Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 8, 2021

Train them fully, give them authority, make them accountable, and tie their pay to customer satisfaction. Train and coach continuously. Companies with great service routinely spend 3% to 5% of salaries training team members – experienced as well as new. Know your customers intimately.

Startup 154

Startup Training Customer Custom 154

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 16, 2023

External investors will demand a financial forecast, but it’s equally valuable to you, even if bootstrapping. Projecting financials is a natural extension of the homework every entrepreneur needs to do on customer opportunity size, product costs, pricing, competition and customer value. Forecast sales-volume expectations.

Startup 116

Startup Pricing Sales Statistics 116

TechCrunch LA

APRIL 9, 2020

There could be more demand for electric vehicles post COVID-19 crisis, believes Energica founder Livia Cevolini. One of those is greater demand for EVs after the pandemic. Before the health crisis shutdown most of Italy, Energica had already seen larger demand for its high-performance e-motos, with a price range of $17,000 to $23,000.

Technical Review 277

Technical Review Competition Demand Sales 277

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 17, 2022

Prices begin to decline quickly. The first customers are early adopters who are the least price-sensitive. Unfortunately, the mainstream customers who can really drive revenue care more about price. Thus even if unit sales keep increasing, revenues can lag due to the need for lower prices as the mainstream market takes over.

Startup 106

Startup Pricing Cloud Computing Customer 106

TechCrunch LA

APRIL 23, 2020

The proposal sets out four big initiatives, including zero-emissions vehicle manufacturing, assembly and adoption; zero-emissions infrastructure investments; commitments to public transit investments; workforce development; and job training. There’s $25 billion in money set aside for public transit and $12.5

Southern California 261

Southern California Los Angeles Rosemead Incubator 261

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 28, 2020

Start with only the very best people, demand excellence, and train them to stay ahead of the pack. Simultaneously deliver the best selection, service, and price. The best relationships with vendors give you price and selection leverage, and the best service relationships bring customers back.

Startup 122

Startup Training Customer Custom 122

socalTECH

JULY 15, 2015

On-demand ridesharing service Uber > said late Tuesday that it is launching a new service, uberAssist , in Los Angeles, to help provide an extra hand specifically for seniors and the disabled. Uber said the new program will offer up the same pricing as its uberX service. READ MORE>>.

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Los Angeles Services Angel Training 100

socalTECH

OCTOBER 26, 2015

Los Angeles is the capital of on-demand apps, for just about anything you want. One of those areas that combines LA's passion for on-demand apps, and its active lifestyle, is Fitspot (www.fitspotapp.com), which brings athletic trainers to you or your local fitness center. What is Fitspot? How did you start the company?

Training 100

Training Startup Orange County Malibu 100

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 5, 2021

External investors will demand a financial forecast, but it’s equally valuable to you, even if bootstrapping. As a rule of thumb, most viable businesses need a gross margin above 50 percent, even on wholesale prices, to cover operational expenses and survive as a business. Forecast sales-volume expectations.

Startup 147

Startup Pricing Sales Statistics 147

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 23, 2019

Employees and customers alike are looking for meaning, not simply employment and commodity prices. Create an environment that unleashes these competencies and trains and pushes them to the fore. By adding to perceived value, a company attracts more sophisticated and demanding customers less expensively and more quickly.

Organization 128

Organization Startup Pricing Customer 128

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 20, 2020

Prices begin to decline quickly. The first customers are early adopters who are the least price-sensitive. Unfortunately, the mainstream customers who can really drive revenue care more about price. Thus even if unit sales keep increasing, revenues can lag due to the need for lower prices as the mainstream market takes over.

Pricing 123

Pricing Cloud Computing Customer Custom 123

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 9, 2022

The next phase of evolution will demand device independence, enabling an uninterrupted computing experience as we move from device to device throughout our daily lives. Many businesses are already weaving gamification into their strategies to enhance loyalty programs, customer retention, productivity measurement, and training.

