Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 27, 2014

If your forte is a service, like consulting or web site design, it’s harder to find guidance on what will get you funded, and how you can scale your business. With services, scaling the business often implies cloning yourself, since you are the intellectual property and the competitive advantage. Capture your “secret sauce.”

Services 105

Services Startup Training Writing 105

Berkonomics

MARCH 5, 2020

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. First: Product risk. . Second: Market risk. .

Outsource Development 156

Outsource Development Ideas Resource Patents 156

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 16, 2012

Don’t waste your resources on the wrong ones. The first step toward a business with any idea is to write it down, and build a business plan around it. Usually these will not give you money, but will provide very inexpensive space to work and office services.

Resource 94

Resource Startup Organization Incubator 94

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 5, 2023

Don’t waste your resources on the wrong ones. The first step toward a business with any idea is to write it down, and build a business plan around it. Usually these will not give you money, but will provide inexpensive expert mentoring and office services.

Startup 122

Startup Funding Organization Incubator 122

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 17, 2016

If your forte is a service, like consulting or web site design, it’s harder to find guidance on what will get you funded, and how you can scale your business. With services, scaling the business often implies cloning yourself, since you are the intellectual property and the competitive advantage. Capture your “secret sauce.”

Services 61

Services Startup Training Writing 61

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. Assess your own resources as well as funding sources.

Social Media 105

Social Media Writing Ideas Resource 105

Berkonomics

NOVEMBER 9, 2017

Simply, it’s offering a specific product or service to a specific group of people. So, aiming a brand-new smartphone full of great features but increased complexity using AARP Magazine as your marketing resource just won’t get the job done. Think about your product or service. What Is niche marketing? This is easy.

Marketing 266

Marketing Resource Advertising Social Media 266

Berkonomics

MARCH 14, 2019

Is the product or service possible to produce at all, let alone economically enough to compete in the marketplace? 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. Second: Market risk.

Outsource Development 120

Outsource Development Ideas Resource Patents 120

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

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 13, 2019

There are hundreds of consultants out there who will take your money for guidance in this area, but I recommend that you start with some free resources on the Internet, or one of the many recent books on this topic. Assess social media relevance to your product or service. Communication and writing skills are required.

Social Media 79

Social Media Media Invest Platform 79

Berkonomics

JUNE 29, 2017

Trusted, close resources include sophisticated relatives, friends and business associates who know how to structure a deal as a win-win for you and for them, while allowing you to retain control over your vision and execution. So how does the statement above fit into this sandwich of alternatives? Trust works both ways.

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Invest Entrepreneur Sales Startup 243

Berkonomics

MARCH 15, 2012

Is the product or service possible to produce at all, let alone economically enough to compete in the marketplace? 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 200

Outsource Development Ideas Resource Patents 200

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 16, 2023

If you can’t write it down, you probably don’t understand it. Be a great resource for others. Writing, audios, and videos are all great ways to do this, since these all facilitate the one-to-many multiplier. You have to clearly understand what you want to achieve before you are likely to achieve it.

Social Media 94

Social Media Media Ideas Writing 94

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

socalTECH

JANUARY 18, 2011

What that did, is it helped us to expand the service to help publishers do the following: identify what content to write, how to distribute that content to various mediums, and how to monetize that content. Right now, news organizations write off the news cycle. In the process of doing that, we discovered some things.

Marketing 232

Marketing Funding Content Writing 232

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 4, 2016

Nowhere is this more apparent than working in a startup where you are definitionally under-resourced and trying to make big accomplishments in compressed periods of time. It’s hard enough building a valuable product or service in competitive global markets without spending time on unproductive tasks. That’s why focus is critical.

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Innocal Conference Help Study 255

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 9, 2017

There are hundreds of consultants out there who will take your money for guidance in this area, but I recommend that you start with some free resources on the Internet, or one of the many recent books on this topic. Assess social media relevance to your product or service. Communication and writing skills are required.

Social Media 66

Social Media Media Tips Platform 66

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 22, 2020

If you can’t write it down, you probably don’t understand it. Be a great resource for others. Writing, audios, and videos are all great ways to do this, since these all facilitate the one-to-many multiplier. You have to clearly understand what you want to achieve before you are likely to achieve it.

Social Media 126

Social Media Media Ideas Writing 126

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 4, 2019

There are lots of resources available for the challenge of that activity, including the Internet and mentors like me. Writing down key parameters will force you solidify the specifics, and mentally commit to them. Make the product or service come alive. Make sure your solution is defensible and unique.

Ideas 94

Ideas Slides Technical Review Patents 94

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 28, 2018

Don’t waste your resources on the wrong ones. The first step toward a business with any idea is to write it down, and build a business plan around it. Usually these will not give you money, but will provide inexpensive expert mentoring and office services.

Funding 94

Funding Startup Organization Incubator 94

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 13, 2021

They always give credit to the many things they learned, and the resources they needed, before risking their own career. I’m always impressed when I see very young people running a lemonade stand, selling t-shirts, or servicing a newspaper route. Write a business plan for your first startup. Find your level of passion early.

