socalTECH

MAY 30, 2019

Statistically, you are 10x more likely to get hired through a referral by an employee than a non-referral. You've got to know best practices in demand generation. You've got to have great sales enablement. You have to hire great sales people, but you have to have great sales opportunities.

Content 193

Content Social Network Coach Help 193

Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 29, 2014

Personalize ads using sales data. 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.

Sales 77

Sales Statistics IBM IBM 77

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 18, 2013

Yet you can never forget the seasonal business cash flow and activity demands that are approaching, so to be prepared – you need to start the planning now. Otherwise, sales, marketing, and operational costs will kill you. Next comes sales volume by channel. Holiday sales fluctuations eat cash.

Startup 86

Startup Tips Venture Capital Demand 86

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 4, 2015

External investors will demand a financial forecast, but it’s equally valuable to you, even if bootstrapping. There is no black magic involved in predicting the future, if you use these four simple steps, with my basic rules of thumb to keep you on the right track: Determine your margin on sales. Forecast sales-volume expectations.

Entrepreneur 102

Entrepreneur Startup Pricing Sales 102

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 4, 2014

I think we''re simply too small and too new of a service to have any kind of statistical base we could extrapolate. The difference between Pandroa and us, versus who we are, and on demand services like Spotify, Beats, or Rhapsody, is they have direct licenses. Are people actually willing to donate money for a service like this?

Startup 237

Startup Services Advertising Content 237

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 27, 2013

Shocking statistics, like unexpected losses last quarter, can generate a knee-jerk cost cutting decision, when further analysis and creative thinking might better close the gap with new revenue sources. Sales people tend to remember the latest product when selling to clients, not the one best for that customer. Tricked by recency.

Metrics 110

Metrics Entrepreneur Demand Statistics 110

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 10, 2019

That’s not an attractive statistic if you crave control and power. Don’t wait for the harsh reality of the demanding business world to start thinking about these tradeoffs. If you take investor money, expect a push for hockey-stick growth and a liquidity event, like going public (IPO) or sale (M&A), to get the payback.

Startup 97

Startup USC Entrepreneur Statistics 97

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 31, 2016

Shocking statistics, like unexpected losses last quarter, can generate a knee-jerk cost cutting decision, when further analysis and creative thinking might better close the gap with new revenue sources. Sales people tend to remember the latest product when selling to clients, not the one best for that customer. Tricked by recency.

Metrics 60

Metrics Demand Statistics Sales 60

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 3, 2013

Yet the use of SMS text messaging for all purposes, including business, has grown consistently worldwide since it was introduced 20 years ago, to an estimated 7 trillion/year, according to the Quora statistics website. An example would be sitting down to meet with a key vendor, rather than standing to deliver demands.

Layoffs 93

Layoffs Email Statistics Tool 93

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 14, 2014

That’s not an attractive statistic if you crave control and power. Don’t wait for the harsh reality of the demanding business world to start thinking about these tradeoffs. If you take investor money, expect a push for hockey-stick growth and a liquidity event, like going public (IPO) or sale (M&A), to get the payback.

Entrepreneur 107

Entrepreneur Statistics Equity Satisfaction 107

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 13, 2012

This total rate for 2011 has been estimated at 7 trillion, or nearly 225,000 text messages sent every second, according to the Quora statistics website. An example would be sitting down to meet with a key vendor, rather than standing to deliver demands. But are these text messages an efficient and appropriate business tool?

Layoffs 100

Layoffs Statistics Email Tool 100

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 19, 2017

That’s not an attractive statistic if you crave control and power. Don’t wait for the harsh reality of the demanding business world to start thinking about these tradeoffs. If you take investor money, expect a push for hockey-stick growth and a liquidity event, like going public (IPO) or sale (M&A), to get the payback.

Entrepreneur 57

Entrepreneur USC Statistics Equity 57

Tech.Co

JANUARY 10, 2018

Natalie Kaminski, CEO and cofounder of goBaby.co , an on-demand rental marketplace for baby gear that helps reduce stress of traveling with little kids, is hyper-focused on gaining the trust of mothers. To have a successful sales strategy, it would behoove you to include women’s voices on your team, even if you’re selling [a men’s product].”.

