Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 9, 2022

Start by reviewing current statistics, like the recent Social Media Marketing Benchmark Report 2022 , to learn which social media sites are most popular, which features drive the most impact today, and how other social media marketers have maximized their efforts and seen the greatest ROI. The best communities then become your advocate.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 25, 2019

The new era of highly connected and interactive technology is changing not only how business employees interact with customers, but also how they interact with each other, and with their company. I am happy to see reports that young companies are leading the way in these trends, on both the customer and the employee side.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 26, 2013

It makes it easier to persuade others to join you, it alerts other angels & VCs that you’re a company to be on their radar screen, it helps potential customers know that you may be worth doing business with and it builds you up to announce other milestones down the line. When you file, you must be prepared.

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TechCrunch LA

APRIL 9, 2020

Reporting has made much of urban areas attaining visibly cleaner air — featuring before shots of global cities with smog and after shots of clear skies since COVID-19 forced traffic off the roads. And the entire motorcycle industry — gas and electric — could face competitive pressures from new EV entrant Damon Motors.

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InfoChachkie

JANUARY 9, 2012

Pressure Helps You Break Through Your Breakdowns. "Mickey In Pressure , I note how singer/songwriter Jim Croce wrote several top ten songs immediately after learning that his wife was pregnant. You must convince dispassionate, objective customers that your value proposition is worthy of their cash. They relish learning.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 8, 2010

Once you’ve been around for a few years, attracted some great people, landed real, paying customers and raised venture capital you’ve likely got a talented team around you. In your case this might simply be a VP of Sales or Customer Support for multiple locations. Lots of requests for “just 20 minutes of my time.&#.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 27, 2015

The new era of highly connected and interactive technology is changing not only how business employees interact with customers, but also how they interact with each other, and with their company. I am happy to see reports that young companies are in the forefront of these trends, on both the customer trends and the employee trends.

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Tech.Co

JULY 24, 2017

I suggest to customize your pitch for them. Too much pressure may put pressure on your friendship. These people might be reporters, authors, VCs, philanthropists or board members of Fortune 500 companies. But how do you go about pitching your friends? First, figure out what motivates them.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 11, 2019

In our case, on a positive note, the founder did meet regularly with new potential customers. Rather than getting status reports on plan progress and jointly developing near-term strategy, the founder is more interested in deep dives into perceived bottlenecks and rallying the troops to get back on schedule.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 3, 2018

The new era of highly connected and interactive technology is changing not only how business employees interact with customers, but also how they interact with each other, and with their company. I am happy to see reports that young companies are leading the way in these trends, on both the customer and the employee side.

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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. Sounds like a startup, right?

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 24, 2014

The new era of highly connected and interactive technology is changing not only how business employees interact with customers, but also how they interact with each other, and with their company. I am happy to see reports that young companies are in the forefront of these trends, on both the customer trends and the employee trends.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 22, 2010

Originally, you had a lot of government customers, and were just starting out with a few commercial customers. Our strategy was twofold--one, was to go out and get brand name customers, and to translate their content to such a high quality, with no human oversight, that they'd be willing to post that on the internet.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 6, 2010

Don’t get me wrong – I still feel the pressure to ensure that the companies I’ve invested in perform well. My job doesn’t involve the daily grind of customer complaints, product outages, business partner / channel problems, hiring / firing, etc. It’s liberating. But there’s a big difference.

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 26, 2018

With all the complexity of the IT environment, how do you convince customers to add one more piece into this puzzle? On the flip side, organizations are looking for any kind of reduction of costs and ways to reduce cost pressures. Tim O'Neal: There are many compelling elements.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 13, 2014

Similarly, acquiring a larger footprint of direct reports is often a sign of success at large businesses. I’ve spent years in large-company environments, and many years later in startups, so I’ve seen and felt the pressures of both. Establishing and wielding influence may help you move resources in your direction in a large business.

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socalTECH

AUGUST 27, 2018

He reports to another department. My team is responsible for building tools to help improve the online customer experience, whether that's through native apps, devices, or the web. Lots of people often get pressure to move their teams to Silicon Valley.

