Ben's Blog

AUGUST 28, 2012

Marc released Mosaic in 1993. A review of the technology press in 1993 and 1994 reveals that almost nobody believed the Internet would be important. More importantly, it frees the army previously assigned to maintaining the massive custom infrastructure to pursue higher purposes.

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David Cohen

MARCH 30, 2020

I started my first business in 1993, right in the middle of the recession, because I didn’t know any better. We raised a lifetime grand total of $100,000 for that business in the form of advance payment from early customers. Other startups will fail, and you can acquire their talent, their IP, their customer bases for cheap.

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The Startup Magazine

NOVEMBER 22, 2018

After that things started to move even faster, moving out of London in 1993 and opening pubs in Bracknell and Norwich. Founded in 1993, Quiz Clothing opened 3 stores in Scotland providing fashionable women’s party dresses to women of all ages and sizes, all for a very affordable price. Quiz Clothing. Lookers Group.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 14, 2018

In Dan Rather’s book he talks about Ruth Bader Ginsberg who was appointed the the Supreme Court in 1993. Since our industry has been so heavily dominated by male leadership in both tech and venture capital for so long, this “inclusion” is something that would benefit us all in making better decisions. 8% of VC partnerships, for example).

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YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 4, 2014

This is such a primary issue because access to working capital commonly relies on external forces, for example vendors and customers who may not necessarily have the same priorities as you. In fact, your start-up needs are typically in direct opposition of your customers, as each entity works to manage its own working capital requirements.

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YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 16, 2019

When I left Procter & Gamble as VP in Global Business Services and IT after a career of 27 years, I’d been associated with setting up the first shared services operation in the Philippines in 1993 — program managing an $8 billion dollar outsourcing deal.

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Berkonomics

JULY 31, 2014

Marketing is a science devised to help drive customers to your door. And finally: C=Customers, and more customers. Marketing should provide a pool of ready to listen customers, no matter what the price or complexity of the product. Existing customers have low acquisition costs, addressing the “D” in the equation.

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Up and Running

MAY 6, 2015

Great way to get your business represented online and bring in new customers. We like listening to our customers and seeing what they do. Jonathan: Okay, so the homepage must convey that you are caring about your customers and you need to be mobile. Here we’re talking about customer proof. What does the user want?

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Duct Tape Marketing

FEBRUARY 19, 2020

So my journey started, sort of my entrepreneurial journey I guess started in around 1993. I bought a family-run business and we made some great strides to turn that around, bought some new equipment, brought on some customers like Unilever and Hershey and Godiva and did some great work. Jack McGuinness: Sure.

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Hearpreneur

APRIL 3, 2016

No matter what the specific tasks are, clients hire us to spread the word about them, and most of our customers want that done really quickly. When I founded the firm in 1993 management consulting companies tended to use a leverage model (the junior staff did most of the work) and projects were multi-phased often lasting months to years.

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Feld Thoughts

APRIL 19, 2012

I first thought of raving fans when I read Ken Blanchard’s book by the same name in 1993 when I was CEO of Feld Technologies (my first company). The tl;dr version is “Your customers are only satisfied because their expectations are so low and because no one else is doing better.

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Growthink Blog

NOVEMBER 19, 2010

One of my favorite movie lines, which I think about often, comes from the 1993 movie Rudy. We let them steal our customers. Really Listen to Your Customers One of my favorite quotes is from marketing expert Jay Abraham which goes, "Your customers are geniuses; they know exactly what they want."

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Feld Thoughts

JUNE 18, 2012

Here are a few examples from my first company, Feld Technologies (1987 – 1993). We’d taken on our first Mac custom software project and were using an RDBMS called ACI 4D which was new to us. And it’s unlikely that The Struggle will kill us. If we approach it the right way it will make us stronger.

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Up and Running

SEPTEMBER 4, 2014

Your clients & customers are your real bosses. The reality is that your customer is your boss. While you may be in charge of your own company, your success is still down to whether or not your customers/clients want what you have. Consider: in about 1993, Apple released the Apple Newton.

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crowdSPRING Blog

JULY 2, 2010

A tagline is supposed to communicate to your customers and potential customers what sets you apart from your competition and also your brand’s focus. California Milk Processor Board) – 1993. The most memorable taglines are about your customers, not about your company. Just do it (Nike) – 1988.

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crowdSPRING Blog

JULY 2, 2010

A tagline is supposed to communicate to your customers and potential customers what sets you apart from your competition and also your brand’s focus. California Milk Processor Board) – 1993. The most memorable taglines are about your customers, not about your company. Just do it (Nike) – 1988.

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Austin Startup

AUGUST 30, 2019

“Sell More Faster” is the only practical playbook that details how startups can build and scale their sales organization from day one, including lessons on product-market direction and product-market fit, building a diverse sales team, testing sales theories and models for scaling, developing ongoing relationships with customers and more.

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Austin Startup

AUGUST 17, 2017

It cost $699 when launched back in 1993. So, if you want to avoid betting your life savings, and that of your investors (me) on something that will never catch on, please do some product soul-searching to see if the benefit your start-up provides is sufficient to cover the cost to customers when they switch. It was also expensive.

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Up and Running

MAY 19, 2016

This would be a great time to do some additional market research with your customers! As we found in the restaurant industry, offering smaller or non-standard portion sizes is a great way to bring in new customers and make more money from your existing customers. Feature different portion sizes. Offer allergen-free products.

