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Introducing Trust, and the Importance of Product-Founder Fit

Both Sides of the Table

eCommerce for example grew 39% just last year - so there’s simply more demand. As a VC, one of the key things I’m looking for in any new investor is “product-founder fit” e.g. does this founder have an insight or advantage that makes them uniquely suited to successfully build this product and business?

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7 Technology Entrepreneur Examples You Should Emulate

Startup Professionals Musings

By most definitions of the term, an entrepreneur is someone who starts a new business, incorporating innovative changes to existing products, services, business models, and creating new markets. Here are some recognizable entrepreneurial examples I like, just from the technology space: Driven by an epic ambition.

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8 Priorities When Offering A New Product Or Service

Startup Professionals Musings

Every one of you business owners I know periodically introduces new products and services to sustain growth, fight off competitors, or take advantage of new technologies. The cost of any new product these days must include education and rollout marketing, perhaps equal or greater than the development costs. Incent these early.

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53 Questions Developers Should Ask Innovators

TechEmpower

At TechEmpower, we frequently talk to startup founders, CEOs, product leaders, and other innovators about their next big tech initiative. Background Questions Let’s start with some background questions about the business and product. What are some examples of similar brands? What problem is your product trying to solve?

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7 Personal Productivity Tactics To Get More Work Done

Startup Professionals Musings

Studies of software teams, for example, show differences as great as ten to one in productivity between working team members. Much has been written about the external influences of office environments, motivation, and personal health impacts, but I see evidence that there are personal productivity tactics that contribute just as much.

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7 Ways To Maximize Team Motivation And Productivity

Startup Professionals Musings

Thus if you want to change the world with your new business, you need to follow the example of startups like Zappos , which hires according to cultural fit first. There are many ways to add levity to a tough challenge, and engaging the team occasionally in some fun activities will work wonders for your team’s productivity and motivation.

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Factual Rolls Out New Data Product

socalTECH

Los Angeles-based location data provider Factual rolled out a new product, Data Enrichment , which the company said allows businesses to "enrich first-party customer data" with its own, real-world visitation data. Pricing on the new product was not announced. Factual is led by founder and CEO Gil Elbaz. READ MORE>>.

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