Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 3, 2022

Here is an outline of some key force multipliers that I have seen used effectively in the ongoing battle for business survival and success: Establish a presence on multiple social media channels. Amazingly, I still find that many small businesses still don’t use any social media, much less appear on a range of platforms.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 1, 2022

Learn to speak a new customer-specific dialect based on current research and homework. Don’t dumb it down for social media. Many entrepreneurs fear giving away their very best insights, strategies, or tools via social media – it might diminish the demand and the profit. Don’t fall into the marketing-speak trap.

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Marketing Startup Social Media Technical Review 141

Berkonomics

NOVEMBER 9, 2017

You’ll have less competition. If you’ve taken the steps to research your market and niche, the chances are that you’re taking your business seriously. Create social media posts with links to your site that drive search engine scores and increase search traffic. So, what other benefits are there to niche marketing?

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Marketing Advertising Resource Social Media 266

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 4, 2023

This point was highlighted well in the classic book, “ Disrupting Digital Business ,” by R “Ray” Wang, CEO and Principal Analyst of Silicon Valley-based Constellation Research. The speed, interactivity, and sharing we can do today through the social media networks of Twitter, Facebook, and many others is a major force multiplier.

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TechCrunch LA

MARCH 18, 2019

The ARPANET, as it was called back then, was designed by government, industry and academia so scientists and academics could access each other’s computing resources and trade large research files, saving time, money and travel costs. If we ask what we could have done to mitigate some of these problems, one can easily name two.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 9, 2023

Research continues to show that diversity and inclusion are crucial for improved team morale and engagement, as well as in ensuring the team brings it’s best to the market. Every team member needs stimulation to broaden their horizons, correct weaknesses, and understand competitive strategies.

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Tech.Co

SEPTEMBER 6, 2024

According to research from Goldman Sachs, 77% of small businesses are currently concerned about their ability to access capital – but it’s not a lost cause. Bursary packages range from $1,000 to $3,500, and the scheme is open to mission or social good organizations and for the first time, individual applicants too.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

Of course you need to discount any investor competitive positioning, but local investment group leaders will quickly tell you the strengths and terms of active investors in your area. Do research on investor visibility via Google and social media.

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Technical Review Startup Innocal Offshore 138

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 28, 2023

There is also the wealth of social media digital tools, like Facebook, Twitter, and Yelp, which allow feedback, engagement, and collaboration with customers like never before. Research the subject to learn from the work of others. Immerse yourself in the problem, to explore possible solutions. Marty Zwilling

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 9, 2023

With the advent of interactive social media, as well as high-bandwidth video tools, there is no excuse for not involving real customers, and prospects who fit the desired demographic. With these, you apply common tools, such as field research, user groups, questionnaires and interviews.

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Design Customer Custom Product 105

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 30, 2022

His research indicates that they don’t have any old-fashioned customer loyalty, and they want precisely what appeals to them at the moment, preferably customized just for them. This is a key moment where your customer acquisition costs go way down, and your profits go way up. This new world is all about empowered customers.

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Customer Custom Startup Course 146

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 1, 2020

This point was highlighted well in the classic book, “ Disrupting Digital Business ,” by R “Ray” Wang, CEO and Principal Analyst of Silicon Valley-based Constellation Research. The speed, interactivity, and sharing we can do today through the social media networks of Twitter, Facebook, and many others is a major force multiplier.

Tips 124

Tips Social Media Software Review Course 124

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 26, 2022

With social media and smart phone apps, real product information spreads at astounding speeds. Let your continuous innovation become your sustainable competitive advantage. Most small businesses have now forgotten the recent pandemic, and are back to “business as usual.” They don’t realize that business as usual is gone forever.

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Technical Review Organization Social Media Entrepreneur 151

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 23, 2020

With the advent of interactive social media, as well as high-bandwidth video tools, there is no excuse for not involving real customers, and prospects who fit the desired demographic. With these, you apply common tools, such as field research, user groups, questionnaires and interviews.

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Customer Custom Design Product 150

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 19, 2020

Exciting new technologies these days range from the niche social media software platforms I see almost every month, to new transportation models, like consumer space travel and driverless autos. If you claim no competition, investors may perceive that you have no market, or you haven’t looked. Neither is positive.

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Technology Marketing Social Media Customer 127

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 12, 2022

Competitive advantages are rapidly vaporizing on these. Scaling is done first by customer alliances through social media, and later by distributed joint ventures and coopetition. Existing technologies have been “commoditized” globally. Many countries have learned to make products cheaper and better.

Startup 126

Startup Artificial Inteligence Entrepreneur Offshore 126

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

If you research the backgrounds on some of the most successful entrepreneurs, you will find some, like Mark Cuban , espouse the “go for it” risk everything approach to give you the motivation to keep going, while others recommend a more measured approach. The challenge is when and how to make the switch to the entrepreneur lifestyle.

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Startup Tips Coach Satisfaction 114

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 3, 2020

There is also the wealth of social media digital tools, like Facebook, Twitter, and Yelp, which allow feedback, engagement, and collaboration with customers like never before. Research the subject to learn from the work of others. Immerse yourself in the problem, to explore possible solutions. Marty Zwilling.

Startup 127

Startup Tool Entrepreneur Ideas 127

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 11, 2020

Of course you need to discount any investor competitive positioning, but local investment group leaders will quickly tell you the strengths and terms of active investors in your area. Do research on investor visibility via Google and social media.

