Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 4, 2011

It’s a great survival strategy for small companies or entrepreneurs, and a good expansion strategy for even the largest companies. A strategic combination can win in a new segment of the market, which neither of you could do alone in the same timeframe or at the same cost. Cost sharing and economies of scale.

Partner 225

Partner Non-Compete Merger Technical Review 225

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 18, 2016

Eric provides many examples of potential and real application areas that are ripe for predictive analytics, but my view is that smart entrepreneurs can extrapolate these to hundreds more, just waiting to be tapped. Here are ten examples to get your creative juices flowing: Targeted direct marketing.

Analytics 120

Analytics Retention Social Media Campaign 120

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 1, 2018

Entrepreneurs seem to have blinders on when looking at competitors. Beyond that, there may be a large percentage of common technology where they both need to minimize cost to gain share from the big dinosaurs who already have this advantage. Expand the market for both. Up-sell related products or cross endorsement.

Partner 147

Partner Non-Compete Intellectual Property Merger 147

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 14, 2014

Entrepreneurs seem to have blinders on when looking at competitors. Beyond that, there may be a large percentage of common technology where they both need to minimize cost to gain share from the big dinosaurs who already have this advantage. Expand the market for both. Up-sell related products or cross endorsement.

Partner 244

Partner Non-Compete Intellectual Property Merger 244

mashable.com

JULY 18, 2012

The search giant’s VP of Corporate Development, along with CEO Larry Page, signs off on the dozens of acquisitions and acqui-hires made every year, large and small. “We’re trying to find entrepreneurs who are thinking of it as another stage in the company,” he said. The 10 Most Expensive Google Acquisitions.

San Francisco 104

San Francisco Acquisition Social Media Mobile 104

VC Cafe

SEPTEMBER 5, 2012

The term “Growth Hacking”, invented by Sean Ellis , and made popular by Andrew Chen , a Silicon valley marketer and entrepreneur, is a combination of two disciplines – marketing and coding: Growth hackers are a hybrid of marketer and coder, one who looks at the traditional question of “How do I get customers for my product?”

API 167

API Viral Startup Retention 167

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 10, 2016

Entrepreneurs seem to have blinders on when looking at competitors. Beyond that, there may be a large percentage of common technology where they both need to minimize cost to gain share from the big dinosaurs who already have this advantage. Expand the market for both. Up-sell related products or cross endorsement.

Partner 120

Partner Non-Compete Intellectual Property Merger 120

The Startup Magazine

NOVEMBER 6, 2018

This does not make a good investment, especially when the cost per acquisition is higher for email at £42.55 in comparison to direct mail which is only £39.59. It’s important to give your audience the urge to know more when they view your direct marketing, such as a saddle stitch brochure.

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Email Marketing Distribution Audience 109

YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 27, 2016

We’re all about removing obstacles for busy entrepreneurs. Email remains one of the most cost-effective channels for marketing departments all around the world. According to the Direct Marketing Association , Email marketing yields an average 4,300% return on investment for businesses in the United States.

Channel 100

Channel Social Media United States Email 100

Tim Keane

OCTOBER 3, 2007

We Only Need 1% of The Total Market! It means that the entrepreneur hasnt done the hard work of figuring out a business model at a detailed level, nor allocated the total investment required to achieve their goals. They have looked at a total market and backed into a financial projection that looks great at a small market share.

Wisconsin 60

Wisconsin Marketing Business Model IP 60

Entrepreneurs-Journey.com by Yaro Starak

JUNE 19, 2010

The difference here is the entry-level cost to buying web property, not physical property, is much lower than what it is to buy real-world properties. To get into the property market you have to get loans of hundreds of thousands of dollars. Buy sites in your market. I like to write, but not that much.

Technical Review 76

Technical Review Software Review Prospectus Audience 76