Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 2, 2022

Survey results show that more than 80% of consumers now receive advice through social networking sites prior to a product purchase. Perceived authorities guide decision making, by investing time, resources, and activity in earning a position of influence, leading to a community of loyalists who follow their recommendations.

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Southern California Edison Blog

OCTOBER 6, 2021

Below, you will find insights into what office amenity investments will help drive profitability at your property, bring in more businesses, and boost tenant happiness. . Consider upgrading your network to ensure tenants have reliable access to fast upload and download speeds to support their tasks and innovation. .

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TechCrunch LA

SEPTEMBER 21, 2019

Landline , the operator of a bus network in the Midwest, is one of the latest companies to raise venture capital. HappyOrNot nabs $25M for its customer satisfaction terminals . Groww, an investment app for Indian millennials, raises $21M. The business has closed a $3.85 Vianai raises $50M seed to transform machine learning.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 2, 2021

It is no secret that investors invest as much or more in the person, rather than the solution. If you are like the rest of us, and need every advantage you can muster, to get the funding and support you need for your new business, see how many of these non-product elements you can highlight in your next networking discussion.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 28, 2022

But because they can’t project excellent returns on investment, no investors will likely be interested. Do it because you love the cause, the service, or the product, and the challenges will get lost in the satisfaction and results you achieve along the way. Investors are not interested in non-profits. distributed cash aid from $137.9

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 12, 2020

For example, he continues to invest in space travel and energy harvesting ( Blue Origin ), even though we haven’t yet run out of energy, and we still have space for growth. As a side benefit, Amazon has ranked as #1 for customer satisfaction for many years in a row. It allows investors to come into alignment with customers.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 2, 2019

I found that role validated and highlighted in a new book, “ Scale or Fail ,” by Allison Maslan, who has built ten successful companies from the ground up, and consulted with many more in her current role as founder and CEO of Pinnacle Global Network. Your priorities must also include communicating the vision, and leading team meetings.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 1, 2019

Survey results show that more than 80% of consumers now receive advice through social networking sites prior to a product purchase. Perceived authorities guide decision making, by investing time, resources, and activity in earning a position of influence, leading to a community of loyalists who follow their recommendations.

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Customer Custom Social Media Technical Review 85

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 31, 2012

Networking and relationships. Networking is the way to stay current yourself and nurture those relationships. Create and maintain the highest level of customer satisfaction. Customer satisfaction is very important for all companies, but it is everything for a services company.

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Satisfaction Patents Outsource Development Services 91

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 26, 2019

But because they can’t project excellent returns on investment, no investors will likely be interested. Do it because you love the cause, the service, or the product, and the challenges will get lost in the satisfaction and results you achieve along the way. Investors are not interested in non-profits. distributed cash aid from $137.9

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Organization Satisfaction Startup Class 74

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 20, 2019

If you are at the funding stage, try the new crowd-funding platforms or micro-capital investments. Shared clients and objectives (networked organization). Establish vehicles, like a formal customer satisfaction program, to recognize and reward staff and customers for sharing what they can do to help you. Adjust accordingly.

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Organization Social Media Examples Customer 52

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

Networking and relationships. Networking is the way to stay current yourself and nurture those relationships. Create and maintain the highest level of customer satisfaction. Customer satisfaction is very important for all companies, but it is everything for a services company.

Product 91

Product Services Satisfaction Patents 91

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 22, 2015

If you are at the funding stage, try the new crowd-funding platforms or micro-capital investments. Shared clients and objectives (networked organization). Establish vehicles, like a formal customer satisfaction program, to recognize and reward staff and customers for sharing what they can do to help you. Adjust accordingly.

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Startup Organization Social Media Customer 99

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 29, 2014

Survey results show that 81% of consumers now receive advice through social networking sites prior to a product purchase. Perceived authorities guide decision making, by investing time, resources, and activity in earning a position of influence, leading to a community of loyalists who follow their recommendations.

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Entrepreneur Social Media Technical Review Startup 100

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 12, 2017

If you are at the funding stage, try the new crowd-funding platforms or micro-capital investments. Shared clients and objectives (networked organization). Establish vehicles, like a formal customer satisfaction program, to recognize and reward staff and customers for sharing what they can do to help you. Adjust accordingly.

