YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 12, 2012

by Bill Lee, author of “ The Hidden Wealth of Customers: Realizing the Untapped Value of Your Most Important Asset “ The old paradigm works like this: Your company produces goods and services that help customers get a job done. In return, the customers pay you money. The new approach makes so much more sense.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 17, 2013

Traditional video had very high costs of distribution due to limited time slots of broadcast TV (we only had enough spectrum to support 3-4 channels). Much of network television can cost $100,000 / minute to produce. Producers can cost-effectively test formats and build fans as they go. Much of it already is. Not so fast.

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The Startup Magazine

MARCH 1, 2021

The consequences of being late or making critical mistakes tally up into the millions, yet McKinsey estimates that 90% of projects suffer cost overruns – and two thirds are at least 40% late. So one of our major focus points has been: How do we support the adoption of our platform by customers?

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ReadWriteStart

MAY 29, 2020

There has been a 360-degree revolution in technology that has encompassed the businesses and customers both. Customers are no longer satisfied by getting what they want at a reasonable price- they not only want to have the best but also want to have it in a way that enhances their experience. million customers annually, who spend $57.6

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YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 11, 2012

The daily deals aggregator says they are seeing more and more merchants listing their deals on deal sites, and consumers haven’t quite had enough of scouting for such deals. All Deals Asia iPhone App. And while some daily deal sites, such as Groupon and deal.com.sg have their mobile apps, they can list only their individual deals. “By

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Agile VC

JUNE 13, 2019

Embedded Growth From Existing Customers. One of the key features of Chewy’s business is the recurring nature of customer purchases. Chewy now has over 10 million customers, repeat purchases by existing customers account for approximately 90% of their revenue today. Annual Net Sales By Customer Cohort.

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Transformify

JUNE 20, 2022

How is it possible to automate the end-to-end process to cut on costs and eliminate the likelihood of human errors? Taras, recently TFY saw unprecedented demand for vendor management software as lots of businesses seek efficiencies and cost optimization. How do they manage billing, payments and compliance?

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YoungUpstarts

APRIL 22, 2019

It’s important to have a report that allows for a comparison of the quoted or budgeted cost with the actual cost, as well as letting the executive team compare financial performance using custom criteria.

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View from Seed

SEPTEMBER 12, 2017

But while that particular model has seen success, it certainly won’t be the only way that companies will be able to create greater personalization and serendipitous discovery for their customers. It is very difficult to win over customers without matching the jaw-dropping value and service that Amazon has trained consumers to expect.

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Up and Running

AUGUST 24, 2020

Cutting costs , revisiting forecasts , and stabilizing your business. Take delivery service apps like Instacart for example, that use AI analytics to garner insights about customers and their behavioral patterns. But there are plenty of cost-saving, productivity and even hiring benefits that make remote work an attractive option.

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YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 18, 2020

I then suggested that they work with factories in the interior of China to reduce those costs, but again their compliance teams took too long to approve these new factories for it to help. The winners would be the large technology platforms that aggregated and empowered these entrepreneurs — the losers would be the big, slow-moving brands.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 24, 2018

In addition to obvious economic challenges, the emerging generation of customers is determined to radically change the rules for customer engagement. He makes a convincing argument that it’s time for every company to get prepared for the next customer generation, or your company is heading toward life support.

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YoungUpstarts

MARCH 2, 2017

It used to be that a business would gain customers only from the neighborhood surrounding its location. Now, thanks to internet technology, your customers can be from around your state — or around the world. by John Donovan, CEO of Bizfi. You’ll need to take good photos of your inventory, or get photos from your suppliers.

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The Startup Magazine

FEBRUARY 19, 2018

Business data includes inventory, customer details, customer orders, employee information and marketing campaigns. When a member of the team forgets or otherwise fails to relay information in time, the end result is customer dissatisfaction which eventually negatively impacts the bottom line. Data Protection. Teleconferencing.

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YoungUpstarts

APRIL 20, 2018

Today it takes us now mere hours and costs less than $1,000. And solar energy reached parity in its price/performance ratio to conventional sources of energy like coal – turning a scarce natural resource into something which will be abundantly available at little to no cost in the near-term future. Work is love made visible.

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Up and Running

JULY 7, 2020

Product manufacturing costs and marketing expenses are what most entrepreneurs plan first, as they comprise a significant portion of the overall startup budget. But one major cost that often surprises new business owners and can make or break your business is the cost of shipping and fulfillment.

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YoungUpstarts

FEBRUARY 1, 2019

When AI can aggregate data and offer projections, patients and professionals can act with the future in mind. For example, healthcare services company Vizient is applying AI to help its members deliver cost-effective healthcare. Improve communication. One of the healthcare industry’s most prominent problems lies in communication.

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The Startup Magazine

MARCH 13, 2019

Successful candidates will be co-located at AEP offices in Columbus, Ohio and will access data, gather insights and aim to test their products/services in live customer environments. If you have a technology that can help us better communicate with customers, let us know. AEP and L Marks will also provide fundraising support.

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Up and Running

NOVEMBER 12, 2020

Actually spending money on advertising or other marketing costs can feel daunting and fruitless, especially when first starting out. Marketing is an investment where the money is spent to acquire more customers for your business, leading to higher profits and more revenue. Bring in new customers. Take on the competition.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 13, 2014

In addition to obvious economic challenges, the emerging generation of customers is determined to radically change the rules for customer engagement. He makes a convincing argument that it’s time for every company to get prepared for the next customer generation, or your company is heading toward life support.

