Berkonomics

MARCH 24, 2010

First customers are critical. Your first customers for any product or service form your reference base, the important group of allies that your marketing and sales people rely upon when attempting to create buzz and make a mass market for a new product. Make your customer a partner in the process. The fight for quality.

Customer 149

Customer Custom Resource Sales 149

socalTECH

JUNE 4, 2014

Los Angeles-based online restaurant ordering systems developer Tillster , which is led by Perse Faily, reported today that it has scored a win with Pizza Hut and KFC. The company said it launched its first, reference application for PIzza Hut in Canada; it also has an app for Thailand in the works. READ MORE>>.

Mobile 147

Mobile Report Web Los Angeles 147

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 6, 2023

Use your favorite search engine and keywords describing your solution to find online sales reports, trade association statistics, and online newsletters with the latest statistics. Peruse company reports from your business domain. Conduct your own customized market research. Modern libraries are still worth a visit.

Statistics 120

Statistics Research Report Newsletter 120

Berkonomics

MARCH 19, 2020

One CEO stated that she engages regularly in scenario planning with her executives, asking “what if” questions to explore the edges of the group’s thinking about everything from disruptions of supply to changes in customer taste to acts of God such as floods, worldwide virus attacks, or earthquake. Broadening our frame of reference.

Email 156

Email Report Technology Customer 156

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 14, 2020

Use your favorite search engine and keywords describing your solution to find online sales reports, trade association statistics, and online newsletters with the latest statistics. Peruse company reports from your business domain. Conduct your own customized market research. Modern libraries are still worth a visit.

Marketing 157

Marketing Statistics Research Report 157

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 9, 2022

Everyday devices, like Internet soda vending , have an embedded computer allowing full remote reporting and control. This is a software distribution and pricing model in which new applications are hosted by a service provider and made available to customers over a network, rather than requiring customer hardware. Gamification.

Technology 133

Technology Cloud Computing Social Media Networking 133

Tech.Co

MAY 31, 2023

Business tools — from customer relationship management ( CRM ) platforms to accounting software — help to save startups time and money by automating key processes and maximizing efficiency. Best Communication Tools for Startups Communication tools refer to any type of technology that helps businesses stay connected.

Tool 131

Tool Startup Software Review Technical Review 131

InfoChachkie

MARCH 23, 2015

A company''s Net Promoter Score (NPS) is a beloved metric slavishly tracked and reported by product marketing and customer support executives of both established and nascent enterprises. The higher a company’s NPS, allegedly the higher its customer satisfaction. If you ask a consumer "will you recommend us?" Wrong Question.

.Net 100

.Net Startup Satisfaction Technical Review 100

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

The “valley of death” is a common term in the startup world, referring to the difficulty of covering the negative cash flow in the early stages of a startup, before their new product or service is bringing in revenue from real customers. Commit to a major customer.

Startup 136

Startup Technical Review Equity Incubator 136

Tech.Co

JUNE 22, 2021

For publishers, it offers a potentially lucrative revenue stream — especially if the publishers can manage to refer potential customers at scale on relatively big-ticket items. Why Would Shopify Expand into Affiliate Marketing? Put simply, affiliate marketing is big business.

Marketing 179

Marketing Buzzfeed Guide Platform 179

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 26, 2020

So mostly we just had to listen to customer feedback from founders, VCs and LPs. The fact that Kara doesn’t have what my wife likes to refer jokingly as my “Y chromosome problem” is beside the fact. Kara is a natural leader and loves taking ownership of tasks and over-performing.

Venture Capital 361

Venture Capital Startup Invest CitySearch 361

Berkonomics

MAY 9, 2013

One CEO stated that she engages regularly in scenario planning with her executives, asking “what if” questions to explore the edges of the group’s thinking about everything from disruptions of supply to changes in customer taste to acts of God such as floods or earthquake. Why not look to fiction for clues?

