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Highlights from the 2009 Business of Software Conference

Software By Rob

The key take-away is that product differentiation is how you make money, and neutralization (keeping up with your competition) is how you stay in the game. You have to focus on both neutralization and differentiation, but there is a no-man’s land “gap&# in between them where your effort is totally wasted.

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What I’ve Learned About Venture Funding

Both Sides of the Table

The industry did that in 2007. Money when you find product / market fit is an extreme differentiator. I know in my bones that there is a magic moment where capital plays a hugely differentiating role. 10 is the new 3. And yes, I mean $10 million. ” Well. Until it didn’t. “Well, do you guys do that?”

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What I *Would Have* Said at TechCrunch Disrupt

Both Sides of the Table

I understand why he wants to differentiate himself but I wonder if a scorched Earth strategy against the main funding source for your company pays in the long run. At GRP we sat out 2007 and much of 2008 for that reason and we’re now looking pretty smart for doing so. We picked up activity aggressively in 2009.

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Transcript of Increase Profits Through Specialization

Duct Tape Marketing

Or maybe you got booted from your job, like a lot of people got laid off in, I don’t know, 2006, 2007, 2008. First of all, so many other people are doing the exact same thing, so there’s no meaningful differentiation. There’s a lot of things that, from a metric standpoint, are pretty easy to point to.

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14 Entrepreneurs Explain Why They Started Their Business

Hearpreneur

I started Ignite Social Media in 2007 after working in a mid-sized regional ad agency. I didn’t feel we were differentiated enough and, at the same time, I was hearing all this buzz about social media. 10- Address financial and operating metrics. Photo Credit: Jim Tobin. The model and the timing were good.

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Introducing Lean Planning: How to plan less and grow faster

Up and Running

Here at Palo Alto Software in 2007 and 2008, we embraced these planning concepts and moved towards a more agile planning process. Competitors & Alternatives and your core differentiation. These metrics should be reviewed at least monthly in a regular planning meeting with key business partners and employees. Target market.

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Speed Up Your Business Growth Through Experimentation

Duct Tape Marketing

17:16] Is there a small set of metrics that you rely on? [19:43] As, as a differentiator, is that Mo moving the definition of what your company is? Is there a small set of metrics that you rely on as. So the emphasis and the laser focus on metrics is like not optional. (18:22): Has that been. Maybe these are hard.

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