Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 19, 2020

Ready to scale is when you have a proven product and a proven business model, about to expand to new geographies and markets. A software product is a classic example of a scalable solution, since it costs real money to build the first copy, but unlimited additional copies can be quickly cloned for almost no incremental cost.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 28, 2010

This week’s guest was David Travers from Rustic Canyon Partners. As with any new service that makes information more transparent there is obviously going to be some public concern. Do you really want that level of information about your family exposed? Fast forward to a world where you now have kids. 4mm in Series A.

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crowdSPRING Blog

FEBRUARY 11, 2019

Find partners or investors. You know a lot about marketing or finance or… whatever. You’ve probably informally helped friends already to solve their business problems. Helping teams to better communicate with each other and helping companies to better communicate with the market. Choose your niche.

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Small Business Administration Small Business Social Media Elevator Pitch 86

mashable.com

JULY 18, 2012

And maybe you heard of a tiny Linux-based mobile software designer Google bought in 2005, called Android Inc.? Google purchaed travel industry software company ITA Software for $700 million in July 2010. Google uses ITAs software to optimize its travel and flight search. ITA Software. ITA Software.

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YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 15, 2013

I frequently headr one of my business partners, Phil Turk, ask this odd question. For example, If I had the latest CRM software, then everything would be great. Call them with information or updates on products they’ve purchased or have asked about in the past. Are you a chicken or a pig? One day, I asked him what it meant.

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A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

JANUARY 25, 2010

Potential partners. Sure you want to pitch your stuff, but this is a fantastic opportunity for direct market research on your potential customers! It's up to you to follow up and remind them who you were, and take them up on their offer to get a demo, trial the software, or look at a draft of an article you want published.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 7, 2013

Ready to scale is when you have a proven product and a proven business model, about to expand to new geographies and markets. A software product is a classic example of a scalable solution, since it costs real money to build the first copy, but unlimited additional copies can be quickly cloned for almost no incremental cost.

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ConversionXL

JANUARY 26, 2017

Post-purchase emails should have a primary goal of improving the customer experience, whether it’s an order confirmation email to give shoppers peace of mind, a product information email to educate users on how to extract the most value out of their purchase or a replenishment reminder that gently encourages repeat purchases. Image Source.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 14, 2016

Ready to scale is when you have a proven product and a proven business model, about to expand to new geographies and markets. A software product is a classic example of a scalable solution, since it costs real money to build the first copy, but unlimited additional copies can be quickly cloned for almost no incremental cost.

Hockey Stick 120

Hockey Stick Intellectual Property Non-Compete Business Model 120

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 11, 2015

Ready to scale is when you have a proven product and a proven business model, about to expand to new geographies and markets. A software product is a classic example of a scalable solution, since it costs real money to build the first copy, but unlimited additional copies can be quickly cloned for almost no incremental cost.

Hockey Stick 120

Hockey Stick Intellectual Property Non-Compete Business Model 120

Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 27, 2010

During the 1990’s large corporations had bought different software applications to automate each part of their enterprise – finance, customer support, manufacturing, sales, etc. And back then the radical notion was that you could view this information anytime and anywhere through this new technology called a web browser.

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Duct Tape Marketing

MAY 17, 2011

5000 2006-2010), a leading self-service direct marketing provider to over 100,000 small businesses. Not only will your comment and your information be displayed, but the blogger you’re commenting on may end up following and commenting on your blog too. Business owners and marketers don’t necessarily need.

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VC Adventure

FEBRUARY 23, 2010

“The Venture Capital in the Rockies 2010 Winter conference is a premier event for both promising companies and attendees,” said Seth Levine, chairman of VCIR and a managing partner at the Foundry Group, a Boulder, CO-based venture capital firm. Clementine Arts markets the first full line of natural art supplies for children. .

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VC Adventure

FEBRUARY 23, 2010

“The Venture Capital in the Rockies 2010 Winter conference is a premier event for both promising companies and attendees,” said Seth Levine, chairman of VCIR and a managing partner at the Foundry Group, a Boulder, CO-based venture capital firm. Clementine Arts markets the first full line of natural art supplies for children. .

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Venture Capital Colorado Mezzanine Wyoming 52

Entrepreneurs-Journey.com by Yaro Starak

JUNE 19, 2010

I’d appreciate it if you shared this with as many people as you think would benefit from the information. It was around this time that I started seeing a lot of information about people making money from selling websites, and of course I knew that if you stick some banners on your website you can make money, so that was my next step.

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