SoCal CTO

AUGUST 4, 2011

Almost every day I'm talking to early stage startup founders (see Free Startup CTO Consulting Sessions ) about what they plan to do. Many of these founders have talked with several developers or development firms about their plans. What channels will you use (e.g., Where’s the mystery (see Matching Algorithm )? Administrators?

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Developer Founder Viral Oauth 384

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 6, 2023

The Founder needs to remember that meetings up to this point have been primarily off-site, with staged demos, and managed personally by the CEO or a small team. Sales and distribution channel activity will be analyzed, as well as cost of customer acquisition, to make an independent assessment of your financial projections.

Technical Review 296

Technical Review Due Diligence Term Sheet Bankruptcy 296

Steve Blank

JULY 7, 2015

My guests on Bay Area Ventures on Wharton Business Radio on Sirius XM Channel 111 were: Eric Ries , entrepreneur and author of the New York Times bestseller, The Lean Startup. Jon Sebastiani , founder and CEO of KRAVE Jerky , a company that got its start in my class at Berkeley back in 2011 and was recently acquired by Hershey.

Lean 120

Lean Technical Cofounder Silicon Valley Channel 120

YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 6, 2017

Things like negotiating distribution channels and partners and how to handle market expansions. Having advanced that curve on the Smart Parka’s design and the Kickstarter funding to help North Aware move to the manufacturing phase, he’s now learning about other issues critical to entrepreneurs.

Founder 189

Founder Pakistan Software Developers Software Development 189

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 13, 2019

Yet I still see expense budgets based on traditional channels, with no strict metrics on cost of customer acquisition by channel, or lifetime customer value. The most cost-effective marketing approaches have changed; from catalogs to web sites, and from television commercials to social media. Excessive support and return activities.

Technical Review 306

Technical Review Metrics Social Media Channel 306

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 8, 2021

Unless you have a co-founder or two with the business skills to complement your technical ones, you need a friendly Advisory Board. The cost of a co-founder is usually fifty percent of your equity. Starting a new business is all about establishing relationships with investors, suppliers, channels, and future customers.

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Advisory Board Bandwidth Cofounder Technical Review 356

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

For example, when you think about distribution channels, revenue streams, or the relationship with the customer, ask customers what they expect. All too often, founders fall in love with their products or technology, ignore negative feedback from customers, and spend years building a product based on a vision that no one else shares.

Angel Investor 359

Angel Investor Technical Review Incubator Business Model 359

YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 11, 2020

by Shaun Djie, Co-Founder & COO of Digix. Amidst the outbreak, governments across the region, such as Singapore have been promoting the use of digital finance as a means to minimise physical contact and stamp the spread of the virus, channelling more monetary support for the growth of e-payments and digital financial solutions.

Asia 290

Asia Technical Review Technology Singapore 290

View from Seed

JANUARY 31, 2024

Consequently, nearly every founder is attempting to weave an AI narrative into their ventures, regardless of its necessity or fit, which will likely lead to an unhealthy market environment and potentially drown out genuine opportunities. Will new, native distribution channels emerge? Are these features, products, or actual companies?

Web 168

Web Generative AI Houston Distribution 168

VC Cafe

MARCH 1, 2024

Most startups equate the process of fundraising to dating – founders have to typically kiss a lot of frogs until the find the right fit. It’s been a while since they’ve updated their RFS list and it captures all the buzzword’s of today’s tech world: AI, defence tech, climate, spatial computing, etc.

Artificial Inteligence 176

Artificial Inteligence Technical Review Software Review Generative AI 176

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 24, 2021

The Founder needs to remember that meetings up to this point have been primarily off-site, with staged demos, and managed personally by the CEO or a small team. Sales and distribution channel activity will be analyzed, as well as cost of customer acquisition, to make an independent assessment of your financial projections.

Technical Review 379

Technical Review Due Diligence Term Sheet Bankruptcy 379

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 16, 2022

It is your responsibility to facilitate regular communication between team members and all constituents via all channels, including social media, email, and video. The recent pandemic and remote team members have made the focus on social even more critical. Spiritual connections.

Technical Review 353

Technical Review Cofounder Employee Global 353

YoungUpstarts

MARCH 4, 2019

by Peter Johnston , founder and CEO of Kalo. Micha Kaufman, CEO and co-founder of Fiverr, believes the freelance ecosystem will become a viable solution for entrepreneurs who need assistance with a variety of tasks for their growing businesses. But what about freelancers? But what type of technology can help?

