Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 22, 2015

So that we’re speaking the same language I would define “exclusive” as a period in which your company is prohibited from doing business with certain customers or business partners, which is why many incorrectly assume this is necessarily bad. Why Exclusivity Matters to Your Customers or Business Development Partners.

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YoungUpstarts

JUNE 23, 2013

The e-commerce space in Singapore has been ratcheted up by another notch as online shopping platform Shopify partners telecommunications provider SingTel to make available its services to businesses in the country. Perhaps coincidentally, it was a service that existing SingTel customers were looking for.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 19, 2009

I had previously raised VC in 1999, 2000, 2001 and 2005. I had really positive experiences such as working with Greg Gretsch at Sigma Partners where he championed us to a partners’ meeting where we sort of got crucified. The managing partner of the firm called me the next day. And covered we did.

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SoCal CTO

JUNE 9, 2010

Kathy Sierra at Business of Software 2009 - Business of Software Blog , May 4, 2010 "In the old days, getting customers was easy. Putting customers first. Legendary customer support. Instead of making a few dollars per sale and hoping for thousands of sales, you sell to only a few customers, and charge much higher rates.

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Hearpreneur

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

The project was a little unexpected – creating customer cereal boxes called Obama-Os and Cap’n McCains, timely for the 2008 elections. The company didn’t turn a profit until 2003, but by 2005 business was booming – Netflix was shipping out a million DVDs daily. This included health insurance and making them domestic partners.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 13, 2011

In 2004 / 2005 I was starting to get intrigued with user-generated content. This time frame – 2005/2006 – web 2.0 And especially if you are dealing with early stage firms where partners might have different areas of specialization but they might have a lot of connective tissue across things. was starting.

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Austin Startup

MAY 11, 2017

We invest in companies that sell to both enterprise/SMB customers as well as direct to consumers. 645 Ventures: A New Era of Venture Capital Investing Arena Growth Partners We help great leaders build great businesses. All of us are or have been General Partners in venture capital firms or Senior Executives in top technology companies.

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Duct Tape Marketing

JUNE 10, 2011

Business owners must learn to manage and juggle a complex and shifting combination of customer, partner, vendor, staff and advisory relationships in order to survive and grow. This is so critical if you plan to build a strategic partner platform. Internal customer – How often do you take the internal temperature?

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YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 5, 2012

The firm was recently acquired by global beverage giant Coca-Cola who owned a 58% share of the company while allowing the three founding partners to retain full control. In fact, the company was awarded the “Top Employer of the Year” in 2005 – not bad for a small niche business dealing in natural beverages.

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Austin Startup

AUGUST 24, 2019

At Coremetrics, I had to use mainframes and dumb terminals, clients and servers, the credit card industry, and any other analogy we could think of when explaining our idea to prospective investors, customers, and partners. Our customers would rave about us on stage. We could be very consultative with our customers?—?teaching

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Mike Michalowicz

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

So when Sherri Tafoya, President and Founder of Customs Blinds & Design contacted us raving about the system, we asked her to share her experience and she graciously obliged. “I Founded Custom Blinds For Less, Inc. Take it away, Sherri! in February 2000 – part time, with the goal to quit my full-time job within one year.

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Duct Tape Marketing

JUNE 24, 2011

In order to charge more and get what you’re worth you’ve got to take some time and get very serious about measuring one thing – value or results that a customer receives. Here’s how to do that Create a process that requires you to meet with every customer for something I call a “results review.”

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Small Business Marketing Software Review Social Media 68

Duct Tape Marketing

JUNE 7, 2011

The marketing strategy is delivered to and through the staff to the ultimate delight and inspiration of the customer. In fact, I’ve said it many times, your staff is likely delivering the same experience to your customers as they are receiving from you.

Small Business 60

Small Business Marketing Social Media Software Review 60

Steve Blank

FEBRUARY 3, 2016

In 2005, while at the CIA, Don helped found Intellipedia , the Intelligence Community-wide wiki, with his colleague Sean Dennehy. If we think about that, even in the 2000s, (circa), 2005, the iPhone wasn’t out yet and we were still really emerging into the modern era. If you can’t hear the clip, click here. Anyone can just edit?”

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David Teten

FEBRUARY 28, 2012

Case Foundation didn’t have a website until 2005, although founded 1997. Connect with our partners, e.g., Derek Holt. Our customer is ultimately the startup. Now that we have 50+ partners, we want to scale. If you’re at a large company, partner with us. We’re partners with ACA, NVCA, Techstars, etc.

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The Entrepreneurial Mind

NOVEMBER 8, 2010

These portals gave employees of Sprint corporate customers access to discounts on Sprint products and services. A pervasive problem was that the discounts Sprint offered to the employees of its corporate customers were being underutilized, thus not really serving as much of an employee benefit.

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Duct Tape Marketing

MAY 16, 2011

Here’s an example: let’s say one of your business goals for the year is to increase renewal business from existing customers by 15%. To develop your marketing strategy, think about the marketing efforts it would take to get more customers to renew.

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Marketing Social Media Software Review Small Business 54

Steve Blank

APRIL 29, 2010

I’ve been teaching Customer Development at U.C. Berkeley’s Haas Business School since the fall of 2004 and in a joint MBA with Columbia since 2005. Berkeley was brave enough to let me write and teach a class on a subject that no one had ever heard of – Customer Development. Four Steps. are unknown. are unknown.

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Duct Tape Marketing

MAY 18, 2011

Explain how you love providing great service and encourage customers to review your service. Make customers aware of the review page via: Business cards – on the back: “Love our service? Note: There have been some updates since I published th. 5 Practical Tips for Gett. : As the importance of Facebook as small business marketi.

