Duct Tape Marketing

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

Camden is the Founder and CEO of the Nonprofit Organization Beyond the Crisis Beyond the Crisis, the food-distribution charity, which has distributed over 100,000 dollars of food items to housing communities and homeless shelters across Massachusetts. Boost sales and engage customers all from one powerful platform. Capture leads.

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Hearpreneur

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

No one can prepare you for a bad customer experience until it happens. They learn through their own experiences, such as specific courses they took in school or the server position they held at the local pizza shop. It requires a lot of training and learning from experiences that you can't be born into.

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YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 10, 2015

Take, for instance, the remarkable 2014 events at Market Basket, a 73-store grocery chain based in Massachusetts. Strong relationships between employees, suppliers, and customers resulted in a collaborative effort that restored a beloved CEO and saved a company. Demoulas, in favor of his bottom-line driven cousin, Arthur S.

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Hippoland

APRIL 17, 2011

The customers we serve at LaunchBit are entrepreneurs, so they tend to be pretty creative in getting what they want. I thought I’d share some of the ways they’ve taught me to be a more effective customer. . 1) Just show up. At LaunchBit, we often speak in public, and almost all of our events sell out quickly.

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ReadWriteStart

MAY 5, 2011

In addition, I asked him to do a competitive analysis on the pricing models of the various mobile app platforms and come back to me with both sets of market data, namely, customer research and competitive analysis. She has a master's degree in electrical engineering and computer science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

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ReadWriteStart

MARCH 24, 2011

Monetization models, while not yet validated, can come from charging the customer base that is already acquainted with the service, as well as selling the white label solutions to colleges. Chris is primarily trying to assess his customer acquisition strategy, which requires that people see the game being played. Photo by nazreth.

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ReadWriteStart

SEPTEMBER 22, 2011

The bulk of our discussion today was around scaling and customer acquisition strategies. Then Gerard McDonald from Dublin, Ireland, discussed CustomerDiscovery, a concept-stage venture around online marketing services using social media mechanisms for customer acquisition. CustomerDiscovery. Discuss.

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ReadWriteStart

JUNE 16, 2011

Freshdesk First, Girish Mathrubootham from Chennai, India, pitched Freshdesk , a SaaS company that provides small and medium businesses with on-demand customer support software that offers multi-channel social support. Freshdesk introduces itself as a kind of Salesforce.com for customer support so to speak.

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ReadWriteStart

SEPTEMBER 23, 2010

Next, Umakant Soni discussed Vimagino.com , a software for Web-based Q&A support to engage customers better on sites that are trying to draw people in and convert them into customers. In addition, we are offering entrepreneurs access to investors and customers through our recently launched our 1M/1M Incubation Radar series.

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YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 4, 2021

A business open to the public has the responsibility to keep customers safe. The business can be held liable if customers were injured, and the staff knew but did nothing to compensate for it. So when does the workplace get sued for personal injury ? The proprietors are also liable for injury to their staff. 5 years – Missouri .

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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. Rangrut.com.

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ReadWriteStart

APRIL 1, 2011

Our discussion today was around prioritization of the next few critical steps around customer acquisition and validation. Report Bee has two paying customers, and we discussed segmentation issues around where to focus for the early market penetration strategy. Report Bee. Then Balaganesh S., Discuss.

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ReadWriteStart

NOVEMBER 3, 2011

Today James Hickey from San Diego, California, pitched Parallel6 , a company that does social media marketing services for brands and also has a white label mobile app that can be customized and branded for their clients' mobile and social marketing needs. From 2008 to 2010, Mitra was a columnist for Forbes. Discuss.

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ReadWriteStart

SEPTEMBER 16, 2010

This is an open opportunity for an entrepreneur to build a custom solution. Today, the telecom industry charges customers based on fixed price business models for data services. SurgeForth has since graduated to paying customers, and is making good progress. Cion has 18 customers and is considering funding.

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ReadWriteStart

OCTOBER 7, 2010

Our discussion today was largely around her financing strategy, and one of the key milestones that I probed her on was: What does it take to get a validated customer? Well, it turns out that with about $900,000 and 12 months, Siobhan can get to paying customers. Rajan, however, needs to negotiate his early customers better.

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ReadWriteStart

DECEMBER 2, 2010

But our goal is to make sure that these businesses are sustainable, have customers, revenues, and profits. Well, eLance has experienced similar problems, and I asked David to concentrate on communicating to his user base of service providers the value of building a reputation through references and reviews/customer feedback.

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ReadWriteStart

JUNE 23, 2011

The idea is interesting, but needs positioning and validation with the right set of target customers. She has a master's degree in electrical engineering and computer science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. From 2008 to 2010, Mitra was a columnist for Forbes. Discuss.

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YoungUpstarts

JUNE 11, 2018

When customers enter that fence, you’re able to market to them and send them messages. Not only is this convenient for you as a business owner, but it’s also very convenient and helpful for customers. Think about your industry and what could help your customers and your business at the same time. Who is your competition?

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ReadWriteStart

APRIL 14, 2011

First up, Girish Mathrubootham from Chennai, India, presented Freshdesk , a SaaS solution for multi-channel customer support including knowledge base and social CRM support. She has a master's degree in electrical engineering and computer science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Quantum Arc. ET Interactive. Discuss.

