Hearpreneur

JANUARY 1, 2023

We asked entrepreneurs to share how they will prepare for the bad economy and here is what they have to say. #1- Some ways you can prepare for the impact of an upcoming recession are to minimize experimentation, stick to what works for the brand, and nurture relationships with current customers. 21- Communicate with customers.

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Entrepreneur Software Review Technical Review Revenue 91

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 28, 2014

Every entrepreneur believes that their product or service is different, and that every customer will quickly see the advantage over competitors. Yet true product differentiation in the eye of the customer is rarely achieved. Of course, working on perception can backfire if the differentiation reality isn’t there.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 29, 2021

I’m often surprised when you as an aspiring entrepreneur, looking for investors, tell me your solution is so innovative that you don’t have to worry about differentiating it from competitors, and customers will flock to it without a real marketing campaign. Focus your marketing on real customer value.

Restful 336

Restful Differentiation Social Media Dilution 336

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 16, 2019

Every entrepreneur believes that their product or service is memorable, and that every customer will quickly see the advantage over competitors. Yet true product differentiation in the eye of the customer is rarely achieved. Of course, working on perception can backfire if the differentiation reality isn’t there.

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Differentiation Product Social Media Reputation 310

VC Cafe

MARCH 1, 2024

That’s why lists like Ycombinator’s Requests for Startups (RFS) help entrepreneurs thinking about starting a company (or picking a problem) and can be a good barometer for founders on what’s interesting to investors right now. Looking for companies creating tools to facilitate construction of or fine tuning models. .

Artificial Inteligence 176

Artificial Inteligence Technical Review Software Review Generative AI 176

ReadWriteStart

OCTOBER 2, 2023

I’ll start by taking you to the world of Startup X, a passionate team of entrepreneurs who believed they had the next big thing in the world of software as a service (SaaS). The product design team helped them identify their users’ pain points and redesign the product to provide a more seamless customer experience.

Design 105

Design Product Churn Rate Architecture 105

ReadWriteStart

MARCH 7, 2022

Customers would peruse advertising with open-mindedness and intrigue, reviewing new products for potential purchase without much judgment of that advertisement or reflection about its purpose. Today’s customers have different preferences. They want to see storytelling , more than cheap attempts at persuasion. Technologies and Tools.

Marketing 198

Marketing Advertising Metrics Technical Review 198

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 12, 2014

The starting point of product IS marketing, which is what a lot of young entrepreneurs that never studied business don’t realize. SEO / SEM are promotional techniques for marketing through the Google distribution channel, which have yielded huge benefits to many companies – Yelp being a prime example.

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ReadWriteStart

JUNE 16, 2011

Freshdesk First, Girish Mathrubootham from Chennai, India, pitched Freshdesk , a SaaS company that provides small and medium businesses with on-demand customer support software that offers multi-channel social support. Freshdesk introduces itself as a kind of Salesforce.com for customer support so to speak.

India 123

India Bootstrapping Non-Compete Entrepreneur 123

ReadWriteStart

MARCH 27, 2019

To many aspiring startup entrepreneurs, this is disheartening news, and a borderline tragic way to look at things. New product features may be enough to differentiate the product, and enter a world free from competition, even within a competitive industry. One of the more obvious points of differentiation is price. Price points.

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Differentiation Startup Advertising Channel 78

Steve Blank

FEBRUARY 10, 2016

Funding challenges and other issues founders face in the early days of starting up were the focus of interviews with the latest guests on Entrepreneurs are Everywhere , my radio show on SiriusXM Channel 111 (airing weekly Thursdays at 1 pm Pacific, 4 pm Eastern). — Getting Keen Home’s smart vent to market was no small task.

Silicon Valley 120

Silicon Valley Ohio Columbus Entrepreneur 120

Duct Tape Marketing

OCTOBER 28, 2021

How Small Business Owners And Entrepreneurs Can Succeed written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing. He’s also the author of Small Business Revolution: How Owners and Entrepreneurs Can Succeed. 14:01] Most entrepreneurs are really not born leaders, they’re visionaries. Great to be with you.

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Small Business Entrepreneur Green Community 101

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 2, 2022

You can’t succeed in business without an operational model that delivers value to customers at a reasonable price, with an underlying cost that allows you to make a profit. A target market is the group of customers that the startup plans to attract through marketing and sales their product or service. How will you reach your customers?

