Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 19, 2019

What entrepreneurs forget or don’t realize is that most customers are wary of all technology, educating the market on new technology is expensive, takes a long time, and people buy problem solutions rather than technology. Christensen in “ The Innovator’s Dilemma ” way back in 1995. Investors will likely wait for more traction.

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YoungUpstarts

JULY 19, 2019

Now comprising the highest percentage of the workforce, this generation (born roughly from 1981 to 1995) receives considerable marketing attention. Communicating with customers in different generations can be challenging. Attract this group early and earn its loyalty by appealing to their belief that they can make the future better.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 21, 2019

Rather than punish them, it may pay you to nurture and manage their outside-the-box thinking, and capitalize on their innovations that help your customers and keep you ahead of the competition. Sometime employees on your front lines have a better handle on what customers need next than external entrepreneurs.

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YoungUpstarts

JUNE 24, 2015

While this is not a novel idea, it does achieve the goal of increasing customer turnover and earnings in the economic slump. Summer is a great time to offer a “summer promo deal” or new “promotion” to entice new and existing customers to purchase your product or service. Have an employee appreciation day.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 28, 2017

With the advent of the Internet, social media, and instant communication via texting, customer expectations for service, as part of their entire customer experience, have changed. They expect you to be there, to know their history as a customer, and to treat them with priority and respect.

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YoungUpstarts

MARCH 13, 2017

Small businesses are responsible for as much as 65 percent of the new jobs created since 1995. Furthermore, in some ways, it can even help by providing customer service to your clients. It can ensure that customers receive timely and helpful service without you having to invest heavily in manpower.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 19, 2017

What entrepreneurs forget or don’t realize is that most customers are wary of all technology, educating the market on new technology is expensive, takes a long time, and people buy problem solutions rather than technology. Christensen in “ The Innovator’s Dilemma ” way back in 1995. Investors will likely wait for more traction.

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YoungUpstarts

JUNE 26, 2018

The new regulations replace the 1995 EU Data Protection Directive and the 1998 UK Data Protection Act. Because the GDPR aims to give control of information back to consumers, not brands, this means customers should be able to easily locate where they can remove their data and opt out of communication.

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YoungUpstarts

JUNE 2, 2015

Focus on customers and the services you provide. There is a reason why people shop at Target over Wal-Mart: Exceptional customer service. Industry leaders all have one thing in common, they build relationships with their customers by focusing on their wants and needs and providing the best customer service possible.

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YoungUpstarts

MARCH 5, 2013

Innovation : constant improvements and upgrades such as how one greets a customer or mixes and matches colors in one’s shop; 2. Quantification : the measurement of various benchmarks from number of customers, time of visits, products purchased, to revenue; and.

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YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 15, 2015

In addition, although executives in the business make the decisions, it is the employees — the underdogs — who are out on the frontline, selling, interacting with customers, and creating the products that keep the business functioning. How did they interact with customers? What did they need to be more effective?

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YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 21, 2015

Many organizations may already use, and pay for, various applications that perform transactions, process payments, and store customer information; however, these are very task-specific applications and often do not integrate. Lastly, now is the time to clean up your books and collect from those customers who may be delayed in payment.

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Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 14, 2009

In this time, building a successful business meant building a company that had paying customers quarter after quarter. It did not mean building a startup into a company to flip or hype on the market with no earnings or revenue, but building a company that had paying customers. They taught you about customers, markets and profits.

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VC Cafe

JANUARY 15, 2021

So much so, that the internet is already filled with articles such as “ 5 money lessons millennials can learn from Gen Z ”, explaining how those who were born after 1995 are improving the ways in which they make a profit. One of Robinhood’s ads (currently available only in the US). “E-Trade,

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The Next Web

FEBRUARY 20, 2014

The key to win those new customers was simplicity and intuitiveness. Your potential customer base grows as tools become simpler and easier to use, even non-coders can build a professional website with minimal effort. In 1995, I was the only one of my friends using email and there were no cell phones. The answer is yes.

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Occam's Razor

JUNE 4, 2018

Yes, from 1995! Again, your merchandizing team is working hard to procure these amazing bundles for your customers, so why are they not a core part of your nudge strategy? better to be upfront as the customers are looking for that information…. Life of current price. Direct competitor comparisons. Social cues to the rescue.

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YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 6, 2019

What You Can Do: Collect feedback from your customers and prospects to learn what elements of your brand are misaligned or lacking. The online classified site’s interface has remained mostly unchanged since it debuted in 1995. No one could call Craigslist a beautifully designed website – even in 1995. This is not an accident.

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Steve Blank

MARCH 3, 2015

Berkeley in 2010 to run the Lester Center for Entrepreneurship in the Haas School of Business we were teaching entrepreneurship the same way as when I was a student back in 1995. Traction and evidence from customers were what investors were looking for – even in “slow” sectors like healthcare and energy. And there it was.

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Steve Blank

MARCH 18, 2011

The Golden Age (1970 – 1995): Build a growing business with a consistently profitable track record (after at least 5 quarters,) and go public when it’s time. Dot.com Bubble ( 1995-2000): “ Anything goes” as public markets clamor for ideas, vague promises of future growth, and IPOs happen absent regard for history or profitability.

