Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 24, 2021

That means that people addicted to text messages, twitter, and email may be sending less than half the message, and receivers often misinterpret even that half. As well, email volume just continues to increase. Where body language is part of the message, it definitely is not. Palm-to-palm contact is important for sincerity.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 19, 2021

Another mistake many consultants make is to charge by the hour, and customers lose track and lose confidence as things change. Have "customers", not "clients." This is a minor semantic point, but an important one to the customer. All aspects of customer service apply. Charge by task or fixed-rate.

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Berkonomics

MARCH 26, 2020

The definition of a bottleneck in your business is one that constricts the flow of work from. Common to all bottlenecks are three factors: [Email readers, continue here…] . Of course, you could fit that definition. What is the bottleneck? one area to another in the flow of product or service through your organization.

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Berkonomics

MARCH 5, 2020

One way to mitigate this is by using early money to create a prototype, to perform market research, to complete the first generation of the product, or to deliver the service to a satisfied customer. Email readers, continue here…] A great idea often fails from the inexperience or inability of management to bring the idea to market.

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Berkonomics

JUNE 2, 2022

Few of your contacts will be willing to use their valuable social or political capital helping you with a sales effort, and you will definitely strain your relationship with the intermediary if not a close friend. Are you working with or selling to a particularly important competitor to your target customer?

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 1, 2009

As organizations we have become more open and I believe this is great for businesses and their customers. We spent time out in the marketplace talking with customers, looking at their solutions, comparing ourselves with our competition and then squirreling ourselves away in our offices designing our next set of features.

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Berkonomics

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

The logic in this is simple: once a company has market share, other issues can be sorted out to monetize the market, make the company profitable, scoop up wavering competitors, or even sell the company to a larger firm looking for a large customer base. And it’s a contemporary problem. Why it’s so personal to me….

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 4, 2021

This is the pain of the endless stream of email, phone calls, and daily crises which prevent any really important accomplishments, like closing customers. Start each day with the highest priority task you need done that day, and leave the emails and phone calls till the end of the day, if you have time. Marty Zwilling.

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Berkonomics

DECEMBER 31, 2015

Owned media comes from the databases you own, such as your company’s web site, email. Expand your definition of advertising to include four, not just two methods of finding your potential customers. Happy New Year from Dave and BERKONOMICS.

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Berkonomics

JULY 18, 2019

By definition, your core is your intellectual property foundation, the thing that makes your business most valuable to customers, investors and perhaps someday to potential buyers of the business. Email readers, continue here…] Sometimes we protect our core with effective branding and marketing.

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Berkonomics

JULY 31, 2014

Marketing is a science devised to help drive customers to your door. Then there’s the compass or cardinal definitions model for marketers : N=needs, W=wants, S=security, and E=education. Email readers, continue here.] I= increase revenues. And finally: C=Customers, and more customers. We can go on forever.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 12, 2022

Since language and implication have changed a bit since then, I’ll restate Carnegie and Hill’s original principles here, with my own current-day commentary and recommendations added: Definiteness of purpose. For success these days, the purpose better focus on people, and solve a real problem for customers. Master-mind alliance.

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SoCal CTO

DECEMBER 19, 2012

Me : Product definition, use cases, feature list, wireframes, comps, really whatever you have. This should be an iterative process with advisors and customers providing feedback on the product. Just make note of it in the document and/or in an email when you send it. Founder : Ummm. what do you mean? Founder : Umm.

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InfoChachkie

OCTOBER 8, 2012

Five broad sources of independent, third-party validation are: Customers, Partners, Distributors, Industry Experts and other Stakeholders. For instance, validation that directly supports your company's underlying value proposition is more valuable than corroboration that indirectly suggests customers might ultimately adopt your solution.

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TechCrunch LA

OCTOBER 5, 2020

“The only success criteria of my startup career is whether GrubMarket can eventually make $100 billion of annual sales,” he said to me over both email and in a phone conversation. “We had to limit our daily delivery volume in some regions, and put new customers on waiting lists.”

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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. 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.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 15, 2022

Others send investors email and business plans in all uppercase or no punctuation. Message delivery must be customized for each investor. It takes more than one person to build a business, so the lone entrepreneur, without support from any visible team, advisors, partners, or potential customers, will not attract investors.

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Berkonomics

MARCH 21, 2013

As Jack explained it, the call was not for his children to lead in the traditional sense, but to enable others to grow and prosper – the definition of true servant leadership. Email readers, continue here.] Think of what internalizing that and making it true would do in this business world.

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Berkonomics

SEPTEMBER 19, 2019

If so, is it one critical customer or a trend? Is it time to focus more resources upon collections, credit research, or even time to “fire some customers” who continually break your rules or take up too much of your resources? Are receivables collections slowing? Keep the information to yourself? What form should an alert take?

