YoungUpstarts

APRIL 16, 2013

Boyd Au is the co-founder of Enzer Corporation and served as the CEO from 1984 to 2007. After stepping down and selling all of his shares in 2007, he is now an investor at 7 Notes Capital. No Compelling Differentiation. Even if they do know why they are starting up, they often don’t have a compelling differentiating value.

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Singapore Cofounder Differentiation Stock 196

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 19, 2013

Six months ago Upfront Ventures announced its first Partner hire since 2007 – Greg Bettinelli. It is differentiated from the service of picking up passengers and transporting them in that drivers have to have more specialization in picking up packages and driving them to consumers. I wrote about him here.

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B2B eCommerce B2C Differentiation 331

YoungUpstarts

APRIL 19, 2012

Between 2005 and 2007, Starbucks aggressively opened new store locations and made several operational changes that diluted its customer value proposition, diluted its high employee engagement culture, violated its real estate site selection controls, and weakened its high value-added ‘experience’ business model.

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Dilution Virginia Management Washington 209

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 6, 2017

So LPs are looking for a combination of “established top tier” and “new managers with differentiation.” Note that all of these names were not started in Silicon Valley.

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LP Silicon Valley Venture Capital Startup 286

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 1, 2011

To differentiate themselves in the marketplace, Quigo made the pivotal move of going to publishers and saying explicitly “you’re working with Adsense. They sold in December 2007, but he started selling Quigo in 2004. Google had built two ad systems at the time – AdWords and AdSense ( the latter of which was much more complex ).

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Semantic Acquisition Valuation Angel Investor 302

Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 5, 2010

might have been a lot less differentiated. It had grown stratospherically from 2004-2007 to 100 million users, which actually was slightly smaller in December 2007 then MySpace was. In May 2007 there were fears that Google was becoming a monopoly. But less considered is the fact that the success of the Web 2.0

Social Network 318

Social Network Networking Internet Technical Review 318

Austin Startup

APRIL 26, 2020

It will ultimately lead to some positive word-of-mouth for Blockbuster, and a new competitive differentiator against Netflix. 17, 2007) According to TechCrunch , Blockbuster has been very successful with their “Total Access” offering, which I wrote about in my Round Two post on Netflix vs. Blockbuster. million subscribers. billion.

Technical Review 62

Technical Review Campaign Video Naming 62

Hearpreneur

OCTOBER 29, 2017

I started Ignite Social Media in 2007 after working in a mid-sized regional ad agency. I didn’t feel we were differentiated enough and, at the same time, I was hearing all this buzz about social media. Photo Credit: Jim Tobin. I actually started two businesses for similar reasons. The model and the timing were good.

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Entrepreneur Social Media Liquidity Event Private Equity 71

Berkonomics

APRIL 9, 2020

And these are indeed strange times, especially if you haven’t lived through 2000-2002 and 2007-2008 recessions and difficulty in finding money from banks and investors. It doesn’t differentiate facile, efficient businesses from slow, disorganized, quality-challenged ones. The simple economic truth. Here is a simple economic truth.

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Differentiation Revenue Cost Operations 62

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 27, 2014

I started in 2007 with a thesis that my primary investment decision would be about the team (70%) and only afterward about the market opportunity (30%). I guess if you’re in high-volume, low-differentiation mode perhaps this is efficient for you. Inbound is seldom differentiated dealflow. Pay attention. Probably more.

Cofounder 374

Cofounder Syndicate Syndication Early Stage 374

Up and Running

DECEMBER 6, 2012

Here at Palo Alto Software in 2007 and 2008, we embraced these planning concepts and moved towards a more agile planning process. Competitors & Alternatives and your core differentiation. Instead of detailed documents, we focused on tracking our performance to our plan and managing to regularly updated schedules and milestones.

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Lean Silicon Valley Forecast Technical Review 147

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 12, 2017

https://medium.com/media/cc969482e7abf6b75d3c0958c8ee409d/href I moved to Los Angeles in 2007 and as a VC who had built his career as a programmer, database designer, program manager, CEO then VP Products at Salesforce, I wanted to build a portfolio of software investments. I asked Jonah in my interview how he became this viral guru.

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Media Los Angeles Russia Viral 210

Steve Blank

OCTOBER 4, 2010

Using this idea to differentiate themselves as the hot new Silicon Valley VCs, some of his former business school students made this phrase their rallying cry. Over the next ten years, while Ford focused on cost reductions, General Motors built a diverse and differentiated product line. Lieberman 2007. By then it was too late.

