Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 11, 2023

Customers react poorly when they hear your value claims for them, and see more value to you (bottled water in your hotel room at a high price as a “convenience” to you). It’s not only good for your business, but it will add meaning and joy to your customers, and will also enhance your personal satisfaction and well-being.

Custom 131

Custom Customer Social Media Training 131

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 20, 2020

The crowd gets the satisfaction of helping, with minimal risk, and no expectation of any high return. With this model, a startup pre-sells their product early, at a cheaper price, in exchange for a pledge. Product pre-order model. Interest on debt model. Other popular sites for startups, including StartupNation and Startups.co

Entrepreneur 129

Entrepreneur Outsource Development Satisfaction Equity 129

Berkonomics

JULY 26, 2012

If every development engineer could control the release date of the component or product for which s/he is responsible, the dates for completion would certainly extend outward and vary from plan. By its very nature, “good enough” defines the acceptable market level of quality, price, feature-functionality, and salability.

Satisfaction 136

Satisfaction Competition Pricing Design 136

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 10, 2023

Entrepreneurs need to document a process of responding to a market need, sizing opportunity, assigning a specific business model, and planning for marketing, sales, and customer satisfaction. Solution development and delivery. Hobbies are developed ad-hoc, driven by personal needs.

Outsource Development 115

Outsource Development Startup Competition Ideas 115

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 24, 2021

Use this opportunity to validate their satisfaction and support for your company and your solution. A hard look will be taken at the technology maturity, the current development progress, and customer satisfaction with early product shipments. Visit reference customers, partners, and vendors. Traction in the marketplace.

Technical Review 151

Technical Review Startup Satisfaction Invest 151

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 30, 2023

I’ve spent many years in each of these business worlds, but I never made the A-Player entrepreneur connection until I read the classic book, “ The A Player ,” by Rick Crossland, who comes from 30 years of experience developing, recruiting, and leading high performance cultures in bigger companies. Enhance team engagement and business culture.

Entrepreneur 85

Entrepreneur Custom Customer Competition 85

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 11, 2021

Successful entrepreneurs are usually hard-driving, and highly focused on some specific goals, like being the dominant player in a given domain, or the low-priced provider of their product. Without precise goals, you can’t measure progress, and you miss the real satisfaction of knowing when to declare success. Write it down.

Writing 121

Writing Organization Satisfaction Entrepreneur 121

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 9, 2022

The challenge is that every new business needs to be innovative and different, in order to rise above the crowd, bring real change to the world, and give you the satisfaction you seek. It allows startups to rent virtualized servers and associated services needed to develop, test, and run applications. I wish it was that easy.

Technology 133

Technology Cloud Computing Social Media Networking 133

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 9, 2020

I’ve spent many years in each of these business worlds, but I never made the A-Player entrepreneur connection until I read the classic book, “ The A Player ,” by Rick Crossland, who comes from almost 30 years of experience developing, recruiting, and leading high performance cultures in bigger companies.

Entrepreneur 159

Entrepreneur Custom Customer Competition 159

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 12, 2022

Every new entrepreneur has to initiate the right actions to be perceived as a leader in their chosen business domain by their team and by their customers, or the road to success and satisfaction will be lost along the way. Don’t wait for competitors to force the need for better products, lower prices and better customer service.

Startup 127

Startup Training Entrepreneur Resource 127

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 28, 2018

Both want personal satisfaction and financial success. There are some key strategies I recommend in developing that mindset, whether you are currently and employee or an aspiring entrepreneur: Keep the business customer at the top of your pyramid. The ideal customer will see so much value that price becomes unimportant.

Entrepreneur 93

Entrepreneur Satisfaction Custom Customer 93

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 2, 2021

As I work with aspiring you new venture leaders, I always wish I had a definitive checklist of all the right attributes that I could share with you, encourage you to develop and highlight in your efforts with potential investors, and guide your own actions in starting the next billion dollar company.

