Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 21, 2023

Even though the Internet is pervasive and free, you should not assume that a website is all you need for sales and marketing. To get the visibility and distribution you need will likely require one or two levels of partner relationships and a real model for marketing, events and promotions.

Business Model 273

Business Model Customer Angel Investor Bootstrapping 273

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 9, 2021

While we all know a few good entrepreneurs who dropped out of school, the Internet is full of stories on many more who capitalized on at least four years of college, including Sergey Brin and Larry Page of Google, Chad Hurley of YouTube and Bob Parsons of GoDaddy. Find summer internships and part-time work in your field of interest.

Entrepreneur 373

Entrepreneur Chad Incubator Dilution 373

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 25, 2012

In today’s world of distributed data, global reach, and powerful incursion technologies, how do I protect my data and my customers’ data? How can I control a highly distributed technical operation, which changes every day? Implicit in agility is increased productivity on change initiatives. Data security. Return on investment.

Technology 206

Technology Agile Architecture Distribution 206

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 31, 2011

Some aspiring entrepreneurs are so desperate for funding, or naïve, that they ignore the obvious signs of scams and rip-offs on the Internet, praying for a windfall. I always wonder how these destitute kids have computers with Internet access, and can buy the huge mailing lists they need for spamming. Delete these quickly.

Technical Review 228

Technical Review Internet Startup Email 228

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 14, 2013

The Internet and smartphones have changed everything. Distribute an Executive Summary and Recommendations report, as well as transcripts of your interviews, to all the key players in your company. But the reality is that sellers are no longer in charge of the customer buying process.

Revenue 263

Revenue Startup Technical Review Business Model 263

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 7, 2017

The Internet and smartphones have changed everything. Distribute an Executive Summary and Recommendations report, as well as transcripts of your interviews, to all the key players in your company. But the reality is that sellers are no longer in charge of the customer buying process.

Small Business 147

Small Business Revenue Technical Review Business Model 147

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 28, 2011

In today’s world of distributed data, global reach, and powerful incursion technologies, how do I protect my data and my customers’ data? How can I control a highly distributed technical operation, which changes every day? Implicit in agility is increased productivity on change initiatives. Data security. Return on investment.

Agile 230

Agile Startup Architecture Distribution 230

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 8, 2014

On the Internet, I am wary of one more search engine provider, clones of existing social-media sites, and yet another new dating site. Huge investments are also required to ramp up manufacturing, build a distribution network, and provide the support infrastructure. Your startup is in a high-failure-rate business sector.

New York City 254

New York City Silicon Valley Bootstrapping Technical Review 254

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 20, 2022

Now that all customer shopping and e-commerce via the Internet is worldwide, the old adage of business location, location, location, no longer should constrain your plans. If you already have the support and distribution systems to complement a new offering, and you should use that to attract loyal customers and counter competitors.

Silicon Valley 367

Silicon Valley Artificial Inteligence Global Agile 367

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 22, 2021

Even though the Internet is pervasive and free, you should not assume that a website is all you need for sales and marketing. To get the visibility and distribution you need will likely require one or two levels of partner relationships and a real model for marketing, events and promotions.

Business Model 414

Business Model Angel Investor Bootstrapping Revenue 414

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 25, 2013

Business constraints, such as market size, customer demographics, manufacturing, distribution, and support costs need to be set, or there is no context for getting it right. The Internet is the great equalizer, allowing all of us to develop broad, as well as deep, skills and insights quickly.

Engineer 250

Engineer Distribution Technology Entrepreneur 250

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

In this age of instant communication through the Internet and social media, people remember personal images more than a product or service name. To accelerate revenue and profit growth, you need innovative marketing strategies that go well beyond conventional advertising and distribution.

Marketing 333

Marketing Revenue Matching Viral 333

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 3, 2012

The Internet and smartphones have changed everything. Distribute an Executive Summary and Recommendations report, as well as transcripts of your interviews, to all the key players in your company. But the reality is that sellers are no longer in charge of the customer buying process.

