Reid Hoffman

AUGUST 6, 2020

Moreover, the indicators that show founders are ready to take on new capital in order to progress to the next phase of company-building – be it hiring, expanding into a new market, launching a product or more – can vary from company to company. They are going to hire people. What are Series A companies going to spend their money on?

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Duct Tape Marketing

AUGUST 30, 2023

[02:02] What kind of business and what kind of challenges are they facing that you think makes an ideal fit for a fractional strategic marketing hire? [03:34] 03:34] If somebody hires a CMO, do they feel like they’re also hiring an implement mentor or are they strictly separate functions? [04:57]

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Duct Tape Marketing

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

3:43] How do you differentiate between a tactic and what you’re calling strategy? [4:41] 7:15] How do you manage the fact that somebody is hiring you to do marketing, but you can’t really do marketing if you don’t get into every aspect of their business? [10:20]

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Women Entrepreneurs Can

APRIL 27, 2020

With so many world-class options available for every product and service, the only way to differentiate in the marketplace now is how you treat your customers. This perennial omnichannel cycle is not only useful for the customers but continues to generate more revenue. times the revenue of a business that doesn’t.

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Hippoland

OCTOBER 9, 2016

revenue / traction / setting up infrastructure / etc) This can set you apart, because the vast majority of businesses I see at the seed stage are just ideas with no action. Demonstrate that you can pull the trigger on things quickly — whether it be getting customers, hiring / firing employees, or product development.

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reidhoffman.org

NOVEMBER 12, 2013

we had no revenue. As a result, we knew that our pitch would need to steer into investors’ biggest concern: the lack of revenue. Instead, our strategy was to steer immediately into the revenue question because that was the top concern of investors in 2004. We made the mistake of listing three different revenue streams.

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Duct Tape Marketing

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

07:11] With so many tools claiming the same space, how does Databox differentiate itself? [08:43] That's hundred grand annual revenue. And that became about, and now is about 40% of HubSpot's revenue. I always stayed there until that team was counter million in annualized revenue, which was around 2016.

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ConversionXL

MAY 19, 2020

Evaluation , where differentiation between competitors must occur. If driving revenue or new customer sign-ups is top priority, focus on building content that bolsters the Purchase stage of the funnel, such as: Testimonials ; Customer recommendations; Demos. Purchase , in which the decision to buy is made.

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crowdSPRING Blog

FEBRUARY 28, 2019

How do they currently meet your target market’s needs, and how will you differentiate your product or services? Once you have this information, you’ll refer back to it repeatedly as you build and launch your business. That means you need to prepare for the ups and downs of inconsistent revenue. Competitive analysis.

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Guy Nirpaz

DECEMBER 12, 2011

When you develop and execute on a truly unique approach to client engagement that will absolutely be a differentiator from your competitors, brand it. This should be an obvious, but many companies stop at having a logo on a website, or perhaps a case study, as a method to use an existing client as a reference.

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Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 24, 2019

We just hired our first in-house recruiter, Lisa Novak, and she is leading our team in this regard. In The Entrepreneur’s Essentials #10 , I cover the most proven way to hire well?—?it We built an amazing internal recruiting team at Bazaarvoice, and I’m sure Lisa will do the same here. it isn’t easy. They helped us cross the chasm.

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Austin Startup

MARCH 26, 2019

To help with that, I’ve created a non-exhaustive list of questions to serve as a lightweight reference sheet for any new DTC entrepreneur. Even pre-launch, there’s work you can do here to differentiate yourself. Many DTC brands eventually hire someone to specifically focus on reducing the impact of credit card errors.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 25, 2011

A great recent example of this was a successful group of entrepreneurs who had created a company that will do $10-12 million in revenue at their system integration business (read: services business) in 2011 after having done $5 million or so in 2010 and $2-3 million in 2009. But it might not. Why Build a Services Business in the First Place?

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The Startup Magazine

SEPTEMBER 12, 2019

There’s a reason why I refer to early-stage VC funding as vulture capital, and to be honest it’s pretty accurate. Venture funding isn’t real validation – market traction and continued profitability and revenues are. Just because you can afford to hire, doesn’t mean that you should. Focus on Product Development First.

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Mike Michalowicz

JANUARY 18, 2023

Forget ABC ( always being closed , for all of those who aren’t familiar with The Boiler Room reference.) Why you can be trusted, liked, hired and recommended. DAD stands for Differentiate, Attract, and Direct. Three steps for successful marketing with The DAD Method: Step 1 – Differentiate. Know your customer.

Marketing 60

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YoungUpstarts

MAY 18, 2015

The task of vetting a business prior to a potential purchase is referred to as due diligence. Hire a CPA. The time saved can be put towards revenue-generating activities and possibly go well past paying the charge of the CPA. Hire an attorney. A lawyer can first help decide if the business is even worth buying.

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Up and Running

DECEMBER 16, 2014

The way that I define PR, basically, is that it’s raising your visibility to your awareness, to your target market, in a unique and differentiating manner. Also, what differentiates that is critical. Absolutely, you need to differentiate yourself, and what you do, and how you do it. You need to do it right.

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ConversionXL

MAY 27, 2022

The responsibilities from this DGM role at SaaS company Datto show how embedded demand gen managers are in marketing: • “Build strong, integrated marketing programs using a mix of content marketing, digital marketing, email marketing, and webinars to drive new business opportunities and revenue. Hiring managers want to see a track record.

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Duct Tape Marketing

JANUARY 29, 2013

What do they get when they hire us? Look to your most profitable clients that also tend to refer business for clues. This is a hard one for some companies to nail and you might have much better luck spending some time asking your customers why they buy from you, stay with you and refer you.

