Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

Hire and train your own managers for internal and external work projects. Fixed price bidding is the only effective outsourcing model.” Getting a fixed price bid works for well-defined short-term projects, like blogging or programming. Fair compensation is the lowest price we can negotiate.” Be flexible.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 15, 2019

Irvine-based content moderation software developer WebPurify says it has enhanced its tools with a new tool, which allows its users to automatically detect text in memes and other images in blogs, forums, social media apps, children's sites, in-game chats, and more. Pricing on the new tool, which is now in limited beta, was not announced.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 23, 2013

One of the toughest decisions for a startup is how to price their product or service. The alternatives range from giving it away for free, to pricing based on costs, to charging what the market will bear (premium pricing). In this more traditional product pricing model, the price is set at two to five times the product cost.

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socalTECH

JULY 17, 2019

Thinkful , a New York company, says it has started accepting applications from people in Los Angeles for its "living stipend" program, which pays students $1500 a month to pay for things like rent, gas, and food while they take the company's technology training--in exchange for a portion of their salaries when they graduate. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 24, 2015

Santa Monica-based Cornerstone OnDemand , the developer of cloud-based software for talent and employee management, said it has launched a brand new product called Cornerstone Insights. Cornerstone OnDemand said the new product uses machine learning and Cornerstone's data set, to help companies better recruit, train, and manage people.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 16, 2012

He’s focused on that sector (not exclusively but predominantly) and therefore has an amazing network at large financial services firms to help you with business development. So they develop short-hand ways to qualify things better. So winning means they’re paying the highest price. Neither can any VC.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 16, 2023

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. 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.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 10, 2021

In fact, our education and training to logically associate related concepts reduces our ability to add the creative side, even though we were all born without that bias. Many businesses have found that raising the price of a product to give it status can win more customers than a price war. Think the unthinkable.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 3, 2014

I had never had any sales training so everything we did for the first couple of years was instinctual. We focused together on improving our sales methodology, our training and our comp plans through a larger than life ex country manager from PTC named Kai Krickel. Sales people will often blame your pricing.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 12, 2013

Santa Monica-based Cornerstone OnDemand , the developer of software-as-a-service for talent and human resources management, said today that it has launched a new product which connects directly into Salesforce.com. Pricing on the new software was not announced. READ MORE>>.

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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). Train customer-facing team to collaborate with customers. Internal training and policies are not adequate to create great customer experiences.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 26, 2010

One of the toughest decisions for a startup is how to price their product or service. The alternatives range from giving it away for free (like Twitter), to pricing based on costs, to charging what the market will bear (premium pricing). Portfolio pricing. Tiered or volume pricing. Freemium” model.

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Pricing Product Startup Competition 98

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 28, 2022

Employees and customers alike are looking for meaning, not simply employment and commodity prices. He outlines a three-phase process to develop the necessary business culture of energy, resilience, and openness: Nurture your current leadership strengths. Highlight leaders with business acumen as well as purpose as role models.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 28, 2020

He offers a set of seven principles and values for his ultimate win-win philosophy and harmonic balance among all stakeholders, as a roadmap for any company to develop a profitable, sustainable, and fun way of doing business. Start with only the very best people, demand excellence, and train them to stay ahead of the pack.

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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.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 10, 2023

Solution development and delivery. Products and services for a business need to be attuned to customer requirements, cost and quality tradeoffs, with milestones for pricing and completion. Hobbies are developed ad-hoc, driven by personal needs. Show that you have a process to hire, fire, and train others as required.

Outsource Development 115

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 11, 2019

Hire and train your own managers for internal and external work projects. Fixed price bidding is the only effective outsourcing model.” Getting a fixed price bid works for well-defined short-term projects, like blogging or programming. Fair compensation is the lowest price we can negotiate.” Be flexible.

Outsource Development 121

Outsource Development Outsource Entrepreneur Summary 121

Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 2, 2010

As a tech startup grows it needs to develop more process & management if it is to scale. Some objections are real and they end up becoming changes to your product, your service plan or your pricing / bundling. Prices are too high – Inexperienced sales reps will try to convince you they need to lower price to win deals.

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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.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 5, 2021

If you don’t have a destination, don’t waste your money trying to get there, and don’t expect anyone to support you along the way 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.

