A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

MAY 10, 2010

In fact, 3 of the 10 selected companies from the past two years has followed this business model. It's a "marketplace" in that they "create a market" in which sellers connect with buyers because eBay provides a sufficient quantity of both. Maybe it's the "go big or go home" mentality? (I I won't spoil the surprise!).

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The Next Web

DECEMBER 30, 2012

How to identify and engage the first customers for your product, and how to gather, evaluate and use their feedback to make your product, marketing and business model far stronger. Social media marketing for startups : How to use social to launch, position your messaging and get distribution. Codecademy.

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Artificial Inteligence Founder Private Equity Ruby 156

ReadWriteStart

SEPTEMBER 23, 2010

To do a solid holiday season he will need to balance the inventory and marketing budgets, and getting stuck in a complex situation with inventory being stuffed in the retail channels with bad terms will be a kiss of death. I will connect the company to a few larger companies that may be good OEM channels for them. Discuss.

India 114

India Silicon Valley Incubator Bootstrapping 114

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 5, 2018

The reality is that successful businesses these days require an equally elegant business model, with the right marketing, delivery channel, price, and target customers, to get real traction. In the investment community, this work is called proving the business model.

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Product Advisory Board Business Model Cofounder 137

ReadWriteStart

NOVEMBER 19, 2010

First is that there are, perhaps, a thousand people in the world of entrepreneurship who know what they are doing when it comes to dealing with issues like financing, positioning, market sizing, customer validation, customer acquisition and other seemingly obvious topics that all entrepreneurs need to deal with. On to the roundtable recap.

Silicon Valley 114

Silicon Valley Technical Review Startup Early Stage 114

Up and Running

MARCH 8, 2016

So, you’re in the market to start a cleaning business? The thing is, you’re not quite sure what, exactly, is involved in starting a cleaning a business. Market research and business idea validation. To do really well, you need business smarts and you need to stand out from the crowd.

SBA 60

SBA Technical Review Software Review Business Plan 60

Hunter Walker

JUNE 23, 2014

Perhaps Facebook hasn’t turned on its marketing channels yet but I’m surprised reaction has been this weak off the bat. Maybe I shouldn’t be since large percentage of their target market is already addicted to Instagram, Snapchat and other messaging apps. Slingshot (Facebook’s temporal messaging product).

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Product SBA SMS API 93

Up and Running

MAY 23, 2016

The one-page pitch format is also more suitable for SaaS businesses that are constantly testing new ideas. Your pitch is going to cover your strategy (what you’re going to do), your tactics (how you’re going to do it), your business model (how you will make money), and your schedule (who is doing what and when).

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Software Review Software Delaware Forecast 74

A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

MARCH 11, 2014

On the other hand, it’s a whole universe and you’d need an interesting perspective on why you should go attack that market and face all that competition and noise and everything that’s in the market. So when you’re thinking about marketing positioning to me, that side of it is the interesting side of it.

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Technical Cofounder Cofounder Software Review Management 220

ReadWriteStart

SEPTEMBER 3, 2010

The daily deal and group buying market has really heated up, with numerous sites offering variations on the basic value proposition. As a result, the expectation is that you have to figure out a way to get to some level of momentum on your own (by bootstrapping) or with small doses of angel money - "drip financing" so to speak.

Channel 115

Channel India Bootstrapping Silicon Valley 115

ReadWriteStart

JANUARY 26, 2012

In addition, there is significant work to do on market sizing and go-to-market strategy. Direct selling simply is not the right solution for bringing this product to market. Also, selling to restaurants is expensive, as we have seen in the massive operational expenditure and lack of profitability in the Groupon model.

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The Next Web

AUGUST 26, 2013

Raise your first round of money, or bootstrap. There are two ways to start a tech business. You either do it on your own, taking all risks and responsibility yourself (“bootstrapping”), or you find investors that believe in your company. And your first community person is not likely to be your VP Marketing.

