Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 29, 2023

For example, both need to provide exemplary customer service, build customer loyalty, and provide real value for a competitive price. Customers won’t pay to see your new employees learning on the job, and outsourcing the real work to a cheap labor source is a recipe for disaster. Be a visible and available expert in your domain.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 5, 2023

If your kids can use computers by age six, every entrepreneur ought to be able to stay current with the latest social media marketing and e-commerce technologies. Outsourcing to expert freelancers or business partners is often a better solution for startups than managing everyone into the inside team.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 27, 2011

They are overloaded by the media with amazing advertising messages, and people now realize that you can’t believe anything you see in pictures, and even videos can be edited to deliver any message. In fact, we are all media companies now, with our cell phones, computers, and professional-looking publishing tools. Marty Zwilling.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 2, 2020

For example, I have a friend with a Ph.D. Don’t assume you can outsource the implementation decisions. For example, I often cite the case of Bill Gates and Steve Ballmer , who grew Microsoft together. That’s why I caution my aspiring entrepreneur clients against proclaiming to investors that they are a great “idea” person.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 10, 2020

If your kids can use computers by age six, every entrepreneur ought to be able to stay current with the latest social media marketing and e-commerce technologies. Outsourcing to expert freelancers or business partners is often a better solution for startups than managing everyone into the inside team.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 3, 2020

For example, both need to provide exemplary customer service, build customer loyalty, and provide real value for a competitive price. Customers won’t pay to see your new employees learning on the job, and outsourcing the real work to a cheap labor source is a recipe for disaster. Be a visible and available expert in your domain.

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InfoChachkie

AUGUST 26, 2013

It also facilitates determining your proper product and market fit before your startup is under a white-hot media spotlight. An infamous example of a startup that did not follow this strategy is Color. Moderate persistent can be purchased, but passion can never be outsourced.

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socalTECH

AUGUST 7, 2014

With globalization, and the rise of technology, we believed that you were going to see more and more individuals looking to outsource tasks. So, we wondered what we could do at a low price point, things like transcribing voicemail, things like social media sentiment analysis. That''s kind of the beauty of the business model.

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InfoChachkie

JUNE 4, 2012

Fallacy: The sad reality is that PR Firms value their relationships with media and industry gatekeepers more than their relationship with any single client. As soon as they encounter resistance from a trusted media compatriot, they will invariably relent, in order to protect their long-term relationships. Grant Exclusivity.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 4, 2020

For example, I used to regularly hear pitches for the next great social media site, usually focused on a special interest or niche , such as photography, cooking, healthy living, or a thousand others. Initially, you may be able to do everything in your startup, including product development, marketing, and shipping orders.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 27, 2014

You can now skip the mandatory office space rental, with secretary and bookkeeping staff, or outsourcing. Social media facilitates marketing and sales. For startups, social media and color printers have essentially replaced the need for external public relations and marketing services. Isn’t it time that you joined the movement?

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 27, 2020

For example, you may feel you are saving money by doing all your own administrative work and monitoring social media feedback. Don’t forget the wealth of “gig” experts for outsourcing at a low cost. Yet if that leaves you with no documented business plan or unclear strategy, most investors and even customers will walk away. <

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 25, 2014

They are overloaded by the media with amazing advertising messages, and people now realize that you can’t believe anything you see in pictures, and even videos can be edited to deliver any message. In fact, we are all media companies now, with our cell phones, computers, and professional-looking publishing tools. Marty Zwilling.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 20, 2013

They are overloaded by the media with amazing advertising messages, and people now realize that you can’t believe anything you see in pictures, and even videos can be edited to deliver any message. In fact, we are all media companies now, with our cell phones, computers, and professional-looking publishing tools. Marty Zwilling.

Entrepreneur 111

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 14, 2018

If your kids can use computers by age six, every entrepreneur ought to be able to stay current with the latest social media marketing and e-commerce technologies. Outsourcing to expert freelancers or business partners is often a better solution for startups than managing everyone into the inside team.

Technology 87

Technology High Tech Startup Social Media 87

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 16, 2014

If your kids can use computers by age six, every entrepreneur ought to be able to stay current with the latest social-media marketing and ecommerce technologies. Outsourcing to expert freelancers or business partners is often a better solution for startups than managing everyone into the inside team.

High Tech 103

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 2, 2018

For example, both need to provide exemplary customer service, build customer loyalty, and provide real value for a competitive price. Customers won’t pay to see your new employees learning on the job, and outsourcing the real work to a cheap labor source is a recipe for disaster. Be a visible and available expert in your domain.

Services 72

Services Startup Training Writing 72

InfoChachkie

MAY 16, 2011

Fallacy: The sad reality is that PR Firms value their relationships with media and industry gatekeepers more than the value their relationship with any single client. Once they encounter resistance from a trusted media compatriot, they will invariably relent, in order to protect their long-term relationships. 8 ) Grant Exclusivity.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 27, 2014

For example, both need to provide exemplary customer service, build customer loyalty, and provide real value for a competitive price. Customers won’t pay to see your new employees learning on the job, and outsourcing the real work to a cheap labor source is a recipe for disaster. Be a visible and available expert in your domain.