Technical Review 234

Technical Review Business Model Revenue Social Media 234

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 29, 2022

Support early negotiation with vendors and distribution channels. Of course, there are many commercial resources available on the Internet, including the Thomas Registry , which is an online database of 500,000 specialty manufacturers, distributors, and prototype developers, across every state and country.

Angel Investor 276

Angel Investor Database Cofounder Distribution 276

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 17, 2012

Business constraints, such as market size, customer demographics, manufacturing, distribution, and support costs need to be set, or there is no context for getting it right. The Internet is the great equalizer, allowing all of us to develop broad, as well as deep, skills and insights quickly.

Engineer 261

Engineer Entrepreneur Distribution Restful 261

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 7, 2012

You need to find vendors who can deliver in less cost and time than competitors, and build distribution and support channels. Basis for working with vendors to finalize costs, manufacturing, and marketing. After the market and product have been validated, the real challenge comes. A prototype is the three-dimensional version of your vision.

Startup 242

Startup Database Early Stage Distribution 242

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 25, 2011

The Internet and smartphones have changed everything. Distribute an Executive Summary and Recommendations report, as well as transcripts of your interviews, to all the key players in your company. She recommends phone interviews by you, by appointment, with structured questions, and you document results.

Customer 242

Customer Technical Review Business Model Revenue 242

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 18, 2015

If the startup team is distributed around the world, your challenge is to meet their process requirements, rather than expect them to meet yours. With a few Internet searches, anyone can find all the recommendations and advice that even the best consultants have at their disposal today. Deliver results rather than recommendations.

Startup 120

Startup Software Review Social Media Curation 120

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 9, 2016

On the Internet, I am wary of one more search engine provider, clones of existing social-media sites, and yet another new dating site. Huge investments are also required to ramp up manufacturing, build a distribution network, and provide the support infrastructure. Your startup is in a high-failure-rate business sector.

New York City 120

New York City Silicon Valley Startup Bootstrapping 120

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 5, 2021

We see evidence in the news every day of these irresistible forces of change, like the pervasive global penetration of the Internet, the impact of terrorist activities even to peaceful countries, the power of social media in building business relationships, and the depletion and pollution of natural resources.

Marketing 339

Marketing Startup Global Viral 339

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 29, 2019

I’m sure you can find some gaps, niches, or extensions for each of these technologies: Internet of Things. The physical world is quickly becoming Internet enabled, allowing it to be fused with the digital world. Everyday devices, like Internet soda vending , have an embedded computer allowing full remote reporting and control.

Technology 216

Technology Social Media Cloud Retention 216

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 29, 2010

You need to find vendors who can deliver in less cost and time than competitors, and build distribution and support channels. Basis for working with vendors to finalize costs, manufacturing, and marketing. After the market and product have been validated, the real challenge comes. A prototype is the three-dimensional version of your vision.

Entrepreneur 236

Entrepreneur Database Early Stage Distribution 236

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 24, 2020

But customers today are fickle, instantly aware of every new alternative, due to the Internet and social media, and not afraid to change. According to studies , the alternative of acquiring new customers still costs you five to seven times more than retaining existing ones. Appeal to all your customer senses all of the time.

Honduras 340

Honduras Nepal Social Media Employee 340

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 23, 2019

Some of the innovations with the biggest business opportunities, including the Internet of Things (IoT), are coming from technical advances in one industry applied to another. Uber and Airbnb are examples of startups that started the sharing movement, but quickly grew to challenge large conglomerates.

Artificial Inteligence 258

Artificial Inteligence Entrepreneur Social Media China 258

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 2, 2020

Support early negotiation with vendors and distribution channels. Of course, there are many commercial resources available on the Internet, including the Thomas Registry , which is an online database of 500,000 specialty manufacturers, distributors, and prototype developers, across every state and country.

