InfoChachkie

JUNE 9, 2011

Semantic technology is important… we can aggregate individual lists into the wisdom of crowd aggregations which are more statistically meaningful than one person’s opinion about a topic.”. Do you see crowd-ranked lists as ultimately competitive or complimentary to traditional and curated search?

Google 264

Google Organic Search Sites Startup 264

Berkonomics

OCTOBER 25, 2012

Not long ago, the board of one of my companies sat through an extended meeting just eight months after receiving a significant eight figure VC cash injection, reviewing income statements, budgets, sales statistics, Internet customer trends, and more. We discussed these with management thoroughly for a total of four hours.

News 166

News Statistics Resource Sales 166

InfoChachkie

OCTOBER 20, 2010

However, unlike Mr. Jackson, Cal was a selfless, self-effacing player who routinely played with injuries and placed his team’s victories ahead of his personal statistics. Cal Ripkin, Jr. was also a baseball superstar. During a 17-year period, he played in 2,362 consecutive games, earning him the nickname “Iron Man”.

Statistics 212

Statistics Press Product Startup 212

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 30, 2021

Examine the marketplace and your competition. Statistics say that the failure rate for new businesses within the first 5 years is as high as 90 percent. If you are a person who likes stability and control, or if you prefer when things go as planned, the roller-coaster ride of a new business may not be right for you.

Entrepreneur 169

Entrepreneur Startup Statistics Guide 169

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 4, 2014

Los Angeles-based Radical.FM (www.radical.fm) thinks it has a new formula for Internet streaming, and can take on Pandora and others in head to head competition. I think we''re simply too small and too new of a service to have any kind of statistical base we could extrapolate. Explain what Radical.FM

Startup 237

Startup Services Advertising Content 237

Berkonomics

OCTOBER 28, 2021

Some even quote the total available market (TAM) which includes market statistics for an entire niche – for products or services far removed from yours, but perhaps from the same customer base. Be sure you can back up your claim with some form of research, then work to perfect the differentiation you offer against the competition.

.Net 156

.Net Statistics Marketing Research 156

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 4, 2021

What most people don’t realize is, according to recent statistics , despite top positioning, only a quarter of sites selected comes from paid search. Thus I recommend that you stick with organic search, and use SEO to raise your ranking. Campaign setup and ad copy writing. Tracking and performance reporting.

PPC 154

PPC SEO Paid Search Search Engine Optimization 154

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 15, 2022

Surdak emphasizes that the goal is to either mitigate some of the pressure caused by data growth or to put that pressure to work for you in growing your startup and remaining competitive: Focus: play to your strengths. Startups should seek to continually improve performance through statistical analysis and predictive monitoring.

Startup 126

Startup Social Media Entertainment Metrics 126

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 31, 2010

In fact, many of these people can adjust the company presentations on the fly as you roll out new product features or can reposition versus the competition as they get feedback from customer losses. of all statistics are made up , but the truth is that many analysts are great and help customers frame the decisions they need to reach.

Sales 286

Sales Newsletter Technical Review Activity 286

InfoChachkie

JULY 2, 2012

However, unlike Mr. Jackson, Cal was a selfless, self-effacing athlete who routinely played with injuries and placed his team’s victories ahead of his personal statistics. Cal Ripken, Jr. was also a baseball star. During a 17-year period, he played in 2,362 consecutive games, earning him the nickname “Iron Man.”

Startup 182

Startup Class RSS Statistics 182

TechCrunch LA

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

In today’s highly competitive ad environment, both content and data are kings. To help companies make informed business decisions, we are building statistical models that show information at higher-than-the-platform level. The key takeaway? Editor’s note: The interview below has been edited for length and clarity.

Commerce 211

Commerce Content Marketing Startup 211

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 6, 2020

The pace of change to stay competitive in business today continues to increase. In addition, even a small sample size shows statistically valid results for large changes. Even big changes, like a new business model, can have few elements and be validated by an experiment. Changing too many factors at once is never a smart risk.

