Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 21, 2020

“Attached is a copy of my full business plan for your review.” I don’t have a business plan, but the technology is disruptive.” If you haven’t yet finalized the business model, cost projections, and customer segments, you aren’t ready for investors. Too much detail at first contact is just as much of a turnoff as no information.

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Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 8, 2012

Building a strong tech industry to rival that of Silicon Valley is definitely no easy feat, but the overall feeling within Cal Tech’s Baxter Hall at last week’s event certainly bodes well for the year. They also gave a quick tour of the dashboard that clients would be using to customize their now mobile ready sites.

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StartUp Beat

JULY 26, 2017

BroadbandNow, a free-to-use website shines a light on possible alternatives for customers. Users can enter their zip code and let the algorithm t rawl through184 million rows of data with information about different providers, including prices, speeds and reviews from other users. Nick Reese, Co-Founder and CEO at BroadbandNow. “By

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Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 10, 2016

That statistic alone shows that the U.S. For those unfamiliar with the term, home automation essentially means using technology to connect, control, and automate normal home processes, turning a regular home into a “smart” home. Plus, as with indoor solutions, many outdoor systems can be customized and monitored through a mobile app.

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Berkonomics

JUNE 30, 2012

Given the statistics quoted above, you must find ways to have your consumers endorse your product publicly, and in a form that is divorced from looking like an advertisement. But it must be told about and by the customer, with your product as the tool of solution, not the focus of the story. Dave’s book: Positioning.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 24, 2014

“Attached is a copy of my full business plan for your review.” I don’t have a business plan, but the technology is disruptive.” If you haven’t yet finalized the business model, cost projections, and customer segments, you aren’t ready for investors. business business plan entrepreneur investor technology' Marty Zwilling.

Entrepreneur 119

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 31, 2010

In the first part of this post I talked about how sales in a startup is often evangelical , requires as consultative sale and needs constant adjustments based on customer feedback. Or the sales decks will all be customized by your “feet on the street&# and won’t resemble the way you THINK your company is being positioned.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 8, 2015

“Attached is a copy of my full business plan for your review.” I don’t have a business plan, but the technology is disruptive.” If you haven’t yet finalized the business model, cost projections, and customer segments, you aren’t ready for investors. Too much detail at first contact is just as much of a turnoff as no information.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 5, 2018

“Attached is a copy of my full business plan for your review.” I don’t have a business plan, but the technology is disruptive.” If you haven’t yet finalized the business model, cost projections, and customer segments, you aren’t ready for investors. Too much detail at first contact is just as much of a turnoff as no information.

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Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 28, 2015

These technology solutions allow large companies to utilize software products to source, screen and select hiring candidates. Companies can now customize complex algorithms to find the exact candidate through the power of cutting edge software. Therefore, the HR managers spend less time reviewing and comparing applications.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 2, 2012

Southern California's technology community--despite all of the recent excitement around Silicon Beach--continues to be underserved in terms of capital, with a lack of venture capital funds (with money), and other private technology investors. to $10M in revenues and are tracking towards profitability.

Acquisition 168

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 24, 2017

Yet, according to statistics from the Small Business Association (SBA), over half of new businesses offer something else - personal professional services, including consulting, business coaching, and advisory services. They expect reviews and testimonials from other clients. Use visibility and social media to pull clients in.

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Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 19, 2012

The industry had seen unprecedented growth in the past decade due to a combination of factors, one of which was the United States’ economic recession. Statistics from 2008 show that digital couponing has rapidly grown but has yet to outpace paper coupons. At that time, digital accounted for “less than 1/10 of all coupons distributed.”

Mobile 85

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Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 29, 2014

Using transactional business data like simple website traffic, sales metrics, social interactions, ad conversions, and employee performance statistics, Freshplum helps firms forecast demand, optimize the timing of supply shipments, and cut prizes among others resulting into revenue growth. Know your customer’s preferences.

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socalTECH

JULY 10, 2017

We went public, got to 85 percent market share with its software, and from there, Frank and I applied that same technology to the mortgage space, when we started another company, BasePoint Analytics. You get alerted to thinks, so you need to review things as a very high rate. I spent a good portion of my career there. READ MORE>>.

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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. Contingency plans make sense in every case these days, since technology and market factors are moving fast.

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InfoChachkie

APRIL 9, 2012

One of the most repeated statistics trumpeted by the popular press is that “Four out of five businesses fail”. When sole proprietorships are removed from the statistics, the success rate of startups improves even further. Customer Problems/ Pain Points. State the problem/ pain points of the customers clearly.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 8, 2016

They don’t realize that according to statistics , more than 90 percent of satisfied entrepreneurs use bootstrapping, since other people’s money always comes with strings, most of them negative. In fact, Michael Dell has recently taken his company private , in his words to “unleash again the passion of our team members.”

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SoCal Delicious

OCTOBER 8, 2012

Loading… Tech. 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. The tech industry is going south. Prices are soaring in the beachfront communities tech types favor, and rents in these.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 29, 2009

The professor plotted data and showed us statistically that most people buy stocks when they are booming (e.g. High burn-rates fueled by over investment – One of the most damning things that happened to the start-up markets in 97-00 and 05-08 was the overfunding of technology companies. overvalued) and sell when the fall precipitously.

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Venture Capital Startup Invest Funding 263

socalTECH

JULY 23, 2009

Plus, they can start generating the statistics they need easily, rather than taking what normally would be hours and hours to pull that information together, at the click of a button. Therese Tucker: My background is technology. It's unusual to have a CEO from the technology side, they're usually from sales. READ MORE>>.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 25, 2023

Of course, if you are able to bootstrap your startup, and don’t anticipate the need for outside investors, you can technically ignore the first two points. The resulting entity will gain complementary skills, economies of scale, new customer sets, and hopefully a larger growth opportunity.

Technical Review 105

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 25, 2020

Of course, if you are able to bootstrap your startup, and don’t anticipate the need for outside investors, you can technically ignore the first two points. The resulting entity will gain complementary skills, economies of scale, new customer sets, and hopefully a larger growth opportunity.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 12, 2014

Of course, if you are able to bootstrap your startup, and don’t anticipate the need for outside investors, you can technically ignore the first two points. The resulting entity will gain complementary skills, economies of scale, new customer sets, and hopefully a larger growth opportunity.

Entrepreneur 115

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 20, 2017

I’m a strong believer that a great team can achieve success with a less impressive product offering, while potentially disruptive technology often goes nowhere due to a team with an uninspired work ethic. These will provide the competitive edge you need with customers and less-focused team members. Never makes excuses.

Funding 55

Funding Satisfaction Customer Custom 55

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 27, 2016

Of course, if you are able to bootstrap your startup, and don’t anticipate the need for outside investors, you can technically ignore the first two points. The resulting entity will gain complementary skills, economies of scale, new customer sets, and hopefully a larger growth opportunity.

Equity 55

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