Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 7, 2013

For example, if you are working on a great social networking idea to replace Facebook, and need funding, you probably won’t find any interested and focused VCs or Angel investors in Phoenix, Arizona, where I live. Exposure to customers, incumbents, and competitors all drive success. It’s just the first of many.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 16, 2015

For example, if you are working on a great social networking idea to replace Facebook, and need funding, you probably won’t find any interested and focused VCs or Angel investors in Phoenix, Arizona, where I live. Exposure to customers, incumbents, and competitors all drive success. It’s just the first of many.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 11, 2010

Remember “ The Social Network ” movie about Facebook? Moral: Before you decide that it’s absolutely necessary to take outside investment, explore all the possible ways you can partner, outsource, affiliate, collaborate, or…heaven forbid, get customers. Remember what happened to the alleged co-founders when Peter Thiel came in?

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Hearpreneur

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

Marvel’s fascinating turnaround story is no less than a heroic action story where the protagonist flips the scales at the last moment and arises like the phoenix, just like the many superheroes it helped become household names. And it’s a definite win-win for the customers and the manufacturer. Photo Credit: Brian David Crane.

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Duct Tape Marketing

JUNE 9, 2016

Remember that social media is a free form conversation, leave room for spontaneity. Be transparent — Be authentic and embrace your critics; responding to negative comments with a solution speaks volumes about your commitment to customer service, deleting it mutes the conversation. Classification: Business-oriented social network.

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Duct Tape Marketing

DECEMBER 31, 2015

8 Social Media Hacks to Increase Customer Retention written by Guest Post read more at Duct Tape Marketing. Many times when businesses talk social media, they’re only talking about social media marketing. In this blog, I want to talk about 8 social media hacks to help your business increase customer retention and loyalty.

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Duct Tape Marketing

MARCH 2, 2013

Grabbed a ball during the Royals spring opener in Phoenix. Good stuff I found this week: TimeTrade – Nice looking online appointment setting tool that allows your customers to pick a time to meet. Diigo – Online social bookmarking tool. I finally got around to moving my delicious bookmarks after numerous outages.

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