Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

For example, in my discussions with business owners, some have already used inflation positives to update their inventory values, take advantage of reduced mortgage rates, or simply making the price increases that they have long needed. We all need a shock from time to time, to get us thinking ahead again. Make it a win on all fronts.

Outsource 95

Outsource Customer Custom Sample 95

Berkonomics

NOVEMBER 24, 2016

A competitor could find easy pickings here, with direct marketing to habit shoppers with coupons, special prices, and exciting promotions. Your discount coupons, use of Groupon or other third party source, predatory pricing, or the high cost of ad word purchases is rarely sustainable. That’s habit–shopping. It takes work.

Customer 120

Customer Custom Satisfaction Pricing 120

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. Product companies sometimes equate customer satisfaction with customer service, but it’s more than that, especially with services. You have no shelf life, so you can’t make money while you sleep.

Startup 111

Startup Training Services Writing 111

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 27, 2019

For example, when delivery costs and delays were still a major online sales hurdle, Amazon Prime membership was invented to offer free next day shipping. Their pricing algorithm crawls the Web daily, and adjusts prices to always match the lowest price found anywhere, offline or online.

Marketing 123

Marketing Technical Review Customer Custom 123

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 9, 2022

The challenge is that every new business needs to be innovative and different, in order to rise above the crowd, bring real change to the world, and give you the satisfaction you seek. Other examples include smart-home remote control, cell-phone tracking, and remote auto traffic sensors. I wish it was that easy. Mobile Computing.

Technology 133

Technology Cloud Computing Social Media Networking 133

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 30, 2022

For example, I remember a classic book by Penina Rybak, “ The NICE Reboot ,” that does a great job of outlining problem solving steps, honed from working with special needs youngsters. Whether you are charting new territory for pricing models or technology, there is rarely a perfect solution. Work with a partner you can trust.

Startup 135

Startup Mentor Entrepreneur Technical Review 135

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 12, 2022

Every new entrepreneur has to initiate the right actions to be perceived as a leader in their chosen business domain by their team and by their customers, or the road to success and satisfaction will be lost along the way. Don’t wait for competitors to force the need for better products, lower prices and better customer service.

Startup 127

Startup Training Entrepreneur Resource 127

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. Product companies sometimes equate customer satisfaction with customer service, but it’s more than that, especially with services. You have no shelf life, so you can’t make money while you sleep.

Startup 174

Startup Training Services Writing 174

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 23, 2022

They believe that the benefits of sharing data are very much worth the price of providing access to their data. Examples cited include biometrics, tool productivity, environmental control, social visibility, relationship data, and brand insight. These are typically decision makers, shoppers, and early adopters.

Social Media 107

Social Media Tool Google Yahoo 107

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 29, 2021

It started a few years ago with the advent of email satisfaction surveys after an online purchase, but now includes interactive Internet ads, as well as custom requests for input on the design of future products and influencers on social media. Marketing must be everyone’s top priority. Market solutions as an experience or an event.

Customer 168

Customer Custom Marketing Social Media 168

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 2, 2021

Investors (and customers) need to know the realities of costs, prices, marketing, delivery, and what differentiates your offering from competitors. An example would be the now popular notion of consumers sharing underused resources, such as ride sharing (Uber) incenting the businesses of home sharing (Airbnb).

Funding 152

Funding Startup Ideas Resource 152

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 28, 2021

For example, I believe Bill Gates would have failed without his partners Steve Ballmer and Paul Allen. I recommend a trial run with an experiment or MVP (minimum viable product), at full price and cost, before the big bang launch, risking your investment money and a major time commitment.

Technical Review 131

Technical Review Case Study Mentor Software Review 131

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 28, 2018

Both want personal satisfaction and financial success. Every business depends on customers to thrive, and every employee role has some correlation to customer satisfaction. For example, if you are in marketing, forget the number of features, and highlight the value of the whole compared to the cost. In fact, U.S.

Entrepreneur 93

Entrepreneur Satisfaction Customer Custom 93

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 7, 2019

For example, I will admit that my least favorite question from an aspiring entrepreneur is “ Where do I start ?” I get much more satisfaction, and can provide more realistic help, in steering you through specific pricing, organizational, or competitive challenges you face. Clearly identify key constraints around your request.

Help 123

Help Entrepreneur Course IBM 123

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 7, 2021

Today your reputation online is more important than your price, service, or location. These can be as simple as regularly counting positive versus negative results from a Google search, to satisfaction survey improvements over time. Despite what anyone tells you, you can and must manage it both before and after it may turn negative.

Social Media 144

Social Media Media Summary Satisfaction 144

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 5, 2020

Pushing yourself on customers by touting features and price doesn’t work anymore. Supplement this feedback with more formal modern satisfaction surveys, like the Net Promoter Score. Both Amazon and Zappos are prime examples of brands that are customer centric and have spent years creating a culture around the customer and their needs.

Customer 133

Customer Custom Social Media Startup 133

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 26, 2020

They believe that the benefits of sharing data are very much worth the price of providing access to their data. Examples cited include biometrics, tool productivity, environmental control, social visibility, relationship data, and brand insight. These are typically decision makers, shoppers, and early adopters.

Social Media 131

Social Media Startup Tool Google 131

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 12, 2020

Every new entrepreneur has to initiate the right actions to be perceived as a leader in their chosen business domain by their team and by their customers, or the road to success and satisfaction will be lost along the way. Don’t wait for competitors to force the need for better products, lower prices and better customer service.

Entrepreneur 125

Entrepreneur Training Resource Customer 125

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 1, 2019

For example, Howard Schultz was not the founder of Starbucks, but started his career in one of their first 60 shops. Quantify your results in terms of cost per transaction, higher customer satisfaction, lower prices, and profit per employee, rather than number of transactions or hours worked. Accept and capitalize on change.

