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CEO Converts Deep Knowledge to Actionable Steps in Image Consulting

Hearpreneur

A a communications major, I always found time for the nonverbal communication classes, but I didn’t make the connection between “my great passion and the world’s deep need” until a friend of mine went through bankruptcy in 2009 walking around with the droopy shoulders a hung head.

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Are You Building A Business That’s ‘80 Miles Wide and An Inch Deep’?

YoungUpstarts

Or having products that seemingly have application across a series of vertical markets and attempting to penetrate all of them. Whether that be technology resources creating feature after feature or sales and marketing resources, selling into markets or customer sets that are widely diverse. Focus, focus, focus.

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SuperMac War Story 4: Repositioning SuperMac – “Market Type” at.

Steve Blank

We knew from back-of-the-envelope calculations that I would need 3 times the combined marketing and sales budgets of the incumbents for a head-on assault. (I The 3:1 Lanchester Laws said I would need $60M in marketing and sales spending to win. You need to hire the right type of sales people for the type of [.]

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Are You Building a Business That's "80 Miles Wide and An Inch Deep?"

Small Business Force

Or having products that seemingly have application across a series of vertical markets and attempting to penetrate all of them. Whether that be technology resources creating feature after feature or sales and marketing resources, selling into markets or customer sets that are widely diverse. Focus, focus , focus.

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Durant Versus Sloan – Part 1

Steve Blank

Top management was trying to coordinate all of the operating details (sales, manufacturing, distribution and marketing,) across all the divisions and the company almost went bankrupt that year when poor planning led to excess inventory (with unsold cars piling up at dealers and the company running out of cash.)

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Why I Unsubscribed 83,000 Emails (and Think You Should, Too)

ConversionXL

The thing is that leads age – they become uninterested in what you have to offer for a variety of reasons (job changes, bankruptcy, already found a better product/service, etc.) Would it make sense to further segment by vertical, geography, product, title etc.? Have better sales opportunities. Not necessarily. Conclusion.

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VCs eating our own dog food: Using technology and analytics to make better investments

David Teten

I previously posted a detailed presentation with sales technology tools useful for B2B sales. Many VC funds rely on general-purpose CRM and sales funnel solutions like Copper , Pipedrive, Salesforce , Streak , and ZenDesk. Pacer is useful to search prior litigation, bankruptcies, etc. the Untouched Vertical.