TechEmpower

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

Leveraging LLMs to help users fill in text, whether it’s by providing starter content, samples, or highly personalized tips, makes their lives easier. So instead, we fill it with a completely custom blurb, written just for him: Hello! Now that AI is here to help, every textbox is an opportunity to help a customer through the challenge.

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Generative AI Artificial Inteligence TechEmpower Tips 295

socalTECH

MARCH 19, 2013

Encino-based survey and sampling technology developer uSamp announced this morning that it has expanded its Consumer Insights division through the hiring of a new Senior Director of Insights and Strategy. uSamp said it has hired Robert Clancy, a veteran of such companies as Diageo, JCPenney, Blockbuster and PepsiCo, to the position.

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Encino Sample Services Customer 147

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

Most business professionals I know have been conditioned to think of inflation as highly negative, driving up their costs, and reducing customer buying. I see it as an opportunity to find new ways to attract customers , make long-needed changes to improve productivity, and lower your own costs of doing business.

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Outsource Customer Custom Sample 95

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 27, 2020

As an aspiring entrepreneur, one of the most important things you need is a memorable “ elevator pitch ,” to communicate your startup value proposition and leave a great first impression on friends, investors, employees, and future customers. Lead with your best marketing pitch and conviction. Highlight the solution more than the team.

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Sample Summary Startup Slides 127

Xconomy

OCTOBER 18, 2018

Exact Sciences has gone from being a customer of Biomatrica, a San Diego-based vendor of equipment for storing and preserving blood and saliva samples, to now being the company’s owner. Biomatrica manufactures and sells tools for preserving biological samples.

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San Diego Sample Tool Customer 57

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 17, 2016

For too many small businesses, customer service is still seen as a “burden.” The report also indicates that customer problem experiences continue to increase, up four percent to 54 percent since the last study. These days, relationships and online reviews are key drivers for over 80 percent of new customers.

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Customer Custom Startup Satisfaction 56

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 2, 2021

Every investor has his own list, usually based on his own very small sample, or simply his gut feeling. Offer customized products or services. Choose a large market in a growth industry. It’s the plan building process that provides the value, and gives you real insight into your market, your customers, and the competition.

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Startup Study Journal Sample 170

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 6, 2020

In reality, a simple Excel spreadsheet model customized around your assumptions can save you hours and avoid a wasted expense in validating alternative vendor and marketing decisions. Vendor costs are subject to change, customers are fickle, competitors come out of the woodwork and the economy can take a downturn.

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Startup Pricing Sample Customer 123

TechCrunch LA

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

The global meat substitute market was valued at $4.51 Growing up with a father who was a food marketer, Boyd Myers said she saw firsthand what eating a diet of fast-food can do to a person and was always looking for more healthy food options that also had a positive benefit for the planet. AKUA co-founder and CEO Courtney Boyd Myers.

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Startup Los Angeles Sample Funding 191

socalTECH

MAY 29, 2013

Broadcom said that both chips are designed to help boost the "Internet of Things" market. The new Wi-Fi SOC, the BCM4390, is sampling now to early access customers and is aimed at reaching full production in Q4. The company''s new Bluetooth Smart chip is aimed at use in Android-based smartphones and tablets. READ MORE>>.

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Sample Design Product Customer 147

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 10, 2023

Here is a sampling of ten themes from the book that I think are just as relevant today as they were then: The reality of starting. Or your customers tell you what they need. The reality of marketing. Everybody wants to do the fun stuff: shuck and jive with the beautiful people, and create fun marketing campaigns.

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Entrepreneur Startup Sample Guide 99

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 19, 2020

Here is a sampling of ten themes from the book that I think are just as relevant today as they were then: The reality of starting. Or your customers tell you what they need. The reality of marketing. Everybody wants to do the fun stuff: shuck and jive with the beautiful people, and create fun marketing campaigns.

