YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 10, 2012

by Bill Lee, author of “ The Hidden Wealth of Customers: Realizing the Untapped Value of Your Most Important Asset “. Talented product developers. No one can truly understand your customers or genuinely share their interests unless she is a customer herself. Are you ready to grow your company? That’s right.

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Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 7, 2008

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Sunday, September 7, 2008 Customer Development Engineering Yesterday, I had the opportunity to guest lecture again in Steve Blank s entrepreneurship class at the Berkeley-Columbia executive MBA program. Unfortunately, positioning our product as an "IM add-on" was a complete mistake. Talk about waste.

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Small Business Force

DECEMBER 12, 2013

That they could accurately predict or (in Jobs' case) dictate customer needs. But while they might not be able to predict needs or requirements, they do have a way to, at least, get a feeling for or anticipate customer needs. From the customer themselves! Unfortunately, most entrepreneurs are just ordinary schmos.

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YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 12, 2012

by Bill Lee, author of “ The Hidden Wealth of Customers: Realizing the Untapped Value of Your Most Important Asset “ The old paradigm works like this: Your company produces goods and services that help customers get a job done. In return, the customers pay you money.

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The Startup Magazine

JUNE 1, 2023

Business development isn’t just a buzzword. But what exactly is business development? Expert Helen Mohsenzadeh explains that from budgeting and planning strategy to networking with potential partners, there are endless possibilities for executing effective business development processes within a company!

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BeyondVC

SEPTEMBER 7, 2006

Facebook has clearly built a huge community and is one of the leading social networks on the web. However, it seems that there is a huge privacy backlash online (according to USA Today already 500k of 9.5mm members are against this) – I guess part of the lure of the Facebook that it was more of a closed network than MySpace.

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The Startup Magazine

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

Furthermore, these experts can find security flaws in the system before hackers do, protecting the company and its customers. Twofish uses network applications involving frequent changes and programs that do not require RAM or ROM. Assurance of Quality The testing stage of the software product development process is vital.

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conversionxl.com

SEPTEMBER 10, 2013

It’s Not a Conversion Problem, It’s a Customer Development Problem. Not because they have a conversion problem but because they never really nail the product or how to market it. But for a new coffee shop, things like customer service, atmosphere and selection, will make or break the company. Website Analysis.

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Berkonomics

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

A good CEO spends at least 30% of their time dealing with customers, including meeting directly with customers and being involved in closing the largest deals, maintaining valuable relationships, and “sniffing” the attitudes of customers toward the company as well as exploring customer needs that might be satisfied by new product development.

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ConversionXL

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

A marketing growth strategy goes deeper into customer relationships to uncover opportunities that engage, activate, and retain. This philosophy comes from The Lean Startup methodology , which relies on testing hypotheses to better understand your customers’ pain points and goals. Your customers want different things.

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YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 22, 2012

by Bill Lee, author of “ The Hidden Wealth of Customers: Realizing the Untapped Value of Your Most Important Asset “ Harnessing the power of references and referrals seems like an obvious win. What could make more sense than to leverage the enthusiasm of happy customers to convince buyers that they need your products and services?

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YoungUpstarts

MARCH 24, 2014

The same rule applies to product and app development. Launching a new product can be costly, but adding features to a successful existing product can be even more costly if the additions take away from your product’s unique focus. Do you want the product, or does your target market want the product?

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The Startup Magazine

AUGUST 11, 2023

It is necessary to cover the early stages of product development, thorough market research, and other processes during the initial step. The concept of “seed funding” originates from the metaphor of growing a tree, in which the seed represents the initial component required to move forward with developing a business.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 17, 2014

Here are a few: Business networking. For entrepreneurs, effective networking is required to find investors, partners, and customers. It doesn’t work if you don’t follow up on networking opportunities, networking referrals, and ongoing networking relationships. Product development.

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YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 24, 2012

by Bill Lee, author of “ The Hidden Wealth of Customers: Realizing the Untapped Value of Your Most Important Asset “. It’s hard to believe these are the methods and tools of a profession designed to attract and persuade us to become customers — especially when “we the buyers” increasingly ignore them. Pushy salespeople.

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ConversionXL

NOVEMBER 29, 2018

You may agonize over the decision to choose one path over the other, but you can save that strategic energy for figuring out how to transition more free users into paying customers. But if you’ve already started down the product-led path—and can get it right—there are plenty of benefits. We value things more highly if we own them.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 16, 2013

Here are a few: Business networking. For entrepreneurs, effective networking is required to find investors, partners, and customers. It doesn’t work if you don’t follow up on networking opportunities, networking referrals, and ongoing networking relationships. Product development.

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The Startup Magazine

JUNE 17, 2021

The journey to success often requires consistent self-development, an area that an advanced qualification can help you thrive. Further education courses are usually home to a wonderful mix of individuals from countless different cultures and nationalities, and as you will probably be aware off if you own a business, networking is essential.

