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Praying to the God of Valuation

Both Sides of the Table

And then in the late 90’s money crept in, swept in to town by public markets, instant wealth and an absurd sky-rocketing of valuations based on no reasonable metrics. In those years I learned to properly build product, price products, sell products and serve customers.

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Six ways to make your site-app-product go viral.

Berkonomics

From its start in 2015, the number of registered users has “suddenly” climbed from 45 million in 2017 to a reported 300 million by the end of 2020. Well-tuned metrics are an absolute must. A pivot or product enhancement in reaction to user or customer comments will advance your chances of success. Here is my list.

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7 Indicators Of Business Traction You Should Celebrate

Startup Professionals Musings

Every entrepreneur is quick to tell friends and potential investors about his or her vision of changing the world, about all the customers who have expressed an interest, and about all the other investors who are lining up to get a piece of the action. Is your customer-acquisition rate accelerating? Margins should be increasing.

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8 Ways To Prepare Your Startup For Obstacles Ahead

Startup Professionals Musings

Maybe more important, you need domain knowledge, relationships and lots of potential customers. Every startup needs a simple elevator pitch, quantifying the value of its journey, that can be communicated in less than a minute to new team members, potential investors and customers. Define metrics to keep on track for the journey.

Startup 101
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7 Ways To Work Less But Get More Business Traction

Startup Professionals Musings

Based on my own many years of experience as both an employee and an executive, here are my key recommendations to improve your business productivity, traction and momentum: Implement business metrics, and tie incentives to results. In most businesses, 80 percent of the revenue comes from 20 percent of the customers.

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6 Keys To Proving A Viable Startup Business Model

Startup Professionals Musings

Proof of any business model starts with a finished product or solution, sold to a new customer for full price, with high satisfaction for the value received. Decide early where and when money will come from, set some milestones and metrics, and work to a plan, or be caught short. Customer support is more than handling exceptions.

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8 Ways An Investor Pitch Differs From A Product Pitch

Startup Professionals Musings

When pitching to investors, entrepreneurs always seem to start with a customer pitch, then add a slide or two about the business. In every case, the relevant pitch needs to start by highlighting a real customer problem, then outlining a new solution, with all the features and disruptive technology.

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