Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 18, 2020

With one of the many new 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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ConversionXL

JUNE 2, 2022

Within hours, Legere praised the work on social media. DocuSign continues to create weekly blog posts, monthly videos, and post valuable content daily on social media. The more brand equity you have , the easier it will be to get prospects to pay attention. ABM makes sense. Does the client offer more than revenue?

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ConversionXL

JANUARY 18, 2022

Lean into your strengths, and don’t try to appeal to everyone. Your brand values should permeate through your entire business and marketing strategy , from external interactions (including social media content) to internal culture (more on that in a bit). Why should customers choose to do business with you? million followers.

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genylabs.typepad.com

SEPTEMBER 24, 2011

. | Media Fragmentation and the Growth of Small Publishers » April 07, 2008. Working for Equity Instead of Cash. has an article on service firms waiving their fees and instead taking equity in their clients. At the same time I had equity in a company that was in horrible shape with no hope of survival.

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Startup Lessons Learned

MAY 14, 2009

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Thursday, May 14, 2009 The Lean Startup Workshop - now an OReilly Master Class My rate of posting has been much lower lately, and this is mostly due to preparations for the upcoming Lean Startup Workshop on May 29. Twitter about it or post it to a social media site?

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Up and Running

APRIL 4, 2022

Seminars/webinars, events, conferences, social media groups, or online forums can play a huge role. Also, conduct a poll survey through social media groups. Tap into the power of social media. Tap into social media. Social media has become part of our daily lives.

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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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Up and Running

FEBRUARY 6, 2017

So, if you’re anything like me, your first startup will need to be self-funded and operated with a very lean budget. After all, sweat equity can make up for a trim marketing budget, but it would be hard to make up for cuts in product development and customer service without sacrificing customer experience.

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Up and Running

AUGUST 28, 2018

A Lean Business Plan might be a better fit if you simply need to think through all the different aspects of your business. A Lean Plan will be shorter, and it lends itself to quick revisions, but both types follow the same general outline. They tend to be lengthier and more detailed.

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Up and Running

JUNE 23, 2015

“It took an enormous investment of sweat equity on both our parts,” Allyson admits. Allyson attributes part of their large reach to Maternova’s strong social media presence, which she says is essential to their marketing strategy. Social media. The Lean Startup by Erik Reis.

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ConversionXL

OCTOBER 7, 2021

And we charge money for it.” – Eric Ries, The Lean Startup. Share it across business and personal social media profiles to generate a targeted list of early adopters. Social proof can also be repurposed on social media to start building trust ahead of your product launch. Rapid penetration.

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David Teten

DECEMBER 3, 2019

Private equity and venture capital investors are copying our sisters in the hedge fund world: we’re trying to automate more of our job. . In the private equity universe, most Partners have primary training as deal-makers, not as managers. We’re using … TinyLetter for our “Content Newsletter” … and Buffer to schedule social media posts.

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Up and Running

JULY 10, 2018

Consider writing a Lean Plan , or an abbreviated business plan to help you think through the most important considerations. Here’s a free Lean Planning template you can use to get started. You can do it in less than an hour, and you can always spend more time on certain components of the business plan if you need or want to.

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Duct Tape Marketing

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

John Jantsch (01:11): So that's a lot in the CMOs job, particularly diversity, equity, inclusion. You know, today, everybody's online, but are they finding your website, grab the online spotlight and your customer's attention with Semrush from content and SEO to ads and social media. So Carrie, welcome to the show.

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crowdSPRING Blog

NOVEMBER 25, 2012

And for those of you who believe that branding requires a huge investment in media and advertising, you are probably thinking about this in the wrong way. Many small businesses have turned to a DIY approach to branding and have leveraged the social media as the foundation for their efforts. Build culture.

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crowdSPRING Blog

MARCH 28, 2013

These posts and videos are about logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! Empower Your Small Business – NEW edition: marketing, lean business, paid search, #1 mistake – [link]. Lean Business: Freelancers for ALL My Friends!

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crowdSPRING Blog

NOVEMBER 18, 2011

These posts and videos are about logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! Lean Marketing: Facebook advertising for newbies – [link]. SEO Still Beats Social Media for Small-Biz Marketing – [link]. – [link]. – [link].

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David Teten

MARCH 3, 2015

That is what I’ve seen happen with the “ Lean Startup ” philosophy of viewing your startup as a scientific experiment in search of a business model. For example, “ What CRM tools are used by venture capital and private equity funds? ”. Lean Experiment Techniques. Five Pitfalls Of Running Lean Startup Experiments. -

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 2, 2011

Print advertising is expensive, but social media is free. A lean image is appreciated. Businesses can be built on sweat equity. Your mortgage and grocery bill depend on it. You can keep overhead low. You may want office space outside of your home, but you may not need it to start. The rest can come later.

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www.scottporad.com

NOVEMBER 15, 2010

What may actually work is approaching somebody and telling them, “look, I have 50k to get this prototype up and running, you can either take it all, or get some cash and equity if you like my idea and you think it’s gonna work&#. Mark 15 Nov 10 at 3:11 pm [.] to help him develop the idea.

