Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 6, 2021

Most ecommerce sites highlight this feature. Today’s customers quickly sense the growing momentum of specific businesses, or lack of it, via social media, online reviews, and texting with friends, and change their habits accordingly. Select a single dimension to measure momentum.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 16, 2014

If your kids can use computers by age six, every entrepreneur ought to be able to stay current with the latest social-media marketing and ecommerce technologies. Although technology is getting more pervasive in business, it’s not rocket science. For non-core technical strength, look for outside partners.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 27, 2018

Online and ecommerce businesses are especially attractive here, since they are instantly worldwide and not people-intensive. I would expect to see specific plans for distribution, partnerships, and sales channels, as well as the use of social media and conventional marketing, with budgets for the major elements.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 4, 2016

Likewise, those who feel compelled to keep up with the popular media will spend most of their time courting investors. Another is the use of an ecommerce site, rather than retail, to facilitate product sales seven days a week, around the clock and around the world. Build a plan around your budget, rather than around your wishes.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 6, 2016

With one of the new free tools and a dose of sweat equity, you can create a website for almost nothing -- and you are on your way to success with ecommerce, your latest invention or personal services. Use multiple social-media channels, blogging, email and voicemail to build the same image and responsiveness as larger competitors.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 20, 2019

I can remember when creating a web site for eCommerce could easily require a million dollar investment. Social media is a boon for entrepreneurs and startups. Crowd funding is setting new records worldwide, with $17 billion from North America alone, and VCs poured another $100 billion more into small growth companies last year.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 21, 2015

For example, think of all the specialized social-media sites that allow the use of your Facebook or Twitter credentials, instead of forcing a new one. That’s the reason why many ecommerce sites feature a house brand, but have partner relationships with logical competitors to attract and cross-sell customers.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 26, 2013

I can remember when creating a web site for eCommerce could easily require a million dollar investment. Social media is a boon for entrepreneurs and startups. business entrepreneur investment IPO social media startup' No wonder 90% of the successful startups still bootstrap. Cost of entry for a startup is at an all-time low.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 21, 2018

I can remember when creating a web site for eCommerce could easily require a million dollar investment. Social media is a boon for entrepreneurs and startups. Crowd funding is setting new records worldwide, with an additional $34 billion in 2017, and VCs poured around $150 billion more into private growth companies last year.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 19, 2015

I can remember when creating a web site for eCommerce could easily require a million dollar investment. Social media is a boon for entrepreneurs and startups. With more startups, angels still limit their focus to about one out of 40 requests. No wonder 90% of the successful startups still bootstrap.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 27, 2017

With limited resources, you can sell via ecommerce, but it’s much tougher to support retail as well, or hire a direct sales team. You always need a budget for marketing, but don’t spread it evenly or randomly across digital media, social media, direct, and traditional channels. Pick a business model that you can best support.

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