Technical Review 228

Technical Review Software Review San Francisco Due Diligence 228

YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 15, 2018

by Rachel Strella, founder of Strella Social Media. They strategize and have a plan for their social media channels. Roles and responsibilities of team members and other parties that will manage your social media channels. Not every new channel takes off and sticks around for the long term. Frequency of updates.

Social Media 210

Social Media Media Technical Review Channel 210

Duct Tape Marketing

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

Aaron is the CEO and Co-founder of Leadferno, a business and text messaging platform to close more leads faster. Questions I ask Aaron Weiche: [2:00] How do you advise business owners who may quite frankly be fatigued from all of the available customer communication channels to manage all of them today? [3:35]

SMS 101

SMS Marketing Cofounder Software Review 101

The Startup Magazine

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

Each engagement is personally undertaken by their founder and principal, Mitul. Inside Sales), Channel, Pre-Sales, SDRs, Marketing, Customer Success, and Professional Services. Mitul Ruparelia – Founder, Citius Partners. During that time, he had key successes. Mobile phone technological advance.

Founder 129

Founder B2B Private Equity India 129

The Startup Magazine

MARCH 2, 2023

By Danielle Ofek Before I was a banker, I was a founder. My journey over the last decade founding and leading startups has been a successful one, but it has also come with challenges, many of which are shared by other women founders and entrepreneurs. The numbers begin to tell the story. trillion to $5 trillion. Build your network.

Founder 115

Founder Affiliate Cofounder Boston 115

ConversionXL

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

GrowthHackers founder and former Head of Growth at Dropbox, Sean Ellis , coined the term: “A growth hacker is a person whose true north is growth. In his course on Growth Mindset (part of CXL’s Growth Marketing Minidegree ), WeTheFuture.org founder John McBride describes three key components of a successful growth marketer: 1.

Retention 113

Retention Marketing Acquisition Channel 113

The Next Web

JANUARY 30, 2014

In many cases, these entrepreneurs are on the hunt for co-founders to help them build their businesses. I previously wrote about various roles and responsibilities within a startup’s management team , so figure out what role your desired co-founder can fill. Social media channels can surprisingly lead you to potential partners as well.

Cofounder 136

Cofounder Founder Technical Cofounder Chicago 136

ConversionXL

FEBRUARY 10, 2021

Paige Briscoe, founder of ReRoot. Having an online presence alongside a physical store alone isn’t enough: your channels need to work together to build a holistic experience. Omnichannel retailing is a fully-integrated approach to commerce, providing shoppers a unified experience across all channels or touchpoints. We did them.

eCommerce 155

eCommerce Cofounder Community Channel 155

The Startup Magazine

MARCH 30, 2022

And as the internet shifts gears into Web3, founders in The Magic City working to find novel ways to monetize everything from attention to color will be pleased to know that they have the continued support of the biggest industry players.

Cloud 124

Cloud Miami Global Founder 124

The Startup Magazine

AUGUST 11, 2023

At the pre-seed stage, when the creator has a concept, the founder’s background, educational qualifications, domain experience, previous ventures, market size, and the complimentary talents brought by the cofounders are some of the most critical variables to consider before investing in a startup.

Seed Stage 127

Seed Stage Technical Review Early Stage Due Diligence 127

ConversionXL

JULY 21, 2022

When researching a new product, buyers use 10 or more channels to interact with companies. Each channel presents a chance to make a good impression. Optimize each channel, and you’ll win new customers, enjoy higher order rates , and retain customers. Each channel is a piece of the same puzzle.

Customer 118

Customer Marketing Channel Audience 118

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 31, 2020

Even the best solutions these days need to be marketed on multiple platforms, including online, social media, and the proper industry and customer channels for customer geographies. Master of multi-platform communication and marketing. The old philosophy of “if we build it, they will come” doesn’t work in today’s information society.

Founder 312

Founder Intellectual Property Dilution Startup 312

YoungUpstarts

JULY 21, 2019

The founders of Benkheim&Co , an online brand which seeks to change the traditional luxury watch concept, explains how motivated entrepreneurs benefit from globalisation, efficient fulfilment services and new technologies. All these are factors that many founders underestimate, especially in terms of time.

