View from Seed

JANUARY 11, 2021

The sudden arrival of the global pandemic has shifted the playbook for founders and venture capitalists. As high-conviction, seed stage investors, we are inherently relationship-driven, and we value meeting exceptional founders face-to-face. I can have a wider reach and a higher volume of 30 minute meetings with founders.”.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 25, 2016

They literally can’t respond to our core differentiator. ” If you launch a fizzy water product you may think your competitors are Badoit and San Pelligrino but a substitute product might be flat water like Propel or cold green tea. Know your planned sources of differentiation and adjust as you learn. Conclusion.

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Hearpreneur

DECEMBER 14, 2022

As a co-founder of the company, my main goal for 2023 is to build a successful and sustainable business that will bring value to our customers, team members, and investors. In the next few years, I plan to continue educating myself on the latest renewable energy technologies and invest in green infrastructure projects. 22- Nailing SEO.

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Duct Tape Marketing

DECEMBER 14, 2022

She is the founder of the digital marketing firm Market MindShift. 16:52] How do you use scarcity as a differentiator without turning off your true fans? [20:01] Do you feel like you know what differentiates your business from every other business out there? More About Mindy Weinstein: Powerofscarcity.com. This is John Chance.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 28, 2018

The founder of Parachute, Ariel Kaye , had a clear vision for what she wanted to disrupt and how she thought she could do it. and a differentiated feel in terms of fabric, design, sustainability, etc. You see sustainability of farms as a key attribute in The Bouqs or Green & Blacks chocolate. Not so much.

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Duct Tape Marketing

OCTOBER 28, 2021

And of course, a number of small businesses have found brilliant ways to differentiate against these big competitors and also to harness the internet. But if the market really wants green cookies, make green cookies, don't try to sell them pink cookies. How hard was that internally for an organization like deluxe?

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Duct Tape Marketing

SEPTEMBER 1, 2016

However, they can’t miss a big green button. It’s often difficult to differentiate between casual subscribers and those with an intent to buy. Daren Low is the founder of Bitcatcha and co-developer of the free Server Speed Checker. Most people scan an email, so they’ll probably glance over a text link.

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YoungUpstarts

JULY 29, 2013

by Meng Weng Wong, co-founder and social engineer at JFDI Asia. Some founders stay at hostels. Each founder who owns shares in the startup and has attended JFDI will be invited. Each founder who is part of the team and has attended JFDI will be expected to be there to man your startup’s booth. That’s the competition.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 14, 2009

And a great product starts with the founder. Differentiate. I can’t really speak generically to this because the Tech Coast Angels / Pasadena in SoCal have produced Green Dot, MyShape and many other successes. You cannot be just a biz dev type, salesperson, marketing genius or whatever and divorce yourself from product.

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ReadWriteStart

JUNE 28, 2012

When a startup founder could draw up his own clunky logo, slap it on a Web page and call it a day? Design as a Differentiator. Design as a Differentiator. The 99designs survey showed blue is the color most associated with success (must’ve been before the Facebook IPO), followed by green, then white (Apple again), black and red.

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ReadWriteStart

SEPTEMBER 6, 2012

Because the company is new, founders often have to make up things as they go along - with little opportunity to check and see how they're doing. Babson's Greene warned that "Abnormality might be [a startup's] competitive advantage." But it's my differentiator. To me, though, relying on algorithms is almost anti-entrepreneurial.

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Hearpreneur

FEBRUARY 12, 2023

This not only helps to support a social cause but can also help to differentiate the company from its competitors and improve its reputation and loyalty. Therefore, we are currently working on projects such as creating green spaces in underserved communities and providing educational scholarships for students in need.

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ReadWriteStart

JUNE 27, 2012

“Given a choice between brands of comparable quality, a large percentage [of consumers] will choose the company they see as giving back or making the world better,” says Shel Horowitz, author of Guerrilla Marketing Goes Green. Small businesses want to give back - it’s rewarding and just feels right,” says imSMB co-founder Mark Drake.

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Up and Running

AUGUST 21, 2014

Founder Yvon Chouinard has been open about his support of the idea, stating that he feels the benefit corporation legal structure protects a company’s founding values into the future, as it allows a company to be mission-focused through succession and changes in ownership.

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ReadWriteStart

SEPTEMBER 6, 2012

Because the company is new, founders often have to make up things as they go along - with little opportunity to check and see how they're doing. Babson's Greene warned that "Abnormality might be [a startup's] competitive advantage." But it's my differentiator. To me, though, relying on algorithms is almost anti-entrepreneurial.

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Hearpreneur

AUGUST 4, 2015

We’re a video production company and I used my initials TAR, not knowing at the time that it’s fairly common to name a business after the founder. I thought of all combinations of synonyms for Green, High, and Stone(d) that had a domain and social media handles available. Thanks to Tim Ryan, TAR Productions !

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Brandanew

DECEMBER 9, 2016

Needless to say, building brand differentiation and a narrative requires careful thought. Luxury brands are often intimately connected with their founders, artisan designers or advocates (think Emma Watson and Burberry). Your products communication must maintain your brand tonality and also help your brand stand out.

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Up and Running

DECEMBER 20, 2017

Funding and differentiating your service or brand will definitely help. If you’re technical and a savvy inventor, you could design a product that helps marijuana user process or ingest their medicine—think about all the fancy vape pens that have been coming out, or the rosin presses that easily extract solvent-free oil from bud or trim.