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Business Model Distribution Viral Green 256

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 6, 2014

And here’s an important point that I think modern entrepreneurs often forget: Investors are “co-owners” of your business. The functions of an early-stage board are pretty obvious and well understood: Providing introductions to customers, biz dev partners, recruits, the press, other investors, etc. Mentorship.

Technical Review 325

Technical Review Early Stage Software Review Los Angeles 325

YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 31, 2018

He also believes that startups often have an advantage in using technological advances to help them innovate customer experiences. “In But startups are also small enough not to have lost sight of the customer, the end user, Bo says. Further, he notes, opportunities for innovation are virtually unlimited as digital channels grow.

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United Kingdom Technical Review Design Operations 113

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 11, 2013

As I visit the websites of many startups, as well as more mature businesses, I still too often see a “contact” page offering nothing but a sterile form for customers to submit, never to be heard from again. Customers are not all like you, and they have choices, so a “one size fits all” customer service is no longer a viable option.

Social Media 249

Social Media Media Customer Viral 249

Steve Blank

APRIL 12, 2010

Each sale requires us to handhold the customer and takes way too long to close. He took a deep breath, looked around the boardroom table and then proceeded to outline a radical reconfiguration of the product line (repackaging the products rather than reengineering them) and a change in sales strategy, focusing on a different customer segment.

Business Model 332

Business Model Agile Customer Development Startup 332

ConversionXL

SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

By turning those fans into customers, you can create long-term advocates that spend more money and recommend you to others. Edelman’s Trust Barometer study shows that trust is second only to price in becoming a loyal customer. Because of this, it spans two objectives: Turning customers into advocates Improving customer retention.

Social Media 142

Social Media Media Developer Marketing 142

Version One Ventures

SEPTEMBER 19, 2012

Generally speaking, there are two ways (and only two ways) to scale a business to hit that $100 million threshold: Your business has a high Life Time Value (LTV) per user, giving you the freedom to spend a significant amount of money in customer acquisition. High LTV can usually be found in transactional or subscription businesses.

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Churn Rate Viral Acquisition Cofounder 168

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 6, 2012

As I visit the websites of many startups, as well as more mature businesses, I still too often see a “contact” page offering nothing but a sterile form for customers to submit, never to be heard from again. Customers are not all like you, and they have choices, so a “one size fits all” customer service is no longer a viable option.

Social Media 228

Social Media Media Customer Viral 228

Austin Startup

JULY 12, 2010

Andy Meadows is the founder and CEO of Bearhug , an Austin-based customer engagement platform launching today. Customer Care Today. Customer Care Today. Encourage them to join and support the Company-Customer Pact.” Two trends since that incident have made the issue even more important today.

Customer 80

Customer Harvest B2C Technical Review 80

Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 15, 2016

Why it’s important for entrepreneurs to temper confidence with regular reality checks was the focus of the guests on today’s Entrepreneurs are Everywhere radio show. Chris Schroeder is an American entrepreneur, advisor and investor in interactive technologies and social communications. . You are the entrepreneur.

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Washington Entrepreneur Silicon Valley Cofounder 285

Hearpreneur

JULY 7, 2023

Check out how entrepreneurs are using PR for their businesses below: #1- For influencer collaboration Photo Creidt: Young Pham One way our business is using PR so far is to help establish, build, and maintain relationships with influencers. #2- It's also helped me come up with creative ways of connecting with potential customers.

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PR Public Relations Entrepreneur Reputation 103

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 17, 2012

Startups are usually so focused on selling more of their branded product or service to their own customer base (organic growth) that they don’t consider the more indirect methods (non-organic growth) of increasing revenue and market share. Fresh customer base. Even mergers and acquisitions (M&A) came early. Economies of scale.

Entrepreneur 249

Entrepreneur Merger Bandwidth Acquisition 249

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 30, 2016

Being an entrepreneur is a lifestyle that requires staying power, because starting a new business is a long-term process with many tough challenges. Great entrepreneurs will tell you that they may have pivoted many times, down to their last dollar, but have never given up. They focus only on highly-differentiated solutions.

