Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 9, 2022

Everyday devices, like Internet soda vending , have an embedded computer allowing full remote reporting and control. The next phase of evolution will demand device independence, enabling an uninterrupted computing experience as we move from device to device throughout our daily lives. Mobile Computing. Social Media. Gamification.

Technology 133

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Tech.Co

JANUARY 10, 2018

In the Harvard Business Review Female Economy 2009 report, women purchasing power was predicted to control about $28 trillion in annual global consumer spending, if not more. “Focusing on emotion is key when communicating with female customers. Most importantly, humor can get customers talking about your product or service.

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TechCrunch LA

APRIL 21, 2020

The company sent an email to customers Tuesday that after examining the business, the car-sharing industry and COVID-19, it decided to shutter the service permanently. The Verge was the first to report the story. Below is a screenshot of the email sent Tuesday morning to Maven customers. Image Credits: Screenshot/Maven email.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 19, 2023

They know these exceptional leaders seem to have a way of finding and enticing the best people into the organization, getting exceptional performance out of them, and fast-tracking their careers both inside and outside the organization. Adapt the job or organization to fit the talent.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 16, 2021

This founder holds staff meetings only to report crises, rally the troops, and get status reports on assignments. He had a clear vision of what his organization could be. He seemed to know his customer's needs, and was passionate about meeting those needs. Staff meetings are for one-way communication.

Startup 114

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 21, 2015

Every entrepreneur knows that good demand generation marketing is the key to growth these days, but very few have the discipline or know-how to measure return in a world of a thousand tools and techniques. Hidalgo recommends a focus on engagement stage indicators including customers by channel, conversion ratio, and cost per revenue.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 4, 2020

They know these exceptional leaders seem to have a way of finding and enticing the best people into the organization, getting exceptional performance out of them, and fast-tracking their careers both inside and outside the organization. Adapt the job or organization to fit the talent.

Oracle 124

Oracle Organization Examples Coach 124

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 8, 2021

Unfortunately, I see too many new entrepreneurs who let their passion for a new idea or invention blind them to the stark realities of customer need, opportunity size, or pricing and cost implications. The sooner you face these issues, the more success you will garner from investors and customers. Bandwidth is a constraint we all feel.

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Southern California Edison Blog

DECEMBER 17, 2019

Switched Ethernet enables organizations to meet bandwidth needs by leveraging the support of numerous dedicated station segments to maximize the efficiency of the available cable. connections with ultra-low latency and fast re-routing capabilities, ethernet services typically offer organizations more advantages than disadvantages.

Services 56

Services Organization Networking Paramount 56

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 28, 2021

Through interviews, Kiel identified eight common traits and habits exhibited by all the CEOs with a top character ranking (deemed virtuoso CEOs – masters of the skills and art of leadership): Displayed and demanded high moral principles. The scope of the positive leadership views included human nature, organization life, and personal purpose.

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Berkonomics

JUNE 16, 2016

He is a trusted technology and security consultant and public policy advisory to some of America’s most influential people and organizations. . The attack is believed to have started with custom malware sent to Anthem IT staff. By Kevin McDonald. The goal is to “phish” a person into taking actions they shouldn’t.

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TechCrunch LA

APRIL 12, 2018

Mahdessian and Kuzoyan met on a ski trip organized by the Armenian student associations at Stanford and the University of Southern California back when both men were in college. Founded by Ara Mahdessian and Vahe Kuzoyan in 2012, ServiceTitan is very much an up-and-coming billion-dollar business that’s a family (minded) affair.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 28, 2021

Look for validation from your mainstream customers. No matter how passionately you believe that everyone needs one, and positive feedback from friends and early adopters (false positives), before you invest in scaling the business, make sure you set and meet good metrics in cost of customer acquisition, recurring sales, and margin.

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TechCrunch LA

JUNE 18, 2022

Without the promise of riches or with reduced interest in blockchain-based exclusivity, where will consumer demand go? Crypto lending protocol Celsius isn’t fire burning, but it did freeze all customer withdrawals this past weekend , citing concerns about its own liquidity amid “extreme market conditions.” pic.twitter.com/AacdhK3cw4.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 29, 2019

Everyday devices, like Internet soda vending , have an embedded computer allowing full remote reporting and control. The next phase of evolution will demand device independence, enabling an uninterrupted computing experience as we move from device to device throughout our daily lives. Mobile Computing. Social Media. Gamification.

Technology 86

Technology Cloud Computing Social Media Networking 86

socalTECH

AUGUST 27, 2014

We spoke with one of those companies-- El Segundo-based ConsumerTrack (www.consumertrack.com)--which is a $30M, bootstrapped an online marketing company which is driving millions of customers to big name, financial customers. We''re able to track everything we''re doing, and report back on it. What is ConsumerTrack all about?

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 28, 2015

Everyday devices, like Internet soda vending , have an embedded computer allowing full remote reporting and control. The next phase of evolution will demand device independence, enabling an uninterrupted computing experience as we move from device to device throughout our daily lives. Mobile Computing. Social Media. Gamification.

Startup 107

Startup Cloud Computing Social Media Entrepreneur 107

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 25, 2015

This founder holds staff meetings only to report crises, rally the troops, and get status reports on assignments. He had a clear vision of what his organization could be. He seemed to know his customer''s needs, and was passionate about meeting those needs. Staff meetings are for one-way communication.

Startup 106

Startup Ideas Organization Report 106

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 18, 2017

Everyday devices, like Internet soda vending , have an embedded computer allowing full remote reporting and control. The next phase of evolution will demand device independence, enabling an uninterrupted computing experience as we move from device to device throughout our daily lives. Mobile Computing. Social Media. Gamification.

