Berkonomics

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

A product at the concept stage contains feature-functionality that customers may not want or be willing to pay for, or which just might not work well enough for release to the public. Allow for the cost and extra time for tweaks to the product or service. Surprises when the market meets your product.

Custom 156

Custom Customer Writing Product 156

socalTECH

JANUARY 23, 2013

With its latest product release, Los Angeles-based PromoJam is gambling on the first, and made managing and running social promotions much more like inhabiting a social network than running enterprise software. PromoJam debuted its brand new, self-service version of its social promotions tool today, PromoJam 2.0,

Tool 190

Tool Services Social Network Template 190

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 27, 2014

The critical success factors for a product business are well known, starting with selling every unit with a gross margin of 50 percent or more, building a patent and other intellectual property, and continuous product improvement. Start with a service you know and love. Don’t let your service be viewed as a commodity.

Services 105

Services Startup Training Writing 105

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 12, 2010

I recently wrote a post about avoiding the “ Deferred Life Plan &# and some related thoughts about personal productivity that came from Tim Ferriss’s book, The Four Hour Workweek. I would love to say that I’m the productivity guru. About six months ago I signed up for a service called PhoneTag run by Jamie Siminoff.

Product 280

Product Startup Email Technical Review 280

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

I’m over-paying for every check I write into the VC ecosystem and valuations are being pushed up to absurd levels and many of these valuations and companies won’t hold in the long term. We can’t wait for customers to use the product for 12–18 months and do customer interviews or look at purchase cohorts. Are we in a bubble?”

Venture Capital 471

Venture Capital Writing Invest Pricing 471

socalTECH

DECEMBER 4, 2012

The service, called Ebyline News Desk, allows publishers to create their own, custom feeds of original content. Pricing on the new product was not disclosed. Ebyline, which is headed by Bill Momary, said the new service looks to fill the game that traditional wire services have been unable to fill. READ MORE>>.

Services 147

Services News Hollywood Entertainment 147

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 17, 2016

The critical success factors for a product business are well known, starting with selling every unit with a gross margin of 50 percent or more, building a patent and other intellectual property, and continuous product improvement. Start with a service you know and love. Don’t let your service be viewed as a commodity.

Services 61

Services Startup Training Writing 61

Berkonomics

DECEMBER 31, 2020

The company created a product that could be delivered as a service to medical clinicians anywhere in the world, enhancing their ability to understand their patents’ problems and needs in less time, using the expertise built into an AI expert system created by the best minds in many medical specialties.

Equity 156

Equity Writing Education Research 156

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 15, 2022

You can jump into social media with a poor brand definition, poorly focused content, unrealistic expectations of customer service, or be killed by malware or viruses. Assess social media relevance to your product or service. If your business is industrial B2B products, social media should be low on your list.

Social Media 126

Social Media Media Startup Platform 126

Tech.Co

DECEMBER 29, 2023

Bobbie One startup that's proved to have the formula for success this year is Bobbie – the first infant formula to be certified as organic by the USDA, and the fastest-growing product of its kind to enter the US market since the 1980s. Organic milk formula product Bobbie. million site visits in October alone. Gumroad homepage.

Startup 213

Startup Generative AI Newsletter Tool 213

Berkonomics

MARCH 5, 2020

First: Product risk. . Is the product or service possible to produce at all, let alone economically enough to. One way to mitigate this is by using early money to create a prototype, to perform market research, to complete the first generation of the product, or to deliver the service to a satisfied customer.

Outsource Development 156

Outsource Development Ideas Resource Patents 156

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. If you want to connect with customers, put aside your writing formalities. Then write it down.

Content 146

Content Newsletter Competition Writing 146

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 14, 2015

This term refers to the penchant to add just one more feature to the product or service before first delivery, just because you can. The result is a bloated first product which finally collapses under its own weight, or is too late and too expensive for the intended customer. Define milestones for cost review and sign-off.

