Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 30, 2021

Foursquare is good example of a modern hyperlocal site, which describes itself as “50% friend-finder, 30% social city guide, 20% nightlife game.” Watch out for local sales force requirements. Look at how large Groupon and Living Social’s sales forces are, and they are still struggling to maintain profitability.

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Hearpreneur

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

The sales helped them raise $30K and the attention of a startup incubator, which offered them training and another $20K in funding. Before Jobs returned to the business in 1997, its sales, and popularity all steadily declined for 12 years, nearly driving it into bankruptcy. Thanks to Lorie Carson, Real People Finder ! #20-

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 20, 2013

Foursquare is good example of a modern hyperlocal site, which describes itself as “50% friend-finder, 30% social city guide, 20% nightlife game.” Watch out for local sales force requirements. Look at how large Groupon and Living Social’s sales forces are, and they are still struggling to maintain profitability.

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Reid Hoffman

OCTOBER 17, 2018

We decided that what was missing was a Contact Finder, a version of search that would let a LinkedIn user find potential vendors. Operating on the embarrassment principle, we launched without Contact Finder. Shortly before launch, we started worrying about whether LinkedIn would be useful without a critical mass of profiles.

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Occam's Razor

JUNE 11, 2014

And you are guessing why store sales are down (and because of such a simple fix!). A search for "sales automation" shows a link for Zoho, leading me to the site below left. I can see the bra, prices, sale prices, and by clicking on the bra I can get a quick view with other details if I want. Offline sales.

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VC Cafe

NOVEMBER 2, 2010

They hope to raise awareness through viral marketing and word of mouth, since participating in professional industry events can be a pretty expensive ordeal when you take into account hotels, flights, tickets, etc. Fribiz boosts engagement, grow sales and gives users a real value for what they are really worth.

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