socalTECH

MAY 17, 2018

The insurance industry is an old industry, with a lot of contradictions--it's one where the more claims insurers pay to help customers, the less money the insurers make--and it's also one that hasn't been disrupted much yet by technology. Is it possible to use technology to replace the age-old system currently in use in insurance?

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Technology Startup West Los Angeles Platform 165

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 16, 2023

Contrary to popular opinion, viral marketing has not eliminated the need for old-fashioned lead generation to bring customers to a startup. Display ads on mobile devices, including video and audio, also offer a new opportunity to reach target customers. Technology and consumer feedback have indeed changed the landscape.

Marketing 114

Marketing Invest Social Media SEM 114

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 22, 2012

You hear a lot of talk these days about the importance of customer satisfaction, but customer loyalty is the real win. A satisfied customer is necessary, but not sufficient, to be a loyal customer who will come back repeatedly, refer their friends and family to you, and be faithful even when your price is not the lowest.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 15, 2022

According to what I see, as outlined by Surdak, this data surge is being driven by the following six technological and social trends: Mobility: smartphones, tablets, and the “Internet of things.” This gives rise to the personalization and customization that we all want. Crowdsource: putting your audience to work beyond customers.

Startup 126

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InfoChachkie

JANUARY 20, 2015

Instead, expeditiously pick a reasonable moniker and then get back to work delivering value to your customers. To illustrate the extent to which a company’s name is largely irrelevant to its ultimate success, let’s examine the genesis of six successful technology companies’ names. substituting "Gre8" for "great").

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 19, 2022

With the latest advances in software technology, it’s no longer cost-prohibitive for business entrepreneurs, who can’t yet afford a human resources department, to take advantage of analytics tools. It’s the same for customers and products, where analytics have long proven their value. Working on the wrong problem or assumption.

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Tool Statistics Entrepreneur Metrics 121

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. Conduct your own customized market research. Modern libraries are still worth a visit. Explore municipal development resources.

Research 87

Research Marketing Statistics Report 87

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 6, 2020

The result is that you often take a big financial hit, and lose key customers, before you realize that the change didn’t work. For example, several years ago Apple was so convinced that their new Apple III model would be a winner that they rolled it out broadly, rather than do a controlled release first with some key customers.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 6, 2020

For example, Lyft and Uber were able to capitalize on the current ride-sharing trend worldwide by tracking statistics that indicated reduced interest in car ownership by millennials, lack of parking spaces, and auto ownership costs moving up rapidly. You need to build a vision of the future that can become a self-fulfilling prophecy.

Startup 124

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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.

Technical Review 40

Technical Review Technology Mobile Statistics 40

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 30, 2021

Are you bored, wanting to be free of a boss, or eager to showcase a hot technology? You will be controlled by your customers, investors, lenders – and you are personally responsible for answering to all of them, all of the time. Statistics say that the failure rate for new businesses within the first 5 years is as high as 90 percent.

Entrepreneur 169

Entrepreneur Startup Statistics Guide 169

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 1, 2010

You hear a lot of talk these days about the importance of customer satisfaction, but customer loyalty is the real win. A satisfied customer is necessary, but not sufficient, to be a loyal customer who will come back repeatedly, refer their friends and family to you, and be faithful even when your price is not the lowest.

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Satisfaction Customer Custom Startup 49

socalTECH

APRIL 4, 2013

That''s how recruiting works now, and continues to work with our technology. Why is technology important here? Coaches are looking to use technology more efficiently, so they can connect in a more effective manner with the people they want to, but still have the rules around our industry and how the industry operates.

Coach 252

Coach USC Statistics Startup 252

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 18, 2022

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. We all know how to get friends and peers to pump up our story online, but investors want to see feedback from paying customers.

Technical Review 109

Technical Review Startup Statistics Social Media 109

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 17, 2019

Invoca is now doing 10s of millions in recurring revenue and is growing > 75% year-over-year but it took the first 3 years to really build out the technology and acquire our initial enterprise clients. If I use Invoca as an example: we handle tens of millions of phone calls for customers who want to drive sales calls into call centers.

Venture Capital 223

Venture Capital IP Startup Google 223

socalTECH

DECEMBER 31, 2012

What was Southern California's technology community most interested in 2012? end-of-the-year coverage, we've run through our web statistics and figured out which were the. Ceres Closes IPO - Among the few Southern California IPOs, Thousand Oaks-based biofuels seed technology provider Ceres has its IPO in April. As part of our.

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Southern California Thousand Oaks Incubator SpaceX 211

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. The local Small Business Association (SBA) offices, or their equivalent in other countries, can often provide statistics on key market domains in your area.

Marketing 97

Marketing Entrepreneur Statistics Research 97

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. Conduct your own customized market research. Modern libraries are still worth a visit. Explore municipal development resources.

Marketing 59

Marketing Startup Statistics Research 59

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.

