socalTECH

APRIL 4, 2013

We realized that if a process could be put into place, we could not only educate athletes, but empower our coach, and that would have helped us to arrive at the right school. Brenton Sullivan: We really put the customer at the center of our business, something that many entrepreneurs miss out on. How''d you get over that hurdle?

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Coach USC Statistics Startup 252

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 10, 2014

When I heard a friend and business mentor say, “Your startup won’t fail if you don’t quit,” I realized that every entrepreneur should adopt “never give up” as their mantra. Either could improve the statistic that most startups fail within the first five years. entrepreneur excuses funding investor startup'

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Startup Entrepreneur Statistics Course 110

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 15, 2018

When I heard a friend and business mentor say, “Your startup won’t fail if you don’t quit,” I realized that every entrepreneur should adopt “never give up” as their mantra. Either could improve the statistic that half of startups fail within the first five years. The number one reason seems to be that the founders just walk away.

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Startup Entrepreneur Statistics Course 56

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 5, 2014

I’m talking about volunteering to be on industry panels for visibility, participating in startup weekends for education, and talking to groups of distributors or potential customers on technology trends. It’s amazing how much more you can learn face-to-face, compared to an analysis of aging statistics alone.

Startup 100

Startup Tips Mentor Conference 100

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 3, 2016

When I heard a friend and business mentor say, “Your startup won’t fail if you don’t quit,” I realized that every entrepreneur should adopt “never give up” as their mantra. Either could improve the statistic that most startups fail within the first five years. The number one reason seems to be that the founders just walk away.

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Startup Entrepreneur Statistics Course 58

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 18, 2013

Even though these last few years have not been great financially for entrepreneurs, it always helps to look at the cup as half full, rather than half empty. Here are a few of the many things that entrepreneurs should be thankful for this holiday season, to keep the challenges in perspective: The economy continues to rebound.

Startup 86

Startup Tips Venture Capital Demand 86

InfoChachkie

JANUARY 26, 2015

I believe that a teacher is not only obligated to merely educate. I realize it is an easy statistic to measure, but it is a pretty thin slice of data from which to boldly proclaim that, "the American Dream is an Illusion.". In fact, UCSB has the highest percentage of Hispanic students of all the UC schools.

Santa Barbara 100

Santa Barbara Class Mobile Report 100

Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 3, 2012

Strict boundaries and a marathon of hoops to jump through just to submit your documentation as an immigrant, are resulting in less American educated immigrants staying to pursue the process, rather opting to return to their home countries. Take the U.S. category E visa for investors as a prime example of the recent troubles.

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Technical Review Startup Offshore Entrepreneur 77

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 17, 2013

Entrepreneurs have no trouble focusing on how to build a product, and the good ones know how to find and nurture those first critical customers. Compare your productivity to industry norms by consulting industry statistics , or check yourself for continuous improvement by accumulating your statistics over time.

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Metrics Technical Review Sales Customer 100

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 12, 2013

Without a sustainable strategy, these challenges lead to the terrifying statistic that nine out of ten online businesses will fail, and lead to the current ratio of Internet failures to millionaires being thousands to one. entrepreneur failure odds online startup strategies'

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Social Media Content Startup Web 93

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 22, 2012

Educate your customers on your business. Statistics also show that building loyalty and retaining current customers is 3 to 10 times cheaper than acquiring new customers. Get to know your customers, and actually call them by name, or even remember their likes and dislikes.

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Customer Custom Startup Competition 104

InfoChachkie

JUNE 16, 2016

Entrepreneurs create their own jobs, why shouldn’t they also create their own degrees? As described in Should Millennial Entrepreneurs Skip College? most young entrepreneurs benefit greatly from the college experience. This list is intended to cover non-obvious courses relevant to entrepreneurs. Statistics.

Entrepreneur 100

Entrepreneur Class Course Writing 100

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 8, 2009

Okay, so maybe you never took statistics, microeconomics or macroeconomics. But there are plenty of partners and successful entrepreneurs who don’t have MBAs. I am a very big believer in education and especially higher education. Three are on one side of the equation and the other two are on the other.

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Startup Venture Capital Study Course 337

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 1, 2010

Educate your customers on your business. Statistics also show that building loyalty and retaining current customers is 3 to 10 times cheaper than acquiring new customers. Tags: entrepreneur startup customer loyalty customer satisfaction. Customers say it takes ten good experiences to make up for one bad one. Marty Zwilling.

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Satisfaction Customer Custom Startup 49

socalTECH

OCTOBER 5, 2011

The statistics are, about half of the 3 million or so people looking for addiction treatment every year, do not find treatment. I was trying to figure out how to access the public, provide information, and educate them about addiction. Lots of that comes into play within academia, which normal entrepreneurs don't have to deal with.

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UCLA Research Tech Coast Angels Offshore 204

socalTECH

JULY 29, 2009

One of our hopes, aside from creating a way to package knowledge, is to essentially allow entrepreneurs to create their own publishing company. We track certain statistics, including checklist items and usage. For an educator, it helps to bring classroom training to life. Could you walk through what a Genie looks like?

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Geni Web Guide Platform 100

InfoChachkie

APRIL 9, 2012

These entrepreneurs do not risk everything, work outrageous hours and put themselves under extreme pressure because they want to. If it were a decision to be an entrepreneur, then most right-minded individuals would decide to turn back when they encountered the first inevitable startup crises. Entrepreneurs want to matter.

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Startup Ideas Entrepreneur Statistics 243

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 31, 2015

I believe many entrepreneurs have ADD. And I studied every statistic on the back of every baseball card and memorized batting averages, ERA and even birthdates and such. I think online education is going to crush it for people with ADD. Essentially – it’s just the way your brain is wired. Embrace it. I wasn’t.

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Startup Writing Class Orange County 150

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 26, 2010

They have worked with high technology and computers for at least 20 years, are highly educated, and highly motivated. In case you think that all of these are employed by big companies, listen to these statistics: According to an article in U.S. Tags: entrepreneurs startups business. of startup businesses as far back as 2005.

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Mentor Statistics High Tech Demand 75

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 10, 2010

It’s the story of what’s broken with the education system in the US. They are often raised by single moms, grandparents or under-educated immigrant parents who want the same thing for their children that we do for our own. Yesterday I went to see the film Waiting for Superman. Wasn’t that the American promise?

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Class Education Technical Review Writing 340