Cloud Computing 61

Cloud Computing Startup Social Media Networking 61

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 2, 2014

Everyday devices, like Internet soda vending , have an embedded computer allowing full remote reporting and control. The next phase of evolution will demand device independence, enabling an uninterrupted computing experience as we move from device to device throughout our daily lives. Mobile Computing. Social Media. Gamification.

Cloud Computing 99

Cloud Computing Social Media Entrepreneur Networking 99

socalTECH

OCTOBER 30, 2009

We Create Demand for California's Technology Companies. Custom Insurance Programs for Technology Companies. Stradling Yocca Carlson & Rauth (www.sycr.com) Sponsoring socalTECH's Orange County High Tech Report. Helping entrepreneurs succeed. Binary Pulse Technology Marketing (www.binarypulse.com). Need office or Tech Space?

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 4, 2017

This founder holds staff meetings only to report crises, rally the troops, and get status reports on assignments. He had a clear vision of what his organization could be. He seemed to know his customer's needs, and was passionate about meeting those needs. Staff meetings are for one-way communication.

Ideas 53

Ideas Organization Startup Report 53

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 13, 2015

Los Angeles-based CurbStand (www.curbstand.com) is hoping to change that, by offering up a mobile app which connects you with the company''s network of CurbStand valet parking companies, which offers on-demand retrieval of your car, mobil payments, and on the valet parking operator side--lots of business analytics tools and reporting.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 23, 2013

This Founder holds staff meetings only to report crises, rally the troops, and get status reports on assignments. He had a clear vision of what his organization could be. He seemed to know his customer''s needs, and was passionate about meeting those needs. Staff meetings are for one-way communication.

Ideas 98

Ideas Startup Organization Report 98

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 25, 2009

We Create Demand for California's Technology Companies. Custom Insurance Programs for Technology Companies. Stradling Yocca Carlson & Rauth (www.sycr.com) Sponsoring socalTECH's Orange County High Tech Report. Silicon Valley Bank (www.svb.com). Helping entrepreneurs succeed. GetItStarted (www.getitstarted.com). Technology.

Advertising 113

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 11, 2019

In our case, on a positive note, the founder did meet regularly with new potential customers. Rather than getting status reports on plan progress and jointly developing near-term strategy, the founder is more interested in deep dives into perceived bottlenecks and rallying the troops to get back on schedule.

Technical Review 89

Technical Review Startup Demand Examples 89

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 20, 2012

This Founder holds staff meetings only to report crises, rally the troops, and get status reports on assignments. He had a clear vision of what his organization could be. He seemed to know his customer's needs, and was passionate about meeting those needs. Staff meetings are for one-way communication.

Startup 99

Startup Entrepreneur Ideas Organization 99

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 13, 2014

Mid-level or even top executives who “grew up” in large companies often look with envy at startups, and dream of how easy it must be running a small organization, where you can see the whole picture and it appears you have total control. Similarly, acquiring a larger footprint of direct reports is often a sign of success at large businesses.

Startup 103

Startup Companies Company Training 103

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 8, 2010

Even three person organizations are political. Once you’ve been around for a few years, attracted some great people, landed real, paying customers and raised venture capital you’ve likely got a talented team around you. In your case this might simply be a VP of Sales or Customer Support for multiple locations.

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Venture Capital Startup Sales Customer 319

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 4, 2016

They know these exceptional leaders seem to have a way of finding and enticing the best people into the organization, getting exceptional performance out of them, and fast-tracking their careers both inside and outside the organization. Adapt the job or organization to fit the talent.

Oracle 53

Oracle Organization Entrepreneur Examples 53

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 2, 2013

Currently, social media is the least used of all customer interaction methods. Dell announced years ago that it had earned $3 million in revenue from using Twitter, and other businesses report daily on increases in web traffic up to 800%. Social media demands two-way communication, rather than outbound only. What’s the problem?

Social Media 106

Social Media Media Startup Social Network 106

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 30, 2011

This Founder holds staff meetings only to report crises, rally the troops, and get status reports on assignments. He had a clear vision of what his organization could be. He seemed to know his customer's needs, and was passionate about meeting those needs. Staff meetings are for one-way communication.

Startup 106

Startup Ideas Organization Report 106

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 18, 2013

Yet you can never forget the seasonal business cash flow and activity demands that are approaching, so to be prepared – you need to start the planning now. Unless your volumes are in the millions or higher, the difference between manufacturing cost and customer price better be 50% or greater. Venture capital firms raised $4.1

Startup 86

Startup Tips Venture Capital Demand 86

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 24, 2015

Through interviews, Kiel identified eight common traits and habits exhibited by all the CEOs with a top character ranking (deemed virtuoso CEOs – masters of the skills and art of leadership): Displayed and demanded high moral principles. The scope of the positive leadership views included human nature, organization life, and personal purpose.

Mentor 104

Mentor Ideas Entrepreneur Study 104

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 23, 2013

Mid-level or even top executives who “grew up” in large companies often look with envy at startups, and dream of how easy it must be running a small organization, where you can see the whole picture and it appears you have total control. Similarly, acquiring a larger footprint of direct reports is often a sign of success at large businesses.

Entrepreneur 105

Entrepreneur Startup Training Technical Review 105

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 28, 2012

Dell announced years ago that it had earned $3 million in revenue from using Twitter, and other businesses report daily on increases in web traffic up to 800%. They don’t know if they should move to social networks for lead generation, branding, customer loyalty, or for direct marketing and e-commerce.

Social Media 115

Social Media Media Startup Social Network 115

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 10, 2011

Mid-level or even top executives who “grew up” in large companies often look with envy at startups, and dream of how easy it must be running a small organization, where you can see the whole picture and it appears you have total control. Similarly, acquiring a larger footprint of direct reports is often a sign of success at large businesses.

Startup 105

Startup Companies Company Training 105