Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 4, 2021

After working many years in business, both in large companies as well as startups, I’ve realized that you can learn more from peers and mentors than from any formal education program. Mentoring supplements but doesn’t replace the need to continue education through industry conferences and networking.

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socalTECH

AUGUST 28, 2018

Santa Monica-based Happy Returns , which is helping e-commerce retailers provide a better level of customer satisfaction, is expanding its network of locations in an extension of a deal with the Paper Source. According to the two companies, they are expanding a partnership where Paper Source is hosting Return Bars in its stores.

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Santa Monica Satisfaction Commerce Networking 100

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 22, 2012

You hear a lot of talk these days about the importance of customer satisfaction, but customer loyalty is the real win. A satisfied customer is necessary, but not sufficient, to be a loyal customer who will come back repeatedly, refer their friends and family to you, and be faithful even when your price is not the lowest.

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Customer Custom Startup Competition 104

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 12, 2022

Every new entrepreneur has to initiate the right actions to be perceived as a leader in their chosen business domain by their team and by their customers, or the road to success and satisfaction will be lost along the way. Constantly strengthening your network of relationships. No entrepreneur can build a business alone.

Startup 127

Startup Training Entrepreneur Resource 127

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 31, 2022

Too many customers have long felt distanced from many successful brands, seeing them as closed and mysterious environments, focused only on profits and killing competitors. In fact, Conscious Capitalism companies, for example, historically have outperformed the S&P 500 index by a factor of ten. Shared risks (open capital).

Organization 126

Organization Social Media Examples Customer 126

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 14, 2023

You are never the only alternative, hopefully just the best, in price, utility, and satisfaction. At some level of function, availability, and price performance, customers jump ship away from you. Bargaining power of customers. Small differentials and more competitors give customers higher leverage.

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Competition Startup Framework Pricing 88

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 6, 2022

These authors have enjoyed leadership positions in big companies, as well as small, and distill their advice from interviews with dozens of business owners of all sizes around the country. We are all jealous of the luxury brands , including Rolex and Armani, which thrive with their high profit margins and limited number of customers.

Satisfaction 92

Satisfaction Training Customer Custom 92

socalTECH

DECEMBER 28, 2020

What was the biggest news for you/your company this year? In 2020, the pandemic radically changed the customer acquisition process for many consumer-facing industries. It's been a tough year for many due to the pandemic; how have you or your company adapted to the business environment? ,p> Contact our editors for details.

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Technical Review Software Review Organic Search Startup 140

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 22, 2013

Many entrepreneurs think that adapting to the new technologies, like smart phones and Internet commerce, are the key to attracting new customers. High-technology product startups, without customers, don’t make a business. Solis outlines the heuristics of social psychology that are key to building positive customer experiences today.

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Customer Custom Startup Social Media 100

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 24, 2020

You are never the only alternative, hopefully just the best, in price, utility, and satisfaction. At some level of function, availability, and price performance, customers jump ship away from you. Bargaining power of customers. Small differentials and more competitors give customers higher leverage.

Competition 151

Competition Startup Framework Pricing 151

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 16, 2022

by Donna Cutting, who is a globally-recognized guru on employee culture and optimizing customer service. In my experience, a healthy team is a prerequisite for a thriving business, innovation to meet market needs, and high customer loyalty. Occupational satisfaction. Emotional stability. Spiritual connections.

Technical Review 141

Technical Review Mentor Social Media Customer 141

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 12, 2020

It allows investors to come into alignment with customers. Focus relentlessly and passionately on the customer. Bezos asserts that the advantage of being customer focused is that customers are always dissatisfied. Bezos asserts that the advantage of being customer focused is that customers are always dissatisfied.

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Slides Customer Custom Satisfaction 137

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 3, 2021

Smart potential customers only visit and buy from credible and memorable websites. In the past, if your startup had a website presence, the company was credible by definition. Until the company name is a famous brand, you are the brand. Follow-up for customer satisfaction. People buy from people.

