TechEmpower

DECEMBER 11, 2023

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Software Development 295

Software Development Software Review Develop Development 295

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 21, 2023

Whether we are talking about startups or corporations, innovation requires a leader who can inspire others to step into the unknown. New product process. It starts with a vision, but benefits quickly from a structured process of idea generation, evaluation, prototyping, customer feedback, and success metrics. Idea management.

Coach 137

Coach Metrics Competition Ideas 137

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 29, 2015

As a business mentor, I sometimes feel besieged by people begging for my view and support of their latest idea. In reality, I like most ideas, but I have to tell them that the real challenge is taking the inspiration from a dream to a business. Attend trade shows and network to find the right players and pitch your product.

Ideas 104

Ideas Mentor Resource Entrepreneur 104

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 23, 2013

Some entrepreneurs seem to never stop talking about themselves, and all their accomplishments. The best ones talk more about how they have assembled a well-rounded team, and will continue to fill in the gaps. Talks about the implementation plan, not the idea. Customer needs and benefits first, then product features.

Ideas 108

Ideas Entrepreneur Funding Customer 108

Berkonomics

DECEMBER 3, 2020

Most innovations come from responding to a customer’s needs, or finding a niche where products need improvement or extension. Imagine the room in which several graduate business school student groups have gathered, tasked with coming up with an idea for a business plan competition. A thought exercise. Then remove it.

Startup 156

Startup Ideas Customer Custom 156

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 22, 2014

As a business mentor, I sometimes feel besieged by people begging for my view and support of their latest idea. In reality, I like most ideas, but I have to tell them that the real challenge is taking the inspiration from a dream to a business. Attend trade shows and network to find the right players and pitch your product.

Ideas 107

Ideas Mentor Entrepreneur Resource 107

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 11, 2015

Most aspiring entrepreneurs believe that a great idea alone will assure business success. Yet in this age when customers have a thousand alternatives, and are overwhelmed by a multitude of messages, sales efforts can make or break a business. Your first idea about where pain resides is nearly always wrong.

Sales 106

Sales Entrepreneur Customer Custom 106

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

In my years of advising startups and occasional investing, I’ve seen many great ideas start and fail, but the right team always seems to make good things happen, even without the ultimate idea. That’s why investors say they invest in people (bet on the jockey, not the horse), rather than the idea. The sales professional.

Technical Advisors 123

Technical Advisors Startup Outsource Development High Tech 123

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 3, 2013

Based on my own experience and feedback from friends, every investor is approached by at least ten entrepreneurs with a “hot idea” for a new business, for every one who has a real “plan” for a new business. In fact, you can find websites full of ideas, like these “ Free Innovative Ideas ,” by serial entrepreneur Kim E.

Ideas 106

Ideas Startup Summary CalTech 106

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 7, 2016

Most aspiring entrepreneurs believe that a great idea alone will assure business success. Yet in this age when customers have a thousand alternatives, and are overwhelmed by a multitude of messages, sales efforts can make or break a business. Your first idea about where pain resides is nearly always wrong.

Ideas 65

Ideas Sales Entrepreneur Customer 65

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

However, to be a great VC you have to hold two conflicting ideas in your head at the same time. We operate at scale and speed unprecedented in human history.” * I first wrote about the changes to the Venture Capital ecosystem 10 years ago and this still serves as a good primer of how we arrived at 2011, a decade on from the Web 1.0

Venture Capital 471

Venture Capital Writing Invest Pricing 471

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 21, 2014

You’d imagine that companies selling tons of shelfware would quickly meet their deserved fate in the market, yet the spin around a category of software can fool buyers into thinking they “must have this product to compete.” How frequently they’re using the product? I’m always paranoid about shelfware.

Marketing 354

Marketing Case Study Metrics Sales 354

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 25, 2020

Whether we are talking about startups or corporations, innovation requires a leader who can inspire others to step into the unknown. New product process. It starts with a vision, but benefits quickly from a structured process of idea generation, evaluation, prototyping, customer feedback, and success metrics. Idea management.