Sample 124

Sample Customer Custom Tool 124

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 5, 2021

If you don’t have a destination, don’t waste your money trying to get there, and don’t expect anyone to support you along the way Projecting financials is a natural extension of the homework every entrepreneur needs to do on customer opportunity size, product costs, pricing, competition and customer value.

Startup 147

Startup Pricing Sales Statistics 147

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 21, 2022

The price of entry can be less than $10,000, so the competition is huge and growing rapidly. Yet according to other statistics, vanishing few of these ever generate a significant profit. One of the quickest ways to become an entrepreneur these days is to develop and publish a smartphone app.

Develop 138

Develop Development Platform Mobile 138

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 20, 2020

Nearly $50 billion is being spent annually on direct mail, according to statistics , and the amount has been increasing each year. Some consider direct mail very expensive or dead as a lead-generation tool. Yet it is more alive than ever before. Cold calling. How many of these lead generation techniques are funded in your business plan?

Customer 146

Customer Custom Marketing Startup 146

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 9, 2022

Start by reviewing current statistics, like the recent Social Media Marketing Benchmark Report 2022 , to learn which social media sites are most popular, which features drive the most impact today, and how other social media marketers have maximized their efforts and seen the greatest ROI. Marty Zwilling.

Social Media 135

Social Media Framework Media Metrics 135

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 12, 2022

The solution is to establish and maintain a culture and processes that don’t view change as a discrete event to be spotted and managed, but as an ongoing opportunity to improve competitiveness. If your people and your startup do not change, statistics say you won’t survive. In summary, change will happen. Marty Zwilling.

Startup 116

Startup Training Statistics Summary 116

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 31, 2015

Surdak emphasizes that the goal is to either mitigate some of the pressure caused by data growth or to put that pressure to work for you in growing your startup and remaining competitive: Focus: play to your strengths. Startups should seek to continually improve performance through statistical analysis and predictive monitoring.

Startup 106

Startup Social Media Entertainment Metrics 106

Berkonomics

SEPTEMBER 19, 2019

I recall that the board of one of my companies sat through an extended meeting just eight months after receiving a significant eight figure VC cash injection, reviewing income statements, budgets, sales statistics, Internet customer trends, and more. We discussed these with management thoroughly for a total of four hours.

News 120

News Statistics Resource Sales 120

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 24, 2020

The price of entry can be less than $10,000, so the competition is huge and growing rapidly. Yet according to other statistics, vanishing few of these ever generate a significant profit. One of the quickest ways to become an entrepreneur these days is to develop and publish a smartphone app.

Mobile 126

Mobile Develop Development Platform 126

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 14, 2012

Sales data needs to be correlated to advertising campaigns, price changes, seasonal forces, competitive actions, and other cost of sales. Again, be sure to check industry norms for your type of business to see if you are competitive. Over time, you cost of acquisition should go down as growth and your brand image goes up.

Metrics 106

Metrics Startup Sales Statistics 106

socalTECH

MARCH 31, 2014

Whether that''s for competitive analysis or market analysis, our product is basically able to monitor--on a very large scale--things that are important to your particular company. We''re looking for lighting bolts in time which are important. It''s designed for business people. It''s about as complicated as Google Adwords.

Orange County 245

Orange County Startup News IBM 245

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 19, 2022

Based on statistical data , it typically takes eight months for a newly hired employee to reach full productivity, and that doesn’t include hiring. Integrating the analytics of people management with business results is key to driving a winning strategy and long-term sustainability in today’s competitive and rapidly changing environment.

Tool 121

Tool Statistics Entrepreneur Metrics 121

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 11, 2014

The solution is to establish and maintain a culture and processes that don’t view change as a discrete event to be spotted and managed, but as an ongoing opportunity to improve competitiveness. If your people and your startup do not change, statistics say you won’t survive. In summary, change will happen. Marty Zwilling.

Entrepreneur 110

Entrepreneur Startup Training Statistics 110

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 11, 2019

Surdak emphasizes that the goal is to either mitigate some of the pressure caused by data growth or to put that pressure to work for you in growing your startup and remaining competitive: Focus: play to your strengths. Startups should seek to continually improve performance through statistical analysis and predictive monitoring.