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Web Search Engine Optimization eBook Advertising 117

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 20, 2022

They know how to communicate what they have to the best advantage, and generate more results and satisfaction for all parties. Espousing and living a higher-level purpose , such as saving the environment or helping the disadvantaged, can also amplify your influence with others, inside the company and outside. Confidence adds leverage.

Satisfaction 116

Satisfaction Social Media Summary Entrepreneur 116

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 12, 2020

Every new entrepreneur has to initiate the right actions to be perceived as a leader in their chosen business domain by their team and by their customers, or the road to success and satisfaction will be lost along the way. Constantly strengthening your network of relationships. No entrepreneur can build a business alone.

Entrepreneur 125

Entrepreneur Training Resource Customer 125

TechCrunch LA

SEPTEMBER 21, 2019

Landline , the operator of a bus network in the Midwest, is one of the latest companies to raise venture capital. The company is actually based out of LA, too, but has completed its initial launch in Minnesota, where there’s greater demand for short-term bus travel. WordPress parent company Automattic secures $300M.

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Services Startup Venture Capital Redpoint 207

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 2, 2021

Investors expect a great return for their risk, so they look for people who can look beyond the technology and their own passion to see a customer need that perhaps even the rest of us haven’t yet envisioned. The payoff will be a heightened personal satisfaction, as well as the resources you need to make it happen.

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Funding Startup Ideas Resource 152

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 9, 2020

The traditional model for hiring permanent employees who can grow their career with your company just doesn’t work, and can jeopardize your business before it even gets traction. Many successful new companies have moved more to self-management, or decentralizing the decision-making with few managers.

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Competition Startup Demand Training 168

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 12, 2018

In my experience, you will have the most satisfaction and success if you can combine a strong sense of “purpose” with a quantifiable business opportunity. Start networking to pull together a complementary team. Your ability to motivate other people along the lines of your passion will dictate future success, as well as satisfaction.

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Startup Satisfaction Entrepreneur Ideas 94

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 18, 2021

You see, I’m convinced that the entrepreneur makes the company, not the other way around. We have enough social network startups. You won’t be effective centering your life around someone else’s view of success, satisfaction, and happiness. Enlarge your circle of influence, and manage risk as an opportunity, not a negative.

Startup 148

Startup Entrepreneur Social Media Social Network 148

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 8, 2022

Should you start a company solo or find co-founders to help you? Offer low cash early, with bonuses or stock options for milestones, to people in your personal network. Should the founder keep the company small, try to adapt, or step aside in favor of a seasoned business executive? The founding team size dilemma.

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Startup USC Entrepreneur Statistics 130

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

In the past, if your startup had a website presence, the company was credible by definition. Until the company name is a famous brand, you are the brand. No name, picture, address, or business history only convinces customers that you are hiding, located in an un-trustable country, or don’t have a clue. People buy from people.

Search Engine Optimization 88

Search Engine Optimization eBook Advertising SEO 88

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 5, 2018

Customers and peers still expect follow-up and timeliness. Businesses grow based on customers served. Business connections and networking are still the source of major new clients, new job opportunities, and most promotions. There is no simple formula for delighting customers, and anticipating the next business challenge.

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Customer Custom Social Media Satisfaction 90

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 31, 2012

Many writers have outlined the critical success factors for product companies, like sell every unit at a profit, patent the design, and continuous product improvement. The distinction between product companies and services companies is easy to see. The distinction between product companies and services companies is easy to see.

Satisfaction 91

Satisfaction Patents Outsource Development Services 91

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 20, 2019

Too many customers have long felt distanced from many successful brands, seeing them as closed and mysterious environments, focused only on profits and killing competitors. In fact, Conscious Capitalism companies, for example, historically have outperformed the S&P 500 index by a factor of ten. Shared risks (open capital).

