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What Startup Advisors Do I Need?

SoCal CTO

A little while ago, I suggested that Every Web/Mobile Startup Should Have a Technical Advisor. I recommend looking at the Founder’s Institute Founder Advisor Standard Template (FAST) Agreement as a template for this relationship. This might be technology, marketing, sales, operations, international expansion, etc.

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5 Marketing Software Tools Every Business Should Have

Inverted Software

Considered to be the #1 landing page builder, Leadpages generates leads and sales for your business on the web, in emails, via text messaging, and on social media. Leadpages comes with 130+ free, mobile-responsive landing page templates for every industry. Optimove collects and consolidates your customer data.

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Interview with Carey Ransom, RealPractice

socalTECH

I like that startup to growth phase, and although I'm not an engineer, I've pretty much done everything else, from sales, marketing, to business development and product management in a company. The number one growth opportunity in the market is to reach those folks, using newer mechanisms like the web. It's all delivered over the web.

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A Startup’s Net Profit Score Is More Important Than Its Net Promoter Score

InfoChachkie

Shockingly, some of the recommended tactics pitched by NPS gurus could actually decrease your sales by solidifying a propensity to not promote your solution. Rather than blindly follow this advice, consider measuring your NPS after unpleasant customer interactions, via a web form. Tags: Entrepreneur Sales The Fringe.

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Great Startups Can Hook an Investor in 60 Seconds

Startup Professionals Musings

The elevator pitch should be the first few paragraphs of your business plan, your executive summary, your investor presentation, and the first page of your web site. Most importantly, avoid the most common mistake of turning this into a sales pitch for your product or service. A different message everywhere is no message.

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Kick-Start Your eCommerce Business for $100 or Less

Startup Professionals Musings

Personalize a simple web site. Customize your website using one of the tools above, selecting one of the standard templates for design and layout. A simple example might be mortgage calculator to add to your real estate sales site. You probably want at least a home page, product page, order page, and contact page.

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‘Do-It-Yourself’ Startups Have Never Been Easier

Startup Professionals Musings

Personalize a simple web site. Customize your website using one of the tools above, selecting one of the standard templates for design and layout. A simple example might be a mortgage calculator to add to your real estate sales site. Or, fall back to the old standby DreamWeaver by Adobe.

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