Hearpreneur

APRIL 23, 2023

2- Personal inspiration Photo Credit: Terina Nicole I launched my business 23 years ago in the year 2000. I design a line of leather handbags and small accessories. ‘Bread' stands for Branding and Animation Designs. As for ‘Beyond', it signifies our commitment to doing more than just mediocre graphic design.

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Startup Lessons Learned

JUNE 15, 2018

David Meyer founded Adopt-a-Pet.com (formerly 1-800-Save-A-Pet.com) in 2000 as a way of ending pet overpopulation. We decided that if we were not going to sell, we were going to really up our game,” says Abbie Moore, chief product officer. Everyone from engineers and designers to customer service and support staff was included.

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A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

APRIL 12, 2010

That phrase died during the tech-bubble along with "portal" and "think outside the box," yet the concept has returned. A disruptive product causes such a large market shift that entire companies collapse (the ones who don't "get it") and new markets appear. Most technology we now consider "disruptive" wasn't conceived that way.

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Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 10, 2008

I am convinced one of Joel Spolskys lasting contributions to the field of managing software teams will turn out to be the Joel Test , a checklist of 12 essential practices that you could use to rate the effectiveness of a software product development team. He wrote it in 2000, and as far as I know has never updated it.

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Steve Blank

OCTOBER 24, 2016

After running Microsoft for 25 years, Bill Gates handed the reins of CEO to Steve Ballmer in January 2000. They are hard to do in a company that excels at products. Visionary CEOs are product and business model centric and extremely customer focused. 16 years later it’s just another software company. What’s Missing?

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Steve Blank

OCTOBER 24, 2016

After running Microsoft for 25 years, Bill Gates handed the reins of CEO to Steve Ballmer in January 2000. They are hard to do in a company that excels at products. Visionary CEOs are product and business model centric and extremely customer focused. 16 years later it’s just another software company. What’s Missing?

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ConversionXL

MAY 1, 2017

One of the greatest threats to long-term success is when companies aren’t vigilant enough about responding to the changes in their market—whether it’s by failing to spot product or channel fatigue, acknowledge new competition, make needed updates to products or marketing adjustments in a timely fashion, or embrace new technology coming online.

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Startup Lessons Learned

FEBRUARY 5, 2013

RFP-EZ and Innovative Contracting Tools Making it easier for the government to do business with small, high-growth tech companies, and enabling the government to buy better, lower-cost tech solutions from the full range of American businesses. design, build, operate/use, maintain, and service). ProjectMyUSA on Twitter.

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Austin Startup

SEPTEMBER 19, 2019

As Latinitas ambassadors, they have offered their expertise and support in event planning, marketing, business, technology and more. Paulina speaks both English and Spanish fluently due to being in primary and grade schools in both Colombia and the U.S. Paulina continued her studies in graduate school to focus on game production.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 22, 2011

I know that most people who are close to them tend to deny their existence, as we saw in the great housing bubble of 2002-2007 and the dot com bubble of 1997-2000. Responses ranged from, “hey, they’re in a HUGE market&# to “it is an amazing company and their technology rocks.&# But everything has intrinsic value.

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Where to Play

AUGUST 18, 2020

We usually tend to think of innovation in terms of advanced technologies. In 2000, they included tentage into their portfolio and since then they have established themself as a premium brand in marriage event management. Time to revenue is low due to short transactional volume and the short sale cycle. The sale cycle with Govt.

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rapidrollout.wordpress.com

JANUARY 15, 2011

He or she might call himself a “consulting CTO,&# “freelance CTO,&# “on-demand CTO,&# “CTO on call,&# “CTO for hire,&# or just a “technology strategy advisor.&# Most likely, this is a person who is a serial entrepreneur and was the chief technology officer for two or more web startups.

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Hearpreneur

MARCH 16, 2018

All of our cards are designed by independent U.S.-based Despite practicing law and building tech startups, there was a big part of me that was unsatisfied in each of those roles. After being successful distributing other companies’ products, the next logical move was to create our own–bblüv baby essentials. 9- I HAD to.

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Agile VC

MAY 26, 2011

AGILEVC My idle thoughts on tech startups. Silicon Valley is still emerging from the tech bubble and massive downturn of late 2000-2002. Yes… he was a very successful PayPal exec and previously co-founder & VP Product of SocialNet. How to Evaluate Firms for a Seed VC. How To Think About The Future. May 26, 2011.

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www.usatoday.com

JULY 16, 2012

Tech: Blogs. Technology Live. Products Home. Talking Tech. Talking Your Tech. Sponsored Links Americans with heaps of stuff, skills and time are connecting online with tech-savvy and early adopters eager to share and rent homes, cars, tools and services in exchange for deep savings. Skip to Main Content.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 5, 2010

MySpace was: scantily dressed, teenaged, middle-America, design chaos and on ad steroids. The one major thing that Twitter doesn’t seem to have figured out quite yet is that platform thing or at least how to encourage a bunch of 3rd-party developers to build meaningful add-on products.

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Duct Tape Marketing

JULY 13, 2022

The Profit First Professional organization is designed to support accountants, bookkeepers, and other financial professionals to substantially differentiate themselves in the market. 15:55] A big concept in your book you talk about is the 4 D’s: Doing, Deciding, Delegating, and Designing, and you’ve added a 5th now: Downtime.

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Hearpreneur

APRIL 3, 2016

2 – Our Flagship Technology. The name of our company came from the name of our flagship product. Since we’re a mobile app company we wanted a product name that was short, easily remembered, non-controversial and at least somewhat descriptive of the service. Thanks to Steve Wood, ATLAS Mobile Technologies. #3

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The Startup Magazine

JULY 4, 2017

It is only possible if one has the right technical knowledge. The appearance of your website is important to make sure you invest in a design that is attractive. The venture requires a massive financial investment due to the numerous expenses that include marketing, payment services, license acquisition alongside an early license fee.