Technical Advisors 75

Technical Advisors Startup Satisfaction Customer 75

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 10, 2019

The classic example from several years ago was United Airlines not staying tuned in to social media, resulting in a unrecoverable customer problem causing great damage to their reputation, escalating to countless articles , and even a book, “ United Breaks Guitars.” I recommend the following steps as a start for maximizing your own return.

Social Media 99

Social Media Media Tool Startup 99

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 29, 2019

The challenge is that every new business needs to be innovative and different, in order to rise above the crowd, bring real change to the world, and give you the satisfaction you seek. Other examples include smart-home remote control, cell-phone tracking, and remote auto traffic sensors. I wish it was that easy. Mobile Computing.

Technology 86

Technology Cloud Computing Social Media Networking 86

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 2, 2016

Many people will argue that total customer satisfaction is paramount, but I’m a pragmatist who believes that treating everyone the same really means treating all of them poorly. Don’t be afraid to raise your prices as you add special services. Here is your opportunity to under-promise and over-deliver. Help them find that new provider.

Customer 65

Customer Custom Startup Satisfaction 65

Tech Zulu Event

APRIL 29, 2013

For example, a user can create an online tutorial by uploading a PowerPoint presentation file or uploading a video and not converting the file to a specific format. Another reason why ProProfs is used is because of its simple price point. There are various pricing points to purchase depending on what options the user wants.

Tool 77

Tool Class HTML Course 77

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 27, 2019

For example, I remember a classic book by Penina Rybak, “ The NICE Reboot ,” that does a great job of outlining problem solving steps, honed from working with special needs youngsters. Whether you are charting new territory for pricing models or technology, there is rarely a perfect solution. Work with a partner you can trust.

Mentor 85

Mentor Entrepreneur Technical Review Summary 85

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. Product companies sometimes equate customer satisfaction with customer service, but it’s more than that, especially with services. You have no shelf life, so you can’t make money while you sleep.

Services 72

Services Startup Training Writing 72

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 28, 2015

The challenge is that every new business needs to be innovative and different, in order to rise above the crowd, bring real change to the world, and give you the satisfaction you seek. Other examples include smart-home remote control, cell-phone tracking, and remote auto traffic sensors. I wish it was that easy. Mobile Computing.

Startup 107

Startup Cloud Computing Social Media Entrepreneur 107

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 26, 2015

For example, hydrogen-fueled engines were invented over a century ago, with a continuing promise of breathing air and exhaling pure water vapor and having over 200 companies active in the hydrogen sector today. It’s a clear example of how one plus one can equal three.

Technical Review 54

Technical Review Product Activity Technology 54

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 23, 2014

But sometimes they forget that this kind of freedom comes with a price of personal accountability. You should find there is a thrill and satisfaction to making decisions and standing behind them. Everyone seems to like the aspect of being an entrepreneur that goes with “being your own boss” and “able to do things my way.”

Entrepreneur 99

Entrepreneur Startup Outsource Satisfaction 99

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. The bridal party can choose to collaborate as little or as much as they want, by hosting a try-on party or having each girl try on her own dresses at her own, for example.".

Design 208

Design Customer Custom Satisfaction 208

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. Product companies sometimes equate customer satisfaction with customer service, but it’s more than that, especially with services. You have no shelf life, so you can’t make money while you sleep.

Services 105

Services Startup Training Writing 105

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 7, 2012

An example of market-driven technology is the basic automobile, but combining a car with an airplane is technology looking for a market. Think about how your customers have survived all these years without your product, and how many will pay your price to change. Will your competitors quickly copy you, or under-price you?

Technology 91

Technology Funding Competition Entrepreneur 91

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 18, 2017

The challenge is that every new business needs to be innovative and different, in order to rise above the crowd, bring real change to the world, and give you the satisfaction you seek. Other examples include smart-home remote control, cell-phone tracking, and remote auto traffic sensors. I wish it was that easy. Mobile Computing.

Cloud Computing 61

Cloud Computing Startup Social Media Networking 61

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 6, 2015

For example, I read a recent book by Penina Rybak, “ The NICE Reboot ,” that does a great job of outlining problem solving steps, honed from working with special needs youngsters. Whether you are charting new territory for pricing models or technology, there is rarely a perfect solution. Work with a partner you can trust.

Mentor 105

Mentor Entrepreneur Technical Review Satisfaction 105

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 13, 2014

Every new entrepreneur has to initiate the right actions to be perceived as a leader in their chosen business domain by their team and by their customers, or the road to success and satisfaction will be lost along the way. Don’t wait for competitors to force the need for better products, lower prices and better customer service.

Entrepreneur 109

Entrepreneur Training Resource Satisfaction 109

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 29, 2013

But sometimes they forget that this kind of freedom comes with a price of personal accountability. You should find there is a thrill and satisfaction to making decisions and standing behind them. Everyone seems to like the aspect of being an entrepreneur that goes with “being your own boss” and “able to do things my way.”

Startup 100

Startup Entrepreneur Outsource Satisfaction 100

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 16, 2017

Many business executives and entrepreneurs I know are convinced that business success is all about having the right solution for the right price. Takers can never get satisfaction, and they antagonize those around them. Some things need to be done whether we like them or not; for example, daily cash-flow analysis and business metrics.

Software Review 57

Software Review Technical Review Startup Press 57

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 2, 2014

The challenge is that every new business needs to be innovative and different, in order to rise above the crowd, bring real change to the world, and give you the satisfaction you seek. Other examples include smart-home remote control, cell-phone tracking, and remote auto traffic sensors. I wish it was that easy. Mobile Computing.

Cloud Computing 99

Cloud Computing Social Media Entrepreneur Networking 99