Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

Many writers have outlined the critical success factors for product companies, like sell every unit at a profit, patent the design, and continuous product improvement. The distinction between product companies and services companies is easy to see. The distinction between product companies and services companies is easy to see.

Product 91

Product Services Satisfaction Patents 91

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 24, 2015

Entrepreneurs need to document a process of responding to a market need, sizing opportunity, assigning a specific business model, and planning for marketing, sales, and customer satisfaction. Solution development and delivery. Typically some production and delivery is outsourced, requiring formal contracts and documentation.

Outsource Development 99

Outsource Development Startup Competition Ideas 99

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 21, 2015

The crowd gets the satisfaction of helping, with minimal risk, and no expectation of any high return. Product pre-order model. With this model, a startup pre-sells their product early, at a cheaper price, in exchange for a pledge. A much-touted success was the Pebble Watch on Kickstarter , with orders exceeding $10 million.

Venture Capital 108

Venture Capital Angel Satisfaction Equity 108

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 28, 2016

Entrepreneurs need to document a process of responding to a market need, sizing opportunity, assigning a specific business model, and planning for marketing, sales, and customer satisfaction. Solution development and delivery. Typically some production and delivery is outsourced, requiring formal contracts and documentation.

Ideas 62

Ideas Outsource Development Startup Competition 62

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 23, 2013

Here people make online pledges with their credit cards during a campaign, to pre-buy the product for later delivery, if it is ever built. There is no concept of ROI other than product. Sometimes contributors may get compensated later, but usually the rewards are just kudos and intellectual satisfaction.

Funding 99

Funding Satisfaction Sites Outsource Development 99

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 31, 2012

Many writers have outlined the critical success factors for product companies, like sell every unit at a profit, patent the design, and continuous product improvement. The distinction between product companies and services companies is easy to see. The distinction between product companies and services companies is easy to see.

Satisfaction 91

Satisfaction Patents Outsource Development Services 91

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 16, 2014

Outsourcing is just another extension of the virtual team concept to people you don’t even know. Respect engenders buy-in, without which members can’t take ownership of work product and work toward a common goal. Team members develop an understanding about their mutual dependence to achieve objectives. Marty Zwilling.

Startup 101

Startup Outsource Development Outsource Satisfaction 101

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 25, 2012

Here people make online pledges with their credit cards during a campaign, to pre-buy the product for later delivery, if it is ever built. There is no concept of ROI other than product. Sometimes contributors may get compensated later, but usually the rewards are just kudos and intellectual satisfaction.

Funding 96

Funding Satisfaction Sites Outsource Development 96

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 10, 2013

Outsourcing is just another extension of the virtual team concept to people you don’t even know. Respect engenders buy-in, without which members can’t take ownership of work product and work toward a common goal. Team members develop an understanding about their mutual dependence to achieve objectives. Marty Zwilling.

Startup 98

Startup Outsource Development Outsource Satisfaction 98

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 14, 2021

Start the product design process by thinking about what a historian in the future would look back on as the one big thing that changed everything. This idea helps to distill down the most important things to make or sell in a product. Amazon uses this technique internally for all new product design efforts. Marty Zwilling.

Entrepreneur 158

Entrepreneur Startup Outsource Development Design 158

SoCal CTO

DECEMBER 1, 2010

I continue to collect great content that is the intersection of startups, products, online and technology. Equity-Only CTO and Equity-Only Developers - SoCal CTO , November 1, 2010 I had a recent email dialog with the founder of a company looking for a CTO for their startup. Was it a Startup Founder Developer Gap ? Where is it?

Technical Review 175

Technical Review Startup Product Technology 175

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 3, 2019

Start the product design process by thinking about what a historian in the future would look back on as the one big thing that changed everything. This idea helps to distill down the most important things to make or sell in a product. Amazon uses this technique internally for all new product design efforts. Marty Zwilling.

Startup 105

Startup Outsource Development Entrepreneur Ideas 105

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 23, 2016

Start the product design process by thinking about what a historian in the future would look back on as the one big thing that changed everything. This idea helps to distill down the most important things to make or sell in a product. Amazon uses this technique internally for all new product design efforts. Marty Zwilling.

Startup 57

Startup Outsource Development Entrepreneur Ideas 57