Email 199

Email Report Technology Customer 199

SoCal CTO

AUGUST 4, 2011

Think of these as the big upfront questions: Who are the customers? Please be able to provide me with a few specific examples of different types of customers, what they need, what the system will do for them. Refer a friend? What about reporting and moderation? Reporting - What needs to be reported?

Develop 396

Develop Development Startup SEO 396

SoCal CTO

AUGUST 4, 2011

Think of these as the big upfront questions: Who are the customers? Please be able to provide me with a few specific examples of different types of customers, what they need, what the system will do for them. Refer a friend? What about reporting and moderation? Reporting - What needs to be reported?

Develop 384

Develop Development Startup SEO 384

Southern California Edison Blog

FEBRUARY 22, 2018

of executives report that their firms have realized measurable benefits as a result of highly successful big data initiatives, with only 1.6% Big data can help businesses across many industries to uncover hidden trends and patterns in the marketplace, as well as achieve insights into customer needs and preferences. Sources: [link].

Organization 59

Organization Competition Networking Customer 59

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 15, 2018

Use your favorite search engine and keywords describing your solution to find online sales reports, trade association statistics, and online newsletters with the latest statistics. Peruse company reports from your business domain. Conduct your own customized market research. Modern libraries are still worth a visit.

Research 87

Research Marketing Statistics Report 87

TechCrunch LA

SEPTEMBER 6, 2018

In addition, there are incentives for referring others to the platform. However, that revenue split can rise as high as 70 percent for creators when they “start doing really well,” according to Binary Bubbles CEO Lisa Wong.

Help 115

Help Startup Activision Media 115

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 29, 2019

Everyday devices, like Internet soda vending , have an embedded computer allowing full remote reporting and control. This is a software distribution and pricing model in which new applications are hosted by a service provider and made available to customers over a network, rather than requiring customer hardware. Gamification.

Technology 86

Technology Cloud Computing Social Media Networking 86

socalTECH

JULY 15, 2015

A few weeks ago, Los Angeles-based enterprise expense reporting software maker Chrome River (www.chromeriver.com) took a significant venture funding round--worth $100M--to help expand the company's growth in the enterprise software market. However, our customers, even with Concur, find those solutions didn't meet all of their needs.

Software 100

Software Report Startup IBM 100

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 6, 2019

The “valley of death” is a common term in the startup world, referring to the difficulty of covering the negative cash flow in the early stages of a startup, before their new product or service is bringing in revenue from real customers. Commit to a major customer.

Startup 128

Startup Technical Review Equity Incubator 128

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 6, 2010

I wonder if more college students ought to take a journalism course for a semester or do an internship at their school newspaper in investigative reporting. developing a product you might like to survey prospective customers without biasing their answers. doing a reference call on a prospective employee. Conclusion.

Startup 311

Startup Invest Course Research 311

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 23, 2017

According to a recent social media industry report , 92 percent said that social media is important to their businesses, and more than half report it helped them improve sales. Every business should look at its cost of customer acquisition (COCA) and return on investment (ROI) twice a year and after each campaign.

Media 59

Media Marketing Social Media Resource 59

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 12, 2013

He shared tons of information about how how they were using marketing to quantitatively make marketing decisions at HauteLook and acquire customers for prices that were far cheaper than similar companies. I made some reference calls. We settled on Venture Partner as is now being reported and also picked up here.

Venture Capital 360

Venture Capital GRP Partners Startup Invest 360

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 13, 2015

Every business should look at its cost of customer acquisition (COCA) and return on investment (ROI) twice a year and after each campaign. These give good customer connection and SEO. To get first-time buyers today, you need push for coupons and business cards, and you need relationship pull through social media for customer service.

Social Media 108

Social Media Media Marketing Resource 108

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 22, 2014

Use your favorite search engine and keywords describing your solution to find online sales reports, trade association statistics and online newsletters with the latest statistics. Peruse company reports from your business domain. Conduct your own customized market research. Modern libraries are still worth a visit.