Satisfaction 135

Satisfaction Entrepreneur Startup Mentor 135

Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 11, 2013

How do you decide between a raw infrastructure provider or platform service, and how much work do you do yourself and how much should you rely on service providers? For example, IaaS providers will give you raw infrastructure like compute and storage resources. Your code sits directly on “top” of the infrastructure resources.

SaaS 90

SaaS Framework Resource Google 90

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 2, 2013

There are hundreds of consultants out there who will take your money for guidance in this area, but I recommend that you start with some free resources on the Internet, or one of the many recent books on this topic. Assess social media relevance to your product or service. Communication and writing skills are required.

Social Media 101

Social Media Media Entrepreneur Metrics 101

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 14, 2014

The three largest webmail services had over 1 billion global users at the end of 2011. Of course that website isn’t completely up to date but it’s a great resource for seeing the overall picture. People don’t want to speak to customer service reps. I don’t want to speak to customer service reps!!

Email 339

Email SaaS Venture Capital Google 339

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 18, 2019

In an era, where every single streaming music service seems to be the same thingindistinguishable from each otherhow do they differentiate and create customer loyalty? Cricket Wireless had us design, develop, and operate that platform, which was one of the first subscription music services built into your home. What is Super Hi-Fi?

Startup 113

Startup Artificial Inteligence Content Platform 113

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 22, 2018

I fought with landlords (when the real estate market crashed), venture debt providers (who wouldn’t take a hair cut when everybody else had to), the board (over compensation), our competitors (over everything) and any service provider who didn’t live up to our perceived contract (recruiters, accountants, sales lead companies, web hosting companies).

Startup 199

Startup Writing Demand Equity 199

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 28, 2012

I’ve wanted to write a blog post called “Mobile Second” for a long time to make this point more forcefully. They are location aware, which is important in personalizing the service offering. Try writing long reviews of a restaurant. I recognize there is an issue with resource scarcity. They do both well.

Web 334

Web Mobile Startup Software Review 334

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 8, 2010

If you’re a financial services firm blog about personal finance. Don’t just write a carbon copy of what somebody else is doing. OK, well, actually the first thing I did is come up with a list of 50 posts that I wanted to write. I didn’t want to run out of things to write about in the first 6 months.

Blogging 286

Blogging Startup Writing Summary 286

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 8, 2017

There are hundreds of consultants out there who will take your money for guidance in this area, but I recommend that you start with some free resources on the Internet, or one of the many recent books on this topic. Assess social media relevance to your product or service. Use strong communication and writing skills.

Social Media 58

Social Media Media Platform Tool 58

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 17, 2019

We not only have our Series A funds that can write $500k?—?$15 If you invest early and then pull back in the next 3 rounds your multiples on cash invested are much higher than if you keep writing checks. As I tell our LPs, “if I’m not making you slightly uncomfortable when I’m writing my first check I’m not doing my job.

Venture Capital 223

Venture Capital IP Startup Google 223

Berkonomics

FEBRUARY 25, 2016

After all, you have a paying relationship with these resources, and asking for help is not considered a daunting request. You must be willing to offer this freely, obviously ultimately connected to your product or service for implementation, but never claimed by you to be your idea.

Ideas 120

Ideas Sales Competition Venture Capital 120

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 15, 2013

Don’t waste your resources on the wrong ones. The first step toward a business with any idea is to write it down, and build a business plan around it. Usually these will not give you money, but will provide very inexpensive space to work and office services. Do it right and enjoy real progress in each step of the journey.

Entrepreneur 102

Entrepreneur Funding Incubator Startup 102

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 18, 2019

In an era, where every single streaming music service seems to be the same thingindistinguishable from each otherhow do they differentiate and create customer loyalty? Cricket Wireless had us design, develop, and operate that platform, which was one of the first subscription music services built into your home. What is Super Hi-Fi?

Startup 100

Startup Content Platform Artificial Inteligence 100

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 22, 2012

There are hundreds of consultants out there who will take your money for guidance in this area, but I recommend that you start with some free resources on the Internet, or one of the many recent books on this topic. Assess social media relevance to your product or service. Communication and writing skills are required.

Social Media 95

Social Media Media Startup Platform 95

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 27, 2016

Don’t waste your resources on the wrong ones. The first step toward a business with any idea is to write it down, and build a business plan around it. Usually these will not give you money, but will provide inexpensive expert mentoring and office services.

Organization 93

Organization Startup Incubator Ideas 93

TechCrunch LA

MARCH 31, 2021

” Much of this will look and feel like a Green New Deal, but sold under a package of infrastructure modernization and service upgrades that the country desperately needs. . The focus will be on distributed energy resources, retrofits of residential, commercial and municipal buildings; and clean transportation.

Startup 229

Startup Technical Review Invest Research 229

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 5, 2020

Each of these can go astray as follows: Your product or service hits unexpected snags. Keep control by writing every check personally, and manage receivable and payables tightly. You need your best people and real resources dedicated to early marketing and branding. Your customers and competition make unexpected moves.

Startup 131

Startup Entrepreneur Examples Custom 131