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YoungUpstarts

JUNE 11, 2020

Even the biggest overnight successes in the industry didn’t just wake up with a successful startup on their hands — they had to develop a product first. No matter the sector you’re in, your first product will likely be the bread and butter of your startup for the foreseeable future. Be sure to give it the care it deserves.

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Hearpreneur

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

As an entrepreneur, joining organizations or networking groups can allow you to connect with like-minded people who can provide you with information and support, and refer customers to you. For business owners under the age of 45, it provides access to a global network and instructional programming.

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YoungUpstarts

FEBRUARY 28, 2018

by Steve Owens, Founder and CTO of Finish Line Product Development Services. Ignore Customers – 14%. Product Mis-Timed – 13%. Don’t use Network/Advisors – 8%. They are constantly probing investor/customers for objections and pivoting the idea based on this learning. Lose Focus – 13%.

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YoungUpstarts

FEBRUARY 21, 2019

Fortunately, developers and tech companies are creating solutions that help businesses reduce operating expenses while simplifying their processes. Users can access web and video conferencing, secure data networks, call forwarding, voicemail, and caller ID all in a bundled package that comes in under operating budget.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 25, 2017

In case you haven’t noticed it, the rapid evolution of do-it-yourself (DIY) facilities for developers, including 3-D printers, SketchUp and makerspaces such as TechShop , have scaled down the cost of prototypes and hardware design by an order of magnitude. Provides networking with cofounders and strategic partners.

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Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 25, 2014

It wasn’t always perfect, but it was way more right than wrong, It informed our product development to a great degree and kept us working on more or less the right stuff. Being distributed/network ready (even though Ethernet was just barely coming into use in the enterprise). We just got him a network connection and that was it.

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Up and Running

SEPTEMBER 24, 2020

Business owners invest a lot into building a good product, marketing it properly , and onboarding a solid team. Often, the expenses on development and maintenance of the business are higher than the potential of the product — and that’s, unfortunately, completely normal. Increase customer loyalty. Predict demand.

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Version One Ventures

APRIL 11, 2019

Six weeks ago, we kicked off a new series where we profile an awesome operator in our network to learn about his/her work and contributions to his/her organization and community at large. Besides unit testing, engineers also perform manual developer end-to-end testing. An independent tester will test cases that are unexpected.

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YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 1, 2019

There are a plethora of such tools available online and they’re customized to suit different operations. Mighty Networks. In today’s social media-driven world, you need tools that can take your products to the right groups and communities. This can include code components, product specs, marketing plans, etc.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

They have also become great networking events for meeting other like-minded entrepreneurs. In today’s fast moving market, the basic product development cost and time are critical to survival. With the new rapid prototyping tools, products can be physically built for analysis, rather than just conceptualized.

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David Teten

APRIL 1, 2021

Nick Kim , Crosscut’s Head of Platform, in his presentation at the 4th Annual VC Platform Summit, shared their Platform development methodology, which he viewed as an exercise in product development. For example, recruiting writ large is useful at all stages of development. Customer Development. AskAnything.VC

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Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 3, 2009

This post describes how the traditional product development model distorts startup sales, marketing and business development. The meaning of alpha test , beta test, and first customer ship are pretty obvious to most engineers. For example, some startup sales execs believe hiring the core sales team is a key objective.

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YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 9, 2016

When you take the contemporary drive to cater to every whim that the customer demands in an instantly satisfying, convenient manner – you meet the idea of beauty on demand. Own a platform that will connect customers looking for beauty services with skilled freelancers around the platform. Getting your app in shape. Scheduling.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 15, 2010

Here are a few: Business networking. For entrepreneurs, effective networking is required to find investors, partners, and customers. It doesn’t work if you don’t follow up on networking opportunities, networking referrals, and ongoing networking relationships. Product development.

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ConversionXL

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

Product leaders often believe it’s cheaper to buy software than build it. You don’t need a large development team or outside capital to build your own software from scratch. Nobody else is offering it, but your customer research has identified a need among your existing users. But that’s not always the case. And for how long?

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YoungUpstarts

APRIL 17, 2018

impactful work (we point to specific features that are being used by 100s of customers) and 3. Tools such as LinkedIn are obviously useful, but it can also pay dividends to use your network to find potential hires. It doesn’t take long to ask your employees and network, so do it. Not sales, product development, or fundraising.

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YoungUpstarts

MAY 6, 2019

According to Lee M Von Kraus, PHD and a mentor at Clarity.fm, “Early stage startups are usually pre-money startup that are bootstrapping the early development of a product.”. Product development. Initial product development usually consists of prototyping and MVP. Networking. Prototyping.

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Hearpreneur

JANUARY 22, 2023

Consumers are becoming increasingly health-conscious and seeking to understand their options for treatments and healthcare products. As a result, businesses in this field should leverage technology to provide interactive, easy-to-understand educational content that can help customers make health-related decisions and maintain healthy habits.

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Women Entrepreneurs Can

OCTOBER 19, 2021

Software development comes with several challenges, huge risks, and a lot of responsibility, which is why there is still a high failure rate amongst many modern software startups. Regularly testing throughout all development stages is vital. Just because it is a good business idea, does not mean it will be an easy ride.

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