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Don’t Be Fooled By All The Hype For Crowd Funding

Startup Professionals Musings

The new hot topic for entrepreneurs the last couple of years is crowd funding, which is anticipated to at least supplement, if not replace, the slow and mysterious process of current Angel and venture capital investors. People can invest (donate) money to a project which has good moral/ethical value. Good-cause crowd funding.

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Will the Real Crowd Funding Model Please Stand Up?

Startup Professionals Musings

The new hot topic for entrepreneurs these days is crowd funding, which is anticipated to at least supplement, if not replace, the slow and mysterious process of current Angel and venture capital investors. This new model will allow large numbers of “regular” people to invest small amounts each online to fund early startups.

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Scaling a Business by Cloning Yourself is Tough

Startup Professionals Musings

But recently I was asked about success factors for services startups, and I quickly realized that there is very little published to help the thousands of startups that fall in this category. Customers don’t like to see you learning on the job or outsourcing. Attract and retain the highly skilled and motivated people.

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Products vs Services – Critical Success Factors

Startup Professionals Musings

But recently I was asked about success factors for services startups, and I quickly realized that there is very little published to help the thousands of startups that fall in this category. Customers don’t like to see you learning on the job or outsourcing. Attract and retain the highly skilled and motivated people. Make it happen.

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Porter: Mobile Chores | The Constant Hustle and LA Tech, Interview with CEO Matt Lucido

Tech Zulu Event

Your chores can be outsourced through Porter. Today, we support four categories: house cleaning, dry cleaning – pickup and delivery, wash and fold – pickup and delivery, and dog walking. That’s the only thing that is outsourced. Which I have shown to do, but anybody who invests in tech, invests in team.

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Pour And Stir II – Managing Your Cost Per Customer

InfoChachkie

As Marketing Guru Guy Gabriel of Idea Engineering points out in Max Brand , viral marketing has made many an entrepreneur terminally ill. Paid Search – Customers which click on sponsored ads associated with search keywords fall into this category. Affiliates invest the up-front marketing expenses required to attract customers.

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In a Strong Wind Even Turkeys Can Fly

Both Sides of the Table

During the down market they were able to double down on recruiting, sales, outsourcing, new market entries and marketing (yes, with Tiger ads ). Investment in training, adherence to process, global knowledge sharing systems, quality control / partner reviews and campus recruitment programs that attracted the right talent. I love that.