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YoungUpstarts

APRIL 10, 2014

Rather than losing respect for you as a leader, they’ll appreciate that you treated them as valued partners — and they’ll feel more invested in your company’s future because they had more of a hand in creating it. Smiling at customers after each transaction. Again, this is all about transparency and treating employees like partners.

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www.ashmaurya.com

AUGUST 29, 2012

Robert has been working in software since 2005. You can learn more about his approach to developing customer relationships in his new book Cold Calling Early Customers. There are many channels that can produce your first early customers and contacts, but the one I see most often is cold email. He is a Ph.D.

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SoCal CTO

MAY 15, 2009

In 2005, Majid coauthored "Data Strategy" a book designed to help streamline information management within organizations. Richard Neff, Head IP & Tech Group of Greenberg Glusker Richard Neff is a partner at the law firm of Greenberg Glusker in Los Angeles and Chair of the Firm's Intellectual Property and Technology Practice Group.

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Agile VC

MAY 26, 2011

The terms and valuation for both offers were comparable and when the team debated which path to choose, we all agreed both firms would have made good partners. We three partners are working hard. Thanks for sharing a candid view of what went on; I’ve heard Reid discuss the process in 2005 at a conference in the UK.

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YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 4, 2016

Keep your customers satisfied. Satisfied customers are more likely to be repeat customers and that is a key element of growth. When you ask your customers at checkout if they found everything they needed or enjoyed their meal, mean it—and listen carefully to their responses.

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YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 10, 2014

In any copycat situation, your best customers are also your best defenders. If a customer is emotionally engaged with your brand they are much more likely to stay loyal to your brand when copycats appear, and may also defend you via social media and word of mouth. Form Strategic Partnerships.

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Duct Tape Marketing

JUNE 13, 2011

If you intend to thrill every customer, you will attract and retain. Related Posts: Follow-up Is the Momentum Building Power Tool What To Do When a Prospect Says Yes The Most Expensive Way to Grow a Business Who don’t you want as a customer? Note: There have been some updates since I published th. 5 Practical Tips for Gett. :

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Small Business Customer Marketing New York 72

Steve Blank

FEBRUARY 25, 2014

Since 2005 startup accelerators have provided cohorts of startups with mentoring, pitch practice and product focus. Over 10 weeks each team gets out of the building talking to 100 customers to test their hypotheses across all 9 boxes in the business model canvas. You can see the entire presentation here.

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Agile VC

APRIL 17, 2011

paying for travel data from ITA or others (customers acquisition spend is not included in COGS). round closed Feb 2005. Led by Oak Investment Partners with participation by General Catalyst, Sequoia, & Accel and others. My partner @ LeeHower looks back: [link] 5 days ago Search. 2010 Net Income: $8 million.

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mashable.com

MAY 9, 2011

Hire someone well-versed in communication between developers, customers and team members. Partners W3 EDGE Concentric Sky Rackspace Intridea Dynect DNS Webtrends Global Syndication Partners ABCNews CNN Forbes Metro USAToday Yahoo ©2005-2011 Mashable, Inc. Have an account? All Rights Reserved. startupcto

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ReadWriteStart

JANUARY 29, 2013

To a small app developer like Gliffy , that means waves of curious customers will soon be searching the Office App Store for new tools. But Gliffy is hoping for a surge of new customers and downloads as Microsoft opens the Office Store. Gliffy’s free service allows up to 5 diagrams, with a $4.95 monthly/$49.50 monthly/$99.50

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 22, 2011

An obvious example is Google who may have gotten less market attention if there would have been 8 well-financed competitors during the 2001-2005 timeframe. customers who paid for services often get burned. So at GRP Partners we’re very active now. Those with strong business models suddenly stand out when the tide goes out.

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YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 21, 2012

Either way, congrats… and bring on the customers! In a nutshell, we spread the word about our wines by partnering with nonprofit organizations (NPOs) that believe in a common cause (or causes) — in our case, environmentalism and civil rights. It’s especially helpful to partner with an NPO that complements your product.

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Marketing Distribution Partner Advertising 213

Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 4, 2012

I lived in London from 1997-2005 and for 6 of those years ran my startup based out of London. 4:30 How did you come up with the idea of customer development? 33:15 Thank you to Detroit Venture Partners for supporting the show. 37:45 Let’s talk about the dichotomy between customer development and Y Combinator?

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The Equity Kicker

JUNE 23, 2016

The first thing to happen was that the bar for a Series A went up – unsurprising given that startups could now get much further with pre-Series A amounts of capital (2005-2010). That created a gap in market which sub $100m dedicated seed funds (aka micro-VCs) stepped into – there are now over 300 of them (2005-2016).

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Austin Startup

APRIL 27, 2019

At the beginning of Bazaarvoice in 2005, the market risk was whether or not we could convince retailers to embrace both the positive?—?and voice of their customers and talk them off the ledge that negative reviews wouldn’t tank their overall sales. Then almost all of our customers went out of business. and negative?—?voice

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Duct Tape Marketing

MAY 4, 2022

And that was, you know, 2004, 2005 was, I was realizing that it was no longer about working harder. So they need that partner, right. It isn't easy, whether you're starting out or scaling up, HubSpot is here to help your business grow better with a CRM platform that helps put your customers first. It was about working smarter.

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Duct Tape Marketing

JUNE 15, 2022

And I think as we talk just a little bit, as we got started, you started in 2005. You need to connect with customers on a human level, make boatloads of sales and grow with Gusto. Matter of fact, my sponsor GoDaddy, which I've had since 2005, it's remarkable. So Todd, welcome to the show. So you're right there with me.

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