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Silicon Valley Differentiation United States Customer Development 317

Software By Rob

NOVEMBER 16, 2009

The key take-away is that product differentiation is how you make money, and neutralization (keeping up with your competition) is how you stay in the game. You have to focus on both neutralization and differentiation, but there is a no-man’s land “gap&# in between them where your effort is totally wasted.

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Software Review Software San Francisco RSS 47

The Next Web

SEPTEMBER 24, 2013

In my third co-op term I got a job at RIM (now BlackBerry), I started in May 2007, about a month before the iPhone initially came out. The company is differentiating itself from the competition — both domestically in North America and in Asia — with its HTML5 focus. After raising a $19.5

Entrepreneur 167

Entrepreneur CTO Hire Startup Mobile 167

Austin Startup

APRIL 29, 2020

BP3 has been helping our clients find a faster way to do things since 2007. Once a cost is known, it is hard to resist an organizational imperative to reduce that cost, even if the ROI is quite high, even if the right strategic move is to spend *more* to further improve ROI or differentiation from competition. Automation ?—?I’m

Differentiation 62

Differentiation Artificial Inteligence API Software 62

www.bothsidesofthetable.com

MAY 13, 2012

new features need to go into the sale people’s slides so that they know the latest and greatest about how to differentiate from the competition. He joined GRP Partners in 2007 as a General Partner after selling his company to Salesforce.com. . - new features need to be rolled into PR strategies and competitor analyses. -

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Fractional VPE Part-Time VPE Fractional CTO CTO Hire 89

Duct Tape Marketing

APRIL 22, 2011

There’s no differentiating Bob’s Fine Pork Bellies from Susy’s Free Range Pork Bellies – all the bellies go in the pit and get snapped up for that day’s price – end of story. I’ll often ask audiences I speak with to raise their hands if they provide good service.

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Kansas City Small Business Kansas Marketing 65

abovethecrowd.com

FEBRUARY 27, 2019

The company was acquired by ebay in January 2007. Through a deeper understanding of a particular vertical, a much richer perspective on the quality and differentiation of the participants, and the enablement of transactions — you create an evolved service that has much more value to both sides of the transaction.

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Internet Matching Vertical Hosting 88

Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 20, 2015

The industry did that in 2007. Money when you find product / market fit is an extreme differentiator. I know in my bones that there is a magic moment where capital plays a hugely differentiating role. 10 is the new 3. And yes, I mean $10 million. ” Well. Until it didn’t. “Well, do you guys do that?”

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Churn Rate Silicon Valley Brazil Valuation 150

YoungUpstarts

FEBRUARY 17, 2016

What differentiates you from the competition? He founded Inversoft in 2007 and is the architect of all Inversoft products. First and foremost, you must identify a market need. What makes you so sure that people are going to spend money on your service or product? What is the industry lacking that you can provide?

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Bootstrapping Venture Capital Salary Differentiation 100

VC Cafe

MARCH 20, 2011

Founded in 2007 by Ron Makavy, Micha Berdichevsky, and Barak Naveh, Snaptu raised a total of $9 million in three rounds: $3 million from Carmel Ventures, $5 million a year ago (March 2010) from Sequoia and $1 million from private investors, including Spotlab, an angel fund operated by former Israeli MP Neomi Blumental.

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Sri Lanka Dominican Republic Saudi Arabia 94

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 18, 2010

The strategy of GigaOm and where they differentiate in the market. Founded in July 2007 by Mark Pincus , Michael Luxton, Eric Schiermeyer, Justin Waldron, Andrew Trader, and Steve Schoettler. Reportedly, Softbank and Zynga have discussed jointly distributing games through Softbank’s mobile-phone service in Japan and other countries.

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Venture Capital Non-Compete Vertical Europe 225

Duct Tape Marketing

APRIL 28, 2011

Expect to pay a premium Implementing a marketing strategy that allows you to carve out a clear point of differentiation and perhaps a narrow market focus, allows you to charge a premium for your products and services. If the business has to depend on you to make it rain, well, how can run it without you?

Marketing 65

Marketing Valuation Differentiation Lead Generation 65

YoungUpstarts

JULY 14, 2015

Small business owners often struggle to create an effective brand image that differentiates their company from its competition. Lawns as Director of Franchise Recruiting in 2007 and is now Director of Brand Development. By Brandon Moxam, Director of Brand Development at U.S. Brandon Moxam joined U.S.

