, channel, and revenue model associated with this solution.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 6, 2014

“Your values as you create a startup are the key to creating an enviable culture that attracts more customers,” says Ann Rhoades in her book Built on Values. I believe in a startup culture that strongly transmits the values of integrity, customer focus, and results. You are on the outside what you are on the inside. Input = output.

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 3, 2019

We caught up with Amos to learn about his new book, and to gain some tips for startup entrepreneurs on how to figure out when you're actually ready to scale your sales team. The reason why, is my experience is in early stage sales and more specifically, in early stage customer development. The answer is almost always NO.

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InfoChachkie

NOVEMBER 5, 2012

Steve's first question was, “Who are our customers?" I) took the 300 latest cards, personally wrote a questionnaire and called 300 customers. SuperMac's main customer base were color desktop professionals. All of a sudden I now had customers telling what market, how to reach them and what applications are important.

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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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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

I am going to do a whole separate post on independent board members so I won’t belabor it here but here is one important tip?—?there If your metric move immediate up-and-to-the-right? The board also needs to be mindful of the interests of other “stakeholders” including debt holders, employees, customers and suppliers.

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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. If you care to learn more about the enchantment process, you may want to watch my interview with Guy HERE , in which he provides a number of enchanting tips and tricks.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 4, 2016

Building a minimum viable product, with customer validation. Early customer feedback will position your solution, and help you make pivots before critical time and money are lost. You don’t have to be a heavily funded later stage startup to get access to “big data,” customer analytics, and metrics dashboards.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 21, 2010

As startup entrepreneurs we all want to work with them because having their name as reference clients makes it so much easier for marketing, PR, selling to other customers, fund raising and even recruiting. The whole reason for PBW’s is to drive incentives of a partner or customer to help you succeed. Common Mistakes.

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Tech Zulu Event

MAY 10, 2011

Metrics-Guided. He went on to explain a bit about the customer development model from Blanks: State business model assumptions. Iceberg tip, not even scratched. Lean Approach. Model-Focused. Iterate until validated (through sales or tangible exchange). If not validated, re-state assumptions.

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Frank Addante

MAY 18, 2016

The launch of technologies like Facebook’s Oculus Rift, and Microsoft’s Hololens have provided startlingly realistic immersive experiences that are just the tip of the iceberg. Details can come in the form of concrete deliverables, metrics, and results. In storytelling, the details are the vehicle for the larger message.

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Frank Addante

MAY 18, 2016

The launch of technologies like Facebook’s Oculus Rift , and Microsoft’s Hololens have provided startlingly realistic immersive experiences that are just the tip of the iceberg. Details can come in the form of concrete deliverables, metrics, and results. In storytelling, the details are the vehicle for the larger message.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 17, 2018

According to most investors I know, traction is some clear evidence that the “dogs are eating the dog food” – usually meaning that you have at least one customer paying full price for your solution. Another term often mentioned is “momentum,” or growing visibility and advocacy within your customer set.

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Tech Zulu Event

JULY 7, 2015

Online retailing has also allowed every person like you to establish a career at the comfort of your home—from freelancing to selling clothes to baking cupcakes for online customers. If you dread the 8-5 working hours, your friends will always pop up the idea of giving you career tips at home which you can easily start.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 4, 2013

Compelling in the sense that you solve a real problem a target group of potential customers has with a product that is significantly better than the alternatives on that market. My most read post on marketing tips highlights this – please pay attention to tip #4 – you can’t have great marketing for bad or mediocre products.

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Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 10, 2013

You always want perfect data on what customers are doing. But what does the customer physically do at the theatre when they’re there and making a choice? Vic’s pro-tip: Buy yourself a 20 dollar HDMI cable splitter and just observe your users. Instead, focus on what metric outputs, more views, more downloads?

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 14, 2016

After reviewing her day-by-day recommendations to improve productivity in a single week, I have extrapolated her guidance to ten productivity tips specifically for entrepreneurs to regain that competitive edge: Focus on managing yourself rather than managing others. Define clear goals and metrics for your productivity.

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Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 25, 2014

In all seriousness, though, an extra tip to the good work being done at Breathometer, in light of a hugely saddening and tragic drunk driving incident that marred the positive festival feel of SXSW Music Week. Joergen Aaboe – Momentfeed , combining life foot traffic with reduced customer acquisition costs.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 11, 2013

On a regular basis, at least once a quarter, you need to take a hard look at all your key metrics. Improve customer service. Make sure all employees are empowered to provide the same customer service they would want for themselves and their own business. Quarterly business reviews. Quality improvements.

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SoCal CTO

AUGUST 3, 2010

10 Blogging Tips. Think Different: How To Make Your Tagline Stand Out From The Crowd - crowdSPRING Blog , July 2, 2010 As I wrote last week in 10 Tips for Startups and Small Businesses on Naming Your Company , coming up with a great company name for your new small business or startup can be challenging and time consuming. Here’s why.

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