Marketing 97

Marketing Entrepreneur Statistics Research 97

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 1, 2010

As your organization grows and you hire senior staff where you are no longer managing every employee directly the issue of how to manage people that are not your “direct&# reports arises. Dipping: As a decision maker you rely on information being passed to you by the people who report to you. This led to a lot of human error.

Startup 308

Startup CTO Coach Technical Review CTO Hire 308

Eric Greenspan

FEBRUARY 2, 2010

He told me this was a service the BBB provided to its customers since they saved so much money on the same service. Today, I received this email from the BBB: We’re writing to let you know that during the past month the Reliability Report that we publish on Make It Work was accessed 6 times. Shocking, right? Please advise.

Santa Barbara 265

Santa Barbara Technical Advisors Email Technical Review 265

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 28, 2015

Everyday devices, like Internet soda vending , have an embedded computer allowing full remote reporting and control. This is a software distribution and pricing model in which new applications are hosted by a service provider and made available to customers over a network, rather than requiring customer hardware. Gamification.

Startup 107

Startup Cloud Computing Social Media Entrepreneur 107

InfoChachkie

JANUARY 5, 2015

At Citrix, GoToAssist customers would occasionally ask if they could just pay for our screen-sharing functionality because they didn''t intend to use the product''s other features, such as reporting and session recording. The effort to implement this customization was minimal and thus cost us very little. customers paid $119.40

Pricing 100

Pricing Product Startup Customer 100

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 28, 2016

Use your favorite search engine and keywords describing your solution to find online sales reports, trade association statistics, and online newsletters with the latest statistics. Peruse company reports from your business domain. Conduct your own customized market research. Modern libraries are still worth a visit.

Marketing 59

Marketing Startup Statistics Research 59

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 1, 2013

Every business should look at its cost of customer acquisition (COCA) and return on investment (ROI) twice a year and after each campaign. These give good customer connection and SEO. To get first-time buyers today, you need push for coupons and business cards, and you need relationship pull through social media for customer service.

Social Media 103

Social Media Media Marketing Startup 103

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 18, 2017

Everyday devices, like Internet soda vending , have an embedded computer allowing full remote reporting and control. This is a software distribution and pricing model in which new applications are hosted by a service provider and made available to customers over a network, rather than requiring customer hardware. Gamification.

Cloud Computing 61

Cloud Computing Startup Social Media Networking 61

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 25, 2011

Service as a bridge to a product business - One of the best ways for young startups to finance their business without any dilution is what I call “customer financing,&# which is mostly only possible in businesses that target businesses rather than consumers. You own the IP you create. It’s pure irony.

Services 332

Services Venture Capital IP Startup 332

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 2, 2014

Everyday devices, like Internet soda vending , have an embedded computer allowing full remote reporting and control. This is a software distribution and pricing model in which new applications are hosted by a service provider and made available to customers over a network, rather than requiring customer hardware. Gamification.

Cloud Computing 99

Cloud Computing Social Media Entrepreneur Networking 99

Frank Addante

OCTOBER 3, 2013

Is Automated Advertising the next-generation Customer Relationship Management (CRM)? CRM companies like Salesforce.com used to refer to themselves as Sales Force Automation (SFA) companies. CRM companies like Salesforce.com used to refer to themselves as Sales Force Automation (SFA) companies. The benefits are clear.

Advertising 76

Advertising Sales Organization Customer 76

socalTECH

MAY 30, 2012

One way is getting funding from your potential customers. They're raising money from friends, family, customers, equity from strategic partners, and former colleagues. The best way is through customers, the other way is through equity. However, it's an idea with a prototype, and a great customer capital deal.

Startup 223

Startup Equity Venture Capital Ideas 223

InfoChachkie

AUGUST 1, 2012

The following guest post is from Courtney Englert, Customer Success Intern at The Resumator , a SaaS applicant tracking system and hiring platform trusted by many of the fastest-growing companies in the world, including: Pinterest, Tumblr, Hootsuite, Klout, Posterous, Bitly, Atari and Mashable.

Startup 184

Startup RSS SaaS Press 184