Duct Tape Marketing

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

In this episode, I talk with CEO and Co-Founder of Leadferno, Aaron Weiche, about how Leadferno is powering businesses to create better conversations and close more leads faster with Omni-channel messaging – combining SMS and messaging tools from some of the internet’s biggest platforms.

SMS 101

SMS Marketing Cofounder Software Review 101

YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 24, 2020

The internet is an excellent resource for learning and acquiring knowledge. Since we believe that prevention is better than cure, here’s a lowdown on some of the worst SEO advice doing the rounds over the internet. Google crawlers can differentiate good links from bad ones and determine the relevancy. SEO is a One-Time Thing.

SEO 136

SEO Semantic Web Development Engineer 136

YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 6, 2020

That definition is nearly 30 years old, and hadn’t evolved with the pace of technology changes, from mainframe computers to the Internet to the cloud, and much more. Staying on top of tech debt is especially difficult for SMBs that might not have the technology departments, CIOs, and CTOs of larger organizations.

Technical Review 246

Technical Review Small Business Software Review Security 246

View from Seed

DECEMBER 6, 2018

It seems as though in many categories, especially in consumer internet space, a handful of startups pursuing quite similar or even apparently identical ideas launch within months of each other. Sure, network effects provide clear competitive advantages in many markets, but it hardly guarantees success without other differentiation.

Seed Stage 120

Seed Stage Startup Cofounder Stealth 120

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 22, 2018

On the Internet, I am wary of one more search engine provider, clones of existing social-media sites, and yet another new dating site. You need a big differentiator in these arenas. These historically have included work-at-home, restaurants, telemarketing and social-service providers.

New York City 202

New York City Silicon Valley Bootstrapping Technical Review 202

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 23, 2021

In this age of the Internet and global communication, it is virtually impossible to isolate individual subcultures, and market your brand uniquely to each. Differentiate your brand based on a higher cause. Attempts to do this have resulted in more confusion than value, as well as high management and marketing costs.

Leadership 426

Leadership Management Brazil Differentiation 426

YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 3, 2020

If you are not sure what words to use in particular, you can create buyer personas in analytic tools to get keywords that your potential customers are using to look for solutions on the internet. If you hire a professional copywriter, they will be able to guide you in the right direction to create the right content. Highlight the Benefits.

Technical Review 136

Technical Review Audience Startup Differentiation 136

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 18, 2023

With the advent of social media, and instant communication via the Internet, that definition has been expanded to include all aspects of the customer experience , from finding you and what they need, to the ease of completing the transaction, as well as all follow-on support. You can never edict all decisions.

Differentiation 274

Differentiation Social Media Customer Matching 274

YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 24, 2015

In the competitive world of cable and Internet, the company’s callback service makes this company different than all the rest, and they have my business because of it. Give them a call, a polite voice comes on and tells you how to use the system, and approximately how long it will be for a return call. The Callback Service. Conclusion.

Technical Review 100

Technical Review Technology Customer Differentiation 100

VC Cafe

MARCH 1, 2024

Companionship Differentiated value prop vs. generalist chat products – AI companion products hat specialise in content that mainstream models aren’t good at (or don’t allow), like fictional role plays or erotica.

Artificial Inteligence 176

Artificial Inteligence Technical Review Software Review Generative AI 176

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 8, 2021

Here are some tips from both his perspective and mine to stave off the coming summer “brain drain” and focus on the next step of employment, or starting a whole new career as an entrepreneur: Create and control your Internet image. Carefully monitor the "personal brand" you're building on the Internet to keep it positive.

Community 420

Community Startup Hiring Differentiation 420

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 12, 2014

It’s building a product that is substantially differentiated, and, as Bill Gross, one of the most prolific tech entrepreneurs of our era says, “ It needs to be 10x better than the competition ” (because if you shoot for that then in competitive markets you might achieve 3x. Underbelly. You know that deep down.

SEM 379

SEM Viral Marketing Widget 379

Agile VC

JUNE 24, 2013

I’ve been doing some thinking about the future of cars and the impact of the internet. When people talk about “internet” and “cars” people usually think of internet-connected automobiles for the purposes of infotainment. Ferdinand Porsche’s electric car, circa early 1900s.

