article thumbnail

8 New Business Keys To Success For Real Entrepreneurs

Startup Professionals Musings

The rate of new entrepreneurs increased between 2013 and 2021, from 280 to 360 out of 100,000 of the adult population. But for founders who do their homework, the cost of entry is lower and the opportunity is higher than ever. They helped create over 5 million new businesses in 2022, a forty percent increase over the previous year.

article thumbnail

8 Tips For Getting Your Startup Right The First Time

Startup Professionals Musings

The rate of new entrepreneurs increased between 2013 and 2019, from 280 out of 100,000 to 310 out of 100,000 of the adult population. But for founders who do their homework, the cost of entry is lower and the opportunity is higher than ever. Establishing your brand with interactive social media.

Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

It’s Not a Conversion Problem, It’s a Customer Development Problem

ConversionXL

I feel like “conversion rate optimization” is in 2013 what “social media marketing” was in 2009. Not because they have a conversion problem but because they never really nail the product or how to market it. So What is Customer Development? The Problem With Traditional Product Development.

article thumbnail

How to Get Picked as a Speaker for The Lean Startup Conference

Startup Lessons Learned

We’re looking for speakers for the 2013 Lean Startup Conference. Often, in very young organizations, those people are simply the founders. Last year, the co -founders of B ack to the Roots talked about their innovation accounting and how they were ignoring sales metrics in order to grow.

Lean 165
article thumbnail

Brand Marketing vs. Product Marketing: What’s the Difference and Which Should You Invest In?

ConversionXL

Product marketers own a variety of marketing responsibilities, which can be roughly divided into two broad categories: pre-launch and post-launch. During product development and before launch, product marketing responsibilities revolve around the GTM strategy, positioning, and developing messaging. Image Source.

Marketing 110
article thumbnail

When To Bet On A Startup

YoungUpstarts

According to the National Venture Capital Association , the amount of money that VC’s invested rose 8% to nearly $30 billion in 2013. To be successful, the company needs to grow beyond the founders without losing its competitive edge. Investors keep pouring money into startups and early stage companies.

Startup 252
article thumbnail

The Pre-Seed FAQ

K9 Ventures

I’ll start with all the questions I can think of, from many different perspectives: founders, LPs, the press, and even other VCs. It is what Seed used to be from 2009-2013, until the Seed rounds got fat and bloated and the bar for raising a Seed round became a lot higher. This has been pretty much what K9 has been doing since 2013.