Technology 133

Technology Cloud Computing Social Media Networking 133

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 1, 2019

Control costs and adjust prices to maintain your margin. As your business grows, you need employees who can execute quickly and consistently, with minimal training. Working on the business includes expansion strategy and planning, hiring, training, and managing employees. Convert to working “on the business” vs “in the business.”

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Metrics Startup Training Customer 86

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 26, 2012

” The post talked about how to find the lowest acceptable price & terms in a deal through testing. You’ve got to have some wiggle room on price and on terms. She got you to drop price and include more licenses for free. She got you to offer free storage and discounted training. Wants their pound of flesh.

Development Team Review 293

Development Team Review Software Review Pricing Startup 293

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 13, 2021

Community means more than supply and demand. With US student debt at over one trillion dollars, startups like Skillshare and Udemy provide top-class vocational training for the price of a Harvard hoodie. Assets need to move in a community of engaged users.

Resource 126

Resource Commerce Social Media Platform 126

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 30, 2022

Second-stage growth usually requires a formal sales model, an experienced and disciplined sales team, and a well-defined process to meet your new goals and demands. These only come with the proper training, investment in tools, and focus on customer relationships. Managing business growth is more than metrics.

Sales 147

Sales Metrics Guide Startup 147

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 21, 2020

In a bear market executives are paid to: consolidate the number of contracts and renegotiate prices. Other companies have only seen a slight decline and may be expecting demand to return to normalcy later in the year. The reality is that when unemployment sinks in demand is likely to get worse. Should you focus on growth?

Venture Capital 263

Venture Capital Marketing Startup Writing 263

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 8, 2014

Start with only the very best people, demand excellence, and train them to stay ahead of the pack. Simultaneously deliver the best selection, service, and price. The best relationships with vendors give you price and selection leverage, and the best service relationships bring customers back.

Training 108

Training Customer Custom Social Media 108

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 5, 2011

2 preamble issues having read the comments on TC today: 1: I know that the prices of startup companies is much great in Silicon Valley than in smaller towns / less tech focused areas in the US and the US prices higher than many foreign markets. You can be pissed off, but I don’t set prices. That’s stupid.

Startup 336

Startup Pricing Technical Review Marketing 336

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 15, 2017

No customers, including yourself, are willing to tolerate multiple bad experiences, just to get the lowest price. For your business to prosper, don’t associate good service only with high-price products. Being unreasonably demanding of others. Learning that your expectations were wrong.

Customer 89

Customer Custom Demand Pricing 89

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 11, 2018

Start with only the very best people, demand excellence, and train them to stay ahead of the pack. Simultaneously deliver the best selection, service, and price. The best relationships with vendors give you price and selection leverage, and the best service relationships bring customers back.

Training 61

Training Customer Custom Social Media 61

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 7, 2015

Employees and customers alike are looking for meaning, not simply employment and commodity prices. Create an environment that unleashes these competencies and trains and pushes them to the fore. By adding to perceived value, a company attracts more sophisticated and demanding customers less expensively and more quickly.

Entrepreneur 117

Entrepreneur Organization Startup Pricing 117

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 1, 2015

Prices begin to decline quickly. The first customers are early adopters who are the least price-sensitive. Unfortunately, the mainstream customers who can really drive revenue care more about price. Thus even if unit sales keep increasing, revenues can lag due to the need for lower prices as the mainstream market takes over.

Startup 116

Startup Pricing Cloud Computing Customer 116

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 7, 2020

In the short term you need customers to find you at any price, and in the longer term you need revenue, profit, and return loyalty. Although his focus is naturally on bigger companies, I contend that his recommended strategies apply equally well to entrepreneurs and startups: Demand a mindset of deep thinking for the long term.

Technical Review 124

Technical Review Layoffs Social Media Metrics 124

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 19, 2017

Employees and customers alike are looking for meaning, not simply employment and commodity prices. Create an environment that unleashes these competencies and trains and pushes them to the fore. By adding to perceived value, a company attracts more sophisticated and demanding customers less expensively and more quickly.

