Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 30, 2013

Here are some tips which will signal traction and fundability to investors, as well as to your team: Document your business plan. It’s hard to build a business without a plan, just like it’s hard to build a house without a blueprint. Get a real customer and real revenue. Letters of intent or endorsement.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 13, 2011

People ask me if they really need ANY business plan, unless they are looking for an outside investor. In fact, a business plan is needed more by you than investors, as the blueprint for your company, team communication, and progress metrics. Solution and benefits. Skip the technical jargon and hyperbole.

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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. Putting customers first. Legendary customer support. They’re deep into Customer Development ,” he said.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 7, 2013

Here are some key action items that may give your business some visibility: Start with an investment-grade business plan. This means build a plan that hits all the hot buttons; problem/solution, executive team, competition, business model, reasonable financial projections, and what’s in it for the investor.

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YoungUpstarts

JULY 6, 2011

Although there is never a guarantee a business will be successful after taking so and so steps, a business can always reduce its risks and give it the best opportunity to succeed. Implement these tools to keep your business from failing: Understand your customer better than anyone else. Business planning/strategy.

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Up and Running

AUGUST 24, 2020

Here are just a few things you can do by leveraging data analytics: Gain a better understanding of changing customer preferences Discover new business opportunities Identify and eliminate bottlenecks in your operations Minimize and better allocate advertising costs Provide greater customer support through automated chat.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 16, 2010

This costs nothing, and allows you to safely collect money from customers all around the world. Customize your website using one of the tools above, selecting one of the standard templates for design and layout. The next step in complexity is building a software product that you can offer as a service to your customers.

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The Next Web

DECEMBER 4, 2013

Starting out, you can’t hit every network and outlet full-force. Locate your core customers, and prioritize your efforts to reach them where they are. Zappos has found great success by keeping social media responsibilities horizontal and flexible. Prioritize social networks. Startup Example: Cloudera.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 31, 2012

Here are some tips which will signal traction and fundability to investors, as well as to your team: Document your business plan. It’s hard to build a business without a plan, just like it’s hard to build a house without a blueprint. Get a real customer and real revenue. Letters of intent or endorsement.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 30, 2022

Of course, that means a new level of risk, giving up some control, and a new business plan. Most entrepreneurs are mavericks, and their passion drove their new business. These only come with the proper training, investment in tools, and focus on customer relationships. Managing business growth is more than metrics.

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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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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 21, 2021

Practice developing a business plan. Pick a startup business that you can do for minimal cost, like a services business with the skills you have. Use social networking and blogging to get your message out. Offer to help a couple of customers free, just to get your act together and your presence known.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

Everyone talks about innovation, but the majority of business plans I see still reflect linear thinking – one more social network with improved usability, one more wind-farm energy generator with a few more blades, or one more dating site with a new dimension of compatibility. Now is the time to change.

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Gust

AUGUST 5, 2012

People ask me if they really need ANY business plan, unless they are looking for an outside investor. In fact, a business plan is needed more by you than investors, as the blueprint for your company, team communication, and progress metrics. Solution and benefits. Skip the technical jargon and hyperbole.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 23, 2010

Reserve the company name on social networks to protect it. Remember to aim the content of both of these at investors, not customers. They must amplify your “elevator pitch” to investors, as well as key points from the business plan and the financial model. Prepare an investment-grade business plan.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 17, 2011

Here are some tips which will signal traction and fundability to investors, as well as to your team: Document your business plan. It’s hard to build a business without a plan, just like it’s hard to build a house without a blueprint. Get a real customer and real revenue. Letters of intent or endorsement.

Intellectual Property 253

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 22, 2010

People ask me if they really need ANY business plan, unless they are looking for an outside investor. In fact, a business plan is needed more by you than investors, as the blueprint for your company, team communication, and progress metrics. Solution and benefits. Skip the technical jargon and hyperbole.

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Gust

FEBRUARY 22, 2014

A quick look at the really nice sites developed in just a few months by companies like CircleUp, FundersClub, Bolstr, Seedrs, et al will show you that the base technical challenge of creating a marketplace/social network is not particularly difficult.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 22, 2010

Here are some tips which will signal traction to investors, as well as your team: Document your business plan. It’s hard to build a business without a plan, just like it’s hard to build a house without a blueprint. Get a real customer and real revenue. Letters of intent or endorsement.