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crowdSPRING Blog

APRIL 18, 2018

The packaging typically varies to help consumers identify a sugary kid’s drink from a healthy green blend. This study reported that red, yellow, green and pink are the four most eye-catching colors. But, that doesn’t mean that all packages should be red, yellow, or green. Consumers become frustrated.

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ReadWriteStart

SEPTEMBER 6, 2012

Because the company is new, founders often have to make up things as they go along – with little opportunity to check and see how they’re doing. Babson’s Greene warned that “Abnormality might be [a startup’s] competitive advantage.” But it’s my differentiator. Goodman agrees.

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This is going to be BIG.

FEBRUARY 22, 2010

We'll talk to experts across the industry, including chef Michael Anthony of Gramercy Tavern, Glenn Roberts, founder of Anson Mills, marketing whizzes from Rooster Design Group, and writer and Food52 co-founder Amanda Hesser. RSVP: [link] 7PM: Hype Machine Show & CD Swap Go green with The Hype Machine!

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Duct Tape Marketing

NOVEMBER 1, 2017

This is John Jantsch and my guests, yes that’s plural, Joe Pulizzi, founder of Content Marketing Institute, and Robert Rose, the chief strategy advisor of the same. and of course I’ll always be the founder, I’ll always be a part of this thing. And so that would be where I would draw those differentiations.

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Duct Tape Marketing

APRIL 12, 2012

Get Smart Content founder Jim Eustace showed me a mini case study for truck dealership that sells a line of very green electric delivery vehicles as well as traditional commercial trucks. Imagine how powerful it could be to deliver market segment content based on how a visitor came to your site.

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pandodaily.com

JULY 18, 2012

Co-founder and CEO Jason Goldberg said this was the first of several companies he’s started that was so intensely personal, he couldn’t imagine ever doing anything else. Sarah Lacy is the founder and editor-in-chief of PandoDaily. anyone of any age can be an entrepreneur youngster founders may have one advantage -- time.

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Hearpreneur

MAY 27, 2020

The concept was not to be lost in the crowd of applicants for a job that didn’t exist, instead create one by differentiating. And with my work today, as Founder and CEO of the Elizabeth Elting Foundation, I’ve followed the same formula: embracing who I am, what I care about, and the impact I want to make on the world.

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Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 24, 2019

If you are genuinely passionate about it, that will shine through and you will immediately be differentiated from the many sales people that attend these events. As the founder, that was more of my personality at that time, having grown up as a programmer. For us, this was the color green and our SellStrong bands.

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YoungUpstarts

JULY 7, 2016

By Sacha Ferrandi, Founder and Principal of Source Capital Funding, Inc. The Power of Green. The green building market has been expanding exponentially; in 2013, the market reached $260 billion, 20 percent of which was new commercial real estate construction. The proof comes in the form of tangible savings. The Proper Amenities.

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www.iubenda.com

OCTOBER 25, 2011

Most people end up sharing twice, so we differentiated the precompiled sharing text to make it less repetitive. "E" As first, on July 1st, we invite the first Italian beta testers (the reason behind the spike on the referred users, green line). Founder and Chairman of iubenda. E" Section, email confirmation ? Thanks to chart.io

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ConversionXL

JUNE 30, 2021

These come from speaking and listening to your audience , and successfully differentiating your brand. It goes beyond the product, reflecting the company’s standing as a B Corp and Green America certified company committed to social and environmental change. The examples in this article all share those fundamental qualities.

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crowdSPRING Blog

DECEMBER 13, 2018

Your brand positioning explains how your company differentiates in the marketplace and how you are different from your competitors. For example, Charles Revson, founder of Revlon, always used to say he sold hope, not makeup. Blues, reds, and greens are common colors in the medical industry. 2) Articulate your brand positioning.

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Startup Lessons Learned

AUGUST 1, 2009

Having so few products means Apple can dedicate enormous resources to each project once it gets the green light. For startups that are tempted to mimic this behavior, I suggest reading the great account of the early Apple in Founders at Work.) Discover whats in customers heads, and tackle problems where design is a differentiator.

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Hearpreneur

SEPTEMBER 11, 2015

I love this quote so much that I built my whole TEDx talk around it: Thanks to Shel Horowitz, Green and Profitability ! #6 ” This is my favorite business quote because it illustrates the primary factor that differentiates successful entrepreneurs from the rest of the pack. 6 – Prioritize. “Failure is an option here.

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Hearpreneur

MAY 9, 2018

No problem at all, but it didn’t really differentiate me from the thousands of other interior designers out there, or give any clue to what we are about. ‘Nature’ speaks to the natural, green and blue ecosphere that supports all human and non-human life. Meanwhile, I’d been driving around with our tagline, “Seriously.

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crowdSPRING Blog

APRIL 18, 2013

crowdSPRING’s Small Business Spotlight: Rent A Green Box – [link]. Warby Parker Co-Founder: Creating A Strong Brand Without Marketing | PSFK – [link]. Linkedin Founder Reid Hoffman’s Advice for Entrepreneurs | KISSmetrics Blog – [link]. The Importance of Scheduling Nothing – [link].

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techcrunch.com

FEBRUARY 19, 2010

Been there Done that This is very depressing for all future founders, or even currently early stage founders. A little piece of advice for future founders: find something that turns revenue quick, profitable and cash flow positive quick and forget about fantasy businesses that take a decade to turn profitable like twitter!

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