ReadWriteStart

OCTOBER 14, 2010

Well, my advice for Chak is to focus steadily on a worldwide list of greeting card distributors using Telewebsales and Sales 2.0 methodologies - in other words, don't invest in travel and in-person sales, but try to close as many deals as possible by phone and the Web. (On While you may not have the budget to spend $500,000 on Sales 2.0

Bootstrapping 114

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 27, 2010

I learned how to better run a product management process. I learned how to integrate customers into our product development process. But in our first year of sales (and those were really shitty years to be selling software) we sold $2.1 I learned how to establish sales targets and how to manage a sales pipeline.

Venture Capital 285

Venture Capital Hiring Software Review Stock Options 285

Up and Running

AUGUST 11, 2016

A brand’s sales pitch is of little to no importance to Millennials. Reynolds Wrap didn’t spend money on advertisements, better shelf placement, new slogans, or new product development. This system benefits parties on all sides of the sale. See Also: The Definitive Guide to Building a Brand.

United Arab Emirates 60

United Arab Emirates Social Media Redemption United Kingdom 60

murkygrey.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

They emerge a few years later in hoards of brilliant and eager software developers. The big guys have been doing it for years and recently, smaller and smaller startups are incorporating offshore development into their plans. As a development manager I have, over the years, utilized development teams in India, China and Russia.

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www.quora.com

JANUARY 16, 2011

" Web Development Startups Solo Founders I am a creative guy with a startup idea. Where is the best place to find a rockstar developer to bring it to life? " => I have not bothered to put up a landing page, survey to test customer demand, or done any customer development whatsoever. Rockstar v.

Developer 42

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A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

AUGUST 30, 2010

Rob Walling generously allowed me to reprint this excerpt from his new book, "Start Small, Stay Small: A Developer's Guide to Launching a Startup" available in paperback and Kindle from Amazon and in PDF and ePub from StartupBook.net. As a developer, the features we dropped seem like a necessity from day 1. So we tossed it.

Software Review 284

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www.readwriteweb.com

OCTOBER 18, 2010

Well, my advice for Chak is to focus steadily on a worldwide list of greeting card distributors using Telewebsales and Sales 2.0 methodologies - in other words, dont invest in travel and in-person sales, but try to close as many deals as possible by phone and the Web. (On While you may not have the budget to spend $500,000 on Sales 2.0

Marketing 52

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www.readwriteweb.com

OCTOBER 18, 2010

Well, my advice for Chak is to focus steadily on a worldwide list of greeting card distributors using Telewebsales and Sales 2.0 methodologies - in other words, dont invest in travel and in-person sales, but try to close as many deals as possible by phone and the Web. (On While you may not have the budget to spend $500,000 on Sales 2.0

Marketing 52

Marketing Bootstrapping Incubator Angel Investor 52

Version One Ventures

AUGUST 7, 2018

for customer service and in Eastern Europe and India for development. Physically separating a team usually works best in areas where a general playbook exists, such as sales & marketing, and where teams don’t need to get together for frequent brainstorming sessions.

Silicon Valley 128

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maplebutter.com

JANUARY 8, 2013

Or should I launch products and a startup for each of them, focusing on only 1 product at a time? I would focus on one product and set a goal to generate $1M in yearly revenue from it. Do that – nothing else but one product / company / focus and get to $1M in sales with atleast $15% net profit. do something else.

Technical Review 44

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Occam's Razor

NOVEMBER 11, 2013

My professional career spans three countries: India, Saudi Arabia and the United States. My career spans customer service, engineering, finance, product development, marketing, sales, and corporate functions. Going through all of the above, I've developed an overall macro-philosophy that guides my career choices.

Saudi Arabia 166

Saudi Arabia Green Leadership Framework 166

techcrunch.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

Like I said, forget everything else and just get your product out the door. Inevitably, the excuses begin: I need to hire people to build the product. I don’t know any developers. How do you know which designer/developer to choose? I need money for the servers. Looking forward to reading your next post!

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Transformify

APRIL 12, 2020

IT team members working on the core product, sales and customer support, marketing, etc. Sadly, even reputable businesses are trying to take advantage of people in developing countries, especially if the local authorities are not paying attention to cases of exploitation. An asset, no cost in the P&L. USD 30 000 rent (cost).

Bangladesh 98

Bangladesh Philippines Salary Cofounder 98

VC Cafe

FEBRUARY 3, 2014

TinyTap , an Israeli start-up that has developed an educational app platform based on user-generated content, was one of three top-prize winners at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. INDIA AND ISRAEL TO SET UP $40 MILLION FUND FOR JOINT VENTURES. LOCKHEED MARTIN AND EMC PARTNER FOR ADVANCED RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT IN ISRAEL.

Las Vegas 92

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Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 21, 2015

In the Installation Period , a great surge of technology development (Perez calls this Irruption) is followed by an explosion of investment (called the Frenzy.) For example, US Steel had integrated vertically and was involved in the mining of the iron ore all the way to the production of various steel products, e.g., nails.

Silicon Valley 120

Silicon Valley Venture Capital United States Technical Review 120

Occam's Razor

MAY 27, 2015

All of that to simply say that I think data is really important, and I'm a passionate believer in a data-driven product development, marketing, employee hiring, stocking the pantry at your office, and so much more. As in, " You have to prove store sales from a See or a Think strategy before we invest in smart marketing."

Analytics 60

Analytics Marketing Mobile Audience 60

Steve Blank

MAY 9, 2017

Defense and Intelligence organizations drove the pace of innovation in Silicon Valley by providing research and development dollars to universities, and defense companies built weapons systems that used the Valley’s first microwave devices and semiconductor components. and there were no books, blogs or YouTube videos about entrepreneurship.

Restful 238

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Hearpreneur

JULY 10, 2017

Prior to starting Ozmo both Ming and I worked in a design house creating new and better products. Throughout my five years of experience in product development, I realized that most of product launch failure could have been avoided by getting the product right earlier on, or understanding the limit of the maker.

Entrepreneur 102

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Startup Lessons Learned

FEBRUARY 12, 2009

Why do you think outsources have been happy to generate all this PR the past few years about people losing their jobs to India? Without a basis for comparison, you first have to drive home the need, then you will have an easy time making the sale (after all, youre the person who they trust to bring it to their attention).

San Francisco 89

San Francisco Continuous Deployment Ruby Lean 89

www.vccafe.com

MARCH 11, 2013

Steve Blank on Lean Customer Development. s helpful to find an developer tool that allows you to write html/css and renders the view in real time, so you donâ??t Firebase : Are all your developers front-end engineers? s easier to use/develop with. Mobile Tools: If you are a web developer, you donâ??t Codeacademy.

Software Review 53

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