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ConversionXL

MARCH 4, 2016

Technology is changing the way sales is conducted. And as I mentioned, technology is making sales generally more sophisticated. Email/Calling productivity: Help improve first contact efficiency typically while prospecting. Create interest about your product/service. Doing product demos, sharing whitepapers, case studies.

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ConversionXL

MARCH 19, 2020

A Harvard Business Review (HBR) study of 4,700 public companies looked at the three years before, during, and after recessions. The HBR study contrasts Office Depot and Staples during the 2000 recession: Office Depot cut 6% of its workforce, but it couldn’t reduce operating costs significantly. Survey design. Image source ).

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YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 5, 2013

Or this: “Apple doesn’t do loyalty because they produce outrageously awesome products.” If you own an Apple product, you know what I’m talking about. After a while, people were able to think about automobiles in a new way, which finally paved the way for massive improvements in design and manufacturing.

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www.joelonsoftware.com

MARCH 24, 2010

Joel on Software Fog Creek Compensation by Joel Spolsky Wednesday, August 30, 2000 At Fog Creek Software, the way we make sure that people are paid fairly and rewarded for excellent work is based on a professional ladder. These people sit around thinking "lofty thoughts about markets, products, the competition, and the like.

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ConversionXL

JUNE 5, 2014

In a 2000 study found 68% of customers stop doing business with a company due to feeling like the company was indifferent towards them. As much as it opens you up to negative feedback, including the exit survey can provide you with extra insight as to how you can improve your product, your service, or overall offer. The result?

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ConversionXL

JUNE 5, 2014

In a 2000 study found 68% of customers stop doing business with a company due to feeling like the company was indifferent towards them. As much as it opens you up to negative feedback, including the exit survey can provide you with extra insight as to how you can improve your product, your service, or overall offer. The result?

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SVPG

SEPTEMBER 30, 2016

Article: Behind Every Great Product. I titled the paper, “Behind Every Great Product” and it was inspired by the classic Good Product Manager / Bad Product Manager by Ben Horowitz. The paper proved popular and helped many teams to get a better understanding of just what product was all about.

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ConversionXL

JUNE 5, 2014

In a 2000 study found 68% of customers stop doing business with a company due to feeling like the company was indifferent towards them. As much as it opens you up to negative feedback, including the exit survey can provide you with extra insight as to how you can improve your product, your service, or overall offer. The result?

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Entrepreneurs-Journey.com by Yaro Starak

MAY 4, 2011

One the factors I like to hammer home to people when they create any kind of information, whether it’s blog or website content, membership content, or any kind of paid info product, is not to underestimate how much of your audience truly are beginners. Everyone starts as a beginner. It was growing organically through word of mouth.

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ConversionXL

JUNE 5, 2014

In a 2000 study found 68% of customers stop doing business with a company due to feeling like the company was indifferent towards them. As much as it opens you up to negative feedback, including the exit survey can provide you with extra insight as to how you can improve your product, your service, or overall offer. The result?

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Seeing Both Sides

JULY 11, 2013

In every start-up, finding initial product-market fit is a magical moment. You dive deep into a customer development process, working closely with a few customers who feed you requirements and are willing to trial an imperfect product that is evolving quickly. a "jungle" stage company would have a lower quota than a "highway" company).

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Cracking the Code

NOVEMBER 13, 2008

It is also intriguing to see that the market bottom was reached only two years after the start of the decline for the 1929, 1973 and 2000 crises, so we might need another year before the market reaches it lowest point. S&M productivity (CAC ratio) for the SaaS 13 Index. So were do we go from here? Is Government a good idea?

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The Startup Toolkit

JANUARY 17, 2017

I spent 2015 working alongside one of these super-hustler sales guys that technical founders dream of. One of the big mistakes technical folks make is optimising their time too tightly around product and clobbering all the other priorities. 3] Years earlier I worked with a designer whose work ethic put the protestants to shame.

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Austin Startup

DECEMBER 13, 2020

Not unless you’re Elon Musk and Governor Abbott has a smile as wide as the Texas Panhandle or you’re Joe Rogan and every tech bro in Austin is so pumped to point to your move (and Tim Ferriss’ move) here as some kind of stamp of approval that they never needed Silicon Valley. Truth be told, if I didn’t welcome you, it’s possible no one would.

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Pascal's View

NOVEMBER 20, 2009

… An apparently perfect device can provide a safe harbor for numerous threats– in the form of old and vulnerable chip designs, Trojan horses, or kill switches– that are difficult or impossible to detect.” The problem is not foreign sourcing; it is ensuring that foreign-made products are authentic and secure.”

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Duct Tape Marketing

JULY 14, 2022

Her previous startup, a real estate tech company, was acquired in 2019. 17:06] What’s been the hardest part from a tech perspective? [18:37] Click on over and give us a review on iTunes, please! My first two was in real estate tech. Melissa is the CEO and Co-founder of Webinar. eWebinar.com. Like this show?

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Duct Tape Marketing

MAY 9, 2017

They’re pulling in things like critical reviews so if a business is on [00:03:32] or Eater or some of these other — depending on your industry you know maybe it’s something like Superlawyers if you’re a lawyer. John: And where does voice search go with that? What results are you getting from voice search? David: Sure.

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Duct Tape Marketing

JANUARY 25, 2023

Click on over and give us a review on iTunes, please! And now I think it's definitely through technology, through, you know, a lot of advances in opportunities. 13:37): You designate where you want your book to show up, you can designate it to be private access, meaning you only have access to it, to print copies for yourself.

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