Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 5, 2018

Unfortunately, too many of the technical entrepreneurs I mentor and advise are focused on their technology, and assume that the value will be self-evident to customers. Tech may be the tool, but hospitality – making life a little easier, more comfortable, and more enjoyable for your customer, is the winning focus.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 27, 2013

A winning product or service. Provide a simple yet complete description of your product or service and its competitive marketplace. Include any empirical evidence--including market research or technical analysis, if that''s appropriate--in order to bolster your case about why you believe you will succeed.

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Tech.Co

NOVEMBER 28, 2017

The aim, according to the private college’s press release, is to provide “mentoring, advising and access to resources for up to 15 student- and community-run companies with a philanthropic twist.” ” The incubator had two clients at launch, and plans to offer its services to clients for a length of five years.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 30, 2010

A winning product or service. Provide a simple yet complete description of your product or service and its competitive marketplace. Include any empirical evidence--including market research or technical analysis, if that's appropriate--in order to bolster your case about why you believe you will succeed.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 28, 2014

Gross margin (GM) is the amount of profit you make per sale of your product or service taking into account your total costs of selling that product or service. In these kinds of businesses I’m on the record as advising “ Ring the Freakin Cash Register.” Valuation. You really need to subtract the final month.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 10, 2011

Our own subsidiary, of a major technology company, started to repair and service competitive products in order to maintain our own technical staff and service capabilities. We retained legal council in Milan and were advised that we would loose if the case went to trial.

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Jason Nazar

APRIL 7, 2011

The Uger-Annoying Service Provider. Being a service provider is one of the greatest professions and one that should engender a great deal of trust and always start and end with solving other people’s problems. The WannaBe Board of Advisor. What’s the Remedy: Don’t ever offer to be a Board of Advisor unless your asked first.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 19, 2009

I spent nearly a decade building software for large companies and then advising companies on the same. He would have found somebody technical and inspired that individual to work for equity or deferred payment. Good entrepreneurs have a penchant for doing vs. over-analyzing. obviously don’t read this as zero analysis).

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 13, 2010

Our own subsidiary, of a major technology company, started to repair and service competitive products in order to maintain our own technical staff and service capabilities. We retained legal council in Milan and were advised that we would loose if the case went to trial. Respect local customs and practices.

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Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 21, 2014

Or what if you found out that it’s possible for hacker terrorists to disrupt 911 calls when emergency services might be needed most? Most of these complaints are against Rachel at Cardholder Services or one of her robotic minions … The pitches may vary but the punch line is always the same: “Press One to Learn More!”

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InfoChachkie

JUNE 25, 2009

As outlined in Beware the Consultant , be wary when selecting a professional services firm. Like most mature markets, the legal profession is highly segmented with respect to the services provided and markets served. Even so, the majority of firms focus on servicing well-established BDC’s. free weekly Infochachkie articles!

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 23, 2015

There is a second set of career discussions I have even more frequently than my “angel yourself” advice but this type is almost never discussed publicly in blogs, which tend to emphasize only billion-dollar opportunities, 20-something technical founders and Silicon Valley elitism. ” (Warren Buffett).

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TechEmpower

FEBRUARY 10, 2016

Often this situation is characterized as a “good problem to have” until you’re the technical person who needs to solve the problem—and quickly. Well, there are a number of technical reasons for applications suffering performance issues. Overall, performance is in the service of user expectations. So, why does this happen?

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 6, 2021

Based on my experience advising new entrepreneurs as well as more mature businesses, I recommend the following strategies for building business momentum, while still optimizing the limited resources of every small business: Find more customers that like what you do best. Focus first on finding more of the right customers.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 20, 2020

Most small businesses I advise still rely on traditional advertising models, assuming they can create enough media “noise” to get customers attention and sway them. This is technically called “permissioned,” and it comes in two forms: implicit and explicit. Converse on topics of purpose, not just products or service.

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Frank Addante

JUNE 4, 2006

We provide turnkey digital messaging appliances for enterprises, service providers and software developers to send marketing, e-commerce, CRM and customer service email. I decided that I was going to consult/advise a few companies and relax for a bit. So, I put him in charge of our data centers and technical operations.

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Frank Addante

MAY 15, 2006

After getting the run around from the CEO, I was advised to take action to remedy the situation. The advertising services group was sold to AskJeeves and then the company began a liquidation process to give tens of millions of dollars in capital back to its shareholders. The story is still not over yet.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 5, 2010

And that rep doesn’t just send an email to his boss – he has coffee with the head of customer service. I often advise these CEOs to make the tough choices early in the company’s history – either move up North or build your tech team in LA. He downs cold ones with the head of biz dev. What about offshoring?

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