Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 1, 2015

In addition to obvious economic challenges, the emerging generation of customers is determined to radically change the rules for customer engagement. He makes a convincing argument that it’s time for every company to get prepared for the next customer generation, or your company is heading toward life support.

Customer 97

Customer Custom Social Media Outsource Development 97

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

Your people on the customer front lines have the input you need on institutional changes required. Synthesize empathy with customers with new trends. Build a deep understanding of customer needs and ecosystem megatrends through interviews, focus groups, data analytics, and your own transformation team research.

Case Study 117

Case Study Outsource Development Outsource Customer 117

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 24, 2018

In addition to obvious economic challenges, the emerging generation of customers is determined to radically change the rules for customer engagement. He makes a convincing argument that it’s time for every company to get prepared for the next customer generation, or your company is heading toward life support.

Demand 56

Demand Customer Custom Tips 56

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 6, 2012

As I visit the websites of many startups, as well as more mature businesses, I still too often see a “contact” page offering nothing but a sterile form for customers to submit, never to be heard from again. Customers are not all like you, and they have choices, so a “one size fits all” customer service is no longer a viable option.

Social Media 91

Social Media Customer Custom Media 91

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 11, 2013

As I visit the websites of many startups, as well as more mature businesses, I still too often see a “contact” page offering nothing but a sterile form for customers to submit, never to be heard from again. Customers are not all like you, and they have choices, so a “one size fits all” customer service is no longer a viable option.

Social Media 99

Social Media Customer Custom Media 99

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 28, 2023

Strategic partnerships in this context can take the form of joint ventures, intellectual property licensing, outsourcing agreements, or even cooperative research. If your customers would benefit by having products from both companies, you might negotiate the opportunity to include the other’s product as an add-on.

Startup 105

Startup Outsource Competition Entrepreneur 105

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 17, 2022

If one of your core values is exceeding your customer expectations for quality and service, and your potential partner ascribes to the low cost, high profit mantra, a successful partnership is highly unlikely over the long-term. In many cases, experts with academic or research credentials are not good partners for a business venture.

Software Review 154

Software Review CTO Hire Outsource Development Startup 154

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 12, 2022

Outsourcing and manufacturing “offshore” have become the norm. Customers today demand products and services personalized or tailored to local needs with embedded quality of life services. Scaling is done first by customer alliances through social media, and later by distributed joint ventures and coopetition.

Startup 126

Startup Artificial Inteligence Entrepreneur Offshore 126

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 1, 2020

Strategic partnerships in this context can take the form of joint ventures, intellectual property licensing, outsourcing agreements, or even cooperative research. If your customers would benefit by having products from both companies, you might negotiate the opportunity to include the other’s product as an add-on.

Startup 126

Startup Outsource Competition Acquisition 126

TechCrunch LA

NOVEMBER 17, 2019

Enter TriNet, a human resources giant, which this week became the poster child for how how to make a genuine email to its customers look inadvertently as suspicious as it gets. Remote employees at companies across the U.S. But one employee wasn’t convinced it was a real email, and forwarded it — and its source code — to TechCrunch.

Email 119

Email Sites Outsource Resource 119

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 5, 2023

A business startup is not an academic environment, or a big company research organization. Outsourcing to expert freelancers or business partners is often a better solution for startups than managing everyone into the inside team. They are attracted to people who agree, but may not be able to help.

Entrepreneur 104

Entrepreneur Technology High Tech Startup 104

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 11, 2015

Investors like ideas based on market research from outside experts, like Gartner Research , proclaiming a billion dollar opportunity with a double digit growth rate. I see too many business plans that are really product plans for customers, touting free services and long feature lists. Word-of-mouth does not scale.

Startup 103

Startup Outsource Invest Ideas 103

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 10, 2020

A business startup is not an academic environment, or a big company research organization. Outsourcing to expert freelancers or business partners is often a better solution for startups than managing everyone into the inside team. They are attracted to people who agree, but may not be able to help.