Coach 144

Coach Metrics Social Network Competition 144

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 22, 2012

I have a certain friend who called me a while back, all excited about his latest revelation. I’m sure you all realize that there could be quite a distance between a great idea and a great startup. Maybe the solution hasn’t yet been commercialized, but a patent has been submitted by someone else, putting your idea in jeopardy.

Ideas 97

Ideas Patents Startup Google 97

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 2, 2012

Based on my own experience and feedback from friends, every investor is approached by at least ten entrepreneurs with a “hot idea” for a new business, for every one who has a real “plan” for a new business. In fact, you can find websites full of ideas, like these “ Free Innovative Ideas ,” by serial entrepreneur Kim E.

Ideas 97

Ideas Summary Startup CalTech 97

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 7, 2011

Based on my own experience and feedback from friends, every investor is approached by at least ten entrepreneurs with a “hot idea” for a new business, for every one who has a real “plan” for a new business. In fact, you can find websites full of ideas, like these “ Free Innovative Ideas ,” by serial entrepreneur Kim E.

Ideas 104

Ideas Entrepreneur Summary Startup 104

Berkonomics

APRIL 11, 2019

Whether you have not been able to find companies doing “something like” the plan, or you has not considered the most obvious killer of new ideas – doing nothing, it is a faux pas that should never be allowed to happen. It could be that a larger competitor has met with its customers, promising to extend its product line into this very niche.

Competition 120

Competition Slides Research Sales 120

SoCal CTO

OCTOBER 15, 2009

Steve Gilison worked as a market researcher and product manager at a startup where my company, TechEmpower , did the software / web development. Remind me about your background Steve? I have about 11 years in the technology sector including roles doing market research, sales and product development.

Los Angeles 179

Los Angeles Product Angel Startup 179

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 18, 2016

When entrepreneurs introduce new products to the market, their passion and conviction often leads them to assume that every potential customer will see the immediate need and value, and will quickly adopt the solution. They are devastated when their business growth never starts or stalls, and they have no idea how to get it moving again.

Product 95

Product Case Study Customer Custom 95

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 18, 2014

Most technical entrepreneurs I know demand the discipline of a product specification or plan, and then assume that their great product will drive a great business. Serious investors, on the other hand, look for a professional business plan or summary first, and hardly ever look at the product plan.

Product 101

Product Entrepreneur Summary Activity 101

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 14, 2023

Ready to scale is when you have a proven product and a proven business model, about to expand to new geographies and markets. A software product is a classic example of a scalable solution, since it costs real money to build the first copy, but unlimited additional copies can be quickly cloned for almost no incremental cost.

Tips 135

Tips Invest Startup Outsource 135

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 26, 2021

For example, I worked with an entrepreneur a while back who was clearly intelligent, had a great idea, and communicated well. I sometimes find entrepreneurs who highlight that their strength is “ideas.” Unfortunately for them, building a business is all about implementation. Paul Allen was the idea visionary.

Entrepreneur 136

Entrepreneur Ideas Examples Mentor 136

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 11, 2023

Successful entrepreneurs are the ones who think the most creatively, not only in their initial product or service, but more importantly all through the stages of growth from startup to maturity. Sales people tend to remember the latest product when selling to clients, not the one best for that customer. Tricked by recency.

Marketing 119

Marketing Metrics Demand Statistics 119

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 30, 2022

Moore titled “ Crossing the Chasm ,” but most entrepreneurs have no idea how it relates to them. In fact, it’s all about the “focus” required to get early stage technology products across the deadly chasm from early adopters to mainstream customers. Product development chasm. Marketing and sales chasm.

Startup 150

Startup Technical Review Customer Custom 150

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 4, 2022

As a startup advisor and investor, I’ve met many aspiring entrepreneurs, and I often get asked the question, “I have a great idea for a startup – do you agree that it real potential?” To build a startup, you have to enjoy the broad range of challenges, from technical to marketing to sales to personnel. Marty Zwilling.