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TechCrunch LA

JULY 19, 2022

Kaden joins Rick Zullo from Equal Ventures on the board and told TechCrunch via email that excess inventory “filled the news and it definitely spikes in more volatile markets, but it is in fact part of any market.” And no matter the tools being used, “it is impossible to completely accurately predict consumer buying behavior.”.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 15, 2020

Since language and implication have changed a bit since then, I’ll restate Carnegie and Hill’s original principles here, with my own current-day commentary and recommendations added: Definiteness of purpose. For success these days, the purpose better focus on people, and solve a real problem for customers. Master-mind alliance.

Technical Review 126

Technical Review Ideas Entrepreneur Customer 126

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 17, 2018

What is the definition of traction for a business startup today? According to most investors I know, traction is some clear evidence that the “dogs are eating the dog food” – usually meaning that you have at least one customer paying full price for your solution. Define metrics on customer feedback and user counts.

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Berkonomics

AUGUST 23, 2012

By definition, your core is your intellectual property foundation, the thing that makes your business most valuable to customers, investors and perhaps someday to potential buyers. Email readers, continue here.] Sometimes we protect our core with effective branding and marketing. There is much to reinforce in such behavior.

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Patents Training Advertising Resource 159

Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 18, 2011

Having paying “Customers” is what makes the cash register roar. An entrepreneur having low self worth is the number one deterrent for a potential customer not buying into what you are selling. Using your service or owning your product isn’t why a person buys, it’s the experience your customer will have. Second, how to get leads.

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Berkonomics

MAY 21, 2015

The logic in this is simple: once a company has market share, other issues can be sorted out to monetize the market, make the company profitable, scoop up wavering competitors, or even sell the company to a larger firm looking for a large customer base. Scaling a business is an art as well as a science.

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Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 22, 2016

Less than a month ago, Snapchat opened custom on-demand geofilters to everyone. Industry news was excited, but for how amazing of a product they are, custom Snapchat geofilters have remained stunningly under the radar. Well, Snapchat has made it so that anyone can create and upload a custom filter to any area they want.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 13, 2020

Others send investors email and business plans in all uppercase or no punctuation. Message delivery must be customized for each investor. It takes more than one person to build a business, so the lone entrepreneur, without support from any visible team, advisors, partners, or potential customers, will not attract investors.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 26, 2022

These days the media formats range from email, phone, radio, television, to social media. A crisis is an event, precipitated by a specific incident, that attracts critical media attention and lasts for a definite period of time. It could be a product quality problem, or a major customer complaint on Twitter.

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socalTECH

MARCH 14, 2011

For this morning's interview, we spoke with Scot Richardson , CEO of Los Angeles-based LaughStub (www.laughstub.com), which develops software which helps comedy clubs and others manage ticket sales, online marketing, and customer relationship management. Scot Richardson: I'm definitely the business side of the co-founders.

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Berkonomics

MAY 2, 2013

The definition of a bottleneck in your business is one that constricts the flow of work from one area to another in the flow of product or service through your organization. Email readers, continue here.] A bottleneck in your organization’s flow of product or service can happen, shift, or disappear quickly.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 14, 2014

By definition, an entrepreneur is the first to undertake a given business, and firsts never happen without problems and people frustrations. You can definitely train yourself to be a problem solver, if you haven’t already. It’s a key skill for success in every business role, from accountant to customer support. Marty Zwilling.

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SoCal CTO

SEPTEMBER 20, 2011

Beyond that, I want lots of conversations with experts, users, customers, VCs, partners, etc. Definitely take a look at he suggests you balance the choices. NDAs or Other Protection So you decide you want to be able to share with experts, users, customers, VCs, partners, etc. Definitely read the whole thing. " Ummm.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 12, 2010

Like you, I struggle to return everybody’s emails because I get too many. When added to my volume of Facebook messages, LinkedIn requests, blog comments and Tweets my head is definitely below water. So I often try to stay off of email during the day. I’ve been stuck in email hell for quite some time.

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Tech.Co

MAY 30, 2017

SEND EMAILS. While this advice obviously depends on your industry and business model, I recommend figuring out how to use email marketing in some aspect of your business. If you aren’t utilizing email for customer acquisition and retention, you’re leaving money on the table. What’s your definition of success?

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Berkonomics

OCTOBER 25, 2012

If so, is it one critical customer or a trend? Is it time to focus more resources upon collections, credit research, or even time to “fire some customers” who continually break your rules or take up too much of your resources? Email readers, c ontinue here.] An alert does not have to be too detailed or too long.

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Berkonomics

FEBRUARY 25, 2016

Few of your contacts will be willing to use their valuable social or political capital helping you with a sales effort, and you will definitely strain your relationship with the intermediary if not a close friend. Email readers, continue here…] Using your attorney or accountant to find who is close to the decision maker sometimes works.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 23, 2014

Another mistake many consultants make is to charge by the hour, and customers lose track and lose confidence as things change. Have "customers", not "clients." " This is a minor semantic point, but an important one to the customer. All aspects of customer service apply.

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