Competition 174

Competition High Tech Startup Social Media 174

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 7, 2013

Investors like ideas based on market research from outside experts, like Gartner Research , proclaiming a billion dollar opportunity with a double digit growth rate. I see too many business plans that are really product plans for customers, touting free services and long feature lists. Word-of-mouth does not scale.

Tips 111

Tips Startup Outsource Ideas 111

Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 18, 2011

Having paying “Customers” is what makes the cash register roar. An entrepreneur having low self worth is the number one deterrent for a potential customer not buying into what you are selling. Using your service or owning your product isn’t why a person buys, it’s the experience your customer will have. Second, how to get leads.

Customer 85

Customer Custom Marketing SEO 85

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 14, 2016

Investors like ideas based on market research from outside experts, like Gartner Research , proclaiming a billion dollar opportunity with a double digit growth rate. I see too many business plans that are really product plans for customers, touting free services and long feature lists. Word-of-mouth does not scale.

Funding 67

Funding Startup Outsource Ideas 67

InfoChachkie

AUGUST 26, 2013

Moderate persistent can be purchased, but passion can never be outsourced. If they vigorously attempt to disprove their suppositions and are unable to do so, then they have effectively validated their research. Creating marketing awareness requires passion and persistence, two attributes that are in short supply at most PR firms.

Marketing 247

Marketing Entrepreneur Journal Media 247

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 15, 2019

If one of your core values is exceeding your customer expectations for quality and service, and your potential partner ascribes to the low cost, high profit mantra, a successful partnership is highly unlikely over the long-term. In many cases, experts with academic or research credentials are not good partners for a business venture.

Software Review 88

Software Review CTO Hire Outsource Development Startup 88

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 9, 2019

Outsourcing and manufacturing “offshore” have become the norm. Customers today demand products and services personalized or tailored to local needs with embedded quality of life services. Scaling is done first by customer alliances through social media, and later by distributed joint ventures and coopetition.

Entrepreneur 87

Entrepreneur Offshore Technical Review Outsource 87

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 1, 2018

Strategic partnerships in this context can take the form of joint ventures, intellectual property licensing, outsourcing agreements, or even cooperative research. If your customers would benefit by having products from both companies, you might negotiate the opportunity to include the other’s product as an add-on.

Startup 59

Startup Outsource Competition Acquisition 59

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 22, 2014

If one of your core values is exceeding your customer expectations for quality and service, and your potential partner ascribes to the low cost, high profit mantra, a successful partnership is highly unlikely over the long-term. In many cases, experts with academic or research credentials are not good partners for a business venture.

Software Review 107

Software Review Entrepreneur CTO Hire Outsource Development 107

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 20, 2012

Enough detail is required so that someone else can build it without you (outsourcing). Market research. Because this document is “outward facing” the tone and level has to change to be understandable by customers and investors. Market research and competition. Here are some key components: Problem statement and solution.

Product 92

Product Outsource Development Competition High Tech 92

Tech Zulu Event

APRIL 9, 2014

You need to research the possibilities in a new landscape but your personal research has been well, a bit fruitless. What if you could combine the flexibility of outsourcing with the quality level of highly skilled strategists? Introducing SkillBridge. Marketing & Branding. Investor Decks. Due Diligence. Training Materials.

Outsource Development 105

Outsource Development Software Review Technical Review Outsource 105

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 22, 2015

Outsourcing and manufacturing “offshore” have become the norm. Customers today demand products and services personalized or tailored to local needs with embedded quality of life services. Scaling is done first by customer alliances through social media, and later by distributed joint ventures and coopetition.

Startup 102

Startup Entrepreneur Offshore Technical Review 102

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 14, 2014

Strategic partnerships in this context can take the form of joint ventures, intellectual property licensing, outsourcing agreements, or even cooperative research. If your customers would benefit by having products from both companies, you might negotiate the opportunity to include the other’s product as an add-on.