Entrepreneur 121

Entrepreneur Startup Ideas Sample 121

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 16, 2021

Richard Branson’s adventurer escapades are legendary, and Steve Jobs made new product presentations an experience, as well as a sales pitch and an education. Design is not just about making things look pretty. It gives a product structure and style, and makes it memorable and unique. Practice learning as an action sport.

Marketing 157

Marketing Design Entrepreneur Ideas 157

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 1, 2022

They skimp on the design of their website, procrastinate on the rollout to make sure the product is perfect, and get so excited about technology features that they forget about creating value for customers. How many customers will have any idea what this means to them? Don’t waste your time following up.

Marketing 141

Marketing Startup Social Media Technical Review 141

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 25, 2010

Only after they’re sold on you, do they want to see your plan and hear your idea, not the other way around. Some entrepreneurs seem to never stop talking about themselves, and all their accomplishments. Some entrepreneurs seem to never stop talking about themselves, and all their accomplishments.

Ideas 96

Ideas Funding Entrepreneur Customer 96

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 27, 2016

There is an old saying in the startup investor community, “Smart investors invest in the team, not the idea.” As an angel investor, I’ve learned to believe in this approach, since I have seen great ideas go astray, due to poor execution and I have seen apparently marginal ideas make millions, managed by a savvy entrepreneur.

Ideas 53

Ideas Technical Review Entrepreneur Advertising 53

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 31, 2022

Trying to do everything is a sure way to maximize stress, lower job satisfaction, and minimize productivity. If you are a genius at invention, for example, then that is the role you should seek to keep you motivated and productive. We all need to play to our strengths, and team with others for complementary needs.

Activity 108

Activity Satisfaction Metrics Startup 108

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 9, 2023

When entrepreneurs introduce new products to the market, their passion and conviction often leads them to assume that every potential customer will see the immediate need and value, and will quickly adopt the solution. They are devastated when their business growth never starts or stalls, and they have no idea how to get it moving again.

Case Study 89

Case Study Customer Custom Study 89

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 14, 2011

I have a certain friend who called me again a while back, all excited about his latest revelation. I’m sure you all realize that there could be quite a distance between a great idea and a great startup. Maybe the solution hasn’t yet been commercialized, but a patent has been submitted by someone else, putting your idea in jeopardy.

Ideas 94

Ideas Patents Startup Google 94

Berkonomics

JANUARY 31, 2019

Then we’ll address the success or failure of the buyer with your product… First the obvious case in point. And because there was consideration paid to you in the sale, that clause is binding upon you and is effective almost everywhere. Abandonment of your product line or your later new inventions.

Patents 120

Patents Sales Product Email 120

Berkonomics

JANUARY 31, 2019

Then we’ll address the success or failure of the buyer with your product… First the obvious case in point. And because there was consideration paid to you in the sale, that clause is binding upon you and is effective almost everywhere. Abandonment of your product line or your later new inventions.

Patents 120

Patents Sales Product Email 120

SoCal Tech Calendar

JUNE 14, 2016

We spoke with co-founder Ryan Costello about Santa Monica-based Event Farm (www.eventfarm.com), on how its software technology is being used to power high end, VIP events for large companies. The most obvious, is to drive sales. However, our approach is a whole new product category, part of the marketing cloud.

Sales 100

Sales Santa Monica Startup Orange County 100

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 20, 2022

Every entrepreneur assumes their product or service is so great that “word-of-mouth” will carry the day for them. Even great products need great marketing “content” to fuel the ascent of their online message. It’s all about content that will bring the masses to your business: Highly relevant. Lacks a sales angle.

Content 146

Content Newsletter Competition Writing 146

TechCrunch LA

AUGUST 9, 2022

The funding, a Series C, will be used to continue expanding Boulevard’s product and engineering teams and to build out more tools targeting an ever-wider set of users in the bigger wellness and beauty sector (those product additions are typically big — it most recently added a whole new payments feature).

Help 195

Help Startup UCLA Tool 195