Angel Investor 312

Angel Investor Database Cofounder Distribution 312

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 28, 2018

While we all know a few good entrepreneurs who dropped out of school, the Internet is full of stories on many more who capitalized on at least four years of college, including Sergey Brin and Larry Page of Google, Chad Hurley of YouTube and Bob Parsons of GoDaddy. Find summer internships and part-time work in your field of interest.

Chad 242

Chad Incubator Startup Dilution 242

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 17, 2018

You need to find investors for funding, vendors for volume manufacturing, processes for repeatable execution, as well as marketing and distribution to attract customers far beyond your pilot rollout. Moving information platforms to the Internet cloud. Scaling a business is fraught with risk and unknowns.

Cloud 208

Cloud API Distribution Software 208

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 18, 2017

I’m sure you can find some gaps, niches, or extensions for each of these technologies: Internet of Things. The physical world is quickly becoming Internet enabled, allowing it to be fused with the digital world. Everyday devices, like Internet soda vending , have an embedded computer allowing full remote reporting and control.

Startup 153

Startup Social Media Cloud Retention 153

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 12, 2022

Having only a large capital base and distribution channels, with no innovation, is not a sustainable business model. The new corporate model is a distributed entrepreneurial model. Scaling is done first by customer alliances through social media, and later by distributed joint ventures and coopetition.

Artificial Inteligence 315

Artificial Inteligence Offshore Merger Technical Review 315

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 2, 2014

See if you understand each of these technologies: Internet of Things. The physical world is quickly becoming Internet enabled, allowing it to be fused with the digital world. Everyday devices, like Internet soda vending , have an embedded computer allowing full remote reporting and control. Platform as a Service (PaaS).

Social Media 248

Social Media Cloud Retention Internet 248

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 15, 2014

While we all know a few good entrepreneurs who dropped out of school, the Internet is full of stories on many more who capitalized on at least four years of college, including Sergey Brin and Larry Page of Google, Chad Hurley of YouTube and Bob Parsons of GoDaddy. Find summer internships and part-time work in your field of interest.

Chad 279

Chad Incubator Dilution LLC 279

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 10, 2014

Many entrepreneurs seems to be convinced that the “crowd” of regular people using the Internet will somehow solve their startup funding needs, when they sense a lack of interest from accredited investors. The administration of legal conditions, signatures, disclosures, and distributions is a nightmare.

Non-disclosure Agreement 254

Non-disclosure Agreement Intellectual Property Accredited Investor Equity 254

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 13, 2014

Many of the Internet business plans I see these days say the service is free, and revenue will come later from a huge user base. Even with the global reach of the Internet, selling your first product from your website will likely not be much of a business. You need deep pockets to make this one work.

Business Model 248

Business Model Sales Customer Distribution 248

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 17, 2013

Many entrepreneurs seems to be convinced that the “crowd” of regular people using the Internet will somehow solve their startup funding needs, when they sense a lack of interest from accredited investors. The administration of legal conditions, signatures, disclosures, and distributions is a nightmare.

Non-disclosure Agreement 266

Non-disclosure Agreement Intellectual Property Accredited Investor Equity 266

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 23, 2012

Many of the Internet business plans I see these days say the service is free, and revenue will come later from a huge user base. Even with the global reach of the Internet, selling your first product from your website will likely not be much of a business. You need deep pockets to make this one work.

Sales 240

Sales Customer Business Model Distribution 240

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 28, 2015

See if you understand each of these technologies: Internet of Things. The physical world is quickly becoming Internet enabled, allowing it to be fused with the digital world. Everyday devices, like Internet soda vending , have an embedded computer allowing full remote reporting and control. Platform as a Service (PaaS).

Startup 120

Startup Social Media Cloud Retention 120

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 15, 2016

While we all know a few good entrepreneurs who dropped out of school, the Internet is full of stories on many more who capitalized on at least four years of college, including Sergey Brin and Larry Page of Google, Chad Hurley of YouTube and Bob Parsons of GoDaddy. Find summer internships and part-time work in your field of interest.

Entrepreneur 120

Entrepreneur Chad Incubator Dilution 120