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Austin Startup

NOVEMBER 13, 2019

Manuel Rosso , CEO at Rosso & Flynn Modern Butcher , earned a Master’s degree from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology as a way to establish credibility, but he wishes he had started his entrepreneurial career sooner.

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Gust

NOVEMBER 8, 2012

Many online business models would be eviscerated by laws like SOPA that seek to essentially deputize private companies as agents of content owners and law enforcement agencies, coerced into policing their own users (customers) at great cost in both dollars and resources. Healthcare Reform. Yes, really.

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ReadWriteStart

SEPTEMBER 10, 2010

This company provides a crowdsourced customer service solution to enterprises. Gio pitched it to me as a crowdsourced BPO, but I think he will have more success if he simply focuses on customer service as his core value proposition. They already have several customers including some telcos, and are at about $350,000 in revenues.

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ReadWriteStart

SEPTEMBER 16, 2011

What is interesting is that international businesses are not only happening now with companies in Brazil wanting to sell to American customers, but also companies in Israel wanting to sell to Indian customers. She has a master's degree in electrical engineering and computer science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

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Up and Running

JUNE 8, 2016

By allowing existing customers to purchase gift cards or gift certificates for friends and family, you not only bring in new customers, but you also increase sales and get paid immediately in full, even if that person never takes you up on your offer. In the U.S. alone in 2016, gift card sales are expected to hit $140 billion.

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ReadWriteStart

OCTOBER 27, 2011

It is also an excellent platform to address the questions from prospects and help clarify issues and objections for any sales process, which is one of the primary ways Voluble is seeing some of its major early customers using it. The next event will be on Tuesday, November 22, 2011, at 8:00 AM (PDT), register to attend here. Discuss.

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ReadWriteStart

DECEMBER 9, 2010

First, there are two primary aspects that have to be managed: inventory financing and customer acquisition costs. I asked him about his customer acquisition strategy and heard the word "advertising" a lot: Facebook advertising. Well, all that costs money, I would like to see a more cost-effective customer acquisition strategy.

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Transformify

JULY 25, 2019

We partner with customers and competitors alike on coalitions, advocacy groups and public policy initiatives to change the broader narrative of diversity in tech. The pilot started in Massachusetts and resulted in hiring three full-time employees. We have 13 different groups that make up 370 chapters across more than 60 countries.

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ReadWriteStart

MARCH 17, 2011

Marcial proposes to use friends living in the United States to transport products on behalf of consumers in Costa Rica who are regular customers of products from the US e-commerce vendors. She has a master's degree in electrical engineering and computer science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Discuss.

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ReadWriteStart

JANUARY 13, 2011

We started this week's One Million by One Million roundtable with a discussion of online advertising trends, looking at them from the perspective of cost-effective customer acquisition and brand building, as well as entrepreneurial opportunities. You can find more on the topic on my blog at Top 10 Online Advertising Trends For The Decade.

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www.usatoday.com

JULY 16, 2012

The fleet of cars in Getaround has grown to 10,000 from 1,500 a year ago, and suburban customers make up about a quarter of its bookings. Airbnb has booked about 10 million nights since it was founded four years ago, and the average customer age has risen to 35. People are telling their parents," says CEO Brian Chesky.

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ReadWriteStart

FEBRUARY 3, 2011

Then Praful Thachery pitched Delyver Retail Network , a home delivery solution through which Praful is already delivering food, flowers and a variety of other products and services (like dry cleaning) to over 5,000 customers in Bangalore. The value proposition is sound. Saagam.com. Next Kiran Reddy presented Saagam.com. Photo by barunpatro.

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ReadWriteStart

OCTOBER 6, 2011

She has a master's degree in electrical engineering and computer science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Girish Mathrubootham, from Chennai, India, discussed FreshDesk , a full-featured social customer support SaaS offering targeted toward small businesses. From 2008 to 2010, Mitra was a columnist for Forbes.

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ReadWriteStart

MAY 3, 2011

and SEO as two of the most effective and affordable customer acquisition strategies. Groupon China happens to be a customer of Recruiterbox, and found them through organic search. and an affiliate program would also help with customer acquisition. At last week's roundtable, we had five entrepreneurs pitching. Guerrilla p.r.

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Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 27, 2016

The more that people pay you, the more influence customers feel they should have, but they don’t necessarily know what they want. Customers will try to be polite and tell you want you want to hear. Doing customer discovery isn’t the same as running a focus group. We had to figure out how to get honest feedback.

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Brandanew

JULY 17, 2015

About: Social Media Strategies Summit is a three day affair for those who want to learn about building meaningful customer relationships using relevant and engaging content – the two most important foundations of a successful social media strategy today. Place: Boston, Massachusetts. Place: Boston, Massachusetts.

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YoungUpstarts

APRIL 10, 2014

Every day, your employees do a lot of “little” things that keep your company running smoothly and customers coming back: Refilling the copier with paper when it’s empty. Smiling at customers after each transaction. Todd Patkin grew up in Needham, Massachusetts. I noticed what you did.”. And so forth.

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View from Seed

JANUARY 10, 2022

Jambb: Boston, Massachusetts . Our structured sessions will focus on fundraising, product, customer acquisition, as well as other important pre-seed topics. . This model has produced a wide array of geographic diversity at a national scale, which we are aiming to replicate in the upcoming cohort. Allay Health: Seattle, Washington.

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