Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 8, 2020

And we all know Facebook didn’t invent social media. Certainly I’m not recommending just one more Facebook, with a couple of features from Twitter, since social media has an unlimited potential for innovation. The advantage of imitation, with innovation, is that it gives you a solid base for building experience.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 28, 2020

The days of lengthy, text-heavy, business plan documents prepared by expensive experts are behind us. Establishing your brand with interactive social media. The cost of social media done well is low. You don’t have to be a heavily funded later stage startup to get access to “big data,” customer analytics, and metrics dashboards.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 1, 2021

You have tried all the popular initiatives and quick-fix remedies, including social media, search engine optimization, and content marketing. Data – Define a handful of key metrics to free you from managing personalities, egos, subjective issues, emotions, and intangibles. Each must be documented clearly and refined regularly.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 1, 2019

With the real data from that surge, you need to take a hard look at business model realities, cost of customer acquisition, inventory costs, and other key metrics. Document processes and metrics for economies of scale. Key metrics for scaling, such as customer loyalty, are very important after initial rollout.

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SoCal CTO

APRIL 8, 2010

How do the sample Series Seed financing documents differ from typical Series A financing documents? Startup Company Lawyer , March 14, 2010 After the recent announcement of the Series Seed Financing documents by Marc Andreesen, Brad Feld points out that there are now four sets of “open source” equity seed financing documents.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 3, 2018

And we all know Facebook didn’t invent social media. Certainly I’m not recommending just one more Facebook, with a couple of features from Twitter, since social media has an unlimited potential for innovation. The advantage of imitation, with innovation, is that it gives you a solid base for building experience.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 8, 2018

For example, I still find businesses asking you to print, sign, and return documents by mail in lieu of digital signatures or email. You need to communicate quantified and updates goals quarterly, including the metrics to assess progress and success. In my mind, these are killing their businesses.

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

Eric is also author of the book The PayPal Wars: Battles With Ebay, the Media, the Mafia, And the Rest of Planet Earth , where he documented that experience. For investors, it gives them a dash board of key metrics, and ensures those investors stay in the loop.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 14, 2013

She recommends phone interviews by you, by appointment, with structured questions, and you document results. Start with a new understanding of the real customer need, their search process in finding you (referral, website, social media), and most desired payment model, like one-time payment versus subscription, or lease versus purchase.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 7, 2017

She recommends phone interviews by you, by appointment, with structured questions, and you document results. All of these processes should be documented, and should explicitly include the customer buying process and perceptions as the base. Include planned measurements and metrics.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 4, 2019

I suggest you use social media, blogging, crowdfunding, or documented research to quantify a real demand from people who can afford it, and don’t have a better alternative already out there. This is the point where you must manage to metrics, work on the culture of the organization, and look for partner-based growth.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 3, 2012

She recommends phone interviews by you, by appointment, with structured questions, and you document results. Start with a new understanding of the real customer need, their search process in finding you (referral, website, social media), and most desired payment model, like one-time payment versus subscription, or lease versus purchase.

Tips 93

Tips Search Engine Optimization Summary Startup 93

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 3, 2015

You have tried all the popular initiatives and quick-fix remedies, including social media, search engine optimization, and content marketing. Data – Define a handful of key metrics to free you from managing personalities, egos, subjective issues, emotions, and intangibles. Each must be documented clearly and refined regularly.

Entrepreneur 111

Entrepreneur Search Engine Optimization Satisfaction Social Media 111

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 30, 2014

Certainly, I’m not recommending just one more Facebook, with a couple of features from Twitter, since social media has an unlimited potential for innovation. The auto industry and others have used this model for generations, so business processes and metrics for innovation are well documented.

Technology 103

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 25, 2011

She recommends phone interviews by you, by appointment, with structured questions, and you document results. Start with a new understanding of the real customer need, their search process in finding you (referral, website, social media), and most desired payment model, like one-time payment versus subscription, or lease versus purchase.

Customer 96

Customer Custom Search Engine Optimization Summary 96

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 4, 2016

The days of lengthy, text-heavy, business plan documents prepared by expensive experts are behind us. Establishing your brand with interactive social media. The cost of social media done well is low. You don’t have to be a heavily funded later stage startup to get access to “big data,” customer analytics, and metrics dashboards.

Startup 61

Startup Social Media News Tool 61

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 26, 2018

Start selling it on social media before you build it. It takes real money to sustain a business, with a margin in the 50 percent range, and some realistic milestones and metrics. Document and initiate a multi-faceted marketing plan. Marketing is everything these days. Really listen to the feedback you are getting.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 21, 2016

Certainly I’m not recommending just one more Facebook, with a couple of features from Twitter, since social media has an unlimited potential for innovation. The auto industry and others have used this model for generations, so business processes and metrics for innovation are well documented.

Technology 57

Technology Startup Study Research 57

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 6, 2017

That means all realignments require over-communication, in multiple medias – video, voice, documents, and actions. Pick metrics to measure change implementation and results. It’s twice as hard to change an image in someone’s mind than it was to get the image there is the first place. Always evaluate new tools and new systems.

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socalTECH

JUNE 25, 2012

How do you sort through all that social media activity you are driving, and figure out who really cares about what you're posting? Mark Sylvester sat down with us to talk about the new project, and how it's applying what they've learned building their visual analysis tools to the world of Facebook and social media.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 19, 2016

For example, early social media startup Friendster was so enamored with their early acceptance that they turned down a $30 million offer from Google, then quickly ran into money woes and tough competition. As the business grows, it pays to learn how to use automated financial tools, and review the key financial metrics daily.

Startup 57

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 4, 2016

You have tried all the popular initiatives and quick-fix remedies, including social media, search engine optimization, and content marketing. Data – Define a handful of key metrics to free you from managing personalities, egos, subjective issues, emotions, and intangibles. Each must be documented clearly and refined regularly.

Search Engine Optimization 55

Search Engine Optimization Satisfaction Entrepreneur Social Media 55

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 6, 2021

It’s important to define your growth strategy, document it, communicate it to your team, and align metrics and employee rewards to target goals. Today’s customers quickly sense the growing momentum of specific businesses, or lack of it, via social media, online reviews, and texting with friends, and change their habits accordingly.

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Tech Zulu Event

MAY 8, 2014

We take a moment to discuss the investing world at large as Chance clears up some misnomers and provides surprising tidbits: “Media sources love reporting on large, sexy startup deals. Laundry list of all necessary documentation. Clearing the Air. There’s also a diferent fluency in people who invest.

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