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Duct Tape Marketing

AUGUST 16, 2023

06:12] Today we don’t have any way to stand out in the market or way to differentiate ourselves from our customers. And then they realized, you know, we don't have any way to stand out, you know, in the market or way to differentiate ourselves with our customers. Let's hire somebody senior to figure out what's going on.

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Up and Running

MAY 1, 2014

Use this chapter to describe your current team and who you need to hire. Investors will want to know what advantages you have over the competition and how you plan on differentiating yourself. How do you plan on differentiating from the competition? This chapter will also define how you measure success. Read more ».

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The Next Web

JUNE 28, 2012

Often, entrepreneurs make funding seem like the end all and be all of their startup journey (“If only I could raise funding, I could then hire the perfect team and make the perfect product.”). 2 – Hire slow, fire fast. However, hiring well isn’t as easy as it sounds. Slightly morbid – Yes. Very true – Yes.

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A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

OCTOBER 24, 2011

How to differentiate yourself in a crowded market (and when perhaps you shouldn’t try). Totally automate all that so it doesn’t bring me down all the time and instead I can sign all the revenue, because that’s fun. Like the ability to spend X dollars on advertising and gain Y dollars in revenue or something like that.

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Duct Tape Marketing

MARCH 14, 2024

How To Hire a Fractional CMO written by Tosin Jerugba read more at Duct Tape Marketing Marketing Podcast with John Jantsch In this episode of the Duct Tape Marketing Podcast, I go solo and dive into the trend in the marketing consultancy agency world that is: Fractional Chief Marketing Officers or CMOs. So I thought it might be interesting.

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Hearpreneur

APRIL 3, 2016

In my case, I grew up in an apartment in a country in Europe where we refer to apartments to as “flats” After an exhaustive search and writing down name after name it dawned on me. No matter what the specific tasks are, clients hire us to spread the word about them, and most of our customers want that done really quickly.

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www.virtuosimedia.com

MARCH 8, 2012

If the idea was reliant on ad revenue for profit, it quickly becomes apparent that there will be no incoming money at all. Hire someone to do a working prototype/proof-of-concept. If there isn’t enough differentiation from competitors, the venture will fail. At this point, everyone loses. Rework it as necessary.

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Software By Rob

AUGUST 18, 2010

The only thing that seemed to be consistent about my growth was that my revenue was relatively flat while my user base kept growing. This turned out to be a good move since it doubled their revenue that month. He has a great stats page that shows everything from monthly revenue to the breakdown of users by plan type.

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Software Review Software Revenue Cofounder 78

Duct Tape Marketing

JULY 6, 2022

In fact, the simplest question I can ask you is, let's say I wanted to refer tons of business to you. It just simply is a recognition that if you want to stand out, differentiate your business, you have to tell people here's who I help. In many cases is going to allow you to differentiate your business example.

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Duct Tape Marketing

DECEMBER 30, 2022

And for instance, I can refer back to the contracting project I'm working on right now. Then I want to talk to you about adding a new revenue stream to your business that will completely change how you work with clients. And you have to hire someone to manage all of that. And people are gonna hire the person who responds first.

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YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 12, 2012

I’m referring to entrepreneurship. They may become power team members and they may also refer customers your way. Instead of just being a babysitter or a tutor, for example, kids might start a franchise where they hire out jobs to a database of subcontractors. Make it a family affair.

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YoungUpstarts

MAY 6, 2014

In 2012, the company accepted only 35 new hires out of almost 18,000 applicants. That’s a hire rate of 0.2 Innovation is a function of sticking with and executing on ideas— whether new or old — that don’t conform to the status quo, which results in turning an idea into something tangible, useful, and differentiated.

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Hearpreneur

SEPTEMBER 11, 2015

” This is my favorite business quote because it illustrates the primary factor that differentiates successful entrepreneurs from the rest of the pack. All things being equal, people will do business with, and refer business to, those people they know, like and trust. . “Failure is an option here. Image Credit: Beth Bridges.

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Duct Tape Marketing

APRIL 21, 2022

And for instance, I can refer back to the contracting project I'm working on right now. I referenced that granite countertop store, my first breast for reference was not to call them, but they forced me into it. And you have to hire someone to manage all of that. It's a very differentiator too. It's a smaller job.

Small Business 90

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crowdSPRING Blog

MARCH 14, 2019

How do your natural strengths differentiate you from the other real estate businesses in the area? How do they currently meet your target market’s needs, and how will you differentiate your product or services? Once you have this information, you’ll refer back to it repeatedly as you build and launch your business.

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ConversionXL

OCTOBER 25, 2018

Don’t expect an outside agency to sacrifice more leads for better leads if they’re hired and fired on quantity. The fattest part of the market often demands more education, more handholding, more social proof through case studies & references, and a relationship with a salesperson or account manager to feel comfortable with the purchase.

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abovethecrowd.com

APRIL 17, 2013

In a casino, the term “rake” refers to the commission that the house earns for operating a poker game. With each hand, a small percentage of the pot is scraped off by the dealer, which in essence becomes the “revenue” for the casino. As an example, eBay’s 2011 marketplace revenues were approximately $6.6B

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Up and Running

NOVEMBER 25, 2015

Jonathan: I think we talked about this on a previous podcast with regards to when is it time to hire somebody else on your team. It seems like there’s so much variety, and if anything it seems like there’s increasing innovation and sort of differentiation amongst these businesses. Jonathan: It’s an audio virus.

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