Technical Review 104

Technical Review Product Software Review High Tech 104

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 8, 2013

Los Angeles-based freelance writing marketplace Ebyline said this week that it has launched a brand new product, which helps WordPress publishers pay contributors to their WordPress blog. Ebyline said the service costs 8% to cover the processing costs of sending those payments to authors. READ MORE>>.

Blogging 186

Blogging Writing Los Angeles Software 186

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 20, 2012

Why is it that most of the business plans I see are really product plans? I define a product plan as a detailed description of your product or service, with a bit of business thrown in at the end. A business plan is a detailed description of your business, with a bit of product description thrown in near the front.

Product 92

Product Outsource Development Competition Outsource 92

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 26, 2022

Most business advisors I know will say that writing a business plan is the first step to starting your own business, but I believe that a better first step is to do a self-analysis of your real drivers, strengths, and assumptions before committing to this lifestyle. You can’t really succeed in life if you are not happy.

Social Media 105

Social Media Writing Ideas Resource 105

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 29, 2011

Why is it that most of the business plans I see are really product plans? I define a product plan as a detailed description of your product or service, with a bit of business thrown in at the end. A business plan is a detailed description of your business, with a bit of product description thrown in near the front.

Product 93

Product Entrepreneur Outsource Development Competition 93

Eric Greenspan

MAY 29, 2010

Make It Work is an extreme customer service company. We really do want to “delight every customer we serve&# ( 30,000+ customer testimonials to prove it ) and this is just one more tactic in our ultimate strategy of providing “Extreme Customer Service.&#. Customer Service Representative. Eric Greenspan.

Social Media 214

Social Media Custom Customer Media 214

socalTECH

DECEMBER 19, 2012

Do you have a hard time concentrating and keeping on task, particularly for concentration intensive tasks like writing, coding, and reading? A new Los Angeles Startup, focus@will , said this morning that it has launched a private beta of a service to do just that, by using music.

Help 203

Help Writing Research Web 203

Berkonomics

NOVEMBER 9, 2017

Simply, it’s offering a specific product or service to a specific group of people. Where else are consumers going to find your product, if no one else is offering it or if other companies offer it, but haven’t found the right niche audience? Think about your product or service. What Is niche marketing?

Marketing 266

Marketing Resource Advertising Social Media 266

TechCrunch LA

JUNE 17, 2020

” Writers need to submit an idea and a writing sample from today through July 6. Brian and Ron run one of the most creative and forward-thinking production companies in the business,” said Tendo Nagenda, Vice President of Netflix Films.

Netflix 137

Netflix Entertainment Hollywood Writing 137

Berkonomics

JULY 20, 2017

A product at the concept stage contains feature-functionality that customers may not want or be willing to pay for, or which just might not work well enough for release to the public. Allow for the cost and extra time for tweaks to the product or service. Our variant of the “battle plan” truism is important to internalize.

Customer 256

Customer Custom Writing Product 256

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 30, 2019

What every entrepreneur needs more than anything else, after they have built an innovative new product or service, is visibility, credibility, and trust by customers, potential employees, and future business partners. Successful businesses require the best people to deliver your vision and services one step better than the competition.

Writing 19

Writing Technical Review Entrepreneur Advertising 19

Berkonomics

MARCH 25, 2021

Know the cost to move from your existing platform and estimate the switching costs for moving from a competitor’s product or service to yours. Increase the barriers to your customer’s switching, not just with excellent service, but with some form of personal touch. Here’s important homework for your marketing effort. What to do?

Competition 156

Competition Custom Customer Email 156

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 27, 2016

I answered in the same way I always do so I thought I’d just write it publicly. “I I spend hours thinking about the products, competitors, market opportunities, recruiting and financing of these businesses. I am much more attracted to technical product teams than to new business concepts or commerce types. I fall in love.”