Organization 52

Organization Social Media Examples Customer 52

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 4, 2015

Many soon find that what you do in a personal context doesn’t necessarily translate to your business, and measuring business value is quite different from measuring personal satisfaction. Startups should begin by selecting just a few of the vast array of social media offerings out there, and customize based on results. billion users).

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Social Media Media Startup Tips 108

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

Many writers have outlined the critical success factors for product companies, like sell every unit at a profit, patent the design, and continuous product improvement. The distinction between product companies and services companies is easy to see. The distinction between product companies and services companies is easy to see.

Product 91

Product Services Satisfaction Patents 91

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 29, 2014

Many entrepreneurs think that adapting to the new technologies, like smart phones and Internet commerce, are the key to attracting new customers. High-technology product startups, without customers, don’t make a business. Solis outlines the heuristics of social psychology that are key to building positive customer experiences today.

Entrepreneur 100

Entrepreneur Social Media Technical Review Startup 100

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 13, 2014

Every new entrepreneur has to initiate the right actions to be perceived as a leader in their chosen business domain by their team and by their customers, or the road to success and satisfaction will be lost along the way. Constantly strengthening your network of relationships. No entrepreneur can build a business alone.

Entrepreneur 109

Entrepreneur Training Resource Satisfaction 109

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 22, 2015

Too many customers have long felt distanced from many successful brands, seeing them as closed and mysterious environments, focused only on profits and killing competitors. In the idea stage, get customers involved with an engaging contest. Shared clients and objectives (networked organization). Shared risks (open capital).

Startup 99

Startup Organization Social Media Customer 99

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 2, 2017

Many entrepreneurs think that adapting to the new technologies, like smart phones and Internet commerce, are the key to attracting new customers. High-technology product startups, without customers, don’t make a business. Solis outlines the heuristics of social psychology that are key to building positive customer experiences today.

Technical Review 55

Technical Review Technology Social Media Social Network 55

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 12, 2017

Too many customers have long felt distanced from many successful brands, seeing them as closed and mysterious environments, focused only on profits and killing competitors. In the idea stage, get customers involved with an engaging contest. Shared clients and objectives (networked organization). Shared risks (open capital).

Organization 57

Organization Social Media Customer Custom 57

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 15, 2017

Each time I mentor an entrepreneur, I learn new things about their technology, customers, and business domain. Expand your network on both sides (Networking). A key value of mentoring is getting access to each other’s networks, who can be new business partners or new mentors. Shared social media is the new networking.

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Mentor Technical Review LAMP Coach 61

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 10, 2019

Should you start a company solo or find co-founders to help you? Offer low cash early, with bonuses or stock options for milestones, to people in your personal network. Should the founder keep the company small, try to adapt, or step aside in favor of a seasoned business executive? The founding team size dilemma.

Startup 97

Startup USC Entrepreneur Statistics 97

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 13, 2014

Too many customers have long felt distanced from many successful brands, seeing them as closed and mysterious environments, focused only on profits and killing competitors. In the idea stage, get customers involved with an engaging contest. Shared clients and objectives (networked organization). Shared risks (open capital).

Organization 93

Organization Social Media Customer Custom 93

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 20, 2013

In the past, if your startup had a website presence, the company was credible by definition. Until the company name is a famous brand, you are the brand. No name, picture, address, or business history only convinces customers that you are hiding, located in an un-trustable country, or don’t have a clue. People buy from people.

Search Engine Optimization 105

Search Engine Optimization Startup Advertising SEO 105

InfoChachkie

JANUARY 16, 2018

Without taking a dime of outside capital, the company has achieved impressive success in a competitive, SaaS market segment, landing companies such as Nike, Intuit, NASA, AutoDesk and PBS. What makes their story more remarkable, in the age of 20-something billionaires, is that both of the company’s founders are in their 50’s.

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Venture Capital Entrepreneur Santa Barbara SaaS 115