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Entrepreneur Sample Guide Ideas 174

socalTECH

JULY 13, 2010

Santa Barbara-based RingRevenue , the pay-per-call services firm headed by Jason Spievak, has signed on a new customer today, Rex Direct Net. Rex Direct Net is a performance marketing firm providing affiliate marketing, online lead generation and market research sampling. READ MORE>>.

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Santa Barbara .Net Sample Research 157

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 8, 2010

service allows its customers to access its panel of screened and vetted survey respondents in real time, and will be available in beta in December. uSamp provides an online service to help customers conduct market research, surveys, and other research. Tags: usamp sample survey marketpalce. READ MORE>>.

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Services Sample Screening Research 140

socalTECH

AUGUST 25, 2010

Encino-based uSamp , the online survey and panel firm, said Wednesday that it is moving into the mobile market, and is adding mobile surveying to its platform. Tags: usamp united sample survey online panel mobile checkin foursquare gowalla facebook social networking places. READ MORE>>.

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Mobile Encino Sample Social Network 150

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 28, 2018

When a product is truly unique and demanded a retailer willingly promotes and sells it en masse in part because it does get margin on the good but also because it brings customers in the door who spend on other products. Ariel understood her customer?—?the So Why Does This Matter? the modern buyer of home products?—?better

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Product Course Customer Custom 296

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 23, 2023

In my experience, these people and process issues are much the same for all business metrics, including sales and customer service, as well as planning for the future demand of your product or service offering. Gather feedback regularly from your team and customers to check for market and perception changes.

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Metrics Demand Statistics Sample 81

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 4, 2022

Here are ten sample considerations that I believe will reveal positive indications of your potential as an entrepreneur, and also indicate that you will select good ideas: You see creating a business as a fun challenge. To build a startup, you have to enjoy the broad range of challenges, from technical to marketing to sales to personnel.

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Entrepreneur Startup Ideas Sample 121

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 15, 2023

First of all, I will admit that there is some risk involved with talking to any potential investors, even with an agreement, just as there is risk in all the elements of your plan, product and market opportunity. There are many samples available from known sources, including this one from my website. Marty Zwilling

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Technical Review Patents Ideas Sample 101

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

First of all, I will admit that there is some risk involved with talking to any potential investors, even with an agreement, just as there is risk in all the elements of your plan, product and market opportunity. There are many samples available from known sources, including this one from my website. Marty Zwilling.

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Ideas Tips Technical Review Patents 159

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 24, 2021

Select it well – marketers will tell you that you will be selling your name, more than your products. Significant differences will confuse your customers, and open the door to imitators and scam artists. A sample agreement is available for free download from my website. Internet domain name. This name (www.

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Startup Patents IP Social Media 145

SoCal CTO

DECEMBER 19, 2012

This should be an iterative process with advisors and customers providing feedback on the product. You might also have a business plan, marketing plan, financials, competitor analysis or other kinds of background document. Customer Development Notes I'm assuming founders are having customer development conversations.

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Develop Development Technical Review CTO Coach 354

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 24, 2015

How can you get a better handle of who your customers are, by using technology? Los Angeles-based DoorStat (www.doorstat.com)--which recently moved here from Chicago�tells us about how it is using vision recognition software to help businesses, such as entertainment venues, better understand who their customers are.

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Entertainment Sample Los Angeles Startup 100

TechCrunch LA

NOVEMBER 5, 2019

” Through this window into the market, Chen knew that there was a way to circumvent the time-consuming process of booking a doctor’s visit to get a test scheduled and performed. For Scanwell, it’s the culmination of a three-year journey to bring their first diagnostic test to market.

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Screening Sample Los Angeles Funding 148

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 7, 2020

Here are ten sample questions that I believe will reveal positive indications of your potential as an entrepreneur, and also indicate that you will select good ideas: You see creating a business as a fun challenge. To build a startup, you have to enjoy the broad range of challenges, from technical to marketing to sales to personnel.

