Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 16, 2014

It’s not uncommon for me to see a startup business plan “mission” to be the “premier brand” for their product, yet their marketing budget in the financials is trivial. My first recommendation then is to confine your “premier brand” comments to the long-term vision section of your business plan. Marty Zwilling.

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www.forentrepreneurs.com

FEBRUARY 2, 2010

Blog About Log in Register Startup Killer: the Cost of Customer Acquisition In the many thousands of articles advising entrepreneurs on what they have to focus on to build successful startups, much has been written about three key factors: team, product and market, with particular focus on the importance of product/market fit.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 7, 2010

It’s not uncommon for me to see a startup business plan “mission” to be the “premier brand” for their product, yet their marketing budget in the financials is trivial. My first recommendation then is to confine your “premier brand” comments to the long-term vision section of your business plan.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 6, 2016

Contrary to popular opinion, viral marketing has not eliminated the need for old-fashioned lead generation to bring customers to a startup. His professional background includes having held marketing-executive roles at big companies as well as startups. How many of these lead generation techniques are funded in your business plan?

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Gust

JUNE 10, 2012

Even for low-tech startups, the scope of information available on the Internet, and its global reach, has had a similar financial impact on the many other challenges facing every startup founder. Here are a few examples: Setting up the business. Print your own collateral and marketing materials until the business is rolling.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 15, 2011

Even for low-tech startups, the scope of information available on the Internet, and its global reach, has had a similar financial impact on the many other challenges facing every startup founder. Here are a few examples: Setting up the business. Do basic Search Engine Optimization (SEO) and Marketing (SEM) yourself.

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Gust

MARCH 9, 2014

It’s not uncommon for me to see a startup business plan “mission” to be the “premier brand” for their product, yet their marketing budget in the financials is trivial. My first recommendation then is to confine your “premier brand” comments to the long-term vision section of your business plan.

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www.reincubate.com

FEBRUARY 1, 2010

Share this: chief technical officer chief technology officer cto interim cto job description start-up startup cto web cto Weve been swapping some thoughts with Daniel Kehoe , a consulting CTO acquaintance of ours from across the pond. We think the most important principle is that the CTO is the go-to point for all technology in the business.

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Startup Lessons Learned

MARCH 13, 2009

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Friday, March 13, 2009 Dont launch Heres a common question I get from startups, especially in the early stages: when should we launch? In fact, in most situations its a bad idea for startups to synchronize these events. The problem is that customers dont read your business plan.

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Steve Blank

DECEMBER 7, 2010

I’ve introduced a new class at Stanford to teach engineers, scientists and other professionals how startups really get built. Business schools teach aspiring executives a variety of courses around the execution of known business models, (accounting, organizational behavior, managerial skills, marketing, operations, etc.).

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Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 8, 2008

I was building a new startup in 1999, and wanted to do it right. That startup didnt turn out so well, but not for lack of technology. Some combination of the dot-com crash and a just terrible business plan prevented us from having to take our scalability problems to the next level. Expo SF (May. . Expo SF (May.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 13, 2010

Even for low-tech startups, the scope of information available on the Internet, and its global reach, has had a similar financial impact on the many other challenges facing every startup founder. Here are a few examples: Setting up the business. Do basic Search Engine Optimization (SEO) and Marketing (SEM) yourself.

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www.cscyphers.com

MARCH 8, 2012

13, 2011 13:30 in Startups. Let’s face it; the make up of your team is absolutely critical to the success of any startup. The fun part of about startups is that things will go wrong ; usually catastrophically in an “Oh my God, oh my God, we’re all going to die” kind of wrong. And… what else?”).

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crowdSPRING Blog

FEBRUARY 10, 2010

has helped thousands of entrepreneurs, small businesses, startups, agencies, and Brands (from over 70 countries), with graphic, website, and industrial design projects. Need help naming your new startup or small business? Already have an established business but need a great name for a new product or service?

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market-by-numbers.com

DECEMBER 7, 2009

Presuming for a moment that all of these businesses want to make some amount of money, looking at the company’s strategic driving force can perhaps help focus the best product perspective for that particular business. ralxz's Blogs said: Your Business “Driving Force” [link] [.]

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