Organization 57

Organization Social Media Customer Custom 57

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 2, 2017

Survey results show that more than 80% of consumers now receive advice through social networking sites prior to a product purchase. Perceived authorities guide decision making, by investing time, resources, and activity in earning a position of influence, leading to a community of loyalists who follow their recommendations.

Technical Review 55

Technical Review Technology Social Media Social Network 55

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 13, 2014

If you are at the funding stage, try the new crowd-funding platforms or micro-capital investments. Shared clients and objectives (networked organization). Establish vehicles, like a formal customer satisfaction program, to recognize and reward staff and customers for sharing what they can do to help you. Adjust accordingly.

Organization 93

Organization Social Media Customer Custom 93

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 22, 2013

Survey results show that 81% of consumers now receive advice through social networking sites prior to a product purchase. Perceived authorities guide decision making, by investing time, resources, and activity in earning a position of influence, leading to a community of loyalists who follow their recommendations.

Customer 100

Customer Custom Startup Social Media 100

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 25, 2017

But because they can’t project excellent returns on investment, no investors will likely be interested. Do it because you love the cause, the service, or the product, and the challenges will get lost in the satisfaction and results you achieve along the way. Investors are not interested in non-profits. distributed cash aid from $137.9

Organization 56

Organization Satisfaction Startup Class 56

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 26, 2015

Effective personal networking involves reaching outside your level of expertise, and interacting with people who can balance your perspective. Focus on advancing return on investment, rather than state of the art. Yet their business plans rarely get more than a page or two written.

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Technical Review Product Activity Technology 54

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 29, 2010

It doesn’t matter which side of the investment table you are on, you need to stay alert, or these guys will kill your dream. Every reputable investment firms has to file regular reports with the SEC. Ask for references, and call or visit previous “successes” of the company to verify experience and satisfaction. Another method?

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Offshore Tips Satisfaction Invest 70

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 25, 2010

High on my list is the joy and satisfaction of having helped many entrepreneurs face-to-face this year, and hopefully many more by my blog reaching out over the Internet. Venture capital investments are returning to startups. Venture capitalists invested $4.8

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Pricing Blogging Venture Capital Entrepreneur 80

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 2, 2011

You get the personal satisfaction of making something out of almost nothing. Starting small and nimble allows you to adjust and be flexible as you gain experience instead of being tied to a large concept by heavy investment in upfront costs. You can network to give and get referrals for other businesses.

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Startup Capital Blogging Ideas 92

InfoChachkie

JANUARY 16, 2018

We both made personal investments in the company. Greathouse: I know it’s difficult to estimate, but how much further along do you think you would be from a customer acquisition and revenue generating standpoint if you had taken in a few million in investment dollars? There can be quite a bit of satisfaction in that in itself.

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Venture Capital Entrepreneur Santa Barbara SaaS 115

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 19, 2013

I have a very public seed stage investment policy and awe.sm But I was part of a networking group called YPO , which has a subsection called “forum” in which a small group of your peers meets monthly to discuss life. The decisions were endless, the choices not obvious and the VC involved a pain in the ass.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 9, 2011

Rose, who has been described as "the Father of Angel Investing in New York" by Crain's New York Business, and a "world conquering entrepreneur" by BusinessWeek. He chairs New York Angels, one of the most active angel investment groups in the country, which has invested over $60 million into nearly 70 companies.

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Invest Angel Venture Capital Entrepreneur 88

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 7, 2011

It became a theme in my keynote at Caltech on the future of social networking. Leverage a feedback platform like Get Satisfaction or UserVoice. Seth also spoke about not accepting investment until after gaining traction. It then permeated my thinking and I began to explore the theme more as I looked around at web properties.

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Startup Venture Capital Web Ideas 286

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 11, 2020

As well, Jeff Bezos admits to having make an embarrassing number of bad investments, which he calls painful learning experiences, but he never gave up. The best way to start is to enable employee decision making on customer satisfaction issues. Rally people behind a higher purpose, not just a product.

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Entrepreneur Startup Ideas Software Review 131

SoCal CTO

DECEMBER 1, 2010

aka: An Open Letter to the Next Big Social Network) - 500 Hats , November 1, 2010 I've held off writing this post for a long time, because I couldn't quite get my head around all the issues. If network B has 20 users than it’s value is 400 (20*20). How to Take Down Facebook -- Hint: It Ain't Twitter. but: Something is Still Missing.

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Technical Review Startup Product Technology 175