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YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 27, 2011

The Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf, also known as “The Bean” to loyal customers, is a Los Angeles based, family-run coffee and tea company that’s owned and operated by International Coffee & Tea, LLC. and sells products through a wholesale customer network of nearly 20,200 stores.

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Austin Startup

NOVEMBER 23, 2017

It cost $699 when launched back in 1993. So, if you want to avoid betting your life savings, and that of your investors (me) on something that will never catch on, please do some product soul-searching to see if the benefit your start-up provides is sufficient to cover the cost to customers when they switch. It was also expensive.

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Feld Thoughts

OCTOBER 15, 2010

We bootstrapped the business because we had to and by 1993, when we sold the company to a large public company, we’d built a nice, consistently profitable business. By trying more things in a short period of time, they can adopt their product better to the market and their customers. Yes, 10 dollars.)

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ConversionXL

AUGUST 4, 2015

Knowing what your customers want, when they want it, and how they’d like it served up to them is not just at the heart of game changing television shows. When you understand the motivations driving your prospects and customers, you can reflect their feelings back to them (in their own words, I might add). Figure out the why.

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Growthink Blog

OCTOBER 15, 2010

Determine what is a negotiable situation and what is not In the infamous 1993 Waco, TX negotiations, it was determined that leader David Koresh would not negotiate and that the only way to save lives was via raiding the compound. If you say that customers are going to love your solution, provide testimonials from prospective customers.

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YoungUpstarts

MAY 7, 2012

25, 2012: Beh Weng Wei won the grand prize at the 2011 Young Entrepreneur Awards for his Frambie pitch, which eliminates some of the stress associated with custom picture framing and should be launching in Singapore on June 1, 2012. Beh Weng Wei at Tech65.org

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Duct Tape Marketing

APRIL 9, 2015

Google’s Ngram viewer (a tool that charts the usage of words in printed sources from 1800–2008) shows the precipitous rise of the words “content creation” around 1993-1994. As companies started coming online and search engines became the de facto discovery tool for prospective customers, the battle for keyword relevance on SERPs grew.

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Start Up Blog

NOVEMBER 9, 2010

Web zealots have been espousing the end of Television since the first internet graphical user interface Mosiac started getting downloaded in 1993. But in a fragmented market where we might consider investing $200 in a pair of custom made sneakers from Osaka Japan – we want a to deep dive into how and why. It might need to.

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Steve Blank

JUNE 22, 2009

IBM had a near death experience in 1993, and moved from a product-centric hardware company to selling a complete set of solutions and services. Technology changes, culture changes, customer needs change, more agile competitors emerge, etc. Clayton Christensen describes this brilliantly in the Innovators Dilemma.)

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ConversionXL

FEBRUARY 21, 2017

With for-profits, it must contribute to the bottom line and improve customer satisfaction. Voice of Customer. Voice of Customer (VOC) refers to the process of discovering the wants and needs of customers through qualitative and quantitative research. A common way to find insights on user experience: ask your customers.

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SVPG

SEPTEMBER 30, 2016

In 1993, Word 6.0 From the customer’s point of view, they would rather wait a little longer and have a better platform-specific solution, than simultaneously ship a generic product on all platforms. They knew they needed to somehow get customers to want a blend of expensive and less expensive titles.

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The Startup Magazine

MAY 2, 2022

For instance, the memorable Coca-Cola polar bear was part of the 1993 global “Always Coca-Cola campaign.” Contemporary marketing strategy is consumer specific and focuses on showcasing products that talk to the customer instead of generic ads that can be a hit and a miss. Photo by Mikhail Nilov from Pexels. Image Source.

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Up and Running

AUGUST 1, 2014

From a business perspective, a bar right across the street from a hospital makes for a great opportunity to reach a regular customer base, but owning a bar in downtown Seattle is not cheap. The bar’s most regular customer is the town drunk, Barney, and Moe’s is also a recurring target of Bart Simpson’s prank phone calls.

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Hearpreneur

SEPTEMBER 11, 2015

At Joybird, our motto is to always give more to our customers than they expect, and to continue to empower our employees on a daily basis so that our customers’ expectations are always exceeded. We want our customers happy, and so we keep our employees happy. That is how we win. Thanks to Andres Hinostroza, Joybird ! #2

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Hearpreneur

OCTOBER 28, 2018

I started my business to help real estate contractors shake hands with more customers in person. It was the exact spirit we wanted to express to our customers: Trust us with your funds and let us handle your supplier payments. It still encapsulates our approach with every customer engagement. Thanks to Chen Amit, Tipalti ! #17-

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www.singlefounder.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

Paul Graham says : “ An advantage of consulting, as a way to develop a product, is that you know you’re making something at least one customer wants. I would add: Myth #6: I need to go after a broad market with millions of potential customers because I then only need to get a small percentage of them to succeed.

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Hearpreneur

MARCH 17, 2024

13- Simplify bonds & insurance solutions Photo Credit: Michael Benoit Observing firsthand the challenges contractors encounter in obtaining customized bonding and insurance solutions ignited my drive to effect change. Thanks to Diane Howard, Esthetic Finesse ! #13- Thanks to Jordan Adair, ShirtMax ! #24-

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VC Cafe

AUGUST 15, 2011

Fundtech develops transaction banking solutions that automate activities such as payments, cash management, settlement, liquidity management, and the financial supply chain, and was founded in 1993. S1 Corporation delivers integrated financial services on an open platform to leading financial institutions, retailers, and processors.

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