Startup 97

Startup Entrepreneur Outsource Competition 97

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 8, 2013

If one of your core values is exceeding your customer expectations for quality and service, and your potential partner ascribes to the low cost, high profit mantra, a successful partnership is highly unlikely over the long-term. In many cases, experts with academic or research credentials are not good partners for a business venture.

Software Review 103

Software Review Equity CTO Hire Outsource Development 103

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 19, 2014

For example, a result is not forty hours of work, but a prototype complete, partner contract signed, or first customer sale. What you then want is for the momentum to compound, with each new employee or outsourcer you hire to help, to give you get more time to create value and ultimately, increase profits. Focus and prioritize.

Entrepreneur 113

Entrepreneur Startup Outsource Research 113

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 14, 2018

A business startup is not an academic environment, or a big company research organization. Outsourcing to expert freelancers or business partners is often a better solution for startups than managing everyone into the inside team. They are attracted to people who agree, but may not be able to help.

Technology 87

Technology High Tech Startup Social Media 87

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 16, 2017

If one of your core values is exceeding your customer expectations for quality and service, and your potential partner ascribes to the low cost, high profit mantra, a successful partnership is highly unlikely over the long-term. In many cases, experts with academic or research credentials are not good partners for a business venture.

Software Review 56

Software Review CTO Hire Outsource Development CTO Coach 56

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 10, 2016

Strategic partnerships in this context can take the form of joint ventures, intellectual property licensing, outsourcing agreements, or even cooperative research. If your customers would benefit by having products from both companies, you might negotiate the opportunity to include the other’s product as an add-on.

Startup 55

Startup Outsource Competition Entrepreneur 55

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 29, 2011

Enough detail is required so that someone else can build it without you (outsourcing). Market research. Because this document is “outward facing” the tone and level has to change to be understandable by customers and investors. Market research and competition. Here are some key components: Problem statement and solution.

Product 93

Product Entrepreneur Outsource Development Competition 93

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 12, 2010

The actual investment professionals (partners) are too busy to call companies that they’re interested in so they basically outsource it. But how can you really outsource judgment to young, smart people who have often never worked in businesses? So I have to imagine many other entrepreneurs felt the same.

Venture Capital 294

Venture Capital Entrepreneur Email Equity 294

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 24, 2013

Outsourcing and manufacturing “offshore” have become the norm. Customers today demand products and services personalized or tailored to local needs with embedded quality of life services. Scaling is done first by customer alliances through social media, and later by distributed joint ventures and coopetition.

Entrepreneur 105

Entrepreneur Offshore Startup Technical Review 105

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 23, 2017

Outsourcing and manufacturing “offshore” have become the norm. Customers today demand products and services personalized or tailored to local needs with embedded quality of life services. Scaling is done first by customer alliances through social media, and later by distributed joint ventures and coopetition.

Offshore 55

Offshore Technical Review Entrepreneur Outsource 55

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 4, 2014

If you are contracting or outsourcing, this is even more important. Measure yourself against a researched plan, or your “out of cash” brick wall will be looming before you know it. Customer service and support. Product development process. Funding process. Manage human resources.

Startup 107

Startup Outsource Development Training Outsource 107

Tech Zulu Event

MAY 12, 2014

Mobilizing all the resources of localized 3D design, 3D printing, traditional manufacturing and input materials for individual custom creations with added benefits of supporting our local economy,” says Jeremy Goodwin, co-founder of SYNCFAB.

Design 84

Design Platform Patents Outsource Development 84

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 29, 2012

For example, a result is not forty hours of work, but a prototype complete, partner contract signed, or first customer sale. What you then want is for the momentum to compound, with each new employee or outsourcer you hire to help, to give you get more time to create value and ultimately, increase profits. Focus and prioritize.

Startup 102

Startup Outsource Entrepreneur Research 102