Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 29, 2023

On the product side, once you have a proven product and business model, all you need is money to build inventory, and a sales and marketing operation to drive the business. If you can’t quantify or document your service for repeatability and new employee training, you will kill yourself trying to grow the business.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 3, 2020

On the product side, once you have a proven product and business model, all you need is money to build inventory, and a sales and marketing operation to drive the business. If you can’t quantify or document your service for repeatability and new employee training, you will kill yourself trying to grow the business.

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socalTECH

APRIL 30, 2018

We're a big data company, where we look at all the information available worldwide, including documents, job postings, and anything you can publicly get your hands on, and from that, we distill the technology stack of a company. That was in the support space, where we were doing outsourced technical services.

Santa Barbara 113

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 20, 2010

I recently did a post for startups on understanding sales people. I know this will fall like a lead balloon to the many people who believe it is possible to have a [insert: startup incubator or technology accelerator or technology consultant or outsource firm] build your technology. They don’t love documentation.

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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. Typically some production and delivery is outsourced, requiring formal contracts and documentation.

Outsource Development 99

Outsource Development Startup Competition Ideas 99

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 13, 2015

Outsourcing your core competency does not work. The sales professional. A sales fanatic on the founder team helps to contain that risk. The combination of technical insight, founder authority, and sales experience is a hard-to-beat advantage in a competitive market. The operations superstar.

Technical Advisors 105

Technical Advisors Outsource Development Startup High Tech 105

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 11, 2015

Outsource what is non-strategic to optimize leverage. Smart entrepreneurs never outsource their core competency, and never rely on intellectual property they don’t own. Document processes and build online training videos so new people can come online quickly and consistently. Attract and relish investor funding.

Startup 103

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InfoChachkie

MAY 16, 2011

1) Expect Independent Channel Sales Reps To Perform Missionary Sales. Rationale: I cannot afford to hire a direct sales force. Fallacy: Third-party, OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturing) representatives succeed once the sales process is defined, proven and documented. 7) Hire A Consultant. 8 ) Grant Exclusivity.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 7, 2013

Outsource what is non-strategic to optimize leverage. Smart entrepreneurs never outsource their core competency, and never rely on intellectual property they don’t own. Document processes and build online training videos so new people can come online quickly and consistently. Attract and relish investor funding.

Tips 111

Tips Startup Outsource Ideas 111

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 28, 2016

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. Typically some production and delivery is outsourced, requiring formal contracts and documentation.

Ideas 62

Ideas Outsource Development Startup Competition 62

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 4, 2014

Like it or not, you are now entering the dreaded realm of specifying and documenting “formal business processes.” This will include the first version of many critical processes that can be split out later, including market opportunity, requirements, product definition, business model, sales process, and organization. Funding process.

Startup 107

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 18, 2018

Outsourcing your core competency does not work. The sales professional. A sales fanatic on the founder team helps to contain that risk. The combination of technical insight, founder authority, and sales experience is a hard-to-beat advantage in a competitive market. The operations superstar.

Technical Advisors 57

Technical Advisors Startup Outsource Development High Tech 57

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 14, 2016

Outsource what is non-strategic to optimize leverage. Smart entrepreneurs never outsource their core competency, and never rely on intellectual property they don’t own. Document processes and build online training videos so new people can come online quickly and consistently. Attract and relish investor funding.

Funding 67

Funding Startup Outsource Ideas 67

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 11, 2014

Outsourcing your core competency does not work. The sales professional. A sales fanatic on the founder team helps to contain that risk. The combination of technical insight, founder authority, and sales experience is a hard-to-beat advantage in a competitive market. The operations superstar.

Technical Advisors 98

Technical Advisors Startup Outsource Development High Tech 98

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 20, 2012

A business plan is an “outward facing” document for external investors, or for C-level executives within your own company. Enough detail is required so that someone else can build it without you (outsourcing). Because this document is “outward facing” the tone and level has to change to be understandable by customers and investors.

Product 92

Product Outsource Development Competition High Tech 92

SoCal CTO

JANUARY 5, 2011

November 23, 2010 Entrepreneurs, Using Outsourcing to Obtain Capital Efficiency Needs to be Thought Through to be Effective - Robert Ochtel , June 7, 2010 Teen Entrepreneur, Brian Wong, Youngest Founder to Receive Angel Funding - teenentrepreneurblog.com , October 28, 2010 Build Your Own Silicon Valley?

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Startup Venture Capital Blogging CTO Coach 378

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 29, 2011

A business plan is an “outward facing” document for external investors, or for C-level executives within your own company. Enough detail is required so that someone else can build it without you (outsourcing). Because this document is “outward facing” the tone and level has to change to be understandable by customers and investors.

