Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 2, 2017

Today’s customer buying dynamics are all about “user experience,” according to Brian Solis, in his classic book “ What’s the Future of Business? ”. Solis outlines the heuristics of social psychology that are key to building positive customer experiences today. Authority – the guiding light.

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Professor VC

OCTOBER 11, 2010

Is There Any Truth in "The Social Network"? Got around to seeing The Social Network this past weekend. I did a little searching around the web to try and find a truth vs. fiction comparison, but the closest I found was "The 10 Most Glaring Lies In The Social Network" on the Business Insider.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 22, 2013

Today’s customer buying dynamics are all about “user experience,” according to Brian Solis, in his new book “ What’s the Future of Business? Solis outlines the heuristics of social psychology that are key to building positive customer experiences today. Social psychology in general deals with how individuals relate to one another.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 1, 2021

Truly satisfied customers are a joy to every business person. A business model that works. Reserve the same names on the leading social networks and blogs. Both are networks. Watching the orders come in, or the product moving off the shelf, is the feedback you have been looking for.

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The Next Web

DECEMBER 4, 2013

Starting out, you can’t hit every network and outlet full-force. Zappos assumes everyone in the company is on social media and trusts them to participate in growing the brand. Prioritize social networks. As a startup, you’re working with limited resources and a lean business model. Startup Example: Cloudera.

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SoCal CTO

MAY 4, 2010

Some great posts from April 2010 that talk to me in terms of being a CTO at a Startup. Redeye VC , April 13, 2010 Startup Development - SoCal CTO , April 23, 2010 Want to Know the Difference Between a CTO and a VP Engineering?

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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 in fact only temporary organizations, organized to search –not execute–for a scalable and repeatable business model.

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YoungUpstarts

JUNE 5, 2012

Yongfook, as he is better known in Singapore’s tech entrepreneurship circle (we first wrote about him in 2009 ), is an avid cook and the former director for Japan-based online recipe network Cookpad in charge of its international business. “The man is an eating machine! . “The man is an eating machine!”

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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. Now, thanks to social media, you don't have to outspend. For a micro-ISV, selling to big businesses can be more lucrative than selling to consumers. You could just outspend.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 30, 2013

It doesn’t prove your business model of pricing, distribution, and support. If your business is a new job site for boomers, you need to establish yourself as the expert on this subject in the press, on social networks, and join related organizations. Get a real customer and real revenue.

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The Next Web

MAY 4, 2013

Editor’s note: This is a guest post by Sangeet Paul Choudary who analyzes business models for Internet startups at his blog Platform Thinking. Marketplaces are difficult businesses to run. This is similar to the critical mass of users that is needed on a social network for users to find value in the network.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 31, 2012

It doesn’t prove your business model of pricing, distribution, and support. If your business is a new job site for boomers, you need to establish yourself as the expert on this subject in the press, on social networks, and join related organizations. Get a real customer and real revenue.

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YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 5, 2017

While chatting about a new product with a friend in person can carry some weight, sharing that same feedback with one’s social networks or online reviews can have much more significant impact for a brand. Instead of capitalizing on causes, make caring a part of your business model. They share constantly.

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YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 10, 2012

She might be a “promoter” of your firm in Net Promoter Score (NPS) surveys, a member of several associations that interest you, and an avid social media networker, he explains. Third, they have access — and want to gain more access — to influential networks that contain more buyers like them. Second, they’re eager to tell it.

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ConversionXL

SEPTEMBER 6, 2013

Startups rarely survive by guessing, and can only create products and business models based on facts about their target market. Fabulis.com was initially intended to to be a social network for gay men. Problem was, Facebook, Yelp and Groupon were gay enough where a dedicated social network wasn’t entirely necessary.

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Start Up Blog

AUGUST 1, 2019

This can be done through products, services, methods, processes, business models or governance. . Gov funded social networks: Social networks which are Gov funded, but open-source so we can build and iterate it and avoid surveillance capitalism. Well, here’s a few crazy ideas to get us started.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 17, 2011

It doesn’t prove your business model of pricing, distribution, and support. If your business is a new job site for boomers, you need to establish yourself as the expert on this subject in the press, on social networks, and join related organizations. Get a real customer and real revenue.

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SoCal CTO

DECEMBER 1, 2010

aka: An Open Letter to the Next Big Social Network) - 500 Hats , November 1, 2010 I've held off writing this post for a long time, because I couldn't quite get my head around all the issues. If network B has 20 users than it’s value is 400 (20*20). How to Take Down Facebook -- Hint: It Ain't Twitter. Give yourself a month.

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www.usatoday.com

JULY 16, 2012

Tech: Blogs. Americas new business model: Sharing. Dubbed "collaborative consumption" — or "the sharing economy" — this movement represents the newly cemented intersection of online social networking, mobile technology, the minimalist movement and heightened penny-pinching brought on by lingering economic uncertainties.