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Services Startup Training Writing 105

Tech Zulu Event

MAY 22, 2014

The latter would include coverage for assets such as physical inventory and equipment as well as business interruption which pays off if, for example, a fire or flood left your physical location inaccessible for a period of time. Outsourcing can be an extremely cost-effective solution here.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 5, 2016

The media tends to highlight experienced entrepreneurs who succeed with early new venture funding, like Uber’s Garrett Camp , but fail to point out the more common bootstrapping successes. Entrepreneurs who don’t have someone else’s cash for outsourcing come up with the more innovative and creative approaches to get things done.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 17, 2016

For example, both need to provide exemplary customer service, build customer loyalty, and provide real value for a competitive price. Customers won’t pay to see your new employees learning on the job, and outsourcing the real work to a cheap labor source is a recipe for disaster. Be a visible and available expert in your domain.

Services 61

Services Startup Training Writing 61

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 27, 2016

If your kids can use computers by age six, every entrepreneur ought to be able to stay current with the latest social media marketing and e-commerce technologies. Outsourcing to expert freelancers or business partners is often a better solution for startups than managing everyone into the inside team.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 17, 2016

Today’s generation is accustomed to relationships via social media and texting, as long as social protocols are honored. Outsourcing your support team to a far-away country and culture is not the way to start. Provide training and empowerment. Generate trust and respect for repeat business and customer advocacy.

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socalTECH

APRIL 21, 2017

What that means, in today's world, is even though everyone is totally connected, through Facbeook and thousands of other types of social media, everyone now feels alone and disconnected. For example, there are different kinds of credit cards, different banks and issuers, and different kinds of credit cards, gift cards, and debit cards.

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Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 18, 2011

Perfect example; ShoeBoxed.com. As a last resort I outsourced and actually hired someone in India to remotely log into my computer during the night and correct all the errors from the scanned cards, which my in house team had processed earlier in the day. In forums have a signature like this example below.

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Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 13, 2013

Your chores can be outsourced through Porter. That’s the only thing that is outsourced. Do you think the main visuals are the appealing factors in digital media? Take us for example, we have done tens of thousands of dollars in sales and now we are going to raise money. TechZulu: What is Porter? ML: I do.

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Technical Review Mobile Startup Los Angeles 87

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 14, 2021

He provides dozens of ideas and examples to illustrate how this discipline can work, and the power it brings to any organization. An example is the evolution of computer control to screen touches and gestures, versus keys and mice. Outsource services back to the customer.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 25, 2011

A great recent example of this was a successful group of entrepreneurs who had created a company that will do $10-12 million in revenue at their system integration business (read: services business) in 2011 after having done $5 million or so in 2010 and $2-3 million in 2009.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 9, 2008

The segment we play in is the performance-based media buying world, where the essential difference is that advertisers are paying for the results. It really doesn't suit a publisher well to have exclusive representation, except in some instances--for example, if a site has an outsourced sales agency.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 9, 2008

The segment we play in is the performance-based media buying world, where the essential difference is that advertisers are paying for the results. It really doesn't suit a publisher well to have exclusive representation, except in some instances--for example, if a site has an outsourced sales agency.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 12, 2022

Outsourcing and manufacturing “offshore” have become the norm. Financial institutions, for example, count on pure capital plays without innovation that can disappear quickly. Scaling is done first by customer alliances through social media, and later by distributed joint ventures and coopetition.

Startup 126

Startup Artificial Inteligence Entrepreneur Offshore 126

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 3, 2019

He provides dozens of ideas and examples to illustrate how this discipline can work, and the power it brings to any organization. An example is the evolution of computer control to screen touches and gestures, versus keys and mice. Outsource services back to the customer.

Startup 105

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Frank Addante

JUNE 19, 2006

Outsourcing ► April (1) GoogleClick - Who owns your cash register? Examples: B2C Example (for an eBay user): 1. B2B Example (for a StrongMail user): 1. FounderBlog’s 1 Year Anniversary! A BIG THANK YOU. ► March (2) 4. Build a SWAT team 3. Virtual Location, Location, Location ► January (2) 2.

Startup 40

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 9, 2019

Outsourcing and manufacturing “offshore” have become the norm. Financial institutions, for example, count on pure capital plays without innovation that can disappear quickly. Scaling is done first by customer alliances through social media, and later by distributed joint ventures and coopetition.

Entrepreneur 87

Entrepreneur Offshore Technical Review Outsource 87

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 23, 2016

He provides dozens of ideas and examples to illustrate how this discipline can work, and the power it brings to any organization. An example is the evolution of computer control to screen touches and gestures, versus keys and mice. Outsource services back to the customer.

Startup 57

Startup Outsource Development Entrepreneur Ideas 57

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 22, 2015

Outsourcing and manufacturing “offshore” have become the norm. Financial institutions, for example, count on pure capital plays without innovation that can disappear quickly. Scaling is done first by customer alliances through social media, and later by distributed joint ventures and coopetition.

Startup 102

Startup Entrepreneur Offshore Technical Review 102