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TaskUs Founders Receive National Entrepreneur Of The Year Award

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The founders of Santa Monica-based TaskUs , CEO Bryce Maddock and President Jaspar Weir, have received a national award as part of the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year program, the only Southern California entrepreneurs to gain recognition in the yearly program. Ruan and Hudson just sold Honey to PayPal for $4 billion.

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Products vs Services – Critical Success Factors

Startup Professionals Musings

But recently I was asked about success factors for services startups, and I quickly realized that there is very little published to help the thousands of startups that fall in this category. The distinction between product companies and services companies is easy to see. Scaling services means cloning yourself.

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Pour And Stir II – Managing Your Cost Per Customer

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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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Scaling a Business by Cloning Yourself is Tough

Startup Professionals Musings

But recently I was asked about success factors for services startups, and I quickly realized that there is very little published to help the thousands of startups that fall in this category. The distinction between product companies and services companies is easy to see. Scaling services means cloning yourself.

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In a Strong Wind Even Turkeys Can Fly

Both Sides of the Table

I had joined AC in 1991 as a programmer when it was a relatively small practice focused on building corporate IT systems for Fortune 500 companies and there were a handful of companies that offered the same service. There seem to be a lot of market entrants in every category where it becomes hard to differentiate them all from each other.

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Porter: Mobile Chores | The Constant Hustle and LA Tech, Interview with CEO Matt Lucido

Tech Zulu Event

Matt Lucido wanted to help with everyone’s daily life by creating a service app called Porter. Porter is a service app that provides daily services to your door, hassle-free. Services such as house cleaning, dry cleaning, wash & fold, and pet care. Your chores can be outsourced through Porter.

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Startup 360-Performance Review Result – Improved Time Management - Finding Founder Time

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I = Technical Customer Calls. G = Oversee Client Services. For instance, in the above chart, sitting in on “Technical Customer Calls,” was highly rated by the Founder, but deemed by the Core Team to be a duty that the CTO could effectively delegate. Note: the task descriptions have been modified for confidentiality purposes.