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ReadWriteStart

MARCH 24, 2011

First up, Priyanshu Harshavat, from Evanston, Illinois, presented Socioclean , a service for cleaning up your reputation on social networks. The missing piece is getting reviewed by campus blogs and newspapers, which I advised Chris to look into. I like these two strategies. From 2008 to 2010, Mitra was a columnist for Forbes.

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SoCal CTO

MARCH 16, 2007

skip to main | skip to sidebar SoCal CTO Friday, March 16, 2007 F2F Still Matters Kathy Sierra has a great post today: Face-to-Face Trumps Twitter, Blogs, Podcasts, Video. And in fact all our globally-connecting-social-networking tools are making face-to-face more, not less desirable. Find avenues to network with these folks.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 22, 2010

It doesn’t prove your business model of pricing, distribution, and support. If your business is a new job site for boomers, you need to establish yourself as the expert on this subject in the press, on social networks, and join related organizations. Get a real customer and real revenue.

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Hearpreneur

JUNE 26, 2016

1 – Business Model. Our business is unique because our business model addresses 2 major shifts in the fashion industry today: 1) the rise of fast fashion and its affect on major more traditional fashion companies like Gap, J. 10 – Unique Social Network. Photo Credit: Stefanie Tacata.

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Steve Blank

APRIL 14, 2013

For the last 10 years China essentially closed its search, media and social network software market to foreign companies with the result that Google, Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Dropbox, and 30,000 other websites were not accessible from China. business models. business models. like WeChat.).

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The Next Web

MAY 26, 2013

Editor’s note: This is a guest post by Sangeet Paul Choudary, who analyzes business models for internet startups at his blog Platformed.info. Beyond the critical mass, the platform gains strength on account of network effects becoming more useful as more users use it. You can follow Sangeet on Twitter at @sanguit.

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VC Cafe

JUNE 18, 2012

There will also be a free networking reception at Campus on Monday, June 25th. From live & on demand video with endless interactive overlays, through 2nd screen, synchronized & social experiences, to brilliant mobile apps that may function in all connectivity environments and support every possible business model.

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mashable.com

SEPTEMBER 14, 2011

Clearly Define Your Business Model While this may sound like a trivial task, young startups often have an exciting and innovative product, but no real plan for monetizing it. It’s critical to establish this component of your business before thinking seriously about growth. in place before you expand.

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Steve Blank

APRIL 14, 2013

For the last 10 years China essentially closed its search, media and social network software market to foreign companies with the result that Google, Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Dropbox, and 30,000 other websites were not accessible from China. business models. business models. like WeChat.).

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VC Cafe

FEBRUARY 9, 2011

By definition, a Pivot, is a change in the company’s strategy or business model when things aren’t exactly working out according to the business plan. The goal, is to find a scalable and repeatable business model (in other words, a way to consistently make money over the course of time).

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mashable.com

OCTOBER 27, 2010

There are also tons of tools for creating your own microsites, Facebook apps, social networks, blogs and more. You can also get great recommendations from your existing network; just be sure to research portfolios, websites and references thoroughly before making a decision to work with a particular developer.

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Sophia Perl of Wisdom

MAY 14, 2010

I really enjoyed the networking time after the panel (I missed the pre-panel networking time). Did they think about the business model at the beginning? Maybe they will read my blog and tell me by commenting. Tags: Business Social Networking Technology. What worked for them?

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YoungUpstarts

JUNE 16, 2013

As part of the agreement, Exploit Technologies will work together with ANN , a network of national daily newspapers published in Asian cities, on various initiatives covering joint technology development, exchange of technological information, as well as on marketing campaigns. .

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Reid Hoffman

AUGUST 20, 2020

In addition to conducting experiments, another great way to test your thesis is to leverage what I call network intelligence. Even if you don’t happen to live in a major startup hub like Silicon Valley, so many smart people are accessible online, whether through Zoom, or even through their podcasts or blog posts.

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YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 22, 2012

And in an increasingly social and networked world — not to mention an economy where every dollar of revenue is critical — this type of third party validation is more important than ever. Enthusiastic references are extremely valuable to a business. So why do we have so much trouble mastering the art of customer advocacy?

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Kodorra

NOVEMBER 25, 2018

For example, if you’re a prolific writer and love dogs particularly small breeds, perhaps the world could learn a lot from you about taking care of these little dogs via your dog-centric blog. Visit online forums, social networks, and blogs and check customer star rating and comments.

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www.forentrepreneurs.com

FEBRUARY 2, 2010

Blog About Log in Register Startup Killer: the Cost of Customer Acquisition In the many thousands of articles advising entrepreneurs on what they have to focus on to build successful startups, much has been written about three key factors: team, product and market, with particular focus on the importance of product/market fit.

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The Next Web

AUGUST 19, 2013

There is logic behind your thinking of how to determine which CAC is right for your business model. You can be the sales guy or gal with all the tools you need at your fingertips ­ email, phone, social networks, etc. It depends on what you do and can usually fall anywhere between 25 and 80 percent of your LTV.

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