SoCal CTO

AUGUST 4, 2011

Think of these as the big upfront questions: Who are the customers? Please be able to provide me with a few specific examples of different types of customers, what they need, what the system will do for them. Social Integration/Viral Outreach - are you integrating in some way with social networks? Tell me about the business.

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SoCal CTO

AUGUST 4, 2011

Think of these as the big upfront questions: Who are the customers? Please be able to provide me with a few specific examples of different types of customers, what they need, what the system will do for them. Social Integration/Viral Outreach - are you integrating in some way with social networks? Tell me about the business.

Developer 384

Developer Founder Viral Oauth 384

The Startup Magazine

JULY 20, 2021

With a viral approach to marketing and customer-friendly pricing, Hawkers today is sold primarily online and in 50 countries. Customers were upset at the lag time between ordering sunglasses and getting them delivered. Company leaders realized they needed a new round of capital to grow and provide excellent customer service.

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Viral Private Equity Venezuela Los Angeles 78

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 27, 2014

As a long-time mentor to entrepreneurs, here is my collection of smart risks that investors and I look for in new startups: Focus on a tough customer problem rather than a fun technology. Investors hate technology solutions looking for a problem, due to the high risk of no customers. Find a strategic partner to accelerate growth.

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Startup Forecast Stock Options Technical Review 283

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 12, 2014

But relying upon SEO / SEM too much and not building a product and brand that is valued in its own right leaves you reliant upon that channel partner to not change the rules of marketing through their channel. I was talking with a colleague once about how videos go viral. Look at Viddy & SocialCast. But it wasn’t to be.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 17, 2018

As a long-time mentor to entrepreneurs, here is my collection of smart risks that investors and I look for in new startups: Focus on a tough customer problem rather than a fun technology. Investors hate technology solutions looking for a problem, due to the high risk of no customers. Find a strategic partner to accelerate growth.

Forecast 161

Forecast Stock Options Technical Review Metrics 161

ConversionXL

OCTOBER 26, 2022

TikTok has evolved from a platform known for viral dance moves to a place of rapid product discovery. The New York Times named this urge to buy something the “TikTok Feta Effect,” after a viral recipe for baked feta pasta resulted in the cheese selling out nationwide in the U.S. Look at your customer data. via Shopify ].

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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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Acquisition Cost Customer Entrepreneur 103

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 19, 2009

I had really positive experiences such as working with Greg Gretsch at Sigma Partners where he championed us to a partners’ meeting where we sort of got crucified. We made changes and Greg was a gentleman throughout the process rather than berating us for our performance (it was our first partners’ meeting).

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Venture Capital Term Sheet San Diego Viral 274

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 7, 2022

Some make big mistakes, such as Webvan expanding too fast with a huge infrastructure, and Pets.com , trying to grow the business with a negative margin, under the mistaken assumption that winning customers is more important than making a profit. Continually add new marketing and distribution partners.

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Startup Social Media Metrics Viral 335

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

Great marketing is required to generate revenue and grow every business, especially new businesses which have no brand recognition nor loyal customer base. Yet, as a business consultant, I still find many of you business leaders relying primarily on your technology, word-of-mouth , or location to attract necessary customers.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 2, 2022

You can’t succeed in business without an operational model that delivers value to customers at a reasonable price, with an underlying cost that allows you to make a profit. A target market is the group of customers that the startup plans to attract through marketing and sales their product or service. Target market. Sales/Marketing.

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A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

NOVEMBER 5, 2014

It’s often said that you shouldn’t talk about price during customer development interviews. This is often B2C because the value is in quantity of customers, and there’s 100x more consumers than businesses. $1/mo simple enough to be self-service). . $1/mo simple enough to be self-service). Think: GoDaddy).

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Bootstrapping Technical Review B2C Sales Cycle 294

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 25, 2023

These are necessary to attract customers, investors, and give you a line of defense with competitors. Test your plan to get feedback from real customers. Use social media or reward target customers to volunteer for a feedback session. Network extensively for partners, investors, and suppliers.

Intellectual Property 245

Intellectual Property Social Media Angel Investor Metrics 245

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 5, 2022

Businesses require people relationships, to find the right team, investors, contract vendors, and attract customers. Entrepreneurs are an optimistic and passionate group, who normally expect their idea to go viral soon, and success to follow shortly thereafter. An innovative solution is necessary but not sufficient to build a business.

Silicon Valley 292

Silicon Valley Viral Finance Leadership 292

ConversionXL

OCTOBER 4, 2022

In this article, you’ll learn how to build a powerful ecommerce marketing strategy using customer research and messaging development, and how to use it to determine which marketing tactics will best reach your target audience. Use referral programs to attract new customers and reward your current ones 7. Both are critical.

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eCommerce Marketing Social Media Retention 129

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 12, 2022

In my role as a mentor to entrepreneurs and an angel investor, I find that too many are stuck in this myth that a good pitch, and good marketing content, should consist of more product features, and more hype on customer benefits. Customers buy from people they trust, respect, and admire. We need more than facts to convince.

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YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 4, 2019

Engagement isn’t just about putting on a good face for your customers and business partners. by Josh Fechter , co-founder and CEO of Squibler. Why keep employees engaged? By understanding employee engagement , you can enhance productivity, improve retention in demanding fields and deliver higher quality products and services.

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Hearpreneur

JANUARY 22, 2023

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. Positive experiences create emotional value, which keeps customers coming back and makes small businesses stand out from the rest.

Artificial Inteligence 124

Artificial Inteligence Technical Review Entrepreneur Social Media 124

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 7, 2023

That means they normally only invest in startups with a working product that has already been sold to at least one customer for full price (beta tests, giveaways and best friends don’t count). These days, even viral marketing requires real money, for events and promotions. Make your focus and priorities clear.