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David Teten

APRIL 1, 2021

Similarly, customer introductions are invaluable in the early days, but become less valuable once a company has a fully-formed go to market function.”. Then, pluck the low-hanging fruit: easy, low-cost, and highly scalable infrastructure. aggregates resources from all the VCs. Customer Development. AskAnything.VC

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 4, 2011

4 times / 100 means if a customer uses your app frequently (say 10-20 times / day) then they are crashing nearly every day. Customer Acquisition. At the highest level you’ll obviously want to track how many customers your adding every month (and for some businesses that have hit scale this is measured on a daily basis).

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 24, 2018

In addition to obvious economic challenges, the emerging generation of customers is determined to radically change the rules for customer engagement. He makes a convincing argument that it’s time for every company to get prepared for the next customer generation, or your company is heading toward life support.

Demand 140

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Occam's Razor

JUNE 4, 2018

Present a yummy spreadsheet that quantifies the cost of inaction , how much money you’ll lose by not delivering a 25% improvement every week. Sometimes, by using one of the multitude of price aggregators, you can have an understanding of where your pricing is at an item level. Welcome to Nudging. Direct competitor comparisons.

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ConversionXL

SEPTEMBER 13, 2018

Most businesses, even Mixpanel’s paying customers, retain Google Analytics. For most Mixpanel users, the platform’s most meaningful feature is its ability to tie actual prospect and customer data to online behavior, providing greater insight into the experiences that affect engagement, conversion, and retention.

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Startup Lessons Learned

DECEMBER 14, 2009

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Monday, December 14, 2009 Business ecology and the four customer currencies Lately, I’ve been rethinking the concept of “business model&# for startups, in favor of something I call “business ecology.&# Let’s begin with the four customer currencies. And this is true outside of games.

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Women Entrepreneurs Can

AUGUST 30, 2020

Generally, companies use artificial intelligence to cut costs or increase revenue. Many financial institutions are leveraging AI-powered chatbots to provide personalized services to their customers and cut down operational costs. For instance, some banks are using chatbots to help customers apply for credit cards or loans.

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abovethecrowd.com

NOVEMBER 13, 2012

Aggregating suppliers is a necessary, but insufficient step on its own. You must also organically aggregate demand. Great marketplaces do not simply aggregate a market; they enhance it. Facilitating work-flow reduces work for the participants, as well as increasing switching costs. High Fragmentation.

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Startup Lessons Learned

APRIL 14, 2009

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Tuesday, April 14, 2009 Validated learning about customers Would you rather have $30,000 or $1 million in revenues for your startup? This may sound crazy, coming as it does from an advocate of c harging customers for your product from day one. They are gaining valuable customer data.

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YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 23, 2017

Here digital intercepts of consumer activities are aggregated into large data sets, analysed, and assessed versus market expectations. Legacy architecture in financial services, by contrast, is comprised of unique centralized databases, requiring the need and added cost of intermediaries to verify transactions between them (e.g.

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Technical Review Artificial Inteligence Software Review IPO 154

Up and Running

JULY 2, 2014

Since sales are intimate with costs and expenses, the forecast helps you budget and manage. Don’t be misled by accounting reports that give you infinite detail of sales broken down product by product, or customer by customer; for looking at the future, you need a manageable level of detail. We’re human; we don’t do that well.

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Steve Blank

MARCH 8, 2011

It was designed to bring together many of the new approaches to building a successful startup – customer development, agile development, business model generation and pivots. Startups, are not about executing a plan where the product, customers, channel are known. Get Out of the Building and test the Business Model.

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ConversionXL

NOVEMBER 6, 2017

If you segment your A/B test results by browser version, you might discover that customers coming from the Safari web browser are converting much better than the average. A second segment we typically setup might include: existing customers vs. first-time customers. Why is conducting post-test segmentation important?

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The Equity Kicker

MAY 20, 2013

Here’s a selection of the 20-odd startups at Maker Faire: SeeedStudio, an “open hardware company develops and brings to market innovative and cost-effective prototyping solutions for hobbyists and aspiring inventors.”. 3D printing is reducing the cost of prototyping. RedBearLab, which makes a wearable BlueTooth 4.0

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Steve Blank

APRIL 21, 2011

Last week the teams tested their hypotheses about Customer Relationships (how do they get, keep and grow customers.) its product or service) to its customers. Virtual channels include Dedicated e-commerce, Two-step e-distribution and Aggregators. Veritas , the team building a low cost residential wind turbine.

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VC Cafe

AUGUST 14, 2011

According to daily deal aggregator site Tavo.co.il , BUY2 has a 17% Israeli coupon market share, and Deal Hayom has 7%. Here is some data from August 6, 2011: Israeli deal site Facebook Friends # of Sales Cost Revenue (in NIS) buy2.co.il A major aspect of the Israeli daily deal space are the daily deal aggregators.

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Austin Startup

MARCH 15, 2017

As mentioned in previously Spotlights, my goals are: Working with and investing in stellar teams delivering true vision with compelling products to paying customers for MEANINGFUL results. BlazingDB’s customers-to-date came knocking after experiencing failure with leading Data Warehouses such as Amazon’s Redshift and others.

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