Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 4, 2017

A classic article in the Harvard Business Review “ The Truth About Customer Experience ” defines it as your customer’s end-to-end journey with you, not just the key touchpoints or critical moments when customers interact with your organization. Legendary companies like Amazon and Costco operate with an NPS between 50 to 80 percent.

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Hearpreneur

OCTOBER 25, 2023

#4- Invest in content marketing Photo Credit: Alex Nigmatulin As entrepreneurs and business owners, one of our top tips for building a successful e-commerce venture is to invest in content marketing right from day one. There has to be some sort of ‘angle’ or unique aspect of the business that allows the company to stand out.

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Up and Running

MAY 23, 2016

Since the term “cloud computing” was coined in 1996—at least as we have come to understand its meaning—the software as a service industry has exploded. If you use software like LivePlan, you can create this initial “lean plan” in under an hour and then spend your time where it really matters—on validating your idea.

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The Startup Magazine

OCTOBER 27, 2019

With over 30 million small businesses in the United States, which include all ventures earning under $1 million annually, the market for sole proprietors is unprecedentedly popular. The most obvious factor that leads to the abysmal lack of revenues for small businesses is that many of them fail to survive in the long run.

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Duct Tape Marketing

MAY 25, 2017

What’s the Difference Between Small Business and Large Enterprise SEO? Big data and cloud-based software have definitely helped level the playing field for businesses of all sizes. Site map indexing: Metadata won’t be able to read your site’s content nor rank it without a site map to index or a schema markup to review.

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Version One Ventures

SEPTEMBER 17, 2013

This preference isn’t necessarily due to market size, but rather the structure of the market: are there only a few dozen customers that might buy your product or are there thousands, or even tens of thousands of potential customers? How do we differentiate between B2B start-ups that sell to many vs. sell to a few? Final thoughts.

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Up and Running

SEPTEMBER 19, 2018

With the rise of new cannabis companies, it is important to differentiate your cannabis company from the competition, whether you are opening a farm, extraction operation, or dispensary. The global market for CBD oils is expanding due to their medical efficacy. Also, think about the specific business model for your company.

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Hearpreneur

AUGUST 17, 2022

Bezos famously only enters a new market if he believes that he can offer a differentiated (i.e. He began his operations from a one-bedroom apartment, where the disruption process began. Marc wanted to introduce software that could be both functional and cheap. The aim was to make CRM available cheaply for small businesses.

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Hearpreneur

JANUARY 8, 2023

Here's what entrepreneurs predict for business in 2023. #1- Changes in the Workforce are one of my 2023 business forecasts. Due to the economy's turning point, the growing trend of people working from home will likely continue next year. I'm excited to see how this technology will revolutionize the way businesses operate!

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Start Up Blog

APRIL 11, 2019

Public and Private Transport Morph: The two forms of transport will continue its trajectory to differentiate from each other. They’re doing this in two major ways: through tax avoidance and reducing their number of employees paying PAYE tax due to production automation.

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Up and Running

NOVEMBER 30, 2016

Bplans and Palo Alto Software are strong supporters of entrepreneurs and small business owners. We work with like-minded partners who also want to help your businesses succeed by providing the best tools and content for the job. Your logo is the key to your small business brand. What is crowdsourcing?

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Duct Tape Marketing

DECEMBER 30, 2022

Key Takeaway: Marketing has changed for all types of businesses in the last few years thanks to new platforms, channels, and technology. But for small businesses — the changes have been revolutionary, often leveling the playing field and providing a way to reach their customers and new audiences in a low-cost, targeted, and personalized way.

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Hearpreneur

JANUARY 20, 2021

The trends shifting in the eLearning sector due to the influence of COVID 19 on schools and colleges across the United States and the world are shifting to a hybridized-online and in-person format. However, to succeed with people who aren’t trained engineers, RPA software tools must be intuitive and easy to use. 3- Two trends.

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Duct Tape Marketing

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

Before Constant Contact, she served as a Chief Revenue Officer for Cabbage, a leading cash flow management and data platform for small businesses acquired by American Express. Laura has held leadership roles in product and operations with leading e-commerce companies, such as the NFL and Napster. ConstantContact.com.

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crowdSPRING Blog

MAY 14, 2018

It’s time that you take a close look at why your business is losing customers… And, what you can do to fix it. Here are 6 common reasons why customers leave small businesses … and 12 tips you can use to start turning the tide. And angry customers will post angry reviews for other prospective customers to see.

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Duct Tape Marketing

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

Smart Execution is the secret sauce of the growth and marketing operating system Clare Price has created that has helped so many businesses achieve clarity, confidence, and control of all their marketing functions. 3:43] How do you differentiate between a tactic and what you’re calling strategy? [4:41]

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Hearpreneur

JANUARY 1, 2023

For example, investing small amounts of money regularly to cope with an economic downturn. Reassess all the differentials based on demand, always prioritizing products and services with greater profitability and better cash generation. Thanks to Liam Wilson, Lottery ‘n Go ! #13- 13- Monitor macroeconomic changes.

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Duct Tape Marketing

APRIL 6, 2022

18:05] How does the Founder Space operate? [20:21] His book — Surviving a Startup: Practical Strategies for Starting a Business, Overcoming Obstacles, and Coming Out on Top. His book — Surviving a Startup: Practical Strategies for Starting a Business, Overcoming Obstacles, and Coming Out on Top. Like this show?

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Up and Running

AUGUST 7, 2019

Amazon has more than 100 million Prime accounts and that mix of people and businesses is driving the American economy. We often hear about them being empowered to impact change and set offline expectations due to what they experience on the site, and this is somewhat true. Your business’s operations have changed.