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Management Cofounder Startup Bootstrapping 120

Duct Tape Marketing

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

Helping Entrepreneurs Get To Where They Want To Go Faster written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing. Marketing Podcast with Carolyn Rodz. In this episode of the Duct Tape Marketing Podcast , I interview Carolyn Rodz. Take The Marketing Assessment: Like this show? Follow HelloAlice on Twitter.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 25, 2016

They know that showing market traction will attract big companies, like Apple or Google, who can easily overrun the best startup. Market is new or unproven, or your solution is 'disruptive.' When Facebook first started looking for investors, there was so social-media market. Go-to-market strategy is missing or not clear.

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Hearpreneur

DECEMBER 8, 2019

Throughout that development process the marketing team kept pressing, leading the company to 50,000 influencers over the Summer, which made us the largest warm contact influencer network in the market. What makes me really proud though is we’ve been 100% bootstrapped for our 3.5 Thanks to Joe Sinkwitz, Intellifluence ! #3-

Entrepreneur 117

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Sophia Perl of Wisdom

NOVEMBER 9, 2010

Raise more money than you need because your business model may change. The business model for residential solar panel company: contract with customer, local rebates, and tax benefits. A lot of entrepreneurs attended the event as evident by business cards with “Founder&# listed.

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YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 18, 2016

Make no mistake, starting your own business is indeed gratifying that way, but not all startups are an escape from a regular job. The business model and investors play a critical role in shaping the independence and work-style of an entrepreneur. What Investors Mean For A Startup.

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Sophia Perl of Wisdom

NOVEMBER 9, 2010

Raise more money than you need because your business model may change. The business model for residential solar panel company: contract with customer, local rebates, and tax benefits. A lot of entrepreneurs attended the event as evident by business cards with “Founder&# listed.

CTO Hire 40

CTO Hire Cofounder Fractional CTO San Francisco 40

ReadWriteStart

AUGUST 25, 2011

I explained the 1M/1M Twitter strategy , followed by how 1M/1M premium members can use our Twitter channel. And we are generating a continuous stream of leads that we capture through HTML forms and engage with these prospects through a systematic email marketing process. We encourage you to take advantage of it.

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Lead Generation Connecticut HTML Bootstrapping 118

Hearpreneur

SEPTEMBER 5, 2021

Technologies that promote remote working and make the experience more productive for both businesses and employees will have the biggest impact on entrepreneurship. Remote working is here to stay, and entrepreneurs will continue adapting their business models to this new reality. Thanks to Tyler Garns, Box Out Marketing! #7-

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Artificial Inteligence Technology Entrepreneur Cloud 105

Up and Running

NOVEMBER 27, 2017

To avoid these extremes, there are several questions which we use at Subbly whenever someone is either considering a subscription business model or just getting started. Is your business idea focused mainly on product promotion, or the service through careful experience design? So, the planning stage can feel high stakes.

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Curation Business Model SEO Social Media 68

Steve Blank

AUGUST 8, 2016

So we started in the academic market — because they would actually buy. I remember selling Angela Lee at the Kellogg School of Business, and Angela referred it to someone at Wharton, who referred it to someone at Columbia and Duke, and the rest is history. . Still, academics made up Qualtrics’ core market for five years.

Cofounder 145

Cofounder New York City Entrepreneur New York 145

Steve Blank

JULY 19, 2016

Jim lectures at University of California Santa Barbara and elsewhere on the process of discovering successful business models. Again, remember, everyone was losing their job, no one was willing to invest and so we had to bootstrap Prezi in the beginning. Tune in Thursday at 1 pm PT, 4 pm ET on Sirius XM Channel 111. .

Cofounder 120

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YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 11, 2017

In fact, I found that if they didn’t like something about our business model, they usually didn’t say anything. I’ve noticed that women, myself included, will often say something like, “I believe we’re going to expand our channel and grow 25 percent next year.”. Target those firms—if you can find them in your market.

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Cofounder B2B Early Stage Venture Capital 100

Startup Lessons Learned

JUNE 5, 2009

She has a separate team, with its own culture and office, and a mandate straight from top management to innovate without regard to the company’s historic products, channels, or supply chain. For example, say that your business model calls for a 4% conversion rate – as ours did initially at IMVU. So far, so good.

San Francisco 102

San Francisco Lean Continuous Deployment Startup 102

Steve Blank

AUGUST 8, 2016

So we started in the academic market — because they would actually buy. I remember selling Angela Lee at the Kellogg School of Business, and Angela referred it to someone at Wharton, who referred it to someone at Columbia and Duke, and the rest is history. . Still, academics made up Qualtrics’ core market for five years.

