Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 25, 2017

This point was illustrated well in a new book, “ The Power of Positive Destruction: How to Turn a Business Idea Into a Revolution ,” by Seth Merrin. Is there an educated marketplace waiting? An educated marketplace is one where your target customers already understand the problem and the impact of your technology.

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Tech Zulu Event

JULY 8, 2012

Together with four of his road trip team including Adam Unger and William Seth, he will do just that with 50 talks in 48 states over 115 days. Seso wanted to stop selling brands for the sake of selling and took a risk to transition his agency into focusing on clients that represented education, arts and culture, science and health.

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LATechDigest

MAY 30, 2016

Students & Educators — Win $25k in THE MAYOR’S CUP ( link ). Preparing to speak with Shahin Farshchi of Lux Capital & Seth Gerson of @Survios at @uclaanderson VC event pic.twitter.com/YwqpmyHvYg. KELLY SLATER Sells Man-made Wave Co to World Surf League ( link ). AMPLIFY Publishes Its State of LA Tech ( link ).

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 2, 2014

What entrepreneurs forget or don’t realize is that most customers are wary of all technology, educating the market on new technology is expensive, takes a long time, and people buy problem solutions rather than technology. How many times have investors heard startups start their pitch by touting that their technology is “disruptive?”

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 19, 2017

What entrepreneurs forget or don’t realize is that most customers are wary of all technology, educating the market on new technology is expensive, takes a long time, and people buy problem solutions rather than technology. How many times have investors heard startups start their pitch by touting that their technology is “disruptive?”

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 8, 2013

What entrepreneurs forget or don’t realize is that most customers are initially wary of any technology, that educating the market on new technology is expensive, takes a long time, and people buy problem solutions rather than technology anyway. Investors will wait for more traction. There is other evidence that may be the new norm.

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InfoChachkie

APRIL 9, 2012

Such mini-ventures, as described in Small Ideas, Big Benefits , will not only educate you, but will reduce your risk when you exit the Herd. When the data are viewed in light of startups established by educated and experienced entrepreneurs, the success rate of such ventures increases substantially.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 19, 2011

In the end, Seth Godin’s comments on Fred’s blog post said it best: “His black swan is showing. I have some educated guesses. If anybody from Forrester reads this I hope they won’t see it as an attack on George’s presentation, which I found enlightening, well argued and interesting.

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SoCal CTO

SEPTEMBER 8, 2010

Pricing models, the freemium myth and why you may not be charging enough for your product - Seth Levine's VC Adventure , August 12, 2010 I’ve been pulled into a number of product and pricing meetings recently (for reasons unknown I’ve become the Foundry pricing and productization guy). clearly didn’t cause this.” How it happens. Mark Twain.

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SoCal CTO

OCTOBER 5, 2010

23 Tweetable Startup Insights From Seth Godin - OnStartups , September 1, 2010 Regular readers of this blog know that I’m a long-time admirer of Seth Godin. It’s a San Francisco Bay Area forum for networking, jobs and education for over 500 Product Management professionals. Let's recap.

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