Cofounder 113

Cofounder Technical Review Technology Netherlands 113

ConversionXL

NOVEMBER 24, 2021

The audience size identified is encouragingly large, and the frequently used phrases and words (brick mortar, retail, founder) align directly with our target audience. Take SparkToro’s Co-founder, Rand Fishkin. Lost and Founder,” a book by SparkToro’s founder, Rand Fishkin, is readily displayed on the SparkToro site.

Reputation 134

Reputation Audience Management Social Media 134

The Startup Magazine

OCTOBER 30, 2022

Most of these questions are determined by the fact that purchasing separate desktop and laptop equipment for every startup founder and employee may be a costly endeavour. Make sure that all founders fully commit to strict cybersecurity policies and do not work from their home devices or shared devices. . Cybersecurity.

Technical Review 139

Technical Review Technology Software Review Startup 139

Steve Blank

MARCH 5, 2015

Starting this Monday, March 9 th 4-6pm Pacific Time I’ll be on the radio hosting the Bay Area Ventures program on Sirius XM radio Channel 111 – the Wharton Business Radio Channel. Future guests include Marc Pincus, founder of Zynga , and other interesting founders and investors. Oren Jacob – CEO ToyTalk.

Channel 120

Channel Venture Capital Lean Business Model 120

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 14, 2010

For that, you need to implement a winning distribution channel strategy. Common channel strategies include direct to customer, distributor, and joint venture arrangements. For many markets these days, the channel owns the market. Evolve the channel strategy as you grow. Deal with channel conflict openly.

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Channel Distribution Startup Warrant 213

ConversionXL

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

Gavin Braman, Co-Founder @ Drifting Creatives. Just like Peep, other marketers from hypergrown products, such as David Cancel (founder at Drift) argue that product-based differentiation is vanishing. Product should be your main channel for customer acquisition, retention and expansion. Gaetano DiNardi.

B2B 94

B2B Marketing Curation PPC 94

VC Cafe

MAY 4, 2021

Discord Channels – Spotify – Fireside (Mark Cuban’s investment) – Facebook(Rooms?) – Open Source (Jam) – Telegram (voice chats 2.0) #audio pic.twitter.com/gVB5h0IcMC — Eze Vidra (@ediggs) April 2, 2021. Capuccino – an audio social network launched in July 2020 by French founders.

Audio 139

Audio Software Review Open Source Social Network 139

Duct Tape Marketing

MAY 11, 2022

Husband and wife co-founders, Todd and Laure Fisher founded CallTrackingMetrics in 2011 in their basement and together have grown it into an Inc. Key Takeaway: Today, it seems as though there’s a never-ending list of channels and ways in which your customers can communicate with you and your business. This is John Jantsch.

Metrics 85

Metrics Marketing Software Review Cofounder 85

Up and Running

JUNE 12, 2014

I’ve ended up on the news many times by just calling up the news channels and asking them if they’d be interested in featuring my business. According to David Prochaska, Founder and CEO of ePoint Digital , developing relationships within your local community is the best way to get your first customer. Be creative.

Founder 142

Founder Marketing Startup Software Review 142

ConversionXL

MARCH 31, 2021

Using a tool like SparkToro , you can uncover the channels and influencers that your audience is most engaged with. Interviewing them will provide you with their wants and needs from a messaging perspective and uncover topic ideas and distribution channels. Your existing clients are your most significant source of insights.

Audience 127

Audience Non-Compete Distribution Channel 127

Feld Thoughts

JUNE 9, 2021

Matt was the co-founder/CEO of Return Path. The founders of each company talked and, in between efforts to decimate the other, agreed it might be worth merging to survive. It’s a follow-up to his previous book, Startup CEO: A Field Guide to Scaling Up Your Business. I’ve been working with Matt since 2000.

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Fractional CTO Cofounder Startup Lead Investor 195

Steve Blank

MAY 13, 2015

My guests this week on Bay Area Ventures on Wharton Business Radio on SiriusXM Channel 111 were: Kathryn Gould co-founder of Foundation Capital. Mar Hershenson co-founder of the VC firm Pejman Mar Ventures. Sophie Lebrecht co-founder and CEO of Neon Labs. What did you look for in a Founder ?

Channel 120

Channel Silicon Valley Cofounder Venture Capital 120

Steve Blank

AUGUST 27, 2012

What I saw reminded me of some of the best and worst things I did as a founder. Some of the engineers figuring if the founder was declaring they were toast in 90 days were updating their resumes. Yuri, one of the things that you make you a great founder is that you have insight others don’t. A Pivot a Week. he’d declare.

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Founder Cofounder Advisory Board Burn Rate 316