Technology 97

Technology Social Media Startup Entertainment 97

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 3, 2012

But the low cost also means that your competition will also be there in force. Without a sustainable strategy, these challenges lead to the terrifying statistic that nine out of ten online businesses will fail, and lead to the current ratio of Internet failures to millionaires being thousands to one.

Startup 96

Startup Social Media Content Paid Search 96

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 8, 2022

That’s not an attractive statistic if you crave control and power. Turn these top ten dilemmas into your strengths, and you will have a competitive advantage, as well as the fun and satisfaction you sought to find in the entrepreneur lifestyle. You can’t have it all, just like your startup can’t be all things to all customers.

Startup 130

Startup USC Entrepreneur Statistics 130

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 14, 2013

Examine the marketplace and your competition. Statistics say that the failure rate for new businesses within the first 5 years is as high as 90 percent. If you are a person who likes stability and control, or if you prefer when things go as planned, the roller-coaster ride of a new business may not be right for you.

Entrepreneur 114

Entrepreneur Startup Statistics Guide 114

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 13, 2020

Write all goals in the future tense, be as specific as possible, and make an effort to raise each goal one level higher to set you above your competition. Statistics have shown that only three percent of the population have well-defined, clear written goals. Establish a clear visual picture of each goal.

Ideas 121

Ideas Writing Startup Entrepreneur 121

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 6, 2014

Surdak emphasizes that the goal is to either mitigate some of the pressure caused by data growth or to put that pressure to work for you in growing your startup and remaining competitive: Focus: play to your strengths. Startups should seek to continually improve performance through statistical analysis and predictive monitoring.

Startup 99

Startup Social Media Entertainment Metrics 99

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 28, 2019

These things are clearly good for morale, but its not so clear that they translate into a competitive advantage. Feelings are known to statistically produce the biggest impact on future performance, as well as morale. They are still looking for key leadership feedback that culture is driving their business.

Competition 76

Competition Coach Case Study Statistics 76

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 17, 2013

Sales data needs to be correlated to advertising campaigns, price changes, seasonal forces, competitive actions, and other costs of sales. Again, be sure to check industry norms for your type of business to see if you are competitive. Over time, you cost of acquisition should go down as growth and your brand image go up.

Metrics 100

Metrics Technical Review Sales Customer 100

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 21, 2020

The first page of the business plan better be an executive summary which gives the investor a taste of the financials, as well as opportunity, competition, and key executives. “I Real contracts, testimonials, and even statements of intent are much more effective, if not real revenue and growth statistics.

Technical Review 124

Technical Review Statistics Startup Social Media 124

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 16, 2023

Projecting financials is a natural extension of the homework every entrepreneur needs to do on customer opportunity size, product costs, pricing, competition and customer value. Check competitor numbers and industry average statistics to get you in the right range. Calculate investment amounts and timing.

Startup 116

Startup Pricing Sales Statistics 116

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 14, 2011

The solution is to establish and maintain a culture and processes that don’t view change as a discrete event to be spotted and managed, but as an ongoing opportunity to improve competitiveness. If your people and your startup do not change, statistics say you won’t succeed. In summary, change will happen. Marty Zwilling.

Startup 94

Startup Marketing Training Statistics 94

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 16, 2023

Nearly $50 billion is being spent annually on direct mail, according to statistics , and the amount has been increasing each year. Some consider direct mail very expensive or dead as a lead-generation tool. Yet it is more alive than ever before. Cold calling. How many of these lead generation techniques are funded in your business plan?

Marketing 114

Marketing Invest Social Media SEM 114

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 24, 2014

The first page of the business plan better be an executive summary which gives the investor a taste of the financials, as well as opportunity, competition, and key executives. “I Real contracts, testimonials, and even statements of intent are much more effective, if not real revenue and growth statistics.

Entrepreneur 119

Entrepreneur Technical Review Statistics Startup 119