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Up and Running

DECEMBER 17, 2020

Is it differentiated from other products in its competitive set? And one question that many startups overlook at the early stages of formulating their business plans: do you have a well-reasoned, effective, and budget-savvy marketing plan? Do-it-yourself website building software is widely available. What is inbound marketing?

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Up and Running

JULY 22, 2014

GAAP standards don’t apply to small businesses, so you don’t really need to worry about distinguishing your financial statements as “pro forma” or not—everyone you show them to expects that they’re not GAAP-compliant. Consider this: What happens when you send out an invoice to a client, but they don’t pay it by the due date?

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Up and Running

DECEMBER 6, 2012

Here at Palo Alto Software in 2007 and 2008, we embraced these planning concepts and moved towards a more agile planning process. This form of planning condensed the business model onto one page and is most useful for high-growth, technically focused startups (think Silicon Valley). Business Model (how do you make money?).

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Duct Tape Marketing

OCTOBER 26, 2022

For the last 13 years, he’s helped thousands of organizations communicate with visitors on their websites, including many small businesses. In this episode, CEO and co-founder of Olark, Ben Congleton, talks about the building of Olark and how they’ve differentiated themself in such a competitive industry.

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Up and Running

OCTOBER 21, 2014

While our data does apply to a US audience, the reasons for starting a business really aren’t going to be that different, whether you’re in Canada or South Africa. Think the country is dominated by big businesses run by people with MBAs? You don’t need any ‘special’ training to run a business. You get tax benefits.

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crowdSPRING Blog

FEBRUARY 14, 2019

Rather, it should be one or two pages, identifying the key elements of the clothing line’s business strategy. A business plan is a document that outlines the financial and operational goals of your business. A business plan a vital part of any new venture. Operating plan. An industry overview.

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Hearpreneur

OCTOBER 29, 2017

I actually started two businesses for similar reasons. I didn’t feel we were differentiated enough and, at the same time, I was hearing all this buzz about social media. Since going incorporated in 2015, I’ve helped scale up several small businesses in the Chicagoland area. The model and the timing were good.

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Hearpreneur

JULY 10, 2015

The concept is, rather than simply sending a random assortment of products in a box, the customer tells you what their preference is and you as the business tailor each box specifically towards them. I add other differentiators by podcasting and creating expert-sourced ebooks or videos. Thanks to Brian Carter, The Carter Group !

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Duct Tape Marketing

OCTOBER 12, 2022

12:59] The typical small business owners are out there saying they have so many channels to keep up with to respond to clients, customers, or prospects and that it is hard to keep up – who’s got time for all of that? Click on over and give us a review on iTunes, please! The Time To Win Research Study. Duct Tape Transcript.

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Duct Tape Marketing

JUNE 16, 2022

More About Stu Heinecke: His book — How to Grow Your Business Like a Weed: A Complete Strategy for Unstoppable Growth. Click on over and give us a review on iTunes, please! So, you know, what are the unfair advantages that, that you think this MI weed mindset or adopting this weed mindset gives a business? StuHeinecke.com.

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Duct Tape Marketing

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

More About Stu Heinecke: His book — How to Grow Your Business Like a Weed: A Complete Strategy for Unstoppable Growth StuHeinecke.com Take The Marketing Assessment: Marketingassessment.co Click on over and give us a review on iTunes, please! Learn how HubSpot can make your business grow better@hubspot.com. Like this show?

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Up and Running

MAY 28, 2015

We recently had Tim Berry, Palo Alto Software founder and business planning expert, present our Bplans audience with his latest advice on lean business planning. You do in small business, in startups, you survive on focus, and my shortcut to strategy that I like is think about identify, market and business offering.

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ConversionXL

OCTOBER 7, 2021

Where possible, use endorsements from industry influencers or positive reviews from customers who’ve tested your MVP. It’s a strategy used by software providers like SAP and IBM i2 , whose systems are vital to companies’ operations. . These helped grow the company’s user base to turn Groove into a $5 million a year business. “We

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A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

NOVEMBER 21, 2011

How to differentiate yourself in a crowded market (and when perhaps you shouldn’t try). On the one hand, we’re looking at, you know, the Fortune 5,000,000 [inaudible] small teams, small businesses like us, they’re probably using a small business CRM like Highrise or the free version of Sugar.

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ConversionXL

NOVEMBER 11, 2015

Vlad Malik from www.goodui.org gave a review of A/B Tasty: Vlad Malik : “The things I like about ABTasty I like a lot. You can add a custom goal right in the code, and it automatically shows up on the report – you don’t need to create the goal first. The dashboard is just a plain list of tests on a white background.

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Duct Tape Marketing

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

Click on over and give us a review on iTunes, please! So I have three consultancies that I operate. I have one that works specifically with [00:01:00] agencies, one that works only with law firms and then the fractional CMO business. We use Desk Team 360 every day in our business, and so I've negotiated you a 10 percent deal.

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Duct Tape Marketing

MAY 9, 2017

And so they are devouring click-throughs that used to go to either a small business website or even a big brand website that might have a local presence. They’re pulling in the list of human curated list of successful local businesses and showing those right in the knowledge panel. David thanks for joining me.

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Up and Running

AUGUST 12, 2015

Recently, Palo Alto Software CEO Sabrina Parsons hosted a webinar for our Bcast members on how to use LivePlan to create a better business plan, pitch your idea to investors, and track your business. As a successful small business owner, Sabrina wanted to show off how LivePlan’s many features can help boost your business.

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