Cofounder 120

Cofounder New York City Entrepreneur New York 120

Startup Lessons Learned

APRIL 14, 2009

What matters is proving the viability of the company’s business model, what investors call “traction.&# Of course this is not at all true of many profitable small businesses, but they are not what I mean by startups.) Most importantly, they have lots of data about the unit economics of their business.

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Customer San Francisco Lean Hockey Stick 167

ReadWriteStart

JANUARY 27, 2011

This partnership speaks to a core philosophy of the program where we encourage entrepreneurs to get as much customer validation as possible before raising too much money, use other people's channels if you can get to them, don't burn too much cash, and all that good fiscal conservative stuff. Note, I said, validated. Not just assumptions.

Dilution 114

Dilution Revenue Finance Entrepreneur 114

Hippoland

AUGUST 8, 2018

In other words, if you can get 1000 people to come to your website consistently for under $5, then this business model works for you. Marketing first. But if this is a generic hotel, then there are likely other affiliates who are doing paid marketing to try to get users to their sites / apps to convert users as well.

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Founder Sales Cycle Affiliate Retention 48

Hippoland

AUGUST 8, 2018

In other words, if you can get 1000 people to come to your website consistently for under $5, then this business model works for you. Marketing first. But if this is a generic hotel, then there are likely other affiliates who are doing paid marketing to try to get users to their sites / apps to convert users as well.

Founder 48

Founder Sales Cycle Affiliate Retention 48

Steve Blank

MARCH 22, 2016

The latest guests on Entrepreneurs are Everywhere shared what they learned from having their ideas rejected and how those lessons propelled their businesses forward. The radio show airs on SiriusXM Channel 111 (weekly Thursdays at 1 pm Pacific, 4 pm Eastern). Here’s how they knew their idea could be a business.

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Entrepreneur North America Cofounder Silicon Valley 120

www.quora.com

JANUARY 16, 2011

Find Questions, Topics and People Add Question Add Question Team Configuration 500 Startups Guerilla Marketing Organizations Entrepreneurship Startup Founders & Entrepreneurs Startups Startup Incubators and Seed Programs Seedcamp Y Combinator TechStars Lean Startups What is the perfect startup team? They are many more examples.

Technical Review 51

Technical Review Startup CTO Hire Cofounder 51

Babbling VC

APRIL 3, 2011

Here's the next question/request which came up in regards to blog topics: From a purely selfish standpoint, I'd like to hear about your views on bootstrapping vs. VC. I know it goes against your business model :-) but it must tickle you that to some, the sign of success is funding and not a successful business.

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Venture Capital Bootstrapping Global Valuation 81

This is going to be BIG.

DECEMBER 26, 2011

Time is money and there are too many people wanting me to spend a lot of money on better ways for me to spend my time for their not to be better channels for this, because I still can't figure out what to do with myself this weekend. Credit cards "just work" and peer to peer transactions just aren't big enough to bootstrap a network.

Technology 116

Technology Valuation Community Restful 116

www.vccafe.com

MARCH 11, 2013

Updated Business tools for Startups. Whether you’re wondering what site search you should use or what is the best email marketing tool, knowledge is power. Also includes the most popular platforms, based on a year of data on business buy and sell marketplace, Flippa.com. Inbound Marketing vs Interruption marketing.

Software Review 53

Software Review Technical Review Startup 53

techcrunch.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

Not everybody can, especially if they need to run with the idea to get to market. Pitching to investors before building is a waste of time especially if they do not understand the timing to enter the market. By now it is useless except bragging rights as traction and market disruption have been lost. From Nothing To Something.

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Technical Review Cofounder Technical Cofounder Software Review 84

Up and Running

FEBRUARY 9, 2015

As CEO of Quintessence Group, Melinda educates entrepreneurs and Fortune 500 companies on subjects including small business startup, business development, and social media marketing. I have been in business 16 years and I couldn’t go into a Staples today and open a Staples credit card without them running my personal credit.

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Social Media Small Business Software Review Technical Review 60