Technical Review 124

Technical Review Funding Innocal Offshore 124

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 4, 2019

Learn to speak a new customer-specific dialect based on current research and homework. Don’t dumb it down for social media. Many entrepreneurs fear giving away their very best insights, strategies, or tools via social media – it might diminish the demand and the profit. Don’t fall into the marketing-speak trap.

Marketing 97

Marketing Entrepreneur Startup Technical Review 97

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 3, 2020

His research indicates that they don’t have any old-fashioned customer loyalty, and they want precisely what appeals to them at the moment, preferably customized just for them. This is a key moment where your customer acquisition costs go way down, and your profits go way up. This new world is all about empowered customers.

Customer 124

Customer Custom Startup Course 124

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 1, 2019

Here are some key recommendations for building your branding plan: Find out who your customers are through social media. Now you can get direct contact and real insights by testing innovative messages through social media even before you rollout the product, and can tune both your message and the product.

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Social Media Customer Custom Mobile 73

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 3, 2012

But the low cost also means that your competition will also be there in force. Social media activities require professional effort and time, so beware the hidden costs. Engage your audience with social media. Social media is more than the “Big 4” of Facebook, YouTube, LinkedIn, and Twitter.

Startup 96

Startup Social Media Content Paid Search 96

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 1, 2020

With social media and smart phone apps, real product information spreads at astounding speeds. Let your continuous innovation become your sustainable competitive advantage. Most small businesses have now forgotten the last recession, and are back to “business as usual.” They don’t realize that business as usual is gone forever.

Tips 126

Tips Technical Review Organization Social Media 126

Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 6, 2012

DreamSwapp is an Android-based mobile application to help users record their dreams and share dreams with friends using social media. Research has shown that people can remember only 10% of their dreams when they wake up, and also that dreams have uses and meanings for psychological research. Competition?

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Template Social Media Media Research 82

socalTECH

MARCH 21, 2011

What do children's vitamins and social media have to do with one another? Gordon Gould , the co-founder of SmartPants, talks about the company and how it's applying what he learned founding ThisNext and from a long experience in the social media market to the consumer products goods area--what he describes as Brands 2.0.

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Web Social Media SEO Media 225

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 24, 2014

You can press a button, and it scans the social media chatter and organizes highlights aroundyou, of relevant conversations around a particular location and particular time. Ali Khoshgozaran: Before we started the company, me and my partner had participated in the USC Viterbi startup competition. How did Tilofy come about?

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USC Southern California Organization UCLA 236

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 18, 2015

Customers are more in control of their buying decisions than ever before, with the wealth of alternatives and information available online, and interactive access to sources they trust via social media. This includes recognizing that you have competition, and using the competitor offering to highlight your advantages.

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Customer Custom Sales Social Media 65

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 26, 2020

A business plan is the outward facing definition of the business you hope to drive with your hardware solution, with a hardware overview in the intro to highlight customer value and competitiveness. Call out your top competitors, highlighting your sustainable competitive advantage, including patents, trade secrets. and trademarks.

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Product Summary Startup Examples 169

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 12, 2017

Learn to speak a new customer-specific dialect based on current research and homework. Don’t dumb it down for social media. Many entrepreneurs fear giving away their very best insights, strategies, or tools via social media – it might diminish the demand and the profit. Don’t fall into the marketing-speak trap.

Tips 75

Tips Marketing Technical Review Startup 75

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 13, 2017

Every opportunity is global, but so is the competition. Today the market and competitive landscape are changing so fast that the best lever to growth is the ability to anticipate and adapt to change, to beat competitors and excite customers. Get in sync with customers by frequent customer interaction.

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Competition Customer Custom Social Media 60

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 15, 2015

This point was highlighted well in a book I just finished, “ Disrupting Digital Business ,” by R “Ray” Wang, CEO and Principal Analyst of Silicon Valley-based Constellation Research. The speed, interactivity, and sharing we can do today through the social media networks of Twitter, Facebook, and many others is a major force multiplier.

Social Media 99

Social Media Software Review Entrepreneur Course 99

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 5, 2014

Learn to speak a new customer-specific dialect based on current research and homework. Don’t dumb it down for social media. Many entrepreneurs fear giving away their very best insights, strategies, or tools via social media – it might diminish the demand and the profit. Don’t fall into the marketing-speak trap.

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Technical Review Tips Marketing Entrepreneur 103

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 12, 2013

But the low cost also means that your competition will also be there in force. Social media activities require professional effort and time, so beware the hidden costs. Engage your audience with social media. Social media is more than the “Big 4” of Facebook, YouTube, LinkedIn, and Twitter.

Social Media 93

Social Media Content Startup Web 93

Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 26, 2012

Your concept clearly is more developed than any of the competition. The color scheme of your pitch deck obviously will not insure you win a pitch competition. What I am saying is that you must approach a pitch competition like any other challenge or problem. Anyone can see this…except the judges. Are judges blind?

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Startup Competition Social Media Education 63

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 3, 2013

As outlined a while back by Adam Holden-Bache on Social Media B2B , I’m convinced that business-to-business has more money and more untapped opportunities, still waiting to be found: Find strategic partnerships. See who checks into your competition. Track the competition. Inexpensive lead generation.

Competition 84

Competition Entertainment Advertising Social Media 84

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 9, 2019

Competitive advantages are rapidly vaporizing on these. Scaling is done first by customer alliances through social media, and later by distributed joint ventures and coopetition. Existing technologies have been “commoditized” globally. Many countries have learned to make products cheaper and better.

Entrepreneur 87

Entrepreneur Offshore Technical Review Outsource 87