Internet 153

Internet Caching Aggregator Audio 153

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 19, 2016

We believe that it is incrementally harder to differentiate on simple Internet products or mobile apps and while great companies are built doing this, our goal as a fund is to try and fund things that can be 100x returns if they work. We’re not Pollyannaish about this. In short, we’re after venture returns.

Cofounder 207

Cofounder Differentiation Hosting Design 207

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 23, 2014

15 years ago we were at the peak of Internet hype with the launch of many over-capitalized businesses with a market size & opportunity was limited. 50x more Internet users (2.4 ” The pioneering fund of funds realize that their source of differentiation is much more about the latter than the former. Where are we today?

Technical Review 398

Technical Review Venture Capital Valuation Pre-Money Valuation 398

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 19, 2023

Make your business model your competitive differentiation, like Fred Smith with Federal Express, or Ingvar Kamprad with IKEA. In a world connected through a broadband Internet and mushrooming social networks, information flows quickly and relatively seamlessly, expediting the pace at which new innovations gain traction and speed.

Entrepreneur 253

Entrepreneur United States Business Model Government 253

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 8, 2014

On the Internet, I am wary of one more search engine provider, clones of existing social-media sites, and yet another new dating site. You need a big differentiator in these arenas. These historically have included work-at-home, restaurants, telemarketing and social-service providers.

New York City 254

New York City Silicon Valley Bootstrapping Technical Review 254

ConversionXL

NOVEMBER 24, 2021

This is the basis of an effective differentiation strategy. Differentiate the messaging between your brand and personal profiles. . Michael Fertik, the founder of Reputation.com, said in an interview : “People, employers, and customers find you because of the internet. Not every person that buys from you will be a superfan.

Reputation 134

Reputation Audience Management Social Media 134

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 26, 2020

Make your business model your competitive differentiation, like Fred Smith with Federal Express, or Ingvar Kamprad with IKEA. In a world connected through a broadband Internet and mushrooming social networks, information flows quickly and relatively seamlessly, expediting the pace at which new innovations gain traction and speed.

United States 429

United States Business Model Government Differentiation 429

The Startup Magazine

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

The Differentiating Factors of High-Growth Startups. From obtaining faster internet connection speeds of remote workers to streamlining how an individual part of a larger product is manufactured, innovation goes a long way towards growth and success. The Innovate in the Small Areas. No aspect of a startup is too small for innovation.

Balance Sheet 90

Balance Sheet Startup Audience Retention 90

Version One Ventures

SEPTEMBER 17, 2013

How do we differentiate between B2B start-ups that sell to many vs. sell to a few? Why Internet Companies Don’t Buy From The Enterprise Kings (techcrunch.com). Practically all consumer companies fall into the “sell to many” category, but what about on the enterprise side? Sell to few”: Traditional enterprise sales.

Fractional CTO 154

Fractional CTO Software Review Viral Sales Cycle 154

Up and Running

JULY 7, 2021

Millions of people all around the world use YouTube as their primary source of internet entertainment. This eventually led to larger video consumption – 82% of internet users prefer videos to other types of content. One more important thing that differentiates YouTube is that you have to actually use keywords in your videos.

Channel 149

Channel Small Business Video Audience 149

Start Up Blog

APRIL 11, 2019

The Energy Internet Emerges: We will be trading energy with each other through a new type of distributed energy grid. It will be akin to the way we trade information with each other on the internet now – except it will be energy – and we will generate excess energy on our buildings.

Software Review 91

Software Review Technical Review Artificial Inteligence Non-Compete 91

Berkonomics

JUNE 15, 2012

And within that slice of differentiation, to make any sort of impact and lasting company, the difference between you and your competitor cannot be incremental. “Me Me too” positioning is lost in the noise of today’s targeted marketing and corporate reach through inexpensive, but effective, use of Internet marketing.

Differentiation 59

Differentiation Hosting Internet Naming 59

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 9, 2016

On the Internet, I am wary of one more search engine provider, clones of existing social-media sites, and yet another new dating site. You need a big differentiator in these arenas. These historically have included work-at-home, restaurants, telemarketing and social-service providers.