Startup 127

Startup Entrepreneur Ideas Sample 127

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 30, 2018

With the speed of change and volume of market feedback today, as well as the advances in machine learning, Amazon, Alibaba, and others have proven the value of software driven strategy decisions. Only smart software can plow through the volume of live data, recognizing trends, customers, and match offerings to reality.

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Artificial Inteligence Metrics Commerce Software 84

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 31, 2012

Here is a sample of the reading list for the course that gives you a flavor for just how modern and practical this course is. I think it works well for startups because in startups there are inherently less rules and with customers there is less clarity about your product category. And that leads me to today’s post.

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Startup Sales Course Competition 319

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 14, 2010

One of our core tasks was “market analysis,&# which consistent of: market sizing, market forecasts, competitive analysis and then instructing customers on which direction to take. I was in the midst of sizing the mobile handset markets in 3 regions: US, Europe and Asia. You ask a group that is not unbiased.

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Statistics Startup Report Research 415

SoCal CTO

JANUARY 5, 2011

Steve Blank , January 25, 2010 10 Tips for Adding Game Mechanics to a Non-Gaming Service - ReadWriteStart , September 21, 2010 Startups & VCs: Learn How to Design, Market, & Eat Your Own. - . - 500 Hats , February 1, 2010 When to Use Facebook Connect – Twitter Oauth – Google Friend Connect for Authentication?

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Startup Venture Capital Blogging CTO Coach 378

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 28, 2015

In reality, a simple Excel spreadsheet model customized around your assumptions can save you hours and avoid a wasted expense in validating alternative vendor and marketing decisions. The way to start is with a sample financial model, freely available from many sources on the Internet, such as this one from Entrepreneur.

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Startup Pricing Sample Customer 103

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 30, 2019

It’s no secret that the rate of failure of new business startups may be a high as ninety percent , so we all need all the help we can get, validating the opportunity, clearly positioning against competitors, projecting financials, and planning all the necessary marketing and operating activities. Make it light, but factual.

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Ideas Slides Sample Examples 126

Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 9, 2014

Marketing is considered an art by many individuals because it requires keen insight in how to approach a product, service, or brand, and how to effectively deliver those things to customers. Overall, in today’s economy, businesses demand marketers think beyond the everyday ad and try to think outside the box for ad campaigns.

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Advertising Training Customer Custom 69

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 15, 2008

market, and offer digital video broadcast (DVB) standards, decoding of compressed video streams, Ethernet connectivity, and embedded 3D graphics cores. Broadcom said the new ICs are now sampling to early access customers. READ MORE>>

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Sample Marketing Networking Customer 100

Eric Greenspan

SEPTEMBER 27, 2013

Of course, I will bring my passion for “Mind Blowing Customer Experiences” to the business. Not only is the coffee delicious, but the customer will also love interacting with Macaw staff and we will always ensure delight. I will also support our chairman who is handling European and Asian markets.

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Santa Barbara Course Sample IBM 173

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 19, 2016

Our core business is around a glam bag program, a monthly subscription which costs $10 a month, which delivers a themed,curatated makeup bag containing five full size or deluxe samples from top beauty brands. Before that, I was heading up global consumer marketing for entertainment, sports, and video at Yahoo. delivering value.

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Commerce Content Sample Yahoo 100

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 4, 2013

In other words, once they are convinced that the product works, they assume their price, sales channel, and marketing will bring in the customers. For example, one CEO I know gave away his software product to the first ten customers. You won’t succeed with a product that is too expensive for the market. Use focus groups.

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Product Pricing Customer Custom 94

socalTECH

MARCH 1, 2012

Last week, Pasadena-based Punchcard (www.punchcard.com) launched its mobile apps, which help local retailers provide rewards to loyal customers. It provides consumer rewards, and on the merchant side, it allows them to identify local customers and reacquire them by pushing them offers and incentives to come back. What is Punchcard?

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Southern California Idealab Startup Customer 245