Startup 59

Startup Organization Pricing Customer 59

TechCrunch LA

MARCH 31, 2021

The sweeping infrastructure package put forward today by President Joe Biden comes with a price tag of roughly $2 trillion (and hefty tax hikes) but gives startups and the broader tech industry about $1 trillion worth of reasons to support it. ” Climate resiliency . Given the steady drumbeat of climate disasters that hit the U.S.

Startup 229

Startup Technical Review Invest Research 229

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 22, 2015

Start with only the very best people, demand excellence, and train them to stay ahead of the pack. Simultaneously deliver the best selection, service, and price. The best relationships with vendors give you price and selection leverage, and the best service relationships bring customers back.

Training 59

Training Customer Custom Social Media 59

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 17, 2017

It was a stock option incentive related “expense” but I bet you didn’t know that because in an era where we only read the headlines — they must be a train wreck losing billions. They hired a biz dev team to work on deals where their product could be embedded in other people’s products as a way to increase customer demand.

Startup 227

Startup Venture Capital Sales Course 227

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 2, 2019

Community means more than supply and demand. With US student debt at over one trillion dollars, startups like Skillshare and Udemy provide top-class vocational training for the price of a Harvard hoodie. Assets need to move in a community of engaged users.

Commerce 98

Commerce Social Media Platform Class 98

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 26, 2014

Prices begin to decline quickly. The first customers are early adopters who are the least price-sensitive. Unfortunately, the mainstream customers who can really drive revenue care more about price. Thus even if unit sales keep increasing, revenues can lag due to the need for lower prices as the mainstream market takes over.

Pricing 105

Pricing Cloud Computing Customer Custom 105

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 20, 2014

Employees and customers alike are looking for meaning, not simply employment and commodity prices. Create an environment that unleashes these competencies and trains and pushes them to the fore. By adding to perceived value, a company attracts more sophisticated and demanding customers less expensively and more quickly.

Startup 91

Startup Organization Pricing Customer 91

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 4, 2015

External investors will demand a financial forecast, but it’s equally valuable to you, even if bootstrapping. As a rule of thumb, most viable businesses need a gross margin above 50 percent, even on wholesale prices, to cover operational expenses and survive as a business. Forecast sales-volume expectations.

Entrepreneur 102

Entrepreneur Startup Pricing Sales 102

socalTECH

MAY 30, 2019

I think, to be a great entrepreneur, you have to look at what is missing in the category that you will be playing in the industry, and figure what you can deploy with a little bit of strategy and technology to bring a better service and price. You've got to know best practices in demand generation. Your finance has to be world class.

Content 193

Content Social Network Coach Help 193

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 3, 2018

Prices begin to decline quickly. The first customers are early adopters who are the least price-sensitive. Unfortunately, the mainstream customers who can really drive revenue care more about price. Thus even if unit sales keep increasing, revenues can lag due to the need for lower prices as the mainstream market takes over.

Pricing 52

Pricing Cloud Computing Customer Custom 52

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 21, 2013

Train them fully, give them authority, make them accountable, and tie their pay to customer satisfaction. Train and coach continuously. Companies with great service routinely spend 3% to 5% of salaries training team members – experienced as well as new. Know your customers intimately.

Customer 92

Customer Custom Startup Services 92

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 29, 2019

The next phase of evolution will demand device independence, enabling an uninterrupted computing experience as we move from device to device throughout our daily lives. Many businesses are already weaving gamification into their strategies to enhance loyalty programs, customer retention, productivity measurement, and training.

Technology 86

Technology Cloud Computing Social Media Networking 86

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 16, 2009

We had to do intense training sessions. Deer are not so big that they can make huge demands on you for your development resources or customer support. When you’re a start-up it is far easier to cut your teeth on companies that are easy to serve, not as demanding yet can afford to pay you fair prices for your product.

Startup 389

Startup Customer Custom Resource 389