Tips 71

Tips Customer Custom Dollar Shave Club 71

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 19, 2013

That’s not an attractive statistic if you crave control and power. Don’t wait for the harsh reality of the demanding business world to start thinking about these tradeoffs. If you take investor money, expect a push for hockey-stick growth and a liquidity event, like going public (IPO) or sale (M&A), to get the payback.

Startup 98

Startup Entrepreneur Statistics Equity 98

socalTECH

MARCH 10, 2010

There's a gigantic need for the demand side of the marketplace. There's a giant need in the supply side to be able to go out to a web site, put your corporate profile down, and have a very efficient system for matching both the demand and supply side, matching the intern and the job at a local and geographic level.

Startup 223

Startup Content Sites CTO Coach 223

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 25, 2023

Investors know that the fun of a startup turns into managing production processes, sales processes, and personnel in a few years. According to National Venture Capital Association statistics , only 16% of venture-backed startups recently used this alternative, due to high liability concerns, demanding shareholders, and high costs.

Technical Review 105

Technical Review Equity Invest Startup 105

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 25, 2020

Investors know that the fun of a startup turns into managing production processes, sales processes, and personnel in a few years. According to National Venture Capital Association statistics , only 16% of venture-backed startups recently used this alternative, due to high liability concerns, demanding shareholders, and high costs.

Startup 150

Startup Technical Review Equity Statistics 150

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 29, 2018

According to statistics by Fundly , crowdfunding contributed $34 billion in funding last year around the world, including peer-to-peer lending. Professional investors like to keep tight control of capitalization tables and all stock owners, to facilitate their own payoff when a sale, merger, or public stock offering is held.

Equity 72

Equity Entrepreneur Statistics Funding 72

SoCal Delicious

OCTOBER 8, 2012

Last November, the Web-search giant opened a flashy new office in Venice to focus on engineering, sales and advertising; the company will lease close to a quarter-million square feet in the neighborhood by 2014. Entrepreneurs love being around other entrepreneurs, and thats driving demand toward the beach," says Mr. Miller.

Los Angeles 44

Los Angeles Software Review Technical Review Journal 44

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 12, 2014

Investors know that the fun of a startup turns into managing production processes, sales processes, and personnel in a few years. According to recent National Venture Capital Association statistics , only 20% of venture-backed startups now use this alternative, due to high liability concerns, demanding shareholders, and high costs.

Entrepreneur 115

Entrepreneur Startup Technical Review Equity 115

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 26, 2010

In case you think that all of these are employed by big companies, listen to these statistics: According to an article in U.S. They have the maturity and sophistication to deal with your demanding executives and partners. High-travel sales and buyer positions. Retail sales to Gen-X and Gen-Y. Angel Investor.

Mentor 75

Mentor Statistics High Tech Demand 75

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 27, 2016

Investors know that the fun of a startup turns into managing production processes, sales processes, and personnel in a few years. According to recent National Venture Capital Association statistics , only 16% of venture-backed startups now use this alternative, due to high liability concerns, demanding shareholders, and high costs.

Equity 55

Equity Startup Technical Review Statistics 55

Berkonomics

AUGUST 30, 2018

And statistically, the first product into a niche is very rarely the one to succeed. The costs in playing such a dual role are many times that of those in positioning a new product in a niche already opened by another. Some great examples of second-to-market. I was not alone among hotel industry executives curious for more information.

Artificial Inteligence 120

Artificial Inteligence Pricing Design Product 120

Berkonomics

AUGUST 18, 2011

And statistically, the first product into a niche is very rarely the one to succeed. . The costs in playing such a dual role are many times that of those in positioning a new product in a niche already opened by another. I was not alone among hotel industry executives curious for more information.

Artificial Inteligence 214

Artificial Inteligence Pricing Design Product 214