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Audience Differentiation Hiring Employee 100

Duct Tape Marketing

OCTOBER 27, 2022

Recent episode, The power of just one big marketing idea and How to get it really brings home this idea that instead of chasing the idea of the week, really lock in on one big idea to differentiate your business that can make all the difference in the world. Listen to Content Is Profit, wherever you get your podcasts. (00:55):

Seattle 63

Seattle Silicon Valley Conversion Naming 63

Version One Ventures

JUNE 9, 2015

Then when they realized that high quality listing photos were key to attracting customers (and differentiating the experience from Craigslist), they rented a $5,000 camera and went door to door, taking professional pictures of as many New York listings as possible. This approach led to two to three times as many bookings on New York listings.

New York 60

New York Demand Matching Differentiation 60

Duct Tape Marketing

JANUARY 4, 2023

What's been the challenge of getting, of changing people's thinking that oh no, it's 50 tools and it's, you know, it's a, in fact, I think you even called it an online visibility platform as, as a differentiator. I mean, even when I was in grad school in 2007, it was never that low. Has that been. Andrew Warden (12:23): A challenge?

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SEO Audience Channel Campaign 87

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 10, 2010

He said that there remains a very healthy market for “data oriented&# software companies because the world is moving more toward measurability and software companies with differentiated IP often get a premium in the market. Founded in 2007 by Oxford Univ. TechCrunch. GroupSpaces. students. -Is

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IPO Venture Capital Private Placement Cofounder 242

Duct Tape Marketing

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

As, as a differentiator, is that Mo moving the definition of what your company is? I mean, even when I was in grad school in 2007, it was never that low, you know, it's like, it hasn't been that low in, in 30 years or something. Now what's been the challenge of getting of changing. Has that been. Andrew Warden (11:57): A challenge?

SEO 85

SEO Channel Campaign Audience 85

Duct Tape Marketing

JUNE 20, 2011

This can also create some distinct competitive differentiation as well. There is a strong psychological pull in this approach and some firms find that, although most of their sales come from one package, the existence of the other options helps to overcome resistance because people feel they get to make a choice.

Social Media 69

Social Media SEO Programming Engineer 69

Duct Tape Marketing

JUNE 1, 2011

Creating what ends up looking like an obvious innovation in an industry and then embracing that change as a marketing strategy is one way that companies create a clear differentiation. While that shouldn’t seem like an innovation it was in an industry that appeared to abhor actually talking to its customers.

Marketing 74

Marketing Social Media Small Business Engineer 74

Cracking the Code

APRIL 13, 2007

Friday, April 13, 2007. To differentiate their service offering and maximize the value captured, Saas vendors package their services by segment with different price point. ▼ 2007. (10). Best Venture and Technology Podcasts for 2007. Cracking The Code. Software 2.0: ► 02/24 - 03/02. (1). Happy New Year 2008!

Software Review 48

Software Review Internet Software Technical Review 48

Up and Running

NOVEMBER 5, 2014

Before 2007, when a handful of companies may have gone after the same piece of business, now scores of them are, meaning we all have to work longer and harder, and in some instances we do so for the same, or even a lesser, amount of revenue. Differentiate yourself. Obviously, you’re going after the same business.

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PR Networking Social Media Differentiation 138

Feld Thoughts

AUGUST 2, 2010

In addition, I’ve made many seed investments as an angel investor in two time periods,1994-1996 and 2006-2007, and seen many more through my involvement as a co-founder of TechStars. ?Our As a VC, I do not differentiate between a seed investment and any other investment that I make.

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Angel Investor Cofounder Syndicate Syndication 152

Cracking the Code

JANUARY 10, 2007

Wednesday, January 10, 2007. To make it successful, Apple will need to upgrade the quality of its content and start differentiating mobile and home video content. ▼ 2007. (10). Best Venture and Technology Podcasts for 2007. Cracking The Code. iPhone, Apple TV and more from Mac World. ► 02/24 - 03/02. (1).

Software Review 48

Software Review Technical Review Video Europe 48

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 14, 2010

But if 2011 & 2012 look more like 2008-2009 than 2010 or 2005-2007 then one of the most important skills of angel investors will be whether they can get their companies financed (or ramen profitable, but this is harder to sustain over a long period of time). There a strategic differentiator is the ability to find VC followers.

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Angel Investor Cap Table Early Stage Deal Flow 152