Product 93

Product Entrepreneur Outsource Development Competition 93

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 31, 2013

Like it or not, you are now entering the dreaded realm of specifying and documenting “formal business processes.” This will include the first version of many critical processes that can be split out later, including market opportunity, requirements, product definition, business model, sales process, and organization. Funding process.

Outsource Development 92

Outsource Development Training Outsource Metrics 92

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 2, 2018

On the product side, once you have a proven product and business model, all you need is money to build inventory, and a sales and marketing operation to drive the business. If you can’t quantify or document your service for repeatability and new employee training, you will kill yourself trying to grow the business.

Services 72

Services Startup Training Writing 72

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 19, 2011

They outsource the critical negotiations and “trust their advisors to handle the details.&# You can’t outsource this to a recruiter. You thought it was going to be as easy as just having term sheet transferred to a longer form document. We’re both principals in a sale. You name it. We need them all.

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Venture Capital Pricing Startup Outsource 319

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 8, 2011

All distributors are obliged to sign documents stating that they would not use any of their commissions for payments to foreign officials. These efforts proved to be a major distraction from our main objective, namely sales and service of our high tech products. However, in reality the U.S. However, in reality the U.S.

Outsource Development 88

Outsource Development High Tech Outsource Examples 88

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 19, 2016

Document and commit to specific goals. If your comfort zone is relying on gut reactions, it’s time to stretch your understanding of what constitutes customer acquisition cost, margins, pipeline closure rates, and sales ROI. In addition, I look for do-it-yourself confidence that minimizes any dependence on outside help.

Social Network 94

Social Network Startup Ideas Entrepreneur 94

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 10, 2010

All distributors are obliged to sign documents stating that they would not use any of their commissions for payments to foreign officials. These efforts proved to be a major distraction from our main objective, namely sales and service of our high tech products.

High Tech 71

High Tech Outsource Press Coach 71

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 27, 2014

On the product side, once you have a proven product and business model, all you need is money to build inventory, and a sales and marketing operation to drive the business. If you can’t quantify or document your service for repeatability and new employee training, you will kill yourself trying to grow the business.

Services 105

Services Startup Training Writing 105

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 7, 2011

This will include the first version of many critical processes that can be split out later, including market opportunity, requirements, product definition, business model, sales process, and organization. Even if you are doing the work yourself, you need to document requirements, features, metrics, and milestones. Funding process.

Startup 102

Startup Outsource Development Writing Training 102

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 17, 2016

On the product side, once you have a proven product and business model, all you need is money to build inventory, and a sales and marketing operation to drive the business. If you can’t quantify or document your service for repeatability and new employee training, you will kill yourself trying to grow the business.

Services 61

Services Startup Training Writing 61

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 1, 2010

This will include the first version of many critical processes that can be split out later, including market opportunity, requirements, product definition, business model, sales process, and organization. Even if you are doing the work yourself, you need to document requirements, features, metrics, and milestones. Funding process.

Startup 95

Startup Outsource Development Writing Training 95

SoCal CTO

OCTOBER 15, 2009

I have about 11 years in the technology sector including roles doing market research, sales and product development. It’s very difficult to communicate the value of my services and it’s even harder to find people/companies looking to outsource their product development to a business guy like myself. What keeps you up at night?

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Los Angeles Product Angel Startup 179

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 9, 2016

Most begin by doing the product development, marketing and sales alone, but struggle making the transition to hiring and coaching others, defining repeatable processes and focusing on future strategy. For example, there once was a social network called Friendster , often credited with starting the social networking boom way back in 2002.

Social Network 59

Social Network Startup Demand Entrepreneur 59

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 9, 2010

A business plan is an “outward facing” document for external investors, or for C-level executives within your own company. Enough detail is required so that someone else can build it without you (outsourcing). Because this document is “outward facing” the tone and level has to change to be understandable by customers and investors.

Product 48

Product Outsource Development Competition High Tech 48

Jason Nazar

MAY 2, 2016

Set up a collaboration method for business documents, spreadsheets and presentations ( GoogleApps ). Create a sales forecasts and financial projections regularly. Execute the 5 Step Sales Process. Use a sales management service (one that fits your business size, from smaller to larger companies). Recommended.

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Jason Nazar

JUNE 18, 2009

Work with the studios to have premium Hulu-ish content prominently branded and for sale. Artwork/Content – let users upload and share virtually any digital content including artwork and documents that they can promote and sell. . • Movies – no website has more Hollywood DNA. Local News Online & More Valuable User Generated Content.

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