Intellectual Property 222

Intellectual Property Sweat Equity CTO Hire Fractional CTO 222

YoungUpstarts

APRIL 22, 2016

What’s the hottest trend in business right now? Social networks such as Facebook and Twitter? Platforms’ speed of growth and economies of scale enable them to out -compete traditional businesses. Customer intimacy. They ask questions such as, how do we improve our value to our customers?

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The Startup Magazine

MARCH 18, 2020

Start making a look at what issue or hole in society your business addresses. You want to enhance the lives of your customers by eliminating their struggle in various aspects of life. . After you’ve identified what problem that your idea is offering a solution for, picture who your ideal customer is. Step Four: Business Plan.

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The Startup Magazine

SEPTEMBER 21, 2020

Abraham: Gin Consulting Group serves their clients by aligning their plans through strategic planning, activating their people through scalable people SAAS+ platform, and amplifying their reach through marketing (specifically through SEO and LinkedIn Strategy). TSM: What inspired you to start Gin Consulting?

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 1, 2019

Of course, that means a new level of risk, giving up some control, and a new business plan. Most entrepreneurs are mavericks, and their passion drove their new business. These only come with the proper training, investment in tools, and focus on customer relationships. Managing business growth is more than metrics.

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The Startup Magazine

JUNE 19, 2019

It is as important as learning how to perform and put your networking strategy into practice. Therefore, before developing a business plan , it is essential that you choose a social network that will be your primary source of income. Those are the networks that focus on photography.

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Gust

SEPTEMBER 27, 2014

And don’t forget the ability to customize your profile’s background. Your private profile is where investors will look with a critical eye on everything that makes you a business rather than just a product or a sexy idea. Gust takes advantage of the cloud, and you should, too.

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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. China Customer Development Technology Venture Capital'

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Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 3, 2009

This post describes how the traditional product development model distorts startup sales, marketing and business development. In the next few posts that follow, I’ll describe how thinking of a solution to this model’s failures led to the Customer Development Model – that offers a new way to approach startup sales and marketing activities.

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View from Seed

APRIL 21, 2015

million raised, per CrunchBase): It was January of second semester of my second year, and Michelle [Zatlyn, Matt’s co-founder] and I were brainstorming different ideas to enter into the business plan competition. NextView Ventures: Did you start to seriously work on the idea during business school or after? Tom Eisenmann.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 20, 2019

Everyone talks about innovation, but the majority of business plans I see still reflect linear thinking – one more social network with improved usability, one more wind-farm energy generator with a few more blades, or one more dating site with a new dimension of compatibility. Now is the time to change.

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YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 15, 2017

Starting your own business as a student is a challenging experience. They have free research facilities, mentorship, and easy-to-reach customers. For example: Who are your target customers? What is so special about your company and product that the customers should know? Write a business plan.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 16, 2014

It’s not uncommon for me to see a startup business plan “mission” to be the “premier brand” for their product, yet their marketing budget in the financials is trivial. This combination will almost certainly get your plan tossed by potential investors, who understand all too well the need and cost for marketing in today’s environment.

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Up and Running

AUGUST 23, 2012

What are your target customers finding when they type your name, company, product, or brand into search? Invite reviews: Make it easy for satisfied customers to post reviews and testimonials online. Empathize with unhappy users and communicate your plans to improve your customer experience.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 29, 2010

People buy companies for 3 primary reasons: 1) they want the management team / talent 2) they want the technology or 3) they want the market traction (revenue, customer base, profits, etc). In the era of social networking if you can’t figure out how to get intro’d to me you probably aren’t cut out to be an entrepreneur.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 17, 2013

It’s not uncommon for me to see a startup business plan “mission” to be the “premier brand” for their product, yet their marketing budget in the financials is trivial. This combination will almost certainly get your plan tossed by potential investors, who understand all too well the need and cost for marketing in today’s environment.

Marketing 265

Marketing Viral SEM Startup 265

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. China Customer Development Technology Venture Capital'

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Growthink Blog

OCTOBER 7, 2010

Get Satisfaction has developed a private label social network platform for businesses to use to communicate with their customers, and to help customers communicate with each other. It allows prospects or customers to automatically schedule meeting times with you, governed by rules that you set.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 23, 2013

A business plan I saw a while back to combine all the good features of several popular social networks on one site does not do it. Plus it’s almost impossible to craft a message that will make your offering stand out in the minds of customers. Keep infrastructure costs low. Need to be nimble.

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