Invest 254

Invest Writing Pricing Metrics 254

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 8, 2023

Look at internal services versus external services. Customer-facing services, like call centers, should rarely be outsourced. Internal services, like marketing and accounting, are more manageable and have less customer visibility. But customers are not looking yet another homogeneous product or service, so be careful.

Software Review 114

Software Review Technical Review Outsource Development Outsource 114

socalTECH

APRIL 24, 2013

Los Angeles-based Focus@will , the operator of the music streaming service aimed at helping users become more productive, said today that it has is launching its paid subscription service to consumer tomorrow. Focus@will said it also plans to released Android and iOS versions of the service soon. a month or $34.99

Study 145

Study Writing Mobile Los Angeles 145

Berkonomics

MARCH 14, 2019

First: Product risk. . Is the product or service possible to produce at all, let alone economically enough to compete in the marketplace? Email readers, continue here…] Are you ahead or behind the market with your product or service? Will the public respond in numbers to buy, license or rent your offering?

Outsource Development 120

Outsource Development Ideas Resource Patents 120

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 3, 2013

She entered you reservation by writing in a time slot in a paper calendar and you were in. Today they announced the mobile version of their product – I’d be grateful if you would download it and give it a spin. and then took the lid off of the product by announcing the company – I wrote about that here.

Development Team Review 324

Development Team Review Course Writing Mobile 324

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 1, 2022

One of the best ways to assess development risk is to build and test a prototype, or minimum viable product (MVP). Write down your business model and five-year plan. I believe that writing down your business plan has tremendous value for you, even if you don’t need investors. Plan for change before the crisis.

Ideas 145

Ideas Startup Case Study Writing 145

Berkonomics

MAY 8, 2014

I am chairman of a company that, as I write this, is twelve years old and has not yet taken a dollar of outside investment. Grant writing takes skill and immense amounts of time. The company has been funded entirely by grants from the National Institute of Health, amounting to millions of non-dilutive dollars in all.

Company 166

Company Companies Writing Education 166

Eric Greenspan

APRIL 22, 2013

Some write about relationships and others about sex. Each of these “moms” spend their days researching products and services that may benefit their respective audience. Each of these “moms” spend their days researching products and services that may benefit their respective audience.

Help 154

Help Social Media Sample Writing 154

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 13, 2020

Look at internal services versus external services. Customer-facing services, like call centers, should rarely be outsourced. Internal services, like marketing and accounting, are more manageable and have less customer visibility. But customers are not looking yet another homogeneous product or service, so be careful.

Outsource Development 122

Outsource Development Outsource Software Review Technical Review 122

SoCal Tech Calendar

MARCH 22, 2019

At our next event, the panel of Investors will focus on Early-Stage Venture Investing: How to meet investors, pitch them, and what it really takes to get them to write you a check! Exhibitor passes include: - 3 tickets - Table top to display product / service - 4-minute speaking slot at the end of the normal 60- second pitches.

Los Angeles 100

Los Angeles Venture Capital Angel Conference 100

SoCal Tech Calendar

MARCH 20, 2019

At our next event, the panel of Investors will focus on Early-Stage Venture Investing: How to meet investors, pitch them, and what it really takes to get them to write you a check! Exhibitor passes include: - 3 tickets - Table top to display product / service - 4-minute speaking slot at the end of the normal 60- second pitches.

San Diego 100

San Diego Venture Capital Conference Angel 100

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 13, 2019

You can jump into social media with a poor brand definition, poorly focused content, unrealistic expectations of customer service, or be killed by malware or viruses. Assess social media relevance to your product or service. If your business is industrial B2B products, social media should be low on your list.

Social Media 79

Social Media Media Invest Tool 79

Berkonomics

MARCH 15, 2012

First: Product risk. Is the product or service possible to produce at all, let alone economically enough to compete in the marketplace? Are you ahead or behind the market with your product or service? Second: Market risk. Will the public respond in numbers to buy, license or rent your offering?

Outsource Development 200

Outsource Development Ideas Resource Patents 200