Funding 152

Funding Startup Ideas Resource 152

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 7, 2020

Entrepreneurs need to document a process of responding to a market need, sizing opportunity, assigning a specific business model, and planning for marketing, sales, and customer satisfaction. Solution development and delivery. Hobbies are developed ad-hoc, driven by personal needs.

Entrepreneur 131

Entrepreneur Outsource Development Startup Competition 131

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 28, 2021

I recommend a trial run with an experiment or MVP (minimum viable product), at full price and cost, before the big bang launch, risking your investment money and a major time commitment. I once met with an entrepreneur who had developed a new algae strain to cure world hunger and make him rich.

Technical Review 131

Technical Review Case Study Mentor Software Review 131

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 19, 2022

As a builder of new things and people development, you are not afraid to speak out on significant issues and world challenges. Advertising, pricing and support practices may show questionable integrity. Even in chaotic startup environments, you normally finish required tasks on time and to high standards.

Entrepreneur 110

Entrepreneur Organization Custom Customer 110

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 12, 2020

Every new entrepreneur has to initiate the right actions to be perceived as a leader in their chosen business domain by their team and by their customers, or the road to success and satisfaction will be lost along the way. Don’t wait for competitors to force the need for better products, lower prices and better customer service.

Entrepreneur 125

Entrepreneur Training Resource Custom 125

InfoChachkie

MARCH 16, 2016

Even less time is spent on developing the aspects of a car that become evident long after the purchase is completed. However, they clearly have a long term impact on the customer’s overall satisfaction and thus their propensity to purchase additional products in the future.

SaaS 100

SaaS Startup Software Review Development Team Review 100

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 21, 2015

The crowd gets the satisfaction of helping, with minimal risk, and no expectation of any high return. With this model, a startup pre-sells their product early, at a cheaper price, in exchange for a pledge. Product pre-order model. A much-touted success was the Pebble Watch on Kickstarter , with orders exceeding $10 million.

Venture Capital 108

Venture Capital Angel Satisfaction Equity 108

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 18, 2018

Successful entrepreneurs are usually hard-driving, and highly focused on some specific goals, like being the dominant player in a given domain, or the low-priced provider of their product. Without precise goals, you can’t measure progress, and you miss the real satisfaction of knowing when to declare success. Write it down.

Writing 97

Writing Organization Satisfaction Entrepreneur 97

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 7, 2019

I found some good guidance on this subject in a new book, “ The Leader You Want To Be ,” by Amy Jen Su, a managing partner in an executive coaching and leadership development firm. I get much more satisfaction, and can provide more realistic help, in steering you through specific pricing, organizational, or competitive challenges you face.

Help 123

Help Entrepreneur Course IBM 123

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 27, 2020

As a builder of new things and people development, you are not afraid to speak out on significant issues and world challenges. Advertising, pricing and support practices may show questionable integrity. Even in chaotic startup environments, you normally finish required tasks on time and to high standards.

Entrepreneur 126

Entrepreneur Organization Custom Customer 126

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 17, 2018

Customers react poorly when they hear your value claims for them, and see more value to you (bottled water in your hotel room at a high price as a “convenience” to you). It’s not only good for your business, but it will add meaning and joy to your customers, and will also enhance your personal satisfaction and well-being.

Custom 100

Custom Customer Social Media Training 100

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 26, 2013

Explain that they may be called, and use the opportunity to check their satisfaction with your company and your product. This will cover the technology, the current state of development, and customer satisfaction. This will involve an analysis of the company’s distribution channels, advertising, and pricing strategy.

Technical Review 97

Technical Review Startup Satisfaction Summary 97

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 2, 2016

Many people will argue that total customer satisfaction is paramount, but I’m a pragmatist who believes that treating everyone the same really means treating all of them poorly. Don’t be afraid to raise your prices as you add special services. That’s not a happy situation for real customers or the business.

Custom 65

Custom Customer Startup Satisfaction 65

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 27, 2019

In essence, as a contractor, you are a consultant who is competing regularly for new work, and you constantly have to differentiate your offering from other candidates, including price. Here are some key strategies that I recommend to every worker today: Develop and highlight your competitive differentiation.