Entrepreneur 120

Entrepreneur Flash Angel Investor Channel 120

Hearpreneur

FEBRUARY 19, 2020

Eliqs brings innovation by filling a gaping hole through custom-designed labels to make events more colorful. Eliqs is a Southern California based start-up who creates custom-designed craft beverage cans for any occasion worth celebrating. Tell us about your custom cans and services. marketing channel for our clients!

Los Angeles 89

Los Angeles Southern California San Francisco Entrepreneur 89

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 8, 2015

Every entrepreneur believes that their product or service is memorable, and that every customer will quickly see the advantage over competitors. Yet true product differentiation in the eye of the customer is rarely achieved. Of course, working on perception can backfire if the differentiation reality isn’t there.

Differentiation 120

Differentiation Social Media Reputation Cost 120

Duct Tape Marketing

JULY 13, 2022

Mike is the author of ‘Get Different’, ‘Fix This Next’, ‘Clockwork’, ‘Profit First’, ‘The Pumpkin Plan’ and ‘The Toilet Paper Entrepreneur’ His books have been translated into 10 languages. First, the pumpkin plan and the toilet paper entrepreneur. Get seen.

Employee 91

Employee Design Networking Differentiation 91

Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 10, 2016

We as researchers go in with a bias – that obviously these guys want our technology – but that is not the case for a lot of customers. I am good with doing research and doing experiments but talking to customers is not my forte. For his doctoral work, his research focused on liver tissue engineering and stem cell differentiation.

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Cofounder Entrepreneur Engineer California 190

YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

Many entrepreneurs fresh-of-the-boat mistakenly assume that the marketing aspect for their startup consists merely of a few Facebook and email advertisement campaigns. Still, without an effective marketing pitch and clever advertising to the right customer segment, your chances of success are slim.

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Marketing Startup PR Campaign 147

Duct Tape Marketing

APRIL 14, 2024

My passion for empowering entrepreneurs has led me to publish best-selling books, host a popular podcast , and share insights with thousands at conferences worldwide. We’re going to study how we’re gonna differentiate. We call our strategic process Strategy Firs t.

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Hiring Leadership Differentiation Cost 80

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 21, 2013

Startups are usually so focused on selling more of their branded product or service to their own customer base (organic growth) that they don’t consider the more indirect methods (non-organic growth) of increasing revenue and market share. Fresh customer base. acquisitions business entrepreneur growth mergers organic growth'

Merger 243

Merger Acquisition Startup Bandwidth 243

Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 15, 2016

Why it’s important for entrepreneurs to temper confidence with regular reality checks was the focus of the guests on today’s Entrepreneurs are Everywhere radio show. Chris Schroeder is an American entrepreneur, advisor and investor in interactive technologies and social communications. . You are the entrepreneur.

Washington 120

Washington Entrepreneur Silicon Valley Cofounder 120

Hippoland

OCTOBER 9, 2016

As an entrepreneur, you think your idea is unique. If you’re still in the early stages of your entrepreneur-education/journey, you may even think you need to protect your idea and not share it with anyone. Most entrepreneurs overpitch their ideas but underpitch how they’ve been executing. And convey this in your pitch.

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Seed Stage CTO Hire Email Later Stage 48

YoungUpstarts

MAY 12, 2017

Today’s entrepreneurs don’t have that kind of budget, but it doesn’t matter one bit. Instead of a nameless person narrating an advertising jingle on the radio, customers can offer feedback on Facebook or ask questions. Digital marketing is all about building lasting relationships with loyal customers. Personalized Campaigns.

Advertising 133

Advertising Marketing Social Media Campaign 133

Austin Startup

OCTOBER 15, 2017

What seems to be the best way to create customers and revenue may result in a business model that is out of vogue with the investment world and shortchanges you on enterprise valuation. If you deliver exactly the same results at the same net cost to the customer via a SaaS product, you may get a tech multiple 10X higher.

Technical Review 48

Technical Review Software Review Nevada Silicon Valley 48

Transformify

JUNE 5, 2019

Add to that the customer needs that may have already been addressed by the competitors and the risks can already be identified as high. As an entrepreneur, Daymond John says, education provides more opportunities in businesses. From connections to channeling your energy, educating yourself is fundamental for business leaders.

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Restful Differentiation Hiring Partner 56