Elevator Pitch 228

Elevator Pitch Salary Angel Investor Viral 228

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 17, 2013

Content can go viral – the highest quality stuff is shared. You can ask them to come and watch your videos at your owned & operated websites (O&O) where you can make higher margins as well as ask directly for more meaningful customer information such as Facebook connections, Twitter oAuths, email addresses and the like.

Video 339

Video Technical Review Distribution Aggregator 339

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 9, 2015

As a long-time mentor to entrepreneurs, here is my collection of smart risks that investors and I look for in new startups: Focus on a tough customer problem rather than a fun technology. Investors hate technology solutions looking for a problem, due to the high risk of no customers. Find a strategic partner to accelerate growth.

Forecast 120

Forecast Startup Stock Options Technical Review 120

ConversionXL

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

Growth hacking is a practice that aims to acquire as many customers as possible while spending as little money as possible. Where campaigns to build brand awareness and generate top-of-funnel sales drive traditional marketing, data across the entire customer lifecycle drives growth hacking in marketing. What is growth hacking?

Retention 113

Retention Marketing Acquisition Channel 113

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 9, 2020

Some make big mistakes, such as Webvan expanding too fast with a huge infrastructure, and Pets.com , trying to grow the business with a negative margin, under the mistaken assumption that winning customers is more important than making a profit. Continually add new marketing and distribution partners.

Social Media 329

Social Media Metrics Viral Channel 329

YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 15, 2011

We have partnered with existing developer communities, including academic communities to offer developer days and workshops. The BBM SDK allows very unique social features to existing and new applications, including the ability to distribute and share applications virally through BB.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 8, 2020

Businesses require people relationships, to find the right team, investors, contract vendors, and attract customers. Entrepreneurs are an optimistic and passionate group, who normally expect their idea to go viral soon, and success to follow shortly thereafter. An innovative solution is necessary but not sufficient to build a business.

Silicon Valley 361

Silicon Valley Viral Finance Leadership 361

Cracking the Code

MARCH 23, 2007

Popular Media: the key to viral marketing. Popular Media is a hosted, web-based technology platform that enables customers to quickly create, optimize, and scale viral marketing programs - and it seems to work pretty well. Philippe Botteri Accel Partners London, UK My Bio. Bessemer Venture Partners Expands BVP VII Fund.

Software Review 48

Software Review Viral Media Marketing 48

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 12, 2020

That means they normally only invest in startups with a working product that has already been sold to at least one customer for full price (beta tests, giveaways and best friends don’t count). These days, even viral marketing requires real money, for events and promotions. Make your focus and priorities clear.

Elevator Pitch 336

Elevator Pitch Salary Angel Investor Viral 336

Up and Running

JANUARY 27, 2021

It doesn’t just come down to operations; some of these tools will help you reach new audiences and build better relationships with future customers. This vacation rental software is a preferred partner of Airbnb, Booking.com, Expedia, and more. . Typeform is a fantastic tool for handling customer feedback.

Software Review 79

Software Review Software Technical Review Social Media 79

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 25, 2010

Customers go there to check on the details of your offerings, investors look there to check out your management and sales approach, partners go there to see how they might fit, and suppliers expect to find contact information. Two months later they still didn’t have a web site, and didn’t have a customer. Marty Zwilling.

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Customer Viral Web Small Business 225

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 8, 2019

In my role as a mentor to entrepreneurs and an angel investor, I find that too many are stuck in this myth that a good pitch, and good marketing content, should consist of more product features, and more hype on customer benefits. Customers buy from people they trust, respect, and admire. We need more than facts to convince.

Angel Investor 255

Angel Investor Viral Audience Social Media 255

Hearpreneur

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

The project was a little unexpected – creating customer cereal boxes called Obama-Os and Cap’n McCains, timely for the 2008 elections. This included health insurance and making them domestic partners. And it’s a definite win-win for the customers and the manufacturer. Thanks to Matt Gillman, SMB Compass. #10-

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The Startup Magazine

MAY 26, 2024

As a general partner of Day One Ventures, she supports companies and founders who demonstrate this same dedication. After partnering with companies like PandaDoc, Houzz, and Gett, Bucher quickly grew to master the arts of investment and collaboration — both of which she’d need to step into the world of venture capital.

Los Angeles 78

Los Angeles Global Founder Venture Capital 78

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 17, 2013

When questioned, founders usually mention word-of-mouth, viral marketing, and a top quality product. Viral marketing costs real money these days, which usually means adding at least an extra zero to budget estimates. Do something unique to get customer attention. Promotions that appeal to the wrong customers won’t help you.

Marketing 265

Marketing Viral SEM Startup 265

YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 7, 2020

But did you deliver on your promises made to customers? Notably, ethical sourcing can differ from fair trade, in which organizations partner with marginalized sectors for better pricing of the latter’s products. Treat Employees Like Customers. Make Good on Your Promise. Businesses are supposed to make money” is a given.

Social Media 214

Social Media Viral Green Advertising 214

YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 5, 2012

They include introducing new products, including social proof in traditional marketing campaigns, building advocates outside one’s traditional fan base (eg a high-tech car like Audi A8 and technology influencers), fundraising for nonprofits, coupons for high score influencers, prioritizing customer service responses and more.

Technical Review 160

Technical Review Singapore Algorithm Social Media 160

YoungUpstarts

MAY 13, 2020

Public Relations (PR) involves efforts to raise the profile of your company, manage your reputation, and build relationships with key people or organizations to attract customers and increase sales. A heartfelt message or story can spread good cheer and go viral. Create Clearly Defined Objectives.

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Public Relations Business Plan PR Distribution 235