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ConversionXL

JUNE 2, 2022

The median figures for each strategy should give you an idea of which program to lean towards. The more brand equity you have, the easier it will be to get customers onside. Who is following you on social media? Behavioral: Dig into your analytics to find who’s engaging with your website and social media accounts.

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www.instigatorblog.com

MARCH 2, 2010

I hadn’t really thought of it that way before, but there’s a certain comfort in thinking about having a team of people you can lean on for advice, help, questions, support, etc. This is typically done with a small piece of equity. Why wouldn’t you? But I suspect that’s often done for name brand and recognition.

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SoCal CTO

DECEMBER 1, 2010

Equity-Only CTO and Equity-Only Developers - SoCal CTO , November 1, 2010 I had a recent email dialog with the founder of a company looking for a CTO for their startup. Today, brands are hiring social media specialists for customer support, crowdsourced product development, promotions and even leads generation.

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crowdSPRING Blog

SEPTEMBER 20, 2016

The answer, it turned out, was to lean in to that uncertainty, especially in terms of visuals. More than 24 teasers were released on social media — all of them cryptic and unnerving. 1) Brand equity is everything. It’s meant to give you a brief start and a jolt, but also kind of make you smile.

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crowdSPRING Blog

SEPTEMBER 20, 2016

The answer, it turned out, was to lean in to that uncertainty, especially in terms of visuals. More than 24 teasers were released on social media — all of them cryptic and unnerving. 1) Brand equity is everything. It’s meant to give you a brief start and a jolt, but also kind of make you smile.

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crowdSPRING Blog

SEPTEMBER 20, 2016

The answer, it turned out, was to lean in to that uncertainty, especially in terms of visuals. More than 24 teasers were released on social media — all of them cryptic and unnerving. 1) Brand equity is everything. It’s meant to give you a brief start and a jolt, but also kind of make you smile.

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cdixon.org

SEPTEMBER 17, 2011

link] Lean Startups Blog – rants and raves from the startup trenches. But it’s ultimately users who will determine if the market is ready for social media driven two way search and advertising. link] 200+ Startup Questions Distilled Down To Five | Startup Lean. [.] Ideas are worthless!!! tell the world.

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startupbaltimore.org

OCTOBER 23, 2010

These entrepreneurs are looking for a technical cofounder and that person who will build a prototype from their idea in exchange for equity in the business. Get involved in social media. To my knowledge none of these people have been successful and all of their ideas are still on their drawing board. Catchy tune.

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Up and Running

MAY 14, 2015

Lately, I’ve been focusing on lean business plans. In this article I will cover: The lean business plan that every business ought to have. The lean business plan. All businesses can use a lean plan to manage strategy, tactics, dates, deadlines, activities, and cash flow. Business plans for startups.

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Up and Running

MAY 23, 2016

Step 1: Start with a lean plan. It’s the fastest way to get your idea onto paper, and it’s the very first step in the lean planning process, which is much easier and more iterative than traditional business planning methods. Introducing Lean Planning: How to Plan Less and Grow Faster. How to Write a Traditional Business Plan.

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Startup Lessons Learned

MAY 25, 2020

And then from there, I was running a fitness company on the west coast by the name of 24 Hour Fitness, which was private equity backed and quite a bit of debt. And the truth is that's yesterday and you don't really have the ability to change what you did yesterday, but what you do have the ability today, is to lean into this.

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crowdSPRING Blog

DECEMBER 13, 2018

As we wrote in Brand Health, 6 Important Questions You Should Ask About Your Small Business Brand , Brand health can be measured in numerous ways, including brand reputation, brand awareness, brand equity, brand positioning, and brand delivery. Social media. Many social media sites offer integrated polling as well.

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www.readwriteweb.com

OCTOBER 18, 2010

He is willing to give up 33% of equity for this $1 million investment. I feel that it is not at all necessary to give this much equity up at this stage of the game. Today, he sees the opportunity to do a cloud capacity planning company. He thinks, that with $1 million in investment, he can make this business successful.

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www.readwriteweb.com

OCTOBER 18, 2010

He is willing to give up 33% of equity for this $1 million investment. I feel that it is not at all necessary to give this much equity up at this stage of the game. Today, he sees the opportunity to do a cloud capacity planning company. He thinks, that with $1 million in investment, he can make this business successful.

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maplebutter.com

JANUARY 8, 2013

How to stay lean and iterate quickly while you’re building a two sided marketplace, especially when “network effect” and “critical mass” are the two main focuses? Ideally you can pay them based + equity so that you’ll get their attention and focus on the project. How does that usually work?

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Occam's Razor

JANUARY 7, 2019

Does sponsoring a fashion show lead to an increase in brand equity? Put up or shut up time for your social media strategy. 99.999% of corporate social media participation yields nothing. Except, a cursory glance at your social contributions show nothing of that sort over the last three years.

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ConversionXL

FEBRUARY 9, 2016

Social media drives communication…to drive sales. Startups don’t have access to the same resources or brand equity. 5 Social Media Growth Hacks for Small Businesses by Forbes. You can do this via a strategic sequence of emails, social media engagement or even remarketing online. …Really?

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