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socalTECH

AUGUST 27, 2018

He reports to another department. My team is responsible for building tools to help improve the online customer experience, whether that's through native apps, devices, or the web. Lots of people often get pressure to move their teams to Silicon Valley.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 23, 2013

Similarly, acquiring a larger footprint of direct reports is often a sign of success at large businesses. I’ve spent years in large-company environments, and many years later in startups, so I’ve seen and felt the pressures of both. Establishing and wielding influence may help you move resources in your direction in a large business.

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Tech Zulu Event

MAY 8, 2015

The expenditures reported by the Pentagon have seen continual increases in budgets to protect against cyber warfare attacks. Information that is shared may contain protected free speech, personally identifiable information and private email correspondence from customers. In 2013, the Pentagon had a budget of $3.9

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 10, 2011

Similarly, acquiring a larger footprint of direct reports is often a sign of success at large businesses. I’ve spent years in large-company environments, and many years later in startups, so I’ve seen and felt the pressures of both. Establishing and wielding influence may help you move resources in your direction in a large business.

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Berkonomics

AUGUST 18, 2022

Business unit managers are under lots of pressure to perform, and occasionally are tempted to step over the line finding ways to look better than reality reflects. Customer perspective: Ratings of customer satisfaction, statistics of customer retention, market share and even brand strength. Does this really happen?

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Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 10, 2013

They keep projects on track and are often met with large amounts of pressure from multiple directions. Everyone reports updates and obstacles. You always want perfect data on what customers are doing. The challenge is in getting clear numbers, but not often as cleanly as a basic web analytics report. For example?

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 23, 2010

Similarly, acquiring a larger footprint of direct reports is often a sign of success at large businesses. I’ve spent years in large-company environments, and many years later in startups, so I’ve seen and felt the pressures of both. Establishing and wielding influence may help you move resources in your direction in a large business.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 31, 2010

By Adam Hoeksema According to a report distributed by the Angel Capital Education Foundation , total startup funding from venture capital funds, state funds, and angel investors totals approximately $20.8 You want your friends and family to buy into your vision, not just hand over some cash because they feel obligated or pressured.

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socalTECH

MARCH 26, 2009

We help them distribute their product, and put it on the shelf, anywhere a customer might buy--whether that's with a tour operator, travel agency, or a travel website. Our business is growing so fast, there's a lot of pressure on our operational team. We're just trying to grow as quickly as we can and help our customers.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 7, 2009

For people who are serious about losing weight and improving their fitness, the way to do that it to use a dedicated expert--a trainer, a meal planner, or dietician, who can work with you on a daily basis and create a custom plan. The trainer makes you a daily, customized meal plan and exercise and activity plan.

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AeA Los Angeles Council

JULY 22, 2008

Consider another industry with similar pressures that has successfully overcome these challenges -- finance and banking. The AeA just released its third Competitiveness Series report endorsing eHealth, arguing that it will lower costs and enhance the safety, reliability, convenience, and delivery of healthcare.

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Berkonomics

JULY 21, 2016

Business unit managers are under lots of pressure to perform, and occasionally are tempted to step over the line finding ways to look better than reality reflects. Customer perspective: Ratings of customer satisfaction, statistics of customer retention, market share and even brand strength. A real win for all.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 24, 2021

Today they announced that they acquired a large competitor in their space for what is reported to be a $100 million transaction. It’s a virtue of the laws of large numbers ($100 million in ARR ) plus strong growth compounding off of large numbers plus large customers relying on our products for 7+ years or longer.

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SoCal Delicious

OCTOBER 8, 2012

To order presentation-ready copies for distribution to your colleagues, clients or customers, use the Order Reprints tool at the bottom of any article or visit www.djreprints.com. Citi Shares Under Pressure As CEO Pandit Steps Down Citigroup shares were under pressure after the surprise announcement that CEO Vikram Pandit was resigning.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 5, 2010

If you were a newly minted, venture-backed consumer Internet company you had to have a deal with AOL to reach your customers. I’ve written extensively on the topic , but in a nutshell it is: an RSS reader, a chat room, instant messaging, a marketing channel, a customer service department and increasingly a data mine.

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Frank Addante

MAY 15, 2006

► February (1) What do you do when a reporter you admire misrepre. We had over 3,000 customers, delivered over 8 billion e-mails and online advertisements per month and reached over 65% of the Internet population through our technology (adMonitor). We had customers and revenue. ► March (1) Office 2.0:

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