New York City 120

New York City Silicon Valley Startup Bootstrapping 120

Duct Tape Marketing

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

They want to ensure that people are not creating a huge RAF of content using LMS AI that will fill the internet with a bunch of croft things that are not really that valuable or are not properly fact checked. So that's where the experience of a human really differentiates. So there's this acronym from Google Quality Rater Guidelines.

SEO 60

SEO ChatGPT Technical Review Search 60

Austin Startup

MAY 11, 2017

645 Ventures 645 Ventures makes deeply-researched investments in institutional Seed to Series A rounds for exceptional companies who demonstrate stellar early results in the areas of market validation, product differentiation, team strength, and brand narrative. These sectors generally leverage the Internet or software in a fundamental way.

Private Equity 48

Private Equity Venture Capital Technical Review Seed Stage 48

Version One Ventures

SEPTEMBER 19, 2012

Companies that score highest in this criteria are typically: E-commerce businesses that fulfill regular needs and offer a differentiated experience or SaaS businesses that help businesses or individuals manage core activities. As a VC, the biggest challenge in evaluating LTV models is that metrics can dramatically change at scale.

Churn Rate 168

Churn Rate Viral Acquisition Cofounder 168

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 4, 2021

With the pervasive and instant communication of social media and the Internet, businesses can no longer hide behind the mask of their own hype, either inside the company or outside. Clearly focusing on the right market and customer profile sets your competitor differentiation. Market and customer positioning.

Sales 276

Sales Leadership Differentiation Global 276

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 1, 2019

In today’s world of constant change and information overload via the Internet, content marketing and branding are often more important to success than product quality or technology. Focus on product differentiation and setting yourself apart. The challenge is that many new business owners still don’t know where to start.

Differentiation 184

Differentiation Social Media Analytics Viral 184

YoungUpstarts

JUNE 1, 2017

For employers, as well, group insurance schemes like health, critical illness, life and superannuation have offered an inexpensive way to attract talent and differentiate themselves as a mor e attractive employer. This can be attributed to the proliferation of the internet and lower cost of information sharing for insurers.

India 100

India Balance Sheet Technical Review Differentiation 100

Reid Hoffman

FEBRUARY 21, 2019

Over the past two decades the internet has reshaped our daily lives and the world of business—so it’s not surprising that it’s transforming how companies develop talent. CAMBRIDGE I / ALEJANDRO GUIJARRO. The emergence of a “personal learning cloud” makes it convenient and affordable for people to access new ways to learn.

Japan 78

Japan Technical Cofounder Silicon Valley Houston 78

Up and Running

NOVEMBER 21, 2016

I’m talking differentiating yourself from other employers in a purposeful, meaningful way. I’ve got two easy research tricks you can do to find out exactly how you should be differentiating yourself to make the best impression on potential employees. I don’t mean that you should start going into work barefoot or stop taking showers.

Hiring 60

Hiring Silicon Valley Technical Review Startup 60

Version One Ventures

APRIL 30, 2013

While my portfolio is primarily centered around consumer internet as well as enterprise SaaS startups, I typically talk to two to three hardware startups each week. As a result, most venture capitalists are reluctant to touch hardware projects, opting for the lower costs and smaller risks of software. Patents versus traction.

Venture Capital 128

Venture Capital Software Review Incubator Startup 128

deal architect

JUNE 10, 2016

Five years ago, I heard Jeff Immelt, CEO of GE use the term Industrial Internet of locomotives, wind turbines, aircraft engine and MRI scanners to differentiate from the Consumer Web that Apple. Google, Microsoft, Amazon and others have made part.

Differentiation 150

Differentiation Engineer Internet Web 150

VC Cafe

APRIL 27, 2011

10 things VCs can do to differentiate themselves and provide more value to potential investments – based on feedback from dozens of entrepreneurs. Despite the VC’s obvious disadvantage in the early stages, marketing and differentiation of venture capital funds is limited today.

Venture Capital 90

Venture Capital Differentiation Incubator Angel Investor 90

Version One Ventures

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

At Version One, we are strong believers that early-stage investing is best done by small teams that are aligned around a differentiated investment thesis and are investing with high conviction. Please find us on the Internet and reach out in the most meaningful way that reflects what we are looking for.

Partner 60

Partner Early Stage Angel Investor Differentiation 60