Case Study 212

Case Study Study Social Network Advertising 212

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 15, 2019

With the latest advances in software technology, it’s no longer cost-prohibitive for business entrepreneurs, who can’t yet afford a human resources department, to take advantage of analytics tools. It’s the same for customers and products, where analytics have long proven their value. Working on the wrong problem or assumption.

Metrics 98

Metrics Tool Statistics Entrepreneur 98

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 21, 2020

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. We all know how to get friends and peers to pump up our story online, but investors want to see feedback from paying customers.

Technical Review 124

Technical Review Statistics Startup Social Media 124

Tech.Co

NOVEMBER 3, 2017

BenjiLock is the world's first traditional rechargeable padlock with fingerprint technology, which means that not only you can open it with the ease of your fingertips, but also with a set of traditional keys. Their goal is to redefine personal security using a hybrid of new and old technology. GeniCan (Newtown, CT).

Startup 70

Startup Statistics Design Customer 70

InfoChachkie

JUNE 16, 2016

In my role as a Professor of Practice within UC Santa Barbara’s entrepreneurial Technology Management Program (TMP), I have worked with my students, led by Randall Dubois , to craft an Individual Major that accommodates the needs of millennial entrepreneurs. Custom Wharton Degree. Statistics. Econ 174 Negotiations.

Entrepreneur 100

Entrepreneur Class Course Writing 100

Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 4, 2013

It is the most viable way to not only get project funding but more importantly to get customer validation. Statistics show that 60% of projects on crowdfunding sites fail to reach their funding goals. Technological Product. This is because the project itself was poorly planned and companies failed to produce a good video.

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Statistics Entertainment Google Web 90

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 17, 2018

Contrary to popular opinion, viral marketing has not eliminated the need for old-fashioned lead generation to bring customers to a startup. Display ads on mobile devices, including video and audio, also offer a new opportunity to reach target customers. Technology and consumer feedback have indeed changed the landscape.

Social Media 55

Social Media SEM Startup Advertising 55

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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Sales Newsletter Technical Review Activity 286

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 31, 2015

According to what I see, as outlined by Surdak, this data surge is being driven by the following six technological and social trends: Mobility: smartphones, tablets, and the “Internet of things.” This gives rise to the personalization and customization that we all want. Crowdsource: putting your audience to work beyond customers.

Startup 106

Startup Social Media Entertainment Metrics 106

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 21, 2017

I was influenced heavily before my career even began because in my undergraduate work I took a ton of statistics classes that showed how easily we human brains fall prey to easy biases and slights of data and try to draw conclusions that don’t exist. Coming back with an empty chamber for the third battle is much worse than not coming back.

Venture Capital 182

Venture Capital Statistics Writing Report 182

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 24, 2014

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. We all know how to get friends and peers to pump up our story online, but investors want to see feedback from paying customers. Marty Zwilling.

Entrepreneur 119

Entrepreneur Technical Review Statistics Startup 119

socalTECH

MARCH 31, 2014

Tell me about Bitvore - what''s your technology used for? We''re rolling it out to finance and Wall Street, monitoring thousands of sources of continuously changing information, such as news, social media, internal email systems, and analyzing specific, material conditions that our customers are looking for. out of UC Irvine.

Orange County 245

Orange County Startup News IBM 245

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. Flexible business models, including value-based pricing, bundling, and custom proposals are the places to begin.

Social Media 56

Social Media Pricing Technical Review Demand 56

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

DECEMBER 6, 2017

According to what I see, as outlined by Surdak, this data surge is being driven by the following six technological and social trends: Mobility: smartphones, tablets, and the “Internet of things.” This gives rise to the personalization and customization that we all want. Crowdsource: putting your audience to work beyond customers.

Startup 55

Startup Social Media Entertainment Metrics 55

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 17, 2013

Entrepreneurs have no trouble focusing on how to build a product, and the good ones know how to find and nurture those first critical customers. As the end of the year approaches, it’s a good time for every startup to assess the metrics, technology, and platforms they’re using to manage the business. Customer loyalty and retention.

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Metrics Technical Review Sales Customer 100

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 5, 2015

Asking for early-stage money before you have customers and revenue will likely kill your credibility with real investors. Seed-stage, meanwhil e, is technically that critical period when you need funding to do solution- and business-model development, to prove that your new product or service works, before you try to sell it to customers.

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Funding Venture Capital Startup Seed Funding 104

socalTECH

MAY 30, 2019

Richards--a serial entrepreneur who has been involved in a number of technology companies here, including NTI Group (sold to Blackboard), Internships.com, MP3.com, Now we have a thousand large companies into it, and if you name a big company, they're a customers of ours, from Starbucks to NASA. That's been very effective.

Content 193

Content Social Network Coach Help 193

InfoChachkie

OCTOBER 12, 2015

Notwithstanding this discouraging statistic, there’s hope, as an increasing number of companies are proactively pursuing diversity of thought within their workforce. Our customers are some of the world's largest, most diverse organizations on the planet, such as IBM, HP and Dell. The reality is that it is embedded in US's culture.

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