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Startup Pricing Sales Statistics 147

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

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). Train customer-facing team to collaborate with customers. Internal training and policies are not adequate to create great customer experiences.

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Custom Customer Social Media Satisfaction 158

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 12, 2022

In any business domain, there is no substitute for skills acquired by personal experience to supplement any academic training and the Internet. Don’t wait for competitors to force the need for better products, lower prices and better customer service. Can demonstrate domain expertise and experience.

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Startup Training Entrepreneur Resource 127

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. A Biden presidency doesn’t need a Green New Deal to make progress on climate change.

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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 Custom Customer 123

Berkonomics

SEPTEMBER 24, 2020

I took pictures of neighbor children, developing them in my bedroom closet, selling the prints to those neighborhood families. First, our family DNA made us comfortable talking about risk and self-discovery in running a business, even without formal training. The price for the franchise in 1953 was $50,000. I was twelve.

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socalTECH

APRIL 10, 2012

The firm said its OurTube product is aimed at enterprises and others who want a private service to share and view videos, for such uses as marketing, sales, HR training, and more. Pricing on the new product was not announced. READ MORE>>.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 13, 2012

Formal training courses. Larger enterprises are always sending their “high fliers” to leadership refreshers, new technology updates, and training on employee performance management. Daily attendance is mandatory in order for the business to succeed and be profitable, and the so-called freedom is hard to find.

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Startup Pricing Entrepreneur Training 94

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 5, 2011

I had never had any sales training so everything we did for the first couple of years was instinctual. We focused together on improving our sales methodology, our training and our comp plans. They like a solid product, well defined pricing, good references to sell against, a clear quota and well defined competitors.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 18, 2021

Others stage elaborate “training” sessions, to “assure” that everyone tells the same story. 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. Validation of product.

Technical Review 152

Technical Review Startup Satisfaction Summary 152

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 23, 2019

Employees and customers alike are looking for meaning, not simply employment and commodity prices. He outlines a three-phase process to develop the necessary business culture of energy, resilience, and openness: Nurture your current leadership strengths. Highlight leaders with business acumen as well as purpose as role models.

Organization 128

Organization Startup Pricing Custom 128

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 7, 2020

Solution development and delivery. Products and services for a business need to be attuned to customer requirements, cost and quality tradeoffs, with milestones for pricing and completion. Hobbies are developed ad-hoc, driven by personal needs. Show that you have a process to hire, fire, and train others as required.

Entrepreneur 131

Entrepreneur Outsource Development Startup Competition 131

socalTECH

OCTOBER 26, 2015

The flat rate includes use of those locations during training sessions. We offer six different genres of fitness: Crossfit, strength training, Pilates, boxing, yoga, and stretching. Our model is focused on people developing a fitness program. We have about 45 partner locations in the LA area. How did you start the company?

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 18, 2023

In all cases, don’t skip the basic training. Have you set the right price for your entree, and correctly included all costs? Develop metrics with which to measure yourself and use these to incrementally expand and improve your offering as fast as the market and capital will allow. But don’t practice too long. Don’t stand still.

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Berkonomics

NOVEMBER 25, 2021

Making such predictions is a skill that can be developed, and here’s one method of doing so. Email readers, continue here…] Too often the person you call your chief financial officer is trained in accounting, which is primarily a process of looking backward over events in the past. Third is finance risk.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 21, 2021

Switch your focus from product development to sales. Explosive growth to an enterprise normally requires a scalable sales model, a well-documented process with incentives, training, and metrics for tracking and management. In my experience, less than half of founding entrepreneurs even aspire to stay and scale their company.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 6, 2023

Others schedule exhaustive training sessions for everyone on the team, including showcase customers, to make sure that everyone paints a consistent picture. A hard look will be taken at the technology maturity, the current development progress, and customer satisfaction with early product shipments. Status of the solution.

Technical Review 118

Technical Review Startup Satisfaction Invest 118

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 9, 2022

This is a software distribution and pricing model in which new applications are hosted by a service provider and made available to customers over a network, rather than requiring customer hardware. It allows startups to rent virtualized servers and associated services needed to develop, test, and run applications.

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