Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 3, 2013

Managing business growth is more than metrics. You can hire the best salespeople, have great products and define good metrics, but without decisive and innovative managers, the sales organization will not reach its full potential. Marketing shapes the concept, branding, packaging, pricing, and positioning.

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InfoChachkie

JUNE 2, 2014

The result of her efforts is an online service that allows brides to select their bridesmaids'' gowns, within a broad range of colors, styles and price points. We keep our eye on a handful of metrics, but we’re focused on customer satisfaction. Greathouse : How do you judge your success and to what extent have you met your goals?

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SoCal CTO

MARCH 5, 2007

One of his companies - Gluecode - was sold to IBM for a pretty good price. Technology Advisor Technology Roles in Startups Pricing Customer Acquisition Sunk Costs and More -. However, Elgg could power 100,000 networks and it would make no difference - there is no revenue stream as we give everything away under a GPL license.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 27, 2010

Price creep hurts investors. But it also hurts entrepreneurs – Mike asked people about what they were doing to keep prices down. There is no way for people to keep prices down – it’s a competitive market. This is evidenced by the current price creep that we’re experiencing for early-stage deals.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 27, 2013

By spending more time educating your board on your business you get more valuable advice from them. If nothing else you will create board cohesion and board education by engaging your board. Ask them for a meeting to review your pricing strategy with you. ” His argument is as follows. Assigns tasks. Already covered.

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Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 5, 2014

He mentions double and triple bottom-lined companies and tells us investors are starting to require metrics to see measurable social and global value. . Pierce reminds us that even with the closure of Silk Road, the price of Bitcoin didn’t drop, but rose. An audience member brings up education.

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Tech Zulu Event

MAY 9, 2014

We know language education is a huge market, with 1/7 of people around the world learning a new language. Something we didn’t know, mainstay education programs have < 1% course completion. They do this by strategically inserting words into your newsfeed with a cheeky gamifying component. Look out for this company.

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socalTECH

JUNE 13, 2011

Our marketplace is organized like a used item marketplace, like Amazon or eBay, or Craiglist, in that a seller lists an item, picks a cause, and sets a price. All of that is taught at UCLA by the more senior students and professors, a mix which provides an incredible education. We keep fifteen percent via fees to grow the marketplace.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 7, 2011

They do provide the right products at the right price to save all customers money (with good customer service), but they don’t try to find their most valuable customers, and nurture them to buy more or bring in friends. That means setting up operational and financial metrics, educating team members, and rewarding the right actions.

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