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ConversionXL

MAY 1, 2017

Reporting in the Harvard Business Review on a major study of growth stalls they conducted, Olson and his colleagues cite the case of the iconic brand Levi Strauss, which hit a historic high mark of sales in 1995, reaching revenue of $7 billion, but then, starting in 1996, saw a decline in sales so precipitous that by 2000, revenue was down to $4.6

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Kodorra

AUGUST 14, 2018

Born between 1980 and 1995, the timing of the rite of passage for this generation loosely coincides with the birth of the Internet and when digital technology went mainstream with compact discs, personal computers and mobile phones. The food truck generation is also the digital generation. Social media followers dig that. I beg to differ.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 10, 2010

It took more than a year to make this happen (I’ll cover how I did this in a different post) but January 2nd, 1995 I flew to France for 2 years and didn’t move back to the US for 11 years. I got to experience much of the local culture and customs. I chose a different path. I pushed for Accenture to transfer me to Europe.

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YoungUpstarts

JUNE 18, 2019

It has stood behind its paywall since 1997, trusting that customers interested in its content would pay upwards of $200 a year for it. Traffic is worth more if a site knows more about a customer. Sites like Google and Facebook have vast amounts of knowledge about customers, which makes their ad avails worth far more.

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Up and Running

SEPTEMBER 23, 2019

Other people want a business plan template , which is a partially-set-up blank business plan Word doc or PDF with obvious places to customize and add your own words, numbers, and content. . This site started in 1995 and has been growing ever since, with a lot of pruning and paring to keep it fresh and relevant. How to get funding.

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Duct Tape Marketing

JUNE 16, 2020

The first answer I suppose most business owners and entrepreneurs might suggest is to their customers. In 1995 Yellowstone National Park was in distress. Our businesses too have a balance, an ecosystem, made up of many components; customers, partners, suppliers, communities, team members, investors, and owners.

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Hearpreneur

APRIL 9, 2017

I realized I had a passion for cleaning, for making my customers smile and seeing how rewarding it was to help those who needed it. I knew I could streamline my cleaning process where it benefited the customer and my team. I respected her for her hard work and what she did for us growing up. I just wanted to simplify everything.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 2, 2014

What entrepreneurs forget or don’t realize is that most customers are wary of all technology, educating the market on new technology is expensive, takes a long time, and people buy problem solutions rather than technology. Christensen in “ The Innovator’s Dilemma ” way back in 1995. Investors will likely wait for more traction.

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Up and Running

SEPTEMBER 23, 2019

Other people want a business plan template , which is a partially-set-up blank business plan Word doc or PDF with obvious places to customize and add your own words, numbers, and content. . This site started in 1995 and has been growing ever since, with a lot of pruning and paring to keep it fresh and relevant. How to get funding.

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Duct Tape Marketing

DECEMBER 17, 2015

The promise is your brand, and, as the recent Volkswagen scandal showed us, it can be destroyed quickly if a company isn’t living up to the standards its customers expect. Others become arrogant; the fast growth convinces them that their customers will always be there. But with fast growth, that promise can be diluted.

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Steve Blank

MAY 13, 2015

As one of the first women VC’s in Silicon Valley she founded Foundation in 1995, and went on to be selected for the Midas List based on her investments. Click on the links to listen to Mar Hershenson answer the questions: What did you learn about talking to customers ? What did talking to customers help you do ?

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YoungUpstarts

APRIL 19, 2013

With standard eCatalogs, potential customers are left to their own judgment as to whether or not they like a product and want to purchase it. Social proof can be taken even further with Pinterest because past customers can pin images of themselves using or wearing your products. Kfir Bar-Levav started out as a sales rep in 1995.

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Steve Blank

JULY 15, 2010

Until 1995 startups going public typically had a track record of revenue and profits. Netscape’s 1995 IPO changed the rules. In either case Customer Development provides entrepreneurs with a methodology for being capital efficient. Suddenly there was a public market for companies with limited revenue and no profit.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 12, 2013

A pivot is a quick change of direction or strategic correction by a startup, based on customer feedback or changes in technology and the marketplace. This is the youngest demographic, people born after 1995, who are sought-after by all new businesses. Startup pivot.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 8, 2013

What entrepreneurs forget or don’t realize is that most customers are initially wary of any technology, that educating the market on new technology is expensive, takes a long time, and people buy problem solutions rather than technology anyway. Christensen in “ The Innovator’s Dilemma ” way back in 1995.

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Ben's Blog

AUGUST 28, 2012

In the late year of 1995, IBM acquired Lotus Development, makers of the Lotus 123 spreadsheet and a proprietary Internet predecessor, Lotus Notes, for $3.5B—more More importantly, it frees the army previously assigned to maintaining the massive custom infrastructure to pursue higher purposes. Marc released Mosaic in 1993.

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The Startup Magazine

OCTOBER 8, 2018

He went on to work at IBM for almost 17 years and served as a programmer at several major financial firms before launching Craigslist from his apartment in 1995 as a way to share information. Before starting Craigslist, Newmark earned degrees in computer science from Case Western University, writing a thesis on information security.

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YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 14, 2016

Because today’s organizations and institutions house and accumulate an overwhelming amount of data—including customer information, product developments, payment and payroll processing—automation becomes necessary to manage diverse, heterogeneous data and maintain data integrity and structure. percent and 9.5 Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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