Startup 98

Startup Outsource Development Competition Social Media 98

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 24, 2016

Successful entrepreneurs are usually hard-driving, and highly focused on some specific goals, like being the dominant player in a given domain, or the low-priced provider of their product. Without precise goals, you can’t measure progress, and you miss the real satisfaction of knowing when to declare success. Write it down.

Entrepreneur 102

Entrepreneur Writing Organization Satisfaction 102

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 29, 2012

Explain that they may be called, and use the opportunity to check their satisfaction with your company and your product. This will cover the technology, the current state of development, and customer satisfaction. This will involve an analysis of the company’s distribution channels, advertising, and pricing strategy.

Technical Review 98

Technical Review Startup Satisfaction Training 98

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 29, 2019

The challenge is that every new business needs to be innovative and different, in order to rise above the crowd, bring real change to the world, and give you the satisfaction you seek. It allows startups to rent virtualized servers and associated services needed to develop, test, and run applications. I wish it was that easy.

Technology 86

Technology Cloud Computing Social Media Networking 86

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 17, 2015

Use this opportunity to validate their satisfaction and support for your company and your solution. A hard look will be taken at the technology maturity, the current development progress, and customer satisfaction with early product shipments. Visit reference customers, partners, and vendors. Traction in the marketplace.

Technical Review 108

Technical Review Startup Satisfaction Entrepreneur 108

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 2, 2015

Innovative products and services always take longer to develop than anticipated, and quality problems pop up where least expected. Make sure all new development is buffered, rather than stretch-oriented. Innovation and creativity are just as critical for marketing as they are for solution development.

Startup 105

Startup Entrepreneur Marketing Satisfaction 105

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 14, 2015

In reality, resource constraints should be seen by startups a competitive advantage, by forcing them to develop new markets, and to think differently and act differently than existing players. Adding priced services is another way to augment a product business. Create new kinds of solutions. It’s still a hard road to success.

Resource 98

Resource Entrepreneur Competition Startup 98

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 22, 2016

Customers react poorly when they hear your value claims for them, and see more value to you (bottled water in your hotel room at a high price as a “convenience” to you). It’s not only good for your business, but it will add meaning and joy to your customers, and will also enhance your personal satisfaction and well-being.

Custom 97

Custom Customer Social Media Training 97

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 28, 2010

Explain that they may be called, and use the opportunity to check their satisfaction with your company and your product. This will cover the technology, the current state of development, and customer satisfaction. This will involve an analysis of the company’s distribution channels, advertising, and pricing strategy.

Technical Review 91

Technical Review Startup Satisfaction Summary 91

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 24, 2015

Entrepreneurs need to document a process of responding to a market need, sizing opportunity, assigning a specific business model, and planning for marketing, sales, and customer satisfaction. Solution development and delivery. Hobbies are developed ad-hoc, driven by personal needs.

Outsource Development 99

Outsource Development Startup Competition Ideas 99

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 28, 2015

The challenge is that every new business needs to be innovative and different, in order to rise above the crowd, bring real change to the world, and give you the satisfaction you seek. It allows startups to rent virtualized servers and associated services needed to develop, test, and run applications. I wish it was that easy.

Startup 107

Startup Cloud Computing Social Media Entrepreneur 107

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 14, 2013

Successful entrepreneurs are usually hard-driving, and highly focused on some specific goals, like being the dominant player in a given domain, or the low-priced provider of their product. Without precise goals, you can’t measure progress, and you miss the real satisfaction of knowing when to declare success. Write it down.

Writing 103

Writing Organization Satisfaction Entrepreneur 103

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 7, 2012

Too many entrepreneurs develop a new product without regard to market demand, then build an entire strategy based on creating a need, rather than acting on an existing market need. Think about how your customers have survived all these years without your product, and how many will pay your price to change. These don’t get funded.

Technology 91

Technology Funding Competition Entrepreneur 91